罗杰·霍克所著的《改变心理学的四十项研究(第6版)》精选了心理学领域最影响深远的四十项研究，通过讲述这些著名研究背后的故事，从而为初学心理学的学生提供了十分有用的教育工具。本书分十个心理学专题，包括“生物学与人类行为”、“知觉与意识”、“学习和条件反射”、“智力、认知和记忆”、“人的发展”、“情绪和动机”、“人格”、“精神病理学”、“心理治疗”和“社会心理学”。

罗杰·霍克所著的《改变心理学的四十项研究(第6版)》从历史的角度展示了心理学史上40项经典研究，以及由其所开拓的新领域的研究。本版较之前一版，新增加了两个全新的重要研究，更新了56篇参考文献。对上一版中保留下来的38个研究，更新了最新的评价。

本书分10个心理学专题，包括“生物学与人类行为”、“知觉与意识”、“学习和条件反射”、“智力、认知和记忆”、“人的发展”、“情绪和动机”、“人格”、“精神病理学”、“心理治疗”和“社会心理学”。每个专题下选取了4项研究。每项研究的内容包含：题目、作者、原始出处、问题提出的背景、理论假设、研究方法、结果、讨论、意义与批评、近期应用和参考文献。

本书既适合初学心理学的人，也适合那些从事心理学事业的工作者。阅读本书，能让人领略心理学实验的精确性、客观性，明白什么是科学的心理学。并使你惊叹于人类对心理学研究成果的巧妙应用，从而激发你的研究热情，促进更多新的、更有实践指导价值的研究出现。

CHAPTER I BIOLOGY AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR

 READING 1: ONE BRAIN OR TWO?

 READING 2: MORE EXPERIENCE = BIGGER BRAIN

 READING 3: ARE YOU A "NATURAL?"

 READING 4: WATCH OUT FOR THE VISUAL CLIFF!

CHAPTER II PERCEPTION AND CONSCIOUSNESS

 READING 5: TAKE A LONG LOOK

 READING 6: TO SLEEP, NO DOUBT TO DREAM ...

 READING 7: UNROMANCING THE DREAM

 READING 8: ACTING AS IF YOU ARE HYPNOTIZED

CHAPTER III LEARNING AND CONDITIONING

 READING 9: IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT SALIVATING DOGS!

 READING 10: LITTLE EMOTIONAL ALBERT

 READING 11: KNOCK WOOD!

 READING 12: SEE AGGRESSION ... DO AGGRESSION!

CHAPTER IV INTELLIGENCE, COGNITION, AND MEMORY

 READING 13: WHAT YOU EXPECT IS WHAT YOU GET

 READING 14: JUST HOW ARE YOU INTELLIGENT?

 READING 15: MAPS IN YOUR MIND

 READING 16: THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES!

CHAPTER V HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

 READING 17: DISCOVERING LOVE

 READING 18: OUT OF SIGHT, BUT NOT OUT OF MIND

 READING 19: HOW MORAL ARE YOU? 143

 READING 20: IN CONTROL AND GLAD OF IT!

CHAPTER VI EMOTION AND MOTIVATION

 READING 21: A SEXUAL MOTIVATION ...

 READING 22: I CAN SEE IT ALL OVER YOUR FACE!

 READING 23: LIFE, CHANGE, AND STRESS

 READING 24: THOUGHTS OUT OF TUNE

CHAPTER VII PERSONALITY

 READING 25: ARE YOU THE MASTER OF YOUR FATE?

 READING 26: MASCULINE OR FEMININE ... OR BOTH?

 READING 27: RACING AGAINST YOUR HEART 210

 READING 28: THE ONE, THE MANY

CHAPTER VIII PSYCHOPATHOLOGY

 READING 29: WHO'S CRAZY HERE, ANYWAY?

 READING 30: YOU'RE GETTING DEFENSIVE AGAIN!

 READING 31: LEARNING TO BE DEPRESSED

 READING 32: CROWDING INTO THE BEHAVIORAL SINK

CHAPTER IX PSYCHOTHERAPY

 READING 33: CHOOSING YOUR PSYCHOTHERAPIST

 READING 34: RELAXING YOUR FEARS AWAY

 READING 35: PROJECTIONS OF WHO YOU ARE

 READING 36: PICTURE THIS!

CHAPTER X SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

 READING 37: A PRISON BY ANY OTHER NAME ...

 READING 38: THE POWER OF CONFORMITY 295

 READING 39: TO HELP OR NOT TO HELP 300

 READING 40: OBEY AT ANY COST? 308

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