Understanding Psychology (10th Ed)

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Brief Contents 
Preface xxiii
C H A P T E R 1
Introduction to Psychology 2
M O D U L E 1
Psychologists at Work 5
M O D U L E 2
A Science Evolves: The Past, 
the Present, and the Future 15
M O D U L E 3
Psychology’s Key Issues and Controversies 23
C H A P T E R 2
Psychological Research 30
M O D U L E 4
The Scientifi c Method 33
M O D U L E 5
Conducting Psychological Research 37
M O D U L E 6
Critical Research Issues 49
C H A P T E R 3
Neuroscience and Behavior 58
M O D U L E 7
Neurons: The Basic Elements of Behavior 61
M O D U L E 8
The Nervous System and the Endocrine System: 
Communicating Within the Body 70
M O D U L E 9
The Brain 79
C H A P T E R 4
Sensation and Perception 96
M O D U L E 1 0
Sensing the World Around Us 99
M O D U L E 1 1
Vision: Shedding Light on the Eye 104
M O D U L E 1 2
Hearing and the Other Senses 114
M O D U L E 1 3
Perceptual Organization: 
Constructing Our View of the World 126
C H A P T E R 5
States of Consciousness 138
M O D U L E 1 4
Sleep and Dreams 141
M O D U L E 1 5
Hypnosis and Meditation 154
M O D U L E 1 6
Drug Use: The Highs and Lows 
of Consciousness 159
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C H A P T E R 6
Learning 172
M O D U L E 1 7
Classical Conditioning 175