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Psychology 2eIndex
  1. Preface
  2. 1 Introduction to Psychology
    1. Introduction
    2. 1.1 What Is Psychology?
    3. 1.2 History of Psychology
    4. 1.3 Contemporary Psychology
    5. 1.4 Careers in Psychology
    6. Key Terms
    7. Summary
    8. Review Questions
    9. Critical Thinking Questions
    10. Personal Application Questions
  3. 2 Psychological Research
    1. Introduction
    2. 2.1 Why Is Research Important?
    3. 2.2 Approaches to Research
    4. 2.3 Analyzing Findings
    5. 2.4 Ethics
    6. Key Terms
    7. Summary
    8. Review Questions
    9. Critical Thinking Questions
    10. Personal Application Questions
  4. 3 Biopsychology
    1. Introduction
    2. 3.1 Human Genetics
    3. 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
    4. 3.3 Parts of the Nervous System
    5. 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
    6. 3.5 The Endocrine System
    7. Key Terms
    8. Summary
    9. Review Questions
    10. Critical Thinking Questions
    11. Personal Application Questions
  5. 4 States of Consciousness
    1. Introduction
    2. 4.1 What Is Consciousness?
    3. 4.2 Sleep and Why We Sleep
    4. 4.3 Stages of Sleep
    5. 4.4 Sleep Problems and Disorders
    6. 4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
    7. 4.6 Other States of Consciousness
    8. Key Terms
    9. Summary
    10. Review Questions
    11. Critical Thinking Questions
    12. Personal Application Questions
  6. 5 Sensation and Perception
    1. Introduction
    2. 5.1 Sensation versus Perception
    3. 5.2 Waves and Wavelengths
    4. 5.3 Vision
    5. 5.4 Hearing
    6. 5.5 The Other Senses
    7. 5.6 Gestalt Principles of Perception
    8. Key Terms
    9. Summary
    10. Review Questions
    11. Critical Thinking Questions
    12. Personal Application Questions
  7. 6 Learning
    1. Introduction
    2. 6.1 What Is Learning?
    3. 6.2 Classical Conditioning
    4. 6.3 Operant Conditioning
    5. 6.4 Observational Learning (Modeling)
    6. Key Terms
    7. Summary
    8. Review Questions
    9. Critical Thinking Questions
    10. Personal Application Questions
  8. 7 Thinking and Intelligence
    1. Introduction
    2. 7.1 What Is Cognition?
    3. 7.2 Language
    4. 7.3 Problem Solving
    5. 7.4 What Are Intelligence and Creativity?
    6. 7.5 Measures of Intelligence
    7. 7.6 The Source of Intelligence
    8. Key Terms
    9. Summary
    10. Review Questions
    11. Critical Thinking Questions
    12. Personal Application Questions
  9. 8 Memory
    1. Introduction
    2. 8.1 How Memory Functions
    3. 8.2 Parts of the Brain Involved with Memory
    4. 8.3 Problems with Memory
    5. 8.4 Ways to Enhance Memory
    6. Key Terms
    7. Summary
    8. Review Questions
    9. Critical Thinking Questions
    10. Personal Application Questions
  10. 9 Lifespan Development
    1. Introduction
    2. 9.1 What Is Lifespan Development?
    3. 9.2 Lifespan Theories
    4. 9.3 Stages of Development
    5. 9.4 Death and Dying
    6. Key Terms
    7. Summary
    8. Review Questions
    9. Critical Thinking Questions
    10. Personal Application Questions
  11. 10 Emotion and Motivation
    1. Introduction
    2. 10.1 Motivation
    3. 10.2 Hunger and Eating
    4. 10.3 Sexual Behavior
    5. 10.4 Emotion
    6. Key Terms
    7. Summary
    8. Review Questions
    9. Critical Thinking Questions
    10. Personal Application Questions
  12. 11 Personality
    1. Introduction
    2. 11.1 What Is Personality?
    3. 11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
    4. 11.3 Neo-Freudians: Adler, Erikson, Jung, and Horney
    5. 11.4 Learning Approaches
    6. 11.5 Humanistic Approaches
    7. 11.6 Biological Approaches
    8. 11.7 Trait Theorists
    9. 11.8 Cultural Understandings of Personality
    10. 11.9 Personality Assessment
    11. Key Terms
    12. Summary
    13. Review Questions
    14. Critical Thinking Questions
    15. Personal Application Questions
  13. 12 Social Psychology
    1. Introduction
    2. 12.1 What Is Social Psychology?
    3. 12.2 Self-presentation
    4. 12.3 Attitudes and Persuasion
    5. 12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
    6. 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination
    7. 12.6 Aggression
    8. 12.7 Prosocial Behavior
    9. Key Terms
    10. Summary
    11. Review Questions
    12. Critical Thinking Questions
    13. Personal Application Questions
  14. 13 Industrial-Organizational Psychology
    1. Introduction
    2. 13.1 What Is Industrial and Organizational Psychology?
    3. 13.2 Industrial Psychology: Selecting and Evaluating Employees
    4. 13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
    5. 13.4 Human Factors Psychology and Workplace Design
    6. Key Terms
    7. Summary
    8. Review Questions
    9. Critical Thinking Questions
    10. Personal Application Questions
  15. 14 Stress, Lifestyle, and Health
    1. Introduction
    2. 14.1 What Is Stress?
    3. 14.2 Stressors
    4. 14.3 Stress and Illness
    5. 14.4 Regulation of Stress
    6. 14.5 The Pursuit of Happiness
    7. Key Terms
    8. Summary
    9. Review Questions
    10. Critical Thinking Questions
    11. Personal Application Questions
  16. 15 Psychological Disorders
    1. Introduction
    2. 15.1 What Are Psychological Disorders?
    3. 15.2 Diagnosing and Classifying Psychological Disorders
    4. 15.3 Perspectives on Psychological Disorders
    5. 15.4 Anxiety Disorders
    6. 15.5 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
    7. 15.6 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
    8. 15.7 Mood Disorders
    9. 15.8 Schizophrenia
    10. 15.9 Dissociative Disorders
    11. 15.10 Disorders in Childhood
    12. 15.11 Personality Disorders
    13. Key Terms
    14. Summary
    15. Review Questions
    16. Critical Thinking Questions
    17. Personal Application Questions
  17. 16 Therapy and Treatment
    1. Introduction
    2. 16.1 Mental Health Treatment: Past and Present
    3. 16.2 Types of Treatment
    4. 16.3 Treatment Modalities
    5. 16.4 Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders: A Special Case
    6. 16.5 The Sociocultural Model and Therapy Utilization
    7. Key Terms
    8. Summary
    9. Review Questions
    10. Critical Thinking Questions
    11. Personal Application Questions
  18. References
  19. Index
A
absentmindedness8.3 Problems with Memory
Absolute threshold5.1 Sensation versus Perception
Accommodation9.2 Lifespan Theories
acoustic encoding8.1 How Memory Functions
acquisition6.2 Classical Conditioning
action potential3.2 Cells of the Nervous System, 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
actor-observer bias12.1 What Is Social Psychology?
