Experience Psychology / Edition 2 available in Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 0078035341
- ISBN-13:
- 9780078035340
- Pub. Date:
- 10/04/2012
- Publisher:
- McGraw-Hill Education
- ISBN-10:
- 0078035341
- ISBN-13:
- 9780078035340
- Pub. Date:
- 10/04/2012
- Publisher:
- McGraw-Hill Education
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Overview
Do you want your students to just take psychology or to experience psychology?
Experience Psychology is a complete learning system that empowers students to personally, critically, and actively experience the impact of psychology in everyday life. Experience Psychology is about, well, experienceour own behaviors; our relationships at home and in our communities, in school and at work; and our interactions in different learning environments. Grounded in meaningful real-world contexts, Experience Psychology’s contemporary examples, personalized author notes, and applied exercises speak directly to students, allowing them to engage with psychology and to learn verbally, visually, and experientiallyby reading, seeing, and doing. With the Experience Psychology learning system, students do not just “take” psychology but actively experience it.
Experience a Personalized Approach How many students think they know everything about introductory psychology but struggle on the first exam? LearnSmart, McGraw-Hill’s adaptive learning system, pinpoints students’ metacognitive abilities and limitations, identifying what they knowand more importantly, what they don’t know. Using Bloom’s Taxonomy and a highly sophisticated “smart” algorithm, LearnSmart creates a personalized, customized study plan that’s unique to each individual student’s demonstrated needs. With virtually no administrative overhead, instructors using LearnSmart are reporting an increase in student performance by a letter-grade or more. Throughout Experience Psychology, students find a wealth of personal pedagogical “asides” directly from Laura King to guide their understanding and stimulate their interest as they read. Some of these helpful notes highlight crucial terms and concepts; others prompt students to think critically about the complexities of the issues; other notes encourage students to apply what they have learned to their prior reading or to a new situation. These mini-conversations between author and students help develop analytical skills for students to carry and apply well beyond their course.
Experience an Emphasis on Critical Thinking Experience Psychology stimulates critical reflection and analysis. Challenge Your Thinking sidebar features involve students in debates relevant to findings from contemporary psychological research. Thought-provoking questions encourage examination of the evidence on both sides of a debate or issue. Also oriented toward critical thought are the text’s Intersection selections. Showcasing studies in different areas of psychological research that are being conducted on the same topic, the Intersections shed light on the links between, and the reciprocal influences of, this exciting work, and they raise provocative questions for student reflection and class discussion.
Experience an Emphasis on Active Engagement
With the new Experience It! feature, students can use their mobile devices to practice and master key concepts wherever and whenever they choose. By snapping easily located QR codes, students gain access to videos, Concept Clips, and related news articles, for a highly portable, rich, and immersive experience that powerfully reinforces the chapter reading. Through Do It!, a series of brief, reoccurring sidebar activities linked to the text reading, students get an opportunity to test their assumptions and learn through hands-on exploration and discovery. Reinforcing that the science of psychology requires active participation, Do It! selections include, for example, an exercise on conducting an informal survey to observe and classify behaviors in a public setting, as well as an activity guiding students on how to research a “happiness gene.” Such exercises provide students with a vibrant and involving experience that gets them thinking as psychologists do. Experience Psychology helps students to perform to their maximum potential in and out of the classroom, fully engaging them in the content and experiences that comprise the world’s most popular undergraduate major.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780078035340 |
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Publisher: | McGraw-Hill Education |
Publication date: | 10/04/2012 |
Edition description: | Older Edition |
Pages: | 656 |
Product dimensions: | 8.90(w) x 10.70(h) x 0.90(d) |
About the Author
Laura King did her undergraduate work at Kenyon College, where, an English
major, she declared a second major, in psychology, during the second semester of her junior year. She
completed her A.B. in English with high honors and distinction and in psychology with distinction
in 1986. Laura then did graduate work at Michigan State University and the University of California,
Davis, receiving her Ph.D. in personality psychology in 1991.
