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PSYCHOLOGY Indian Subcontinent Edition Robert A.#BSPO Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (JSJTIXBS.JTSB...
PSYCHOLOGY Indian Subcontinent Edition Robert A.#BSPO Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (JSJTIXBS.JTSB University of Delhi 8JUIUIFTQFDJBMBTTJTUBODFPG Michael J. 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This eBook may or may not include all assets that were part of the print version. The publisher reserves the right to remove any material in this eBook at any time. *4#/ eISBN 9789353940461 'JSTU*NQSFTTJPO 5IJTFEJUJPOJTNBOVGBDUVSFEJO*OEJBBOEJTBVUIPSJ[FEGPSTBMFPOMZJO*OEJB #BOHMBEFTI #IVUBO 1BLJTUBO /FQBM 4SJ-BOLBBOE UIF.BMEJWFT$JSDVMBUJPOPGUIJTFEJUJPOPVUTJEFPGUIFTFUFSSJUPSJFTJT6/"65)03*;&% 1VCMJTIFECZ1FBSTPO*OEJB&EVDBUJPO4FSWJDFT1WU-UE $*/65/15$ GPSNFSMZLOPXOBT5VUPS7JTUB(MPCBM1WU-UE MJDFOTFFPG1FBSTPO&EVDBUJPOJO4PVUI"TJB )FBE0GGJDF" " UI'MPPS ,OPXMFEHF#PVMFWBSE 4FDUPS /PJEB 6UUBS1SBEFTI *OEJB 3FHJTUFSFE0GGJDF.PEVMF( (SPVOE'MPPS &MOFU4PGUXBSF$JUZ 54 #MPDLT 3BKJW(BOEIJ4BMBJ 5BSBNBOJ $IFOOBJ 5BNJM/BEV *OEJB 5 'BY 1IPOF XXXQFBSTPODPJO &NBJMDPNQBOZTFDSFUBSZJOEJB!QFBSTPODPN 1SJOUFEJO*OEJB "@#03"@@4&@13&-JOEE 1. Dedication *ONFNPSZPG1SPGFTTPS-#5SJQBUIJBNBSWFMMPVT UFBDIFSBOEHVJEFGPSFEVDBUJPO BGGFDUJPO BOEFODPVSBHFNFOU (. 5P+FTTJDBBOE5FE NBZUIFZIBWFBMPOH IBQQZ BOEGVMGJMMJOHMJGFUPHFUIFS "OE 5P4UVBSU XIPTF*OUFMMFDUBOEDVSJPTJUZXPVME CFPVUTUBOEJOHFWFOJOBDBEFNF BOEBSFUSVMZ FYDFQUJPOBMPVUTJEFJU R.A.B 5P+PFBOE-B7FSB UIFUSVFCFMJFWFST "OE 5P3ZBO UIFMJHIUPGNZMJGF.+, A01_BORA3444_1_SE_PREL.indd 3 7/1/2015 5:28:16 PM A01_BORA3444_1_SE_PREL.indd 4 7/1/2015 5:28:16 PM Contents Foreword xiii 5IF&YQFSJNFOUBM.FUIPE,OPXMFEHF Preface xv 5ISPVHI4ZTUFNBUJD*OUFSWFOUJPO Acknowledgments xix &UIJDBM*TTVFTJO1TZDIPMPHJDBM3FTFBSDI About the Authors xxiii Making Psychology Part of Your Life. )PXUP4UVEZ1TZDIPMPHZoPS"OZ0UIFS4VCKFDUo Evolution and Growth of Modern Psychology xxv &GGFDUJWFMZ Psychology: A Science and a 1 Perspective 1 2 Biology, Behavior Culture, and Human 34 Modern Psychology: What It Is and How It Originated 2 Neurons: Building Blocks of the 1TZDIPMPHZT1BSFOUT1IJMPTPQIZBOE1IZTJPMPHZ Nervous System 35 0SJHJOPG1TZDIPMPHZ /FVSPOT5IFJS#BTJD4USVDUVSF &BSMZ#BUUMFT0WFS8IBU1TZDIPMPHZ4IPVME4UVEZ /FVSPOT5IFJS#BTJD'VODUJPO 4USVDUVSBMJTN 'VODUJPOBMJTN #FIBWJPSJTN /FVSPUSBOTNJUUFST$IFNJDBM,FZTUPUIF $IBMMFOHFTUP#FIBWJPSJTNBOEUIF&NFSHFODFPG /FSWPVT4ZTUFN .PEFSO1TZDIPMPHZ The Nervous System: Its Basic Structure and Psychology in India: Ancient Roots and Functions 41 Modern Developments 7 5IF/FSWPVT4ZTUFN*UT.BKPS%JWJTJPOT 5IF&OEPDSJOF4ZTUFN$IFNJDBM3FHVMBUPSTPG Modern Psychology #PEJMZ1SPDFTTFT . 