Student Encyclopedia of Psychology
Exploring the People and Ideas That Shaped a Science
Student Encyclopedia of Psychology
Exploring the People and Ideas That Shaped a Science
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Description
Explore the individuals and concepts that laid the foundation for our modern understanding of the human mind and behavior.
Designed to support high school and undergraduate students embarking on the study of psychology and aligned closely with both AP and APA curriculum standards, this A-Z encyclopedia features more than 225 ready reference entries. Readers will discover the people, ideas, and experiments that shaped the field into what it is today. Coverage includes such diverse areas as cognition, development, learning, emotion, personality, and group dynamics, as well as entries on the biological, ethical, and methodological principles underlying the science of psychology.
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Table of Contents
Acetylcholine
Adler, Alfred
Adoption Studies
Adrenaline
Adverse Childhood Experiences
Agonist Drugs
Algorithms
Alzheimer's Disease
Amnesia
Amygdala
Antagonist Drugs
Anti-Anxiety Medications
Antidepressants
Antipsychotic Medications
Anxiety Disorders
Approaches in Psychology
Associative Learning
Attachment Theory
Attention
Attitude Formation and Change
Attribution Theory
Autonomic Nervous System
Bandura, Albert
Beck, Aaron
Beers, Clifford
Behavioral Therapies
Behaviorism
Big Five Theory of Personality
Bipolar Disorders
Brain Hemispheres
Brain Plasticity
Brain Stem
Broca's Area
Calkins, Mary Whiton
Case Studies
Central Nervous System
Cerebellum
Cerebral Cortex
Chemical Sense
Circadian Rhythm
Cognitive Biases
Cognitive Development across the Lifespan
Cognitive Disonance
Cognitive and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies
Communication and Language Development
Conditioning, Classical
Conditioning, Operant
Confirmation Bias
Conformity and Obedience
Consciousness
Corpus Collosum
Creativity
Cross-Sectional Studies
Darwin, Charles
Deafness and Hearing Loss
Decision Making
Depressants
Depressive Disorders
Depth Cues
Developmental Psychology
Dissociative Disorders
Dix, Dorothea
Domains of Psychology
Dopamine
Dreams, Purpose of
DSM-5
Electroencephalogram (EEG)
Ellis, Albert
Emotion
Endorphins
Erikson, Erik
Ethics
Eugenics
Executive Functions
Feeding and Eating Disorders
Festinger, Leon
Flynn Effect
Forgetting
Framing
Freud, Sigmund
Frontal Lobes
Functional Fixedness
Functional MRI (fMRI)
Functionalism
GABA
Gambler's Fallacy
Gender Expression
Gender Identity
Gestalt Psychology
Ghrelin
Glial Cells
Glutamate
Group Therapy
Habituation
Hall, G. Stanley
Hallucinogens
Health Psychology
Hearing, Sense of
Heuristics
Hippocampus
Hormones
Humanistic Psychology
Hypnosis
Hypothalamus
Identity Formation
Insomnia
Intelligence
Intelligence Tests
International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10)
Interneurons
James, William
Jung, Carl
Kinesthesis
Kinsey, Alfred
Learned Helplessness
Learning; Social, Cognitive, and Neurological Factors in
Leptin
Limbic System
Locus of Control
Longitudinal Studies
Maslow, Abraham
Melatonin
Memories, Encoding
Memories, Retrieving
Memories, Storing
Memory
Meta-Analytic Studies
Milgram, Stanley
Mindset, Fixed vs. Growth
Motivation
Motor Cortex
Motor Neurons
Multiple Sclerosis
Myasthenia Gravis
Narcolepsy
Nature vs Nurture
Neural Excitation and Inhibition
Neural Transmission
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Neurological Disorders
Neurotransmitters
Norepinephrine
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Occipital Lobes
Opioids
Oxytocin
Pain, Perception of
Parenting Styles
Parietal Lobes
Pavlov, Ivan
Peer Relationships
Perception
Perception, Cultural Influences on
Peripheral Nervous System
Personality Disorders
Person-Centered Psychotherapy
Persuasion
Pheromones
Physical Changes in Aging
Physical Development in Adolescence
Physical Development in Infancy and Childhood
Physical Development, Prenatal
Piaget, Jean
Pituitary Gland
Play
Positive Psychology
Priming
Problem Solving
Prosocial Behavior
Psychoactive Drugs
Psychoactive Medications
Psychodynamic Psychology
Psychodynamic Therapies
Psychological Disorders
Psychosocial Development, Stage Theory of
Reciprocal Determinism
Reflex Arcs
REM Sleep Behavior Disorder
Reticular Activating System (RAS)
Reuptake Inhibitors
Rogers, Carl
Schemas
Schizophrenia
Sensation
Sensory Adaptation
Sensory Interaction
Sensory Neurons
Separation Anxiety
Serotonin
Sexual Orientation
Sight, Neurological Disruptions to
Sight, Sense of
Skinner, B. F.
Sleep
Sleep Apnea
Sleep, Disruptions to
Sleep, Role in Memory Consolidation
Sleepwalking
Smell, Sense of
Social Influence Theory
Social Norms
Social-Emotional Development across the Lifespan
Somatic Nervous System
Somatosensory Cortex
Split-Brain Research
Stimulants
Structuralism
Substance P
Sunk Cost Fallacy
Surgical and Invasive Techniques in Mental Health Treatment
Synesthesia
Taste, Sense of
Temperature Sensation
Temporal Lobes
Thalmus
Touch, Sense of
Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders
Twin Studies
Vestibular Sense
Vygotsky, Lev
Washburn, Margaret Floy
Watson, John B.
Weber's Law
Wernicke's Area
Wolpe, Joseph
Wundt, Wilhelm
Index
About the Author
Product details
| Published | 15 Apr 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 432 |
| ISBN | 9798765139929 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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