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Table of Contents

UNIT 1: Scientific Foundations of Psychology
Part I Psychology's History and Approaches
Module 1 Psychology and Its History
Module 2 Today’s Psychology and Its Approaches
Module 3 Subfields in Psychology
Part II Research Methods: Thinking Critically With Psychological Science
Module 4 The Need for Psychological Science
Module 5 The Scientific Method and Description
Module 6 Correlation and Experimentation
Module 7 Research Design and Ethics in Psychology
Module 8 Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life

UNIT 2: Biological Bases of Behavior
Part I Biological Bases of Behavior
Module 9 Biological Psychology and Neurotransmission
Module 10 The Nervous and Endocrine Systems
Module 11 Studying the Brain, Older Brain Structures, and the Limbic System
Module 12 The Cerebral Cortex
Module 13 Brain Hemisphere Organization and the Biology of Consciousness
Module 14 Behavior Genetics: Predicting Individual Differences
Module 15 Evolutionary Psychology: Understanding Human Nature
Part II States of Consciousness
Module 16 Sleep Patterns and Sleep Theories
Module 17 Sleep Deprivation, Sleep Disorders, and Dreams
Module 18 Psychoactive Drugs
Module 19 Understanding Consciousness and Hypnosis* (optional)

UNIT 3: Sensation and Perception
Module 20 Basic Concepts of Sensation and Perception
Module 21 Influences on Perception Module 22 Vision: Sensory and Perceptual Processing
Module 23 Visual Organization and Interpretation Module 24 Hearing
Module 25 The Other Senses

UNIT 4: Learning
Module 26 How We Learn and Classical Conditioning
Module 27 Operant Conditioning
Module 28 Operant Conditioning’s Applications, and Comparison to Classical Conditioning
Module 29 Biology, Cognition, and Learning
Module 30 Observational Learning

UNIT 5: Cognitive Psychology Part I Cognition
Module 31 Studying and Encoding Memories
Module 32 Storing and Retrieving Memories
Module 33 Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Improving Memory
Module 34 Thinking, Concepts, and Creativity
Module 35 Solving Problems and Making Decisions
Module 36 Thinking and Language Part II Testing and Individual Differences
Module 37 Introduction to Intelligence
Module 38 Assessing Intelligence
Module 39 The Dynamics of Intelligence
Module 40 Studying Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intelligence
Module 41 Group Differences and the Question of Bias

UNIT 6: Developmental Psychology
Module 42 Developmental Issues, Prenatal Development, and the Newborn
Module 43 Infancy and Childhood: Physical Development
Module 44 Infancy and Childhood: Cognitive Development
Module 45 Infancy and Childhood: Social Development
Module 46 Gender Development
Module 47 Parents, Peers, and Early Experiences
Module 48 Adolescence: Physical and Cognitive Development
Module 49 Adolescence: Social Development and Emerging Adulthood
Module 50 Sexual Development
Module 51 Adulthood: Physical, Cognitive, and Social Development

UNIT 7: Motivation, Emotion, and Personality
Part I Motivation, Emotion, and Stress
Module 52 Motivational Concepts
Module 53 Hunger Motivation
Module 54 Sexual Motivation
Module 55 Affiliation and Achievement
Module 56 Theories and Physiology of Emotion
Module 57 Expressing Emotion Module 58 Stress and Illness
Module 59 Health and Happiness
Part II Personality
Module 60 Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Theories
Module 61 Humanistic Theories
Module 62 Trait Theories Module 63 Social-Cognitive Theories
Module 64 Exploring the Self

UNIT 8: Clinical Psychology
Part I Abnormal Behavior
Module 65 Introduction to Psychological Disorders
Module 66 Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Module 67 Depressive Disorders, Bipolar Disorder, Suicide, and Self-Injury
Module 68 Schizophrenia
Module 69 Other Disorders
Part II Treatment of Abnormal Behavior
Module 70 Introduction to Therapy, and Psychodynamic and Humanistic Therapies
Module 71 Behavior, Cognitive, and Group Therapies
Module 72 Evaluating Psychotherapies
Module 73 The Biomedical Therapies and Preventing Psychological Disorders

