Psychological Science: Modeling Scientific Literacy

Helping students become scientifically literate.

 

Psychological Science: Modeling Scientific Literacy helps students view psychology as a practical, modern science—and gives them the tools to better understand their world.

 

Organized around a scientific literacy model, the text’s content and features encourage scientific inquiry, prompting students to ask a series of scientific-minded questions about each topic. All aspects of the book—the topics covered, learning objectives, quizzes, even the modular format—have been developed to enable students to categorize the overwhelming amount of information they encounter, and to ignite their interest in psychological science.

 

To ensure that scientific literacy is at the core of the book, content and features are organized around a scientific literacy model asking students:

o        What do we know about this?

o        How can science help to explain this?

o        Can we critically evaluate the evidence?

o        Why is this relevant?

 

Teaching & Learning Experience

• Personalize Learning – The new MyPsychLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals.
• Improve Critical Thinking – Features have been carefully chosen to reinforce the development of complex thinking skills.
• Engage Students – Substantial end-of-chapter materials and the new MyPsychLab Video Series provide an interactive educational experience for students. YouTube links direct students to highly relevant and engaging video content.
• Explore Research – Research methodology is included and explored throughout the text to improve students’ scientific literacy skills.
• Understand Culture and Diversity - A Biopsychosocial Perspectives feature reminds students that behavior is affected by biology, individual thoughts and experiences, and social and cultural factors.
• Support Instructors - An Annotated Instructor’s Edition, Test Bank (both print and computerized), Interactive PowerPoints, and the new MyPsychLab Video Series are just some of the resources available which provide instructors with the ultimate supplements package.

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IN THIS SECTION:
1.) BRIEF
2.) COMPREHENSIVE

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BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:

 

Chapter 1: Introducing Psychological Science
Module 1.1: The Science of Psychology
Module 1.2: How Psychology Became a Science
Module 1.3: Putting Psychology to Work: Careers in Psychology and Related Fields

 

Chapter 2: Reading and Evaluating Scientific Research
Module 2.1:  Principles of Scientific Research
Module 2.2: Scientific Research Designs
Module 2.3: Ethics in Psychological Research
Module 2.4: A Statistical Primer

 

Chapter 3: Biological Psychology
Module 3.1: Genetic and Evolutionary Perspectives on Behavior
Module 3.2: How the Nervous System Works: Cells and Neurotransmitters
Module 3.3: Structure and Organization of the Nervous System

 

Chapter 4: Sensation and Perception
Module 4.1: Sensation and Perception at a Glance 
Module 4.2: The Visual System
Module 4.3: The Auditory System
Module 4.4: Touch and the Chemical Senses

 

Chapter 5: Consciousness
Module 5.1:  Biological Rhythms of Consciousness: Wakefulness and Sleep
Module 5.2: Altered States of Consciousness: Hypnosis, Meditation, and Disorders
Module 5.3: Drugs and Consciousness Experience

 

Chapter 6: Learning
Module 6.1: Classical Conditioning: Learning by Association
Module 6.2: Operant Conditioning: Learning through Consequences
Module 6.3: Cognitive and Observational Learning

 

Chapter 7: Memory
Module 7.1: Memory Systems
Module 7.2: Encoding and Retrieving Memories
Module 7.3 Constructing and Reconstructing Memories

 

Chapter 8: Thought and Language
Module 8.1: The Organization of Knowledge
Module 8.2: Problem Solving, Judgment, and Decision Making
Module 8.3: Language

 

Chapter 9: Intelligence, Aptitude, and Cognitive Abilities
Module 9.1: Measuring Aptitude and Intelligence
Module 9.2: Understanding Intelligence
Module 9.3: Heredity, Environment and Intelligence

 

Chapter 10: Lifespan Development
Module 10.1: Methods, Concepts and Prenatal Development
Module 10.2: Infancy and Childhood
Module 10.3: Adolescence
Module 10.4:  Adulthood and Aging

 

Chapter 11: Motivation and Emotion
Module 11.1: Hunger & Eating
Module 11.2: Sexual Motivation
Module 11.3: Social and Achievement Motivation
Module 11.4: Emotion

 

Chapter 12: Personality

Module 12.1: Contemporary Approaches to Personality 
Module 12.2: Cultural and Biological Approaches to Personality
Module 12.3: Psychodynamic and Humanistic Approaches to Personality

 

Chapter 13: Psychological Disorders
Module 13.1: Defining and Classifying Psychological Disorders
Module 13.2: Personality and Dissociative Disorders
Module 13.3: Anxiety and Mood Disorders
Module 13.4: Schizophrenia