Adler11.3 Neo-Freudians: Adler, Erikson, Jung, and Horney
Adolescence9.3 Stages of Development
adrenal glands3.5 The Endocrine System
adrenarche9.3 Stages of Development
advance directive9.4 Death and Dying
afterimage5.3 Vision
ageism12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination
aggression12.6 Aggression
Agonists3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
agoraphobia15.4 Anxiety Disorders
Alarm reaction14.1 What Is Stress?
algorithm7.3 Problem Solving
all-or-none3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
allele3.1 Human Genetics
alpha waves4.3 Stages of Sleep
Altruism12.7 Prosocial Behavior
American Psychiatric Association15.1 What Are Psychological Disorders?
American Psychological Association (APA)1.3 Contemporary Psychology, 13.1 What Is Industrial and Organizational Psychology?
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)13.2 Industrial Psychology: Selecting and Evaluating Employees
Amnesia8.3 Problems with Memory
amplitude5.2 Waves and Wavelengths
amygdala3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord, 8.2 Parts of the Brain Involved with Memory, 10.4 Emotion
anal stage11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
Analytical intelligence7.4 What Are Intelligence and Creativity?
analytical psychology11.3 Neo-Freudians: Adler, Erikson, Jung, and Horney
anchoring bias7.3 Problem Solving
anger14.3 Stress and Illness
animal research2.4 Ethics
Anorexia nervosa10.2 Hunger and Eating
antagonist3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
anterograde amnesia8.3 Problems with Memory
antisocial6.4 Observational Learning (Modeling)
antisocial personality disorder15.11 Personality Disorders
Anxiety disorders15.4 Anxiety Disorders
archetypes11.3 Neo-Freudians: Adler, Erikson, Jung, and Horney
archival research2.2 Approaches to Research
arousal theory8.2 Parts of the Brain Involved with Memory
artificial concept7.1 What Is Cognition?
Asch12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
Asch effect12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience, 12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
Asperger’s15.10 Disorders in Childhood
assimilation9.2 Lifespan Theories
Associative learning6.1 What Is Learning?
Asthma14.3 Stress and Illness
Asylums16.1 Mental Health Treatment: Past and Present
Atkinson8.1 How Memory Functions
Attachment9.3 Stages of Development
attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)15.10 Disorders in Childhood
Attitude12.3 Attitudes and Persuasion
attribution12.1 What Is Social Psychology?
attrition2.2 Approaches to Research
atypical15.1 What Are Psychological Disorders?
auditory cortex3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
authoritarian style9.3 Stages of Development
authoritative style9.3 Stages of Development
autism spectrum disorder15.10 Disorders in Childhood
automatic processing8.1 How Memory Functions
autonomic nervous system3.3 Parts of the Nervous System
availability heuristic7.3 Problem Solving
Aversive conditioning16.2 Types of Treatment
avoidant attachment9.3 Stages of Development
avoidant personality disorder15.11 Personality Disorders
axon3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
B
Bandura6.4 Observational Learning (Modeling), 10.1 Motivation, 11.4 Learning Approaches
Bariatric surgery10.2 Hunger and Eating
basilar membrane5.4 Hearing
basolateral complex10.4 Emotion
Beck16.2 Types of Treatment
behavior therapy16.2 Types of Treatment
behavioral genetics3.1 Human Genetics
behaviorism1.2 History of Psychology
beta waves4.3 Stages of Sleep
bias8.3 Problems with Memory
binaural5.4 Hearing
Binge eating disorder10.2 Hunger and Eating
binocular5.3 Vision
binocular disparity5.3 Vision
biofeedback14.4 Regulation of Stress
biological clock4.1 What Is Consciousness?
biological perspective3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
Biological rhythms4.1 What Is Consciousness?
Biomedical therapy16.2 Types of Treatment, 16.2 Types of Treatment
biopsychology1.3 Contemporary Psychology
biopsychosocial model1.3 Contemporary Psychology
Bipolar and related disorders15.7 Mood Disorders
bipolar disorder15.7 Mood Disorders
bisexual10.3 Sexual Behavior
blind spot5.3 Vision
BMI10.2 Hunger and Eating
body dysmorphic disorder15.5 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
Body language10.4 Emotion
body mass index10.2 Hunger and Eating
bona fide occupational qualifications (BFOQs)13.2 Industrial Psychology: Selecting and Evaluating Employees
borderline personality disorder15.11 Personality Disorders
Bottom-up processing5.1 Sensation versus Perception
brain imaging3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
Broca’s area3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
bulimia nervosa10.2 Hunger and Eating
Bullying12.6 Aggression, 12.6 Aggression
bystander effect12.6 Aggression
C
caffeine4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
Cannon14.1 What Is Stress?
Cannon-Bard theory10.4 Emotion
cardiovascular disorders14.3 Stress and Illness
case study2.2 Approaches to Research
cataplexy4.4 Sleep Problems and Disorders
catatonic behaviors15.8 Schizophrenia
cause and effect2.3 Analyzing Findings
central nervous system (CNS)3.3 Parts of the Nervous System
central nucleus10.4 Emotion
central route12.3 Attitudes and Persuasion
central sleep apnea4.4 Sleep Problems and Disorders
cerebellum3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord, 8.2 Parts of the Brain Involved with Memory
cerebral cortex3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
checklist13.4 Human Factors Psychology and Workplace Design
Chomsky7.2 Language
Chromosomes3.1 Human Genetics
chunking8.4 Ways to Enhance Memory
circadian rhythm4.1 What Is Consciousness?
classical conditioning6.2 Classical Conditioning, 15.4 Anxiety Disorders, 15.4 Anxiety Disorders, 15.5 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
cleft chin3.1 Human Genetics
client-centered therapy16.2 Types of Treatment
clinical2.2 Approaches to Research
Clinical psychology1.3 Contemporary Psychology
closure5.6 Gestalt Principles of Perception
cochlea5.4 Hearing
Cochlear implants5.4 Hearing
Codeine4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
cognition7.1 What Is Cognition?
