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  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, Sexuality, and Gender Identity
    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 and Related 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
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absentmindedness 8.3 Problems with Memory
Absolute threshold 5.1 Sensation versus Perception
Accommodation 9.2 Lifespan Theories
acoustic encoding 8.1 How Memory Functions
acquisition 6.2 Classical Conditioning
action potential 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System, 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
actor-observer bias 12.1 What Is Social Psychology?
Adler 11.3 Neo-Freudians: Adler, Erikson, Jung, and Horney
Adolescence 9.3 Stages of Development
adrenal glands 3.5 The Endocrine System
adrenarche 9.3 Stages of Development
advance directive 9.4 Death and Dying
afterimage 5.3 Vision
ageism 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination
aggression 12.6 Aggression
Agonists 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
agoraphobia 15.4 Anxiety Disorders
Alarm reaction 14.1 What Is Stress?
algorithm 7.3 Problem Solving
all-or-none 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
allele 3.1 Human Genetics
alpha waves 4.3 Stages of Sleep
Altruism 12.7 Prosocial Behavior
American Psychiatric Association 15.1 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
Amnesia 8.3 Problems with Memory
amplitude 5.2 Waves and Wavelengths
amygdala 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord, 8.2 Parts of the Brain Involved with Memory, 10.4 Emotion
anal stage 11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
Analytical intelligence 7.4 What Are Intelligence and Creativity?
analytical psychology 11.3 Neo-Freudians: Adler, Erikson, Jung, and Horney
anchoring bias 7.3 Problem Solving
anger 14.3 Stress and Illness
animal research 2.4 Ethics
Anorexia nervosa 10.2 Hunger and Eating
antagonist 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
anterograde amnesia 8.3 Problems with Memory
antisocial 6.4 Observational Learning (Modeling)
antisocial personality disorder 15.11 Personality Disorders
Anxiety disorders 15.4 Anxiety Disorders
archetypes 11.3 Neo-Freudians: Adler, Erikson, Jung, and Horney
archival research 2.2 Approaches to Research
arousal theory 8.2 Parts of the Brain Involved with Memory
artificial concept 7.1 What Is Cognition?
Asch 12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
Asch effect 12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience, 12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
Asperger’s 15.10 Disorders in Childhood
assimilation 9.2 Lifespan Theories
Associative learning 6.1 What Is Learning?
Asthma 14.3 Stress and Illness
Asylums 16.1 Mental Health Treatment: Past and Present
Atkinson 8.1 How Memory Functions
Attachment 9.3 Stages of Development
attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) 15.10 Disorders in Childhood
Attitude 12.3 Attitudes and Persuasion
attribution 12.1 What Is Social Psychology?
attrition 2.2 Approaches to Research
atypical 15.1 What Are Psychological Disorders?
auditory cortex 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
authoritarian style 9.3 Stages of Development
authoritative style 9.3 Stages of Development
autism spectrum disorder 15.10 Disorders in Childhood
automatic processing 8.1 How Memory Functions
autonomic nervous system 3.3 Parts of the Nervous System
availability heuristic 7.3 Problem Solving
Aversive conditioning 16.2 Types of Treatment
avoidant attachment 9.3 Stages of Development
avoidant personality disorder 15.11 Personality Disorders
axon 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
B
Bandura 6.4 Observational Learning (Modeling), 10.1 Motivation, 11.4 Learning Approaches
Bariatric surgery 10.2 Hunger and Eating
basilar membrane 5.4 Hearing
basolateral complex 10.4 Emotion
Beck 16.2 Types of Treatment
behavior therapy 16.2 Types of Treatment
behavioral genetics 3.1 Human Genetics
behaviorism 1.2 History of Psychology
beta waves 4.3 Stages of Sleep
bias 8.3 Problems with Memory
binaural 5.4 Hearing
Binge eating disorder 10.2 Hunger and Eating
binocular 5.3 Vision
binocular disparity 5.3 Vision
biofeedback 14.4 Regulation of Stress
biological clock 4.1 What Is Consciousness?
biological perspective 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
Biological rhythms 4.1 What Is Consciousness?
Biomedical therapy 16.2 Types of Treatment, 16.2 Types of Treatment
biopsychology 1.3 Contemporary Psychology
biopsychosocial model 1.3 Contemporary Psychology
Bipolar and related disorders 15.7 Mood and Related Disorders
bipolar disorder 15.7 Mood and Related Disorders
blind spot 5.3 Vision
BMI 10.2 Hunger and Eating
body dysmorphic disorder 15.5 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
Body language 10.4 Emotion
body mass index 10.2 Hunger and Eating
bona fide occupational qualifications (BFOQs) 13.2 Industrial Psychology: Selecting and Evaluating Employees
borderline personality disorder 15.11 Personality Disorders
Bottom-up processing 5.1 Sensation versus Perception
brain imaging 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
Broca’s area 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
bulimia nervosa 10.2 Hunger and Eating
Bullying 12.6 Aggression, 12.6 Aggression
bystander effect 12.6 Aggression
C
caffeine 4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
Cannon 14.1 What Is Stress?
Cannon-Bard theory 10.4 Emotion
cardiovascular disorders 14.3 Stress and Illness
case study 2.2 Approaches to Research
cataplexy 4.4 Sleep Problems and Disorders
catatonic behaviors 15.8 Schizophrenia
cause and effect 2.3 Analyzing Findings
central nervous system (CNS) 3.3 Parts of the Nervous System
central nucleus 10.4 Emotion
central route 12.3 Attitudes and Persuasion
central sleep apnea 4.4 Sleep Problems and Disorders
cerebellum 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord, 8.2 Parts of the Brain Involved with Memory
cerebral cortex 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
checklist 13.4 Human Factors Psychology and Workplace Design
Chomsky 7.2 Language
Chromosomes 3.1 Human Genetics
chunking 8.4 Ways to Enhance Memory
circadian rhythm 4.1 What Is Consciousness?
classical conditioning 6.2 Classical Conditioning, 15.4 Anxiety Disorders, 15.4 Anxiety Disorders, 15.5 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
cleft chin 3.1 Human Genetics
client-centered therapy 16.2 Types of Treatment
clinical 2.2 Approaches to Research
Clinical psychology 1.3 Contemporary Psychology
closure 5.6 Gestalt Principles of Perception
cochlea 5.4 Hearing
Cochlear implants 5.4 Hearing
Codeine 4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
cognition 7.1 What Is Cognition?