 

Chapter 14: Therapies
Module 14.1: Treating Psychological Disorders
Module 14.2: Psychological Therapies
Module 14.3: Biomedical Therapies

 

Chapter 15: Social Psychology

Module 15.1: Social Cognition
Module 15.2: Social Influences
Module 15.3: Helping and Harming Others 

 

Chapter 16: Health, Stress and Coping
Module 16.1: Behavior and Health
Module 16.2: Stress and Illness
Module 16.3: Coping and Well-Being

 

Chapter 17: Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Module 17.1: Personnel Psychology: Hiring and Maintaining an Effective Workforce
Module 17.2: Attitudes and Affect at Work
Module 17.3: Leadership, Teamwork, and the Organization

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COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS:

 

Chapter 1: Introducing Psychological Science

 

Module 1.1: The Science of Psychology
The Scientific Method
Building Scientific Literacy
Module Summary

 

Module 1.2: How Psychology Became a Science
Psychology’s Philosophical and Scientific Origins
The Beginnings of Contemporary Psychology
Module Summary

 

Module 1.3: Putting Psychology to Work: Careers in Psychology and Related Fields
Professions in Psychology
Module Summary
Chapter In Focus

 

Chapter 2: Reading and Evaluating Scientific Research

 

Module 2.1:  Principles of Scientific Research
The Five Characteristics of Quality Scientific Research
Risky Paths to Truth: Anecdotes, Authority and Common Sense
Module Summary

 

Module 2.2: Scientific Research Designs
Descriptive Research
Correlational Research
Experimental Research
Module Summary

 

Module 2.3: Ethics in Psychological Research
Promoting Welfare of Research Participants
Ethical Collection, Storage, and Reporting of Data
Module Summary

 

Module 2.4: A Statistical Primer
Descriptive Statistics
Hypothesis Testing: Evaluating the Outcome of the Study
Module Summary
Chapter In Focus

 

Chapter 3: Biological Psychology

 

Module 3.1: Genetic and Evolutionary Perspectives on Behavior
Heredity and Behavior
Evolutionary Insights into Human Behavior
Module Summary

 

Module 3.2: How the Nervous System Works: Cells and Neurotransmitters
Neural Communication
The Chemical Messengers: Neurotransmitters and Hormones
Module Summary

 

Module 3.3: Structure and Organization of the Nervous System
Divisions of the Nervous System
The Brain and Its Structures
Windows to the Brain: Measuring and Observing Brain Activity
Module Summary
Chapter In Focus

 

Chapter 4: Sensation and Perception

 

Module 4.1: Sensation and Perception at a Glance
Sensing the World around Us
Perceiving the World around Us
Module Summary
 
Module 4.2: The Visual System
The Human Eye
The Visual Experience
Module Summary

 

Module 4.3: The Auditory System
Sound and the Structures of the Ear
The Perception of Sound
Module Summary

 

Module 4.4: Touch and the Chemical Senses
The Sense of Touch
The Chemical Senses: Taste and Smell
Module Summary
Chapter In Focus

 

Chapter 5: Consciousness

Module 5.1:  Biological Rhythms of Consciousness: Wakefulness and Sleep
What Is Sleep?
Why We Need Sleep
Theories of Dreaming
Disorders and Problems with Sleep
Module Summary

 

Module 5.2: Altered States of Consciousness: Hypnosis, Meditation, and Disorders
Hypnosis
Meditation and Déjà Vu
Disorders of Consciousness
Module Summary

 

Module 5.3: Drugs and Consciousness Experience
Commonly Abused Illegal Drugs
Legal Drugs and Their Effects on Consciousness
Habitual Drug Use
Module Summary
Chapter In Focus

 

Chapter 6: Learning

Module 6.1: Classical Conditioning: Learning by Association
Pavlov’s Dogs: Classical Conditioning of Salivation 
Processes of Classical Conditioning
Applications of Classical Conditioning
Learning without Awareness
Module Summary

 

Module 6.2: Operant Conditioning: Learning through Consequences
Processes of Operant Conditioning
Applications of Operant Conditioning
Module Summary

 

Module 6.3: Cognitive and Observational Learning
Cognitive Perspectives on Learning
Observational Learning
Module Summary
Chapter In Focus

 

Chapter 7: Memory

Module 7.1: Memory Systems
The Atkinson-Shiffrin Model
The Working Memory Model:  An Active STM System
Long-Term Memory Systems: Declarative and Procedural Memories
The Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory
Module Summary

 

Module 7.2: Encoding and Retrieving Memories
Encoding and Retrieval
Emotional Memories
Forgetting and Remembering
Module Summary

