Rod Plotnik and Haig Kouyoumdjian's modular, visual approach to the fundamentals of psychology makes even the toughest concepts engaging and entertaining. As the pioneer of the magazine style approach, each and every page of Plotnik's Introduction to Psychology, International Edition has been individually formatted to thoughtfully emphasizes Visual Learning, which involves the use of Visual Cues which helps students retrieve and remember information. Incorporating the latest research updates, the text breaks concepts down into small, easily digested chunks that allow students and instructors great flexibility in their approach to the subject. For students, this means the flexibility to learn at their own pace; for instructors, the flexibility to assign as much or as little as they like. This Ninth Edition expands upon Plotnik's commitment to teaching by extending the text's approach into its comprehensive ancillary package as well as a newly updated PowerStudy 4.5 DVD, a complete, interactive studyguide for Plotnik's text! INDICE: 1. Discovering Psychology. 2. Psychology and Science. 3. Brain's Building Blocks. 4. Incredible Nervous System. 5. Sensation. 6. Perception. 7. Sleep and Dreams. 8. Hypnosis and Drugs. 9. Classical Conditioning. 10. Operant and Cognitive Approaches. 11. Types of Memory. 12. Remembering and Forgetting. 13. Intelligence. 14. Thought and Language. 15. Motivation. 16. Emotion. 17. Infancy and Childhood. 18. Adolescence and Adulthood. 19. Freudian and Humanistic Theories. 20. Social, Cognitive and Trait Theories. 21. Health, Stress and Coping. 22. Assessment and Anxiety Disorders. 23. Mood Disorder and Schizophrenia. 24. Therapies. 25. Social Psychology. Appendix: Statistics in Psychology.
- ISBN: 978-0-495-90342-0
- Editorial: Wadsworth
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 768
- Fecha Publicación: 25/03/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés