21st Century Psychology: A Reference Handbook, Volume 1

Stephen F. Davis, William Buskist

SAGE, 2008 - Psychology - 1072 pages

Via 100 entries, 21st Century Psychology: A Reference Handbook highlights the most important topics, issues, questions, and debates any student obtaining a degree in the field of psychology ought to have mastered for effectiveness in the 21st century. This two-volume reference resource, available both in print and online, provides an authoritative source to serve students' research needs with more detailed information than encyclopedia entries but without the jargon, detail, or density found in a typical journal article or a research handbook chapter. Students will find chapters contained within these volumes useful as aids toward starting research for papers, presentations, or a senior thesis, assisting in deciding on areas for elective coursework or directions for graduate studies, or orienting themselves toward potential career directions in psychology.

Contents

• 1 Psychology Before 1900: 2
• 2 Psychology in the 20th Century: 12
• 3 Psychology Into the 21st Century: 21
• 4 Women and Minorities in Psychology: 25
• 5 Conducting Research on the History of Psychology: 37
• Basic Research Methodology and Analytic Techniques: 45
• 6 Statistical Techniques and Analysis: 46
• 7 Validity: 55
• 8 Nonexperimental Research Methods: 65
• 9 Experimental Designs: 71
• 10 SingleSubject Designs: 80
• 11 Qualitative Research: 93
• 12 Ethics of Psychological Research: 103
• Neuroscience: 113
• 13 Biological Psychology: 114
• 14 Neurotransmission: 125
• 15 Traditional Neuroscience Research Methods: 132
• 16 Imaging Techniques for the Localization of Brain Function: 139
• 17 Drugs and Behavior: 150
• 18 Behavioral Pharmacology: 161
• Sensory Processes and Perception: 171
• 19 Sensation: 172
• 20 Psychophysics: 177
• 21 States of Consciousness: 187
• 22 Taste: 196
• 23 Vision: 205
• 24 Olfaction: 216
• 25 Audition: 226
• 26 Somatosensory Systems: 237
• 27 Perception: 245
• Evolution and Behavior: 257
• The Impact of Evolution on Human Behavior: 258
• 29 Evolutionary Perspectives on Mate Preferences: 267
• 30 Animal Learning and Behavior: 275
• 31 Animal Cognition: 285
• 32 Comparative Psychology: 294
• Basic Learning Processes: 299
• 33 Classical Conditioning: 300
• 34 Recent Trends in Classical Conditioning: 310
• 35 TasteAversion Learning: 320
• 36 Operant Conditioning: 329
• 37 Recent Trends in Operant Conditioning: 340
• 38 Social Learning: 351
• 39 Stimulus Equivalence: 360
• Individual Differences and Personality: 373
• 40 Psychometrics: 374
• 41 Testing and Assessment: 383
• 42 Personality Development: 392
• 43 Personality Psychology: 402
• 44 Intelligence: 413
• 45 Motivation and Emotion: 422
• Cognitive Psychology: 431
• A Look Into the Past Present and Future: 432
• 47 Memory and Eyewitness Testimony: 441
• 48 Repressed and Recovered Memory: 450
• 49 Language and Language Development: 460
• 50 Thinking and Problem Solving: 470
• 51 Critical Thinking: 478
• 52 Artificial Intelligence: 485
• Developmental Psychology: 1
• 53 Prenatal Development and Infancy: 2
• 54 Childhood and Adolescence: 16
• Perspectives on Adult Development: 25
• 56 Disabilities: 37
• 57 Autism: 46
• 58 Giftedness: 56
• 59 Death Dying and Bereavement: 64
• 60 Nature Versus Nurture: 72
• Myth or Mental Disorder?: 79
• Social Psychology: 93
• 62 Social Cognition: 94
• 63 Attitudes and Attitude Change: 104
• 64 Group Processes: 113
• 65 Social Influence: 123
• 66 The Nature of Love: 134
• 67 Prejudice and Stereotyping: 143
• Theory and Practice: 152
• Health Stress and Coping: 163
• 69 Health Psychology: 164
• 70 Stress and Stressors: 175
• 71 Coping Skills: 184
• 72 Resilience: 192
• 73 Positive Psychology: 202
• 74 Human Performance in Extreme Environments: 210
• 75 HIV: 219
• 76 Suicide: 228
• Behavior Disorders and Clinical Psychology: 235
• 77 Abnormal Psychology: 236
• 78 Ethics of Therapists: 245
• 79 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM: 253
• 80 Anxiety Disorders: 262
• 81 Dissociative Disorders: 271
• 82 Personality Disorders: 277
• An Overview: 288
• Understanding a Split Mind: 299
• 85 Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders: 307
• 86 Psychotherapy: 318
• 87 CognitiveBehavioral Therapy: 323
• 88 Family Therapy and Therapy With Children: 333
• 89 Pharmacotherapy: 345
• Sensationalism and Reality: 356
• 91 Sexual Offending Behavior: 366
• Applied Psychology: 375
• 92 Industrial and Organizational Psychology: 376
• 93 Human Factors: 387
• 94 Community Psychology: 395
• 95 Sport Psychology: 406
• 96 Environmental Psychology: 415
• 97 Psychology and the Law: 425
• 98 Applied Behavior Analysis: 435
• 99 Organizational Behavior Management: 448
• Human Diversity: 459
• 100 Gender and Sexual Orientation: 460
• 101 Multiple Axes of Human Diversity: 470
• 102 Psychology and Religion: 475
• 103 CrossCultural Psychology and Research: 483
• 104 International Psychology: 491
• Index: 499

About the author

Stephen F. Davis is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Emporia State University. He served as the 2002-2003 Knapp Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences at the University of San Diego. Currently, he is Distinguished Guest Professor at Morningside College and Visiting Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Texas Wesleyan University. Since 1966, he has published over 325 articles, 30 textbooks, and presented over 900 professional papers; the vast majority of these publications and presentations include student coauthors. He has served as president of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP; Division 2 of the American Psychological Association [APA]), Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Southwestern Psychological Association, and Psi Chi. In addition, he received the first Psi Chi Florence L. Denmark Faculty Advisor Award. He is a fellow of APA Divisions 1 (General), 2 (STP), 3 (Experimental), and 6 (Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology), and a recipient in 1988 of the American Psychological Foundation's (APF) Distinguished Teaching of Psychology Award.

William Buskist is the Distinguished Professor in the Teaching of Psychology at Auburn University and a Faculty Fellow at Auburn’s Biggio Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. He has published widely on issues related to teaching and learning, both within his own discipline of psychology and more generally in higher education. His most recent publications include edited works with Groccia (Evidence-Based Teaching) and with Victor Benassi (Effective College and University Teaching: Strategies and Tactics for the New Professoriate). He has served as President for the Society for the Teaching of Psychology and is currently the Editor-in Chief for the Society’s e-book program). He has won numerous teaching awards at both the local and national levels as have many of his graduate student protégés. He is a Fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science.

Bibliographic information

• Title: 21st Century Psychology: A Reference Handbook, Volume 1; 21st Century Psychology: A Reference Handbook, William Buskist; 21st century reference series; A SAGE reference publication; Gale virtual reference library; Sage Reference Online; Sage eReference
• Editors: Stephen F. Davis, William Buskist
• Contributors: Erin Brooke Rasmussen, Steven Randall Lawyer
• Publisher: SAGE, 2008
• ISBN: 1412949688, 9781412949682
• Length: 1072 pages
• Subjects: Psychology / General; Psychology / Reference