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Psychology in Everyday Life
Fifth Edition| ©2020New Edition Available David G. Myers; C. Nathan DeWall
Best-selling authors David Myers' and Nathan DeWall’s briefest introduction to psychology speaks to all students regardless of their background or level of preparedness, with no assumptions made in the vocabulary, examples, or presentation. Students of all kinds are comfortable with the inclusive...
Best-selling authors David Myers' and Nathan DeWall’s briefest introduction to psychology speaks to all students regardless of their background or level of preparedness, with no assumptions made in the vocabulary, examples, or presentation. Students of all kinds are comfortable with the inclusive tone and the manageable, pedagogically-effective chapters. Instructors appreciate the authors’ encouraging students throughout to THINK critically, CONSIDER diverse perspectives, and IMPROVE their everyday life.
Psychology in Everyday Life is a complete and affordable resource for students at all levels. Dave Myers and Nathan DeWall work on the text and corresponding LaunchPad content so there is a tight connection between all aspects of the course. This edition is heavily updated to reflect the latest in psychological science and to further emphasize the value of thinking critically, considering diverse perspectives, and improving our everyday life. The following elements support this new theme in the fifth edition:
THINK CRITICALLY:
- New "Psychological Science in a Post-Truth World" section in Chapter 1, with its new companion animated tutorial in LaunchPad.
- "Thinking Critically About" infographics, with new companion activities in LaunchPad.
CONSIDER DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES:
- New coverage on topics related to diversity and inclusion, especially the significantly revised Chapter 4, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality.
- New historical timeline in Appendix F, with an emphasis on diverse voices.
- New classroom activities on topics related to diversity now included in the Instructor’s Resources.
IMPROVE YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE
- New Student Preface, "How to Apply Psychology to Live Your Best Life," focused on student success.
- New "Improve Your Everyday Life" feature throughout each chapter helps students apply psychology’s principles to their own lives.
- Assess Your Strengths activities in LaunchPad help make psychology’s concepts meaningful, memorable, and useful for students.
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Psychological science—for every student: THINK critically, CONSIDER diverse perspectives, and IMPROVE your everyday life.
Best-selling authors David Myers' and Nathan DeWall’s briefest introduction to psychology speaks to all students regardless of their background or level of preparedness, with no assumptions made in the vocabulary, examples, or presentation. Students of all kinds are comfortable with the inclusive tone and the manageable, pedagogically-effective chapters. Instructors appreciate the authors’ encouraging students throughout to THINK critically, CONSIDER diverse perspectives, and IMPROVE their everyday life.
Psychology in Everyday Life is a complete and affordable resource for students at all levels. Dave Myers and Nathan DeWall work on the text and corresponding LaunchPad content so there is a tight connection between all aspects of the course. This edition is heavily updated to reflect the latest in psychological science and to further emphasize the value of thinking critically, considering diverse perspectives, and improving our everyday life. The following elements support this new theme in the fifth edition:
THINK CRITICALLY:
- New "Psychological Science in a Post-Truth World" section in Chapter 1, with its new companion animated tutorial in LaunchPad.
- "Thinking Critically About" infographics, with new companion activities in LaunchPad.
CONSIDER DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES:
- New coverage on topics related to diversity and inclusion, especially the significantly revised Chapter 4, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality.
- New historical timeline in Appendix F, with an emphasis on diverse voices.
- New classroom activities on topics related to diversity now included in the Instructor’s Resources.
IMPROVE YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE
- New Student Preface, "How to Apply Psychology to Live Your Best Life," focused on student success.
- New "Improve Your Everyday Life" feature throughout each chapter helps students apply psychology’s principles to their own lives.
- Assess Your Strengths activities in LaunchPad help make psychology’s concepts meaningful, memorable, and useful for students.
Features
Trusted author team
Psychology in Everyday Life offers the quality of writing and resources that instructors and students can rely on. This quality extends to the supplements and media which are author-driven and integrated with the textbook. Both David Myers and Nathan DeWall bring their teaching and research experience into every page of the text and also into the activities in LaunchPad.
Affordable, complete survey of Introductory Psychology
Although the briefest of the Myers/DeWall texts, and one of Macmillan’s most affordable solutions, Psychology in Everyday Life offers a complete, college-level survey of the field. As they write, Dave Myers and Nathan DeWall continually ask themselves, "Would an educated person need to know this? Would this help students live better lives?" In addition, the robust and integrated instructor and student resources in LaunchPad provide a complete teaching and learning program for success in this course.
