Michael W. Passer,
University of Washington Ronald E. Smith,
University of Washington
ISBN: 0073382760 Copyright year: 2008
Whats New
Chapter 3: Biological Foundations of Behavior has been expanded to two chapters, Chapter 3: Genes, Environment, and Behavior; and Chapter 4: The Brain and Behavior, placing more emphasis on the biological foundations of psychology and allowing the authors to cover a lot of new material.
Chapter 11: Development has been reorganized so that the infancy-early childhood portion, when changes are rapid, is covered chronologically, and the later life sections are covered thematically.
Increased Emphasis on the Scientific Method. Chapter 2 has been revised to clarify and increase student engagement with this important content area, and includes a new, in-depth feature using the Scientific Method.
Experimental Design Diagrams, in conjunction with the Research Close-Ups in each chapter, reinforce the emphasis in the book on helping students to understand research. These diagrams explore the methodology used in the experiment and why.
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