Understanding Psychology 13th Edition
by Robert Feldman (Author)

Description
 
Using a revolutionary revision process, Understanding Psychology is a fully integrated learning system that brings the “Students First” goal to a new level. With the adaptive learning program, SmartBook, every student has a unique experience personalized to their needs.
The new edition has continued to use the “HeatMap” technology to advise the revision. Systematic and precise feedback from thousands of students was anonymously collected using LearnSmart™.  Because virtually every paragraph in the previous edition is tied to several questions students answer in LearnSmart, the author was able to see where students struggled most…the “hot spots”…and in turn refine and update these areas to be more clear, more concise, and more impactful.
The 13th edition continues with Feldman's accessible pedagogy and hallmark research, as well as his modules-within-chapters format that is both manageable for students and allows every professor the flexibility to assign and cover what they want.
 
Contents
 
Chapter 1: Introduction to Psychology MODULE 1: Psychologists at Work MODULE 2: A Science Evolves: The Past, the Present, and the Future MODULE 3: Research in Psychology MODULE 4: Critical Research IssuesChapter 2: Neuroscience and Behavior MODULE 5: Neurons: The Basic Elements MODULE 6: The Nervous System and the Endocrine System: Communicating Within the Body MODULE 7: The BrainChapter 3: Sensation and Perception MODULE 8: Sensing the World Around Us MODULE 9: Vision: Shedding Light on the Eye MODULE 10: Hearing and the Other Senses MODULE 11: Perceptual Organization: Constructing Our View of the WorldChapter 4: States of Consciousness MODULE 12: Sleep and Dreams MODULE 13: Hypnosis and Meditation MODULE 14: Drug Use: The Highs and Lows of ConsciousnessChapter 5: Learning MODULE 15: Classical Conditioning MODULE 16: Operant Conditioning MODULE 17: Cognitive Approaches to LearningChapter 6: Memory MODULE 18: The Foundations of Memory MODULE 19: Recalling Long-Term Memories MODULE 20: Forgetting: When Memory FailsChapter 7: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence MODULE 21: Thinking and Reasoning MODULE 22: Language MODULE 23: IntelligenceChapter 8: Motivation and Emotion MODULE 24: Explaining Motivation MODULE 25: Human Needs and Motivation: Eat, Drink, and Be Daring MODULE 26: Understanding Emotional ExperiencesChapter 9: Development MODULE 27: Nature and Nurture: The Enduring Developmental Issue MODULE 28: Infancy and Childhood MODULE 29: Adolescence: Becoming an Adult MODULE 30: AdulthoodChapter 10: Personality MODULE 31: Psychodynamic Approaches to Personality MODULE 32: Trait, Learning, Biological and Evolutionary, and Humanistic Approaches to Personality MODULE 33: Assessing Personality: Determining What Makes Us DistinctiveChapter 11: Health Psychology: Stress, Coping, and Well-Being MODULE 34: Stress and Coping MODULE 35: Psychological Aspects of Illness and Well-Being MODULE 36: Promoting Health and WellnessChapter 12: Psychological Disorders MODULE 37: Normal Versus Abnormal: Making the Distinction MODULE 38: The Major Psychological Disorders MODULE 39: Psychological Disorders in PerspectiveChapter 13: Treatment of Psychological Disorders MODULE 40: Psychotherapy: Psychodynamic, Behavioral, and Cognitive Approaches to Treatment MODULE 41: Psychotherapy: Humanistic, Interpersonal, and Group Approaches to Treatment MODULE 42: Biomedical Therapy: Biological Approaches to TreatmentChapter 14: Social Psychology MODULE 43: Attitudes and Social Cognition MODULE 44: Social Influence and Groups MODULE 45: Prejudice and Discrimination MODULE 46: Positive and Negative Social BehaviorEPILOGUE: Diversity, Culture, Conflict, and CooperationMHE CONNECT: McGraw-Hill Education Psychology APA Documentation Style Guide