Psychology: A Self-Teaching Guide

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Psychology A Self-Teaching Guide Frank J. Bruno, Ph.D. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Brun_0471443956_4p_fm_r1.qxd 6/27/02 2:13 PM ...

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Contents vii Preface ix 1 Introduction:The Foundations of Psychology 1 2 Research Methods in Psychology:Gathering Data 17 3 The ...

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Preface ix To help you learn psychology on your own, Psychology: A Self-Teaching Guide employs the following distinctive feature ...

recall. It is a good idea to actually write down, not just think about, your answers. If necessary, cover the answers at the bot ...

1 Introduction: The Foundations of Psychology 1 PREVIEW QUIZ True or False TFModern psychology is defined as the science of the ...

identify the five classical schools of psychology and their founding personalities; name and describe the six principal viewpoi ...

given to human beings. The ancient philosophers asserted that the soul is the seat of consciousness. It is consciousness that ma ...

behavior becomes more manageable, then controlhas taken place. The explanation will appear to be adequate. The four goals of sci ...

of a stimulus, but to an elemental part of a stimulus. Consequently, a trained intro- spectionist was not supposed to say, “I se ...

functions,or works, than how it is structured. Consequently, James stressed the importance of studying such processes as thinkin ...

(a) Three of the meanings of the German word Gestaltare. (b) The goal of Gestalt psychology was the study the effects that vario ...

Freud’s original work was done with a colleague named Josef Breuer (1842–1925). Breuer and Freud collaborated on the book Studie ...