Understanding Psychology (10th Ed)

 Chapter 12—Development
• Midlife crisis myth
• Video game play and cognitive 
declines in late adulthood
• Disengagement theory lack of 
support
• Emerging adulthood
 Chapter 13—Personality
• Biological basis of personality
• Situationism
• Cognitive-affective processing 
system (CAPS)
• Quick judgments of personality
 Chapter 14—Health Psychology: Stress, 
Coping, and Well-Being
• General Adaptation Model and 
cortisol secretion
• Cancer and quality of life
• Smoking and loss of autonomy
• Smoking cessation and social 
support
• Smoking in developing countries
• Gender differences in happiness
Chapter 15—Psychological Disorders
• College student stress and 
depression
• Autism prevalence increase
• Formal thought disorder
• Defi nition of obsessive-compulsive 
disorder
• Type I and II schizophrenia treat-
ment outcomes
Chapter 16—Treatment of 
Psychological Disorders
• Prescription drugs prescribed by 
clinical psychologists
• Self-actualization and humanistic 
therapy
• Interventions for prevention of 
psychological disorders
• Cingulotomy
• Gamma knife surgery
• Ketamine in the treatment of 
depression
• PsychWork on halfway house
Chapter 17—Social Psychology
• PsychWork on advertising agency 
owner
• Behavioral economics
• Social networking sites and 
friendship
• Milgram replication
• Roots of morality
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