Cognitive development9.1 What Is Lifespan Development?
cognitive dissonance12.3 Attitudes and Persuasion, 12.3 Attitudes and Persuasion, 12.3 Attitudes and Persuasion
Cognitive empathy9.3 Stages of Development
cognitive map6.3 Operant Conditioning
cognitive psychology1.3 Contemporary Psychology, 7.1 What Is Cognition?
cognitive script7.1 What Is Cognition?
Cognitive therapy16.2 Types of Treatment
Cognitive-behavioral therapy4.4 Sleep Problems and Disorders
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)16.2 Types of Treatment
cognitive-mediational theory10.4 Emotion
collective unconscious4.3 Stages of Sleep, 11.3 Neo-Freudians: Adler, Erikson, Jung, and Horney
collectivistic culture12.1 What Is Social Psychology?
color vision5.3 Vision
comorbid disorders16.4 Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders: A Special Case
comorbidity15.2 Diagnosing and Classifying Psychological Disorders, 16.4 Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders: A Special Case
Companionate love12.7 Prosocial Behavior
Compliance12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
components of emotion10.4 Emotion
Compulsions15.5 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
computerized tomography (CT) scan3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
Conception9.3 Stages of Development
Concepts7.1 What Is Cognition?
concrete operational stage9.2 Lifespan Theories
conditioned response (CR)6.2 Classical Conditioning
conditioned stimulus (CS)6.2 Classical Conditioning
conditioning6.2 Classical Conditioning
conductive hearing loss5.4 Hearing
cones5.3 Vision
confederate12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
Confidentiality16.3 Treatment Modalities
confirmation bias2.3 Analyzing Findings, 7.3 Problem Solving, 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination
Conformity12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience, 12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
confounding variable2.3 Analyzing Findings
congenital analgesia5.5 The Other Senses
congenital deafness5.4 Hearing
congenital insensitivity to pain 5.5 The Other Senses
congruence11.5 Humanistic Approaches
conscious11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
Consciousness4.1 What Is Consciousness?
conservation9.2 Lifespan Theories
construction8.3 Problems with Memory
consummate love12.7 Prosocial Behavior
Contemporized-Themes Concerning Blacks Test (C-TCB)11.9 Personality Assessment
continuity 5.6 Gestalt Principles of Perception
Continuous development9.1 What Is Lifespan Development?
continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)4.4 Sleep Problems and Disorders
continuous reinforcement6.3 Operant Conditioning
control group2.3 Analyzing Findings
convergent thinking7.4 What Are Intelligence and Creativity?
Coping14.4 Regulation of Stress
cornea5.3 Vision
corpus callosum3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
Correlation2.3 Analyzing Findings
correlation coefficient2.3 Analyzing Findings
correlational research2.3 Analyzing Findings, 14.2 Stressors
correlations7.6 The Source of Intelligence
Cortisol14.1 What Is Stress?
Counseling psychology1.3 Contemporary Psychology
counterconditioning16.2 Types of Treatment
Couples therapy16.3 Treatment Modalities
Creative intelligence7.4 What Are Intelligence and Creativity?
Creativity7.4 What Are Intelligence and Creativity?
critical or sensitive period9.3 Stages of Development
cross-sectional research2.2 Approaches to Research
Crystallized intelligence7.4 What Are Intelligence and Creativity?
cues5.3 Vision
cultural competence16.5 The Sociocultural Model and Therapy Utilization
cultural display rule10.4 Emotion
cultural intelligence7.4 What Are Intelligence and Creativity?
culture1.2 History of Psychology, 9.1 What Is Lifespan Development?, 11.8 Cultural Understandings of Personality, 11.8 Cultural Understandings of Personality, 15.1 What Are Psychological Disorders?, 16.5 The Sociocultural Model and Therapy Utilization
cultures5.1 Sensation versus Perception, 5.6 Gestalt Principles of Perception
Cyberbullying12.6 Aggression
D
Daily hassles14.2 Stressors
dancing mania15.3 Perspectives on Psychological Disorders
deaf culture5.4 Hearing
Deafness5.4 Hearing
debriefing2.4 Ethics
Deception2.4 Ethics
decibels (dB)5.2 Waves and Wavelengths
deductive reasoning2.1 Why Is Research Important?
defense mechanisms11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
Deindividuation12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
deinstitutionalization16.1 Mental Health Treatment: Past and Present
delta waves4.3 Stages of Sleep
Delusions15.8 Schizophrenia
dendrites3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)3.1 Human Genetics
dependent personality disorder15.11 Personality Disorders
dependent variable2.3 Analyzing Findings
depersonalization15.9 Dissociative Disorders
Depersonalization/derealization disorder15.9 Dissociative Disorders
depressant4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
depression14.3 Stress and Illness, 15.7 Mood Disorders
Depressive disorders15.7 Mood Disorders
depth perception5.3 Vision
Derealization15.9 Dissociative Disorders
developmental milestones9.1 What Is Lifespan Development?
Developmental psychology1.3 Contemporary Psychology
diabetes3.5 The Endocrine System
diagnosis15.2 Diagnosing and Classifying Psychological Disorders
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)15.2 Diagnosing and Classifying Psychological Disorders
diathesis-stress model15.3 Perspectives on Psychological Disorders
diathesis-stress models15.7 Mood Disorders
difference threshold5.1 Sensation versus Perception
Diffusion of responsibility12.6 Aggression
discontinuous9.1 What Is Lifespan Development?
Discrimination12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination, 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination, 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination, 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination, 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination, 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination, 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination, 13.2 Industrial Psychology: Selecting and Evaluating Employees
disorganized attachment9.3 Stages of Development
Disorganized or abnormal motor behavior15.8 Schizophrenia
Disorganized thinking15.8 Schizophrenia
displacement11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
dispositionism12.1 What Is Social Psychology?
dissertation1.4 Careers in Psychology
dissociative amnesia15.9 Dissociative Disorders
Dissociative disorders15.9 Dissociative Disorders
dissociative fugue15.9 Dissociative Disorders
dissociative identity disorder15.9 Dissociative Disorders
distorted body image10.2 Hunger and Eating
distress14.1 What Is Stress?
divergent thinking7.4 What Are Intelligence and Creativity?
