Invitation to Psychology

S-12 SUBJECT INDEX

X

X-axis, A2

X-rays and fetal deformities, 80

Xanax, 421

Y

Y-axis, A2

Yoruba people, schizophrenia

and, 385

Young-Helmboltz theory, 198

Youth. See Adolescence

Yupik, 396

Z

z-scores (standard scores),

A5–A6, A9

Zero-tolerance policies, 306,

307, 334, 401

Zoloft, 421

Zoroaster, 5

Zygote, 79

Zyprexa, 420

Winnicott, Donald W., 48

Withdrawal, drug,

177–178, 401

Word salads, 406

Words. See also Language

development

acquisition of new, 87–88

Work

gender stereotypes at, 510

hard work and intellectual

success, 252–254

motivation and, 506–510

opportunities to achieve

at, 511

stress and, 463

Working conditions, 510–511

assessing, 516

Working memory, 281

World Psychiatric Association,

425

Worst Pills, Best Pills, 441

Wundt, Wilhelm, 6, 44

Wechsler Adult Intelligence

Scale (WAIS), 244

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for

Children (WISC), 244

Weight

anorexia, 7

basal metabolism and, 484

biology of, 484–486

environmental influences on,

486–487

genetic influences on, 484–486

Weight loss, 2

Weil, Andrew, 221

Wellbutrin, 421

Wernicke’s area, 136

schizophrenia and, 408

Whirling dervishes among

Maulavis of Turkey, 174

Whistle-blowers, 360, 361

White matter, 136

White noise, 205

Williams, Brad, 291–292

Visual system
how we see colors, 198–199
why it is not a camera,
196–198
Visual world, constructing the,
199–204
Vocabulary. See Language
development
Vocational-interest test, 21
Volunteer bias, 22
Vulnerability-stress model of
depression, 392–394

W
Waking dreams, 161
Walden Two (Skinner), 326
War and prejudice, 366
Warmth, sensation of, 211
Watson, John B., 54–55,
312–314, 318
Wavelength of light, 194
Wechsler, David, 244