Baron, Robert A.

Psychology : from science to practice / Robert A. Baron, Michael J. Kalsher. - 2nd ed. - Boston, Mass. : Pearson / A&B, 2008. - xxvii, 643 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

1. Psychology: What it is... and what it offers - 2. Biological bases of behavior - 3. Sensation and perception: Making contact with the world around us - 4. States of consciousness - 5. Learning: How we're changed by experience - 6. Memory and cognition: remembering, thinking, deciding, creating - 7. Human development - 8. Motivation and emotion - 9. Personality and intelligence: Understanding individual differences - 10. Health, stress, and coping - 11. Mental discorders: when behavior goes "over the edge" - 12. Psychological treatments: reducing the pain and distress of mental disorders - 13. Social thought and social behavior - 14. Industrial/organizational psychology: understanding human behavior at work.

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