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Exploring Psychology in Modules

Eleventh  Edition©2019 David G. Myers; Nathan C. DeWall

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Get creative studying psychology and achieve greater success in retaining the information with Exploring Psychology in Modules. With fascinating findings and digestiable explanations, best-selling authors engage in storytelling to interest and immerse you in psychology's key principles, supporting students like yourself at each and every step. Emphasizing critical thinking and the process of inquiry, you'll learn how to put facts in the service of concepts and come away from the course with a greater appreciation for psychology's big ideas.

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Table of Contents

Thinking Critically With Psychological Science
Module 1: The History and Scope of Psychology
Module 2: Research Strategies: How Psychologists Ask and Answer Questions
 
The Biology of Behavior
Module 3: Neural and Hormonal Systems
Module 4: Tools of Discovery and Older Brain Structures
Module 5: The Cerebral Cortex and Our Divided Brain
Module 6: Genetics, Evolutionary Psychology, and Behavior
 
Consciousness and the Two-Track Mind
Module 7: Consciousness: Some Basic Concepts
Module 8: Sleep and Dreams
Module 9: Drugs and Consciousness
 
Developing Through the Life Span
Module 10: Developmental Issues, Prenatal Development, and the Newborn
Module 11: Infancy and Childhood
Module 12: Adolescence
Module 13: Adulthood
 
Sex, Gender, and Sexuality
Module 14: Gender Development
Module 15: Human Sexuality
 
Sensation and Perception
Module 16: Basic Concepts of Sensation and Perception
Module 17: Vision: Sensory and Perceptual Processing
Module 18: The Nonvisual Senses
 
Learning
Module 19: Basic Learning Concepts and Classical Conditioning
Module 20: Operant Conditioning
Module 21: Biology, Cognition, and Learning
 
Memory
Module 22: Studying and Encoding Memories
Module 23: Storing and Retrieving Memories
Module 24: Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Improving Memory
 
Thinking, Language, and Intelligence
Module 25: Thinking
Module 26: Language and Thought
Module 27: Intelligence and Its Assessment
Module 28: Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intelligence
 
Motivation and Emotion
Module 29: Basic Motivational Concepts, Affiliation, and Achievement
Module 30: Hunger
Module 31: Theories and Physiology of Emotion
Module 32: Expressing and Experiencing Emotion
 
Stress, Health, and Human Flourishing
Module 33: Stress and Illness
Module 34: Health and Happiness
 
Social Psychology
Module 35: Social Thinking and Social Influence
Module 36: Antisocial Relations
Module 37: Prosocial Relations
 
Personality
Module 38: Classic Perspectives on Personality
Module 39: Contemporary Perspectives on Personality
 
Psychology Disorders
Module 40: Basic Concepts of Psychological Disorders
Module 41: Anxiety Disorders, OCD, and PTSD
Module 42: Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar Disorder
Module 43: Schizophrenia and Other Disorders
 
Therapy
Module 44: Introduction to Therapy and the Psychological Therapies
Module 45: Evaluating Psychotherapies
Module 46: The Biomedical Therapies and Preventing Psychological Disorders
 
Appendix A: Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life
Appendix B: Psychology at Work
Appendix C: Career Fields in Psychology
Appendix D: Complete Chapter Reviews
Appendix E:
Glossary
References
Indexes

David G. Myers

David Myers received his B.A. in chemistry from Whitworth University, and his psychology Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. He has spent his career at Hope College, Michigan, where he has taught dozens of introductory psychology sections. Hope College students have invited him to be their commencement speaker and voted him "outstanding professor."

His research and writings have been recognized by the Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize, by a 2010 Honored Scientist award from the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences, by a 2010 Award for Service on Behalf of Personality and Social Psychology, by a 2013 Presidential Citation from APA Division 2, by his 2015 election as an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, and by three dozen honorary doctorates.

With support from National Science Foundation grants, Myers' scientific articles have appeared in three dozen scientific periodicals, including Science, American Scientist, Psychological Science, and the American Psychologist. In addition to his scholarly writing and his textbooks for introductory and social psychology, he also digests psychological science for the general public. His writings have appeared in four dozen magazines, from Today's Education to Scientific American. He also has authored five general audience books, including The Pursuit of Happiness and Intuition: Its Powers and Perils.

David Myers has chaired his city's Human Relations Commission, helped found a thriving assistance center for families in poverty, and spoken to hundreds of college, community, and professional groups worldwide. Drawing on his experience, he also has written articles and a book (A Quiet World) about hearing loss, and he is advocating a transformation in American assistive listening technology (see www.hearingloop.org). For his leadership, he received an American Academy of Audiology Presidential Award in 2011, and the Hearing Loss Association of America Walter T. Ridder Award in 2012.

He bikes to work year-round and plays daily pick-up basketball. David and Carol Myers have raised two sons and a daughter, and have one granddaughter.

C. Nathan DeWall

Nathan DeWall is professor of psychology and director of the Social Psychology Lab at the University of Kentucky. He received his bachelor’s degree from St. Olaf College, a master’s degree in social science from the University of Chicago, and a master’s degree and Ph.D. in social psychology from Florida State University. DeWall received the 2011 College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award, which recognizes excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching. In 2011, the Association for Psychological Science identified DeWall as a "Rising Star" for "making significant contributions to the field of psychological science."

DeWall conducts research on close relationships, self-control, and aggression. With funding from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation, he has published over 170 scientific articles and chapters. DeWall’s research awards include the SAGE Young Scholars Award from the Foundation for Personality and Social Psychology, the Young Investigator Award from the International Society for Research on Aggression, and the Early Career Award from the International Society for Self and Identity. His research has been covered by numerous media outlets, including Good Morning America, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Atlantic Monthly, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Harvard Business Review, USA Today, and National Public Radio. DeWall blogs for Psychology Today. He has lectured nationally and internationally, including in Hong Kong, China, the Netherlands, England, Greece, Hungary, Sweden, and Australia.

Nathan is happily married to Alice DeWall and is the proud father of Beverly “Bevy” DeWall and brand-new baby Ellis DeWall. He enjoys playing with his two golden retrievers, Finnegan and Atticus. In his spare time, he writes novels, watches sports, tends his chickens and goats, and runs and runs and runs. He has braved all climates—from freezing to ferocious heat—to complete over 1000 miles’ worth of ultramarathons.