《普通心理學（英文版，第11版）》由羅伯特·費爾德曼撰寫的《普通心理學》（Understanding Psychology）在英美等國被300多所大學采用，是最受歡迎的導論性心理學教材之一。本書即影印自該教材的最新第11版。
《普通心理學（英文版，第11版）》分為17章，依次為：心理學導言，心理學研究方法，神經科學與行為，感覺與知覺，意識狀態(tài)，學習，記憶，認知與語言，智力，動機與情緒，性與社會性別，發(fā)展，人格，健康心理學，心理障礙，心理障礙的治療，社會心理學。此外，有3個附錄，全書共分為58個獨立的模塊，讀者可以根據(jù)自己的興趣有選擇地閱讀。這種獨樹一幟的模塊化設計，不僅適應于課堂教學，也非常適合普通讀者來自學。
從第1版到第11版，作者始終秉持“把學生放在首位”的宗旨，致力于吸引學生的注意，將心理學知識傳授給學生，進而激發(fā)學生的興趣，幫助他們將心理學與日常世界建立起聯(lián)系。本書行文簡練，生動形象，書中的各種教輔材料，如各種精美圖片、互動游戲、視頻及題庫，更是為教師的課堂教學和學生的自主學習提供了全面解決方案。但作者限于自己的成長與教育環(huán)境，全書的案例多來自以美國為代表的西方社會，還請讀者批判性地審視與甄別，真正做到兼容并蓄，取長補短。
《普通心理學（英文版，第11版）》特別適合用作心理學專業(yè)的普通心理學雙語教學課教材或參考讀物，也適合喜歡直接讀英文原著的心理學愛好者閱讀。
★教育部高等學校心理學教學指導委員會推薦用書 ★心理學界泰斗黃希庭教授作序推薦 ★英美等國300多所大學院校采用，*受歡迎的導論性心理學教材之一 ★大開本、單欄設計帶給你不一樣的閱讀體驗 ★模塊化的結構體例獨樹一幟，既適應于課堂教學，也適合閱讀和自學 ★普通心理學雙語教學的**教材或參考讀物 本書具有以下一些特點：**，內容全面而且具有近時性。該書不僅涵蓋了心理學的基本概念、基本原理和基本理論，而且還包含應用研究的內容。從引用的文獻來看，在這本教材中引用自2000年以來的參考文獻就有一千余條。第二，結構新穎且有助于學生自主學習。作者根據(jù)自己的教學經驗富有創(chuàng)意地在課文中設計了一系列提示性短文或專欄，滲透著作者提出的P。O。W。E。R（即預習、組織、實踐、評價、反思）學習模式。第三，語言簡練，清新自然，生動形象且富有激情。全書沒有生僻、拗口的語句；對事實和現(xiàn)象的描述多采用比較客觀的陳述句和被動結構等，其他內容大多采用與讀者對話的口吻。大量采用圖片、圖表甚至視頻資料等配合文本，使許多看似深奧的道理躍然紙上；各種及時互動以及突顯的與日常生活密切相關的問題促人思考，有關表述富有激情�；谏鲜�，我樂意向讀者推薦這本導論性的心理學教材。
羅伯特·費爾德曼，是美國馬薩諸塞大學阿默斯特分校的心理學教授，同時任該校社會與行為科學學院院長。作為學院杰出教師獎的獲得者，他所教授的心理學課程的學生人數(shù)從15人到500人不等。在長達20多年的大學教師生涯中，除馬薩諸塞大學之外，他還曾在芒特霍尤克學院、衛(wèi)斯理恩大學和弗吉尼亞聯(lián)邦大學教授本科和研究生課程。
費爾德曼教授是美國心理學會和心理科學協(xié)會會員，他從衛(wèi)斯理恩大學獲得學士學位，從威斯康辛大學獲得碩士和博士學位。他曾榮獲富布賴特資深研究學者和講師獎，以及衛(wèi)斯理恩大學的杰出校友獎。他是行為和腦科學聯(lián)合會（FABBS）的理事會成員之一，也是FABBS基金會的候任主席，該基金會大力支持心理學領域。
他撰寫或編寫的著作、科學論文數(shù)量累計超過150種（篇）。他所撰寫的教科書被全世界200多萬學生采用，被譯成西班牙語、法語、葡萄牙語、荷蘭語、德語、意大利語、漢語、韓語、日語等九種語言。他的研究興趣包括日常生活中的誠實和欺騙行為，他在2009年出版的暢銷書《生活中的說謊者》中描述了他的工作。他的研究得到了來自國家精神衛(wèi)生研究所（NIH）以及國家殘障和康復研究所的資助。
CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Psychology
MODULE 1 Psychologists at Work
MODULE 2 A Science Evolves: The Past, the Present, and the Future
MODULE 3 Psychology’s Key Issues and Controversies
CHAPTER 2 Psychological Research
MODULE 4 The Scientifi c Method
MODULE 5 Conducting Psychological Research
MODULE 6 Critical Research Issues
CHAPTER 3 Neuroscience and Behavior
MODULE 7 Neurons: The Basic Elements of Behavior
MODULE 8 The Nervous System and the Endocrine System:
Communicating Within the Body
MODULE 9 The Brain
CHAPTER 4 Sensation and Perception
MODULE 10 Sensing the World Around Us
MODULE 11 Vision: Shedding Light on the Eye
MODULE 12 Hearing and the Other Senses
MODULE 13 Perceptual Organization: Constructing Our View of the World
CHAPTER 5 States of Consciousness
MODULE 14 Sleep and Dreams
MODULE 15 Hypnosis and Meditation
MODULE 16 Drug Use: The Highs and Lows of
Consciousness
CHAPTER 6 Learning
MODULE 17 Classical Conditioning
MODULE 18 Operant Conditioning
MODULE 19 Cognitive Approaches to Learning
CHAPTER 7 emory
MODULE 20 The Foundations of Memory
MODULE 21 Recalling Long-Term Memories
MODULE 22 Forgetting: When Memory Fails
CHAPTER 8 Cognition and Language
Psychologists at Work
Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. The simplicity of this definition is in some ways deceiving, concealing ongoing debates about how broad the scope of psychology should be. Should psychologists limit themselves to the study of outward, observable behavior? Is it possible to study thinking scientifically? Should the field encompass the study of such diverse topics as physical and mental health, perception, dreaming, and motivation? Is it appropriate to focus solely on human behavior, or should the behavior of other species be included?
