An introduction to psychology for the Middle East (and beyond). (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Louise Lambert and Nausheen Pasha-Zaidi.
• Editors: Lambert, Louise; Pasha-Zaidi, Nausheen
• Contents: Intro; Table of Contents; Introduction and Welcome; Chapter One; Chapter Outline; What is Organizational Psychology?; What is Educational Psychology?; What is Clinical Psychology?; What is Health Psychology?; What is Neuropsychology?; Approaches to the Science of Psychology by Dr. Carrie York Al-Karam; Cognitive; Behavioural; Social; Positive; Islamic; Studying Psychology!; Meet Mona Al-Ghamdi, Saudi Arabia; Meet Meera Al Budoor, United Arab Emirates; Psychology is a Science by Dr. Louise Lambert; Applied and Basic Research; The Scientific Method; Step 1: Conduct a Literature Review Step 2: Develop a HypothesisStep 3: Choose a Research Design; Step 4: Collect, Analyze and Interpret Data; Step 5: Publish in Peer Reviewed Journals; Generalizability and Bias; Research Ethics by Dr. Katharina A. Azim; Over to you now…; Chapter Two; Chapter Outline; What is Indigenous Psychology? by Dr. Nahal Kaivan; A Brief Overview of Islamic Psychology by Dr. Amber Haque; The Concept of Al-Fitrah; Nafs: The Nature of the Human Soul; Qalb and Aql; The Concept of Jinn, Satan and Evil Eye; Perspectives of Early Muslim Scholars; Six-Step Model for Self-Improvement Psychology in the Western World by Reham Al-TaherPsychoanalytic Psychology; Behavioural Psychology; Cognitive Psychology; Humanistic Psychology; Positive Psychology; Topic Box; Over to you now…; Chapter Three; Chapter Outline; The Nervous System; The Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Systems; What are Neurons and How Do They Work?; Neurotransmitters; Brain Parts and Functions; The Hindbrain; The Midbrain; The Forebrain; Topic Box; Neurogenesis and Plasticity by Fiza Hameed; Topic Box; Types of Drugs and their Effects on the Brain by Anum Virani; Stimulants; Depressants; Topic Box; Hallucinogens Topic BoxOver to you now; Chapter Four; Chapter Outline; The Circadian Rhythm; Types of Sleep; Non-REM Sleep; REM sleep; Stages of Sleep; How Much Sleep Do I Need?; Topic Box; Dreams; Continuity Hypothesis; Reverse Learning Theory; Activation-Synthesis Theory; AIM Model; Sleep Difficulties; Electronics and Blue Light; Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome; Advanced Sleep Phase Syndrome; Jet Lag; Shift Work; Parenting; Learning and Sleep; Is Lack of Sleep a Big Deal?; Sleep Disorders; Insomnia; Sleep Apnea; Narcolepsy; Restless Legs Syndrome; Personal Sleep Assessment; Over to you now…; Chapter Five Chapter OutlineTopic Box; The Structure of Memory; Sensory Memory; Short-Term Memory; Long-Term Memory; Topic Box; Evaluation and Changes to the Atkinson and Shiffrin Model; Topic Box; Remembering; Encoding; Storage; Forgetting; Recall and Recognition; Topic Box; Topic Box; Forgetting and Memory Failures; Topic Box; Over to you now…; Chapter Six; Chapter Outline; Some Theory to Get Us Started; Classical Conditioning; Pavlov's Experiment; Little Albert Experiment and Emotional Conditioning; Unlearning Phobias via Systematic Desensitization; Operant Conditioning and Reinforcement
• Publisher Details: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 517 pages), illustrations, portraits
• Subjects: 155.8/956; Psychology -- Middle East; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / General; PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / General; PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Lifespan Development; PSYCHOLOGY / General; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781527527195; 1527527190
• Related ISBNs: 9781527511828; 1527511820
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 5, 2019).
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