4PNF4VCTUBOUJWFBOE.FUIPEPMPHJDBM*TTVFT The Brain: Where Consciousness... Is 46 Psychology: Its Grand Issues and Key 5IF#SBJO4UFN4VSWJWBM#BTJDT Perspectives 10 5IF)ZQPUIBMBNVT 5IBMBNVT BOE-JNCJD4ZTUFN ,FZ1FSTQFDUJWFTJO1TZDIPMPHZ5IF.BOZ.PUJWBUJPOBOE&NPUJPO 'BDFUTPG#FIBWJPS Contemporary Psychology: Trends in the Beyond the Headlines: As Psychologists See It Twenty-First Century 12. *T7JPMFODFUIF3FTVMUPG'BVMUZ/FVSBM#SBLFT 1TZDIPMPHZBOE%JWFSTJUZ5IF.VMUJDVMUVSBM 5IF$FSFCSBM$PSUFY5IF$PSFPG$PNQMFY 1FSTQFDUJWF 5IPVHIU 5IF&YQPSUBUJPOPG1TZDIPMPHZ'SPN4DJFODFUP 5XP.JOETJO0OF#PEZ 0VS%JWJEFE#SBJOT 1SBDUJDF Research Methods 1TZDIPMPHZBOEUIF4DJFOUJGJD.FUIPE . )PX1TZDIPMPHJTUT4UVEZUIF/FSWPVT4ZTUFNBOEUIF 5IF3PMFPG5IFPSZJOUIF4DJFOUJGJD #SBJO .FUIPE The Brain and Human Behavior: Where "EWBOUBHFTPGUIF4DJFOUJGJD.FUIPE Biology and Consciousness Meet 58 8IZ$PNNPO4FOTF0GUFO-FBET6T"TUSBZ )PXUIF#SBJO'VODUJPOT"O&YBNQMFGSPN Research Methods in Psychology: How 7JTVBM1FSDFQUJPO Psychologists Answer Questions about 5IF#SBJOBOE)VNBO4QFFDI Behavior 19 5IF#SBJOBOE)JHIFS.FOUBM1SPDFTTFT 0CTFSWBUJPO%FTDSJCJOHUIF8PSMEBSPVOE6T Heredity and Behavior: Genetics and $PSSFMBUJPO5IF4FBSDIGPS3FMBUJPOTIJQT Evolutionary Psychology 63 A01_BORA3444_1_SE_PREL.indd 5 7/1/2015 5:28:16 PM WJ $POUFOUT (FOFUJDT4PNF#BTJD1SJODJQMFT From Science to Practice %JTFOUBOHMJOH(FOFUJDBOE&OWJSPONFOUBM&GGFDUT. *NQMJDBUJPOTPG7JSUVBM5FDIOPMPHJFT 3FTFBSDI4USBUFHJFT Perception: Putting It All Together 109 From Science to Practice 1FSDFQUJPO5IF'PDVTPG0VS"UUFOUJPO . *EFOUJGZJOH(FOFUJD'BDUPSTJO)VNBO%JTPSEFST 1FSDFQUJPO4PNF0SHBOJ[JOH1SJODJQMFT %FDPEJOH*DFMBOE $POTUBODJFTBOE*MMVTJPOT8IFO1FSDFQUJPO &WPMVUJPOBSZ1TZDIPMPHZ(FOFTJO"DUJPO 4VDDFFETBOE'BJMT Culture and Behavior 69 Time Perception 118 5IF$PODFQUPG$VMUVSF 'BDUPST"GGFDUJOH5JNF1FSDFQUJPO 5IF1SPDFTTPG$VMUVSBM4IBQJOH $VMUVSFBOE1FSDFQUJPO 5IF1SPDFTTPG$VMUVSBM5SBOTNJTTJPO Making Psychology Part of Your Life &ODVMUVSBUJPO ..BOBHJOH:PVS1BJO4PNF6TFGVM5JQT 4PDJBMJ[BUJPO "DDVMUVSBUJPO $VMUVSBM$POUBDUJOUIF$POUFNQPSBSZ1FSJPE 4 States of Consciousness 125 Three Concepts of Consciousness Sensation and Perception: 3 Making Contact with the World Biological Rhythms: Tides of Life and Conscious Experience 128 around Us 79 $JSDBEJBO3IZUINT5IFJS#BTJD/BUVSF Sensation: The Raw Materials of Waking States of Consciousness 130 Understanding 80 $POUSPMMFEBOE"VUPNBUJD1SPDFTTJOH5XP 4FOTPSZ5ISFTIPMET)PX.VDI4UJNVMBUJPO*T.PEFTPG5IPVHIU &OPVHI 4FMG"XBSFOFTT4PNF&GGFDUTPG5IJOLJOH BCPVU0VSTFMWFT Research Methods Sleep: The Pause That Refreshes? 135. 1TZDIPQIZTJDBM1SPDFEVSFT.FBTVSFNFOUPG4FOTPSZ 4MFFQ8IBU'VODUJPOT%PFT*U4FSWF 5ISFTIPME %SFBNTi/PX1MBZJOHJO:PVS1SJWBUF *OOFS 4FOTPSZ"EBQUBUJPOi*U'FFMT(SFBU0ODF:PV(FU 5IFBUFSw 6TFEUP*Uw Consciousness-Altering Drugs: What They Are Vision 87 and What They Do 139 5IF&ZF*UT#BTJD4USVDUVSF $POTDJPVTOFTT"MUFSJOH%SVHT4PNF#BTJD -JHIU5IF1IZTJDBM4UJNVMVTGPS7JTJPO $PODFQUT #BTJD'VODUJPOTPGUIF7JTVBM4ZTUFN"DVJUZ %BSL 1TZDIPMPHJDBM.FDIBOJTNT6OEFSMZJOH%SVH "EBQUBUJPO BOE&ZF.PWFNFOUT "CVTF$POUSBTUJOH7JFXT $PMPS7JTJPO 7JTJPOBOEUIF#SBJO1SPDFTTJOH7JTVBM Making Psychology Part of Your Life *OGPSNBUJPO . 