Discovering Psychology: The Science of Mind (New 1st Editions in Psychology) - Softcover

Cacioppo, John; Freberg, Laura

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1111837740 ISBN 13: 9781111837747

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2012

Synopsis

In this fresh new offering to the Intro Psychology course, authors John Cacioppo and Laura Freberg portray psychology as being an integrative science in two ways. First, they have written a text that reflects psychology's rightful place as a hub science that draws from and is cited by research in many other fields. Second, this text presents psychology as a unified science that seeks a complete understanding of the human mind, rather than as a loosely organized set of autonomous subspecialties. As psychology moves rapidly toward maturity as an integrative, multidisciplinary field, the introductory course offers an opportunity to teach all of psychology in one place and at one time. This text reflects that evolution--and the authors' excitement about it.

About this title

About the Author:

John T. Cacioppo is the Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor and Director of the Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience at the University of Chicago. He is a past President of several scientific societies, including the Association for Psychological Science, the Society for Social Neuroscience, the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, and the Society for Psychophysiological Research, and a past Chair of the Psychology Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Among the awards he has received are the Troland Award from the National Academy of Sciences, the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the American Psychological Association, a MERIT Award from the National Institutes of Health, the Scientific Impact Award from the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, the Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions from the Society for Psychophysiological Research, and the Campbell Award and the Theoretical Innovation Prize from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Cacioppo is a Member of the President's Committee on the National Medal of Science; the Chair of the Board of Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences at the National Research Council and a Member of the National Science Foundation Advisory Committee for the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate; and a former Member of both the Council for the NIH Center for Scientific Review and the Council for the National Institute on Aging.

Review:

1. The Science of Mind: The Discipline of Psychology. 2. The Biological Mind: The Brain and Nervous System. 3. Perceiving Minds: Sensation and Perception. 4. The Aware Mind: Elements of Consciousness. 5. The Feeling Mind: Motivation and Emotion. 6. The Adaptive Mind: Learning. 7. Knowing Minds: Memory. 8. Thinking Minds: Cognition, Language, and Intelligence. 9. Developing Minds: Lifespan Development. 10. Individual Minds: Personality and the Self. 11. Connected Minds: Social Psychology. 12. Troubled Minds: Psychological Disorders. 13. Healing Troubled Minds: Therapy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1111837740
• ISBN 13: 9781111837747
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 800