Main description:

Speaking directly to high school students of the impact of psychology on their lives, Thinking About Psychology engages students through a bold and contemporary design and distinctive story-telling.

Contents:

1 Scientific Inquiry Domain
Module 1 History and Perspectives in Psychological Science
Module 2 Research Strategies
Module 3 Psychology's Statistics
2 Biopsychology Domain
Biological Bases of Behavior
Module 4 The Nervous System and the Endocrine System
Module 5 The Brain
Sensation and Perception
Module 6 Sensation
Module 7 Perception
Consciousness
Module 8 Sleep, Dreams, and Body Rhythms
Module 9 Psychoactive Drugs
Module 10 Hypnosis and Other States of Consciousness
3 Development and Learning Domain
Life-Span Development
Module 11 Prenatal and Childhood Development
Module 12 Adolescence
Module 13 Adulthood and Aging
Learning and Language
Module 14 Classical Conditioning
Module 15 Operant Conditioning
Module 16 Observational Learning
Module 17 Language Development
4 Social Context Domain
Social Psychology
Module 18 Social Thinking and Social Influence
Module 19 Social Relations
Nature, Nurture, Culture, and Gender
Module 20 Nature and Nurture in Psychology
Module 21 The Psychology of Culture and Gender
5 Cognition Domain
Memory
Module 22 Information Processing
Module 23 Forgetting and Memory Construction
Thinking and Intelligence
Module 24 Thinking
Module 25 Intelligence and Intelligence Testing 6 Individual Variations Domain
Motivation and Emotion
Module 26 Motivation
Module 27 Emotion
Personality
Module 28 Psychodynamic and Humanistic Perspectives on Personality
Module 29 Trait and Social-Cognitive Perspectives on Personality
Psychological Disorders
Module 30 Introduction to Psychological Disorders
Module 31 Anxiety and Mood Disorders
Module 32 Dissociative, Schizophrenic, and Personality Disorders
7 Applications of Psychological Science Domain Treatment of Psychological Disorders
Module 33 Psychological Therapies
Module 34 Biomedical Therapies
Stress and Health
Module 35 Effects of Stress
Module 36 Promoting Wellness Appendix A: Careers in Psychology
Appendix B: Answers to Apply What You Know Questions