Psychology: Themes and variations, briefer version, 9e, International Edition helps you experience the excitement of this fascinating field, while helping you study and retain what you learn! Filled with practical ways that you can apply psychology to your everyday life, this best-selling psychology textbook is an experience in learning that you'll remember long after you complete your introductory psychology course. Critical Thinking Applications in every chapter give you specific critical thinking strategies you can apply to what you read. Every chapter of this book offers tools to help you focus on what's important and shows you how to study in ways that help you retain information...
The text is divided into 15 chapters, which follow a
traditional ordering. The chapters are not grouped
into sections or parts, primarily because such groupings can limit your options if you want to reorganize
the order of topics. The chapters are written in a way
that facilitates organizational flexibility, as I always
assumed that some chapters might be omitted or
presented in a different order
A variety of unusual features contribute, each in its
own way, to the book’s paradoxical nature. These special elements include unifying themes, Featured Studies, Personal Application sections, Critical Thinking
Application sections, Reality Checks, a didactic illustration program, an integrated running glossary,
Concept Checks, Key Learning Goals, interim Reviews of Key Learning Goals, and Practice Tests.
Psychology: Themes and variations, briefer version, 9e, International Edition helps you experience the excitement of this fascinating field, while helping you study and retain what you learn! Filled with practical ways that you can apply psychology to your everyday life, this best-selling psychology textbook is an experience in learning that you'll remember long after you complete your introductory psychology course. Critical Thinking Applications in every chapter give you specific critical thinking strategies you can apply to what you read. Every chapter of this book offers tools to help you focus on what's important and shows you how to study in ways that help you retain information...
The text is divided into 15 chapters, which follow a
traditional ordering. The chapters are not grouped
into sections or parts, primarily because such groupings can limit your options if you want to reorganize
the order of topics. The chapters are written in a way
that facilitates organizational flexibility, as I always
assumed that some chapters might be omitted or
presented in a different order
A variety of unusual features contribute, each in its
own way, to the book’s paradoxical nature. These special elements include unifying themes, Featured Studies, Personal Application sections, Critical Thinking
Application sections, Reality Checks, a didactic illustration program, an integrated running glossary,
Concept Checks, Key Learning Goals, interim Reviews of Key Learning Goals, and Practice Tests.