Cognitive development 9.1 What Is Lifespan Development?
cognitive dissonance 12.3 Attitudes and Persuasion, 12.3 Attitudes and Persuasion, 12.3 Attitudes and Persuasion
Cognitive empathy 9.3 Stages of Development
cognitive map 6.3 Operant Conditioning
cognitive psychology 1.3 Contemporary Psychology, 7.1 What Is Cognition?
cognitive script 7.1 What Is Cognition?
Cognitive therapy 16.2 Types of Treatment
Cognitive-behavioral therapy 4.4 Sleep Problems and Disorders
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) 16.2 Types of Treatment
cognitive-mediational theory 10.4 Emotion
collective unconscious 4.3 Stages of Sleep, 11.3 Neo-Freudians: Adler, Erikson, Jung, and Horney
collectivistic culture 12.1 What Is Social Psychology?
color vision 5.3 Vision
comorbid disorders 16.4 Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders: A Special Case
comorbidity 15.2 Diagnosing and Classifying Psychological Disorders, 16.4 Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders: A Special Case
Companionate love 12.7 Prosocial Behavior
Compliance 12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
components of emotion 10.4 Emotion
Compulsions 15.5 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
computerized tomography (CT) scan 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
Conception 9.3 Stages of Development
Concepts 7.1 What Is Cognition?
concrete operational stage 9.2 Lifespan Theories
conditioned response (CR) 6.2 Classical Conditioning
conditioned stimulus (CS) 6.2 Classical Conditioning
conditioning 6.2 Classical Conditioning
conductive hearing loss 5.4 Hearing
cones 5.3 Vision
confederate 12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
Confidentiality 16.3 Treatment Modalities
confirmation bias 2.3 Analyzing Findings, 7.3 Problem Solving, 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination
Conformity 12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience, 12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
confounding variable 2.3 Analyzing Findings
congenital analgesia 5.5 The Other Senses
congenital deafness 5.4 Hearing
congenital insensitivity to pain 5.5 The Other Senses
congruence 11.5 Humanistic Approaches
conscious 11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
Consciousness 4.1 What Is Consciousness?
conservation 9.2 Lifespan Theories
construction 8.3 Problems with Memory
consummate love 12.7 Prosocial Behavior
Contemporized-Themes Concerning Blacks Test (C-TCB) 11.9 Personality Assessment
continuity 5.6 Gestalt Principles of Perception
Continuous development 9.1 What Is Lifespan Development?
continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) 4.4 Sleep Problems and Disorders
continuous reinforcement 6.3 Operant Conditioning
control group 2.3 Analyzing Findings
convergent thinking 7.4 What Are Intelligence and Creativity?
Coping 14.4 Regulation of Stress
cornea 5.3 Vision
corpus callosum 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
Correlation 2.3 Analyzing Findings
correlation coefficient 2.3 Analyzing Findings
correlational research 2.3 Analyzing Findings, 14.2 Stressors
correlations 7.6 The Source of Intelligence
Cortisol 14.1 What Is Stress?
Counseling psychology 1.3 Contemporary Psychology
counterconditioning 16.2 Types of Treatment
Couples therapy 16.3 Treatment Modalities
Creative intelligence 7.4 What Are Intelligence and Creativity?
Creativity 7.4 What Are Intelligence and Creativity?
critical or sensitive period 9.3 Stages of Development
cross-sectional research 2.2 Approaches to Research
Crystallized intelligence 7.4 What Are Intelligence and Creativity?
cues 5.3 Vision
cultural competence 16.5 The Sociocultural Model and Therapy Utilization
cultural display rule 10.4 Emotion
cultural intelligence 7.4 What Are Intelligence and Creativity?
culture 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
cultures 5.1 Sensation versus Perception, 5.6 Gestalt Principles of Perception
Cyberbullying 12.6 Aggression
D
Daily hassles 14.2 Stressors
dancing mania 15.3 Perspectives on Psychological Disorders
deaf culture 5.4 Hearing
Deafness 5.4 Hearing
debriefing 2.4 Ethics
Deception 2.4 Ethics
decibels (dB) 5.2 Waves and Wavelengths
deductive reasoning 2.1 Why Is Research Important?
defense mechanisms 11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
Deindividuation 12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
deinstitutionalization 16.1 Mental Health Treatment: Past and Present
delta waves 4.3 Stages of Sleep
Delusions 15.8 Schizophrenia
dendrites 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) 3.1 Human Genetics
dependent personality disorder 15.11 Personality Disorders
dependent variable 2.3 Analyzing Findings
depersonalization 15.9 Dissociative Disorders
Depersonalization/derealization disorder 15.9 Dissociative Disorders
depressant 4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
depression 14.3 Stress and Illness, 15.7 Mood and Related Disorders
Depressive disorders 15.7 Mood and Related Disorders
depth perception 5.3 Vision
Derealization 15.9 Dissociative Disorders
developmental milestones 9.1 What Is Lifespan Development?
Developmental psychology 1.3 Contemporary Psychology
diabetes 3.5 The Endocrine System
diagnosis 15.2 Diagnosing and Classifying Psychological Disorders
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) 15.2 Diagnosing and Classifying Psychological Disorders
diathesis-stress model 15.3 Perspectives on Psychological Disorders
diathesis-stress models 15.7 Mood and Related Disorders
difference threshold 5.1 Sensation versus Perception
Diffusion of responsibility 12.6 Aggression
discontinuous 9.1 What Is Lifespan Development?
