Psychology, the Science of Human Behavior (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Robert Chenault Givler

 
9781330371015: Psychology, the Science of Human Behavior (Classic Reprint)

Synopsis

Unlock the science behind everyday thought, feeling, and action. This introduction to psychology presents how mind and body work together to shape our experiences and behavior, with practical ideas you can apply to daily life.

This edition surveys the big questions of psychology—from perception and sensation to memory, attention, and will. It explains the core methods researchers use and why science matters for personal and social understanding. Clear, accessible language guides readers through the idea that mental activity arises from physical, chemical, and electrical processes in the body.


  • How the brain and nervous system transform energy into thoughts, feelings, and actions

  • Foundational concepts like sensation, perception, emotion, memory, learning, and habit

  • How psychology explains everyday behavior and how to apply insights responsibly

  • Ways scientists study mind, behavior, and mental processes for practical benefit



Ideal for readers curious about how minds work, students beginning psychology, or anyone seeking practical, science-based explanations for human behavior.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Know thyself, saidS ocrates, the founder of occidental civilization, and his maxim still keeps its potency as a stimulus to profitable endeavor. The proper study of mankind is man, said Alexander Pope in imitation of Socrates, and modern psychology has verified the truth of his remark. It is consequently in no sense of the term an innovation for this book to be called theS cience of Human Behavior. Psychology, then, is concerned with much more than mans thoughts. It concerns his entire nature. If the psychologist studies the human mind, he also investigates the part which the human body plays in causing and regulating mental phenomena; if he studies thoughts and feelings, he also inquires how that marvel of natures ingenuity the human brain provides the machinery by which thoughts and feelings are generated. I ndeed, since the modern point of view in psychology is that mind is strictly a function of the human body, no true psychology is possible without some knowledge of physiology a knowledge which this book undertakes to provide for the most elementary reader.
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