Psychology, the study of human experience/
Robert Ornstein.
- San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1985.
- xiv, 766 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 714-746.
Contents: The Study of human experience -- Where we come from: evolution and genetics -- Early development (Birth to adolescence) -- The Brain and nervous system -- Sensory experience -- Perceiving the world -- The Varieties of consciousness -- The Basics of learning -- Remembering and forgetting -- Thinking and language -- The Concept and the controversy of intelligence -- Emotions and feelings -- Needs and goals -- The Puzzle of Personality -- The Problems of everyday life -- Psychological disorders -- Psychotherapies -- Social psychology -- Development in adulthood -- Statistics: Making sense of fallible data -- Glossary -- References.