Psychology
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Beschreibung
This widely used, enthusiastically received textbook is the work of one of the most accomplished author teams in introductory psychology, each a distinguished educator and researcher. Together, they offer an approachable, engagingly written survey of the field’s main ideas, filled with unusual stories, memorable examples, and lots of humour to captivate all kinds of students.This textbook is aimed at undergraduate Psychology students taking an Introduction to Psychology module. The new edition has been reshaped for the classroom chapter by chapter.
The 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.
- 'Hot Science' highlighting important and interesting new research
- 'The Real World' highlighting applications of psychological research to real world contexts
- 'Other Voices' offering excerpts of great writing about psychology and showing how important psychology is to public discussion
- 'Changing Minds' questions at the end of the chapter that ask students to confront a scenario using information from the chapter.
- Specific Learning Outcomes in each section of the book emphasise “big picture” concepts and guide student learning
- The new 'A World of Difference' feature highlights important research on diversity and individual differences
- Data Visualization activities on LaunchPad help students develop quantitative reasoning skills by asking them to evaluate information and data from a study and answer multiple-choice questions.
Autor*in
Daniel Schacter