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Thinking About Psychology
by Blair-Broeker ErnstWritten by a distinguished team of teachers, this fourth edition of Thinking About Psychology reflects up-to-date DSM-5 content and research, emphasizes psychology as a science, answers goal-oriented guiding questions, and provides a vast amount of assessment opportunities for students to regularly test their understanding.
Students are sure to be engrossed by the engaging and conversational tone of authors Charlie Blair-Broeker and Randy Ernst, who have a combined 54 years of high school teaching experience and have led Psychology workshops in more than 30 states!
Julien’s Primer of Drug Action
by Robert M. Julien and Claire D. Advokat and Joseph E. ComatyJulien’s Primer of Drug Action continues to evolve side by side with the field it covers providing a thoroughly up to date look at psychotherapeutic and recreational drugs, including the latest research and the newest formulations.
The thoroughly updated 14th edition features:
New coverage of opioids of abuse, and drugs used to treat of opioid dependence and opioid overdose.
New research on the use of marijuana to treat Alzheimers, PTSD, and Epilepsy.
New coverage of pharmacological, physiological, and psychoactive effects of synthetic marijuana including its toxicity.
New research on Cannabidiol (CBD) and its therapeutic uses
New research of the efficacy of antipsychotics to treat dementia, Parkinson’s, bipolar, OCD, PTSD,
New research on hallucinogenics for the treatment of various disorders including MDMA for the treatment of PTSD, Psilocybin for treatment of depression and end-of-life anxiety, and Ayahuasca to treat psychiatric disorders
The use of genetic testing to predict effectiveness of antidepressant treatment
New research on the use of ketamine for the treatment of depression
The Social Animal
by Elliot Aronson and Joshua AronsonA landmark text that maintains its relevance and unique approach edition after edition, The Social Animal offers a brief, compelling introduction to modern social psychology. Through vivid narrative, lively presentations of important research, and intriguing examples, Elliot Aronson probes the patterns and motives of human behavior, covering such diverse topics as terrorism, conformity, obedience, politics, race relations, advertising, war, interpersonal attraction, and the power of religious cults.
Psychology of Sex and Gender
by Susan R. BurnsPsychology of Sex and Gender also includes the necessary coverage of what is considered foundational to the understanding of sex and gender and issues, but much more time is spent on the current research and implications that guide our present understanding of the topics. The majority of the research cited is recent, covering important topics like PTSD and women in the military, research on sex and gender differences in the use of opioids, differences in neural responding in men based on sexual orientation, the evolving portrayal of female characters in video games, and the varying socialization of normative masculinity across cultures.
Macroeconomics
by N. Gregory MankiwMankiw’s Macroeconomics has been the number one book for the intermediate macro course since the publication of the first edition. It maintains that bestselling status by continually bringing the leading edge of macroeconomics theory, research, and policy to the classroom, explaining complex concepts with exceptional clarity. This new edition is no exception, with Greg Mankiw adding emerging macro topics and frontline empirical research studies, while improving the book's already exemplary focus on teaching students to apply the analytical tools of macroeconomics to current events and policies
Economics
by Rubb SumnerEconomic Principles: A Business Perspective leverages student fascination with business by drawing clear connections between fundamental economic theory and the business decisions that students—whether they are future CEOs, small business owners, managers, or independent workers—will make in their careers.
Myers' Psychology for the AP Course
by David G. Myers and C. Nathan DeWallWith an undeniable gift for writing, David Myers will lead your students on a guided tour of psychological science and poignant personal stories. This ground-breaking text is correlated directly to the AP (R) course. Whether you are new to AP (R) Psychology or have many years under your belt, this uniquely AP (R) book program can help you achieve more.
Exploring Psychology
by David Myers and C. DeWallDo you want your students to engage with and retain psychology’s key principles, and to work toward becoming better students and better people in the process? Best-selling Exploring Psychology offers creative ways to help make it happen.
