Psychology in Modules with Updates on DSM-5

by Myers, David G.

• ISBN13: 9781464164767
• ISBN10: 1464164762
• Edition: 10th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-02-05
• Publisher: Worth Publishers

Summary

This modules-based version of Myers’ best-selling, full-length text, Psychology, breaks down the book’s 16 chapters into 54 short modules. Myers was inspired to create this text by the memory research in chunking (showing that shorter reading assignments are more effectively absorbed than longer ones), as well as by numerous students and teachers who expressed a strong preference for textbooks with more, shorter chapters.

DSM 5 Updates
Available for Fall 2014 classes, this update version features new content from David Myers in response to the release of the DSM-5. This new content is integrated into the text without changing pagination or the structure of the chapters. A special DSM 5 Supplement by the David Myers is available for Fall 2013 and Spring and Summer 2014 courses.

View the Page-Referenced Guide to the DSM-5 updates for Psychology in Modules.

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Author Biography

David Myers received his psychology Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. He has spent his career at Hope College, Michigan, where he has taught dozens of introductory psychology sections. Hope College students have invited him to be their commencement speaker and voted him "outstanding professor."

His research and writings have been recognized by the Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize, by a 2010 Honored Scientist award from the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences, by a 2010 Award for Service on Behalf of Personality and Social Psychology, by a 2013 Presidential Citation from APA Division 2, and by three dozen honorary doctorates.

With support from National Science Foundation grants, Myers' scientific articles have appeared in three dozen scientific periodicals, including Science, American Scientist, Psychological Science, and the American Psychologist. In addition to his scholarly writing and his textbooks for introductory and social psychology, he also digests psychological science for the general public. His writings have appeared in four dozen magazines, from Today's Education to Scientific American. He also has authored five general audience books, including The Pursuit of Happiness and Intuition: Its Powers and Perils.

David Myers has chaired his city's Human Relations Commission, helped found a thriving assistance center for families in poverty, and spoken to hundreds of college and community groups. Drawing on his experience, he also has written articles and a book (A Quiet World) about hearing loss, and he is advocating a transformation in American assistive listening technology (see www.hearingloop.org). For his leadership, he received an American Academy of Audiology Presidential Award in 2011, and the Hearing Loss Association of America Walter T. Ridder Award in 2012.

He bikes to work year-round and plays daily pick-up basketball. David and Carol Myers have raised two sons and a daughter, and have one granddaughter to whom he dedicates the Third Edition of Psychology in Everyday Life.

Table of Contents

Preface
 
Introduction to the History and Science of Psychology
Module 1 The Story of Psychology
Module 2 Thinking Critically With Psychological Science
Module 3 Research Strategies: How Psychologists Ask and Answer Questions
 
The Biology of Mind
Module 4 Neural and Hormonal Systems
Module 5 Tools of Discovery and Older Brain Structures
Module 6 The Cerebral Cortex and Our Divided Brain
 
Consciousness and the Two-Track Mind
Module 7 The Brain and Consciousness
Module 8 Sleep and Dreams
Module 9 Hypnosis
Module 10 Drugs and Consciousness
 
Nature, Nurture, and Human Diversity
Module 11 Behavior Genetics and Evolutionary Psychology
Module 12 Culture, Gender, and Other Environmental Influences
 
Developing Through the Life Span
Module 13 Developmental Issues, Prenatal Development, and the Newborn
Module 14 Infancy and Childhood
Module 15 Adolescence
Module 16 Adulthood
 
Sensation and Perception
Module 17 Basic Principles of Sensation and Perception
Module 18 Vision and Perceptual Organization and Interpretation
Module 19 The Nonvisual Senses
 
Learning
Module 20 Basic Learning Concepts and Classical Conditioning
Module 21 Operant Conditioning
Module 22 Biology, Cognition, and Learning
 
Memory
Module 23 Basic Memory Concepts and Encoding
Module 24 Storage
Module 25 Retrieval
Module 26 Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Improving Memory
 
Thinking, Language, and Intelligence
Module 27 Thinking
Module 28 Language and Thought
Module 29 Introduction to Intelligence
Module 30 Assessing Intelligence
Module 31 Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intelligence
 
Motivation and Work
Module 32 Basic Motivation Concepts and Hunger
Module 33 Sexual Motivation and the Need to Belong
Module 34 Motivation at Work
 
Emotions, Stress, and Health
Module 35 Introduction to Emotion
Module 36 Expressed Emotion
Module 37 Experienced Emotion
Module 38 Stress and Health
Module 39 Promoting Health
 
Personality
Module 40 The Psychodynamic Perspective
Module 41 The Humanistic Perspective
Module 42 Contemporary Research on Personality
 
Social Psychology
Module 43 Social Thinking
Module 44 Social Influence
Module 45 Antisocial Relations
Module 46 Prosocial Relations
 
Psychological Disorders
Module 47 Introduction to Psychological Disorders
Module 48 Anxiety Disorders
Module 49 Dissociative, Personality, Somatoform, and Eating Disorders
Module 50 Mood Disorders
Module 51 Schizophrenia
 
Therapy
Module 52 The Psychological Therapies
Module 53 Evaluating Psychotherapies
Module 54 The Biomedical Therapies
 
Appendix A: Subfields of Psychology by Jennifer Zwolinski, San Diego State University
Appendix B: Complete Module Reviews