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Discovering Psychology
Tenth Edition ©2025 Susan Nolan; Sandra Hockenbury Formats: Achieve, Read & Practice, E-book, Print
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Susan Nolan
Susan A. Nolan is Professor of Psychology at Seton Hall University in New Jersey, where she has been a 2020 College of Arts and Sciences Teacher of the Year. Susan has researched curricula and assessment in psychology education, the interpersonal consequences of mental illness, and the role of gender in science careers. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation. Susan was the 2021 president of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology. She also is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Association for Psychological Science. She holds an A.B. from the College of the Holy Cross and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University. Susan is fascinated by the applications of psychology to the “real world,” both locally and globally. She served as a representative from the APA to the United Nations for 5 years, and was a recipient of the Fukuhara Award for Advanced International Research and Service from the International Council of Psychologists. She was a 2015–2016 U.S. Fulbright Scholar in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where she and her husband have a home, as well as a 2023 U.S. Fulbright Scholar in Australia. An avid traveler, Susan uses the examples she encounters through these experiences in the classroom, in this textbook, and in the statistics textbooks that she co-authors.
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Sandra Hockenbury
Sandra E. Hockenbury is a science writer who specializes in psychology. Sandy received her B.A. from Shimer College and her M.A. from the University of Chicago, where she was also a research associate at the Institute of Social and Behavioral Pathology. Prior to co-authoring Psychology and Discovering Psychology, Sandy worked for several years as a psychology editor in both academic and college textbook publishing. Sandy has also taught as an adjunct faculty member at Tulsa Community College.
Sandy's areas of interest include positive psychology, cross-cultural psychology, and the intersection of Buddhist philosophy, neuroscience, and psychology. She is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), the Association of Psychological Science (APS), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Sandy is a member of the Board of Trustees of Shimer College and recently served as a volunteer with Nomads Clinic, a nonprofit organization that brings medical care to remote areas in the Himalayan regions of Nepal and the Tibetan Plateau.
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Summer 2026 Updates
- AI Skills Modules give students practical understanding of artificial intelligence through two interactive activities focused on responsible use and incorporating AI ethically into their coursework.
- Data Literacy Activities help students build confidence in analysing research, interpreting statistics, and applying data practices. Five new modules allow you to assign and assess these skills directly in Achieve.
- AI-Enabled Guided Quiz Review provides personalised formative feedback between quiz attempts, helping students identify gaps in their understanding and focus on mastering concepts, without adding extra work for you.
- Short-Form Writing Creator helps you turn videos, webpages, PDFs, articles, and other sources into meaningful writing assignments in minutes. Built-in AI can help create or refine prompts, generate rubrics, and evaluate student submissions against those rubrics.
Summer 2025 Updates
- Data Literacy Activities help students build confidence in analysing research, interpreting statistics, and applying data practices. These activities allow you to assign and assess these skills directly in Achieve.
What’s New in this Edition
- New Data Fluency Activities (in Achieve) help students understand and interpret data visualisations while addressing ethical and accessibility considerations.
- New Psychology at Work Feature appears in every chapter, with a dedicated photo and caption highlighting careers that use psychological concepts and demonstrating the practical application of psychology in the workplace.
- Chapter 10, Gender and Sexuality features updated language and content informed by comprehensive feedback from GLAAD and a variety of other sources. Updates include the latest research on changes in gender stereotypes and cognitive differences between genders, sexual diversity in nonhuman animal populations, and expanded research on intersex individuals, gender identity, and sexual orientation.
- Chapter 2, Neuroscience and Behavior begins with a new introduction that frames the content around four levels of analysis and includes a new section on methods used by neuroscientists.
- Expanded Introductory Psychology Video Collection includes more than 50 new videos, bringing the collection to over 200 clips from classic and contemporary sources, alongside engaging original content.
Authors
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Susan Nolan
Susan A. Nolan is Professor of Psychology at Seton Hall University in New Jersey, where she has been a 2020 College of Arts and Sciences Teacher of the Year. Susan has researched curricula and assessment in psychology education, the interpersonal consequences of mental illness, and the role of gender in science careers. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation. Susan was the 2021 president of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology. She also is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Association for Psychological Science. She holds an A.B. from the College of the Holy Cross and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University. Susan is fascinated by the applications of psychology to the “real world,” both locally and globally. She served as a representative from the APA to the United Nations for 5 years, and was a recipient of the Fukuhara Award for Advanced International Research and Service from the International Council of Psychologists. She was a 2015–2016 U.S. Fulbright Scholar in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where she and her husband have a home, as well as a 2023 U.S. Fulbright Scholar in Australia. An avid traveler, Susan uses the examples she encounters through these experiences in the classroom, in this textbook, and in the statistics textbooks that she co-authors.
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Sandra Hockenbury
Sandra E. Hockenbury is a science writer who specializes in psychology. Sandy received her B.A. from Shimer College and her M.A. from the University of Chicago, where she was also a research associate at the Institute of Social and Behavioral Pathology. Prior to co-authoring Psychology and Discovering Psychology, Sandy worked for several years as a psychology editor in both academic and college textbook publishing. Sandy has also taught as an adjunct faculty member at Tulsa Community College.
Sandy's areas of interest include positive psychology, cross-cultural psychology, and the intersection of Buddhist philosophy, neuroscience, and psychology. She is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), the Association of Psychological Science (APS), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Sandy is a member of the Board of Trustees of Shimer College and recently served as a volunteer with Nomads Clinic, a nonprofit organization that brings medical care to remote areas in the Himalayan regions of Nepal and the Tibetan Plateau.
Table of Contents
Product Updates
What’s New in Achieve
You can rely on Achieve to keep your teaching current, with continuous updates that reflect the latest developments in Psychology and the evolving needs of your classroom.
Summer 2026 Updates
- AI Skills Modules give students practical understanding of artificial intelligence through two interactive activities focused on responsible use and incorporating AI ethically into their coursework.
- Data Literacy Activities help students build confidence in analysing research, interpreting statistics, and applying data practices. Five new modules allow you to assign and assess these skills directly in Achieve.
- AI-Enabled Guided Quiz Review provides personalised formative feedback between quiz attempts, helping students identify gaps in their understanding and focus on mastering concepts, without adding extra work for you.
- Short-Form Writing Creator helps you turn videos, webpages, PDFs, articles, and other sources into meaningful writing assignments in minutes. Built-in AI can help create or refine prompts, generate rubrics, and evaluate student submissions against those rubrics.
Summer 2025 Updates
- Data Literacy Activities help students build confidence in analysing research, interpreting statistics, and applying data practices. These activities allow you to assign and assess these skills directly in Achieve.
What’s New in this Edition
- New Data Fluency Activities (in Achieve) help students understand and interpret data visualisations while addressing ethical and accessibility considerations.
- New Psychology at Work Feature appears in every chapter, with a dedicated photo and caption highlighting careers that use psychological concepts and demonstrating the practical application of psychology in the workplace.
- Chapter 10, Gender and Sexuality features updated language and content informed by comprehensive feedback from GLAAD and a variety of other sources. Updates include the latest research on changes in gender stereotypes and cognitive differences between genders, sexual diversity in nonhuman animal populations, and expanded research on intersex individuals, gender identity, and sexual orientation.
- Chapter 2, Neuroscience and Behavior begins with a new introduction that frames the content around four levels of analysis and includes a new section on methods used by neuroscientists.
- Expanded Introductory Psychology Video Collection includes more than 50 new videos, bringing the collection to over 200 clips from classic and contemporary sources, alongside engaging original content.
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