Understanding Psychology (10th Ed)

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 Chapter 1—Introduction to Psychology
• Gender ratios in the fi eld
• Distinction between psychiatrists 
and psychologists
• Psychologist work sites
 Chapter 2—Psychological Research
• Replication
• Random sampling in surveys
• Correlation and causality
• Self-affi rmations
 Chapter 3—Neuroscience and Behavior
• Neurogenesis
• Hemispheric specialization 
emergence
• Brain wave–controlled devices
• Optogenetics
 Chapter 4—Sensation and Perception
• Culture and susceptibility to visual 
illusions
• Divided attention and texting
• Multimodal perception
• Balance and the vestibular system
• Moon illusion (specialist)
• Ewald Hering
• Thomas Young
• Hermann von Helmholtz
• Rarity of complete color blindness
• Pheromones and humans
• Change order of perceptual con-
stancy and depth perception
• Psychophysics still an active fi eld
• Pheromones
• Otoliths and hair cells
• Pain theories
• Absolute threshold
• Flowers refl ecting ultraviolet light
• Primacy of cornea in focusing light
• Aging and auditory perception
• Ring tones and students/teachers
• Apparent motion
• Vomeronasal organ
• Speech perception
 Chapter 5—States of Consciousness
• Biological dependence
• Oxycodone
• Psychological dependence
• Activation information modulation 
(AIM) theory
• Added Red Bull to chart on caffeine
• Added new prologue and 21st 
century
• Consciousness versus 
unconsciousness
• Night terrors
• Insomnia #1
• Role of sleep in learning and 
memory
• Process of hypnosis
• Hypnosis and divided consciousness
• Daydreaming and brain activation
• Release of growth hormones and 
sleep