Psychology

This textbook covers the main areas of psychology, including social psychology, developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, personality, intelligence, and biological psychology.

Information about the physical, mental, and social effects of violence against intimate partners, children, teens, parents, and the elderly; also, prevention and intervention strategies.

Information on the physiological and psychological effects of addictive substances.

Basic consumer health information about anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and other eating disorders and related concerns.

The social, medical, legal and political issues related to drugs and alcohol. Includes emerging topics and developments in addiction studies.

Covers human learning and development across the life span, motivation, measurement and statistics, curriculum and teaching.

Topics include the neurological foundations of emotional function, competing theories of emotion, multicultural perspectives on emotions, emotional disorders.

Information about forms of interpersonal violence, incidence, prevalence, public policy, prevention, intervention.

Examines how childcare, education, stress, marriage, career, friendship, parenthood, and other life events influence the individual.