Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behavior , 3/e
Michael W. Passer,
University of Washington Ronald E. Smith,
University of Washington
ISBN: 007313368x Copyright year: 2007
Whats New
Revised table of contents . The text now features 16 chapters, including separate chapters on "Language and Thinking" (Chapter 8) and "Intelligence" (Chapter 9). Expanded coverage of these crucial topics includes new sections on understanding and producing language, mental imagery, metacognition, and assessing intelligence in Non-Western cultures.
New coverage of statistics . A simple, non-intimidating discussion of statistics ("Analyzing and Interpreting Data") has been added to the chapter on research methods (Chapter 2), including subsections on being a critical consumer of statistics, basic descriptive statistics, and the logic behind inferential statistics.
Reorganized "Personality" chapter . Chapter 12 now conforms to most instructors’ preferred sequence, with psychodynamic and phenomenological-humanistic theories now preceding trait, biological, and social-cognitive perspectives.
Better balance in the development chapter . Coverage of adolescence and adulthood has been expanded slightly and brought into better balance with coverage of infancy and childhood. Students can now read about new topics relevant to their current lives, such as the psychological transition to adulthood.
New PowerPoint slides with embedded video clips have been added to a supplements package that includes three test banks (one with all conceptual questions), a much-lauded Instructor's Manual, video clips from The Discovery Channel, and much more!
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