The new edition of Exploring Psychology offers outstanding currency on the research, practice, and teaching of psychology. Myers and DeWall inspire students with fascinating findings and applications, effective new study tools and technologies, and a compassionate and compelling storytelling voice. Their presentation is based on the same guiding principles that made David Myers the world’s bestselling introductory psychology author.
Facilitate learning by teaching critical thinking and helping students at every step.
Present psychology as a science, emphasizing the process of inquiry and putting facts in the service of concepts.
Make sure students come away with an appreciation of psychology's big ideas, and with a deeper respect for humanity--what drives us, distinguishes us, unifies us.
Exploring Psychology in Modules
by David Myers and C. DeWallAre you taking a psychology course, interested in self-study, or just plain curious about all things psychology? The best-selling Exploring Psychology text, newly available in this audiobook form and with an accompanying PDF of illustrations, teaches the concepts in an engaging, creative, effective way and helps us become better students and better people in the process. Exploring Psychology offers outstanding currency on the research, practice, and teaching of psychology. David Myers (Hope College) and Nathan DeWall (University of Kentucky) inspire their listeners with fascinating findings and applications and a compassionate and compelling storytelling voice that carries through beautifully in this audiobook's professional narration. Their presentation is based on the same guiding principles that have made David Myers the world's best-selling introductory psychology author. Myers and DeWall teach critical thinking and encourage active learning at every step; present psychology as a science, emphasizing the process of inquiry and putting facts in the service of concepts; and make sure their listeners come away with an appreciation of psychology's big ideas, and with a deeper respect for humanity - what drives us, distinguishes us, and unifies us.
Discovering Psychology
by Sandra E. Hockenbury and Susan A. NolanSandra Hockenbury and new coauthor Susan Nolan’s remarkable textbook is grounded in the belief that all kinds of students can develop a real understanding of psychology and lasting scientific literacy.
The authors act on that belief by using relatable personal stories to communicate the concepts of psychological science (and the process of science itself), and by presenting important research in a clear not oversimplified way.
Hockenbury and Nolan also take full advantage of online learning, creating activities in LaunchPad that have students thinking about psychology as scientists do.
New co-author, Susan Nolan of Seton Hall University was recently designated a Master Teacher by the Society for Teaching Psychology. She regularly gives talks about incorporating scientific literacy into the introductory course and across the psychology curriculum.
Scientific American
by Deborah Licht and Misty Hull and Coco BallantyneIn this breakthrough student resource, two committed, tech-savvy professors, Deborah Licht and Misty Hull, combine years of research and teaching insights with the journalistic skill of science writer, Coco Ballantyne, who came to the project directly from Scientific American. Together, they have created an introductory psychology textbook and online learning and comprehension system that draws on written profiles and video interviews of 26 real people to help students better understand, remember, apply, and relate to psychology’s foundational concepts and ideas. Beautifully designed, the printed text is filled with high-interest examples and features, including full-page infographics that help students understand and retain key concepts. Online, additional author-created resources, including scaffolded activities and adaptive quizzes, provide a seamless learning experience for students and a reliable assessment mechanism for instructors and programs. This innovative collaboration between Worth Publishers and Scientific American reflects a commitment to engaging and educating all students, including those who sometimes seem difficult to engage—in the contemporary style of the world’s most respected science magazine. Along with student engagement with the personal stories, Presenting Psychology 2e also aims to: Demonstrate that psychology is a science Help students see the “big picture” Provide high-quality accessible visuals that make a difference! Illustrate real-world applications Maintain a positive perspective of psychology Emphasize gender and cultural diversity Help dispel myths Provide quality assessments Create interactive, technology-based learning that appeals to students
Experiencing the Lifespan
by Janet BelskyJanet Belsky’s Experiencing the Lifespan always reflects a scientist’s understanding of key research, a psychologist’s understanding of people, and a teacher’s understanding of students. This updated new edition features significant new findings, a broad-based global perspective, and enhanced media offerings. In a highly conversational style, with pedagogy that reinforces learning, and with examples drawn from an extraordinarily broad range of cultures throughout the world, the book remains at just the right length and level of coverage to fit comfortably in a single-term course.
