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Psychology : an introduction / Paul Mussen, Mark R. Rosenzweig ... [et al. ].

By: Mussen, Paul Henry.
Contributor(s): Rosenzweig, Mark R.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Lexington, Mass. : Heath, c1977Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xix, 720, lix p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0669004979.Subject(s): PsychologyDDC classification: 150
Contents:
Part One: Psychology: The study of behavior -- The science of psychology -- Part Two: Social psychology -- Social influence: communication, persuasion and conformity -- Attitude change by self-persuasion -- Prejudice -- Attraction: who likes whom and why -- Personality and assessment -- Theories of personality -- Psychopathology and therapy -- Part Four: Development psychology -- What is developmental psychology? -- Growth and cognitive development -- The development of personality and social behavior -- Part Five: Cognitive psychology -- Human intelligence and its measurement -- Thought and language -- Part Six: Learning and memory -- Learning -- Memory -- Part Seven: The Psychology of perception -- The creativity of perception -- The relativity of perception -- Sensory bases of perception -- Part Eight: Biological psychology -- Neural and hormonal integration of behavior -- Biological processes in motivation -- Biological psychology of learning and memory -- Biological processes in perception -- Part Nine: Comparative psychology -- Adaptation and learning in evolutionary perspective -- A social existence -- Part Ten: Epilogue -- Summing-up and looking ahead.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 150 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00044176
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 150 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00044726
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Includes bibliographical references (pages xxvii-xlv) and index.

Part One: Psychology: The study of behavior -- The science of psychology -- Part Two: Social psychology -- Social influence: communication, persuasion and conformity -- Attitude change by self-persuasion -- Prejudice -- Attraction: who likes whom and why -- Personality and assessment -- Theories of personality -- Psychopathology and therapy -- Part Four: Development psychology -- What is developmental psychology? -- Growth and cognitive development -- The development of personality and social behavior -- Part Five: Cognitive psychology -- Human intelligence and its measurement -- Thought and language -- Part Six: Learning and memory -- Learning -- Memory -- Part Seven: The Psychology of perception -- The creativity of perception -- The relativity of perception -- Sensory bases of perception -- Part Eight: Biological psychology -- Neural and hormonal integration of behavior -- Biological processes in motivation -- Biological psychology of learning and memory -- Biological processes in perception -- Part Nine: Comparative psychology -- Adaptation and learning in evolutionary perspective -- A social existence -- Part Ten: Epilogue -- Summing-up and looking ahead.