Psychology: Concepts & Connections, Brief Version / Edition 9

by Spencer A. Rathus

Overview

The theme of this book is applying theories and research to learning and to contemporary life. In every chapter of PSYCHOLOGY: CONCEPTS AND CONNECTIONS, BRIEF VERSION, Ninth Edition, Spencer Rathus CONNECTS psychology to the real world and students' interests, to the field's latest topics and research, to great new multimedia tools, to innovative resources for teaching and learning, and to the proven PQ4R active learning approach. Rathus' warm and engaging writing style explains the fundamentals in ways that students can understand, and then goes a step further to show how those fundamentals relate to students' daily lives. Through Video Connections, Power Visuals, an Author Blog, and interactive pedagogy tied from the text to the book companion web site, this edition provides students with seamless integration of text and technology that will help them study efficiently and effectively.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781133049548
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	01/01/2012
Pages:	640
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Spencer A. Rathus received his Ph.D. from the University at Albany and is on the faculty of The College of New Jersey. His research interests include treatment of obesity and eating disorders, smoking cessation, human growth and development, methods of therapy, and sexual dysfunctions. He is the author of the widely used Rathus Assertiveness Schedule and has written several college textbooks, including PSYCH, HDEV, AIDS: WHAT EVERY STUDENT NEEDS TO KNOW, HUMAN SEXUALITY IN A CHANGING WORLD, ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY IN A CHANGING WORLD, and CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE: VOYAGES IN DEVELOPMENT.

Table of Contents

1. What Is Psychology? 2. Biology and Psychology. 3. Sensation and Perception. 4. Consciousness. 5. Learning. 6. Memory: Remembrance of Things Past--and Future. 7. Thinking, Language, and Intelligence. 8. Motivation and Emotion. 9. The Voyage Through the Life Span. 10. Personality: Theory and Measurement. 11. Stress, Health, and Coping. 12. Psychological Disorders. 13. Methods of Therapy. 14. Social Psychology.