Laura began her career at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, moving to the University of
Missouri, Columbia, in 2001, where she is now a professor. In addition to seminars in the development
of character, social psychology, and personality psychology, she has taught undergraduate lecture
courses in introductory psychology, introduction to personality psychology, and social psychology. At
SMU, she received six different teaching awards, including the “M” award for “sustained excellence”
in 1999. At the University of Missouri, she received the Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Research
and Creative Activity in 2004.
Her research, which has been funded by the National Institutes for Mental Health, has focused
on a variety of topics relevant to the question of what it is that makes for a good life. She has studied
goals, life stories, happiness, well-being, and meaning in life. In general, her work reflects an enduring
interest in studying what is good and healthy in people. In 2001, her research accomplishments were
recognized by a Templeton Prize in positive psychology. Laura’s research (often incollaboration
with undergraduate and graduate students) has been published in the Journal of Personality and
Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Cognition and Emotion, the Journal
of Personality, and other publications . A new paper on the place of regrets in maturity is forthcoming
in the American Psychologist.
Currently editor-in-chief of the Journal of Research in Personality, Laura has also served as
associate editor of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin and the Journal of Personality and
Social Psychology, as well as on numerous grant panels. She has edited or co-edited special sections
of the Journal of Personality and the American Psychologist. In “real life,” Laura is an accomplished
cook and enjoys listening to music (mostly jazz vocalists and singer-songwriters), gardening, and
chasing Sam, her 3-year-old son.
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 - The Science of Psychology
Defining Psychology and Exploring its Roots
Contemporary Approaches to Psychology
Psychology's Scientific Method
Types of Psychological Research
Research Samples and Settings
Conducting Ethical Research
Learning About Psychology Means Learning About You
CHAPTER 2 - The Brain and Behavior
The Nervous System
Neurons
Structures of the Brain and Their Functions
The Endocrine System
Brain Damage, Plasticity, and Repair
Genetics and Behavior
CHAPTER 3 - Sensation and Perception
How We Sense and Perceive the World
The Visual System
The Auditory System
Other Senses
CHAPTER 4 - States of Consciousness
The Nature of Consciousness
Sleep and Dreams
Psychoactive Drugs
Hypnosis
Meditation
CHAPTER 5 - Learning
Types of Learning
Classical Conditioning
Operant Conditioning
Observational Learning
Cognitive Factors in Learning
Biological, Cultural, and Psychological Factors in Learning
CHAPTER 6 - Memory
The Nature of Memory
Memory Encoding
Memory Storage
Memory Retrieval
Forgetting
Tips from the Science of Memory, for Studying and for Life
CHAPTER 7 - Thinking, Intelligence, and Language
The Cognitive Revolution in Psychology
Thinking
Intelligence
Language
CHAPTER 8 - Human Development
Exploring Human Development
Child Development
Adolescence
Emerging Adulthood, Adult Development, and Aging
CHAPTER 9 -Motivation
Theories of Motivation
Hunger and Sex
Beyond Hunger and Sex: Approaches to Motivation in Everyday Life
Emotion
Motivation and Emotion: The Pursuit of Happiness
CHAPTER 10 - Personality
Psychodynamic Perspectives
Humanistic Perspectives
Trait Perspectives
Personological and Life Story Perspectives
Social Cognitive Perspectives
Biological Perspectives
Personality Assessment
CHAPTER 11 - Social Psychology
Social Cognition
Social Behavior
Social Influence
Intergroup Relations
Close Relationships
CHAPTER 12 - Psychological Disorders
Defining and Explaining Abnormal Behavior
Anxiety Disorders
Mood Disorders
Eating Disorders
Dissociative Disorders
Schizophrenia
Personality Disorders
Combating Stigma
CHAPTER 13 - Therapies
Biological Therapies
Psychotherapy
Sociocultural Approaches and Issues in Treatment
The Effectiveness of Psycho therapy
CHAPTER 14 - Health Psychology
Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine
Making Positive Life Changes
Resources for Effective Life Change
Toward a Healthier Mind (and Body): Controlling Stress
Toward a Healthier Body (and Mind): Behaving as If Your Life Depends upon It
Psychology and Your Good Life