Table of Contents of Fundamentals of Psychology By Michael Eysenck.

Aimed at those new to the subject, Fundamentals of Psychology is a clear and reader-friendly full-color textbook that will help students explore and understand the essentials of psychology.

Chapter 1. Introduction.
- What is Psychology?
  - Biological Psychology
  - Cognitive Psychology
  - Individual Differences
  - Developmental Psychology
  - Social Psychology
- Is Psychology a Science?
  - Conclusions
- Psychology Around the World
  - Cross-Cultural Psychology
- How Useful is Psychology?
  - "Psychology is Just Common Sense"
  - Clinical Psychology
  - Health Psychology
Chapter 2. Historical and Conceptual Issues.
- Psychodynamic Approach
- Behaviorism
- Humanistic Approach
- Cognitive Approach
- Evolutionary Psychology
- Ethical Issues In Psychology
  - Milgram
  - Zimbardo
  - Resolving Ethical Issues
  - Socially Sensitive Research
- Biases In Psychology
  - Gender Bias
  - Cultural Bias
  - Racial Bias
- Free Will Vs. Determinism
  - Determinism
- Reductionism
  - Physiological Reductionism
  - Experimental Reductionism
  - Machine Reductionism
  - Conclusions
Part 1. Introduction to Biological Psychology.
- Genetics and Behavior
  - Behavioral Genetics
- Nervous System
  - Central Nervous System
  - Peripheral Nervous System
- Organization of the Biological Psychology Section
Chapter 3. Human Motivation.
- Maslow's Hierarchical Theory
  - Findings
- Hunger Motivation
  - Basic Processes
  - Brain Systems
  - Dietary Variety
  - Obesity
- Sex and Sexual Behavior
  - Sexual Reproduction
  - Evolutionary Psychology
  - Gender Differences in Sexuality
- Work Motivation and Performance
  - Goal-Setting Theory and Beyond
Chapter 4. Emotion, Stress, and Coping.
- Psychology of Emotion
  - How Many Emotions Are There?
  - How Useful Are Emotions?
- Theories of Emotion
  - Arousal-Interpretation Theory
  - Appraisal Theory
  - Multi-Level Approach
- Stress
  - Stress and Illness
  - Life Events and Hassles
  - Vulnerability to Stress
  - Mechanisms: How Does Stress Cause Illness?
- Coping With Stress
  - Gender Differences
  - Coping Strategies: Traditional
  - Coping Strategies: Core Families
Chapter 5. States of Awareness.
- Transient Hypofrontality Hypothesis
- Consciousness
  - Functions of Consciousness
  - In Two Minds?
  - Theoretical Approaches
- Sleep
  - Sleep-Wake Cycle
  - Stages of Sleep
  - Sleep Deprivation
  - Theories of Sleep
  - Recovery or Restoration Theories
  - Adaptive or Evolutionary Theories
- Dreaming
  - Freud's Wish Fulfillment Theory
  - Activation-Synthesis Theory
Part 2. Introduction to Cognitive Psychology.
- Four Major Approaches
  - Experimental Cognitive Psychology
  - Cognitive Neuropsychology
  - Computational Cognitive Science
  - Cognitive Neuroscience
  - Organization of Chapters 6-10
Chapter 6. Visual Perception and Attention.
- Object Recognition
  - Perceptual Organization
  - Object Recognition: Does Viewpoint Matter?
  - Five Processing Stages
- Visual Illusions: Two Systems
  - What Causes Visual Illusions?
- Unconscious Perception
  - Subliminal Perception
  - Blindsight
- Change Blindness
  - Factors Influencing Change Blindness and Inattentional Blindness
  - What Causes Change Blindness?
- Visual Attention
  - Attention to Locations or to Objects?
  - What Happens to Unattended Stimuli?
  - Disorders of Attention
- Auditory Attention
  - Classic Theories
- Multitasking
  - Thinking and Driving
  - Does Practice Make Perfect?
  - Practice and Automaticity
  - Similarity
  - Task Difficulty
  - Theoretical Perspectives
Chapter 7. Conditioning and Learning.
- Classical Conditioning
  - Basic Findings
  - What is Going On?
  - Ecological Perspective
  - Is Awareness Necessary?
- Operant Conditioning
  - Basic Findings
  - Punishment: Positive and Negative
  - Avoidance Learning
  - Theoretical Perspectives
- Observational Learning
- Implicit Learning
  - Role of Consciousness
  - Experimental Approaches
  - Summary and Conclusions
- How Do You Become and Expert?
  - Chess Playing
  - Deliberate Practice
Chapter 8. Human Memory.
- The Long and the Short of Memory
  - Multi-Store Model
- Working Memory
  - Working Memory Model
- Types of Long-Term Memory
  - Amnesia
  - Explicit vs. Implicit Memory
  - Episodic and Semantic Memory
- Forgetting
  - Are Traumatic Memories Repressed?
