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Brief Contents 2

1 Introduction to Psychology 2

MODULE 1 Psychologists at Work 5

MODULE 2 A Science Evolves:The Past,the Present,and the Future 15

MODULE 3 Research in Psychology 27

MODULE 4 Research Challenges:Exploring the Process 41

2 Neuroscience and Behavior 50

MODULE 5 Neurons:The Basic Elements of Behavior 53

MODULE 6 The Nervous System and the Endocrine System:Communicating Within the Body 63

MODULE 7 The Brain 71

3 Sensation and Perception 90

MODULE 8 Sensing the World Around Us 93

MODULE 9 Vision:Shedding Light on the Eye 97

MODULE 10 Hearing and the Other Senses 107

MODULE 11 Perceptual Organization:Constructing Our View of the World 121

4 States of Consciousness 138

MODULE 12 Sleep and Dreams 141

MODULE 13 Hypnosis and Meditation 155

MODULE 14 Drug Use:The Highs and Lows of Consciousness 161

5 Learning 176

MODULE 15 Classical Conditioning 179

MODULE 16 Operant Conditioning 187

MODULE 17 Cognitive-Social Approaches to Learning 201

6 Memory 212

MODULE 18 Encoding,Storage,and Retrieval of Memory 215

MODULE 19 Recalling Long-Term Memories 229

MODULE 20 Forgetting:When Memory Fails 239

7 Thinking,Language,and Intelligence 248

MODULE 21 Thinking 251

MODULE 22 Language 265

MODULE 23 Intelligence 275

8 Motivation and Emotion 298

MODULE 24 Explaining Motivation 301

MODULE 25 Human Needs and Motivation:Eat,Drink,and Be Daring 309

MODULE 26 Understanding Emotional Experiences 323

9 Development 336

MODULE 27 Nature,Nurture,and Prenatal Development 339

MODULE 28 Infancy and Childhood 349

MODULE 29 Adolescence:Becoming an Adult 367

MODULE 30 Adulthood 377

10 Personality 390

MODULE 31 Psychodynamic Approaches to Personality 393

MODULE 32 Other Major Approaches to Personality:In Search of Human Uniqueness 401

MODULE 33 Assessing Personality:Determining What Makes Us Special 413

11 Health Psychology:Stress,Coping,and Well-Being 422

MODULE 34 Stress and Coping 425

MODULE 35 Psychological Aspects of Illness and Well-Being 437

MODULE 36 Promoting Health and Wellness 445