Psychology

Features Current findings regarding the reliability and validity of DSM diagnostic criteria for specific disorders are discussed, with attention to issues, features, and disorders that are new to DSM-5. A comprehensive and integrative approach pays attention to advances in abnormal child..

Description Dr. James W. Kalat's BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY is the most widely used text in the course area, translated into seven other languages. There are good reasons for its nearly four decades of leadership: a high level of scholarship, a clear writing style with amusing anecdotes and precise..

Description CULTURE AND PSYCHOLOGY, 6th Edition illustrates how and why culture influences mental processes and behaviors in humans, and is relevant for anyone interacting with people from different cultures. Incorporating current research that highlights the relationship between culture and p..

Features "Thinking Scientifically" models critical-thinking skills by providing students with an opportunity to critique a piece of research. "Visual Summary Tables" present key chapter concepts at the end of each major section, with visual cues to help students remember and learn. ..

Features The text features offer strong coverage on diversity in health psychology, including international health research; the impact of issues such as ethnicity, age, and gender on health and research; and exploration of the increasing variety of approaches to health care. Numerous fe..

Features Adolescent development is covered in two chapters -- physical/cognitive development and socioemotional development -- to give each topic the coverage appropriate for most courses. Pedagogy in each section includes learning objectives, a vignette, typically one or more "Think Abo..

Description The respected and recognized best seller in the market, Jerry Burger's PERSONALITY is a solid mid-level book that fuses the theory-based approach to personality with the research-based approach to give students a comprehensive view of the field. For each major theoretical approach ..

Features Each chapter opens with an engagement activity that takes on common myths and misperceptions in psychology with a fun, "pub quiz" type of approach. A highly-praised didactic illustration program features figures, diagrams, photos, tables, and graphs that work hand in hand with the..

Features Appendices support the primary narrative. MindTap for Gravetter and Forzano's Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences includes useful features -- an ebook, previews with quizzes, modular (section) quizzes, and practice tests (all with learning opportunities like immediate fe..

Description E. Bruce Goldstein's SENSATION AND PERCEPTION has helped a myriad of students understand perceptual research and how the results of this research relate to everyday experience. A key strength of this text has always been its ability to illustrate concepts through examples and visua..

Description Statistics is one of the most practical and essential courses that you will take, and a primary goal of this popular text is to make the task of learning statistics as simple as possible. Straightforward instruction, built-in learning aids, and real-world examples have made STATIST..

Description Filled with updated research and findings, Schultz and Schultz's THEORIES OF PERSONALITY, 11th Edition gives students a clear and cogent introduction to this dynamic field. Organized by theory, this popular text discusses major theorists who represent psychoanalytic, neopsychoanaly..