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, 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination, 13.2 Industrial Psychology: Selecting and Evaluating Employees
disorganized attachment 9.3 Stages of Development
Disorganized or abnormal motor behavior 15.8 Schizophrenia
Disorganized thinking 15.8 Schizophrenia
displacement 11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
dispositionism 12.1 What Is Social Psychology?
dissertation 1.4 Careers in Psychology
dissociative amnesia 15.9 Dissociative Disorders
Dissociative disorders 15.9 Dissociative Disorders
dissociative fugue 15.9 Dissociative Disorders
dissociative identity disorder 15.9 Dissociative Disorders
distorted body image 10.2 Hunger and Eating
distress 14.1 What Is Stress?
divergent thinking 7.4 What Are Intelligence and Creativity?
Diversity training 13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
Dix 16.1 Mental Health Treatment: Past and Present
Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) 9.4 Death and Dying
dominant allele 3.1 Human Genetics
dopamine hypothesis 15.8 Schizophrenia
double-blind study 2.3 Analyzing Findings
Downsizing 13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
dream analysis 16.2 Types of Treatment
drive theory 10.1 Motivation
Dyscalculia 7.6 The Source of Intelligence
dysgraphia 7.6 The Source of Intelligence
dyslexia 7.6 The Source of Intelligence
E
Ebbinghaus 8.3 Problems with Memory
effortful processing 8.1 How Memory Functions
ego 11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
egocentrism 9.2 Lifespan Theories
elaboration likelihood model 12.3 Attitudes and Persuasion
elaborative rehearsal 8.4 Ways to Enhance Memory
electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) 16.2 Types of Treatment
Electroencephalography (EEG) 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
electromagnetic spectrum 5.2 Waves and Wavelengths
embryo 9.3 Stages of Development
emerging adulthood 9.3 Stages of Development
emotion 10.4 Emotion
emotion-focused coping 14.4 Regulation of Stress
Emotional intelligence 7.4 What Are Intelligence and Creativity?
Empathy 12.7 Prosocial Behavior
empirical 2.1 Why Is Research Important?
empirical method 1.1 What Is Psychology?
encoding 8.1 How Memory Functions
endocrine system 3.5 The Endocrine System
engram 8.2 Parts of the Brain Involved with Memory
epigenetics 3.1 Human Genetics
Episodic memory 8.1 How Memory Functions
equipotentiality hypothesis 8.2 Parts of the Brain Involved with Memory
Erikson 9.2 Lifespan Theories, 11.3 Neo-Freudians: Adler, Erikson, Jung, and Horney
etiology 15.1 What Are Psychological Disorders?
euphoric high 4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
eustress 14.1 What Is Stress?
event schema 7.1 What Is Cognition?
evolutionary psychology 1.3 Contemporary Psychology, 3.1 Human Genetics, 4.2 Sleep and Why We Sleep
excitement 10.3 Sexual Behavior, Sexuality, and Gender Identity
exercise 14.4 Regulation of Stress
experiment 2.3 Analyzing Findings
experimental design 2.3 Analyzing Findings
experimental group 2.3 Analyzing Findings
Experimenter bias 2.3 Analyzing Findings
Explicit memories 8.1 How Memory Functions
exposure therapy 16.2 Types of Treatment
Extinction 6.2 Classical Conditioning
extrinsic 10.1 Motivation
Eysenck 11.7 Trait Theorists
F
Facts 2.1 Why Is Research Important?
false memory syndrome 8.3 Problems with Memory
falsifiable 2.1 Why Is Research Important?
Family therapy 16.3 Treatment Modalities
fight or flight 3.3 Parts of the Nervous System
fight or flight response 3.3 Parts of the Nervous System
fight-or-flight response 14.1 What Is Stress?
figure-ground relationship 5.6 Gestalt Principles of Perception
Fine motor skills 9.3 Stages of Development
Five Factor model 1.3 Contemporary Psychology
Five Factor Model 11.7 Trait Theorists
fixed interval reinforcement schedule 6.3 Operant Conditioning
fixed ratio reinforcement schedule 6.3 Operant Conditioning
flashbacks 15.6 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
flashbulb memory 8.2 Parts of the Brain Involved with Memory
flight of ideas 15.7 Mood and Related Disorders
Flow 14.5 The Pursuit of Happiness
Fluid intelligence 7.4 What Are Intelligence and Creativity?
Flynn effect 7.5 Measures of Intelligence
foot-in-the-door technique 12.3 Attitudes and Persuasion
forebrain 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord, 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
Forensic psychology 1.3 Contemporary Psychology
Forgetting 8.3 Problems with Memory
formal operational stage 9.2 Lifespan Theories
fovea 5.3 Vision
fraternal twins 3.1 Human Genetics
free association 16.2 Types of Treatment
Frequency 5.2 Waves and Wavelengths
Freud 1.2 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 lobe 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
frustration aggression theory 12.6 Aggression
Functional fixedness 7.3 Problem Solving
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
functionalism 1.2 History of Psychology
fundamental attribution error 12.1 What Is Social Psychology?
G
Gage 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord, 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
Galen 11.1 What Is Personality?
