Written by Michael Domjan, one of the top researchers in the field, this concise and accessible text quickly guides students through key topics. Domjan summarizes contemporary perspectives and makes research results understandable. This book is perfect for professors and students who want an accurate account of learning and conditioning–the “essentials”–without excessive detail.
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This text demystifies critical reading, thinking, and writing, using practical, class-tested strategies. Students will hone their thinking skills through a series of exercises that relate to the composition course. Numerous examples, case studies, and ten enjoyable readings demonstrate in a clear, direct way how to use the techniques.
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Originally conceived as a fun, exploratory CD designed to teach some of the most difficult topics in introductory psychology in a more fun and engaging way, version 2.0 continues its theme of getting students “hooked” on psychology. There are four main sections to the CD: 1) Interactive Modules, each with a consistent structure: “Explore” introduces the topic in an interesting way; “Lesson” elaborates on topics; and “Apply” offer hands on activities to test understanding. 2) InteractNow!, Team Based On-line Collaborative Labs with chat and threaded discussion groups. Each of the 8 Labs features a “Multimedia Simulation” and innovative exercises to help students interact with the psychological concepts and learn team dynamics; 3) ExperimentNOW! – Research experiments allow students to do classic experiments and receive their own data. There are 15 experiments on Perception, Neurocognition, Memory, Imagery and Concepts; 4) Quiz-GameNOW! – enables two teams of students to review the material by playing against each other, scoring points in the “Back and Forth,” “Lightning” and “Bonus Bet” rounds. The questions include animations and videos.
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This 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 findings and current research. Actual experiments, both paper and pencil and online demonstrations, are included to help students see the link between theory and data.
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This adult development book provides a strong social approach to the psychology of adulthood and aging, without losing an emphasis on cognitive development. The impact of gender, ethnicity, and social class on adult life are consistently emphasized and interwoven throughout the text. The Adult Experience feature has interviews that highlight the personal dimension of adult development. The Applications and Interventions features emphasize the link between research and practice and explore programs, policy interventions, and treatments flowing from the research studied.
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Dr. Stephen Reed’s Eighth Edition of COGNITION: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS focuses on the theories that underlie cognitive phenomena as well as empirical data that establishes a traditional, information processing approach to cognitive psychology. This structure allows readers to discover the direct relevance of cognitive psychology to many of their daily activities. The text incorporates unparalleled scholarship in a distinctive clear voice that allows for the emphasis of both contemporary and classical research through real-life examples and experiments. Revised and updated throughout to maintain a high degree of currency and accuracy, content reflects the ever-evolving field and is made relevant to students’ lives through the inclusion of popular articles from well-known magazines and newspapers. By adhering to three criteria–the material must make an important contribution to cognitive psychology, be accessible, and be both understandable and interesting–the book becomes an invaluable tool in understanding cognitive psychology.
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A comprehensive book supported by extensive research studies and data, Bjorklund’s text presents the broadest coverage of topics in cognitive development. Unlike other books, Bjorklund shows readers how developmental function can help explain individual differences in cognition by covering both the typical pattern of change in thinking observed over time and the individual differences in children’s thinking in infancy and childhood. A major theme of this book is the continuous transaction between the embodied child embedded in a social world: although a child is born prepared to make some sense of the world, his or her mind is also shaped by forces in the physical and social environment.
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Bring the theories of learning to life using SNIFFY, THE VIRTUAL RAT! Instructors praise Sniffy, a realistic digital rat in an operant chamber (Skinner Box), for his ability to give students hands-on experience in setting up and conducting experiments that demonstrate the phenomena of classical and operant conditioning. Users begin by training Sniffy to press a bar to obtain food. Then, they progress to more studies of more complex learning phenomena. Throughout each, a series of “Mind Windows” enables students to visualize how Sniffy’s experiences in the chamber produce the psychological changes that their textbooks discuss in connection with learning. Available on a cross-platform CD-ROM, the Pro version of Sniffy includes 40 exercises that cover every major phenomena typically covered in a Psychology of Learning course. The CD-ROM comes with a Lab Manual that walks users through the steps necessary to set up classical and operant conditioning experiments that closely resemble the experiments discussed in learning texts. (Screen shots are included for both Macintosh and Windows users.) The manual also includes instructions on how to print or e-mail results, so that Sniffy can become part of students’ homework assignments and term papers.
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The only book of its kind, Derlega, Winstead, and Jones brings together some of today’s most prominent researchers active in personality research today to write for students. The book consists of invited chapters, organized into two main sections around basic issues and research topics. This organization, which mirrors that of scientific journals, acquaints students with the ways in which researchers in personality psychology conduct their work. Suitable for both undergraduate or graduate courses in Personality.
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The author adopts a reader-friendly writing style and excellent use of examples to present daunting material in a way students will find exciting instead of burdensome. The text focuses attention on behavior (in preference to physiological mechanisms) and practical human implications, which are reinforced with frequent examples and case studies that keep students engaged in the learning process. Technical details are limited where possible and retained with careful explanations where they enhance understanding. Topics often presented separately are now integrated with other subjects to provide for more meaningful and more interesting discussions. Integration of subjects include language with audition, taste with hunger, olfaction with sexual behavior, and (aspects of) pain with emotion. The more interesting psychological applications (e.g. drugs, sex, emotion) are introduced earlier than in other textbooks to engage the students before plunging into the more technical aspects of the subject. BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR: AN INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY comes packaged with a FREE BioPsych CD that allows students to connect directly to the Wadsworth Psychology Resource Center, work through the quiz items, and explore relevant Web links.
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