 

Module 7.3 Constructing and Reconstructing Memories
How Memories Are Organized and Constructed
False Memories: Constructing Memories of What Never Happened
Module Summary
Chapter In Focus

 

Chapter 8: Thought and Language

Module 8.1: The Organization of Knowledge
Concepts and Categories
Culture and Categories
Module Summary

 

Module 8.2: Problem Solving, Judgment, and Decision Making
Defining and Solving Problems
Judgment and Decision Making
Module Summary

 

Module 8.3: Language
What Is Language?
Language Development, Evolution, and the Brain
Module Summary
Chapter In Focus

 

Chapter 9: Intelligence, Aptitude, and Cognitive Abilities

Module 9.1: Measuring Aptitude and Intelligence
Achievement and Aptitude
Approaches to Intelligence Testing
Module Summary

 

Module 9.2: Understanding Intelligence
Intelligence as a Single, General Ability
Intelligence as Multiple, Specific Abilities
The Flynn Effect: Is Everyone Getting Smarter?
Module Summary

 

Module 9.3: Heredity, Environment and Intelligence
Intelligence and Heredity
Environmental Influences on Intelligence
Group Similarities and Differences in Test Scores
Beyond the Test:  Personal Beliefs Impact IQ Scores
Module Summary
Chapter In Focus

 

Chapter 10: Lifespan Development

Module 10.1: Methods, Concepts and Prenatal Development
Measuring Developmental Trends: Methods and Patterns
Prenatal to Newborns: From One Cell to Billions
Module Summary

 

Module 10.2: Infancy and Childhood
Physical Changes in Infancy and Childhood
Cognitive Changes: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory
Social Development: Attachment, Personality, and Reading Others
Module Summary

 

Module 10.3: Adolescence
Physical Changes in Adolescence
Cognitive Development: Thinking and Moral Reasoning
Social Development: Identity and Relationships
Module Summary

 

Module 10.4:  Adulthood and Aging
Physical Changes in Adulthood
Cognitive Development: Wisdom and Change
Social Development: Intimacy and Commitment
Module Summary
Chapter In Focus

 

Chapter 11: Motivation and Emotion

Module 11.1: Hunger & Eating
Physiological Aspects of Hunger
Psychological Aspects of Hunger
Disorders of Eating
Module Summary

 

Module 11.2: Sexual Motivation
Human Sexual Behavior: Psychological and Biological Influences
Sexual Orientation: Biology and Environment
Module Summary

Module 11.3: Social and Achievement Motivation
The Need to Belong
Achievement Motivation
Module Summary 

 

Module 11.4: Emotion
Biology of Emotion
The Psychological Experience of Emotions:  Competing Theories
The Role of Culture in Emotions
Module Summary
Chapter In Focus

 

Chapter 12: Personality

Module 12.1: Contemporary Approaches to Personality
The Trait Perspective
Behaviorist and Social-Cognitive Perspectives
Module Summary
 
Module 12.2: Cultural and Biological Approaches to Personality
Culture and Personality 
How Genes Affect Personality
The Role of Evolution in Personality 
The Brain and Personality
Module Summary

 

Module 12.3: Psychodynamic and Humanistic Approaches to Personality
The Psychodynamic Perspective
Alternatives to the Psychodynamic Approach
Humanistic Perspectives
Module Summary
Chapter In Focus

 

Chapter 13: Psychological Disorders

Module 13.1: Defining and Classifying Psychological Disorders
Defining Abnormal Behavior
Mental Health in the Public Sphere
Module Summary

 

Module 13.2: Personality and Dissociative Disorders
Defining and Classifying Personality Disorders
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Module Summary

 

Module 13.3: Anxiety and Mood Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Mood Disorders
Module Summary

 

Module 13.4: Schizophrenia
Symptoms and Types of Schizophrenia
Explaining Schizophrenia
Module Summary
Chapter In Focus

 

Chapter 14: Therapies

Module 14.1: Treating Psychological Disorders
Barriers to Psychological Treatment
Mental Health Providers and Settings
Evaluating Treatments
Module Summary

 

Module 14.2: Psychological Therapies
Insight Therapies
Cognitive, Behavioral, and Group Therapies
Can Therapy Be Harmful?
Module Summary

 

Module 14.3: Biomedical Therapies
Drug Treatments
Technological and Surgical Methods
Module Summary
Chapter In Focus

 

Chapter 15: Social Psychology

Module 15.1: Social Cognition
Person Perception
Stereotypes Prejudice and Discrimination
Module Summary

 

