Download or read book Scientific American Reader for Psychology A Concise Introduction written by Richard A. Griggs and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-02-15 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These 10 articles were selected by Richard Griggs to support teaching with his textbook.
Download or read book Scientific American Reader to Accompany Schacter Gilbert Wegner written by Daniel L. Schacter and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The result of an exclusive partnership with Scientific American, the articles in this collection were personally selected from the pages of world's foremost scientific magazine by the authors Dan Schacter, Dan Gilbert, and Dan Wegner.
Download or read book Introduction to Psychology written by Jennifer Walinga and published by Hasanraza Ansari. This book was released on with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed to help students organize their thinking about psychology at a conceptual level. The focus on behaviour and empiricism has produced a text that is better organized, has fewer chapters, and is somewhat shorter than many of the leading books. The beginning of each section includes learning objectives; throughout the body of each section are key terms in bold followed by their definitions in italics; key takeaways, and exercises and critical thinking activities end each section.
Download or read book The Scientific American Reader to Accompany Myers written by Scientific American and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-08 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hand-picked by David Myers, these 14 classic and current articles provide another tool for enhancing lectures, encouraging discussions, and emphasizing the relevance of psychology to everyday life. Contents 1. Humbled History [Robert-Benjamin Illing] 2. Rethinking the 'Lesser Brain' [James M. Bower and Lawrence M. Parsons] 3. Promised Land or Purgatory? [Catherine Johnson] 4. Music in Your Head [Eckart O. Alternmuller] 5. Sign Language in the Brain [Gregory Hickok, Ursula Bellugi, and Edward S. Klima] 6. Television Addiction is No Mere Metaphor [Robert Kubey and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi] 7. Islands of Genius [Darold A. Treffert and Gregory L. Wallace] 8. Emotion, Memory, and the Brain [Joseph LeDoux] 9. The Tyranny of Choice [Barry Schwartz] 10. The Mind-Body Interaction in Disease [Esther M. Sternberg and Philip W. Gold] 11. Freud Returns [Mark 11. Solms] 12. Manic Depression and Illness and Creativity [Kay Redfield Jamison] 13. Decoding Schizophrenia [Daniel C. Javitt and Joseph T. Coyle, Scientific American] 14. The Science of Persuasion [Robert Cialdini]
Download or read book Psychology written by Daniel L. Schacter and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011 with total page 793 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your students may forget it’s a textbook. But they will always remember what they learn. View a sample chapter and student video reviews at www.worthpublishers.com/thedans Their research continues to change the way psychology is taught. Their teaching has inspired thousands of students. Their writing fascinates readers and vividly shows how psychological science is relevant to their lives. So it was no surprise that Dan Schacter, Dan Gilbert, and Dan Wegner’s introductory psychology textbook was a breakout success. With the new edition, Psychology is more than ever a book instructors are looking for—a text that students will read and keep reading. Thoroughly updated, the new edition is filled with captivating stories of real people and breakthrough research, plus a variety of proven and effective new learning tools, all carried along by the Dans’ uncanny way of making the story of psychological principles as riveting and enriching as reading a great book.
Download or read book Introducing Psychology written by Daniel Schacter and published by Worth. This book was released on 2018-06-09 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the textbook only without Launchpad. With an author team equally at home in the classroom, in the lab, or on the bestseller list, this book is written to keep students turning the pages. It offers expert coverage of psychology’s scientific foundations, but communicates with students in a style that’s anything but that of a typical textbook. Introducing Psychology keeps the level of engagement high, with quirky and unforgettable examples, and reminders throughout that the critical thinking skills required to study psychology will serve students well throughout their lives. The fourth edition has been completely retooled for the classroom. For the first time, each chapter section begins with Learning Outcomes to guide students’ learning. These outcomes represent the big picture, so readers come away with more than a collection of facts. The new edition also includes the new 'A World of Difference' feature, which highlights interesting and important research on individual differences such as sex, gender, culture and ethnicity in understanding the breadth of psychology. Introducing Psychology can also be purchased with the breakthrough online resource, LaunchPad, which offers innovative media content, curated and organised for easy assignability. LaunchPad's intuitive interface presents quizzing, flashcards, animations and much more to make learning actively engaging.