Gender dysphoria 10.3 Sexual Behavior, Sexuality, and Gender Identity
Gender identity 10.3 Sexual Behavior, Sexuality, and Gender Identity
general adaptation syndrome 14.1 What Is Stress?
generalized anxiety disorder 15.4 Anxiety Disorders
Generalizing 2.2 Approaches to Research
genes 3.1 Human Genetics, 3.1 Human Genetics
genetic environmental correlation 3.1 Human Genetics
genital stage 11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
genotype 3.1 Human Genetics
Gestalt 1.2 History of Psychology
Gestalt psychology 5.6 Gestalt Principles of Perception
Ghraib 12.2 Self-presentation
Gilbreth 13.1 What Is Industrial and Organizational Psychology?, 13.4 Human Factors Psychology and Workplace Design
Glial cells 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
gonadarche 9.3 Stages of Development
gonads 3.5 The Endocrine System
good continuation 5.6 Gestalt Principles of Perception
Goodall 2.2 Approaches to Research
Grammar 7.2 Language
grandiose delusions 15.8 Schizophrenia
Gross motor skills 9.3 Stages of Development
Group polarization 12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience, 12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
group therapy 16.3 Treatment Modalities
Groupthink 12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience, 12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
gyri 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
H
habit 10.1 Motivation
hair cells 5.4 Hearing
hallucination 15.8 Schizophrenia
hallucinogen 4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
happiness 14.5 The Pursuit of Happiness, 14.5 The Pursuit of Happiness
harassment 13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
harmful dysfunction 15.1 What Are Psychological Disorders?
Hawthorne effect 13.1 What Is Industrial and Organizational Psychology?
health care proxy 9.4 Death and Dying
Health psychology 1.3 Contemporary Psychology, 14.1 What Is Stress?
hearing 5.4 Hearing
heart disease 14.3 Stress and Illness
hemispheres 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
Henner 8.1 How Memory Functions
heritability 7.6 The Source of Intelligence, 11.6 Biological Approaches, 15.3 Perspectives on Psychological Disorders
hertz (Hz) 5.2 Waves and Wavelengths
heterozygous 3.1 Human Genetics
heuristic 7.3 Problem Solving
hierarchy of needs 10.1 Motivation
higher-order conditioning 6.2 Classical Conditioning
hindbrain 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
Hindsight bias 7.3 Problem Solving
hippocampus 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord, 8.2 Parts of the Brain Involved with Memory, 10.4 Emotion
histrionic personality disorder 15.11 Personality Disorders
hoarding disorder 15.5 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
Holmes 14.2 Stressors
Homeostasis 3.3 Parts of the Nervous System, 4.1 What Is Consciousness?
Homophily 12.7 Prosocial Behavior
homophobia 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination, 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination
homozygous 3.1 Human Genetics
hopelessness theory 15.7 Mood and Related Disorders
hormones 3.5 The Endocrine System
Horney 11.3 Neo-Freudians: Adler, Erikson, Jung, and Horney
hospice 9.4 Death and Dying
Hostile aggression 12.6 Aggression
Hovland 12.3 Attitudes and Persuasion
Human factors psychology 13.1 What Is Industrial and Organizational Psychology?
Humanism 1.2 History of Psychology, 11.5 Humanistic Approaches
humanistic therapy 16.2 Types of Treatment
hunger 10.2 Hunger and Eating
hypertension 14.3 Stress and Illness
hyperthymesia 8.1 How Memory Functions
Hypnosis 4.6 Other States of Consciousness
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis 14.1 What Is Stress?
hypothalamus 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
hypothesis 2.1 Why Is Research Important?, 2.3 Analyzing Findings
I
id 11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
ideal self 11.5 Humanistic Approaches
identical twins 3.1 Human Genetics
Illusory correlations 2.3 Analyzing Findings
Imitation 6.4 Observational Learning (Modeling)
immune system 14.1 What Is Stress?, 14.3 Stress and Illness
immunosuppression 14.3 Stress and Illness
immutable characteristics 13.2 Industrial Psychology: Selecting and Evaluating Employees
Implicit memories 8.1 How Memory Functions
in-group 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination
in-group bias 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination
Inattentional blindness 5.1 Sensation versus Perception
incongruence 11.5 Humanistic Approaches
incus 5.4 Hearing
independent variable 2.3 Analyzing Findings
individual psychology 11.3 Neo-Freudians: Adler, Erikson, Jung, and Horney
individual therapy 16.3 Treatment Modalities
individualistic culture 12.1 What Is Social Psychology?
inductive reasoning 2.1 Why Is Research Important?
Industrial and organizational (I-O) psychology 13.1 What Is Industrial and Organizational Psychology?
Industrial psychology 13.1 What Is Industrial and Organizational Psychology?
Industrial-Organizational psychology 1.3 Contemporary Psychology
inferiority complex 11.3 Neo-Freudians: Adler, Erikson, Jung, and Horney
inflammatory pain 5.5 The Other Senses
informational social influence 12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience, 12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
informed consent 2.4 Ethics
initiation 12.3 Attitudes and Persuasion
Innocence Project 8.3 Problems with Memory
insomnia 4.1 What Is Consciousness?
instinct 10.1 Motivation
instincts 6.1 What Is Learning?
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) 2.4 Ethics
institutional review board (IRB) 2.4 Ethics
instrumental aggression 12.6 Aggression
intake 16.3 Treatment Modalities
intelligence quotient 7.5 Measures of Intelligence
inter-rater reliability 2.2 Approaches to Research
Interaural level difference 5.4 Hearing
Interaural timing difference 5.4 Hearing
internal factor 12.1 What Is Social Psychology?
International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 15.2 Diagnosing and Classifying Psychological Disorders
Interpersonal 12.1 What Is Social Psychology?
