Major principles and contemporary themes drive this narrative overview of the
field touching on the latest ideas and findings in biological, cognitive,
social, developmental, personality, and clinical psychology. Gazzaniga and
Heatherton provide the latest insights on a wide array of topics and issues
including the growth of children's minds, the ways we learn, the impact of
serious head injuries on behavior, the reasons why we discriminate against one
another, the possibility of changing our personalities, and the causes and
treatments of psychological disorders.