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Achieve Read & Practice for Psychology in Modules 12e (1-Term Online)
Twelfth Edition©2018 New Edition Available David G. Myers; C. Nathan DeWall
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Table of Contents
Student Preface: Time Management—Or, How to Be a Great Student and Still Have a Life
The Story of Psychology
Module 1, What Is Psychology?
Thinking Critically About: The Scientific Attitude
Critical Thinking
Psychological Science Is Born
Psychological Science Develops
Contemporary Psychology
Improve Your Retention—and Your Grades
Thinking Critically With Psychological Science
Module 2, Research Strategies: How Psychologists Ask and Answer Questions
The Need for Psychological Science
The Scientific Method
Thinking Critically About: Correlation and Causation
Psychology’s Research Ethics
Module 3, Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life
Describing Data
Significant Differences
The Biology of Mind
Module 4, Neural and Hormonal Systems
The Brain: A Work in Progress
Neural Communication
The Nervous System
The Endocrine System
Module 5, Tools of Discovery and Older Brain Structures
The Tools of Discovery: Having Our Head Examined
Older Brain Structures
Module 6, The Cerebral Cortex, Plasticity, and Our Divided Brain
The Cerebral Cortex
Thinking Critically About: Using More Than 10 Percent of Our Brain
The Power of Plasticity: Responding to Damage
Our Divided Brain
Consciousness and the Two-Track Mind
Module 7, Basic Consciousness Concepts
Defining Consciousness
Studying Consciousness
Selective Attention
Dual Processing: The Two Track Mind
Module 8, Sleep and Dreams
Biological Rhythms and Sleep
Why Do We Sleep?
Sleep Deprivation and Sleep Disorders
Dreams
Module 9, Drugs and Consciousness
Tolerance and Addictive Behaviors
Thinking Critically About: Tolerance and Addiction
Types of Psychoactive Drugs
Influences on Drug Use
Nature, Nurture, and Human Diversity
Module 10, Behavior Genetics: Predicting Individual Differences
Genes: Our Codes for Life
Twin and Adoption Studies
Temperament and Heredity
Heritability
Gene-Environment Interaction
Module 11, Evolutionary Psychology: Understanding Human Nature
Natural Selection and Adaptation
Evolutionary Success Helps Explain Similarities
An Evolutionary Explanation of Human Sexuality
Module 12, Culture, Gender, and Other Environmental Influences
How Does Experience Influence Development?
Cultural Influences
Gender Development
Thinking Critically About: Gender Bias in the Workplace
Reflections on Nature, Nurture, and Their Interaction
Developing Through the Life Span
Module 13, Developmental Issues, Prenatal Development, and the Newborn
Developmental Psychology’s Major Issues
Prenatal Development and the Newborn
Module 14, Infancy and Childhood
Physical Development
Cognitive Development
Social Development
Thinking Critically About: Parenting Styles
Module 15, Adolescence
Physical Development
Cognitive Development
Social Development
Emerging Adulthood
Module 16, Adulthood
Physical Development
Cognitive Development
Social Development
Sensation and Perception
Module 17, Basic Concepts of Sensation and Perception
Processing Sensation and Perception
Transduction
Thresholds
Thinking Critically About: Subliminal Sensation and Subliminal Persuasion
Sensory Adaptation
Perceptual Set
Context Effects
Motivation and Emotion
Module 18, Vision: Sensory and Perceptual Processing
Light Energy and Eye Structures
Information Processing in the Eye and Brain
Perceptual Organization
Perceptual Interpretation
Module 19, The Nonvisual Senses
Hearing
The Other Senses
Sensory Interaction
Learning
Module 20, Basic Learning Concepts and Classical Conditioning
How Do We Learn?
Classical Conditioning
Module 21, Operant Conditioning
Skinner’s Experiments
Skinner’s Legacy
Contrasting Classical and Operant Conditioning
Module 22, Biology, Cognition, and Learning
Biological Constraints on Conditioning
Cognition’s Influence on Conditioning
Learning by Observation
Thinking Critically About: The Effects of Viewing Media Violence
Memory
Module 23, Studying and Encoding Memories
Studying Memory
Encoding Memories
Module 24, Storing and Retrieving Memories
Memory Storage
Memory Retrieval
Module 25, Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Improving Memory
Forgetting
Memory Construction Errors
Thinking Critically About: Can Memories of Childhood Sexual Abuse Be Repressed and Then Recovered?
