TY  - BOOK
AU  - Levy,Jeffrey
ED  - Open Textbook Library
TI  - Psychology: The Science of Human Potential
T2  - Open textbook library
AV  - BF121 
PB  - Open Textbook Library
KW  - Psychology
KW  - Textbooks
N1  - Chapter 1: The Science of Psychology -- Chapter 2: Biology and Human Potential -- Chapter 3: Sensation, Perception and Human Potential -- Chapter 4: Emotion, Motivation and Human Potential -- Chapter 5: Direct Learning and Human Potential -- Chapter 6: Indirect Learning and Human Potential -- Chapter 7: Cognition, Intelligence and Human Potential -- Chapter 8: Lifespan Development of Human Potential -- Chapter 9: Personality and Human Potential -- Chapter 10: Social Influences on the Development of Human Potential -- Chapter 11: Problems in the Development of Human Potential -- Chapter 12: The Science of Psychology and Human Potential
N2  - The first chapter provides an overview of the textbook and reviews the history of psychology and its methodology. Psychology is described as a science studying how hereditary (nature) and experiential (nurture) variables interact to influence the thoughts, feelings, and behavior of individuals. The remainder of the text will be organized in sections entitled "Mostly Nature" (Biological Psychology; Sensation & Perception; Motivation & Emotion), "Mostly Nurture" (Direct Learning; Indirect Learning (i.e., observational learning and language); Cognition), and "Nature/Nurture" (Human Development; Personality; Social Psychology; Maladaptive Behavior; Professional Psychology and Human Potential)
UR  - https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/787
ER  -