Test Bank for Discovering Psychology, 5th Edition: Don Hockenbury

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1429216506
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1429216500
• Author: Don Hockenbury

More than any other introductory psychology textbook, the Hockenburys’ brief book is the one in which students see themselves – and the world they live in.  The new edition builds on that distinction, presenting the discipline with a unique understanding of today’s students in all their diversity, emphasizing the field’s immediate impact on their lives. Without sacrificing science, Don and Sandy Hockenbury draw on personal experiences and anecdotes to illustrate essential concepts and important research directions.

Table contents:

Annotated Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction and Research Methods

Introduction: The Origins of Psychology

Contemporary Psychology

CULTURE AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR: What Is Cross Cultural Psychology?

The Scientific Method

CRITICAL THINKING: What is CRITICAL THINKING?

Descriptive Research Methods

SCIENCE VERSUS PSEUDOSCIENCE: What is Pseudoscience?

The Experimental Method

Ethics in Psychological Research

FOCUS ON NEUROSCIENCE: Psychological Research Using Brain Imaging

In Focus: Questions About the Use of animals in Psychological Research

Closing Thoughts

ENHANCING WELL-BEING WITH PSYCHOLOGY: Psychology in the Media: Becoming an Informed Consumer

Chapter 2 Neuroscience and Behavior

Introduction: Neuroscience and Behavior

The Neuron

How Drugs Affect Synaptic Transmission

Focus On Neuroscience: Is “Runner’s High” an Endorphin Rush?

The Nervous System and the Endocrine System

A Guided Tour of the Brain

SCIENCE VERSUS PSEUDOSCIENCE: Phrenology: The Bumpy Road to Scientific Progress

Neurogenesis

Focus On Neuroscience: Juggling and Brain Plasticity

Specialization in the Cerebral Hemispheres

CRITICAL THINKING: “His” and “Her” Brains?

SCIENCE VERSUS PSEUDOSCIENCE: Brain Myths

Application: Pumping Neurons: Maximizing Your Brain’s Potential

Closing Thoughts

ENHANCING WELL-BEING WITH PSYCHOLOGY: Maximizing Your Brain’s Potential

Chapter 3 Sensation and Perception

Introduction: What Are Sensation and Perception?

Basic Principles of Sensation

SCIENCE VERSUS PSEUDOSCIENCE: Subliminal Perception

Vision: From Light to Sight

Processing Visual Information

FOCUS ON NEUROSCIENCE: Vision, Experience, and the Brain

Hearing: From Vibration to Sound

The Chemical and Body Senses: Smell, Taste, Touch, and Position

In Focus: Do Pheromones Influence Human Behavior?

Perception

CULTURE AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR: Ways of Seeing

CRITICAL THINKING: ESP: Can Perception Occur Without Sensation?

Perceptual Illusions

The Effects of Experience on Perceptual Interpretations

CULTURE AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR: Culture and the Müller-Lyer Illusion: The Carpentered-World Hypothesis

Closing Thoughts

ENHANCING WELL-BEING WITH PSYCHOLOGY: Strategies to Control Pain

Chapter 4 Consciousness and Its Variations

Introduction: Consciousness: Experiencing the “Private I”

Biological and Environmental “Clocks” That Regulate Consciousness

Sleep

FOCUS ON NEUROSCIENCE: The Sleep-Deprived Emotional Brain

Dreams and Mental Activity During Sleep

FOCUS ON NEUROSCIENCE: The Dreaming Brain: Turning REM On and Off

Sleep Disorders

CRITICAL THINKING: Is Hypnosis a Special State of Consciousness?

Meditation

Psychoactive Drugs

FOCUS ON NEUROSCIENCE: The Addicted Brain: Diminishing Rewards

FOCUS ON NEUROSCIENCE: How Methamphetamines Erode the Brain

Closing Thoughts

ENHANCING WELL-BEING WITH PSYCHOLOGY: Stimulus Control Therapy for Insomnia

Chapter 5 Learning

Introduction: What Is Learning?

Classical Conditioning: Associating Stimuli

From Pavlov to Watson: The Founding of Behaviorism

IN FOCUS: Watson, Classical Conditioning, and Advertising

Contemporary Views of Classical Conditioning

IN FOCUS: Evolution, Biological Preparedness, and Conditioned Fears: What Gives You the Creeps?