Diversity training13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
Dix16.1 Mental Health Treatment: Past and Present
Do Not Resuscitate (DNR)9.4 Death and Dying
dominant allele3.1 Human Genetics
dopamine hypothesis15.8 Schizophrenia
double-blind study2.3 Analyzing Findings
Downsizing13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
dream analysis16.2 Types of Treatment
drive theory10.1 Motivation
Dyscalculia7.6 The Source of Intelligence
dysgraphia7.6 The Source of Intelligence
dyslexia7.6 The Source of Intelligence
E
Ebbinghaus8.3 Problems with Memory
effortful processing8.1 How Memory Functions
ego11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
egocentrism9.2 Lifespan Theories
elaboration likelihood model12.3 Attitudes and Persuasion
elaborative rehearsal8.4 Ways to Enhance Memory
electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)16.2 Types of Treatment
Electroencephalography (EEG)3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
electromagnetic spectrum5.2 Waves and Wavelengths
embryo9.3 Stages of Development
emerging adulthood9.3 Stages of Development
emotion10.4 Emotion
emotion-focused coping14.4 Regulation of Stress
Emotional intelligence7.4 What Are Intelligence and Creativity?
Empathy12.7 Prosocial Behavior
empirical2.1 Why Is Research Important?
empirical method1.1 What Is Psychology?
encoding8.1 How Memory Functions
endocrine system3.5 The Endocrine System
engram8.2 Parts of the Brain Involved with Memory
epigenetics3.1 Human Genetics
Episodic memory8.1 How Memory Functions
equipotentiality hypothesis8.2 Parts of the Brain Involved with Memory
Erikson9.2 Lifespan Theories, 11.3 Neo-Freudians: Adler, Erikson, Jung, and Horney
etiology15.1 What Are Psychological Disorders?
euphoric high4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
eustress14.1 What Is Stress?
event schema7.1 What Is Cognition?
evolutionary psychology1.3 Contemporary Psychology, 3.1 Human Genetics, 4.2 Sleep and Why We Sleep
excitement10.3 Sexual Behavior
exercise14.4 Regulation of Stress
experiment2.3 Analyzing Findings
experimental design2.3 Analyzing Findings
experimental group2.3 Analyzing Findings
Experimenter bias2.3 Analyzing Findings
Explicit memories8.1 How Memory Functions
exposure therapy16.2 Types of Treatment
Extinction6.2 Classical Conditioning
extrinsic10.1 Motivation
Eysenck11.7 Trait Theorists
F
Facts2.1 Why Is Research Important?
false memory syndrome8.3 Problems with Memory
falsifiable2.1 Why Is Research Important?
Family therapy16.3 Treatment Modalities
fight or flight3.3 Parts of the Nervous System
fight or flight response3.3 Parts of the Nervous System
fight-or-flight response14.1 What Is Stress?
figure-ground relationship5.6 Gestalt Principles of Perception
Fine motor skills9.3 Stages of Development
Five Factor model1.3 Contemporary Psychology, 11.7 Trait Theorists
fixed interval reinforcement schedule6.3 Operant Conditioning
fixed ratio reinforcement schedule6.3 Operant Conditioning
flashbacks15.6 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
flashbulb memory8.2 Parts of the Brain Involved with Memory
flight of ideas15.7 Mood Disorders
Flow14.5 The Pursuit of Happiness
Fluid intelligence7.4 What Are Intelligence and Creativity?
Flynn effect7.5 Measures of Intelligence
foot-in-the-door technique12.3 Attitudes and Persuasion
forebrain3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord, 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
Forensic psychology1.3 Contemporary Psychology
Forgetting8.3 Problems with Memory
formal operational stage9.2 Lifespan Theories
fovea5.3 Vision
fraternal twins3.1 Human Genetics
free association16.2 Types of Treatment
Frequency5.2 Waves and Wavelengths
Freud1.2 History of Psychology, 2.1 Why Is Research Important?, 4.3 Stages of Sleep, 9.2 Lifespan Theories, 11.1 What Is Personality?, 11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective, 15.4 Anxiety Disorders, 16.2 Types of Treatment
frontal lobe3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
frustration aggression theory12.6 Aggression
Functional fixedness7.3 Problem Solving
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
functionalism1.2 History of Psychology
fundamental attribution error12.1 What Is Social Psychology?
G
Gage3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord, 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
Galen11.1 What Is Personality?
Gender dysphoria10.3 Sexual Behavior
Gender identity10.3 Sexual Behavior
general adaptation syndrome14.1 What Is Stress?
generalized anxiety disorder15.4 Anxiety Disorders
Generalizing2.2 Approaches to Research
genes3.1 Human Genetics, 3.1 Human Genetics
genetic environmental correlation3.1 Human Genetics
genital stage11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
genotype3.1 Human Genetics
Gestalt1.2 History of Psychology
Gestalt psychology5.6 Gestalt Principles of Perception
Ghraib12.2 Self-presentation
Gilbreth13.1 What Is Industrial and Organizational Psychology?, 13.4 Human Factors Psychology and Workplace Design
Glial cells3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
gonadarche9.3 Stages of Development
gonads3.5 The Endocrine System
good continuation5.6 Gestalt Principles of Perception
Goodall2.2 Approaches to Research
Grammar7.2 Language
grandiose delusions15.8 Schizophrenia
Gross motor skills9.3 Stages of Development
Group polarization12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience, 12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
group therapy16.3 Treatment Modalities
Groupthink12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience, 12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
gyri3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
H
habit10.1 Motivation
hair cells5.4 Hearing
hallucination15.8 Schizophrenia
hallucinogen4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
happiness14.5 The Pursuit of Happiness, 14.5 The Pursuit of Happiness
harassment13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
harmful dysfunction15.1 What Are Psychological Disorders?
Hawthorne effect13.1 What Is Industrial and Organizational Psychology?
health care proxy9.4 Death and Dying
Health psychology1.3 Contemporary Psychology, 14.1 What Is Stress?
hearing5.4 Hearing
heart disease14.3 Stress and Illness
hemispheres3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
Henner8.1 How Memory Functions
heritability7.6 The Source of Intelligence, 11.6 Biological Approaches, 15.3 Perspectives on Psychological Disorders
hertz (Hz)5.2 Waves and Wavelengths
heterosexual10.3 Sexual Behavior
heterozygous3.1 Human Genetics
heuristic7.3 Problem Solving
hierarchy of needs10.1 Motivation
higher-order conditioning6.2 Classical Conditioning
hindbrain3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
Hindsight bias7.3 Problem Solving
hippocampus3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord, 8.2 Parts of the Brain Involved with Memory, 10.4 Emotion
histrionic personality disorder15.11 Personality Disorders
hoarding disorder15.5 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
Holmes14.2 Stressors
Homeostasis3.3 Parts of the Nervous System, 4.1 What Is Consciousness?