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Given these factors, the scientists who world, all of whom suffer from deep depression. operate Decode are confident that they will soon FYBNQMFTPGUIFTFOFXTFDUJPOT We examine the DNA of all of them to try to find out whether they share some genetic factor that crack the genetic code of Icelanders and will be able to identify the genetic factors that play a role plays a role in their mental disorder. Will we suc- in many important diseases. ceed? Probably not; because these persons come What if they succeed? The next step will be t 1SFWFOUJOH%FBUITVOEFS"OFTUIFTJB)VNBO'BDUPST &OHJOFFSJOH from diverse populations, their DNA will differ in so many ways that we will not be able to determine which of these differences contribute to their men- for major drug companies with whom Decode is working to use this information to develop drugs for treating these disorders—everything from de- 1TZDIPMPHZ UPUIF3FTDVF $IBQUFS tal disorders. But now suppose that we repeat this study with a very homogeneous population—one in which nearly everyone is related to everyone else; pression to various forms of cancer. Of course, it is a big step from identifying genetic factors to devel- oping effective drugs. But knowing which genes, or t *EFOUJGZJOH(FOFUJD'BDUPSTJO)VNBO%JTPSEFST%FDPEJOH*DFMBOE further, imagine that instead of 10 participants, our study includes almost 300,000. Finally, suppose that we have computer programs that can analyze genetic anomalies (deviations from the norm), are linked to various diseases is an important first step. This huge project has a potential downside, how- $IBQUFS the DNA of all these people to look for genetic similarities in persons who develop certain diseases. Will we succeed now? ever. Many scientists and citizens in Iceland and elsewhere are concerned about the ethical issues it raises. For instance, suppose the study succeeds t $PVOUFSBDUJOHUIFi%SPXTZ%SJWFSw4ZOESPNF8IFO4PVOEToBOE The people of Iceland are betting on it. They recently voted to allow a private com- pany named Decode to obtain DNA samples in identifying genes that confer longevity—people with these genes live longer than those without them. Insurance companies might then want to 4DFOUTo4BWF-JWFT $IBQUFS from all residents of Iceland, plus access to all medical records (Specter, 1999). Because Iceland experienced little or no immigration for almost test all applicants for life insurance policies so they could reject the people who do not have these long- life genes. Similarly, persons possessing genes that t i)PSTFT 8IJTQFSJOHw "QQMZJOH 0QFSBOU $POEJUJPOJOH UP 5SFBU a thousand years—not until recent decades— the population is exceptionally homogeneous. Further, medical records are unusually complete predispose them toward cancer or mental disorders might find themselves eliminated from certain jobs or occupations. As is always the case, scientific 5SPVCMFE)PSTFT $IBQUFS and accurate, and