Introduction to Psychology

This book is designed to help students organize their thinking about psychology at a conceptual level. The focus on behaviour and empiricism has produced a text that is better organized, has fewer chapters, and is somewhat shorter than many of the leading books. The beginning of each section include...

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Main Author: Walinga, Jennifer (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] BCcampus [2010]
Edition:1st Canadian Edition
Series:Open textbook library.
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505 0 |a Chapter 1. Introducing Psychology -- Chapter 2. Introduction to Major Perspectives -- Chapter 3. Psychological Science -- Chapter 4. Brains, Bodies, and Behaviour -- Chapter 5. Sensing and Perceiving -- Chapter 6. States of Consciousness -- Chapter 7. Growing and Developing -- Chapter 8. Learning -- Chapter 9. Remembering and Judging -- Chapter 10. Intelligence and Language -- Chapter 11. Emotions and Motivations -- Chapter 12. Personality -- Chapter 13. Defining Psychological Disorders -- Chapter 14. Treating Psychological Disorders -- Chapter 15. Psychology in Our Social Lives -- Chapter 16. Stress, Health, and Coping 
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