Homophily12.7 Prosocial Behavior
homophobia12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination, 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination
homosexual10.3 Sexual Behavior
homozygous3.1 Human Genetics
hopelessness theory15.7 Mood Disorders
hormones3.5 The Endocrine System
Horney11.3 Neo-Freudians: Adler, Erikson, Jung, and Horney
hospice9.4 Death and Dying
Hostile aggression12.6 Aggression
Hovland12.3 Attitudes and Persuasion
Human factors psychology13.1 What Is Industrial and Organizational Psychology?
Humanism1.2 History of Psychology, 11.5 Humanistic Approaches
humanistic therapy16.2 Types of Treatment
hunger10.2 Hunger and Eating
hypertension14.3 Stress and Illness
hyperthymesia8.1 How Memory Functions
Hypnosis4.6 Other States of Consciousness
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis14.1 What Is Stress?
hypothalamus3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
hypothesis2.1 Why Is Research Important?, 2.3 Analyzing Findings
I
id11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
ideal self11.5 Humanistic Approaches
identical twins3.1 Human Genetics
Illusory correlations2.3 Analyzing Findings
imitation6.4 Observational Learning (Modeling)
immune system14.1 What Is Stress?, 14.3 Stress and Illness
immunosuppression14.3 Stress and Illness
immutable characteristics13.2 Industrial Psychology: Selecting and Evaluating Employees
Implicit memories8.1 How Memory Functions
in-group12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination
in-group bias12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination
Inattentional blindness5.1 Sensation versus Perception
incongruence11.5 Humanistic Approaches
incus5.4 Hearing
independent variable2.3 Analyzing Findings
individual psychology11.3 Neo-Freudians: Adler, Erikson, Jung, and Horney
individual therapy16.3 Treatment Modalities
individualistic culture12.1 What Is Social Psychology?
inductive reasoning2.1 Why Is Research Important?
Industrial and organizational (I-O) psychology13.1 What Is Industrial and Organizational Psychology?
Industrial psychology13.1 What Is Industrial and Organizational Psychology?
Industrial-Organizational psychology1.3 Contemporary Psychology
inferiority complex11.3 Neo-Freudians: Adler, Erikson, Jung, and Horney
inflammatory pain5.5 The Other Senses
informational social influence12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience, 12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
informed consent2.4 Ethics
initiation12.3 Attitudes and Persuasion
Innocence Project8.3 Problems with Memory
insomnia4.1 What Is Consciousness?
instinct10.1 Motivation
instincts6.1 What Is Learning?
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)2.4 Ethics
institutional review board (IRB)2.4 Ethics
instrumental aggression12.6 Aggression
intake16.3 Treatment Modalities
intelligence quotient7.5 Measures of Intelligence
inter-rater reliability2.2 Approaches to Research
Interaural level difference5.4 Hearing
Interaural timing difference5.4 Hearing
internal factor12.1 What Is Social Psychology?
International Classification of Diseases (ICD)15.2 Diagnosing and Classifying Psychological Disorders
Interpersonal12.1 What Is Social Psychology?
Intrapersonal12.1 What Is Social Psychology?
intrinsic10.1 Motivation
introspection1.2 History of Psychology
Involuntary treatment16.1 Mental Health Treatment: Past and Present
iris5.3 Vision
J
James1.2 History of Psychology, 10.1 Motivation
James-Lange theory10.4 Emotion
Jet lag4.1 What Is Consciousness?
job analysis13.2 Industrial Psychology: Selecting and Evaluating Employees
job burnout14.2 Stressors
job interview13.2 Industrial Psychology: Selecting and Evaluating Employees
Job satisfaction13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
job strain14.2 Stressors
Johnson10.3 Sexual Behavior
Jung4.3 Stages of Sleep, 11.3 Neo-Freudians: Adler, Erikson, Jung, and Horney
just noticeable difference (jnd)5.1 Sensation versus Perception
just-world hypothesis12.1 What Is Social Psychology?
justification of effort12.3 Attitudes and Persuasion
K
K-complex4.3 Stages of Sleep
kinesthesia 5.5 The Other Senses
Kinsey10.3 Sexual Behavior
Kohlberg9.2 Lifespan Theories
L
Language7.2 Language
latency period11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
Latent content4.3 Stages of Sleep
latent learning6.3 Operant Conditioning
lateralization3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
law of effect6.3 Operant Conditioning
learned helplessness14.4 Regulation of Stress
learning6.1 What Is Learning?, 11.4 Learning Approaches
lens5.3 Vision
leptin10.2 Hunger and Eating
levels of processing8.4 Ways to Enhance Memory
Lexicon7.2 Language
lifespan development12.2 Self-presentation
limbic system3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord, 10.4 Emotion
Linear perspective5.3 Vision
living will9.4 Death and Dying
locus coeruleus15.4 Anxiety Disorders
locus of control11.4 Learning Approaches
Long-Term Memory8.1 How Memory Functions
Long-term memory (LTM)8.1 How Memory Functions
longitudinal fissure3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
Longitudinal research2.2 Approaches to Research
Lucid dreams4.3 Stages of Sleep
lymphocytes14.3 Stress and Illness
M
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
major depressive disorder15.7 Mood Disorders
malleus5.4 Hearing
Mania15.7 Mood Disorders
manic depression15.7 Mood Disorders
manic episode15.7 Mood Disorders
Manifest content4.3 Stages of Sleep
marijuana15.8 Schizophrenia
Maslow1.2 History of Psychology, 10.1 Motivation, 11.5 Humanistic Approaches
Masters10.3 Sexual Behavior
Meditation4.6 Other States of Consciousness, 14.4 Regulation of Stress
medulla3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
Meissner’s corpuscles5.5 The Other Senses
melatonin4.1 What Is Consciousness?
membrane potential3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
Memory8.1 How Memory Functions
memory-enhancing strategies8.4 Ways to Enhance Memory
menarche9.3 Stages of Development
Ménière's disease5.4 Hearing
mental set7.3 Problem Solving
Merkel’s disks5.5 The Other Senses
meta-analysis4.1 What Is Consciousness?
metabolic rate10.2 Hunger and Eating
Methadone4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
Methadone clinics4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
Methamphetamine4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
midbrain3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
Milgram1.3 Contemporary Psychology, 12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience, 12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)11.9 Personality Assessment
Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart11.6 Biological Approaches
Misattribution8.3 Problems with Memory
Mischel11.4 Learning Approaches
misinformation effect paradigm8.3 Problems with Memory
mitosis9.3 Stages of Development
Mnemonic devices8.4 Ways to Enhance Memory
modeling15.4 Anxiety Disorders
models6.4 Observational Learning (Modeling)
Molaison3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
monaural5.4 Hearing
monocular cues5.3 Vision
Mood10.4 Emotion
Mood disorders15.7 Mood Disorders
Morbid obesity10.2 Hunger and Eating
morphemes7.2 Language
Motivation10.1 Motivation
motor cortex3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
Motor skills9.3 Stages of Development
Müller-Lyer5.1 Sensation versus Perception
Multiple Intelligences Theory7.4 What Are Intelligence and Creativity?
mutation3.1 Human Genetics
myelin sheath3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
N
narcissistic personality disorder15.11 Personality Disorders
narcolepsy4.4 Sleep Problems and Disorders
Natural concepts7.1 What Is Cognition?
natural selection4.2 Sleep and Why We Sleep
naturalistic observation2.2 Approaches to Research
nature9.1 What Is Lifespan Development?
