Principles of behavioral science /

Provides readers with a comprehensive introduction to behavioral science, discussing two broad categories: how we process information to make decisions that help us function and survive in our social environment, and how our relationships, interactions, communication networks, and relational dynamic...

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Corporate Author: Salem Press
Other Authors: Buratovich, Michael A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ipswich, MA : Amenia, NY : EBSCO Information Services, Inc. ; Grey House Publishing, [2021]
Series:Principles of.
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Publisher's Note
  • Introduction
  • Contributors
  • Famous Psychologists and Their Psychological Systems
  • Adler, Alfred
  • Adlerian psychotherapy
  • Bandura, Albert
  • Bruner, Jerome
  • Cognitive development
  • Cognitive development: Jean Piaget
  • Cognitive psychology
  • Conditioning
  • Erikson, Erik H
  • Festinger, Leon
  • Freud, Sigmund
  • Freudian psychology
  • Hierarchy of needs
  • Identity crises
  • James, William
  • Jung, Carl
  • Jungian psychology
  • Kohlberg, Lawrence
  • Maslow, Abraham
  • Milgram experiment
  • Moral development
  • Pavlov, Ivan Petrovich
  • Pavlovian conditioning
  • Person-centered therapy (PCT)
  • Piaget, Jean
  • Radical behaviorism: B. F. Skinner
  • Rogers, Carl R.
  • Self-actualization
  • Skinner, B. F.
  • Social comparison theory
  • Social learning theory
  • Stanford prison experiment
  • Thorndike, Edward L.
  • Two-factor theory
  • Watson, John B
  • Zimbardo, Philip
  • Conditions and Disorders
  • Abnormality: Biomedical models
  • Abnormality: Legal models
  • Abnormality: Psychological models
  • Alzheimer's disease
  • Amnesia and fugue
  • Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
  • Antisocial personality disorder
  • Anxiety disorders
  • Aphasias
  • Ataxia
  • Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
  • Autism spectrum disorder
  • Avoidant personality disorder
  • Battered woman syndrome
  • Borderline personality disorder
  • Codependency
  • Dementia
  • Despair
  • Developmental disorders
  • Developmental psychology
  • Dysgraphia
  • Dyslexia
  • Dysphonia
  • Eating disorders
  • Factitious disorders
  • Frontal lobe syndrome
  • Frontotemporal dementia (Pick's disease)
  • Gender dysphoria syndrome
  • Geriatric psychological disorders
  • Hate crimes.
  • Hypochondriasis, conversion, and somatization
  • Intellectual disability
  • Juvenile delinquency and development
  • Learned helplessness
  • Learning disorders
  • Memory disorders
  • Mood disorders
  • Multiple personality
  • Narcolepsy
  • Neurotic disorders
  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
  • Oedipus complex
  • Panic attacks
  • Paranoia
  • Parental alienation syndrome (PAS)
  • Personality disorders
  • Pervasive developmental disorders
  • Phobias
  • Postpartum depression
  • Posttraumatic stress (PTS)
  • Psychological impact of disability
  • Reactive attachment disorder (RAD)
  • Schizoid personality disorder
  • Schizophrenia: Background, types, and symptoms
  • Schizotypal personality disorder
  • Sexual predatory behaviors
  • Sexual variants and paraphilias
  • Sleep disorders
  • Substance use disorders
  • Suicide
  • Synesthesia
  • Tests and Therapies
  • Ability testing and bias
  • Aptitude testing
  • Aversion therapy
  • Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
  • Behavior and genetics
  • Behavior therapy
  • Behavioral assessment
  • Behavioral family therapy
  • Biological and psychological theories of deviance
  • California Psychological Inventory (CPI)
  • Children's Depression Inventory (CDI)
  • Clinical interviewing, testing, and observation
  • Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT)
  • Cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT)
  • Cognitive therapy (CT)
  • Dialectical behavioral therapy
  • Differential association theory
  • Electroconvulsive therapy
  • General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB)
  • Gestalt therapy
  • Hypothesis development and testing
  • Implosion
  • Intelligence scales
  • Intelligence testing
  • Mental health screening in adults
  • Mental health screening in children
  • Mental Status Exam
  • Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI).
  • Norm-referenced testing
  • Personality rating scales
  • Play therapy
  • Problem-solving stages
  • Problem-solving strategies
  • Psychodynamic therapy
  • Psychological testing
  • Psychotherapy: Goals and techniques
  • Psychotherapy: Historical approaches
  • Rational control theory
  • Rational emotive therapy
  • Reality therapy
  • Role conflict and role strain
  • Self psychology
  • Somatic norms theory
  • Testing, tests, and measurement
  • Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
  • Neurological Considerations
  • Brain
  • Brain damage
  • Brain lateralization
  • Cognitive neuroscience
  • Hormones and behavior
  • Memory: Physiology
  • Memory: Sensory
  • Memory storage
  • Nervous system
  • Neurology
  • Neurons
  • Neuropsychology
  • Neurotransmitters
  • Psychopharmacology
  • Sleep
  • Synaptic transmission
  • Thyroid gland
  • Contents Principles of Behavioral Science
  • Pharmacological Considerations
  • ADHD medications
  • Antianxiety medications
  • Antidementia drugs
  • Antidepressant medications
  • Antipsychotic medications
  • Baclofen
  • Benzodiazepines
  • Ketamine
  • Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
  • Opioids
  • Psilocybin
  • Stimulant medications
  • Bibliography
  • Glossary
  • Organizations
  • Subject Index.