Psychology
12th Edition
Published on 14. March 2018
Book
Hardback
896 pages
978-1-319-11307-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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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.
This book can be purchased with the breakthrough online resource, LaunchPad, which offers innovative media content, curated and organised for easy assignability. LaunchPad's intuitive interface presents quizzing, flashcards, animations and much more to make learning actively engaging.
More details
Edition
12nd ed. 2018
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Macmillan Learning
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
896 p.
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
ISBN-13
978-1-319-11307-0 (9781319113070)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
C. Nathan DeWall | David G. Myers
Psychology
Book
11/2017
12th Edition
Worth Publishers Inc.,U.S.
€187.24
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Persons
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.
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.
Content
Prologue The Story of Psychology
1. Thinking Critically With Psychological Science
2. The Biology of Mind
3. Consciousness and the Two-Track Mind
4. Nature, Nurture, and Human Diversity
5. Developing Through the Life Span
6. Sensation and Perception
7. Learning
8. Memory
9. Thinking and Language
10. Intelligence
11. What Drives Us: Hunger, Sex, Friendship, and Achievement
12. Emotions, Stress, and Health
13. Social Psychology
14. Personality
15. Psychological Disorders
16. Therapy.