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LaunchPad for Scientific American: Presenting Psychology (Six Month Access)
First Edition| ©2016 Deborah Licht; Misty Hull; Coco Ballantyne
Presenting Psychology is a fresh, concise variation of the breakout bestseller Scientific American: Psychology, combining the communicative style of the world’s most respected science magazine with thoughtful immersive learning to help you reach all kinds of students. Authored by l...
Presenting Psychology is a fresh, concise variation of the breakout bestseller Scientific American: Psychology, combining the communicative style of the world’s most respected science magazine with thoughtful immersive learning to help you reach all kinds of students. Authored by longtime community college instructors Deborah Licht and Misty Hull alongside science journalist, Coco Ballantyne, the text centers on profiles and video interviews of 26 real people to help students better understand, remember, and relate to psychology’s defining concepts. Chapters also feature full-page Scientific American-style infographics which guide students through essential, often complex concepts step by step. Assessable versions of the videos and infographics, and additional author-created activities are available in LaunchPad, the book’s dedicated online course space. Together, the text and LaunchPad provide a seamless learning experience
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14 chapters. 26 ordinary people.
26 extraordinary stories your students will actually want to read.
26 extraordinary stories your students will actually want to read.
Presenting Psychology is a fresh, concise variation of the breakout bestseller Scientific American: Psychology, combining the communicative style of the world’s most respected science magazine with thoughtful immersive learning to help you reach all kinds of students. Authored by longtime community college instructors Deborah Licht and Misty Hull alongside science journalist, Coco Ballantyne, the text centers on profiles and video interviews of 26 real people to help students better understand, remember, and relate to psychology’s defining concepts. Chapters also feature full-page Scientific American-style infographics which guide students through essential, often complex concepts step by step. Assessable versions of the videos and infographics, and additional author-created activities are available in LaunchPad, the book’s dedicated online course space. Together, the text and LaunchPad provide a seamless learning experience
Features
Stories and Videos of Real People
Scientific American: Presenting Psychology chapters don’t merely highlight fascinating stories. Each one is a story, written in the style of a Scientific American article:
The authors conceived of this project as a truly integrated text/online resource from the outset, and have carefully aligned the book content, features and online assessments. From their scaffolded assignments in LaunchPad to the thousands of questions written for LearningCurve adaptive quizzing, they’ve created a learning experience which transitions smoothly between print and digital media.Infographics Clarify Concepts
These scientific storyboards combine engaging images and step-by-step explanations to unravel concepts that introductory students often find difficult to understand. Assessable Infographic Activities based on the text’s infographics are available in LaunchPad.New Feature! Apply This
This new feature asks students to think about psychological research in the context of their own lives and the world around them. Unlike traditional "boxes" that students often skip, Apply This! is a part of the chapter narrative, and might be based on a text section, an infographic, or any other chapter element.Thematic Features
From the Pages of Scientific American brings fascinating excerpts from Scientific American right into the textSocial Media and Psychology highlights contemporary research on the impact of Facebook, Twitter, and other social media applications on behaviorAcross the World highlights fascinating research on behavior variation across cultureNature and Nurture looks at twin studies, genetic research, and heritability studies to give students a sense of how heredity and environment shape human behaviorDidn’t See That Coming details unexpected, high-interest, and newsworthy developments related to the chapter’s theme Controversies examines debates over contemporary research and issues in the psychological community Think Again helps students improve their critical thinking by digging deeper into key concepts or deconstructing popular psychological myths Connections provides annotated cross-references to material in previous chapters to explain relationships among topics."Try This" offers students a quick applications exercise relevant to their understanding of experimentation in psychology.
LaunchPad
Built around the biggest issues classroom issues, LaunchPad gives students everything they need to prepare for class and exams, while giving instructors everything they need to quickly set up a course, shape the content to their syllabus, craft presentations and lectures, assign and assess homework, and guide the progress of individual students and the class as a whole.In LaunchPadAn interactive e-Book gives your students the resources they need to prepare for your class. Book-specific learning features are assignable and assessable, including:
Scientific American: Presenting Psychology chapters don’t merely highlight fascinating stories. Each one is a story, written in the style of a Scientific American article:
Chapters profile the real stories of people whose lives provide an ideal context for exploring core concepts in psychology.
Links and QR codes in the chapter take students to video interviews with the subjects (In Their Own Words and You Asked, They Answered), highlighting the relevance of course content to real lives.