Negative affectivity14.3 Stress and Illness
negative correlation2.3 Analyzing Findings
negative punishment6.3 Operant Conditioning
negative reinforcement6.3 Operant Conditioning
Negative symptoms15.8 Schizophrenia
nervous system3.2 Cells of the Nervous System, 3.3 Parts of the Nervous System
neurodevelopmental disorders15.10 Disorders in Childhood
neuron3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
Neurons3.2 Cells of the Nervous System, 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
neuropathic pain5.5 The Other Senses
neuroplasticity3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
neurosis11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
neurotransmitter8.2 Parts of the Brain Involved with Memory
neurotransmitters3.2 Cells of the Nervous System, 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
neutral stimulus (NS)6.2 Classical Conditioning
newborn reflexes9.3 Stages of Development
nicotine4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
Night terrors4.4 Sleep Problems and Disorders
nociception5.5 The Other Senses
Nodes of Ranvier3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
non-REM (NREM)4.3 Stages of Sleep
nondirective therapy16.2 Types of Treatment
normative approach9.1 What Is Lifespan Development?
normative social influence12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience, 12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
Norming7.5 Measures of Intelligence
NREM stage 3 sleep4.3 Stages of Sleep
nurture9.1 What Is Lifespan Development?
O
O*Net13.2 Industrial Psychology: Selecting and Evaluating Employees
Obedience12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience, 12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
obese10.2 Hunger and Eating
object permanence9.2 Lifespan Theories
observational learning6.4 Observational Learning (Modeling)
observer bias2.2 Approaches to Research
obsessions15.5 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders15.5 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)15.5 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
obsessive-compulsive personality disorder15.11 Personality Disorders
Obstructive sleep apnea4.4 Sleep Problems and Disorders
occipital lobe3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
olfactory bulb5.5 The Other Senses
Olfactory receptor5.5 The Other Senses
operant conditioning6.3 Operant Conditioning, 15.5 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
operational definition2.3 Analyzing Findings
opiates4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
opinions2.1 Why Is Research Important?
opioid4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
opponent-process theory5.3 Vision
optic chiasm5.3 Vision
optic nerve5.3 Vision
optimism14.5 The Pursuit of Happiness
oral stage11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
orbitofrontal cortex15.5 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
Organizational culture13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
Organizational psychology13.1 What Is Industrial and Organizational Psychology?, 13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
Orgasm10.3 Sexual Behavior
ossicles5.4 Hearing
out-group12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination
overgeneralization7.2 Language
overweight10.2 Hunger and Eating
P
Pacinian corpuscles5.5 The Other Senses
pancreas3.5 The Endocrine System
panic attack15.4 Anxiety Disorders
panic disorder15.4 Anxiety Disorders
paranoid delusions15.8 Schizophrenia
paranoid personality disorder15.11 Personality Disorders
parasomnia4.4 Sleep Problems and Disorders
parasympathetic nervous system3.3 Parts of the Nervous System
parietal lobe3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
partial reinforcement6.3 Operant Conditioning
Participants2.3 Analyzing Findings
pattern perception5.6 Gestalt Principles of Perception
Pavlov1.2 History of Psychology, 6.2 Classical Conditioning
peer-reviewed journal articles2.3 Analyzing Findings
Perceived control14.4 Regulation of Stress
perception1.3 Contemporary Psychology, 5.1 Sensation versus Perception
perceptual hypotheses5.6 Gestalt Principles of Perception
Performance appraisals13.2 Industrial Psychology: Selecting and Evaluating Employees
peripartum onset15.7 Mood Disorders
peripheral nervous system (PNS)3.3 Parts of the Nervous System
peripheral route12.3 Attitudes and Persuasion
permissive style9.3 Stages of Development
persistence8.3 Problems with Memory
persistent depressive disorder15.7 Mood Disorders
Personality11.1 What Is Personality?
personality disorders15.11 Personality Disorders
Personality psychology1.3 Contemporary Psychology
personality traits1.3 Contemporary Psychology
Persuasion12.3 Attitudes and Persuasion
phallic stage11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
PhD1.4 Careers in Psychology
Phenotype3.1 Human Genetics
phenylketonuria3.1 Human Genetics
pheromones5.5 The Other Senses
phobia15.4 Anxiety Disorders
phoneme7.2 Language
photoreceptor5.3 Vision
Physical dependence4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
Physical development9.1 What Is Lifespan Development?
Piaget1.3 Contemporary Psychology, 9.2 Lifespan Theories
pineal gland4.1 What Is Consciousness?
Pinel16.1 Mental Health Treatment: Past and Present
pinna5.4 Hearing
pitch5.2 Waves and Wavelengths
pituitary gland3.5 The Endocrine System
place theory5.4 Hearing
placebo effect2.3 Analyzing Findings
placenta9.3 Stages of Development
plateau10.3 Sexual Behavior
Play therapy16.2 Types of Treatment
polygenic3.1 Human Genetics
polygraph10.4 Emotion
pons3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
population2.2 Approaches to Research
positive affect14.5 The Pursuit of Happiness
positive correlation2.3 Analyzing Findings
positive psychology14.5 The Pursuit of Happiness
positive punishment6.3 Operant Conditioning
positive reinforcement6.3 Operant Conditioning
Positron emission tomography (PET)3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
postdoctoral training programs1.4 Careers in Psychology
postpartum depression15.7 Mood Disorders
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)15.6 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Practical intelligence7.4 What Are Intelligence and Creativity?
