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Psychology : the adaptive mind / James S. Nairne

By: Nairne, James S, 1954-.
Publisher: Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth, c2000Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xxxiii, 750 p. ; 29 cm.ISBN: 0534357660.Subject(s): PsychologyDDC classification: 150
Contents:
Preface. - Ch. 1. An Introduction to Psychology. - Ch. 2. The Tactics of Psychological research. - Ch. 3. Biological processes. - Ch. 4. Human development. - Ch. 5. Sensation and Perception. - Ch. 6. Consciousness. - Ch. 7. Learning from Experience.- Ch. 8. Remembering and Forgetting. - Ch. 9. Thought and Language. - Ch. 10. Intelligence. - Ch. 11. Motivation and Emotion. - Ch. 12. Personality. - Ch. 13. Social Psychology. - Ch 14. Psychological Disorders. - Ch. 15. Therapy. - Ch. 16. Stress and Health. - Appendix. - Glossary. - References. - Name Index. - Subject Index. - Credits
Summary: [The author] focuses extensively on the function and purpose of psychological processes. Instead of leading with the facts and methods specific to a topic, he introduces each topic as a kind of "solution" to an adaptive or conceptual/practical "problem". - To the instructor
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Preface. - Ch. 1. An Introduction to Psychology. - Ch. 2. The Tactics of Psychological research. - Ch. 3. Biological processes. - Ch. 4. Human development. - Ch. 5. Sensation and Perception. - Ch. 6. Consciousness. - Ch. 7. Learning from Experience.- Ch. 8. Remembering and Forgetting. - Ch. 9. Thought and Language. - Ch. 10. Intelligence. - Ch. 11. Motivation and Emotion. - Ch. 12. Personality. - Ch. 13. Social Psychology. - Ch 14. Psychological Disorders. - Ch. 15. Therapy. - Ch. 16. Stress and Health. - Appendix. - Glossary. - References. - Name Index. - Subject Index. - Credits

[The author] focuses extensively on the function and purpose of psychological processes. Instead of leading with the facts and methods specific to a topic, he introduces each topic as a kind of "solution" to an adaptive or conceptual/practical "problem". - To the instructor