Invitation to the Life Span
by Kathleen BergerKATHLEEN STASSEN BERGER's bestselling textbooks are un-matched for the engrossing, culturally inclusive way they communicate the essential science of human development. But that does not even begin to convey what the Berger experience is: What makes these bestselling textbooks so distinctive is the unmistakable presence of KATHLEEN STASSEN BERGER on every page, in writing that continually draws on the author's teaching and family life to demonstrate a remarkable understanding not just of the field, but of students' questions, their concerns, and their lives.
The distinctive, definitive BERGER touch is evident throughout her new textbook, Invitation to the Life Span. This brief, original, 15-chapter textbook was created from page 1 to address the challenges teachers and students face when covering the entire life span in a semester (or even a quarter!).
Public Finance and Public Policy
by Jonathan GruberWe are currently engaged in the most fundamental debate about the role of government in decades, and who better than Jonathan Gruber to guide students through the particulars in the new edition of his best-selling text, Public Finance and Public Policy, 6e. The new edition details ongoing policy debates, with special focus on the largest tax reform in 30 years. New topics include universal basic income, the legalization of pot, and congestion pricing. And, of course, there is an extensive, in-depth discussion of the debate over health care. At the heart of this new edition is the author's belief that at no other time has it been so important to know the facts, to distinguish facts from falsehoods, and to be thinking clearly about problem, policy, and politics. The sixth edition delivers on all counts.
An Introduction to Brain and Behavior
by Kolb and Whishaw and TeskeyFrom authors Bryan Kolb and Ian Whishaw, and new coauthor G. Campbell Teskey, An Introduction to Brain and Behavior offers a unique inquiry-based introduction to behavioral neuroscience, with each chapter focusing on a central question (i.e., "How Does the Nervous System Function?"). It also incorporates a distinctive clinical perspective, with examples showing students what happens when common neuronal processes malfunction. Now this acclaimed book returns in a thoroughly up-to-date new edition.
Founders of a prestigious neuroscience institute at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada, Kolb and Whishaw are renowned as both active scientists and teachers. G. Campbell Teskey of the University of Calgary, also brings to the book a wealth of experience as a researcher and educator. Together, they are the ideal author team for guiding students from a basic understanding the biology of behavior to the very frontiers of some of the most exciting and impactful research being conducted today.
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Health Psychology
by Richard O. StraubRichard Straub’s Health Psychology shows students how psychology and health are interconnected. Using real world examples, Straub encourages students to make meaningful connections between the science of health psychology and their own everyday experience. Health Psychology is comprehensive in its approach and incorporates the latest research as it examines the field’s main ideas and models a scientific way of thinking about those ideas.
Krugman’s Macroeconomics for the AP® Course [Student Edition]
by David Anderson and Margaret RayAP® Macroeconomics is hard. Krugman’s Macroeconomics for the AP® Course, third edition was created to help you solve the economics puzzle. Assembled by AP® experts and divided into short modules, the organization, language, and emphasis perfectly mirrors College Board’s curriculum framework. This dedication to the AP® courses keeps students and teachers on track to realize success on the AP® exam.
The Psychology Major’s Companion
by Dana Dunn and Jane HalonenDesigned to help both prospective and current psychology majors know what to expect from the undergraduate major, the larger discipline, and the marketplace beyond campus, The Psychology Major's Companion, Second Edition gives students a map to planning their career in psychology. The authors include helpful skill-related tips, how to decide on options for course study, and how to apply to graduate school or get a job with an undergraduate degree.
