Book map Unit


1 What is psychology? Listening · Speaking


Topics


• definition of psychology • introduction to branches of psychology


2 Branches of psychology Reading · Writing


3 Psychology in practice Listening · Speaking


• pure and applied science • process and person approaches • developmental/educational, occupational, biological, forensic


• professional practice: occupational and clinical psychology • phobias • mental disorders


4 Psychology and computers Reading · Writing


5 Dreams and personality Listening · Speaking


6 Vygotsky and Piaget: thought and language Reading · Writing


7 Memory Listening · Speaking


8 Mental disorders: popular myths Reading · Writing


• using computers for research • using computers to develop cognitive models • computers and diagnosis of mental illness • virtual reality


• approaches to dreams • Freud • Jung • models of consciousness and personality


• Vygotsky • development of thought and language across cultures • Piaget • cognitive development and education


• models of memory • input – transfer – storage • short-term and long-term memory • theories about forgetting • memory and hypnosis


• common myths about mental illness • the media and stereotypes of mental illness


9 Personality Listening · Speaking


10 Modern addictions Reading · Writing


11 Parapsychology Listening · Speaking


12 With the future in mind Reading · Writing


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• trait theory • genetics and personality • measuring traits • leadership


• Internet addiction • body image and eating disorders


• parapsychology • mind over matter • altered states of mind


• virtual relationships • violence and video games • case study: cyberbullying


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