Intrapersonal 12.1 What Is Social Psychology?
intrinsic 10.1 Motivation
introspection 1.2 History of Psychology
Involuntary treatment 16.1 Mental Health Treatment: Past and Present
iris 5.3 Vision
J
James 10.1 Motivation
James-Lange theory 10.4 Emotion
Jet lag 4.1 What Is Consciousness?
job analysis 13.2 Industrial Psychology: Selecting and Evaluating Employees
job burnout 14.2 Stressors
job interview 13.2 Industrial Psychology: Selecting and Evaluating Employees
Job satisfaction 13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
job strain 14.2 Stressors
Johnson 10.3 Sexual Behavior, Sexuality, and Gender Identity
Jung 4.3 Stages of Sleep, 11.3 Neo-Freudians: Adler, Erikson, Jung, and Horney
just noticeable difference (jnd) 5.1 Sensation versus Perception
just-world hypothesis 12.1 What Is Social Psychology?
justification of effort 12.3 Attitudes and Persuasion
K
K-complex 4.3 Stages of Sleep
kinesthesia 5.5 The Other Senses
Kinsey 10.3 Sexual Behavior, Sexuality, and Gender Identity
Kohlberg 9.2 Lifespan Theories
L
Language 7.2 Language
latency period 11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
Latent content 4.3 Stages of Sleep
latent learning 6.3 Operant Conditioning
lateralization 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
law of effect 6.3 Operant Conditioning
learned helplessness 14.4 Regulation of Stress
learning 6.1 What Is Learning?, 11.4 Learning Approaches
lens 5.3 Vision
leptin 10.2 Hunger and Eating
levels of processing 8.4 Ways to Enhance Memory
Lexicon 7.2 Language
lifespan development 12.2 Self-presentation
limbic system 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord, 10.4 Emotion
Linear perspective 5.3 Vision
living will 9.4 Death and Dying
locus coeruleus 15.4 Anxiety Disorders
locus of control 11.4 Learning Approaches
Long-Term Memory 8.1 How Memory Functions
Long-term memory (LTM) 8.1 How Memory Functions
longitudinal fissure 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
Longitudinal research 2.2 Approaches to Research
Lucid dreams 4.3 Stages of Sleep
lymphocytes 14.3 Stress and Illness
M
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
major depressive disorder 15.7 Mood and Related Disorders
malleus 5.4 Hearing
Mania 15.7 Mood and Related Disorders
manic depression 15.7 Mood and Related Disorders
manic episode 15.7 Mood and Related Disorders
Manifest content 4.3 Stages of Sleep
marijuana 15.8 Schizophrenia
Maslow 1.2 History of Psychology, 10.1 Motivation, 11.5 Humanistic Approaches
Masters 10.3 Sexual Behavior, Sexuality, and Gender Identity
Meditation 4.6 Other States of Consciousness, 14.4 Regulation of Stress
medulla 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
Meissner’s corpuscles 5.5 The Other Senses
melatonin 4.1 What Is Consciousness?
membrane potential 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
Memory 8.1 How Memory Functions
memory-enhancing strategies 8.4 Ways to Enhance Memory
menarche 9.3 Stages of Development
Ménière's disease 5.4 Hearing
mental set 7.3 Problem Solving
Merkel’s disks 5.5 The Other Senses
meta-analysis 4.1 What Is Consciousness?
metabolic rate 10.2 Hunger and Eating
Methadone 4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
Methadone clinics 4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
Methamphetamine 4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
midbrain 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
Milgram 1.3 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 Apart 11.6 Biological Approaches
Misattribution 8.3 Problems with Memory
Mischel 11.4 Learning Approaches
misinformation effect paradigm 8.3 Problems with Memory
mitosis 9.3 Stages of Development
Mnemonic devices 8.4 Ways to Enhance Memory
modeling 15.4 Anxiety Disorders
models 6.4 Observational Learning (Modeling)
Molaison 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
monaural 5.4 Hearing
monocular cues 5.3 Vision
Mood 10.4 Emotion
Mood disorders 15.7 Mood and Related Disorders
Morbid obesity 10.2 Hunger and Eating
morphemes 7.2 Language
Motivation 10.1 Motivation
motor cortex 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
Motor skills 9.3 Stages of Development
Müller-Lyer 5.1 Sensation versus Perception
Multiple Intelligences Theory 7.4 What Are Intelligence and Creativity?
mutation 3.1 Human Genetics
myelin sheath 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
N
narcissistic personality disorder 15.11 Personality Disorders
narcolepsy 4.4 Sleep Problems and Disorders
Natural concepts 7.1 What Is Cognition?
natural selection 4.2 Sleep and Why We Sleep
naturalistic observation 2.2 Approaches to Research
nature 9.1 What Is Lifespan Development?
Negative affectivity 14.3 Stress and Illness
negative correlation 2.3 Analyzing Findings
negative punishment 6.3 Operant Conditioning
negative reinforcement 6.3 Operant Conditioning
Negative symptoms 15.8 Schizophrenia
nervous system 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System, 3.3 Parts of the Nervous System
neurodevelopmental disorders 15.10 Disorders in Childhood
neuron 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
Neurons 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System, 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
neuropathic pain 5.5 The Other Senses
neuroplasticity 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
neurosis 11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
neurotransmitter 8.2 Parts of the Brain Involved with Memory
neurotransmitters 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System, 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
neutral stimulus (NS) 6.2 Classical Conditioning
newborn reflexes 9.3 Stages of Development
nicotine 4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
Night terrors 4.4 Sleep Problems and Disorders
nociception 5.5 The Other Senses
Nodes of Ranvier 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
non-REM (NREM) 4.3 Stages of Sleep
nondirective therapy 16.2 Types of Treatment
normative approach 9.1 What Is Lifespan Development?
normative social influence 12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience, 12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
Norming 7.5 Measures of Intelligence
NREM stage 3 sleep 4.3 Stages of Sleep
nurture 9.1 What Is Lifespan Development?
