Psychology: An Introduction - Softcover

Lahey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072358297 ISBN 13: 9780072358292

Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill, 1998

Synopsis

A highly respected researcher, Lahey applies learning theory to this text and the result is a system that leads to student learning. Each chapter begins with an advanced organizer that tells the student what the chapter is about and gives him or her a "cognitive structure" on which to hang new information. Each main section is followed by a review to reinforce the cognitive structure, a self quiz to check the learning of facts and critical thinking questions to encourage deep processing. Each of the subsequent sections are tied together in a similar fashion and the chapter is summarized in a hierarchical outline at the chapter conclusion. In short, he tells them what he is going to tell them, then he tells them, then he tells them what he told them. This edition marks the introduction of visual reviews, increased technology utilization, and a new section on study skills. All of this adds up to a text that presents psychology in a way that instructors can trust and that students can learn.

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From the Publisher:

Visual 'advance organizer.' The opening page to each major section of the text now contains a visual overview of the conceptual organization of the information presented in that section. Studies have shown that viewing an advance organizer before reading a passage increases retention of the content of the passage.

· Increased coverage of positive psychology and evolutionary psychology, which are two of the hottest areas in psychology.
· New Information on developmental changes in the brain and their relations to changes in behavior and mental processes has been added to keep the book in step with the advances in psychology.
· PowerWeb is bound into the book, providing even more value to an already value-laden package. PowerWeb provides students with current articles, curriculum-based materials, weekly updates with assessment, informative and timely world news, refereed Web links, research tools, study tools, and interactive exercises. Each chapter ends with an exercise to help integrate this valuable tool.
· Proven pedagogical design -each chapter begins with an "advance organizer" that provides the student with a cognitive structure on which to hang new information. Section reviews reinforce the cognitive structure, self-quizzes check the learning of facts, and critical thinking questions encourage deep processing.
· Quality Research 'Ben Lahey is an experienced researcher who knows how to evaluate new evidence in psychology. This ensures accurate and timely scholarship that instructors can trust.
· Practice Tests are packaged with each copy of the text to help students in exam preparation and to aid in overcoming test anxiety.
· Study Skills Pre-Chapter is included to help students learn and apply good study habits that will lead to success in this and future courses.

About the Author:

Benjamin B. Lahey received his undergraduate training from Davidson College and his Ph.D. in experimental psychology from the University of Tennessee. He has taught at both community college and university levels, including the University of Georgia and the University of Miami, before joining the faculty at the University of Chicago. Ben is an award-winning teacher and a frequent speaker at the Annual National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology. He is also an active researcher on the behavioral and emotional problems of children; his research has been supported by the National Institute of Mental Health for many years. Ben was a representative of the field of psychology on the DSM-IV Child Disorders Work Group and a member of the US liaison group for the mental health section of the International Classification of Diseases. He was also the editor, with Alan E. Kazdin, of the first fourteen volumes in the annual series, Advances in Clinical Child Psychology, published by Plenum Press.

About this edition

• Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0072358297
• ISBN 13: 9780072358292
• Binding: Paperback