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Product Identifiers
PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393927121
ISBN-139780393927122
eBay Product ID (ePID)44188303
Product Key Features
Number of Pages408 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameNorton Psychology Reader
Publication Year2005
SubjectEducation & Training, General
TypeTextbook
AuthorGary Marcus
Subject AreaPsychology
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight15.5 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2005-048247
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal150
Table Of ContentContentsAcknowledgementsPrefaceChapter One - PioneersWilliam James, from The Principles of PsychologySigmund Freud, from The UnconsciousChapter Two - MethodsDarrell Huff, from How to Lie with StatisticsKeith Stanovich, from How to Think Straight about PsychologyChapter Three - Evolution and GenesSteven Pinker, from How the Mind WorksGary Marcus, from The Birth of the Mind: How a Tiny Number of Genes Create the Complexities of Human ThoughtChapter Four - Evolution and GenesAntonio R. Damasio, from Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human BrainOliver Sacks, from The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical TalesChapter Five - Sensation and PerceptionDonald D. Hoffman, from Visual Intelligence: How We Create What We SeeHoward C. Hughes, from Sensory Exotica: A World beyond Human ExperienceChapter Six - LanguageSteven Pinker, from The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates LanguageMark C. Baker, from The Atoms of Language: The Mind's Hidden Rules of GrammarChapter Seven - LearningJohn B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner, Conditioned Emotional ReactionsNoam Chomsky, A Review of B. F. Skinner's Verbal BehaviorMarc D. Hauser, from Wild Minds: What Animals Really ThinkChapter Eight - Cognitive DevelopmentAlison Gopnik, Patricia Kuhl, and Andrew Meltzoff from The Scientist in the Crib: Minds, Brains, and How Children LearnPaul Bloom, from Descartes' Baby: How the Science of Child Development Explains What Makes Us HumanChapter Nine - Memory and CognitionDaniel L. Schacter, from Searching for Memory: The Brain, the Mind, and the PastDaniel M. Wegner, from The Illusion of Conscious WillChapter Ten - IntelligenceRichard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray, from The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American LifeDaniel Goleman, from Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQChapter Eleven - Motivation and StressMihaly Csikszentmihalyi, from Flow: The Psychology of Optimal ExperienceRobert M. Sapolsky, from Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: An Updated Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Dieseases, and CopingChapter Twelve - EmotionJoseph LeDoux, from The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional LifePaul Ekman, from Emotions Revealed: Recognizing Faces and Feelings to Improve Communication and Emotional LifeNatalie Angier, from Woman: An Intimate BiographyChapter Thirteen - Social PsychologyRobert B. Cialdini, from Influence: The Psychology of PersuasionShelley Taylor, from The Tending Instinct: How Nurturing Is Essential to Who We Are and How We LiveChapter Fourteen - PersonalityJerome Kagan, from Galen's Prophecy: Temperament in Human NatureJudith Rich Harris, from The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They DoMalcolm Gladwell, Personality PlusChapter Fifteen - CultureDonald E. Brown, from Human UniversalsRichard E. Nisbett, from The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently... and WhyPeter J. Richerson and Robert Boyd, from Not by Genes Alone: How Culture Transformed Human EvolutionChapter Sixteen - DisordersSylvia Nasar, from A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John NashKay Redfield Jamison, from An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and MadnessTemple Grandin, from Thinking in Pictures, and Other Reports from My Life with AutismChapter Seventeen - TreatmentPeter D. Kramer, from Listening to Prozac: A Psychiatrist Explores Antidepressant Drugs and the Remaking of the SelfAaron T. Beck, from Cognitive Therapy and the Emotional DisordersPermissions Acknowledgments
SynopsisIf you've ever wondered about the mind and behavior, the "Norton Psychology Reader is the perfect place to start. From the biological basis of emotion to the psychological basis of culture, from the nature of nurture to the nature of intelligence, with selections by leading scientists with a knack for writing--including Steven Pinker, Joseph Ledoux, Antonio Damasio, Oliver Sacks, and Robert Sapolsky--and top-notch journalists with an uncanny sense for psychology--including Natalic Angier, Daniel Goleman, and Sylvia Nasar--the "Norton Psychology Reader presents the best that psychology has to offer. Edited by noted New York University psychologist Gary Marcus, the "Norton psychology Reader is an unparalleled guided tour through the modern science of the human mind and a perfect companion to any introductory psychology course, filled with insights completely accessible to the interested lay reader., Editor Gary Marcus has carefully selected brief readings, mostly from popular trade books, that are both relevant and interesting to the introductory student., The perfect supplement to introductory psychology texts, The Norton Psychology Reader includes the best contemporary writing on the study of human behavior.
LC Classification NumberBF121.N63 2005
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