Psychology

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The most learner-centered and assessment-driven text available Throughout Psychology, Fifth Edition, Saundra Ciccarelli and J. Noland White employ a learner-centered, assessment-driven approach that maximizes student engagement, and helps educators keep students on track. The authors draw students into the discipline by showing how psychology relates to their own lives. Clear learning objectives, based on the recommended APA undergraduate learning outcomes, guide students through the material. And assessment tied to these learning objectives lets students check their understanding, while allowing instructors to monitor class progress and intervene when necessary to bolster student performance.

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  • Series: 1

  • Year: 2,016

  • Edition: 5

  • Pages: 800

  • Pages In File: 800

  • Language: English

  • Topic: 198

  • Identifier: 978-0134636856

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  • Toc: Copyright Page......Page 1Title Page......Page 2Brief Contents......Page 3Contents......Page 4Learner-Centered Approach......Page 9Acknowledgments......Page 18About the Authors......Page 20Psychology in Action Secrets for Surviving College and Improving Your Grades......Page 22Study Skills......Page 24Managing Time......Page 25Reading the Text: Textbooks Are Not Meatloaf......Page 27Getting the Most Out of Lectures......Page 30Studying for Exams: Cramming Is Not an Option......Page 31Improving Your Memory......Page 35Writing Papers......Page 37Your Ethical Responsibility as a Student......Page 39Psychology in Action Summary......Page 40Test Yourself......Page 411 The Science of Psychology......Page 42The History of Psychology......Page 44In the Beginning: Wundt, Titchener, and James......Page 45Three Influential Approaches: Gestalt, Psychoanalysis, and Behaviorism......Page 47Modern Perspectives......Page 51Psychological Professionals and Areas of Specialization......Page 55The Scientific Approach......Page 58Descriptive Methods......Page 63Correlations: Finding Relationships......Page 66The Experiment......Page 68Experimental Hazards and Controlling for Effects......Page 71APA Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking: A Sample Experiment......Page 74The Guidelines for Doing Research with People......Page 75Animal Research......Page 77Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: Thinking Critically About Critical Thinking......Page 78Chapter Summary......Page 81Test Yourself......Page 822 The Biological Perspective......Page 84Structure of the Neuron: The Nervous System’s Building Block......Page 86Generating the Message within the Neuron: The Neural Impulse......Page 88Neurotransmission......Page 90An Overview of the Nervous System......Page 95The Central Nervous System: The “Central Processing Unit”......Page 96The Peripheral Nervous System: Nerves on the Edge......Page 99Distant Connections: The Endocrine Glands......Page 103The Pituitary: Master of the Hormonal Universe......