Psychology In Modules (High School)

Ninth Edition©2010 David G. Myers

About

Preface

Introduction to the History and Science of Psychology
Module 1 The Story of Psychology
Module 2 Thinking Critically With Psychological Science
Module 3 Research Strategies: How Psychologists
Ask and Answer Questions

The Biology of Mind
Module 4 Neural and Hormonal Systems
Module 5 Tools of Discovery and Older Brain Structures
Module 6 The Cerebral Cortex and Our Divided Brain

Consciousness and the Two-Track Mind
Module 7 The Brain and Consciousness
Module 8 Sleep and Dreams
Module 9 Hypnosis
Module 10 Drugs and Consciousness

Nature, Nurture, and Human Diversity
Module 11 Behavior Genetics and Evolutionary Psychology
Module 12 Environmental Influences on Behavior Developing Through the Life Span
Module 13 Prenatal Development and the Newborn
Module 14 Infancy and Childhood
Module 15 Adolescence
Module 16 Adulthood, and Reflections on Developmental Issues Sensation and Perception
Module 17 Introduction to Sensation and Perception
Module 18 Vision
Module 19 Hearing
Module 20 Other Senses
Module 21 Perceptual Organization
Module 22 Perceptual Interpretation

Learning
Module 23 Classical Conditioning
Module 24 Operant Conditioning
Module 25 Learning by Observation

Memory
Module 26 Introduction to Memory
Module 27 Encoding: Getting Information In
Module 28 Storage: Retaining Information
Module 29 Retrieval: Getting Information Out
Module 30 Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Improving Memory

Thinking, Language, and Intelligence
Module 31 Thinking
Module 32 Language and Thought
Module 33 Introduction to Intelligence
Module 34 Assessing Intelligence
Module 35 Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intelligence

Motivation and Work
Module 36 Introduction to Motivation
Module 37 Hunger
Module 38 Sexual Motivation and the Need to Belong
Module 39 Motivation at Work

Emotions, Stress, and Health
Module 40 Introduction to Emotion
Module 41 Expressed Emotion
Module 42 Experienced Emotion
Module 43 Stress and Health
Module 44 Promoting Health

Personality
Module 45 The Psychoanalytic Perspective
Module 46 The Humanistic Perspective
Module 47 Contemporary Research on Personality

Psychological Disorders
Module 48 Introduction to Psychological Disorders
Module 49 Anxiety Disorders
Module 50 Dissociative, Personality, and Somatoform Disorders
Module 51 Mood Disorders
Module 52 Schizophrenia

Therapy
Module 53 The Psychological Therapies
Module 54 Evaluating Psychotherapies
Module 55 The Biomedical Therapies

Social Psychology
Module 56 Social Thinking
Module 57 Social Influence
Module 58 Antisocial Relations
Module 59 Prosocial Relations

Appendix A: Careers in Psychology by Jennifer Zwolinski, University of San Diego
Appendix B: Answers to Test Yourself Questions

Authors

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, by a 2010 Honored Scientist award from the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences, by a 2010 Award for Service on Behalf of Personality and Social Psychology, by a 2013 Presidential Citation from APA Division 2, by his 2015 election as an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, and by three dozen 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 the American Psychologist. In addition to his scholarly writing and his textbooks for introductory and social psychology, he also 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 five general audience books, including The Pursuit of Happiness and Intuition: Its Powers and Perils.

David Myers has chaired his city's Human Relations Commission, helped found a thriving assistance center for families in poverty, and spoken to hundreds of college, community, and professional groups worldwide. Drawing on his experience, he also has written articles and a book (A Quiet World) about hearing loss, and he is advocating a transformation in American assistive listening technology (see www.hearingloop.org). For his leadership, he received an American Academy of Audiology Presidential Award in 2011, and the Hearing Loss Association of America Walter T. Ridder Award in 2012.

He bikes to work year-round and plays daily pick-up basketball. David and Carol Myers have raised two sons and a daughter, and have one granddaughter.