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David Myers’s Psychology is an introductory textbook like no other—always fresh, always introducing effective new tools for teaching and learning, and always attuned to the fascinating ways that new research can shape the introductory psychology course.

Table of contents

Introduction to the History and Science of Psychology
    Module 1: The History and Scope of Psychology
    Module 2: Thinking Critically with Psychological Science
    Module 3: Research Strategies: How Psychologists Ask and Answer Questions
   
Neuroscience and Behavior
    Module 4: Neural and Hormonal Systems
    Module 5: The Brain
   
Nature, Nurture, and Human Diversity
    Module 6: Behavior Genetics and Evolutionary Psychology
    Module 7: Environmental Influences on Behavior, and Reflections on Nature and Nurture
   
  Development Through the Life Span
    Module 8: Prenatal Development and the Newborn
    Module 9: Infancy and Childhood
    Module 10: Adolescence
    Module 11: Adulthood, and Reflections on Developmental Issues
   
  Sensation and Perception
    Module 12: Introduction to Sensation and Perception
    Module 13: Vision
    Module 14: Hearing
    Module 15: Other Senses
    Module 16: Perceptual Organization
    Module 17: Perceptual Interpretation
   
  States of Consciousness
    Module 18: Waking and Sleeping Rhythms
    Module 19: Hypnosis
    Module 20: Drugs and Consciousness
   
  Learning
    Module 21: Classical Conditioning
    Module 22: Operant Conditioning
    Module 23: Learning by Observation
   
  Memory
    Module 24: Introduction to Memory
    Module 25: Encoding: Getting Information In
    Module 26: Storage: Retaining Information
    Module 27: Retrieval: Getting Information Out
    Module 28: Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Applying Memory Principles to Your Own Education
   
  Thinking, Language, and Intelligence
    Module 29: Thinking
    Module 30: Language and Thought
    Module 31: Introduction to Intelligence
    Module 32: Assessing Intelligence
    Module 33: Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intelligence
   
  Motivation and Work
    Module 34: Introduction to Motivation
    Module 35: Hunger
    Module 36: Sexual Motivation and the Need to Belong
    Module 37: Motivation at Work
   
  Emotion
    Module 38: Introduction to Emotion
    Module 39: Experienced Emotion
    Module 40: Expressed Emotion
   
  Stress and Health
    Module 41: Stress and Illness
    Module 42: Coping With Stress
    Module 43: Modifying Illness-Related Behaviors
   
  Personality
    Module 44: Psychoanalytic Perspective
    Module 45: Humanistic Perspective
    Module 46: Contemporary Research on Personality
   
  Psychological Disorders
    Module 47: Introduction to Psychological Disorders
    Module 48: Anxiety Disorders
    Module 49: Dissociative and Personality Disorders
    Module 50: Mood Disorders
    Module 51: Schizophrenia
   
  Therapy
    Module 52: The Psychological Therapies
    Module 53: Evaluating Psychotherapies
    Module 54: The Biomedical Therapies
   
  Social Psychology
    Module 55: Social Thinking
    Module 56: Social Influence
    Module 57: Antisocial Relations
    Module 58: Prosocial Relations
 
Appendix A: Careers in Psychology, Dr. Jennifer Lento, University of San Diego Appendix B: Answers to Test-Yourself Questions