In LaunchPad, assignable and assessable Video Profile Activities based on the interviews further reinforce the connection between the stories and important psychological concepts.
Digital Authorship Beyond the BookThe authors conceived of this project as a truly integrated text/online resource from the outset, and have carefully aligned the book content, features and online assessments. From their scaffolded assignments in LaunchPad to the thousands of questions written for LearningCurve adaptive quizzing, they’ve created a learning experience which transitions smoothly between print and digital media.Infographics Clarify Concepts
These scientific storyboards combine engaging images and step-by-step explanations to unravel concepts that introductory students often find difficult to understand. Assessable Infographic Activities based on the text’s infographics are available in LaunchPad.New Feature! Apply This
This new feature asks students to think about psychological research in the context of their own lives and the world around them. Unlike traditional "boxes" that students often skip, Apply This! is a part of the chapter narrative, and might be based on a text section, an infographic, or any other chapter element.Thematic Features
From the Pages of Scientific American brings fascinating excerpts from Scientific American right into the textSocial Media and Psychology highlights contemporary research on the impact of Facebook, Twitter, and other social media applications on behaviorAcross the World highlights fascinating research on behavior variation across cultureNature and Nurture looks at twin studies, genetic research, and heritability studies to give students a sense of how heredity and environment shape human behaviorDidn’t See That Coming details unexpected, high-interest, and newsworthy developments related to the chapter’s theme Controversies examines debates over contemporary research and issues in the psychological community Think Again helps students improve their critical thinking by digging deeper into key concepts or deconstructing popular psychological myths Connections provides annotated cross-references to material in previous chapters to explain relationships among topics."Try This" offers students a quick applications exercise relevant to their understanding of experimentation in psychology.
LaunchPad
Built around the biggest issues classroom issues, LaunchPad gives students everything they need to prepare for class and exams, while giving instructors everything they need to quickly set up a course, shape the content to their syllabus, craft presentations and lectures, assign and assess homework, and guide the progress of individual students and the class as a whole.In LaunchPadAn interactive e-Book gives your students the resources they need to prepare for your class. Book-specific learning features are assignable and assessable, including:
- Video Profile Activities based on the interviews with the chapter subjects
- Infographic Activities based on the book’s step-by-step illustrations of key concepts
- LearningCurve adaptive quizzing gives individualized question sets and feedback for each student based on correct and incorrect responses. All the questions are tied back to the e-book to encourage students to use the resources at hand.
- New! The Video Assignment Tool makes it easy to assign and assess video-based activities and projects, as well as providing a convenient way for students to submit video coursework.
- LaunchPad Gradebook gives a clear window on performance for the whole class, for individual students, and for individual assignments.
- A streamlined interface helps students manage their schedule of assignments, while social commenting tools let them connect with classmates, and learn from each other. 24/7 help is a click away, accessible from a link in the upper right hand corner.
- Optional pre-built chapter units, curated by the authors, can be used as is or customized. Or choose not to use them and build your course from scratch. LPunit.jpg
- Book-specific instructor resources include PowerPoint sets, textbook graphics, lecture and activity suggestions, test banks, and more.