Module 15.2: Social Influences
Norms, Role, and Conformity
Group Influence and Authority
Attitudes and Actions
Module Summary

 

Module 15.3: Helping and Harming Others 
Empathy, Altruism, and Helping
Aggression
Module Summary
Chapter In Focus

 

Chapter 16: Health, Stress and Coping

Module 16.1: Behavior and Health
Smoking
Obesity
Psychosocial Influences on Health
Quick Quiz
Module Summary

 

Module 16.2: Stress and Illness

Physiology of Stress
Stress, Immunity, and Illness
Stress, Personality, and Illness
Module Summary

 

Module 16.3: Coping and Well-Being
Coping
Perceived Control 
Mediation, Relaxation, and Biofeedback
Nutrition and Exercise
Module Summary
Chapter In Focus

 

Chapter 17: Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Module 17.1: Personnel Psychology: Hiring and Maintaining an Effective Workforce
Job Analysis:  Understanding the Requirements for the Job
Selection: Hiring the Right People
Performance Appraisal
Module Summary

 

Module 17.2: Attitudes and Affect at Work

Employee Affect, Attitudes, and Job Satisfaction
Workplace Aggression
Module Summary

 

Module 17.3: Leadership, Teamwork, and the Organization
Finding and Producing Effective Leaders
Working in Teams
Module Summary
Chapter In Focus

HELPING STUDENTS BECOME SCIENTIFICALLY LITERATE.

• Working the Scientific Literacy Model sections within each module walk students through the steps of gathering knowledge, approaching the problem from a scientific standpoint, using critical thinking, and revealing applications.
• Work the Scientific Literacy Model section at the end of each chapter provides an opportunity for students to employ their newly acquired scientific literacy skills after viewing a brief video clip, available via YouTube or MyPsychLab.

PERSONALIZE LEARNING WITH MYPSYCHLAB

• The new MyPsychLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals.
• Comprehensive, current and cutting edge, the new MyPsychLab Video Series features 17 original thirty-minute videos covering the most recent research, science, and applications and utilizing the latest in film and animation technology.
• Experiments Tool – On-line experiments help students understand scientific principles and practice through active learning – thirty new experiments, inventories, and surveys are available through MyPsychLab.
• The Pearson eText allows students to access their textbook anytime, anywhere, and any way they want—including listening online or downloading to their iPad.
• A personalized study plan for each student, based on Bloom’s Taxonomy, arranges content from less complex thinking—like remembering and understanding—to more complex critical thinking—like applying and analyzing. This layered approach promotes better critical-thinking skills, and helps students succeed in the course and beyond.
• Assessment tied to every video, application, and chapter enables both instructors and students to track progress and get immediate feedback. With results feeding into a powerful gradebook, the assessment program helps instructors identify student challenges early—and find the best resources with which to help students.
• An assignment calendar allows instructors to assign graded activities, with specific deadlines, and measure student progress.
• Class Prep collects the very best class presentation resources in one convenient online destination, so instructors can keep students engaged throughout every class.

IMPROVE CRITICAL THINKING

• Quick Quizzes appear throughout the chapter and, like the Module Objectives, enable students to assess their understanding at the four levels.
• Module Opening Vignettes - Each module opens with a short vignette that emphasizes the personal and societal relevance of certain topics to be covered. The vignette concludes with questions that prepare the student to think critically about the module’s content.
• Working the Scientific Literacy Model sections within each module walk students through the steps of gathering knowledge, approaching the problem from a scientific standpoint, using critical thinking, and revealing applications.
• Work the Scientific Literacy Model section at the end of each chapter provides an opportunity for students to employ their newly acquired scientific literacy skills after viewing a brief video clip, available via YouTube or MyPsychLab.
• A personalized study plan is available in MyPsychLab for each student.  Based on Bloom’s Taxonomy, the study plan arranges content from less complex thinking—like remembering and understanding—to more complex critical thinking—like applying and analyzing. This layered approach promotes better critical-thinking skills, and helps students succeed in the course and beyond.
• End-of-Chapter Exams allow students to test their knowledge of the chapter content.

ENGAGE STUDENTS

• Module Opening Vignettes - Each module opens with a short vignette that emphasizes the personal and societal relevance of certain topics to be covered. The vignette concludes with questions that prepare the student to think critically about the module’s content.
• Myths in Mind feature sets the record straight about commonly held beliefs in a concise and informative way, with examples that are relevant to today’s students.
• A Chapter in Focus section at the end of each chapter reviews the module-opening focus questions, examines the major themes of the chapter, and ties chapter content to online videos, simulations, and experiments found in MyPsychLab.
• Psych@ feature reveals an everyday, personally relevant application of psychological science.
• Pearson eText - Psychological Science is designed with alternate delivery models in mind—highly visual, clearly laid out, and with integrated video and media, it is optimal for on-line reading and interaction. Students can access their textbook anytime, anywhere, and any way they want–including listening online or downloading it to their iPads.
• YouTube links in the book (to www.youtube.com/scientific literacy) direct students to highly relevant video content, with more recommended video resources available on MyPsychLab. 

