ABSTRACT

Instant Notes in Psychology contains the fundamental topics that are essential to the student. Each topic begins with a Key Notes panel containing concise summaries of the key points covered, which are expanded in the main text of the topic. Although each topic stands alone, it is the nature of the psychology that topics are interrelated. To help the student see these interrelationships the text provides numerous cross-references between topics.

part Section A|20 pages

Biological bases of behavior

chapter A1|4 pages

Evolution and Biological Psychology

chapter A2|4 pages

Actions of the Nervous System

chapter A3|4 pages

Divisions of the Nervous System

chapter A4|4 pages

The Cerebral Cortex

chapter A5|4 pages

The Endocrine System

part Section B|23 pages

Motivation

chapter B1|3 pages

Approaches to Motivation

chapter B2|3 pages

Negative Feedback and Drinking

chapter B3|4 pages

Hunger and Eating

chapter B4|4 pages

Sex

chapter B5|4 pages

Aggression

chapter B6|5 pages

Sleep and Dreaming

part Section C|25 pages

Sensory processes

chapter C1|4 pages

Psychophysics

chapter C2|7 pages

Vision

chapter C3|7 pages

Hearing

chapter C4|4 pages

The Cutaneous Senses

chapter C5|3 pages

The Chemical Senses

part Section D|32 pages

Perception

chapter D1|3 pages

Theoretical Perspectives

chapter D2|7 pages

Depth Perception

chapter D3|4 pages

Movement Perception

chapter D4|7 pages

Form Perception

chapter D5|6 pages

Constancies and Illusions

chapter D6|5 pages

Selective Attention

part Section E|17 pages

Learning

chapter E1|4 pages

Associative Learning

chapter E2|5 pages

Instrumental Learning

chapter E3|4 pages

Mechanisms of Learning

chapter E4|4 pages

Complex Learning

part Section F|32 pages

Memory and thinking

chapter F1|5 pages

Encoding in Memory

chapter F2|5 pages

Retrieval from Memory

chapter F3|4 pages

Memory Loss

chapter F4|5 pages

Mental Representation

chapter F5|6 pages

Problem Solving

chapter F6|7 pages

Thinking and Reasoning

part Section G|22 pages

Language

chapter G1|5 pages

The Structure of Language

chapter G2|4 pages

Speech Recognition and Production

chapter G3|4 pages

Reading

chapter G4|4 pages

Language Comprehension

chapter G5|5 pages

Learning to Talk

part Section H|26 pages

Cognitive and social development

chapter H1|2 pages

The Nature of Development

chapter H2|5 pages

Cognitive Development in Infancy

chapter H3|4 pages

Cognitive Development in Childhood

chapter H6|3 pages

Adolescence

chapter H7|4 pages

Adulthood

part Section I|16 pages

Social cognition

chapter I1|4 pages

Attitudes

chapter I2|4 pages

Causal Attribution

chapter I3|4 pages

Perceiving Others

chapter I4|4 pages

Self-Perception

part Section J|11 pages

Social interaction

chapter J1|4 pages

Communication

chapter J2|4 pages

Groups

chapter J3|3 pages

Intergroup Relations

part Section K|27 pages

Personality and intelligence

chapter K1|3 pages

The Study of Personality

chapter K2|4 pages

The Trait Approach

chapter K3|3 pages

The Psychoanalytic Approach

chapter K4|3 pages

The Phenomenological Approach

chapter K5|3 pages

Personality Assessment

chapter K6|3 pages

The Measurement of Intelligence

chapter K7|5 pages

Theoretical Perspectives on Intelligence

chapter K8|3 pages

Heredity, the Environment and Intelligence

part Section L|27 pages

Psychopathology

chapter L1|4 pages

Normality and Abnormality

chapter L2|4 pages

Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses

chapter L3|4 pages

Mood Disorders

chapter L4|4 pages

Anxiety Disorders

chapter L5|2 pages

Eating Disorders

chapter L7|5 pages

Treatment of Psychopathology

part Section M|19 pages

Health and illness

chapter M1|5 pages

Health Belief Models

chapter M2|4 pages

Smoking and Alcohol Abuse

chapter M3|4 pages

Stress

chapter M4|3 pages

Coronary Heart Disease

chapter M5|3 pages

Doctor–Patient Interaction