have been kept for more than one hundred years. Finally, Decode possess highly progress involves complex ethical and social issues that must be carefully considered. Still, given the sophisticated computer programs for comparing potential benefits of the Iceland project, it is not t.FOUBM $POUBNJOBUJPO BOE UIF -FHBM 4ZTUFN $BO +VSPST 3FBMMZ the DNA of all participants in the study, and thus identifying common patterns among those who surprising that Icelanders voted for it, and that sci- entists all around the world are awaiting the results have developed various illnesses—mental and with eager anticipation. i4USJLF*UGSPNUIF3FDPSEw $IBQUFS t *OUFMMJHFOU"HFOUT+VTU)PX4NBSU"SF5IFZ $IBQUFS t.BLJOH1MBZHSPVOET4BHFS4PNF$PODSFUF4UFQT $IBQUFS t 6TJOH(PBM4FUUJOHUP*ODSFBTF0DDVQBUJPOBM4BGFUZoBOE4BWF-JWFT $IBQUFS t 1SFEJDUJOH$BSFFS4VDDFTT$PNQFUFODZ"TTFTTNFOU $IBQUFS t 4VSGJOHGPS4PMVUJPOTUP.FEJDBM1SPCMFNTPOUIF*OUFSOFU6TJOH*OGPSNBUJPO5FDIOPMPHJFTUP%JBHOPTF0VS*MMOFTTFT $IBQUFS A01_BORA3444_1_SE_PREL.indd 16 7/1/2015 5:28:17 PM 1SFGBDF YWJJ Other Features Relating to the Theme of “Taking Psychology with you” 5PGVSUIFSFODPVSBHFSFBEFSTUPSFDPHOJ[FUIFJOUSJOTJDVTFGVMOFTTBOEWBMVFPGQTZDIPMPHZ BOETPUPUBLFJUXJUIUIFNUISPVHI PVUMJGF *WFBMTPJNQSPWFETFWFSBMGFBUVSFTQSFTFOUJOUIFQSFWJPVTFEJUJPO Beyond the Headlines: As Psychologists See It "MM PG UIFTF TQFDJBM TFDUJPOT XIJDI EFTDSJCF XIBU QTZDIPMPHJDBM SFTFBSDI IBTUPTBZBCPVUUIFUPQJDTDPWFSFEJOSFDFOUOFXTTUPSJFT BSFOFX4PNF Biology, Culture, and Human Behavior 49 FYBNQMFTPGBeyond the HeadlinesTFDUJPOT Beyond The Headlines: As Psychologists See It *T7JPMFODFUIF3FTVMUPG'BVMUZ/FVSBM#SBLFT *TWJPMFODFUIF3FTVMUPG'BVMUZ/FVSBM#SBLFT $IBQUFS WASHINGTON POST (april 14, imaging technology to peer in- inhibiting the limbic system, a 1998)–An engineer described side the minds of killers to try to region … that produces aggres- 1SFNBUVSF)FBSJOH-PTT5IF)JHI$PTUPG.PEFSO-JWJOH $IBQUFS as friendly and outgoing flies into a rage during a family ar- determine whether their brains differ in some fundamental way. sive behavior. Animal research also has shown that the right gument and beats his wife and The researchers found evidence orbitofrontal cortex is involved $BO:PV#VZUIF'PVOUBJOPG:PVUIPOUIF*OUFSOFU w#VZFS#FXBSFw 13-month-old daughter to death with a champagne bottle.... A that some people are born with brains that any make them prone in fear conditioning–the associa- tion between antisocial behavior young man who has a “quick to violence … specifically, the a punishment that in humans is 4USJLFT"HBJO $IBQUFS temper” goes back to the auto parts store from which he’d been part of their brains involved in creating a sense of “conscience” thought to be key to develop- ing a conscience. “When you fired and kills three of his for- may be dysfunctional.... train a dog, you punish it every $BO$IFXJOH(VN*NQSPWF:PVS.FNPSZ $IBQUFS mer coworkers.... Sociologists, psychiatrists, criminologists