EXPLORE RESEARCH

• Psychological Science helps students improve their scientific literacy skills. One of the emphases of the text is on the importance of having a basic understanding of research methodology in order to think critically within a scientific framework.
• Myths in Mind –Through examples that are relevant to today’s students, this feature sets the record straight about commonly held beliefs in a concise and informative way.

UNDERSTAND CULTURE AND DIVERSITY

• Biopsychosocial Perspectives feature reminds students that behavior is affected by biology, individual thoughts and experiences, and social and cultural factors.

SUPPORT INSTRUCTORS

• An Annotated Instructor’s Edition contains invaluable tools for teaching an introductory psychology course. Each chapter offers integrated teaching outlines to help instructors seamlessly incorporate all of the ancillary materials for this book into their lectures as well as to continuously foster scientific literacy.
• The new Annotated Instructor’s eText gives instructors easy access to videos, readings, and more within their eText. Found within MyPsychLab, it is the one location to find all available instructor resources.
• Print Test Bank and MyTest Computerized Test Bank: The test bank contains class tested and item analyzed questions, including multiple choice, fill in the blank, conceptual matching sequences, and essay questions. Test item questions have been also written to test student comprehension of select multimedia assets found with MyPsychLab.
• New Interactive PowerPoint Lecture Slides offer detailed outlines of key points for each chapter supported by interactive visuals. Separate Art and Figure presentations contain all art from the textbook for which Pearson has been granted electronic permissions.
• MyPsychLab offers students useful and engaging self-assessment tools, and provides instructors flexibility in assessing and tracking student progress. To instructors, MyPsychLab is a powerful tool for assessing student performance and adapting course content to students’ changing needs – without investing additional time or resources. New videos, experiments, BioFlix animations, eText, concept mapping, and assessments make MyPsychLab the most innovative teaching device for instructors.
• Comprehensive, current and cutting edge, the new MyPsychLab Video Series features 17 original thirty-minute videos covering the most recent research, science, and applications and utilizing the latest in film and animation technology.
• Experiments Tool – Instructors can assign on-line experiments to help students understand scientific principles and practice through active learning – thirty new experiments, inventories, and surveys are available through MyPsychLab. The tool will also allow instructors to collect global data.
• Create a Custom Text - For enrollments of at least 25, you can create your own textbook by combining chapters from best-selling Pearson textbooks and/or reading selections in the sequence you want.  To begin building your custom text, visit www.pearsoncustomlibrary.com. You may also work with a dedicated Pearson Custom editor to create your ideal text–publishing your own original content or mixing and matching Pearson content. Contact your Pearson Publisher’s Representative to get started.

Dr. Mark Krause received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at Central Washington University, and his PhD at the University of Tennessee in 2000. He completed a post-doctoral appointment at the University of Texas at Austin where he studied classical conditioning of sexual behavior in birds. Following this, Krause accepted a research fellowship through the National Institute of Aging to conduct research on cognitive neuroscience at Oregon Health and Sciences University.  He has conducted research and published on pointing and communication in chimpanzees, predatory behavior in snakes, the behavioral and brain basis of conditioned sexual behavior, and the influence of testosterone on cognition and brain function. Krause began his teaching career as a doctoral candidate and continued to pursue this passion even during research appointments. His teaching includes courses in general psychology, learning and memory, and behavioral neuroscience.   Krause is currently an associate professor of psychology at Southern Oregon University, where his focus is on teaching, writing, and supervising student research. He spends his spare time riding and racing his bike, cooking, reading, and enjoying Oregon's outdoors.

 

Dr. Daniel Corts received his B.S. in Psychology from Belmont University and his PhD in Experimental Psychology at the University of Tennessee in 1999.  He completed a post-doctoral position at Furman University for one year where he focused on the teaching of psychology. Corts is now Associate Professor of Psychology at Augustana College in Rock Island, IL, where he has been for over 10 years.  While in graduate school, he focused on language and gesture production.  He has since branched out to explore intentional forgetting, and has also published in the area of college student development. Corts also likes to conduct research in just about any topic his students wish to explore.  In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his two children, traveling, camping, and cooking.

 

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