  - Interference Theory
  - Cue-Dependent Forgetting
  - Consolidation is the Answer!
- Everyday Memory
  - Autobiographical Memory
  - Eyewitness Testimony
Chapter 9. Thinking: Problem Solving and Decision Making.
- Finding the Solution
  - How Useful is Past Experience?
  - Does Insight Exist?
  - Information-Processing Approach
- Decisions, Decisions
  - Losses and Gains
  - What Will People Think?
  - Complex Decision Making
  - Bounded Rationality
Chapter 10. Language.
- Reading
  - Eye Movements
  - Sound in Reading
  - Reading Aloud
  - Parsing
- Speech Perception
  - Context Effect
  - Cohort Model
  - Disorders of Speech Perception
- Understanding Language
  - Inference Drawing
  - Schemas
  - Construction-Integration Model
- Speech Production
  - Speech Planning
  - Speech Production Levels
  - Speech Disorders
Part 3. Introduction to Individual Differences.
- Aspects of Individual Differences
Chapter 11. Intelligence.
- Introduction
  - Emotional Intelligence
  - Practical Importance of Intelligence
- Intelligence Testing
  - Calculating IQ
  - Reliability and Validity
- Theories of Intelligence
  - Factor Theories
  - Multiple Intelligences
- Heredity and Environment
  - Twin Studies
  - Adoption Studies
  - Environmental Studies
- Size Does Matter!
Chapter 12. What Does Personality Look Like?
- Introduction
- Theory of Psychosexual Development
  - Findings
- Personality Assessment
  - Questionnaires
  - Ratings
  - Objective Tests
  - Projective Tests
- Trait Approach to Personality
  - Catell's Approach
  - 16PF
  - H.J. Eysenck's Approach
  - Big Five
  - Cross-Cultural Perspectives
  - Evaluation of the Trait Approach
- Social Cognitive Theory
  - Self-Efficacy
  - Self-Regulation
Part 4. Introduction to Developmental Psychology.
- Ecology of Development
- Organization of Chapters 13-16
Chapter 13. Cognitive Development: Specific Abilities.
- Perceptual Development
  - Basic Aspects of Vision
  - Face Perception
  - Depth Perception
  - Theoretical Approaches
- Memory Development
  - Basic Processes and Capacity
  - Memory Strategies
  - Metamemory
  - Content Knowledge
  - Implicit Memory
  - Eyewitness Testimony
- Language Development
  - Stages of Language Development
  - Theories of Language Development
- Theory of Mind
  - Findings
  - Autism
Chapter 14. Theories of Cognitive Development.
- Piaget's Theory
  - Findings
- Vygotsky's Theory
  - Zone of Proximal Development
  - Language
- Contemporary Approaches
  - Overlapping Waves of Theory
  - Findings
- Educational Implications
  - Piaget's Approach
  - Vygotsky's Approach
  - Case Program
Chapter 15. Social Development in Everyday Life.
- Gender Development
  - Observed Sex Differences
  - Social Learning Theory
  - Gender Schema Theory
- Prosocial Behavior
  - Gender Differences
  - Empathy
  - Parental Influence
  - Media Influences
- Antisocial Behavior
  - Media Influences
  - Social Learning Theory
  - Biological Approach
  - Family Processes
- Moral Development
  - Kohlberg's Theory
  - Gilligan's Theory
Chapter 16. Attachments and Friendships.
- Attachment
  - Strange Situation Test
- Deprivation Effects
  - Maternal Deprivation Hypothesis
  - Deprivation and Privation
- Divorce and Day Care
  - Divorce
  - Day Care
- Peer Relationships
  - Social Competence
  - Emotional Regulation
  - Friendship Patterns
- Parents, Peers, or Genes
  - Behavioral Genetics
  - Group Socialization Theory
Part 5. Introduction to Social Psychology.
- Research Methods in Social Psychology
- Levels of Explanation
- Organization of Chapters 17-20
Chapter 17. Social Cognition.
- Introduction
- Attitudes
  - Measurement Issues
  - Why Do We Have Attitudes?
  - Attitudes and Behavior
  - Theories of Reasoned Action and Planned Behavior
  - Findings
- Attitude Change and Persuasion
  - Five Factors
  - Dual Process Models
  - Cognitive Dissonance Theory
- Attribution Theories
  - Kelley's Attribution Theory
  - Integration Model
- The Self
  - Social Identity Theory
Chapter 18. Social Behavior and Relationships.
- Prosocial Behavior
  - What Explains Altruism?
