Psychology: Themes and Variations, Briefer Edition, 8th Edition

PSYCHOLOGY: THEMES AND VARIATIONS, BRIEFER EDITION, 8TH EDITION helps you experience the excitement of this fascinating field, while helping you study and retain what you learn! Filled with practical ways that you can apply psychology to your everyday life, this best-selling psychology textbook is an experience in learning that you’ll remember long after you complete your introductory psychology course. Critical Thinking Applications in every chapter give you specific critical thinking strategies you can apply to what you read. Every chapter of this book offers tools to help you focus on what’s important–showing you how to study in ways that help you retain information and do your very best on exams.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Evolution of Psychology
Chapter 2 The Research Enterprise in Psychology
Chapter 3 The Biological Bases of Behavior
Chapter 4 Sensation and Perception
Chapter 5 Variations in Consciousness
Chapter 6 Learning
Chapter 7 Human Memory
Chapter 8 Cognition and Intelligence
Chapter 9 Motivation and Emotion
Chapter 10 Human Development Across the Life Span
Chapter 11 Personality: Theory, Research, and Assessment
Chapter 12 Stress, Coping, and Health
Chapter 13 Psychological Disorders
Chapter 14 Treatment of Psychological Disorders
Chapter 15 Social Behavior
Appendix A: Answers to Concept Checks
Appendix B: Statistical Methods
Appendix C: Careers and Areas in Psychology
Appendix D: Psychology and Environmental Sustainability: Conservation Psychology