Improving Memory
Thinking and Language
Module 26, Thinking
Concepts
Problem Solving: Strategies and Obstacles
Forming Good (and Bad) Decisions and Judgments
Thinking Critically About: The Fear Factor
Thinking Creatively
Do Other Species Share Our Cognitive Skills?
Module 27, Language and Thought
Language Structure
Language Development
The Brain and Language
Do Other Species Have Language?
Thinking and Language
Intelligence
Module 28, What Is Intelligence?
Is Intelligence One General Ability?
Theories of Multiple Intelligences
Emotional Intelligence
Module 29, Assessing Intelligence
Early and Modern Tests of Mental Abilities
Principles of Test Construction
Module 30, The Dynamics of Intelligence
Stability or Change?
Thinking Critically About: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Studies
Extremes of Intelligence
Module 31, Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intelligence
Twin and Adoption Studies
Environmental Influences
Group Differences in Intelligence Test Scores
What Drives Us: Hunger
Module 32, Basic Motivational Concepts
Instincts and Evolutionary Theory
Drives and Incentives
Optimum Arousal
A Hierarchy of Motives
Module 33, Hunger
The Physiology of Hunger
The Psychology of Hunger
Obesity and Weight Control
Thinking Critically About: The Challenges of Weight Control [NEW]
Module 34, Sexual Motivation
The Physiology of Sex
The Psychology of Sex
Sexual Orientation
Social Influences on Human Sexuality
Module 35, Affiliation and Achievement
The Need to Belong
Achievement Motivation
Emotions, Stress, and Health
Module 36, Introduction to Emotion
Emotion: Arousal, Behavior, and Cognition
Embodied Emotion
Thinking Critically About: Lie Detection
Module 37, Expressing Emotion
Detecting Emotion in Others
Gender, Emotion, and Nonverbal Behavior
Culture and Emotional Expression
The Effects of Facial Expressions
Module 38, Experiencing Emotion
Anger
Happiness
Module 39, Stress and Illness
Stress: Some Basic Concepts
Stress and Vulnerability to Disease
Thinking Critically About: Stress and Health
Module 40, Health and Coping
Coping With Stress
Reducing Stress
Social Psychology
Module 41, Social Thinking
The Fundamental Attribution Error
Attitudes and Actions
Module 42, Social Influence
Conformity: Complying With Social Pressures
Obedience: Following Orders
Group Behavior
Thinking Critically About: The Internet as Social Amplifier
Module 43, Antisocial Relations
Prejudice
Aggression
Module 44, Prosocial Relations
Attraction
Altruism
Peacemaking
Personality
Module 45, Introduction to Personality and Psychodynamic Theories
What Is Personality?
Psychodynamic Theories
Module 46, Humanistic Theories and Trait Theories
Humanistic Theories
Trait Theories
Thinking Critically About: The Stigma of Introversion
Module 47, Social-Cognitive Theories and the Self
Social-Cognitive Theories
Exploring the Self
Psychological Disorders
Module 48, Introduction to Psychological Disorders
Defining Psychological Disorders
Understanding Psychological Disorders
Classifying Disorders—and Labeling People
Thinking Critically About: ADHD—Normal High Energy or Disordered Behavior?
Does Disorder Equal Danger?
Rates of Psychological Disorders
Module 49, Anxiety Disorders, OCD, and PTSD
Anxiety Disorders
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Understanding Anxiety Disorders, OCD, and PTSD
Module 50, Depressive Disorders and Bipolar Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder
Bipolar Disorder
Understanding Depressive Disorders and Bipolar Disorder
Module 51, Schizophrenia
Symptoms of Schizophrenia
Onset and Development of Schizophrenia
Understanding Schizophrenia
Module 52, Dissociative, Personality, and Eating Disorders
Dissociative Disorders
Personality Disorders
Eating Disorders
Therapy
Module 53, Introduction to Therapy and the Psychological Therapies
Treating Psychological Disorders
Psychoanalysis and Psychodynamic Therapies
Humanistic Therapies
Behavior Therapies
Cognitive Therapies
Group and Family Therapies
Module 54, Evaluating Psychotherapies
Is Psychotherapy Effective?