Prader-Willi Syndrome10.2 Hunger and Eating
prefrontal cortex3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
prejudice5.6 Gestalt Principles of Perception, 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination, 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination, 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination, 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination, 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination, 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination, 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination
prenatal care9.3 Stages of Development
prenatal development9.3 Stages of Development
preoperational stage9.2 Lifespan Theories
primary appraisal14.1 What Is Stress?
primary reinforcer6.3 Operant Conditioning
Primary sexual characteristics9.3 Stages of Development
principle of closure5.6 Gestalt Principles of Perception
proactive interference8.3 Problems with Memory
problem-focused coping14.4 Regulation of Stress
problem-solving strategy7.3 Problem Solving
Procedural justice13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
procedural memory8.1 How Memory Functions
prodromal symptoms15.8 Schizophrenia
projection11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
projective testing11.9 Personality Assessment
proprioception 5.5 The Other Senses
prosocial6.4 Observational Learning (Modeling)
prosocial behavior12.7 Prosocial Behavior
prototype7.1 What Is Cognition?
proximity5.6 Gestalt Principles of Perception
psychoanalysis16.2 Types of Treatment
Psychoanalytic theory1.2 History of Psychology
psychodynamic16.2 Types of Treatment
psychological dependence4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
psychological disorder15.1 What Are Psychological Disorders?
Psychology1.1 What Is Psychology?
Psychoneuroimmunology14.3 Stress and Illness
Psychopathology15.1 What Are Psychological Disorders?
psychophysiological disorders14.3 Stress and Illness
psychosexual development9.2 Lifespan Theories
psychosexual stage of development11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
Psychosocial development9.1 What Is Lifespan Development?
psychosocial development 9.2 Lifespan Theories
Psychotherapy16.2 Types of Treatment
Psychotropic medications3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
PsyD1.4 Careers in Psychology
punishment6.3 Operant Conditioning
Punnett square3.1 Human Genetics, 3.1 Human Genetics
pupil5.3 Vision
R
Racism12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination
radical behaviorism6.3 Operant Conditioning
Rahe14.2 Stressors
random assignment2.3 Analyzing Findings
random sample2.3 Analyzing Findings
Range of reaction3.1 Human Genetics, 7.6 The Source of Intelligence
Rapid eye movement (REM)4.3 Stages of Sleep
rational emotive therapy (RET)16.2 Types of Treatment
rationalization11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
reaction formation11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
real self11.5 Humanistic Approaches
Recall8.1 How Memory Functions
Receptors3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
recessive allele3.1 Human Genetics
reciprocal determinism11.4 Learning Approaches
Reciprocity12.7 Prosocial Behavior
Recognition8.1 How Memory Functions
reconstruction8.3 Problems with Memory
Reflexes6.1 What Is Learning?
refractory period10.3 Sexual Behavior
regression11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
Rehearsal8.1 How Memory Functions, 8.4 Ways to Enhance Memory
relapse16.4 Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders: A Special Case
relaxation response technique14.4 Regulation of Stress
relearning8.1 How Memory Functions
Reliability2.3 Analyzing Findings
REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD)4.4 Sleep Problems and Disorders
replicate2.3 Analyzing Findings
Representative bias7.3 Problem Solving
representative sample7.5 Measures of Intelligence
repressed11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
resistant attachment9.3 Stages of Development
Resolution10.3 Sexual Behavior
resting potential3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
restless leg syndrome4.4 Sleep Problems and Disorders
reticular formation3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
retina5.3 Vision
retrieval8.1 How Memory Functions
Retroactive interference8.3 Problems with Memory
Retrograde amnesia8.3 Problems with Memory
reuptake3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
reversibility9.2 Lifespan Theories
Rods5.3 Vision
Rogerian16.2 Types of Treatment
Rogers1.2 History of Psychology, 16.2 Types of Treatment
role schema7.1 What Is Cognition?
Romantic love12.7 Prosocial Behavior
Rorschach Inkblot Test11.9 Personality Assessment
Rotating shift work4.1 What Is Consciousness?
Rotter11.4 Learning Approaches
Rotter Incomplete Sentence Blank (RISB)11.9 Personality Assessment
Ruffini corpuscles5.5 The Other Senses
Rumination15.7 Mood Disorders
S
safety behaviors15.4 Anxiety Disorders
sample2.2 Approaches to Research
satiation10.2 Hunger and Eating
Scapegoating12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination
Schachter-Singer two-factor theory10.4 Emotion
schema7.1 What Is Cognition?
Schemata9.2 Lifespan Theories
Schiavo3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
schizoid personality disorder15.11 Personality Disorders
schizophrenia3.1 Human Genetics, 15.8 Schizophrenia
schizotypal personality disorder15.11 Personality Disorders
scientific management13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
scientific method2.1 Why Is Research Important?
Scott13.1 What Is Industrial and Organizational Psychology?
script12.2 Self-presentation
seasonal pattern15.7 Mood Disorders
second-order conditioning6.2 Classical Conditioning
secondary appraisal14.1 What Is Stress?
secondary reinforcer6.3 Operant Conditioning
Secondary sexual characteristics9.3 Stages of Development
secure attachment9.3 Stages of Development
secure base9.3 Stages of Development
selective migration11.8 Cultural Understandings of Personality
self-concept11.5 Humanistic Approaches
Self-disclosure12.7 Prosocial Behavior
Self-efficacy10.1 Motivation, 11.4 Learning Approaches
self-fulfilling prophecy12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination
self-reference effect8.1 How Memory Functions
Self-serving bias12.1 What Is Social Psychology?
Seligman14.5 The Pursuit of Happiness
Selye14.1 What Is Stress?, 14.1 What Is Stress?
semantic encoding8.1 How Memory Functions
Semantic memory8.1 How Memory Functions
Semantics7.2 Language
semipermeable membrane3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
sensation1.3 Contemporary Psychology, 5.1 Sensation versus Perception
sensorimotor9.2 Lifespan Theories
sensorineural hearing loss5.4 Hearing
sensory adaptation5.1 Sensation versus Perception
Sensory Memory8.1 How Memory Functions, 8.1 How Memory Functions
serotonin15.7 Mood Disorders, 15.7 Mood Disorders
set-point theory10.2 Hunger and Eating
Sexism12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination
sexual harassment13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
sexual orientation10.3 Sexual Behavior
sexual response cycle10.3 Sexual Behavior
shaping6.3 Operant Conditioning
Shiffrin8.1 How Memory Functions
Short-Term Memory8.1 How Memory Functions
Short-term memory (STM)8.1 How Memory Functions
signal detection theory5.1 Sensation versus Perception
similarity5.6 Gestalt Principles of Perception
single-blind study2.3 Analyzing Findings
Situationism12.1 What Is Social Psychology?
Skinner1.2 History of Psychology, 6.3 Operant Conditioning, 7.2 Language, 11.4 Learning Approaches
Skinner box1.2 History of Psychology
Sleep4.1 What Is Consciousness?
