Discovery Series: Introduction to Psychology

Discovery Series: Introduction to Psychology
Author: Rod Plotnik
Publisher:
Total Pages: 784
Release: 2012-03-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9781111842031

The Cengage Learning DISCOVERY SERIES: INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY is designed to deliver traditional course content in an innovative "hybrid" learning format--instruction presented in a printed book paired with integrated online applications and assessments. The program promotes measurable mastery of core course learning objectives by guiding students' active engagement with content delivered through the book, images, video, simulations, and assessments. This contemporary approach to learning seamlessly integrates text and technology, enabling students to easily move from the book's instruction to its online applications for a deeper, lasting understanding of the core psychological concepts, and for assessments that reliably track students' progress and performance.

Visualizing Psychology

Visualizing Psychology
Author: Siri Carpenter
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 641
Release: 2009-10-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0470410175

The second edition enables psychologists to gain a better understanding of what is unique and intriguing about this area of study. It follows a groundbreaking visual approach that helps them quickly and easily learn the subject. With numerous illustrations and graphics, the book brings complex concepts to life. The links between theory and application are also clearly presented. Psychologists will benefit from this visually-oriented look into the field because it’s more engaging than other resources.

Abnormal Psychology and Life

Abnormal Psychology and Life
Author: Christopher A. Kearney
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Mental illness
ISBN: 9781111344412

Chris Kearney and Tim Trull's ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY AND LIFE: A DIMENSIONAL APPROACH provides students with a concise, contemporary, science-based view of psychopathology that emphasizes the individual first and the disorder second. Through consistent pedagogy featuring clinical cases and real first-person narratives, the text illuminates our understanding that abnormal behavior--rather than being either present or absent--exists in everyone to some degree on a continuum from normal to pathological. By highlighting this widely accepted dimensional view--which places the behavior of an individual at the forefront of clinical assessment, prevention, definition, and treatment--the text's goal is to encourage students to become intelligent consumers of mental health information. With its emphasis on assessment and treatment as well as prevention, the book gives students the tools necessary to understand the precursors of abnormal behavior, overcome the stigma associated with it, and identify the real people classified as exhibiting it.

Personality Theories Workbook

Personality Theories Workbook
Author: Donna Musialowski Ashcraft
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2003
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780155050686

This unique workbook was written for the undergraduate Personality course where professors are looking for activities to help students learn and apply personality theories to real-life examples. The workbook is geared toward personality courses that are theories-based, as opposed to research-based. Because the cases explored are those based on normal behavior (as opposed to abnormal behavior), this workbook is especially useful. While most personality texts present the major concepts of personality theories, they don't help students apply the theories they have learned or to use the theories to understand other examples on their own. This workbook will help students do just that and is the perfect complement to any Personality text.

The Science and Practice of Clinical Psychology

The Science and Practice of Clinical Psychology
Author: Timothy J. Trull
Publisher: Thomson Learning
Total Pages: 628
Release: 2012-03-01
Genre: Clinical psychology
ISBN: 9780495508236

In language your students will understand and enjoy reading, Trull/Prinstein's THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY, 8E, International Edition offers a concrete and well-rounded introduction to clinical psychology. A highly respected clinician and researcher, Dr. Trull examines the rigorous research training that clinicians receive, along with the empirically supported assessment methods and interventions that clinical psychologists must understand to be successful in the field. This new edition of Trull's bestselling text covers cutting-edge trends, as well as offers enhanced coverage of culture, gender and diversity, and contemporary issues of health care. Written to inspire students thinking of pursuing careers in the field of clinical psychology, this text is a complete introduction.

Essentials of Testing and Assessment

Essentials of Testing and Assessment
Author: Ed Neukrug
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2010
Genre: Education
ISBN:

This undergraduate textbook examines how formal and informal tests are created, scored, and interpreted by mental health professionals when evaluating clients, and surveys the various techniques commonly used for assessing educational ability, intelligence, career and occupational aptitude, and clinical issues.

