Nathan Smith, OLC quizzes Nathan Grant Smith, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology in the Department of Psychology and Philosophy at Texas Woman's University. He received his Ph.D. from Virginia Commonwealth University and completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at Yale University School of Medicine. His research focuses on stress and coping, specifically among lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals and persons living with or at risk of contracting HIV. He is also active in conducting research on professional and training issues. His teaching focuses on statistical methods, psychometrics, professional issues, and counselor training. He is a member of the American Psychological Association and has served in several governance positions within the Association.
The Online Learning Center quizzes are student self quizzes in the form of Multiple Choice, True/False, and Fill-in-the-Blank questions that build on skills developed when students ready and study the text and use the Student Study Guide.
Mary Anne Taylor, CPS Mary Anne Taylor received her doctorate in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Akron in 1990. She conducts research on diversity-related issues, and focuses on issues involving older workers. She has taught Introduction to Psychology for 18 years and also teaches Testing and Legal Issues at the graduate level. She currently teaches at Clemson University.
The Classroom Performance System questions include a mix of factual and opinion questions designed to let an instructor immediately know, for example, with what content the class is struggling.
Edna Ross, Test Bank Dr. Ross received her Ph.D in Experimental Psychology from Kent State University. She has over 30 years teaching experience at the college/university level and is currently the Co-Director of the very popular introductory psychology course at the University of Louisville. Dr. Ross has been honored with numerous awards for teaching and student involvement at U of L including the College of Arts & Sciences Distinguished Teaching Award, the Disability Resource Center Faculty of the Year Award, the Delphi Center for Teaching and Learning Faculty Favorite Award, the Athletic Department’s Favorite Faculty Award, and the REACH Ambassador Faculty Award. She also serves as the Director of the MA Degree Program in General Psychology in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Louisville and is the Delphi Center for Teaching and Learning Fellow for Critical Thinking. Dr. Ross does numerous workshop presentations on using instructional technology in the classroom and on the development of student critical thinking skills. She is a member of the American Psychological Association and the Kentucky Psychological Association.
The Test Bank builds on the work done and questions asked in the Study Guide and online quizzes. There are 100-125 questions for each chapter.
Chad Burton, Student Study Guide Chad was introduced to psychology by Laura King as an undergraduate at Southern Methodist University (SMU). Having been introduced to the field by Dr. King, he has a unique understanding of the “appreciative view” this text communicates and sought to highlight that perspective in the study guide. In 2002, Chad completed his undergraduate degree at SMU with distinction in psychology, and continued his education at the University of Missouri where he received a Master’s degree and is currently completing his doctoral dissertation. Over the course of the last several years he has been involved in a variety of research on topics such as emotional expression, personal goals, intuition, and the use of stereotypes in person perception. Chad has presented some of his work at the annual meetings of the American Psychological Association (APA), the Association for Psychological Science (APS), the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), and the International Summit on Positive Psychology. He has also published work in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, the Journal of Research in Personality, and coauthored multiple book chapters. In addition to maintaining an active research program, he routinely interacts with undergraduate students in a variety of contexts including as a teaching assistant, guest lecturer in statistics and personality, and graduate advisor to Psi Chi (the national honor society for students of psychology).
The Student Study Guide approaches Chapters 1 and 2 with a thorough chapter outline and gradually weans the material in subsequent chapters. The idea is to shape students to know what needs to be included in a good chapter outline by demonstrating it in the first few chapters then removing material as the chapters--and students' study skills--progress.
Christopher K. Randall, Lecture PowerPoints Christopher K. Randall is an associate professor of psychology and currently serves as coordinator for the general psychology course at Kennesaw State University. He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from Wabash College and his MS and PhD in experimental psychology from the University of Kentucky. Prior to joining the faculty at KSU, he was a postdoctoral research scientist in the Center for Developmental Psychobiology and a lecturer in the Department of Psychology at Binghamton University. Chris also held a visiting faculty position at Mount Holyoke College prior to serving as an associate professor of psychology and department chair at Troy University's Montgomery Campus. His research and scholarly interests include comparative psychology, evolutionary psychology, and the teaching of psychology. Chris is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, the Midwestern Psychological Association, and the Human Behavior & Evolution Society.
The PowerPoint slides are lecture outline PPTs with most of the figures and tables from the text. The PPTs will have enough room for instructors to add his/her lecture notes, but will include enough information to use as-is. There will also be lecture notes that elaborate on the main points of the chapter. These speaker/lecture notes will include some classroom activities relating to the information on a slide.
Nina Tarner, Instructor's Manual and Test Bank Dr. Nina Tarner joins the Department of Psychology at Sacred Heart University as a tenure-track Assistant Professor. Dr. Tarner holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from Kansas State University and both an M.S. and a B.A. in Psychology from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. Most recently she was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She has served as an adjunct at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Towson State University, Central Penn College, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, as well as others. She was Visiting Assistant Professor at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania. She has made presentations at international and regional conferences, has published in Learning and Motivation, and is recipient of several research grants. Her areas of research interest include the ingestive behaviors in rats and conditioned flavor preferences. She has had considerable experience in supervising undergraduate and graduate research students.
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