Psychology

Psychology
Author: Richard A. Griggs
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2008-02-15
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9781429200820

The updated 2nd edition of this brief introduction to Psychology, is more accessible and ideal for short courses. This is a brief, accessible introductory psychology textbook. The updated 2nd edition of this clear and brief introduction to Psychology is written by the award-winning lecturer and author Richard Griggs. The text is written in an engaging style and presents a selection of carefully chosen core concepts in psychology, providing solid topical coverage without drowning the student in a sea of details.

Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Author: Paul Levy
Publisher: Worth
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-08-01
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9781319014261

Written by a leading researcher in one of the nation's top I/O programs, Paul Levy's text has long been acclaimed for its concise, research-based approach, personable writing style. The new edition again offers a thoroughly contemporary perspective on the field, with the latest research and new ways for students to explore what's happening in I/O psychology today.

Invitation to the Life Span

Invitation to the Life Span
Author: Kathleen Stassen Berger
Publisher: Worth Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-04-05
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9781429283526

Edition after edition, Kathleen Stassen Berger’s bestselling textbooks connect all kinds of students to current state of developmental psychology, in an engaging, accessible, culturally inclusive way. Berger’s Invitation to the Life Span does this in just 15 concise chapters, in a presentation that meets the challenges of exploring the breadth of the life span in a single term. The new edition of Invitation to the Life Span incorporates a wide range of new research, especially in fast-moving areas such as brain development and psychopathology, while taking advantage of innovative new tools for media-centered teaching and learning. But throughout, as always, the signature voice of Kathleen Berger ties it all together, with relatable explanations of scientific content, wide ranging cultural examples, and skill-building tools for sharper observation and critical thinking.

Media Essentials

Media Essentials
Author: Richard Campbell
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
Total Pages: 1226
Release: 2019-09-16
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 131926607X

A concise and affordable resource for the mass communication course, Media Essentials provides a flexible, informative, and relevant breakdown of what the media is, how it works, and how it impacts today’s most talked-about subjects. From #metoo to content streaming to social media and politics, students learn how a wide variety of recent developments have impacted the mass-media landscape—and how past innovation and change have informed our current media world. Media Essentials is available with LaunchPad, a robust online platform designed to help students fully engage with course content—and with the world of mass media. From our acclaimed LearningCurve adaptive quizzing, which helps students learn and retain concepts, to compelling features like an interactive e-book and a variety of entertaining and thought-provoking video clips, LaunchPad gets students connected with—and interested in—the information they need to succeed in class.

Psychology: A Concise Introduction

Psychology: A Concise Introduction
Author: Richard A. Griggs
Publisher: Worth
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-12-18
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9781319122621

This exceptionally concise volume offers a rich survey of the field’s fundamental research and concepts. The text also includes a robust media and supplements package for instructors and students, including LaunchPad. Richard Griggs has updated the book throughout, especially in the chapters on neuroscience, sensation and perception, learning, social psychology, and abnormal psychology—all while maintaining the book’s trademark brevity.

The Basic Practice of Statistics

The Basic Practice of Statistics
Author: David S. Moore
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages: 975
Release: 2010
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1429224266

This is a clear and innovative overview of statistics which emphasises major ideas, essential skills and real-life data. The organisation and design has been improved for the fifth edition, coverage of engaging, real-world topics has been increased and content has been updated to appeal to today's trends and research.

Environmental Science for a Changing World (Canadian Edition)

Environmental Science for a Changing World (Canadian Edition)
Author: Karen Ing
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
Total Pages: 577
Release: 2013-09-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 146418285X

Environmental Science for a Changing World captivates students with real-world stories while exploring the science concepts in context. Engaging stories plus vivid photos and infographics make the content relevant and visually enticing. The result is a text that emphasizes environmental, scientific, and information literacies in a way that engages students.

A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking

A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking
Author: Dan O'Hair
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2015-11-27
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1319019714

This best-selling brief introduction to public speaking offers practical coverage of every topic typically covered in a full-sized text, from invention, research and organization, practice and delivery, to the different speech types. Its concise, inexpensive format makes it perfect not only for the public speaking course, but also for any setting across the curriculum, on the job, or in the community. This newly redesigned full-color edition offers even stronger coverage of the fundamentals of speechmaking, while also addressing the changing realities of public speaking in a digital world. It features fully updated chapters on online presentations and using presentation software, and a streamlined chapter on research in print and online.

Real Essays with Readings

Real Essays with Readings
Author: Susan Anker
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
Total Pages:
Release: 2018-01-09
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1319126677

Real Essays puts essay writing in a real-world context, showing students that critical writing, reading, and thinking skills are both attainable and essential to student success. Real Essays helps students to connect the writing class with their real lives and with the expectations of the larger world. This new edition has expanded rhetorical situation coverage, emphasizing the rhetorical triangle (audience, purpose, and author), and helping students think and read more critically. In addition, even more situational writing from the workplace showcases how students will use writing beyond the classroom. Profiles of Success from former students, over forty professional and student readings (50% new), and proven step-by-step grammar and writing instruction, energize and encourage students while giving them the support they need. With a simplified design, this updated version of Real Essays helps students realize their goals and gives instructors the support and tools they need to help them reach those goals.

Statistics for Psychology

Statistics for Psychology
Author: Arthur Aron
Publisher: Pearson Education
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780205258154

Emphasizing meaning and concepts, not just symbols and numbers, 'Statistics for Psychology', 6th edition places definitional formulas center stage to emphasize the logic behind statistics and discourage rote memorization. Each procedure is explained in a direct, concise language and both verbally and numerically. Learning goals upon completing this book, readers should be able to know both definitional and numerical formulas and how to apply them. Understand the logic behind each formula. Expose students to the latest thinking in statistical theory and application. Prepare students to read research articles and learn how to use SPSS.