ESSENTIALS OF PSYCHOLOGY &ndash 2ND EDITION (Ocean View, CA)

ESSENTIALS OF PSYCHOLOGY &ndash 2ND EDITION

College EditionLocal pick-up preferred but will ship at the buyer s expenseKingston Books 13 IMG_5334Authors Douglas A. Bernstein and Peggy W. NashPublisher Houghton Mifflin 15.00Illustrated Charts and GraphsContents by ChapterIntroduction to the Science of Psychology Biology and Behavior Sensation and Perception Consciousness Learning Memory Thoughts Language and Intelligence Motivation and Emotion Human Development Health Stress and Coping Personality Psychological Disorders Treatment of Psychological Disorders Social Psychology Appendix Statistics in Psychological ResearchAnswer Key to Multiple-Choice QuestionsReferencesCreditsGlossary IndexThis edition of this brief introductory text retains the hallmark features that have made its parent text unique while offering a more manageable student-friendly format. The book was written with three goals in mind to make the study of psychology accessible and engaging to the beginning student in psychology to provide students with a solid grounding in the knowledge base in psychology and to help students succeed in the course. Nevid s comprehensive learning system-derived from research on memory learning and textbook pedagogy-is featured throughout. This learning model incorporates what the author calls the Four E s of Effective Learning -Engaging Student Interest Encoding Information Elaborating Meaning and Evaluating Progress. ESSENTIALS OF PSYCHOLOGY CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS 4th Edition provides a broad view of psychology as well as applications of the knowledge gained from contemporary research to the problems and challenges we face in today s world.Paperback 529 pages ISBN 0 -618-12296-6