Introduction to Psychology: Gateway to Mind and Behavior

New edition of an introductory text that includes psychology's latest ideas, findings, and insights. Coon (author, editor, and former professor at Santa Barbara City College) presents 20 chapters that discuss research methods and critical thinking; the brain, biology, and behavior; child development; life-span development; sensation and reality; perceiving the world; states of consciousness; conditioning and learning; memory; cognition, language and creativity; intelligence; motivation and emotion; gender and sexuality; personality; health, stress, and coping; psychological disorders; therapies; social behavior; attitudes, culture, and human relations; applied psychology; and behavioral statistics. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)