Psychology: An International Discipline in Context: Australian & New Zealand Edition

Psychology: An International Discipline in Context: Australian & New Zealand Edition
Author: Julie Ann Pooley
Publisher: Cengage Learning Australia
Total Pages: 902
Release: 2013
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780170218412

Introductory texts in psychology present an opportunity to discover reasons for human behaviour and address the issues which impact upon their behaviour. This first Australian and New Zealand adaptation of the well respected Psychology 9th edition, by Bernstein et al. continues to strike a balance between classical and contemporary topics with an easy to read, comprehensive, research-oriented approach. The text takes an active learning approach with the use of hallmark pedagogical features such as Linkages, Focus on Research Methods, and Thinking Critically. Features enriching this adaptation include research, issues and examples of psychology relevant to the Australian and New Zealand regional perspective; indigenous research; graduate attributes and psychological literacy sections; other cultural and international considerations, and extended online appendices for searching psychology databases and careers in psychology.

Conducting Research in Psychology

Conducting Research in Psychology
Author: Brett W. Pelham
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Total Pages: 356
Release: 1999
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780534357184

Chapter 1. HOW DO WE KNOW? Hands-On Activity 1: Galileo's Dice. Chapter 2. HOW DO WE FIND OUT? THE LOGIC OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY. Chapter 3. MOVING FROM FACT TO TRUTH: VALIDITY, RELIABILITY, AND MEASUREMENT. Chapter 4. HOW DO WE MISINTERPRET?: COMMON THREATS TO VALIDITY. Hands-On Activity 2: Regression Toward the Mean. Chapter 5. NON-EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DESIGNS. Methodology Exercise 2: Random Assignment. Chapter 6. EXPERIENCE CAREFULLY PLANNED: EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DESIGNS. Chapter 7. EXPERIENCE CAREFULLY EXPLOITED: QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DESIGNS. Chapter 8. RESEARCH DESIGN. Hands-On Activity 3: A Blind Taste Test with Popular Colas. Methodology Exercise 3: Interactions. Chapter 9. BEING A SUCCESSFUL RESEARCHER. Hands-On Activity 4: The Stroop Interference Effect. Chapter 10. A BRIEF COURSE IN STATISTICS. Chapter 11. TELLING THE WORLD ABOUT IT. Chapter 12. HOW TO DESCRIBE THE RESULTS OF STATISTICAL ANALYSES. Chapter 13. PUTTING YOUR KNOWLEDGE TO WORK: TWENTY METHODOLOLGY PROBLEMS. In Search of a Delicious, Lowfat TV Show. Let's Get Supernatural. Fly Away Home. Impressive Pickup Lines. Clever Who? Life Sucks and So You Die. On the Drawbacks of Liking Yourself. The Early Bird Sets the Win. Testosterone Makes Better Dive Bombers. Working Your Fingers to the Dean's List. To Thine Own Selves be True. A Rosy Mood by Any Other Name? Old Geniuses Never Die Young? Sampling Student Opinion. I'm Speechless. He May be Small But He's Slow. Everyone's a Winner. Can a Couple of Beers Really Go Straight To Your Belly. What's in a Name? Are You Threatening Me?

Contemporary Behavior Therapy

Contemporary Behavior Therapy
Author: Michael D. Spiegler
Publisher:
Total Pages: 672
Release: 2020-09-17
Genre:
ISBN: 9780357671290

This comprehensive, respected, and up-to-date survey of contemporary behavior therapy synthesizes the clinical, research, theoretical, and ethical facets of behavior therapy. Serving as both an introduction for novices and as a scholarly review and resource for more experienced users, CONTEMPORARY BEHAVIOR THERAPY, Sixth Edition covers all the major behavioral and cognitive therapies. The wealth of case studies illustrates the application of behavior therapy techniques to a wide array of problems and clinical populations. The book's multidisciplinary approach includes applications to diverse fields, including psychology, education, social work, nursing, and rehabilitation.