Sleep apnea4.4 Sleep Problems and Disorders
sleep debt4.1 What Is Consciousness?
Sleep rebound4.2 Sleep and Why We Sleep
Sleep regulation4.1 What Is Consciousness?
sleep spindle4.3 Stages of Sleep
sleepwalking4.4 Sleep Problems and Disorders
Smart8.3 Problems with Memory
smell5.5 The Other Senses
Social anxiety disorder15.4 Anxiety Disorders
social exchange theory12.7 Prosocial Behavior
Social facilitation12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
Social loafing12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience, 12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
social norm12.2 Self-presentation
Social psychology1.3 Contemporary Psychology, 12.1 What Is Social Psychology?
Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS)14.2 Stressors
social role12.2 Self-presentation
Social support14.4 Regulation of Stress
social-cognitive theory11.4 Learning Approaches
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)13.1 What Is Industrial and Organizational Psychology?
socioemotional selectivity theory9.3 Stages of Development
sodium-potassium pump3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
soma3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
somatic delusion15.8 Schizophrenia
somatic nervous system3.3 Parts of the Nervous System
somatosensory cortex3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
specific phobia15.4 Anxiety Disorders
spermarche9.3 Stages of Development
spinal cord3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
spontaneous recovery6.2 Classical Conditioning
sport and exercise psychology1.3 Contemporary Psychology
Stage 1 sleep4.3 Stages of Sleep
stage 2 sleep4.3 Stages of Sleep
stage of exhaustion14.1 What Is Stress?
stage of resistance14.1 What Is Stress?
stages of moral reasoning9.2 Lifespan Theories
Standard deviations7.5 Measures of Intelligence
Standardization7.5 Measures of Intelligence
Stanford prison experiment12.2 Self-presentation
stapes5.4 Hearing
statistical analysis2.3 Analyzing Findings
stereotype12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination, 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination, 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination
stereotypes5.6 Gestalt Principles of Perception
Stimulants4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
stimulus discrimination6.2 Classical Conditioning
stimulus generalization6.2 Classical Conditioning
Storage8.1 How Memory Functions
strategic family therapy16.3 Treatment Modalities
stress13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work, 14.1 What Is Stress?, 14.1 What Is Stress?, 14.2 Stressors, 14.3 Stress and Illness, 14.4 Regulation of Stress, 14.5 The Pursuit of Happiness
stressor14.2 Stressors
stressors14.1 What Is Stress?
structural family therapy16.3 Treatment Modalities
structuralism1.2 History of Psychology
sublimation11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
subliminal messages5.1 Sensation versus Perception
substantia nigra3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)4.4 Sleep Problems and Disorders
Suggestibility8.3 Problems with Memory
suicidal ideation15.7 Mood Disorders
Suicide15.7 Mood Disorders
sulci3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
superego11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
supernatural15.3 Perspectives on Psychological Disorders
suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN)4.1 What Is Consciousness?
Surveys2.2 Approaches to Research
sympathetic nervous system3.3 Parts of the Nervous System, 14.1 What Is Stress?
synaptic cleft3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
synaptic vesicles3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
Syntax7.2 Language
systematic desensitization16.2 Types of Treatment
T
taste5.5 The Other Senses
Taste aversion6.2 Classical Conditioning
Taste buds5.5 The Other Senses
Taylor13.1 What Is Industrial and Organizational Psychology?
Telecommuting13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
telomere14.3 Stress and Illness
TEMAS Multicultural Thematic Apperception Test11.9 Personality Assessment
Temperament9.3 Stages of Development, 11.7 Trait Theorists
temporal lobe3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
temporal theory5.4 Hearing
teratogen9.3 Stages of Development
terminal buttons3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
thalamus3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)11.9 Personality Assessment
theory2.1 Why Is Research Important?
theory of evolution by natural selection3.1 Human Genetics
Theory X13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
Theory Y13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
therapy1.3 Contemporary Psychology
thermoception5.5 The Other Senses
Theta waves4.3 Stages of Sleep
Thorndike6.3 Operant Conditioning
threshold of excitation3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
thyroid gland3.5 The Endocrine System
Timbre5.2 Waves and Wavelengths
token economy16.2 Types of Treatment
Tolerance4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
top-down processing5.1 Sensation versus Perception
traits11.7 Trait Theorists
transactional leadership13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
transduction5.1 Sensation versus Perception
transference16.2 Types of Treatment
transformational leadership13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
transgender hormone therapy10.3 Sexual Behavior
transience8.3 Problems with Memory
trial and error7.3 Problem Solving
triangular theory of love12.7 Prosocial Behavior
triarchic theory of intelligence7.4 What Are Intelligence and Creativity?
trichromatic theory of color vision5.3 Vision
Tuskegee Syphilis Study2.4 Ethics
tympanic membrane5.4 Hearing
Type A14.3 Stress and Illness
Type B14.3 Stress and Illness
U
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)13.2 Industrial Psychology: Selecting and Evaluating Employees
Umami5.5 The Other Senses
unconditional positive regard16.2 Types of Treatment
unconditioned response (UCR)6.2 Classical Conditioning
unconditioned stimulus (UCS)6.2 Classical Conditioning
unconscious11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
uninvolved style9.3 Stages of Development
universal emotions10.4 Emotion
V
vaccinations15.10 Disorders in Childhood
validity2.2 Approaches to Research, 2.3 Analyzing Findings
variable interval reinforcement schedule6.3 Operant Conditioning
variable ratio reinforcement schedule6.3 Operant Conditioning
ventral tegmental area (VTA)3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
ventricles15.8 Schizophrenia
vertigo5.4 Hearing
vestibular sense5.5 The Other Senses
vicarious punishment6.4 Observational Learning (Modeling)
vicarious reinforcement6.4 Observational Learning (Modeling)
virtual reality exposure therapy16.2 Types of Treatment
visible spectrum5.2 Waves and Wavelengths
vision5.3 Vision
Visual encoding8.1 How Memory Functions
Voluntary treatment16.1 Mental Health Treatment: Past and Present
W
Wakefulness4.1 What Is Consciousness?
Watson1.2 History of Psychology, 6.2 Classical Conditioning
Wavelength5.2 Waves and Wavelengths
Wernicke’s area3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
withdrawal4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
work teams13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
work-family balance13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
Working backwards7.3 Problem Solving
Workplace violence13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
Wundt1.2 History of Psychology, 11.1 What Is Personality?
Y
Yale attitude change approach12.3 Attitudes and Persuasion
Yerkes-Dodson law10.1 Motivation
Z
Zimbardo12.2 Self-presentation
ZimmermanIntroduction
zygote9.3 Stages of Development
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