Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behavior with In-Psych Cd-Rom and PowerWeb

by Passer, Michael W.; Smith, Ronald Edward

• ISBN13: 9780073228860
• ISBN10: 0073228869
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-29
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Summary

We Listened. You Want Science. You Want a Modern Framework. You Want an Easy Prep. You Want Passer/Smith. WE LISTENED: During the development of Passer/Smith, McGraw-Hill employees observed more than 150 hours of Introductory Psychology classes, hosted three national symposia, and commissioned and read over 200 reviews. From that, WE LEARNED:bull; You want to demonstrate to your students that Psychology is a science. Passer's Research Close-Ups in each chapter provide an inside look at research studies in a scientific journal format.bull; You want a framework that will help students tie all of the disparate concepts together and see the field of psychology in a modern way. Passer/Smith's Levels of Analysis feature does just that, by consistently showing the biological, psychological, and environmental causes of behavior.bull; You want all of your resources in one place so you can quickly and easily prep for each lecture. McGraw-Hill's PrepCenter provides all of our instructor resources in an easy-to-use, online site.The bottom line is that if you use Passer/Smith, you'll teach a dynamic, modern course with an organizing framework that reflects psychology as a science and that is easier to prep for than your present course.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY

CHAPTER 2 STUDYING BEHAVIOR SCIENTIFICALLY

CHAPTER 3 BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF BEHAVIOR: EVOLUTION, GENETICS,AND THE BRAIN

CHAPTER 4 SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

CHAPTER 5 STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

CHAPTER 6 LEARNING AND ADAPTATION: THE ROLE OF EXPERIENCE

CHAPTER 7 MEMORY

CHAPTER 8 LANGUAGE AND THINKING

CHAPTER 9 INTELLIGENCE

CHAPTER 10 MOTIVATION AND EMOTION

CHAPTER 11 DEVELOPMENT OVER THE LIFE SPAN

CHAPTER 12 PERSONALITY

CHAPTER 13 ADJUSTING TO LIFE: STRESS, COPING, AND HEALTH

CHAPTER 14 PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS

CHAPTER 15 TREATMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS

CHAPTER 16 SOCIAL THINKING AND BEHAVIOR