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Thinking About Psychology

Third  Edition©2013 Charles Blair-Broeker; Randal Ernst

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Written by a distinguished team of high school teachers, this new edition is thoroughly revised to reflect the APA’s recently updated National Standards for High School Psychology. Your students will benefit from the authors’ many years of working with high school students. And this new edition is sure to appeal to your students through a bold and contemporary design. The authors’ distinctive story-telling abilities will engage your students by speaking directly to the impact of psychology on their lives.

Table of Contents

1 Scientific Inquiry Domain
      Module 1 History and Perspectives in Psychological Science
      Module 2 Research Strategies
      Module 3 Psychology’s Statistics

2 Biopsychology Domain
   Biological Bases of Behavior
      Module 4 The Nervous System and the Endocrine System
      Module 5 The Brain
   Sensation and Perception
      Module 6 Sensation
      Module 7 Perception
   Consciousness
      Module 8 Sleep, Dreams, and Body Rhythms
      Module 9 Psychoactive Drugs
      Module 10 Hypnosis and Other States of Consciousness

3 Development and Learning Domain
   Life-Span Development
      Module 11 Prenatal and Childhood Development
      Module 12 Adolescence
      Module 13 Adulthood and Aging
   Learning and Language
      Module 14 Classical Conditioning
      Module 15 Operant Conditioning
      Module 16 Observational Learning
      Module 17 Language Development

4 Social Context Domain
    Social Psychology
      Module 18 Social Thinking and Social Influence
      Module 19 Social Relations
   Nature, Nurture, Culture, and Gender
      Module 20 Nature and Nurture in Psychology
      Module 21 The Psychology of Culture and Gender

5 Cognition Domain
   Memory
      Module 22 Information Processing
      Module 23 Forgetting and Memory Construction
   Thinking and Intelligence
      Module 24 Thinking
      Module 25 Intelligence and Intelligence Testing
 
6 Individual Variations Domain
   Motivation and Emotion
      Module 26 Motivation
      Module 27 Emotion
   Personality
      Module 28 Psychodynamic and Humanistic Perspectives on Personality
      Module 29 Trait and Social-Cognitive Perspectives on Personality
   Psychological Disorders
      Module 30 Introduction to Psychological Disorders
      Module 31 Anxiety and Mood Disorders
      Module 32 Dissociative, Schizophrenic, and Personality Disorders

7 Applications of Psychological Science Domain
   Treatment of Psychological Disorders
      Module 33 Psychological Therapies
      Module 34 Biomedical Therapies
   Stress and Health
      Module 35 Effects of Stress
      Module 36 Promoting Wellness
 
Appendix A: Careers in Psychology
Appendix B: Answers to Apply What You Know Questions

Charles T. Blair-Broeker

Charles Blair-Broeker taught at Cedar Falls High School (Iowa) for 36 years and now teaches part-time at Hawkeye Community College. Charlie has been involved in a number of American Psychological Association (APA) initiatives, including service as: • A member of the task force that authored the National Standards for High School Psychology Curricula; as the first elected chair of the Executive Board of Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS). • Co-editor of the fourth volume of the Activities Handbook for the Teaching of Psychology. • A member of the Steering Committees for the 2017 Summit on High School Psychology. Charlie also participated in the 2008 National Conference on Undergraduate Education in Psychology, and the 1999 National Forum on Psychology Partnerships. He has been a Test Developer, Question Leader, Rubric Master, Table Leader, and Reader for AP® Psychology since the test was first administered in 1992. He has given countless presentations about the teaching of psychology across the nation. Among his teaching awards are the Grinnell College Outstanding College Teacher Award, the University of Iowa Distinguished Teaching Award, and the APA Division 2 Teaching Excellence Award. The TOPSS Charles T. Blair-Broeker Excellence in Teaching Award was named after him in 2014, the same year he received an APA Presidential Citation for “exemplary efforts to promote high-quality instruction of and professionalism in teaching high school psychology.” He has been married for 40 joyous years to his wife Lynn. Together they keep up on the adventures of their kids Carl (married to Liz) and Eric (married to Brittany and father of Marin). Charlie plays pickleball most mornings with far more passion than precision.

Randal M. Ernst

Randal Ernst has been part of the high school psychology scene for more than 30 years. In 2017, American Psychological Association (APA) President, Antonio Puente, awarded Randy a Presidential Citation for “pioneering leadership of modern day pedagogy of psychology.” This honor was bestowed on Randy at the 2017 APA Summit on High School Psychology Education, an event Randy co-chaired. The APA’s Teachers of Psychology of Secondary Schools (TOPSS), which Randy helped found, recently honored him by establishing the “Randal M. Ernst Lecture”, given each year at the APA national convention. After serving on the initial AP® Psychology test development committee, Randy was the first high school teacher invited to be a Question Leader (and Exam Leader) at the AP® Psychology Reading. Randy has co-written articles published in numerous journals including American Psychologist, Teaching of Psychology, and The Oxford Review of Education. He has long been a proponent of flourishing, and coined the phrase “Positive Education” while preparing a presentation on teaching well-being with Marty Seligman for the Australian Department of Education. Randy has worked for years as a resilience trainer with the University of Pennsylvania and as a cultural proficiency trainer with the Lincoln Public Schools, which named Randy its Multicultural Educator of the Year in 2016. Additional honors include the NAACP’s Service to Children award, Nebraska’s Social Studies Educator of the Year award, Time-Warner’s “Crystal Apple” National Teacher Award, and his picture hangs in Broken Bow High School’s Distinguished Alumni hall of fame. The APA and the University of Nebraska have also recognized Randy for excellence in teaching. Randy’s bachelor and master’s degrees are from Nebraska Wesleyan University, and his doctorate is from the University of Nebraska. He is the proud father of Emily, Meredith, and Jocelyn.