O
O*Net 13.2 Industrial Psychology: Selecting and Evaluating Employees
Obedience 12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience, 12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
obese 10.2 Hunger and Eating
object permanence 9.2 Lifespan Theories
observational learning 6.4 Observational Learning (Modeling)
observer bias 2.2 Approaches to Research
obsessions 15.5 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders 15.5 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) 15.5 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
obsessive-compulsive personality disorder 15.11 Personality Disorders
Obstructive sleep apnea 4.4 Sleep Problems and Disorders
occipital lobe 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
olfactory bulb 5.5 The Other Senses
Olfactory receptor 5.5 The Other Senses
operant conditioning 6.3 Operant Conditioning, 15.5 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
operational definition 2.3 Analyzing Findings
opiates 4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
opinions 2.1 Why Is Research Important?
opioid 4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
opponent-process theory 5.3 Vision
optic chiasm 5.3 Vision
optic nerve 5.3 Vision
optimism 14.5 The Pursuit of Happiness
oral stage 11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
orbitofrontal cortex 15.5 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
Organizational culture 13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
Organizational psychology 13.1 What Is Industrial and Organizational Psychology?, 13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
Orgasm 10.3 Sexual Behavior, Sexuality, and Gender Identity
ossicles 5.4 Hearing
out-group 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination
overgeneralization 7.2 Language
overweight 10.2 Hunger and Eating
P
Pacinian corpuscles 5.5 The Other Senses
pancreas 3.5 The Endocrine System
panic attack 15.4 Anxiety Disorders
panic disorder 15.4 Anxiety Disorders
paranoid delusions 15.8 Schizophrenia
paranoid personality disorder 15.11 Personality Disorders
parasomnia 4.4 Sleep Problems and Disorders
parasympathetic nervous system 3.3 Parts of the Nervous System
parietal lobe 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
partial reinforcement 6.3 Operant Conditioning
Participants 2.3 Analyzing Findings
pattern perception 5.6 Gestalt Principles of Perception
Pavlov 1.2 History of Psychology, 6.2 Classical Conditioning
peer-reviewed journal articles 2.3 Analyzing Findings
Perceived control 14.4 Regulation of Stress
perception 1.3 Contemporary Psychology, 5.1 Sensation versus Perception
perceptual hypotheses 5.6 Gestalt Principles of Perception
Performance appraisals 13.2 Industrial Psychology: Selecting and Evaluating Employees
peripartum onset 15.7 Mood and Related Disorders
peripheral nervous system (PNS) 3.3 Parts of the Nervous System
peripheral route 12.3 Attitudes and Persuasion
permissive style 9.3 Stages of Development
persistence 8.3 Problems with Memory
persistent depressive disorder 15.7 Mood and Related Disorders
Personality 11.1 What Is Personality?
personality disorders 15.11 Personality Disorders
Personality psychology 1.3 Contemporary Psychology
personality traits 1.3 Contemporary Psychology
Persuasion 12.3 Attitudes and Persuasion
phallic stage 11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
PhD 1.4 Careers in Psychology
Phenotype 3.1 Human Genetics
phenylketonuria 3.1 Human Genetics
pheromones 5.5 The Other Senses
phobia 15.4 Anxiety Disorders
phoneme 7.2 Language
photoreceptor 5.3 Vision
Physical dependence 4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
Physical development 9.1 What Is Lifespan Development?
Piaget 1.3 Contemporary Psychology, 9.2 Lifespan Theories
pineal gland 4.1 What Is Consciousness?
Pinel 16.1 Mental Health Treatment: Past and Present
pinna 5.4 Hearing
pitch 5.2 Waves and Wavelengths
pituitary gland 3.5 The Endocrine System
place theory 5.4 Hearing
placebo effect 2.3 Analyzing Findings
placenta 9.3 Stages of Development
plateau 10.3 Sexual Behavior, Sexuality, and Gender Identity
Play therapy 16.2 Types of Treatment
polygenic 3.1 Human Genetics
polygraph 10.4 Emotion
pons 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
population 2.2 Approaches to Research
positive affect 14.5 The Pursuit of Happiness
positive correlation 2.3 Analyzing Findings
positive psychology 14.5 The Pursuit of Happiness
positive punishment 6.3 Operant Conditioning
positive reinforcement 6.3 Operant Conditioning
Positron emission tomography (PET) 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
postdoctoral training programs 1.4 Careers in Psychology
postpartum depression 15.7 Mood and Related Disorders
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 15.6 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Practical intelligence 7.4 What Are Intelligence and Creativity?
Prader-Willi Syndrome 10.2 Hunger and Eating
prefrontal cortex 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
prejudice 5.6 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 care 9.3 Stages of Development
prenatal development 9.3 Stages of Development
preoperational stage 9.2 Lifespan Theories
primary appraisal 14.1 What Is Stress?
primary reinforcer 6.3 Operant Conditioning
Primary sexual characteristics 9.3 Stages of Development
principle of closure 5.6 Gestalt Principles of Perception
proactive interference 8.3 Problems with Memory
problem-focused coping 14.4 Regulation of Stress
problem-solving strategy 7.3 Problem Solving
Procedural justice 13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
procedural memory 8.1 How Memory Functions
prodromal symptoms 15.8 Schizophrenia
projection 11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
projective testing 11.9 Personality Assessment
proprioception 5.5 The Other Senses
prosocial 6.4 Observational Learning (Modeling)
prosocial behavior 12.7 Prosocial Behavior
prototype 7.1 What Is Cognition?
proximity 5.6 Gestalt Principles of Perception
psychoanalysis 16.2 Types of Treatment
Psychoanalytic theory 1.2 History of Psychology
psychodynamic 16.2 Types of Treatment
psychological dependence 4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
psychological disorder 15.1 What Are Psychological Disorders?
Psychology 1.1 What Is Psychology?
