Psychology From Inquiry to Understanding, Global Edition, 3rd Edition

Provides the framework to go from inquiry to understanding.

Psychology: From Inquiry to Understanding, 3/e, teaches students how to test their assumptions, and motivates them to use scientific thinking skills to better understand the field of psychology in their everyday lives. By applying scientific thinking, students can more intelligently evaluate claims about both laboratory research and daily life. In the end, students will emerge with the “psychological smarts,” or open-minded skepticism, needed to distinguish psychological misinformation from credible, useful psychological information.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction to Psychology: A Framework for everyday life
Chapter 2: Research Methods in Psychology: Safeguards Against Error
Chapter 3: Brain and Behavior: Bridging the Levels of Analysis
Chapter 4: Sensation, Perception, and Reality: How we Sense and Conceptualize the World
Chapter 5: States of Consciousness: Expanding the Boundaries of Psychological Inquiry
Chapter 6: Learning and Conditioning: How Nurture Changes Us
Chapter 7: Memory Processes: Constructing and Reconstructing Our Pasts
Chapter 8: Cognition: Thinking, Decision Making, and Language: Getting Inside Our Talking Heads
Chapter 9: Intelligence and Intelligence Testing controversy and consensus
Chapter 10: Human Development: Childhood, Adolescence, and Adulthood: How and why we change
Chapter 11: Emotion, Self-Esteem, and Motivation: What moves us
Chapter 12: Stress, Health, and Coping with Stress: The Mind–Body Interconnection
Chapter 13: Social Psychology and Social Behavior: How Others Affect Us
Chapter 14: Personality: Theories and Assessment: Who We Are
Chapter 15: Mental Disorders: When Adaptation Breaks Down
Chapter 16: Psychological and Biomedical Therapies: Helping People Change