Introduction to psychology

TABLE OF CONTENT/INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

1. ACCURACY OF JUDGMENTS
2. APPLYING PSYCHOLOGY TO POLICING
3. APPROACHES TO PSYCHOLOGY
4. BEHAVIOUR MODIFICATION
5. DEFINITIONS OF INTELLIGENCE
6. EXPLAINING BEHAVIOUR-GENETIC INFLUENCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES
7. HOW PSYCHOLOGISTS DEVELOP AND TEST THEIR THEORIES
8. HUMAN AGGRESSION
9. IMPRESSION FORMATION
10. INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN INTELLIGENCE CONTENTS
11. JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
12. PERCEPTION: A BASIC PROCESS
13. PERSONALITY TRAIT INFERENCES ABOUT WHAT THE PERSON IS LIKE
14. SOCIALISATION
15. SOME BASIC CONCEPTS IN PSYCHOLOGY CONTENTS
16. SPECIALTIES IN PSYCHOLOGY
17. THE CONCEPT OF PSYCHOLOGY
18. THE PROBLEM OF DECEPTION
19. UNDERSTANDING AND ATTRIBUTING CAUSES TO OTHERS’ BEHAVIOUR
20. UNDERSTANDING SOME IMPORTANT FACTORS IN PERSON PERCEPTION AND IMPRESSION FORMATION

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