How does memory work? Who is the "distractor" in your family? What was the "car crash" experiment? The Psychology Book is your visual guide to the complex and fascinating world of human behavior.
Cognitive psychology took off in the 1960s, having been launched by the informationprocessing model developed by ... as understanding the physiological bases for learning and memory, emotionality, and mental and behavioral disorders.
The book offers a comprehensive treatment of core concepts, grounded in both classic studies and current and emerging research. The text also includes coverage of the DSM-5 in examinations of psychological disorders.
People with strong schemas or theoretical commitments evaluate evidence supporting their schemas more favorably than they do inconsistent information ( e.g. , Koehler , 1993 ; Lord , Ross , & Lepper , 1979 ; Miller , McHoskey , Bane ...
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This stunningly illustrated book in Sterling's 'Milestones' series chronicles the history of psychology through 250 landmark events, theories, publications, experiments and discoveries.
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In The Psychology of Money, award-winning author Morgan Housel shares 19 short stories exploring the strange ways people think about money and teaches you how to make better sense of one of life’s most important topics.
From perception tests and the Rorschach blots to B. F. Skinner and the stages of development, this primer for human behavior is packed with hundreds of ... psychology basics and insights...
we thank the members of our extended research team who helped make this book possible, especially Robin Atkinson, Susan Bernard, Sheila Burgess, Sanjay Chandrasekharan, Jim Davies, Nonah Elliston, Michelle Grandin, Ellie Harmon, ...