Operant Conditioning: Associating Behaviors and Consequences

IN FOCUS: Changing the Behavior of Others: Alternatives to Punishment

CRITICAL THINKING: Is Human Freedom Just an Illusion?

Contemporary Views of Operant Conditioning

Observational Learning: Imitating the Actions of Others

FOCUS ON NEUROSCIENCE: Mirror Neurons: Imitation in the Brain?

CRITICAL THINKING: Does Exposure to Media Violence Cause Aggressive Behavior?

Closing Thoughts

ENHANCING WELL-BEING WITH PSYCHOLOGY: Using Learning Principles to Improve Self-Control

Chapter 6 Memory

Introduction: What Is Memory?

CULTURE AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR: Culture’s Effects on Early Memories

Retrieval: Getting Information from Long-Term Memory

Forgetting: When Retrieval Fails

IN FOCUS: Déjà Vu Experiences: An Illusion of Memory?

CRITICAL THINKING: The Memory Wars: Recovered or False Memories?

Imperfect Memories: Errors, Distortions, and False Memories

The Search for the Biological Basis of Memory

FOCUS ON NEUROSCIENCE: Assembling Memories: Echoes and Reflections of Perception

IN FOCUS: H.M. and Famous People

FOCUS ON NEUROSCIENCE: Mapping Brain Changes in Alzheimer’s Disease

Closing Thoughts

ENHANCING WELL-BEING WITH PSYCHOLOGY: Superpower Memory in Minutes per Day!

Chapter 7 Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Introduction: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

FOCUS ON NEUROSCIENCE: Seeing Faces and Places in the Mind’s Eye

Solving Problems and Making Decisions

CRITICAL THINKING: The Persistence of Unwarranted Beliefs

Language and Thought

CULTURE AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR: The Effect of Language on Perception

Measuring Intelligence

IN FOCUS: Does a High IQ Score Predict Success in Life?

The Nature of Intelligence

IN FOCUS: Neurodiversity: Beyond IQ

CULTURE AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR: Performing with a Threat in the Air: How Stereotypes Undermine Performance

Closing Thoughts

ENHANCING WELL-BEING WITH PSYCHOLOGY: A Workshop on Creativity

Chapter 8 Motivation and Emotion Chapter Outline

Introduction: Motivation and Emotion

Motivational Concepts and Theories

Biological Motivation: Hunger and Eating

CRITICAL THINKING: Has Evolution Programmed Us to Overeat?

FOCUS ON NEUROSCIENCE: Dopamine Receptors and Obesity

Human Sexuality

FOCUS ON NEUROSCIENCE: Romantic Love and the Brain

Sexual Orientation: The Elusive Search for an Explanation

CULTURE AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR: Evolution and Mate Preferences

Psychological Needs as Motivators

Emotion

Critical Thinking: Are Women Really More Emotional Than Men?

FOCUS ON NEUROSCIENCE: Emotions and the Brain

CRITICAL THINKING: Emotion in Nonhuman Animals: Laughing Rats, Silly Elephants, and Smiling Dolphins?

Theories of Emotion: Explaining Emotion

Closing Thoughts

ENHANCING WELL-BEING WITH PSYCHOLOGY: Turning Your Goals into Reality

Chapter 9 Lifespan Development

Introduction: Your Life Story

Genetic Contributions to Your Life Story

Prenatal Development

Development During Infancy and Childhood

CULTURE AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR: Where Does the Baby Sleep?]

CRITICAL THINKING: The Effects of Child Care on Attachment and Development

Adolescence

FOCUS ON NEUROSCIENCE: The Adolescent Brain: A Work in Progress

Adult Development

Late Adulthood and Aging

The Final Chapter: Dying and Death

Closing Thoughts

ENHANCING WELL-BEING WITH PSYCHOLOGY: Raising Psychologically Healthy Children

Chapter 10 Personality

Introduction: What Is Personality?

The Psychoanalytic Perspective on Personality

The Humanistic Perspective on Personality

CRITICAL THINKING: Freud Versus Rogers on Human Nature

The Social Cognitive Perspective on Personality

The Trait Perspective on Personality

FOCUS ON NEUROSCIENCE: Personality Traits and Patterns of Brain Activity

IN FOCUS: Explaining Those Amazing Identical-Twin Similarities

Assessing Personality: Psychological Tests

SCIENCE VERSUS PSEUDOSCIENCE: Graphology: The “Write” Way to Assess Personality?

