With every carefully revised, meticulously updated edition, this popular introductory textbook offers a thoroughly contemporary view of psychological science. The book offers captivating writing and the merging of rigorous science with a broad human perspective that engages both the mind and the heart.Innovative features move students from reading the chapter to actively learning online. How Would You Know puts students in the role of scientific researcher and includes tutorials on key research design principles and the Assess Your Strengths self-tests help students learn a little more about themselves, and include tips about nurturing key strengths.
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How Would You Know puts students in the role of scientific researcher and includes tutorials on key research design principles and the Assess Your Strengths self-tests help students learn a little more about themselves, and include tips about nurturing key strengths.
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Prologue The Story of Psychology.- Chapter 1 Thinking Critically With Psychological Science.- Chapter 2 The Biology of Mind.- Chapter 3 Consciousness and the Two-Track Mind.- Chapter 4 Nature, Nurture, and Human Diversity.- Chapter 5 Developing Through the Life Span.- Chapter 6 Sensation and Perception.- Chapter 7 Learning.- Chapter 8 Memory.- Chapter 9 Thinking and Language.- Chapter 10 Intelligence.- Chapter 11 What Drives Us: Hunger, Sex, Friendship, and Achievement.- Chapter 12 Emotions, Stress, and Health.- Chapter 13 Social Psychology.- Chapter 14 Personality.- Chapter 15 Psychological Disorders.- Chapter 16 Therapy.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781949374575
Publisert
2019-02-15
Utgiver
Vendor
Worth Publishers Inc.,U.S.
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Aldersnivå
06, P
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Kombinasjonsprodukt
Antall sider
645

Biographical note

David Myers received his psychology PhD from the University of Iowa. He has spent his career at Hope College, Michigan, where he has taught dozens of introductory psychology sections. Hope College students have invited him to be their commencement speaker and voted him "outstanding professor."
C. Nathan DeWall is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Social Psychology Lab at the University of Kentucky. He received his Bachelor's Degree from St. Olaf College, a Master's Degree in Social Science from the University of Chicago, and a Master's degree and PhD in Social Psychology from Florida State University.