and others have long struggled to The researchers found that 26 murderers from comparatively benign backgrounds, who has time it does something wrong. A conscience is really just a set of conditioned responses,” Andri- understand what makes some not suffered child abuse, showed an Raine, leader of the research 8BT*UUIF8FBUIFS PS%JE'BVMUZ3FBTPOJOH,JMM+&,+S $IBQUFS people turn violent. Childhood abuse clearly can be a factor, 14.2% less activity in a part of the medial prefrontal cortex team, noted. “There are a lot of factors involved in crime,” Raine bur researchers have wondered known as the orbitofrontal cor- added, “and brain function is 1SFWFOUJOH5FFO1SFHOBODJFT4IPVME"EPMFTDFOUT%FDJEF $IBQUFS whether some people are born with the tendency–and a new re- port suggests some are. tex on the right hemisphere. The medial prefrontal cortex, located just behind the fore- just one of those. But by under- standing the brain function, we will be in a much better posi- In the first study of its kind, head, has been shown in ani- tion to understand the complete 5IF /FFE GPS 4UJNVMBUJPOy BOE )PX *U $BO (FU 0VU PG )BOE neuroscientists used high-tech mal research to be involved in causes of violent behavior.” A neural basis for conscience and for violent behav- to the pain and suffering of other (e.g, Baron, $IBQUFS ior? Wow! And the results do sound convincing: Among a group of murderers, a region of the brain 1993a). Thus, it is possible that the murderers studied in this research showed reduced activity in that acts as a neural brake on another region (the their neural “braking” systems as a result of having 8JMMJBNT4ZOESPNF.FOUBMMZ$IBMMFOHFE1FSTPOTXJUI.VTJDJO5IFJS limbic system) known to be involved in aggression showed reduced activity. But there are some potential problems in this engaged in violence rather than the reverse. Second, murderers–especially ones who commit the kind of unpremeditated violent actions shown by these 4PVMT $IBQUFS interpretation. First, we can’t tell whether this re- duced activity is the cause of the violent behavior shown by these people or the result of it. Other persons–are a special group; they may differ from other people in many ways, and it may be these differences, not reductions in neural activity in a research indicates that after committing aggressive specific part of their brains, that are responsible for -JGF XJUIPVU B $POTDJFODF 5IF "OUJTPDJBM 1FSTPOBMJUZ %JTPSEFS JO crimes, or perhaps simply after repeated exposure to films or television shows containing violence, many their behavior. Third, the size of this sample is very small–only twenty-six persons; moreover, we don’t persons demonstrate reduced arousal in response know if they are representative of all persons who "DUJPO $IBQUFS *T #FUUFS 4FY UIF ,FZ UP B )BQQJFS.BSSJBHF %POU #FU PO *U $IBQUFSΉ 8IBU)BQQFO8IFO4PDJBM/PSNB&ODPVSBHFBi-JGFTUZMFUP%JF'PSw $IBQUFS Research Methods: 82 Psychology How