Includes bibliographical references (p. [635]-673) and index

Introduction -- Historical and conceptual issues -- Introduction to biological psychology -- Human motivation -- Emotion, stress, and coping -- States of awareness -- Introduction to cognitive psychology -- Visual perception and attention -- Conditioning and learning -- Human memory -- Thinking : problem solving and decision making -- Language -- Introduction to individual differences -- Intelligence -- What does personality look like? -- Introduction to developmental psychology -- Cognitive development : specific abilities -- Theories of cognitive development -- Social development in everyday life -- Attachments and friendships -- Introduction to social psychology -- Social cognition -- Social behaviour and relationships -- Group processes -- Intergroup processes -- Introduction to abnormal psychology -- Approaches to abnormality -- Therapeutic approaches -- Introduction to research methods -- Psychological inquiry -- Design of investigations -- Data analysis