  - Bystander Intervention
  - Arousal/Cost-Reward Model
- Aggression
  - Factors Causing Aggression
  - General Aggression Model
  - Aggression in Relationships
- Formation of Interpersonal Relationships
  - Physical Attractiveness
  - Proximity
  - Impression Formation
  - Similarity
  - Rules in Interpersonal Relationships
  - Sex Differences
  - Mate Selection
- Development of Close Relationships
  - Love
  - Attributions
  - Investment Model
Chapter 19. Group Processes.
- Obedience to Authority
- Conformity
  - Asch's Research
  - Minority Influences on Majorities
- Basic Group Characteristics
  - Group Cohesiveness
  - Social Norms
  - Dynamic Changes
  - Group Decision Making
- Leadership
  - Leaders' Characteristics
  - Fiedler's Contingency Model
  - Transactional vs. Transformational Leadership
- Collective Behavior
  - Crowd Behavior
  - Deindividuation
  - Emergent-Norm Theory
  - Social Identity Model of Deindividuation Effects
Chapter 20. Intergroup Processes.
- Social Identity
- Stereotypes
  - Assessing Stereotypes
  - Why Do We Have Stereotypes?
  - How Are Stereotypes Maintained?
  - Why is it Hard To Change Steretypes?
- Prejudice and Discrimination
  - Racism
  - Sexism
  - Authoritarian Personality
  - Realistic Group Conflict
  - Social Identity Theory
- Reducing Prejudice and Discrimination
  - Intergroup Contact Hypothesis
  - Salient Categorization and Recategorization
  - Overall Summary
Part 6. Introduction to Abnormal Psychology.
Chapter 21. Approaches to Abnormality.
- What is Abnormality?
  - Four Ds
- Classification Systems
  - Cultural Differences
  - Sex Bias
- Factors Causing Mental Disorders
  - Mood Disorders: Depression
  - Anxiety
  - Schizophrenia
Chapter 22. Therapeutic Approaches.
- Drug Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
  - Findings
- Behavior Therapy
- Cognitive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy
- Effectiveness of Therapy
- How Effective Are Different Forms of Therapy?
  - Why is Therapy Effective?
  - The Future?
Part 7. Introduction to Research Methods.
- Organization of Chapters 23-25
Chapter 23. Psychological Inquiry.
- Experimental Method
  - Dependent and Independent Variables
  - Confounding Variables
  - Participants and Settings
  - Common Advantages
  - Laboratory vs. Field Experiments
- Quasi-Experiments
  - Natural Experiments
- Correlational Studies
  - Advantages and Limitations
  - Ethical Issues
- Naturalistic Observation
  - Advantages and Limitations
  - Ethical Issues
- Case Studies
  - Advantages and Limitations
  - Ethical Issues
- Interviews
  - Nondirective Interviews
  - Informal Interviews
  - Guided Interviews
  - Clinical Interviews
  - Fully Structured Interviews
  - Advantages and Limitations
  - Ethical Issues
- Discourse Analysis
  - Advantages and Limitations
  - Ethical Issues
Chapter 24. Design of Investigations.
- Aims and Hypothesis
  - Experimental Studies
  - Nonexperimental Studies
  - Hypotheses
- Selecting Participants
  - Random Samples
  - Stratified and Quota Samples
  - Opportunity Sampling
  - Sample Size
- Good Practice in Experimentation
  - Standardized Procedures
  - Confounding Variables
  - Controlled Variables
  - Random Error
  - Operationalization
- Experimental Designs
  - Independent Design
  - Matched Participants Design
  - Repeated Measures Design
- Good Practice in Nonexperimental Designs
  - General Considerations
  - Observational Studies
  - Survey Studies
- Problems With Experimental Research
  - Experimenter Effects
  - Demand Characteristics
  - Evaluation Apprehension
- General Issues in Investigations
  - Participant Reactivity
  - Validity and Generalizability
  - Reliability
Chapter 25. Design of Investigations.
- Qualitative Analysis of Data
  - Evaluation
- Interpretation of Interviews, Case Studies, and Observations
  - Interviews
  - Case Studies
  - Observations
- Content Analysis
  - Evaluation
- Quantitative Analysis: Descriptive Statistics
  - Measures of Central Tendency
  - Measures of Dispersion
- Data Presentation
  - Frequency Polygon
  - Histogram
  - Bar Chart
- Statistical Tests
  - Statistical Significance
  - Tests of Difference
  - Correlational Studies
  - Test of Association
- Issues of Experimental and Ecological Validity
  - Experimental Validity
  - Ecological Validity
- Writing Up a Practical
Appendices.
- Research Methods Appendices
  - How to Decide Which Test to Use
  - How to Use the Tables
  - Tips
- Appendix 1: Mann-Whitney U Test
- Appendix 2: Sign Test
- Appendix 3: Wilcoxon Test
- Appendix 4: Spearman's Rho Test
- Appendix 5: Chi-Squared Test
Glossary
References
Author Index
Subject Index