Books from Thomson/Wadsworth
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Effective Small Group and Team Communication
By Judith Davis Hoover, Judith HooverEFFECTIVE SMALL GROUP AND TEAM COMMUNICATION presents original research based upon the experiences of functioning groups. The text emphasizes an interactive approach to teaching small group communication and contains activities...
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The Principles of Learning and Behavior
By Michael DomjanThis active learning edition includes a new, built-in workbook that provides examples and exercises to help students practice and remember what they read in the text. In addition, students read...
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Sex, Self, and Society: The Social Context of Sexuality
By Tracey L. SteeleThe reader contains 60 edited articles divided into 15 chapters covering a range of issues dealing with human sexuality. The reader focuses on sexuality as both process and as a...
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Comparing Theories of Child Development
By Robert Murray ThomasExplaining the nature of theories in the field of child development (including why theories are useful and why there are multiple theories), Thomas' highly respected book covers the widest range...
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Introduction to Criminal Justice
By Larry J. SiegelThis best-selling text presents criminal justice as a dynamic, ever-changing field, emphasizing how the concepts and processes of criminal justice are constantly evolving. Authors Siegel and Senna emphasize a comprehensive...
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Psychology: Themes and Variations
By Wayne WeitenSince the First Edition of this book appeared, professors have praised its visual presentation of concepts, accessible writing style, and solid research-based scholarship. PSYCHOLOGY: THEMES AND VARIATIONS is about the...
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Human Memory: An Introduction to Research, Data, and Theory
By Aimée M. Surprenant, Ian NeathThis book balances coverage of theory, research, and data in order to promote a more complete understanding of how human memory works. The book strikes a balance between historically significant...
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Diversity Dynamics in the Workplace
By Kecia M. ThomasDIVERSITY DYNAMICS IN THE WORKPLACE explores organizational psychology topics such as socialization, leadership, and career development from a diversity perspective in order to convey the challenges and opportunities that diversity...
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On Consequentialist Ethics
By S. Jack OdellON CONSEQUENTIALIST ETHICS is a succinct introduction to the consequentialist point of view, presenting the competing perspectives that certain ethicists have formulated to understanding and justifying morality. Egoism, act utilitarianism,...
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Critical Theory Since Plato
By Hazard Adams, Leroy SearleCRITICAL THEORY SINCE PLATO is a chronologically-arranged anthology that presents a broad survey of the history and development of literary criticism and theory in Western culture. Written by two well-known...
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The Challenge of Effective Speaking
By Rudolph F. VerderberWadsworth's best selling Public Speaking text, the Verderbers' CHALLENGE OF EFFECTIVE SPEAKING, features a skills-oriented, mainstream approach that has effectively led hundreds of thousands of students through the challenges they...
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Essentials of Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
By Larry B. Wallnau, Frederick J. GravetterOffering comprehensive coverage of topics in a briefer format, this text helps students overcome statistics anxiety through its intuitive, explanatory writing style and use of real-world examples.
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Writing about the World
By Susan McLeod, John Jarvis, Shelley SpearWith its focus on the social sciences, sciences, and the humanities, this thematically-arranged reader is suitable for any writing-across-the-curriculum approach to freshman composition, interdisciplinary core course, or freshman seminar.
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Understanding Scientific Reasoning
By Ronald N. Giere, John Bickle, Robert F. MauldinUNDERSTANDING SCIENTIFIC REASONING develops critical reasoning skills and guides students in the improvement of their scientific and technological literacy. The authors teach students how to understand and critically evaluate the...
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Drugs Across the Spectrum
By Raymond Goldberg, Ray GoldbergConsidered the most comprehensive drug text on the market, Goldberg's four-color text encourages readers to examine the motivation for drug use, social implications of drug use, legal ramifications, and factors...
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The Western Perspective: A History of Civilization in the West
By John J. Reich, Philip V. CannistraroIncludes Differing human attitudes to the divine, Herodotus and his sources, Differences between the Germans and the Romans, Charlemagne and his government, The black death, Boccaccioʼs description of the plague...
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Life-span Human Development
By Carol K. Sigelman, Elizabeth A. RiderThis life-span development text, known for its clear, authoritative writing style and its solid research orientation, offers a topical organization at the chapter level and a consistent chronological presentation within...
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Psychology Applied to Law
By Mark CostanzoPSYCHOLOGY APPLIED TO LAW is a friendly, engaging introduction to the exciting field of psychology and law. Drawing on research in social, cognitive, clinical, and developmental psychology, the author shows...
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Research Methods in Political Science: An Introduction Using MicroCase
By Michael Corbett, Michael K. Le RoyThis text/software package walks students through the entire research process, giving them hands-on experience in research methods. Each chapter begins with an explanation of methodologies used in political science, followed...
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The Speaker's Handbook
By Douglas Stuart, Jo Sprague[This text is] a reference guide for the individual speaker and textbook for use in the public speaking course. [It] covers the issues one commonly confronts in preparing and delivering...