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LaunchPad for Scientific American: Presenting Psychology (Six Month Access)
First Edition| ©2016
Deborah Licht; Misty Hull; Coco Ballantyne
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LaunchPad for Scientific American: Presenting Psychology (Six Month Access)
First Edition| 2016
Deborah Licht; Misty Hull; Coco Ballantyne
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction and Research Methodsdemonstrates how psychology was intensely relevant to the 33 Chilean miners who spent over two months trapped underground. Chapter 2: Biology and Behavior
interweaves psychological concepts with the story of Iraq War veteran Brandon Burns, who experienced a miraculous recovery from a brain injury, and Christina Santhouse, a young woman who has thrived in school, work, and life in general—after having an operation to remove nearly half her brain. Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception
tells the story of Elizabeth Hooker, a mother raising deaf and blind triplets. Chapter 4: Consciousness
offers a peek into the life of anesthesiologist Dr. Robert Julien, and explores the experiences of Matt Utesch, a young man with narcolepsy.Chapter 5: Learning
illustrates learning principles using basketball pro Jeremy Lin and blind marathon runner/triathlete Ivonne Mosquera. Chapter 6: Memory
tells the poignant tale of the amnesiac Clive Wearing and follows Dorothea Seitz, a memory expert, to the World Memory Championships.Chapter 7: Cognition, Language, and Intelligence
explores the cognitive breakdown of stroke survivor Jill Bolte Taylor and the reading difficulties of actor Orlando Bloom, who has dyslexia.Chapter 8: Human Development
details the lives of two community college students—Jasmine Mitchell, a single mother juggling education and career responsibilities with childrearing, and Chloe Ojeah, a young woman who cares for her aging grandparents in between classes and homework.Chapter 9: Motivation and Emotion
relates the life experiences of Mohamed Dirie, a young man who immigrated to the United States from Somalia, and Lucy Magnum, a child who survived a shark attack.Chapter 10: Personality
introduces the digital personality Tank, a robot receptionist at Carnegie Mellon University.Chapter 11: Stress and Health
details the experiences of a Eric Flansburg, a police officer, and Kehlen Kirby, an emergency medical services (EMS) provider.Chapter 12: Psychological Disorders
tells the story of Ross Szabo, a young man with bipolar disorder, and a Melissa Hopely, young woman with obsessive compulsive disorder.Chapter 13: Psychological Therapies
focuses on Dr. Daniel Foster, a therapist working on an Indian Reservation and Laura Lichti, a licensed therapist just beginning her career.Chapter 14: Social Psychology
explores the life of Olympic runner Julius Achon, who adopted 11 orphans from his homeland of Uganda, and relates the story of Joe and Susanne Maggio, a married couple who found each other via the Internet.Appendices
Introduction to Statistics
Careers in Psychology
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LaunchPad for Scientific American: Presenting Psychology (Six Month Access)
First Edition| 2016
Deborah Licht; Misty Hull; Coco Ballantyne
Authors

Deborah Licht
Deborah Licht is a professor of psychology at Pikes Peak Community College in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She has over two decades of teaching and research experience in a variety of settings, ranging from a small private university in the midwest to a large public university in Copenhagen, Denmark. She has taught introductory psychology, psychology of the workplace, abnormal psychology, the history of psychology, child development, and elementary statistics. She has experience in traditional, online, and hybrid courses, and is particularly inspired by first-generation college students who turn to community colleges to pursue their education. She received a BS in psychology from Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio; an MA in clinical psychology from the University of Dayton; and a PhD in psychology (experimental psychopathology) from Harvard University. She continues to be interested in research on causal beliefs and their influence on behavior, particularly in relation to how college students think about their successes and failures as they pursue their degrees.

Misty Hull
Misty Hull is a professor of psychology at Pikes Peak Community College in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She has taught a range of psychology courses at Pikes Peak Community College, including introductory psychology, human sexuality, and social psychology in a variety of delivery formats (traditional, online, and hybrid). Her love of teaching comes through in her dedication to mentoring new and part-time faculty in the teaching of psychology. She received her BS in human development and family studies from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, and an MA in professional counseling at Colorado Christian University in Lakewood, Colorado. She has served in a variety of administrative roles at Pikes Peak Community College, including interim associate dean, and coordinator of the Student Crisis Counseling Office. In addition, she has helped to facilitate the state system’s approach to teaching psychology, as the state psychology discipline chair of the Colorado Community College System from 2002 to 2010. One of her many professional interests is research on the impact of student persistence in higher education.

Coco Ballantyne
Coco Ballantyne is a New York–based journalist and science writer with a special interest in psychology. Before collaborating with Misty Hull and Deborah Licht on Scientific American: Psychology and Scientific American: Presenting Psychology, Coco worked as a reporter for Scientific American online, covering the health, medicine, and neuroscience beats. She has also written for Discover magazine and Nature Medicine. Coco earned an MS from the Columbia University School of Journalism, where she received a Horgan Prize for Excellence in Critical Science Writing. Prior to her journalistic career, Coco worked as a teacher and tutor, helping high school and college students prepare for standardized tests such as the SAT, GRE, and MCAT. She also worked as a physics and math teacher at Eastside College Preparatory School in East Palo Alto, California, and as a Human Biology course associate at Stanford University, where she earned a BA in human biology.


LaunchPad for Scientific American: Presenting Psychology (Six Month Access)
First Edition| 2016
Deborah Licht; Misty Hull; Coco Ballantyne
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First Edition| 2016
Deborah Licht; Misty Hull; Coco Ballantyne
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