Understanding Psychology provides broad coverage of the field of psychology, including the theories, research, and applications that form the core of the discipline. Along with the traditional areas of psychology—neuroscience, sensation and perception, states of consciousness, learning, memory, cognition, human development, personality, psychological disorders and treatment, and social psychology—the applied topics of gender and sexuality and health psychology receive extensive attention. Salient Features: 1) Continues its commitment to extensive coverage of diversity with a concluding module called “Diversity, Cul Conflict, and Cooperation” 2) Contains a significant amount of new and updated features and content with hundreds of new citations referring to articles and books published since 2019 3) Includes numerous substantive references to the pandemic, an event that has played a central role in shaping students’ lives since its start 4) Numerous new and revised topics and textual changes, including new definitions and clarifications based on heat map data, provide a good indication of the content’s currency and Student First focus 5) Rich pool of online instructor resources

Table of Contents:
Prelims
1. Introduction to Psychology
2. Psychological Research
3. Neuroscience and Behavior
4. Sensation and Perception
5. States of Consciousness
6. Learning
7. Memory
8. Cognition and Language
9. Intelligence
10. Motivation and Emotion
11. Sexuality and Gender
12. Development
13. Personality
14. Health Psychology: Stress, Coping and Well-being
15. Psychological Disorders
16. Treatment of Psychological Disorders
17. Social Psychology
Glossary
References
Name Index
Subject Index