The Handy Psychology Answer Book. Lisa J. Cohen

      Cover images: Image of Sigmund Freud: Max Halberstadt; all other images, Shutterstock.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Cohen, Lisa J., author.

      Title: The handy psychology answer book / Lisa J. Cohen.

      Description: 2nd Edition. | Detroit, MI : Visible Ink Press, 2016. | Series: The handy answer book series | Revised edition of the author’s The handy psychology answer book, 2011.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2015039606| ISBN 9781578595082 (paperback) | ISBN 9781578595990 (epub) | ISBN 9781578595983 (updf)

      Subjects: LCSH: Psychology—Popular works. | BISAC: PSYCHOLOGY / Reference.

      Classification: LCC BF145 .C59 2016 | DDC 150—dc23

      LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015039606

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      Contents

       ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

       PHOTO SOURCES

       INTRODUCTION

       INTRODUCING PSYCHOLOGY

       The Basics

       Psychology Before Psychology

       Psychology in Other Cultures

       History and Pioneers

       Sigmund Freud

       John B. Watson and B.F. Skinner

       Jean Piaget

       MAJOR MOVEMENTS IN PSYCHOLOGY

       Behaviorism

       Gestalt Psychology

       Psychoanalytic Theory

       Jungian Analytical Psychology

       Humanistic Theories

       Attachment Theory

       Sociobiology and Evolutionary Psychology

       Neurobiological Theories

       Cognitive Science

       Psychology as a Science

       Psychological Tests

       Intelligence Testing

       THE BRAIN: ANATOMY AND DEVELOPMENT

       Basic Concepts in Neuroscience

       The Major Structures of the Brain

       Brain Development

       Neurotransmitters and Other Brain Chemicals

       Impact of Environment on the Brain

       FROM BRAIN TO MIND

       The Brain as Mapmaker

       Sensation and Perception

       Motor Behavior and Intentional Action

       Cognition and Behavioral Control

       Emotions

       Emotion and the Limbic System

       Frontal Control of the Limbic System

       Emotions in Mammals

       Charles Darwin’s Study of Emotional Expressions

       Jaak Panksepp and Seven Basic Emotional Systems

       PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN

       Freud’s Psychosexual Stages

       Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages

       Margaret Mahler

       Jean Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development

       Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development

       The Role of Culture

       Infancy

       Toddler Years

       Preschool Years (3-5)

       School Age Children (6-11)

       Adolescence (12-18)

       Early Adulthood