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Transforming complicated ideas into easy-to-understand graphics supported by accessible text, Simply Psychology is the perfect introduction to the subject for those who are short on time but hungry for knowledge.
Covering the key psychological theories from moral development to cognitive behavioral therapy, each easy-to-read, single-page entry explains the concept more clearly than ever before.
Organized into chapters covering each branch of psychology, the book maps the development of psychological study, unpacking the complex ideas from the philosophers, psychologists, and scientists who have shaped our understanding of the human brain.
Whether you are studying psychology in high school or college, or simply want a nonspecialized insight into the subject, this essential guide is packed with everything you need to understand the foundation of the subject quickly and easily.
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Table of Contents
Introduction 7
Studying the Mind
Mind and Body 10
Dualism
Only Matter 11
Physicalism
Internal Divisions 12
The tripartite soul
Nature or Nurture? 13
Heredity
Emotional Excess 14
Hysteria
Patterns in Common 15
Defining mental disorders
Looking Within 16
Introspection
Three Elements 17
Structuralism
Studying the Whole 18
Gestalt psychology
The Forgetting Curve 19
Learned information
Adapting to the World 20
Functionalism
The Emotional Mind 21
The James-Lange theory of emotion
Dissecting the Mind 22
Psychoanalytic theory
Bringing Up the Past 24
Psychoanalysis
Shielding the Ego 25
Defense mechanisms
Never Good Enough 26
Inferiority complex
What Do You See? 27
Rorschach tests
The Shared Mind 28
The collective unconscious
Seeking Completeness 29
Register theory
Discovering Others 30
Object relations theory
Becoming Oneself 31
Self-realization
Pavlovian Responses 32
Classical conditioning
The "Little Albert" Experiment 33
Behavioral conditioning
Repeat When Satisfied 34
Law of effect
Shaping Behavior 35
Operant conditioning
Cognitive Maps 36
Latent learning
Bridging the Gap 37
Cognitive behaviorism
The Hierarchy of Needs 38
Self-actualization
Complete Support and Acceptance 39
Unconditional positive regard
The Science of Happiness 40
Positive psychology
The Mind Evolved 41
Evolutionary psychology
Biological Behavior 42
Biopsychology
Growth and Development
Organizing Ideas 46
Schemas
How Children Think 47
The four stages of development
A Natural Process 48
Child-centered learning
Learning Together 49
Social constructivism
The Eight Stages of Human Life 50
Psychosocial development
Instinctive Behavior 52
Fixed-action patterns
Copying Others 53
Social learning theory
Early Relationships 54
Attachment theory
Longing for Comfort 55
Infant development
Feeling Secure 56
The Strange Situation
Responses to Abuse 57
Genetics and development
Born to Speak 58
Language development
Right or Wrong? 59
Moral development
The Doll Tests 60
Race and self-esteem
Reducing Prejudice 61
Jigsaw Classrooms
Exploring Ethnicity 62
Ethnic and racial identity development
Boy or Girl? 63
Gender development
Gender Stereotypes 64
Sex differences
Different Kinds of Brains? 65
Autism, sex, and gender
Self and Society
Social Animals 68
Cultural naturalism
The Life Span 69
Field theory
Researching Sexuality 70
Psychology of sex
Seven Kinds of Love 71
Triangular theory of love
Majority Rules 72
Social conformity
Authority Figures 73
Obedience
The Perception of Power 74
The Stanford prison experiment
Context Matters 75
Aronson's First Law
Competing for Resources 76
Realistic conflict theory
Avoiding Responsibility 77
The bystander effect
Preferring the Familiar 78
Mere-exposure effect
Their Just Deserts? 79
The "just-world" hypothesis
Making Assumptions 80
Prejudice
Measuring Opinions 81
The Attitudes Toward Women Scale
Studying Organizations 82
Organizational psychology
Examining Oppression 84
Liberation psychology
Free to Choose 85
Choice theory
Thoughts and Processes
The Conscious Mind 88
Consciousness
Processing Sensations 90
Perception
Identifying Objects 92
Pattern recognition
Basic Feelings 93
Psychology of emotions
Magic Number Seven 94
Information processing
A Biological Computer 95
Computational theory of mind
Focusing Attention 96
Attention theory
Striving for Consistency 97
Cognitive dissonance
Storage Structure 98
Long-term memory
Rewriting the Past 99
False memory
Memory Malfunction 100
The seven sins of memory
Fast and Slow Decisions 102
Heuristics
Jumping to Conclusions 103
Cognitive bias
Spiritual Exercise 104
Mindfulness and meditation
In the Zone 105
Flow
Disorders and Therapies
Diagnosing Disorders 108
Psychiatric classification systems
Processing Differently 110
Autism spectrum disorder
Hard to Focus 111
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Delusions, Paranoia, and Altered Thinking 112
Schizophrenia
Extreme Highs and Lows 113
Bipolar disorder
A Dark Cloud 114
Depression
Pregnancy, Parenthood, and Mental Health 115
Perinatal mental illness
Fearing the Worst 116
Generalized anxiety and panic disorders
Debilitating Fear 117
Phobias
Intrusive Thoughts and Repetitive Urges 118
Obsessive compulsive disorder
Distorted Self-Image 119
Body dysmorphic disorder
Aftermath of Trauma 120
Posttraumatic stress disorder
Fragmented Identity 121
Dissociative identity disorder
Problems with Eating 122
Eating disorders
Struggling to Resist 123
Addiction
Relating Differently 124
Personality disorders
Treating Disorders 126
Psychological therapies
Uncovering the Past 128
Psychodynamic therapy
Balancing the Soul 129
Jungian therapy
Parent, Adult, Child 130
Transactional analysis
Led by the Client 131
Person-centered therapy
The Whole Person 132
Gestalt therapy
Confronting Existence 133
Existential therapy
Healing Reason 134
Rational emotive behavior therapy
Changing Patterns 135
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Group Dynamics 136
Family systems therapy
Facing Trauma 137
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing
Treating the Body 138
Medication
Natural Reactions 139
Antipsychiatry
Identity and Difference
Human Characteristics 142
Trait theory
The Big Five 143
The OCEAN model
Energy Sources 144
Introversion and extroversion
Testing Personality 145
Personality psychometrics
Fluid and Crystallized 146
The Cattell-Horn theory of intelligence
Three Intelligences 147
Triarchic theory of intelligence
Measuring Creativity 148
The Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking
Driving Motivators 149
Need theory
Who Am I? 150
Identity formation
Finding an Identity 151
Identity status theory
Male Bias 152
Feminist psychology
Afrocentric Psychology 153
Optimal psychology
Minds and Cultures 154
Multicultural psychology
Index 156