Psychoneuroimmunology 14.3 Stress and Illness
Psychopathology 15.1 What Are Psychological Disorders?
psychophysiological disorders 14.3 Stress and Illness
psychosexual development 9.2 Lifespan Theories
psychosexual stage of development 11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
Psychosocial development 9.1 What Is Lifespan Development?, 9.2 Lifespan Theories
Psychotherapy 16.2 Types of Treatment
Psychotropic medications 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
PsyD 1.4 Careers in Psychology
punishment 6.3 Operant Conditioning
Punnett square 3.1 Human Genetics, 3.1 Human Genetics
pupil 5.3 Vision
R
Racism 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination
radical behaviorism 6.3 Operant Conditioning
Rahe 14.2 Stressors
random assignment 2.3 Analyzing Findings
random sample 2.3 Analyzing Findings
Range of reaction 3.1 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
rationalization 11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
reaction formation 11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
real self 11.5 Humanistic Approaches
Recall 8.1 How Memory Functions
Receptors 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
recessive allele 3.1 Human Genetics
reciprocal determinism 11.4 Learning Approaches
Reciprocity 12.7 Prosocial Behavior
Recognition 8.1 How Memory Functions
reconstruction 8.3 Problems with Memory
Reflexes 6.1 What Is Learning?
refractory period 10.3 Sexual Behavior, Sexuality, and Gender Identity
regression 11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
Rehearsal 8.1 How Memory Functions, 8.4 Ways to Enhance Memory
relapse 16.4 Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders: A Special Case
relaxation response technique 14.4 Regulation of Stress
relearning 8.1 How Memory Functions
Reliability 2.3 Analyzing Findings
REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) 4.4 Sleep Problems and Disorders
replicate 2.3 Analyzing Findings
Representative bias 7.3 Problem Solving
representative sample 7.5 Measures of Intelligence
repressed 11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
resistant attachment 9.3 Stages of Development
Resolution 10.3 Sexual Behavior, Sexuality, and Gender Identity
resting potential 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
restless leg syndrome 4.4 Sleep Problems and Disorders
reticular formation 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
retina 5.3 Vision
retrieval 8.1 How Memory Functions
Retroactive interference 8.3 Problems with Memory
Retrograde amnesia 8.3 Problems with Memory
reuptake 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
reversibility 9.2 Lifespan Theories
Rods 5.3 Vision
Rogerian 16.2 Types of Treatment
Rogers 1.2 History of Psychology, 16.2 Types of Treatment
role schema 7.1 What Is Cognition?
Romantic love 12.7 Prosocial Behavior
Rorschach Inkblot Test 11.9 Personality Assessment
Rotating shift work 4.1 What Is Consciousness?
Rotter 11.4 Learning Approaches
Rotter Incomplete Sentence Blank (RISB) 11.9 Personality Assessment
Ruffini corpuscles 5.5 The Other Senses
Rumination 15.7 Mood and Related Disorders
S
safety behaviors 15.4 Anxiety Disorders
sample 2.2 Approaches to Research
satiation 10.2 Hunger and Eating
Scapegoating 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination
Schachter-Singer two-factor theory 10.4 Emotion
schema 7.1 What Is Cognition?
Schemata 9.2 Lifespan Theories
Schiavo 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
schizoid personality disorder 15.11 Personality Disorders
schizophrenia 3.1 Human Genetics, 15.8 Schizophrenia
schizotypal personality disorder 15.11 Personality Disorders
scientific management 13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
scientific method 2.1 Why Is Research Important?
Scott 13.1 What Is Industrial and Organizational Psychology?
script 12.2 Self-presentation
seasonal pattern 15.7 Mood and Related Disorders
second-order conditioning 6.2 Classical Conditioning
secondary appraisal 14.1 What Is Stress?
secondary reinforcer 6.3 Operant Conditioning
Secondary sexual characteristics 9.3 Stages of Development
secure attachment 9.3 Stages of Development
secure base 9.3 Stages of Development
selective migration 11.8 Cultural Understandings of Personality
self-concept 11.5 Humanistic Approaches
Self-disclosure 12.7 Prosocial Behavior
Self-efficacy 10.1 Motivation, 11.4 Learning Approaches
self-fulfilling prophecy 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination
self-reference effect 8.1 How Memory Functions
Self-serving bias 12.1 What Is Social Psychology?
Seligman 14.5 The Pursuit of Happiness
Selye 14.1 What Is Stress?, 14.1 What Is Stress?
semantic encoding 8.1 How Memory Functions
Semantic memory 8.1 How Memory Functions
Semantics 7.2 Language
semipermeable membrane 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
sensation 1.3 Contemporary Psychology, 5.1 Sensation versus Perception
sensorimotor 9.2 Lifespan Theories
sensorineural hearing loss 5.4 Hearing
sensory adaptation 5.1 Sensation versus Perception
sensory memory 8.1 How Memory Functions
Sensory Memory 8.1 How Memory Functions
serotonin 15.7 Mood and Related Disorders, 15.7 Mood and Related Disorders
set-point theory 10.2 Hunger and Eating
Sexism 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination
sexual harassment 13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
sexual orientation 10.3 Sexual Behavior, Sexuality, and Gender Identity
sexual response cycle 10.3 Sexual Behavior, Sexuality, and Gender Identity
shaping 6.3 Operant Conditioning
Shiffrin 8.1 How Memory Functions
Short-Term Memory 8.1 How Memory Functions
Short-term memory (STM) 8.1 How Memory Functions
signal detection theory 5.1 Sensation versus Perception
similarity 5.6 Gestalt Principles of Perception
single-blind study 2.3 Analyzing Findings
Situationism 12.1 What Is Social Psychology?
Skinner 1.2 History of Psychology, 6.3 Operant Conditioning, 7.2 Language, 11.4 Learning Approaches
Skinner box 1.2 History of Psychology
Sleep 4.1 What Is Consciousness?
Sleep apnea 4.4 Sleep Problems and Disorders
sleep debt 4.1 What Is Consciousness?
Sleep rebound 4.2 Sleep and Why We Sleep
Sleep regulation 4.1 What Is Consciousness?
sleep spindle 4.3 Stages of Sleep
sleepwalking 4.4 Sleep Problems and Disorders
Smart 8.3 Problems with Memory
smell 5.5 The Other Senses
Social anxiety disorder 15.4 Anxiety Disorders
social exchange theory 12.7 Prosocial Behavior
Social loafing 12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience, 12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
social norm 12.2 Self-presentation
Social psychology 1.3 Contemporary Psychology, 12.1 What Is Social Psychology?
Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS) 14.2 Stressors
social role 12.2 Self-presentation
Social support 14.4 Regulation of Stress
social-cognitive theory 11.4 Learning Approaches
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) 13.1 What Is Industrial and Organizational Psychology?
socioemotional selectivity theory 9.3 Stages of Development
soma 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
somatic delusion 15.8 Schizophrenia
somatic nervous system 3.3 Parts of the Nervous System
somatosensory cortex 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
specific phobia 15.4 Anxiety Disorders
spermarche 9.3 Stages of Development
spinal cord 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
spontaneous recovery 6.2 Classical Conditioning
sport and exercise psychology 1.3 Contemporary Psychology
Stage 1 sleep 4.3 Stages of Sleep
stage 2 sleep 4.3 Stages of Sleep
stage of exhaustion 14.1 What Is Stress?
stage of resistance 14.1 What Is Stress?
stages of moral reasoning 9.2 Lifespan Theories
Standard deviations 7.5 Measures of Intelligence
Standardization 7.5 Measures of Intelligence
Stanford prison experiment 12.2 Self-presentation
stapes 5.4 Hearing
statistical analysis 2.3 Analyzing Findings
stereotype 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination, 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination, 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination
stereotypes 5.6 Gestalt Principles of Perception
Stimulants 4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
stimulus discrimination 6.2 Classical Conditioning
stimulus generalization 6.2 Classical Conditioning
Storage 8.1 How Memory Functions
strategic family therapy 16.3 Treatment Modalities
stress 13.3 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
stressor 14.2 Stressors
stressors 14.1 What Is Stress?
structural family therapy 16.3 Treatment Modalities
structuralism 1.2 History of Psychology
sublimation 11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
subliminal messages 5.1 Sensation versus Perception
substantia nigra 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) 4.4 Sleep Problems and Disorders
Suggestibility 8.3 Problems with Memory
suicidal ideation 15.7 Mood and Related Disorders
Suicide 15.7 Mood and Related Disorders
sulci 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
superego 11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
supernatural 15.3 Perspectives on Psychological Disorders
suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) 4.1 What Is Consciousness?
Surveys 2.2 Approaches to Research
sympathetic nervous system 3.3 Parts of the Nervous System, 14.1 What Is Stress?
synaptic cleft 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
synaptic vesicles 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
Syntax 7.2 Language
systematic desensitization 16.2 Types of Treatment
T
taste 5.5 The Other Senses
Taste aversion 6.2 Classical Conditioning
Taste buds 5.5 The Other Senses
Taylor 13.1 What Is Industrial and Organizational Psychology?
Telecommuting 13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
telomere 14.3 Stress and Illness
TEMAS Multicultural Thematic Apperception Test 11.9 Personality Assessment
Temperament 9.3 Stages of Development, 11.7 Trait Theorists
temporal lobe 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
temporal theory 5.4 Hearing
teratogen 9.3 Stages of Development
terminal buttons 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
thalamus 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) 11.9 Personality Assessment
theory 2.1 Why Is Research Important?
theory of evolution by natural selection 3.1 Human Genetics
Theory X 13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
Theory Y 13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
therapy 1.3 Contemporary Psychology
thermoception 5.5 The Other Senses
Theta waves 4.3 Stages of Sleep
Thorndike 6.3 Operant Conditioning
threshold of excitation 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
thyroid gland 3.5 The Endocrine System
Timbre 5.2 Waves and Wavelengths
token economy 16.2 Types of Treatment
Tolerance 4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
top-down processing 5.1 Sensation versus Perception
traits 11.7 Trait Theorists
transactional leadership 13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
transduction 5.1 Sensation versus Perception
transference 16.2 Types of Treatment
transformational leadership 13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
transience 8.3 Problems with Memory
trial and error 7.3 Problem Solving
triangular theory of love 12.7 Prosocial Behavior
triarchic theory of intelligence 7.4 What Are Intelligence and Creativity?
trichromatic theory of color vision 5.3 Vision
Tuskegee Syphilis Study 2.4 Ethics
tympanic membrane 5.4 Hearing
Type A 14.3 Stress and Illness
Type B 14.3 Stress and Illness
U
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) 13.2 Industrial Psychology: Selecting and Evaluating Employees
Umami 5.5 The Other Senses
unconditional positive regard 16.2 Types of Treatment
unconditioned response (UCR) 6.2 Classical Conditioning
unconditioned stimulus (UCS) 6.2 Classical Conditioning
unconscious 11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
uninvolved style 9.3 Stages of Development
universal emotions 10.4 Emotion
V
vaccinations 15.10 Disorders in Childhood
validity 2.2 Approaches to Research, 2.3 Analyzing Findings
variable interval reinforcement schedule 6.3 Operant Conditioning
variable ratio reinforcement schedule 6.3 Operant Conditioning
ventral tegmental area (VTA) 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
ventricles 15.8 Schizophrenia
vertigo 5.4 Hearing
vestibular sense 5.5 The Other Senses
vicarious punishment 6.4 Observational Learning (Modeling)
vicarious reinforcement 6.4 Observational Learning (Modeling)
virtual reality exposure therapy 16.2 Types of Treatment
visible spectrum 5.2 Waves and Wavelengths
vision 5.3 Vision
Visual encoding 8.1 How Memory Functions
Voluntary treatment 16.1 Mental Health Treatment: Past and Present
W
Wakefulness 4.1 What Is Consciousness?
Watson 1.2 History of Psychology, 6.2 Classical Conditioning
Wavelength 5.2 Waves and Wavelengths
Wernicke’s area 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
withdrawal 4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
work teams 13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
work-family balance 13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
Working backwards 7.3 Problem Solving
Workplace violence 13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
Wundt 1.2 History of Psychology, 11.1 What Is Personality?
Y
Yale attitude change approach 12.3 Attitudes and Persuasion
Yerkes-Dodson law 10.1 Motivation
Z
Zimbardo 12.2 Self-presentation
Zimmerman Introduction
zygote 9.3 Stages of Development
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