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UNDERSTANDING PSYCHOLOGY MYPSYCHLAB EDITION  contains all the hallmark features of Understanding Psychology 8e with the same pagination and clear and engaging scientific emphasis.

NEW to the MyPsychLab edition:

• Every copy of UNDERSTANDING PSYCHOLOGY MYPSYCHLAB EDITION comes automatically with MyPsychLab. This robust online assessment resource allows instructors to assess student progress and adapt course content to meet the needs of their class. MyPsychLab allows students to diagnose their progress and provides them with a variety of customizable resources to assist with their mastery of course concepts. FULLY INTEGRATED INTO THE TEXT, each chapter contains a two-page visual spread which highlights study tips and learning resources available within MyPsychLab. Students can elect to use MyPsychLab with or without instructor involvement.
•  Every copy of UNDERSTANDING PSYCHOLOGY MYPSYCHLAB EDITION also comes with a helpful laminated study sheet. This study aid contains a timeline of the history of psychology in addition to study hints on the most difficult to understand concepts in introductory psychology (such as the difference between independent and dependent variables; negative reinforcement and punishment, etc).
• No changes to pagination have been made to UNDERSTANDING PSYCHOLOGY MYPSYCHLAB EDITION

Scientific Foundation
Students come into this course with a lot of preconceived ideas about what psychology is and a key part of the introductory course is for students to understand the scientific basis of the discipline. Morris and Maisto present a scientific, accurate, and thorough overview of the essential concepts of psychology in engaging language that the average reader can easily understand. The NEW edition of Morris/Maisto has over 1000 new references, most from 2004 to present.

Three Unifying Basic Concepts:

1. Psychology is a science that is rapidly evolving: The 8th edition contains more than 1,000 new research references, two-thirds of which are from 2004-2007. More than a dozen new "Cutting Edge" boxes that describe recent research and challenge our current understanding of various content areas.
2. Human behavior and thought are diverse, varied, and affected by culture: Increased attention to diversity is found in every chapter, from the expanded discussion of human diversity in Chapter 1; to the language, thought and culture discussed in Chapter 7; through to cultural differences in psychological disorders which are covered in Chapter 12.
3. The study of psychology involves active thinking, questioning, and problem solving: Dozens of new "Thinking Critically About" exercises have been added which encourage the reader to engage in genuine critical thinking by questioning the methods used to gather data, considering possible alternative explanations for findings, and imagining further research that might shed additional light on the phenomenon under study.

Chapter 1 introduces five enduring issues which cut across and unify all subfields of psychology. These enduring issues are revisited in each subsequent chapter. By exploring these enduring issues within the context of specific topics, Understanding Psychology 8e shows the surprising unity and coherence within the diverse and exciting science of psychology.

1. Person-Situation: To what extent is behavior caused by factors inside the person, such as thoughts, emotions, and genes? In contrast, to what extent is behavior caused or triggered by factors outside the person, such as incentives, cues in the environment, and the presence of other people?
2. Nature-Nurture: Is the person we become a product of innate, inborn tendencies or a reflection of experience and upbringing?
3. Stability-Change: Are the characteristics we develop in childhood more or less permanent and fixed or do we change in predictable (and unpredictable) ways over the course of our lives?
4. Diversity-Universality: Because we are all human, each person is like every other person. But is some respects, each of us is like no other person. Thus, anywhere humans exist there will be both similarity and diversity.
5. Mind-Body: How are mind and body connected? Many psychologists are fascinated by the relationship between what we experience, such as thoughts and feelings, and biological processes, such as activity in the nervous system.

Helpful Student Study Aids:

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• Apply your Understanding--questions have been added to "Check Your Understanding" quiz section at the end of each major section to help students review and retain concepts, as well as apply what they've learned to real-life situations.
• Understanding Ourselves--provides practical information on how students can apply psychology to their own lives
• MyPsychLab--NEW to this edition of Understanding Psychology, MyPsychLab is an easy-to-use online resource that allows instructors to assess student progress and adapt course material to meet the specific needs of the class.

  MyPsychLab enables students to diagnose their progress by completing an online self-assessment pre-test. Based on the results of this test, each student is provided with a customized study plan, including a variety of tools to help them fully master the material.

  MyPsychLab then reports the self-assessment results to the instructor, as individual student grades as well as an aggregate report of class progress. Based on these reports, the instructor can adapt course material to suit the needs of individual students or the class as a whole.