Most psychologists would argue that the field should be receptive to a variety of viewpoints and approaches. Consequently, the phrase behavior and mental processes in the definition of psychology must be understood to mean many things: It encompasses not just what people do but also their thoughts, emotions, perceptions, reasoning processes, memories, and even the biological activities that maintain bodily functioning.
Psychologists try to describe, predict, and explain human behavior and mental processes, as well as helping to change and improve the lives of people and the world in which they live. They use scientific methods to find answers that are far more valid and legitimate than those resulting from intuition and speculation, which are often inaccurate (see Figure 1).
The Subfields of Psychology: Psychology’s Family Tree
As the study of psychology has grown, it has given rise to a number of subfields (described in Figure 2). The subfields of psychology can be likened to an extended family, with assorted nieces and nephews, aunts and uncles, and cousins who, although they may not interact on a day-to-day basis, are related to one another, because they share a common goal: understanding behavior. One way to identify the key subfields is to look at some of the basic questions about behavior that they address.
WHAT ARE THE BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF BEHAVIOR?
In the most fundamental sense, people are biological organisms. Behavioral neuroscience is the subfield of psychology that mainly examines how the brain and the nervous system—but other biological processes as well—determine behavior. Thus, neuroscientists consider how our bodies influence our behavior. For example, they may examine the link between specific sites in the brain and the muscular tremors of people affected by Parkinson’s disease or attempt to determine how our emotions are related to physical sensations. Behavioral neuroscientists might want to know what physiological changes occurred as movie patrons in the theater where Batman was showing realized they were being shot at.
HOW DO PEOPLE SENSE, PERCEIVE, LEARN, AND THINK ABOUT THE WORLD?
If you have ever wondered why you are susceptible to optical illusions, how your body registers pain, or how to make the most of your study time, an experimental psychologist can answer your questions. Experimental psychology is the branch of psychology that studies the processes of sensing, perceiving, learning, and thinking about the world. (The term experimental psychologist is somewhat misleading: Psychologists in every specialty area use experimental techniques.)
Several subspecialties of experimental psychology have become specialties in their own right. One is cognitive psychology , which focuses on higher mental processes, including thinking, memory, reasoning, problem solving, judging, decision making, and language. For example, a cognitive psychologist might be interested in what the survivors of the Batman theater shooting remembered later about their experience.
WHAT ARE THE SOURCES OF CHANGE AND STABILITY IN BEHAVIOR ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN?
A baby producing her first smile . . . taking his first step . . . saying its first word. These universal milestones in development are also singularly special and unique for each person. Developmental psychology studies how people grow and change from the moment of conception through death. Personality psychology focuses on the consistency in people’s behavior over time and the traits that differentiate one person from another.
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