Main description:

What Is Psychology? Foundations, Applications, And Integration includes some of the most effective features from each of Pastorino and Doyle-Portillo's previous two books, as well as new and innovative features to excite readers about the field of psychology. Organized around the foundational areas of psychology, the book incorporates the authors' successful and engaging approach, which captures readers' curiosity from the first page to the last. The parts open with attention-grabbing case studies that are threaded throughout all of the chapters of the section, providing a view of the content that is both integrated and applied to real life.

Contents:

1. The Science of Psychology. Part I: FOUNDATIONS IN BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2. Neuroscience. 3. Sensation and Perception. 4. Consciousness. 5. Motivation and Emotion. Part II: FOUNDATIONS IN COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 6. Learning. 7. Memory. 8. Cognition, Language, and Intelligence. Part III: FOUNDATIONS IN DEVELOPMENTAL AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY. 9. Human Development. 10. Social Psychology. 11. Personality. Part IV: FOUNDATIONS IN PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH. 12. Health, Stress, and Coping. 13. Mental Health Disorders. 14. Mental Health Therapies. Appendix A. Statistics in Psychology. Appendix B. Applying Psychology in the Workplace.