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OpenStax K-12: Psychology Student 1 Year License
Author(s): OpenStax
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2026
Pages: 902
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Psychology provides a comprehensive exploration of core psychological concepts grounded in both foundational studies and current research. The program includes coverage of the DSM-5 when examining psychological disorders and highlights diverse perspectives, cultures, and communities to help students better understand human behavior and the evolving field of psychology.
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Chapter 1 Introduction to Psychology
- 1.1 What Is Psychology?
- 1.2 History of Psychology
- 1.3 Contemporary Psychology
- 1.4 Careers in Psychology
Chapter 2 Psychological Research
- 2.1 Why Is Research Important?
- 2.2 Approaches to Research
- 2.3 Analyzing Findings
- 2.4 Ethics
Chapter 3 Biopsychology
- 3.1 Human Genetics
- 3.2 Cells of the Nervous System
- 3.3 Parts of the Nervous System
- 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
- 3.5 The Endocrine System
Chapter 4 States of Consciousness
- 4.1 What Is Consciousness?
- 4.2 Sleep and Why We Sleep
- 4.3 Stages of Sleep
- 4.4 Sleep Problems and Disorders
- 4.5 Substance Use and Abuse
- 4.6 Other States of Consciousness
Chapter 5 Sensation and Perception
- 5.1 Sensation versus Perception
- 5.2 Waves and Wavelengths
- 5.3 Vision
- 5.4 Hearing
- 5.5 The Other Senses
- 5.6 Gestalt Principles of Perception
Chapter 6 Learning
- 6.1 What Is Learning?
- 6.2 Classical Conditioning
- 6.3 Operant Conditioning
- 6.4 Observational Learning (Modeling)
Chapter 7 Thinking and Intelligence
- 7.1 What Is Cognition?
- 7.2 Language
- 7.3 Problem Solving
- 7.4 What Are Intelligence and Creativity?
- 7.5 Measures of Intelligence
- 7.6 The Source of Intelligence
Chapter 8 Memory
- 8.1 How Memory Functions
- 8.2 Parts of the Brain Involved with Memory
- 8.3 Problems with Memory
- 8.4 Ways to Enhance Memory
Chapter 9 Lifespan Development
- 9.1 What Is Lifespan Development?
- 9.2 Lifespan Theories
- 9.3 Stages of Development
- 9.4 Death and Dying
Chapter 10 Emotion and Motivation
- 10.1 Motivation
- 10.2 Hunger and Eating
- 10.3 Sexual Behavior
- 10.4 Emotion
Chapter 11 Personality
- 11.1 What Is Personality?
- 11.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
- 11.3 Neo-Freudians: Adler, Erikson, Jung, and Horney
- 11.4 Learning Approaches
- 11.5 Humanistic Approaches
- 11.6 Biological Approaches
- 11.7 Trait Theorists
- 11.8 Cultural Understandings of Personality
- 11.9 Personality Assessment
Chapter 12 Social Psychology
- 12.1 What Is Social Psychology?
- 12.2 Self-Presentation
- 12.3 Attitudes and Persuasion
- 12.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
- 12.5 Prejudice and Discrimination
- 12.6 Aggression 12.7 Prosocial Behavior
Chapter 13 Industrial-Organizational Psychology
- 13.1 What Is Industrial and Organizational Psychology?
- 13.2 Industrial Psychology: Selecting and Evaluating Employees
- 13.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
- 13.4 Human Factors Psychology and Workplace Design
Chapter 14 Stress, Lifestyle, and Health
- 14.1 What Is Stress?
- 14.2 Stressors
- 14.3 Stress and Illness
- 14.4 Regulation of Stress
- 14.5 The Pursuit of Happiness
Chapter 15 Psychological Disorders
- 15.1 What Are Psychological Disorders?
- 15.2 Diagnosing and Classifying Psychological Disorders
- 15.3 Perspectives on Psychological Disorders
- 15.4 Anxiety Disorders
- 15.5 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
- 15.6 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- 15.7 Mood and Related Disorders
- 15.8 Schizophrenia
- 15.9 Dissociative Disorders
- 15.10 Disorders in Childhood
- 15.11 Personality Disorders
Chapter 16 Therapy and Treatment
- 16.1 Mental Health Treatment: Past and Present
- 16.2 Types of Treatment
- 16.3 Treatment Modalities
- 16.4 Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders: A Special Case
- 16.5 The Sociocultural Model and Therapy Utilization
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