Psychologists Study… 3FTFBSDI.FUIPET 1TZDIPQIZTJDBM1SPDFEVSFT.FBTVSFNFOUPG4FOTPSZ5ISFTIPME Suppose a device has been developed a device to use times to provide a more reliable estimate of the 5IFTFTFDUJPOT XIJDIEFTDSJCFUIFNFUIPETVTFECZQTZDIPMPHJTUTUPTUVEZ to detect the presence of hidden explosives during missions against enemies. The tiny sensing device emits a beeping sound that gets higher in pitch as threshold. A basic assumption of this method is that people change their response each time the sensory threshold is crossed. For this reason, the JNQPSUBOU UPQJDT IBWF CFFO JNQSPWFE BOE SFGJOFE UP CFUUFS JMMVTUSBUF UIF a person approaches an explosive object. Although the warning device has great potential for saving lives, it has one serious drawback. If the tone is threshold for each trial is presumed to lie some- where between the intensities of the last two stimuli presented. Experimenters obtain an overall NFUIPET VTFE CZ QTZDIPMPHJTUT UP TUVEZ JNQPSUBOU BTQFDUT PG CFIBWJPS too loud, it could alert enemy troops nearby to the military’s presence. The military would like to start using the device; but they realize that before doing estimate of the threshold by computing the aver- age threshold across all individual ascending and descending trials. *ΉDPOUJOVFUPCFMJFWFUIBUEFTDSJCJOHResearch MethodsJODMPTFQSPYJNJUZ so, they need to determine the minimum level of sound necessary to alert the soldiers without dis- closing their location to the enemy. How will the The use of both ascending and descending series also helps researchers take account of two com- mon tendencies. The first, referred to as errors of UPEJTDVTTJPOTPGUIFBSFBTPGJOWFTUJHBUJPOJOXIJDIUIFZBSFVTFEJOBNPSF military solve its problem? A good starting point may involve the use of psychophysical methods, a habituation, is participants’ tendency to continue to say no in an ascending series and yes in a descending set of procedures psychologists have developed to series—independent of whether the participant ac- FGGFDUJWFTUSBUFHZUIBOEFTDSJCJOHUIFNBMMJOBTFQBSBUFDIBQUFSBUUIFCFHJO investigate sensory thresholds. There are actually three such methods, and we’ll consider all three in tually hears the sound. The second, termed errors of anticipation, is people’s tendency to jump the gun; this section. in other words, to change their response to a stimu- OJOHPGUIFCPPL The Method of Limits lus before such a change is warranted. The Staircase Method The first of these psychophysical methods is known as the method of limits, and it works like In the staircase method, the experimenter may begin this. After a test participant is seated comfortably with a descending series, initially presenting an Making Psychology Part of Your Life and fitted with headphones, a series of ascending and descending trials begins. Ascending trials start with the presentation of a tone that is inaudible audible tone. Each time the participant says, “Yes,
