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_beng
_cMnU
050 4 _aBF121
245 0 0 _aPsychology
_bThe Science of Human Potential
_cJeffrey Levy
264 2 _bOpen Textbook Library
264 1 _bBCcampus
300 _a1 online resource
490 0 _aOpen textbook library.
505 0 _aChapter 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
520 0 _aThe 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).
542 1 _fAttribution
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on print resource
650 0 _aPsychology
_vTextbooks
700 1 _aLevy, Jeffrey
_eauthor
710 2 _aOpen Textbook Library
_edistributor
856 4 0 _uhttps://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/787
_zAccess online version
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