Download or read book Introducing Psychology written by Daniel L. Schacter and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-12-25 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reads like a good book… Written in the style of their award-winning nonfiction books, the Dans capture students’ attention in a way few textbooks can claim. Each chapter, each page is written with narrative hooks that retain student interest by engaging their curiosity, compassion, and interest in the world around them. Students who read Introducing Psychology will quickly learn to critically examine the world around them and apply the lessons of psychology to their own lives. …Teaches like a great textbook. The Dans focus the essential topics within psychology without diluting the explanation or removing examples intended to illustrate concepts. By refining their coverage to the most clear, thought-provoking, and illustrative examples, the Dans manage to accomplish two difficult goals: making thoughtful content choices covering the various fields of psychology, and doing so in a manner that retains clarity and emphasizes student engagement.
Download or read book Memoir of Moses written by A.J. Culp and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-11-01 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deuteronomy characterizes memory as the key to Israel’s covenantal loyalty and commands its cultivation in the generations to come, and the book portrays itself as the foundation for this ongoing memory program. For this reason, Deuteronomy is considered to be an ancient collective memory text. However, recent scholarship has not focused on the book as a formative agent, leaving fundamental questions about the book unanswered: Why does Deuteronomy see memory as important in the first place? How does it seek to cultivate this memory in the people? A. J. Culp answers these questions by exploring Deuteronomy as a formative memory text and bringing contemporary memory theory into dialogue with biblical scholarship.Culp shows that Deuteronomy has tailored memory to its unique theology and purposes, a fact that both illuminates puzzling aspects of the text and challenges long-held views in scholarship, such as those regarding aniconism.
Download or read book The Seven Sins of Memory written by Daniel L. Schacter and published by HMH. This book was released on 2002-05-07 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable Book: A psychologist’s “gripping and thought-provoking” look at how and why our brains sometimes fail us (Steven Pinker, author of How the Mind Works). In this intriguing study, Harvard psychologist Daniel L. Schacter explores the memory miscues that occur in everyday life, placing them into seven categories: absent-mindedness, transience, blocking, misattribution, suggestibility, bias, and persistence. Illustrating these concepts with vivid examples—case studies, literary excerpts, experimental evidence, and accounts of highly visible news events such as the O. J. Simpson verdict, Bill Clinton’s grand jury testimony, and the search for the Oklahoma City bomber—he also delves into striking new scientific research, giving us a glimpse of the fascinating neurology of memory and offering “insight into common malfunctions of the mind” (USA Today). “Though memory failure can amount to little more than a mild annoyance, the consequences of misattribution in eyewitness testimony can be devastating, as can the consequences of suggestibility among pre-school children and among adults with ‘false memory syndrome’ . . . Drawing upon recent neuroimaging research that allows a glimpse of the brain as it learns and remembers, Schacter guides his readers on a fascinating journey of the human mind.” —Library Journal “Clear, entertaining and provocative . . . Encourages a new appreciation of the complexity and fragility of memory.” —The Seattle Times “Should be required reading for police, lawyers, psychologists, and anyone else who wants to understand how memory can go terribly wrong.” —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution “A fascinating journey through paths of memory, its open avenues and blind alleys . . . Lucid, engaging, and enjoyable.” —Jerome Groopman, MD “Compelling in its science and its probing examination of everyday life, The Seven Sins of Memory is also a delightful book, lively and clear.” —Chicago Tribune Winner of the William James Book Award
Download or read book Motivational Science written by Edward Tory Higgins and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A current collection of articles that define the field of motivational science.