Closing Thoughts

ENHANCING WELL-BEING WITH PSYCHOLOGY: Possible Selves: Imagine the Possibilities

Chapter 11 Social Psychology

Introduction: What Is Social Psychology?

Person Perception: Forming Impressions of Other People

FOCUS ON NEUROSCIENCE: Brain Reward When Making Eye contact with Attractive People

Attribution: Explaining Behavior

CULTURE AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR: Explaining Failure and Murder: Culture and Attributional Biases

The Social Psychology of Attitudes

Understanding Prejudice

Conformity: Following the Crowd

Obedience: Just Following Orders

CRITICAL THINKING: Abuse at Abu Ghraib: Why Do Ordinary People Commit Evil Acts?

Helping Behavior: Coming to the Aid of Strangers

The Influence of Groups on Social Behavior

Closing Thoughts

ENHANCING WELL-BEING WITH PSYCHOLOGY: The Persuasion Game

Chapter 12 Stress, Health, and Coping

Introduction: What Is Stress?

CULTURE AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR: The Stress of Adapting to a New Culture

Physical Effects of Stress: The Mind–Body Connection

FOCUS ON NEUROSCIENCE: The Mysterious Placebo Effect

Individual Factors That Influence the Response to Stress Psychological Factors

CRITICAL THINKING: Do Personality Factors Cause Disease?

In Focus: Providing Effective Social Support

Coping: How People Deal with Stress

IN FOCUS: Gender Differences in Responding to Stress: “Tend-and-Befriend” or “Fight-or-Flight”?

Closing Thoughts

ENHANCING WELL-BEING WITH PSYCHOLOGY: Minimizing the Effects of Stress

Chapter 13 Psychological Disorders

Introduction: Understanding Psychological Disorders

CRITICAL THINKING: Are People with a Mental Illness as Violent as the Media Portray Them?

Anxiety Disorders: Intense Apprehension and Worry

Mood Disorders: Emotions Gone Awry

CRITICAL THINKING: Does Smoking Cause Depression and Other Psychological Disorders?

Eating Disorders: Anorexia and Bulimia

Personality Disorders: Maladaptive Traits

The Dissociative Disorders: Fragmentation of the Self

Schizophrenia: A Different Reality

FOCUS ON NEUROSCIENCE: The Hallucinating Brain

Culture and Human Behavior: Travel Advisory: The Jerusalem Syndrome

FOCUS ON NEUROSCIENCE: Schizophrenia: A Wildfire in the Brain

Closing Thoughts

ENHANCING WELL-BEING WITH PSYCHOLOGY: Understanding and Helping to Prevent Suicide

Chapter 14 Therapies

Introduction: Psychotherapy and Biomedical Therapy

Psychoanalytic Therapy

Humanistic Therapy

Behavior Therapy

IN FOCUS: Using Virtual Reality to Conquer Phobias

Cognitive Therapies

Group and Family Therapy

IN FOCUS: Self-Help Groups: Helping Yourself by Helping Others

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Psychotherapy

SCIENCE VERSUS PSEUDOSCIENCE: EMDR: Can You Wave Your Fears Away?

Culture And Human Behavior: Cultural Values and Psychotherapy

Biomedical Therapies

FOCUS ON NEUROSCIENCE: Comparing Psychotherapy and Antidepressant Medication

Closing Thoughts

ENHANCING WELL-BEING WITH PSYCHOLOGY: What to Expect in Psychotherapy

Appendix A Statistics: Understanding Data

Descriptive Statistics

Inferential Statistics

Endnote

Appendix B Industrial/Organizational Psychology

What Is Industrial/Organizational Psychology?

History of I/O Psychology

Industrial (Personnel) Psychology

Organizational Behavior

IN FOCUS: Servant Leadership: When It’s Not All About You Workplace Trends and Issues

IN FOCUS: “Name, Title, Generation?”

Employment Settings, Type of Training, Earnings, and Employment Outlook

Appendix C American Psychological Association’s Goals and Outcomes

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