《普通心理学（英文版，第11版）》由罗伯特·费尔德曼撰写的《普通心理学》（Understanding Psychology）在英美等国被300多所大学采用，是最受欢迎的导论性心理学教材之一。本书即影印自该教材的最新第11版。
　　《普通心理学（英文版，第11版）》分为17章，依次为：心理学导言，心理学研究方法，神经科学与行为，感觉与知觉，意识状态，学习，记忆，认知与语言，智力，动机与情绪，性与社会性别，发展，人格，健康心理学，心理障碍，心理障碍的治疗，社会心理学。此外，有3个附录，全书共分为58个独立的模块，读者可以根据自己的兴趣有选择地阅读。这种独树一帜的模块化设计，不仅适应于课堂教学，也非常适合普通读者来自学。
　　从第1版到第11版，作者始终秉持“把学生放在首位”的宗旨，致力于吸引学生的注意，将心理学知识传授给学生，进而激发学生的兴趣，帮助他们将心理学与日常世界建立起联系。本书行文简练，生动形象，书中的各种教辅材料，如各种精美图片、互动游戏、视频及题库，更是为教师的课堂教学和学生的自主学习提供了全面解决方案。但作者限于自己的成长与教育环境，全书的案例多来自以美国为代表的西方社会，还请读者批判性地审视与甄别，真正做到兼容并蓄，取长补短。
　　《普通心理学（英文版，第11版）》特别适合用作心理学专业的普通心理学双语教学课教材或参考读物，也适合喜欢直接读英文原著的心理学爱好者阅读。

★教育部高等学校心理学教学指导委员会推荐用书　　★心理学界泰斗黄希庭教授作序推荐　　★英美等国300多所大学院校采用，*受欢迎的导论性心理学教材之一　　★大开本、单栏设计带给你不一样的阅读体验　　★模块化的结构体例独树一帜，既适应于课堂教学，也适合阅读和自学　　★普通心理学双语教学的**教材或参考读物　　本书具有以下一些特点：**，内容全面而且具有近时性。该书不仅涵盖了心理学的基本概念、基本原理和基本理论，而且还包含应用研究的内容。从引用的文献来看，在这本教材中引用自2000年以来的参考文献就有一千余条。第二，结构新颖且有助于学生自主学习。作者根据自己的教学经验富有创意地在课文中设计了一系列提示性短文或专栏，渗透着作者提出的P。O。W。E。R（即预习、组织、实践、评价、反思）学习模式。第三，语言简练，清新自然，生动形象且富有激情。全书没有生僻、拗口的语句；对事实和现象的描述多采用比较客观的陈述句和被动结构等，其他内容大多采用与读者对话的口吻。大量采用图片、图表甚至视频资料等配合文本，使许多看似深奥的道理跃然纸上；各种及时互动以及突显的与日常生活密切相关的问题促人思考，有关表述富有激情。基于上述，我乐意向读者推荐这本导论性的心理学教材。

　　罗伯特·费尔德曼，是美国马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校的心理学教授，同时任该校社会与行为科学学院院长。作为学院杰出教师奖的获得者，他所教授的心理学课程的学生人数从15人到500人不等。在长达20多年的大学教师生涯中，除马萨诸塞大学之外，他还曾在芒特霍尤克学院、卫斯理恩大学和弗吉尼亚联邦大学教授本科和研究生课程。
　　费尔德曼教授是美国心理学会和心理科学协会会员，他从卫斯理恩大学获得学士学位，从威斯康辛大学获得硕士和博士学位。他曾荣获富布赖特资深研究学者和讲师奖，以及卫斯理恩大学的杰出校友奖。他是行为和脑科学联合会（FABBS）的理事会成员之一，也是FABBS基金会的候任主席，该基金会大力支持心理学领域。
　　他撰写或编写的著作、科学论文数量累计超过150种（篇）。他所撰写的教科书被全世界200多万学生采用，被译成西班牙语、法语、葡萄牙语、荷兰语、德语、意大利语、汉语、韩语、日语等九种语言。他的研究兴趣包括日常生活中的诚实和欺骗行为，他在2009年出版的畅销书《生活中的说谎者》中描述了他的工作。他的研究得到了来自国家精神卫生研究所（NIH）以及国家残障和康复研究所的资助。

CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Psychology
　MODULE 1 Psychologists at Work
　MODULE 2 A Science Evolves: The Past, the Present, and the Future
　MODULE 3 Psychology’s Key Issues and Controversies
CHAPTER 2 Psychological Research
　MODULE 4 The Scientifi c Method
　MODULE 5 Conducting Psychological Research
　MODULE 6 Critical Research Issues
CHAPTER 3 Neuroscience and Behavior
　MODULE 7 Neurons: The Basic Elements of Behavior
　MODULE 8 The Nervous System and the Endocrine System:
　Communicating Within the Body
　MODULE 9 The Brain
CHAPTER 4 Sensation and Perception
　MODULE 10 Sensing the World Around Us
　MODULE 11 Vision: Shedding Light on the Eye
　MODULE 12 Hearing and the Other Senses
　MODULE 13 Perceptual Organization: Constructing Our View　of the World
CHAPTER 5 States of Consciousness
　MODULE 14 Sleep and Dreams
　MODULE 15 Hypnosis and Meditation
　MODULE 16 Drug Use: The Highs and Lows of
　Consciousness
CHAPTER 6 Learning
　MODULE 17 Classical Conditioning
　MODULE 18 Operant Conditioning
　MODULE 19 Cognitive Approaches to Learning
CHAPTER 7 emory
　MODULE 20 The Foundations of Memory
　MODULE 21 Recalling Long-Term Memories
　MODULE 22 Forgetting: When Memory Fails
CHAPTER 8 Cognition and Language

 

　　Psychologists at Work
　　Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. The simplicity of this definition is in some ways deceiving, concealing ongoing debates about how broad the scope of psychology should be. Should psychologists limit themselves to the study of outward, observable behavior? Is it possible to study thinking scientifically? Should the field encompass the study of such diverse topics as physical and mental health, perception, dreaming, and motivation? Is it appropriate to focus solely on human behavior, or should the behavior of other species be included?
　　Most psychologists would argue that the field should be receptive to a variety of viewpoints and approaches. Consequently, the phrase behavior and mental processes in the definition of psychology must be understood to mean many things: It encompasses not just what people do but also their thoughts, emotions, perceptions, reasoning processes, memories, and even the biological activities that maintain bodily functioning.
　　Psychologists try to describe, predict, and explain human behavior and mental processes, as well as helping to change and improve the lives of people and the world in which they live. They use scientific methods to find answers that are far more valid and legitimate than those resulting from intuition and speculation, which are often inaccurate (see Figure 1).
　　The Subfields of Psychology: Psychology’s Family Tree
　　As the study of psychology has grown, it has given rise to a number of subfields (described in Figure 2). The subfields of psychology can be likened to an extended family, with assorted nieces and nephews, aunts and uncles, and cousins who, although they may not interact on a day-to-day basis, are related to one another, because they share a common goal: understanding behavior. One way to identify the key subfields is to look at some of the basic questions about behavior that they address.
　　WHAT ARE THE BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF BEHAVIOR?
　　In the most fundamental sense, people are biological organisms. Behavioral neuroscience is the subfield of psychology that mainly examines how the brain and the nervous system—but other biological processes as well—determine behavior. Thus, neuroscientists consider how our bodies influence our behavior. For example, they may examine the link between specific sites in the brain and the muscular tremors of people affected by Parkinson’s disease or attempt to determine how our emotions are related to physical sensations. Behavioral neuroscientists might want to know what physiological changes occurred as movie patrons in the theater where Batman was showing realized they were being shot at.
　　HOW DO PEOPLE SENSE, PERCEIVE, LEARN, AND THINK ABOUT THE WORLD?
　　If you have ever wondered why you are susceptible to optical illusions, how your body registers pain, or how to make the most of your study time, an experimental psychologist can answer your questions. Experimental psychology is the branch of psychology that studies the processes of sensing, perceiving, learning, and thinking about the world. (The term experimental psychologist is somewhat misleading: Psychologists in every specialty area use experimental techniques.)
　　Several subspecialties of experimental psychology have become specialties in their own right. One is cognitive psychology , which focuses on higher mental processes, including thinking, memory, reasoning, problem solving, judging, decision making, and language. For example, a cognitive psychologist might be interested in what the survivors of the Batman theater shooting remembered later about their experience.
　　WHAT ARE THE SOURCES OF CHANGE AND STABILITY IN BEHAVIOR ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN?
　　A baby producing her first smile . . . taking his first step . . . saying its first word. These universal milestones in development are also singularly special and unique for each person. Developmental psychology studies how people grow and change from the moment of conception through death. Personality psychology focuses on the consistency in people’s behavior over time and the traits that differentiate one person from another.
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