Essentials of Psychology Concepts and Applications

by Nevid, Jeffrey S.

• ISBN13: 9780618434091
• ISBN10: 0618434097
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-27
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

The new brief introductory text by Nevid,Essentials of Psychology: Concepts and Applicationsretains the hallmark features that have made its parent text, Nevid,Psychology: Concepts and Applications,unique in the market, while offering a more manageable, student-friendly format. This text is organized in a modular format that breaks down each chapter into smaller instructional units organized around a set of key concepts in a particular area of study. The modules helps busy students better organize their study efforts by allowing them to focus on one module at a time, rather than trying to tackle a whole chapter at once. Essentials of Psychology: Concepts and Applicationsprovides a broad view of psychology that includes the history, methods of research, major theories, and research findings of the discipline as well as applications of the knowledge gained from contemporary research to the problems and challenges we face in today's world. Jeffrey Nevid has shaped an effective learning tool in this text by basing its contents on a comprehensive learning system derived from research on memory, learning, and textbook pedagogy. This learning model incorporates what Nevid has named the "Four Es"--Engaging Student Interest, Encoding Information, Elaborating Meaning, and Evaluating Progress--as key elements that organize the text's pedagogical features. Did You Know That...chapter-opening questions give students a preview of the material to be presented in the chapter to help them develop focus and interest as they read. These questions range from exposing common myths and misconceptions to highlighting interesting historical features and bringing recent research developments into focus. A page number accompanying each question provides easy cross-referencing to the chapter sections in which the information is discussed. Try This Outhands-on exercises encourage students to apply psychology theories to their own experiences. Students can work through problems, generate solutions, and test out concepts and principles. These active-learning exercises help students to understand and relate the text and classroom lessons to their own lives rather than passively reading about them. Running Glossaryhighlights key terms in the margins as they are presented in the text, allowing students uninterrupted reading. Concept Signalingfeature extracts key concepts from the text content, highlights them in the margins of the text, and numbers them consecutively through each chapter, helping students to encode and retain key concepts. Concept Chartsappear in each module, summarizing and reviewing the key concepts in a tabular form. These charts reinforce the understanding of major concepts and help students make relational connections between them. Application Modules,the final modules of each chapter, illustrate how psychologists apply the knowledge they have gained from their research to real-life problems. Students see how they can apply to their own lives the knowledge they gain from reading the text. Concept Checksare short quizzes at the end of each module designed to help reinforce and test student knowledge of the material they have just read. Tying It Togethersections at the end of each chapter help students review how the modules are integrated within the chapter as a whole. Summing-Up Sections,chapter summaries, are organized into a question-and-answer format to encourage active learning.The questions correspond to the survey questions that introduce each module. Thinking Critically About Psychologysections at the end of each chapter give students the opportunity to sharpen their critical-thinking skills by answering questions that require them to analyze problems and evaluate claims in relation to the information presented in the chapt

Table of Contents

Note

Each Module includes a Review

Concept Check

Introduction to Psychology and Methods of Research

Foundations of Modern Psychology

Psychologists: Who They Are and What They Do

Research Methods in Psychology

Application: Becoming a Critical Thinker

Biological Foundations of Behavior

Neurons: The Body's Wiring

The Nervous System: Your Body's Information Superhighway

The Brain: Your Crowning Glory

Methods of Studying the Brain

The Divided Brain: Specialization of Function

The Endocrine System: The Body's Other Communication System

Genes and Behavior: A Case of Nature and Nurture

Application: Biofeedback Training: Learning by Listening to the Body

Sensation and Perception

Sensing Our World: Basic Concepts of Sensation

Vision: Seeing the Light

Hearing: The Music of Sound

Our Other Senses: Chemical, Skin, and Body Senses

Perceiving Our World: Principles of Perception

Application: Psychology and Pain Management

Consciousness

States of Consciousness

Sleeping and Dreaming

Altering Consciousness Through Meditation and Hypnosis

Altering Consciousness Through Drugs

Application: Getting Your Z's

Learning

Classical Conditioning: Learning Through Association

Operant Conditioning: Learning Through Consequences

Cognitive Learning

Application: Putting Reinforcement into Practice

Memory

Remembering

Forgetting

The Biology of Memory

Application: Powering Up Your Memory

Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Thinking

Language

Intelligence

Application: Becoming a Creative Problem Solver

Motivation and Emotion

Motivation: The "Whys" of Behavior

Hunger and Eating

Sexual Motivation

Emotions

Application: Managing Anger

Human Development

Prenatal Development: A Case of Nature and Nurture

Infant Development

Years of Discovery: Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Development in Childhood

Adolescence

Early and Middle Adulthood

Late Adulthood

Application: Living Longer, Healthier Lives

Personality

The Psychodynamic Perspective

The Trait Perspective

The Social-Cognitive Perspective

The Humanistic Perspective

Personality Tests

Application: Building Self-Esteem

Psychological Disorders

What Is Abnormal Behavior?

Anxiety Disorders

Dissociative and Somatoform Disorders

Mood Disorders

Schizophrenia

Personality Disorders

Application: Suicide Prevention

Methods of Therapy

Types of Psychotherapy

Biomedical Therapies

Application: Getting Help

Psychology and Health

Stress: What It Is and What It Does to the Body

Psychological Factors in Physical Illness

Application: Taking the Distress Out of Stress

Social Psychology

Perceiving Others

Relating to Others

Group Influences on Individual Behavior

Application: Compliance: Doing What Others Want You to Do

Appendices

Sample Answers to Thinking Critically About Psychology Questions

Statistics Appendix Features Concept Charts Try This Out Application Modules

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