Coon, Dennis.

Introduction to psychology : exploration and application / Dennis Coon. - 7th ed. - Minneapolis/St. Paul : West Pub. Co., c1995. - xxviii, 729, [68] p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Psychology: the search for understanding -- Research methods and critical thinking -- The Brain, biology, and behavior -- Sensation and reality -- Perceiving the world -- States of consciousness -- Conditioning and learning -- Memory -- Cognition and creativity -- Motivation and emotion -- Health, stress, and coping -- Child development -- From birth to death: life-span development -- Intelligence -- Personality -- Abnormal behavior: deviance and disorder -- Major mental disorders -- Therapies -- Gender and sexuality -- Social behavior -- Attitudes, culture, and human relations -- Applied psychology.

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