Psychology, International Edition

A favourite with lecturers for its exploration of psychology's major theories together with the evidence that supports and refutes them

List of contents

Part I: Background to the Study of Psychology
1. Foundations for the Study of Psychology
2. Methods of Psychology
Part II: The Adaptiveness of Behavior
3. Genetic and Evolutionary Foundations of Behavior
4. Basic Processes of Learning
Part III: Physiological Mechanisms of Behavior
5. The Neural Control of Behavior
6. Mechanisms of Motivation and Emotion
Part IV: Sensation and Perception
7. Smell, Taste, Pain, Hearing, and Psychophysics
8. The Psychology of Vision
Part V: The Human Intellect
9. Memory and Consciousness
10. Reasoning and Intelligence
Part VI: Growth of the Mind and Person
11. The Development of Thought and Language
12. Social Development
Part VII: The Person in the World of People
13. Social Perception and Attitudes
14. Social Influences on Behavior
Part VIII: Personality and Disorders
15. Personality
16. Mental Disorders
17. Treatment
Statistical Appendix

About the author

Product details

• Authors: Peter Gray, Peter O. Gray
• Publisher: Macmillan Education
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.05.2010
• EAN: 9781429252454
• ISBN: 978-1-4292-5245-4
• No. of pages: 624
• Dimensions: 230 mm x 280 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 1830 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works