Understanding Psychology: 2024 Release ISE

Bob Feldman still remembers those moments of being overwhelmed when he started college at Wesleyan University. “I wondered whether I was up to the challenges that faced me,” he recalls, “and—although I never would have admitted it at the time—I really had no idea what it took to be successful at college.”That experience, along with his encounters with many students during his own teaching career, led to a life-long interest in helping students navigate the critical transition that they face at the start of their own college careers. Professor Feldman, who went on to receive a doctorate in psychology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is now Deputy Chancellor and Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is founding director of POWER Up for Student Success, the first-year experience course for incoming students.Professor Feldman’s proudest professional accomplishment is winning the College Outstanding Teaching Award at UMass. He also has been named a Hewlett Teaching Fellow and was Senior Online Instruction Fellow. He has taught courses at Mount Holyoke College, Wesleyan University, and Virginia Commonwealth University. Professor Feldman is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is a winner of a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer award and has written over 200 scientific articles, book chapters, and books. His books, some of which have been translated into Spanish, French, Portuguese, Dutch, Japanese, and Chinese, include Improving the First Year of College: Research and Practice; Understanding Psychology, 12/e; and Development Across the Life Span, 7/e. His research interests encompass the study of honesty and truthfulness in everyday life, development of nonverbal behavior in children, and the social psychology of education. His research has been supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute on Disabilities and Rehabilitation Research. With the last of his three children completing college, Professor Feldman occupies his spare time with pretty decent cooking and earnest, but admittedly unpolished, piano playing. He also loves to travel. He lives with his wife, who is an educational psychologist, in a home overlooking the Holyoke mountain range in western Massachusetts.

• Introduction to PsychologyMODULE 1 Psychologists at WorkMODULE 2 A Science Evolves: The Past, the Present, and the FutureMODULE 3 Psychology’s Key Issues and ControversiesCHAPTER 2 Psychological ResearchMODULE 4 The Scientific MethodMODULE 5 Conducting Psychological ResearchMODULE 6 Critical Research IssuesCHAPTER 3 Neuroscience and BehaviorMODULE 7 Neurons: The Basic Elements of BehaviorMODULE 8 The Nervous System and the Endocrine System: Communicating Within the BodyMODULE 9 The BrainCHAPTER 4 Sensation and PerceptionMODULE 10 Sensing the World Around UsMODULE 11 Vision: Shedding Light on the EyeMODULE 12 Hearing and the Other SensesMODULE 13 Perceptual Organization: Constructing Our View of the WorldCHAPTER 5 States of ConsciousnessMODULE 14 Sleep and DreamsMODULE 15 Hypnosis and MeditationMODULE 16 Drug Use: The Highs and Lows of ConsciousnessCHAPTER 6 LearningMODULE 17 Classical ConditioningMODULE 18 Operant ConditioningMODULE 19 Cognitive Approaches to LearningCHAPTER 7 MemoryMODULE 20 The Foundations of MemoryMODULE 21 Recalling Long-Term MemoriesMODULE 22 Forgetting: When Memory FailsCHAPTER 8 Cognition and LanguageMODULE 23 Thinking and ReasoningMODULE 24 Problem SolvingMODULE 25 LanguageCHAPTER 9 IntelligenceMODULE 26 What Is Intelligence?MODULE 27 Variations in Intellectual AbilityMODULE 28 Group Differences in Intelligence: Genetic and Environmental DeterminantsCHAPTER 10 Motivation and EmotionMODULE 29 Explaining MotivationMODULE 30 Human Needs and Motivation: Eat, Drink, and Be DaringMODULE 31 Understanding Emotional ExperiencesCHAPTER 11 Sexuality and GenderMODULE 32 Gender and SexMODULE 33 Understanding Human Sexual Response: The Facts of LifeMODULE 34 The Diversity of Sexual BehaviorCHAPTER 12 DevelopmentMODULE 35 Nature and Nurture: The Enduring Developmental IssueMODULE 36 Prenatal Development: Conception to BirthMODULE 37 Infancy and ChildhoodMODULE 38 Adolescence: Becoming an AdultMODULE 39 AdulthoodCHAPTER 13 PersonalityMODULE 40 Psychodynamic Approaches to PersonalityMODULE 41 Trait, Learning, Biological and Evolutionary, and Humanistic Approaches to PersonalityMODULE 42 Assessing Personality: Determining What Makes Us DistinctiveCHAPTER 14 Health Psychology: Stress, Coping, and Well-BeingMODULE 43 Stress and CopingMODULE 44 Psychological Aspects of Illness and Well-BeingMODULE 45 Promoting Health and WellnessCHAPTER 15 Psychological DisordersMODULE 46 Normal Versus Abnormal: Making the DistinctionMODULE 47 The Major Psychological DisordersMODULE 48 Psychological Disorders in PerspectiveCHAPTER 16 Treatment of Psychological DisordersMODULE 49 Psychotherapy: Psychodynamic, Behavioral, and Cognitive Approaches to TreatmentMODULE 50 Psychotherapy: Humanistic, Interpersonal, Group, and Online Approaches to TreatmentMODULE 51 Biomedical Therapy: Biological Approaches to TreatmentCHAPTER 17 Social PsychologyMODULE 52 Attitudes and Social CognitionMODULE 53 Social Influence and GroupsMODULE 54 Prejudice and DiscriminationMODULE 55 Positive and Negative Social BehaviorMODULE 56 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Culture