| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 168 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1. Sensation, Perception, and Neuroscience. Research Explores Complexity of Taste. Why Is It That Practice Makes Perfect? Musical Studies Provide Clues to Brain Functions. Damaged Area of Brain Can Reorganize Itself -- 2. Learning and Memory. Solving a Classic Visual Search Problem. Children Can Excel When They Learn From Mistakes. Strong Emotions Can Blur the Source of a Memory -- 3. Motivation and Emotion. Top Athletes Focus on Tasks, Not Trophies. Research Plumbs Why the "Talking Cure" Works. Do Roots of Violence Grow From Nature or Nurture? -- 4. Cognition. Attitude Affects Memory, Decisions, and Performance. Psychologists Question Findings of Bell Curve. Breaking Through Barriers to Creativity -- 5. Development. Adolescent Friends Not Always a Bad Influence. Schools the Source of Rough Transitions. Teens' Altruism Grows Like They Do -- In Spurts -- 6. Personality. Solitude Provides on Emotional Tune-up. Shy People Have Inaccurate Self-Concepts |
| Summary |
This volume features articles from the APA Monitor published by the American Psychological Association. It is geared for students taking their 1st psychology class and is filled with articles describing important research in introductory, nontechnical terms. Articles were chosen to reflect the interests of young adults, and the organization of the volume corresponds to the standard layout of most introductory psychology textbooks. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Issuing Body |
Made available through: American Psychological Association's PsyBooks Collection |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Psychology.
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Psychology
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psychology.
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Psychology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Reich, Jill Nagy
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American Psychological Association.
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| LC no. |
97010904 |
| ISBN |
9781557984272 |
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1557984271 |
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