Contents: The Evolution of psychology -- The Research enterprise in psychology -- The Biological bases of psychology -- Sensation and perception -- Variations in consciousness -- Learning -- Human memory -- Cognition and intelligence -- Motivation and emotion -- Human development across the life span -- Personality: theory, research and assessment -- Stress, coping, and health -- Psychological disorders -- Treatment of psychological disorders -- Social behavior -- Appendix A: Answers to concept checks -- Appendix B: Statistical methods -- Appendix C: URL's for recommended web links