Readings About the Social Animal
by Joshua Aronson and Elliot AronsonExploring the key ideas in social psychology, this collection of classic and contemporary readings includes accounts of specific experimental findings as well as more general articles summarizing studies on such topics as attraction, prejudice, and aggression. The new edition adds 15 new readings while retaining a number of classics by leading psychological thinkers such as Stanley Milgram on obedience and Solomon Asch on conformity. Readings makes the perfect companion for the Aronson's highly praised book, The Social Animal as it follows the same major themes. The Reader can also be used with any introductory social psychology text or even in lieu of a text. Using both The Social Animal textbook and the reader is a unique and engaging combination for understanding social psychology and its research.
Learning and Memory
by Eduardo Mercado and Mark Gluck and Catherine MyersWith real-world examples, fascinating applications, and clear explanations, this breakthrough text helps uninitiated students understand the basic ideas and human impact of groundbreaking learning and memory research. Its unique organization into three sections—Behavioral Processes, Brain Substrates, and Clinical Perspectives—allows students to make connections across chapters while giving instructors the flexibility to assign the material that matches the course. The new edition again offers the book’s signature inclusion of human and non-human studies and full-color design and images. You’ll find even more meaningful real-life examples; new coverage of learning and memory research and brain-imaging; an expanded discussion of the role of genetics in producing individual differences; new material on the role of sleep in memory, and more.
Macroeconomics
by Jean-Paul Lam and N. Mankiw and William ScarthThis special edition of Greg Mankiw’s intermediate macroeconomics text takes the same approach that made the parent text a bestseller, with coverage shaped to address fiscal policy, monetary and exchange-rate policy, deficit reduction, and other critical economic issues from the uniquely Canadian perspective. Like Mankiw’s Macroeconomics, the Canadian edition teaches fundamentals with exceptional clarity by relating theoretical concepts to vital issues and policy debates, while illustrating those ideas with examples, cases, and research from Canada and Canadian researches. The new edition is significantly updated, with a streamlined version of Greg’s hallmark approach and powerful new digital learning options.
Economics
by Paul Krugman and Robin WellsWhile we were driven to write this book by many small ideas about particular aspects of economics, we also had one big idea: an economics textbook should be built around narratives, many of them pulled from real life, and it should never lose sight of the fact that economics is, in the end, a set of stories about what people do.
Many of the stories economists tell take the form of models—for whatever else they are, economic models are stories about how the world works. But we believe that student understanding of and appreciation for models are greatly enhanced if they are presented, as much as possible, in the context of stories about the real world that both illustrate economic concepts and touch on the concerns we all face living in a world shaped by economic forces.
You’ll find a rich array of stories in every chapter, in the chapter openers, Economics in Actions, For Inquiring Minds, Global Comparisons, and Business Cases. As always, we include many new stories and update others. We also integrate an international perspective throughout, more extensively than ever before. It starts with a new introduction and an opening story on China’s Pearl River Delta that sets the stage for new attention to China’s ascendance in the global economy. An overview of the types of narrative-based features in the text is on p. viii.
We also include pedagogical features that reinforce learning. For example, each major section ends with three related elements devised with the student in mind: (1) the Economics in Actions: a real-world application to help students achieve a fuller understanding of concepts they just read about; (2) a Quick Review of key ideas in list form; and (3) Check Your Understanding self-test questions with answers at the back of the book. Our thought-provoking end-of-chapter problems are another strong feature. The Work It Out feature appears in all end-of-chapter problem sets, offering students online tutorials that guide them step-by-step through solving key problems. With the Fifth Edition, a new feature, Discovering Data exercises, offers students the opportunity to use interactive graphs to analyze interesting economic questions. An overview of the text’s tools for learning is on p. ix.
Microeconomics (Fifth Edition)
by Robin Wells and Paul KrugmanWhen it comes to explaining fundamental economic principles by drawing on current economic issues and events, there is no one more effective than Nobel laureate and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman and co-author, Robin Wells. In this best-selling introductory textbook, Krugman and Wells' signature storytelling style and uncanny eye for revealing examples help readers understand how economic concepts play out in our world. This new edition is revised and enhanced throughout, including a much stronger array of superior online tools that are part of a complete, integrated online learning system.