"This book is designed to help students organize their thinking about psychology at a conceptual level. The focus on behaviour and empiricism has produced a text that is better organized, has fewer chapters, and is somewhat shorter than many of the leading books. The beginning of each section includes learning objectives; throughout the body of each section are key terms in bold followed by their definitions in italics; key takeaways, and exercises and critical thinking activities end each section"--BCcampus website.
"Introduction to Psychology helps students organize their thinking about psychology at a conceptual level. The text utilizes the dual theme of behavior and empiricism to make psychology more relevant to introductory students.
The book offers a comprehensive treatment of core concepts, grounded in both classic studies and current and emerging research. The text also includes coverage of the DSM-5 in examinations of psychological disorders.
Using a unique "magazine-style" format, this THOMSON ADVANTAGE BOOKS version of INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGYoffers a modular, visually-oriented approach to the fundamentals that makes even the toughest concepts engaging and entertaining.
Presents an overview of the latest information on various topics in psychology, such as cognition, motivation, learning, memory, and abnormal psychology.
Each year, well over a million undergraduate students take an introductory psychology course. This edited volume presents recommendations for designing and teaching this important course.
This edition contains the following changes: Hundreds of new research citations representing the most exciting and important new discoveries in our field.
Each chapter contains learning objectives, fill-in-the-blank test items covering important names and each major sub-category, short answer questions for each major sub-category, essay questions and two sample end-of-chapter quizzes. Answers...
This text provides students with structure and a foundation for interaction, encouraging application of psychological concepts to their own personal, spiritual, and psychological journey.
Introduction to Psychology
This illuminating little book will introduce you to the key thinkers, themes and theories you need to know to understand how the study of mind and behavior has sculpted the world we live in and the way we think today.