Which Psychotherapies Work Best?
Evaluating Alternative Therapies
How Do Psychotherapies Help People?
Culture and Values in Psychotherapy
Finding a Mental Health Professional
Module 55, Biomedical Therapies and Preventing Psychological Disorders
Thinking Critically About: Therapeutic Lifestyle Change
Drug Therapies
Brain Stimulation
Psychosurgery
Preventing Psychological Disorders and Building Resilience
Appendix A Psychology at Work
Appendix B Career Fields in Psychology, by Jennifer Zwolinski
Appendix C Complete Module Reviews
Appendix D Answers to Master the Material Questions
David G. Myers
David Myers received his B.A. in chemistry from Whitworth University, and his psychology Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. He has spent his career at Hope College, Michigan, where he has taught dozens of introductory psychology sections. Hope College students have invited him to be their commencement speaker and voted him “outstanding professor.” His research and writings have been recognized by the Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize, an Honored Scientist award from the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences, an Award for Distinguished Service on Behalf of Social-Personality Psychology, a Presidential Citation from APA Division 2, election as an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, and three honorary doctorates.
With support from National Science Foundation grants, Myers’ scientific articles have appeared in three dozen scientific periodicals, including Science, American Scientist, Psychological Science, and American Psychologist. In addition to his scholarly and textbook writing, he digests psychological science for the general public. His writings have appeared in four dozen magazines, from Today’s Education to Scientific American. He also has authored six general audience books, including, in 2022, How Do We Know Ourselves? Curiosities and Marvels of the Human Mind. And he blogs about psychology and life at TalkPsych.com.
David Myers has chaired his city’s Human Relations Commission, helped found a thriving assistance center for low-income families, and spoken to hundreds of college, community, and professional groups worldwide. Drawing on his experience of hearing loss, which now includes a cochlear implant, he also has written articles and a book (A Quiet World) about hearing loss, and he is advocating a transformation in U.S. assistive listening technology (see HearingLoop.org). For his leadership, he has received awards from the American Academy of Audiology, the hearing industry, and the Hearing Loss Association of America.
David and Carol Myers met and married while undergraduates, and have raised sons Peter and Andrew, and a daughter, Laura. They have one grandchild, Allie.
C. Nathan DeWall
Nathan DeWall is professor of psychology at the University of Kentucky. He received his bachelor’s degree from St. Olaf College, a master’s degree in social science from the University of Chicago, and a master’s degree and Ph.D. in social psychology from Florida State University. DeWall received the College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award, which recognizes excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching. The Association for Psychological Science identified DeWall as a “Rising Star” early in his career for “making significant contributions to the field of psychological science.” He has been included in the top 1 percent of all cited scientists in psychology and psychiatry on the Institute for Scientific Information list, according to the Web of Science. DeWall conducts research on close relationships, self-control, aggression, the psychology of religion, and intellectual humility. With funding from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the John Templeton Foundation, he has published 225 scientific articles and chapters. DeWall’s research awards include the SAGE Young Scholars Award from the Foundation for Personality and Social Psychology, the Young Investigator Award from the International Society for Research on Aggression, and the Early Career Award from the International Society for Self and Identity. His research has been covered by numerous media and entertainment outlets, including Good Morning America, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Harvard Business Review, USA Today, National Public Radio, The Guardian, the BBC, and Netflix. He has lectured nationally and internationally, including in Hong Kong, China, the Netherlands, England, Greece, Hungary, Sweden, Australia, and France.
Nathan is happily married to Alice DeWall and is the proud father of Beverly “Bevy” and Ellis. He also enjoys taking care of the family dog, “Artie.” As an ultramarathon runner, he completed numerous races, including the Badwater 135 in 2017 (dubbed “the World’s toughest foot race”). In his spare time now, he enjoys hiking, attending live concerts, setting up and maintaining aquariums, watching sports, and playing guitar and singing in local rock bands.
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