  • Accurate Assessment: MyPsychLab offers robust self-assessment tests to determine each student's mastery of key content areas. Organized by major section or chapter, these diagnostic tests contain a large base of questions that are different from those in the text-specific test bank and other supplements. Different kinds of questions are used for pre- and post-tests, including multiple choice, text match, ranking, fill in the blank, and drag and drop.
  • Reporting: MyPsychLab's easy-to-use reporting system delivers instant feedback to students and provides instructors with reports of class and student performance. Diagnostic test results are reported to students allowing them to recognize the areas in which they need extra practice. Instructors receive an aggregate of overall class performance and may also view test results at the individual student level. Since MyPsychLab calculates and reports test results automatically, instructors can closely monitor student progress without investing any additional time.
  • Focused Instruction: MyPsychLab enables instructors to efficiently adapt course content based on actual student and class performance. MyPsychLab analyzes each student's diagnostic test results, assigns each student specific exercises designed to help with the content they have yet to master, and reports these assignments to the instructor via a gradebook. MyPsychLab's aggregate report provides a valuable "snapshot" of class performance that allows instructors to direct their attention to the content areas in which the class as a whole is struggling. MyPsychLab provides instructors with a wealth of supplemental teaching materials specific to these content areas including additional lecture material, video clips, and classroom activities. For added flexibility, these materials may be downloaded by instructors for classroom use or made available online for student use.

New To This Edition

UNDERSTANDING PSYCHOLOGY MYPSYCHLAB EDITION  contains all the hallmark features of Understanding Psychology 8e with the same pagination and clear and engaging scientific emphasis.

NEW to the MyPsychLab edition:

• Every copy of UNDERSTANDING PSYCHOLOGY MYPSYCHLAB EDITION comes automatically with MyPsychLab. This robust online assessment resource allows instructors to assess student progress and adapt course content to meet the needs of their class. MyPsychLab allows students to diagnose their progress and provides them with a variety of customizable resources to assist with their mastery of course concepts. FULLY INTEGRATED INTO THE TEXT, each chapter contains a two-page visual spread which highlights study tips and learning resources available within MyPsychLab. Students can elect to use MyPsychLab with or without instructor involvement.
•  Every copy of UNDERSTANDING PSYCHOLOGY MYPSYCHLAB edition also comes with a helpful laminated study sheet. This study aid contains a timeline of the history of psychology in addition to study hints on the most difficult to understand concepts in introductory psychology (such as the difference between independent and dependent variables; negative reinforcement and punishment, etc).
• No changes to pagination have been made to UNDERSTANDING PSYCHOLOGY MYPSYCHLAB EDITION

MyPsychLab enables students to diagnose their progress by completing an online self-assessment pre-test. Based on the results of this test, each student is provided with a customized study plan, including a variety of tools to help them fully master the material.

MyPsychLab then reports the self-assessment results to the instructor, as individual student grades as well as an aggregate report of class progress. Based on these reports, the instructor can adapt course material to suit the needs of individual students or the class as a whole.

• Accurate Assessment: MyPsychLab offers robust self-assessment tests to determine each student's mastery of key content areas. Organized by major section or chapter, these diagnostic tests contain a large base of questions that are different from those in the text-specific test bank and other supplements. Different kinds of questions are used for pre- and post-tests, including multiple choice, text match, ranking, fill in the blank, and drag and drop.
• Reporting: MyPsychLab's easy-to-use reporting system delivers instant feedback to students and provides instructors with reports of class and student performance. Diagnostic test results are reported to students allowing them to recognize the areas in which they need extra practice. Instructors receive an aggregate of overall class performance and may also view test results at the individual student level. Since MyPsychLab calculates and reports test results automatically, instructors can closely monitor student progress without investing any additional time.
• Focused Instruction: MyPsychLab enables instructors to efficiently adapt course content based on actual student and class performance. MyPsychLab analyzes each student's diagnostic test results, assigns each student specific exercises designed to help with the content they have yet to master, and reports these assignments to the instructor via a gradebook. MyPsychLab's aggregate report provides a valuable "snapshot" of class performance that allows instructors to direct their attention to the content areas in which the class as a whole is struggling. MyPsychLab provides instructors with a wealth of supplemental teaching materials specific to these content areas including additional lecture material, video clips, and classroom activities. For added flexibility, these materials may be downloaded by instructors for classroom use or made available online for student use.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1:      The Science of Psychology

Chapter 2:      The Biological Basis of Behavior

Chapter 3:      Sensation and Perception

Chapter 4:      States of Consciousness

Chapter 4:      Learning

Chapter 6:      Memory

Chapter 7:      Cognition and Mental Abilities

Chapter 8:      Motivation and Emotion

Chapter 9:      Life-Span Development

Chapter 10:    Personality

Chapter 11:    Stress and Health Psychology

Chapter 12:    Psychological Disorders

Chapter 13:    Therapies

Chapter 14:    Social Psychology

Appendix: A:   Measurement and Statistical Methods

Appendix B:    Psychology Applied to Work

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Introductory Psychology  [COMPREHENSIVE]   (Psychology)

Companion Website for Psychology
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Pearson
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Blockbuster Video Guide for Introductory Psychology
Allyn & Bacon
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Clicker Questions for Introductory Psychology (for Instructors)
Martichuski
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Whittlesey
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Baird
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Interactive Learning Companion for Introductory Psychology
Marin
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Hamner
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What Every Student Should Know About Avoiding Plagiarism
Stern
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