UNIT 9: Social Psychology
Module 74 Attribution, Attitudes, and Actions
Module 75 Conformity and Obedience
Module 76 Group Behavior
Module 77 Prejudice and Discrimination
Module 78 Aggression
Module 79 Attraction
Module 80 Altruism, Conflict, and Peacemaking

Enrichment Modules
Module 81 Influences on Drug Use Module 82 Psychology at Work
Module 83 Animal Thinking and Language Appendices

Appendices
Appendix A: Practice AP-Style Exam
Appendix B: AP Tips
Appendix C: Psychological Science’s Key Contributors
Appendix D: Preparing for Further Psychology Studies
Appendix E: Answers to Test Yourself Questions

Glossary / Glosario en Espanol
References
Index

Authors

David G. Myers

David Myers received his B.A. in chemistry from Whitworth University, and his psychology Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. He has spent his career at Hope College, Michigan, where he has taught dozens of introductory psychology sections. Hope College students have invited him to be their commencement speaker and voted him “outstanding professor.” His research and writings have been recognized by the Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize, an Honored Scientist award from the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences, an Award for Distinguished Service on Behalf of Social-Personality Psychology, a Presidential Citation from APA Division 2, election as an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, and three honorary doctorates.

With support from National Science Foundation grants, Myers’ scientific articles have appeared in three dozen scientific periodicals, including Science, American Scientist, Psychological Science, and American Psychologist. In addition to his scholarly and textbook writing, he digests psychological science for the general public. His writings have appeared in four dozen magazines, from Today’s Education to Scientific American. He also has authored six general audience books, including, in 2022, How Do We Know Ourselves? Curiosities and Marvels of the Human Mind. And he blogs about psychology and life at TalkPsych.com.

David Myers has chaired his city’s Human Relations Commission, helped found a thriving assistance center for low-income families, and spoken to hundreds of college, community, and professional groups worldwide. Drawing on his experience of hearing loss, which now includes a cochlear implant, he also has written articles and a book (A Quiet World) about hearing loss, and he is advocating a transformation in U.S. assistive listening technology (see HearingLoop.org). For his leadership, he has received awards from the American Academy of Audiology, the hearing industry, and the Hearing Loss Association of America.

David and Carol Myers met and married while undergraduates, and have raised sons Peter and Andrew, and a daughter, Laura. They have one grandchild, Allie.

C. Nathan DeWall

Nathan DeWall is professor of psychology at the University of Kentucky. He received his bachelor’s degree from St. Olaf College, a master’s degree in social science from the University of Chicago, and a master’s degree and Ph.D. in social psychology from Florida State University. DeWall received the College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award, which recognizes excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching. The Association for Psychological Science identified DeWall as a “Rising Star” early in his career for “making significant contributions to the field of psychological science.” He has been included in the top 1 percent of all cited scientists in psychology and psychiatry on the Institute for Scientific Information list, according to the Web of Science. DeWall conducts research on close relationships, self-control, aggression, the psychology of religion, and intellectual humility. With funding from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the John Templeton Foundation, he has published 225 scientific articles and chapters. DeWall’s research awards include the SAGE Young Scholars Award from the Foundation for Personality and Social Psychology, the Young Investigator Award from the International Society for Research on Aggression, and the Early Career Award from the International Society for Self and Identity. His research has been covered by numerous media and entertainment outlets, including Good Morning America, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Harvard Business Review, USA Today, National Public Radio, The Guardian, the BBC, and Netflix. He has lectured nationally and internationally, including in Hong Kong, China, the Netherlands, England, Greece, Hungary, Sweden, Australia, and France.

Nathan is happily married to Alice DeWall and is the proud father of Beverly “Bevy” and Ellis. He also enjoys taking care of the family dog, “Artie.” As an ultramarathon runner, he completed numerous races, including the Badwater 135 in 2017 (dubbed “the World’s toughest foot race”). In his spare time now, he enjoys hiking, attending live concerts, setting up and maintaining aquariums, watching sports, and playing guitar and singing in local rock bands.

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