TY - BOOK AU - Pastorino,Ellen AU - Doyle-Portillo,Susann TI - What is psychology? SN - 0155073338 (student ed.) SN - 978049503 AV - BF121 .P3485 PY - 2006/// CY - Australia, Belmont, CA PB - Wadsworth/Thomson Learning KW - Psychology N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; What is psychology? -- How does biology influence our behavior? -- How do we sense and perceive our world? -- Consciousness: wide awake, in a daze, or dreaming? -- How do we learn? -- How does memory function? -- Cognition, language, and intelligence: how do we think? -- Motivation and emotion: What guides behavior? -- How do children grow, change, and develop? -- How do adolescents and adults change and develop? -- How do gender and sexuality impact our behavior? -- How do we understand and relate to others? -- Health, stress, and coping: how can you create a healthy life? -- What is personality, and how do we measure it? -- What are psychological disorders, and how can we understand them? -- What therapies are used to treat psychological problems? ER -