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Tables of Contents for Simply Psychology, Second Edition
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
About the author
x
Preface
xi
Introduction
2
10
What is psychology?
3
1
``Psychology is just common sense''
4
1
Cross-cultural differences
5
2
Why is psychology interesting?
7
2
Organisation of this book
9
1
Personal viewpoint
10
1
Chapter summary
10
1
Further reading
11
1
Essay questions
11
1
Methods of investigation
12
20
Experimental method
13
6
Other kinds of methods
19
5
Data presentation and interpretation
24
2
Ethical issues
26
4
Chapter summary
30
1
Further reading
30
1
Essay questions
31
1
Part 1 Biological approach
32
64
Biological bases of behaviour
32
16
Inborn characteristics
34
2
The nervous system
36
2
Structure and function of the brain
38
6
Ways of studying the brain
44
2
Chapter summary
46
1
Further reading
47
1
Essay questions
47
1
Stress
48
18
Physiology of stress
50
2
Ways of measuring stress
52
2
Causes of stress
54
5
Methods of reducing stress
59
5
Chapter summary
64
1
Further reading
64
1
Essay questions
65
1
Emotion
66
14
How many emotions are there?
68
2
Theories of emotion
70
5
Physiological systems in emotion
75
3
Chapter summary
78
1
Further reading
79
1
Essay questions
79
1
Aggression
80
16
Development of aggression
82
10
Reducing aggression
92
1
Chapter summary
93
1
Further reading
94
1
Essay questions
95
1
Part 2 Behaviourist approach
96
14
Conditioning and learning
96
14
Classical conditioning
97
3
Operant or instrumental conditioning
100
5
Applications of conditioning procedures
105
2
Chapter summary
107
1
Further reading
108
1
Essay questions
109
1
Part 3 Developmental approach
110
58
Cognitive development
110
16
Piagetian theory
111
7
Information-processing approach
118
2
Development of visual perception
120
4
Chapter summary
124
1
Further reading
124
1
Essay questions
125
1
Language development
126
12
Stages of language development
127
3
Nativist theories
130
2
Environmental approaches
132
2
Animal language
134
2
Chapter summary
136
1
Further reading
137
1
Essay questions
137
1
Moral development
138
16
Psychodynamic theory
139
2
Piaget's cognitive-developmental theory
141
2
Kohlberg's cognitive-developmental theory
143
4
Gilligan's theory
147
1
Social learning theory
148
2
Parents, peers, and moral development
150
2
Chapter summary
152
1
Further reading
153
1
Essay questions
153
1
Sex and gender
154
14
Observed sex differences
155
2
Cultural differences
157
1
Theories of gender development
158
7
Masculinity and femininity
165
1
Chapter summary
166
1
Further reading
167
1
Essay questions
167
1
Part 4 Social approach
168
78
Attachment and deprivation
168
16
Attachment
169
4
Separation
173
5
Effects of divorce
178
2
Effects of day care
180
1
Chapter summary
181
1
Further reading
182
1
Essay questions
183
1
Prejudice and discrimination
184
16
Stereotypes
186
2
Explanations of prejudice
188
6
Reducing prejudice and discrimination
194
4
Chapter summary
198
1
Further reading
199
1
Essay questions
199
1
Pro-social behaviour
200
16
Development of pro-social behaviour
201
2
Theories of pro-social behaviour
203
3
Cross-cultural and individual differences
206
1
Encouraging altruism
207
1
Bystander intervention
208
6
Chapter summary
214
1
Further reading
215
1
Essay questions
215
1
Social influence
216
16
Conformity
217
3
Obedience to authority
220
4
Group polarisation
224
2
Social power
226
1
Crowd behaviour
227
3
Chapter summary
230
1
Further reading
231
1
Essay questions
231
1
Social perception
232
14
Physical attractiveness
233
3
Implicit personality theory
236
1
Attribution theory
237
4
Shortcuts and biases
241
3
Chapter summary
244
1
Further reading
244
1
Essay questions
245
1
Part 5 Individual differences
246
44
Intelligence
246
14
What is intelligence?
247
1
Intelligence testing
247
3
Heredity and environment
250
4
Types of intelligence
254
4
Chapter summary
258
1
Further reading
259
1
Essay questions
259
1
Personality
260
16
Freud's psychoanalytic approach
261
2
Humanistic approach
263
6
Trait theories
269
6
Chapter summary
275
1
Further reading
275
1
Essay questions
275
1
The self-concept
276
14
Development of the self-concept
278
2
Social factors influencing the self-concept
280
3
Cross-cultural and gender differences
283
2
Self-esteem
285
3
Chapter summary
288
1
Further reading
289
1
Essay questions
289
1
Part 6 Cognitive approach
290
48
Visual perception
290
16
Perceptual organisation
291
3
Depth perception and size constancy
294
3
Visual illusions
297
2
Perceptual hypotheses
299
2
Cross-cultural studies
301
1
Perception without awareness
302
1
Chapter summary
303
1
Further reading
304
1
Essay questions
305
1
Memory
306
16
Short-term vs long-term memory
308
3
Levels-of-processing theory
311
2
Organisation in memory
313
2
Forgetting
315
2
Everyday memory
317
3
Chapter summary
320
1
Further reading
321
1
Essay questions
321
1
Problem solving and creativity
322
16
Reproductive vs productive problem solving
323
1
Role of past experience
324
5
Computational approach: Newell and Simon
329
3
Creativity
332
3
Chapter summary
335
1
Further reading
336
1
Essay questions
337
1
Part 7 Effective learning
338
9
Effective learning
338
9
Christine Eysenck
Fleur Eysenck
Fleur's personal viewpoint
339
1
Introducing study behaviour
340
1
Good study performance
341
4
Further reading
345
2
References
347
22
Glossary
369
10
Author index
379
8
Subject index
387
8
Illustration credits
395