Download or read book Key Studies in Psychology 5th Edition written by Richard Gross and published by Hodder Education. This book was released on 2007-12-28 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Key Studies in Psychology, 5th edition provides summaries of 40 key studies that have shaped the course of psychology, covering both the classic core studies and more recent contemporary studies. Concise, user-friendly and comprehensive, the new edition of this bestselling textbook is ideal for students of psychology at all levels. Before each summary, the Background/Context features put each study into a clear theoretical or practical context, and explain the aims, hypotheses, methods and design. After each summary, a full Evaluation is provided, focusing on major theoretical and methodological issues, subsequent reserach and applications and implications. Each summary is also followed by useful Exercise questions, to encourage the student to think critically about methodological, theoretical, and ethical features of the study. Full answers to all Exercise questions are also provided in an Appendix. All the classic core studies are covered, alongside a number of newer studies, which cover topics such as the effects of abortion on young women, adolescent's brains, anorexia nervosa, and nurses' understanding of the concept of care. These very recent studies are highly relevant to everyday life, making this text ideal for the study of Applied Psychology. Fully updated and modernised, this brand new edition of Key Studies in Psychology is essential reading for Psychology students at all levels.
Download or read book Psychology Library Editions Psychology of Reading written by Various Authors and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-01 with total page 4060 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The psychology of reading investigates the process by which readers extract visual information from written text and make sense of it. Psychology Library Editions: Psychology of Reading (11 Volumes) brings together as one set, or individual volumes, a small series of previously out-of-print titles, originally published between 1980 and 1995. The set includes topics such as dyslexia and the relationship between speech and reading.
Download or read book Introduction to Psychology written by Clifford Thomas Morgan and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages. This book was released on 1975 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Psychology written by Daniel Schacter and published by Worth. This book was released on 2016-12-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This widely used, enthusiastically received textbook is the work of one of the most accomplished author teams in introductory psychology, each a distinguished educator and researcher. Together, they offer an approachable, engagingly written survey of the field’s main ideas, filled with unusual stories, memorable examples, and lots of humor to captivate all kinds of students. Features include: 'Hot Science' highlighting important and interesting new research 'The Real World' highlighting applications of psychological research to real world contexts 'Other Voices' offering excerpts of great writing about psychology and showing how important psychology is to public discussion 'Changing Minds' questions at the end of the chapter that ask students to confront a scenario using information from the chapter. The new edition has been reshaped for the classroom chapter by chapter. Sections in each chapter now have specific Learning Outcomes in place, to emphasize “big picture” concepts and guide student learning. There is also new boxed feature called 'A World of Difference' highlighting important research on diversity and individual differences.
Download or read book Good Thinking written by Denise D. Cummins and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-16 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know what economists mean when they refer to you as a "rational agent"? Or why a psychologist might label your idea a "creative insight"? After reading this book, you will know how the best and brightest thinkers judge the ways we decide, argue, solve problems, and tell right from wrong.
Download or read book Understanding Reading written by Frank Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-05-20 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding Reading revolutionized reading research and theory when the first edition appeared in 1971 and continues to be a leader in the field. In the sixth edition of this classic text, Smith's purpose remains the same: to shed light on fundamental aspects of the complex human act of reading--linguistic, physiological, psychological, and social--and on what is involved in learning to read. The text critically examines current theories, instructional practices, and controversies, covering a wide range of disciplines but always remaining accessible to students and classroom teachers. Careful attention is given to the ideological clash that continues between whole language and direct instruction and currently permeates every aspect of theory and research into reading and reading instruction. To aid readers in making up their own minds, each chapter concludes with a brief statement of "Issues." Understanding Reading: A Psycholinguistic Analysis of Reading and Learning to Read, Sixth Edition is designed to serve as a handbook for language arts teachers, a college text for basic courses on the psychology of reading, a guide to relevant research on reading, and an introduction to reading as an aspect of thinking and learning. It is matchless in integrating a wide range of topics relative to reading while, at the same time, being highly readable and user-friendly for instructors, students, and practitioners.
Download or read book Introduction to Psychology written by Dennis Coon and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
