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1 The Nature of Psychology CHAPTER 1 THE NATURE OF PSYCHOLOGY © MARIAGRAZIA ORLANDINI | DREAMSTIME.COM For more Cengage Learning textbooks, visit www.cengagebrain.co.uk R eading opens the door to education and advancement. What’s the best way to encourage kids...

2 Biological Foundations of Psychology CHAPTER 2 BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY © PHOTOTAKE INC. / ALAMY For more Cengage Learning textbooks, visit www.cengagebrain.co.uk I magine waking up one morning to discover that your sense of smell has intensified...

3 Psychological Development CHAPTER 3 PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT © ISTOCKPHOTO.COM/NADEZHDA KULAGINA For more Cengage Learning textbooks, visit www.cengagebrain.co.uk I t is parents’ night at the beginning of the school year at the local primary school. Mrs. Vo...

4 Sensory Processes CHAPTER 4 SENSORY PROCESSES © LONDONPHOTOS - HOMER SYKES / ALAMY For more Cengage Learning textbooks, visit www.cengagebrain.co.uk I magine yourself sitting late at night in a deserted church. Although the image is one of profound serenity,...

5 Perception CHAPTER 5 PERCEPTION © ISTOCKPHOTO.COM/JUSTIN HORROCKS For more Cengage Learning textbooks, visit www.cengagebrain.co.uk O n a warm Saturday some years ago, two young men – we’ll call them Alex and Simon – left their homes for a day’s hunting trip...

6 Consciousness CHAPTER 6 CONSCIOUSNESS © Lorel Ward Photolibrary/David Ridley/Images.com For more Cengage Learning textbooks, visit www.cengagebrain.co.uk V eronica was sitting in a restaurant with her friend Gina, listening to Gina’s recounting of a party sh...

7 Learning and Conditioning CHAPTER 7 LEARNING AND CONDITIONING © ROGER BAMBER/ALAMY For more Cengage Learning textbooks, visit www.cengagebrain.co.uk I f you have ever experienced a panic attack, you know that it is a terrifying experience: your heart is raci...

8 Memory CHAPTER 8 MEMORY © RUI MATOS | DREAMSTIME.COM For more Cengage Learning textbooks, visit www.cengagebrain.co.uk I n December 1986, a man named Ronald Cotton went on trial, accused of brutally raping a university student named Jennifer Thompson. From t...

9 Language and Thought CHAPTER 9 LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT © ENXOH | DREAMSTIME.COM For more Cengage Learning textbooks, visit www.cengagebrain.co.uk I n the 1970s, jogging became a popular form of exercise in the United States as well as in Europe. Some joggers re...

10 Motivation CHAPTER 10 MOTIVATION © ROBERTO CAUCINO | DREAMSTIME.COM For more Cengage Learning textbooks, visit www.cengagebrain.co.uk Y ou’re hurrying to get to an important job interview on time. You were running late this morning, so you skipped breakfast...

11 Emotion CHAPTER 11 EMOTION © CATALIN PETOLEA | DREAMSTIME.COM For more Cengage Learning textbooks, visit www.cengagebrain.co.uk I n the 1970s, Ted Bundy broke into the apartment of a young female student at the University of Washington, knocked her unconsci...

12 Intelligence CHAPTER 12 INTELLIGENCE © ROLFFIMAGES | DREAMSTIME.COM For more Cengage Learning textbooks, visit www.cengagebrain.co.uk T ommy was born in December 1856, In Virginia, USA, to Janet Woodrow, the daughter of a Presbyterian minister, and Joseph R...

13 Personality CHAPTER 13 PERSONALITY © ISTOCKPHOTO.COM/DEMONOID For more Cengage Learning textbooks, visit www.cengagebrain.co.uk 462 CHAPTER 13 PERSONALITY applied to understand personality only in the past couple of decades. In reviewing these theories, we ...

14 Stress, Health, and Coping CHAPTER 14 STRESS, HEALTH, AND COPING ©ISTOCKPHOTO.COM/RICHARD STOUFFER For more Cengage Learning textbooks, visit www.cengagebrain.co.uk J anet was feeling near the end of her rope. All day long she had endured one hassle after a...

15 Psychological Disorders CHAPTER 15 PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS © ELENA RAY | DREAMSTIME.COM For more Cengage Learning textbooks, visit www.cengagebrain.co.uk M arc Summers had a lot of worries as a child. These were not the usual worries children have about big...

16 Treatment of Mental Health Problems CHAPTER 16 TREATMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS © SHARIFF CHE’ LAH | DREAMSTIME.COM For more Cengage Learning textbooks, visit www.cengagebrain.co.uk S teve M. has paranoid schizophrenia. He frequently hears voices beratin...

17 Social Influence CHAPTER 17 SOCIAL INFLUENCE © IJANSEMPOI | DREAMSTIME.COM For more Cengage Learning textbooks, visit www.cengagebrain.co.uk P eople sometimes do the inexplicable – or what seems inexplicable. Our newspapers and history books provide plenty ...

18 Social Cognition CHAPTER 18 SOCIAL COGNITION © ISTOCKPHOTO.COM/HENK BADENHORST For more Cengage Learning textbooks, visit www.cengagebrain.co.uk P eople think about – and judge – other people all the time. For instance, when engaged in casual people-watchin...