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Psychology Ronald Smith

Psychology By Ronald Smith

Psychology by Ronald Smith


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Imparts students with a scientific understanding of the field of psychology while showing them the impact on their day-to-day existence. This text challenges students to think critically about psychology as a science and its impact on their lives. It follows the science behind psychology, leading them through the process of critical examination.

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Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behavior by Ronald Smith

Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behavior imparts students with a scientific understanding of the field of psychology while showing them the impact on their day-to-day existence. A simple conceptual framework within the text emphasizes relations between biological, psychological, and environmental levels of analysis and portrays the focus of modern psychology. Through a variety of features, the text challenges students to think critically about psychology as a science and its impact on their lives. To help students study more effectively and efficiently, a groundbreaking adaptive questioning diagnostic and personalized study plan help students know what they know while guiding them to master these concepts through engaging interactivities, exercises, and readings. Now available with Connect Psychology, Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behavior follows the science behind psychology, leading students through the process of critical examination. Connect is the only integrated learning system that empowers students by continuously adapting to deliver precisely what they need, when they need it, and how they need it, so that your class time is more engaging and effective.

About Ronald Smith

Michael W. Passer, Ph.D., coordinates the introductory psychology program at the University of Washington, which enrolls about 2,500 students per year, and also is the faculty coordinator of training for new teaching assistants (TAs). He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Rochester and his PhD in Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles, with a specialization in social psychology. Dr. Passer has been a faculty member at the University of Washington since 1977. A former Danforth Foundation Fellow and University of Washington Distinguished Teaching Award finalist, Dr. Passer has had a career-long love of teaching. Each academic year he teaches introductory psychology twice and a required pre-major course in research methods. Dr. Passer developed and teaches a graduate course on the Teaching of Psychology, which prepares students for careers in the college classroom, and also has taught courses in social psychology and attribution theory. He has published more than 20 scientific articles and chapters, primarily in the areas of attribution, stress, and anxiety, and has taught the introductory psychology course for 20 years. Ronald E. Smith, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Psychology Training at the University of Washington, where he also has served as Area Head of the Social Psychology and Personality area. He received his bachelor's degree from Marquette University and his PhD from Southern Illinois University, where he had dual specializations in clinical and physiological psychology. His major research interests are in anxiety, stress and coping, and in performance enhancement research and intervention. Dr. Smith is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. He received a Distinguished Alumnus Award from the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute for his contributions to the field of mental health. He has published more than 160 scientific articles and book chapters in his areas of interest and has authored or co-authored 23 books on introductory psychology, human performance enhancement, and personality, including Introduction to Personality: Toward an Integration, with Walter Mischel and Yuichi Shoda (Wiley, 2004). An award-winning teacher, he has more than 15 years of experience in teaching the introductory psychology course.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Science of Psychology Chapter 2: Studying Behavior Scientifically Chapter 3: Genes, Environment, and Behavior Chapter 4: The Brain and Behavior Chapter 5: Sensation and Perception Chapter 6: States of Consciousness Chapter 7: Learning: The Role of Experience Chapter 8: Memory Chapter 9: Language and Thinking Chapter 10: Intelligence Chapter 11: Motivation and Emotion Chapter 12: Development Over the Life Span Chapter 13: Personality Chapter 14: Health and Well-Being Chapter 15: Psychological Disorders Chapter 16: Treatment of Psychological Disorders Chapter 17: Social Thinking and Behavior

Additional information

CIN0073532126VG
9780073532127
0073532126
Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behavior by Ronald Smith
Used - Very Good
Hardback
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
20100722
816
N/A
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