Assess Your Strengths
These LaunchPad activities allow students to apply what they are learning from the text to their own lives and experiences by considering key "strengths." Each activity starts with a personalized video introduction from the authors, connecting that strength to the content of the chapter. Next, students assess themselves on the strength (critical thinking, quality of sleep, self-control, relationship strength, belonging, hope, and more) using scales developed by researchers across psychological science. After showing students their results, the authors offer students tips for nurturing that strength in their own lives, followed by a quiz to help solidify learning (and make the activities assignable/assessable).
Effective learning
Myers and DeWall’s pedagogy follows best practices from learning and memory research. Their learning system in the text as well as in LaunchPad (including LearningCurve’s adaptive quizzing) harnesses the testing effect, which documents the benefits of actively retrieving information through regular testing with immediate feedback.
New to This Edition
New Student Preface, How to Apply Psychology to Live Your Best Life
Myers and DeWall’s new Student Preface has a broader focus on student success. Dave and Nathan were motivated to create this helpful resource after hearing from many instructors about the challenges of meeting students where they are, and the struggles that many students have making the adjustment to college courses. They know that helping students early on--especially in foundational courses such as this one--will give them a better chance of completing the course and ultimately their degree. Dave and Nathan have also heard directly from students who are eager to apply psychology’s findings to their own lives in an effort to achieve self-improvement and better life adjustment. The authors cover the following topics: Self-Care and Self-Improvement, Time Management and Study Tips, Social Life,and Finding Meaning and Pursuing goals.
New integrated theme of THINK Critically, CONSIDER Diverse Perspectives, and IMPROVE Your Everyday Life. Laid out in Chapter 1, this theme asks students to 1) THINK: Think critically, by examining sources and evidence before accepting arguments and conclusions. 2) CONSIDER: Consider other voices and ideas by being open to diverse perspectives. By engaging with people who differ from you, your world will be enriched. 3) IMPROVE: Use psychology’s evidence-based principles — on relationships, achieving success, handling stress, finding meaning, and much more — to improve your everyday life.
New "Improve your Everyday Life" and "In Your Everyday Life" Questions. These questions and applications, integrated throughout each chapter, build on a previous edition feature. They now more effectively help students relate the material to their own lives, and apply psychology’s principles toward better adjustment and self-improvement. When students make the material meaningful, it also becomes more enjoyable and memorable.
New Video Walk-Through of Ch. 1. This tour of Chapter 1 shows students how the text pedagogy can help them successfully learn the course content and also how the text and media work together.
With over 900 New Research Citations (dated 2015 - 2019)
As with any Myers/DeWall revision, this edition benefits from the authors’ wide reading and communications with colleagues and students, to include the most relevant new findings available, in a way that reaches all students. For a summary of changes chapter-by-chapter, visit here.
Heavily Revised Chapter 4, Sex, Gender and Sexuality. A lot has changed in the field of psychology since the last edition was written, especially in this fast-moving subfield. The authors sought extra reviews from experts and instructors and made extensive updates to this coverage. The authors worked to be appropriately inclusive and fully up-to-date in the presentation- representing the abundance of current research in this area, but also encompassing the lived experiences of many people, which may not be well represented in the literature.
New "The Story of Psychology: A Timeline". This new appendix offers a timeline that includes the many diverse contributions to psychology’s history."Thinking Critically About" infographics
This visual tool engages students in thinking critically about key psychological concepts (parenting styles, gender bias, sexual aggression, how to be persuasive, therapeutic lifestyle changes, and more). Now accompanied by NEW "Thinking Critically About" infographics in LaunchPad.
New Diversity-Focused Active Learning Activities in the Instructor’s Resources. New Classroom Exercises, Student Projects, Demonstrations, and Lecture/Discussion Topics focus on diversity in psychology and work well for think-pair-share, small group, and large group activities.
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David L. Roby, Texas Southmost College
"The authors have done an excellent job of associating what is learned in this text to students’ everyday lives."
Anita P. Tam, Greenville Technical College
"The authors have done a fantastic job in relating the concepts to real-life examples throughout the text. Even the pictures/graphics reflect real-world applications that are interesting and engaging."
"The graphics and illustrations are clear and engaging, especially the ones that highlight real life applications. The infographics, tables, and graphs are all helpful in clarifying the specific concepts being covered."
Jon Mandracchia, Missouri Western State University
"I really like the style in which it is written - it seems more "accessible" to the broad range of students who will take an intro level psychology course."
Angela B. Dortch, Ivy Tech Community College
"Cross-cultural facts, research, seem significantly, boldly woven into the chapter -- quite impressive."
"The ingenuity shown in the infographics cannot be understated. The illustrations, captions, photos, helps students connect to everyday experiences, daily realities."
"This illustration program is superior by far to other textbooks. The psychological concepts plus the definitions presented in the textbox with color highlight emphasizes location, and connection to specific chapter sections. The color schemes used in the Figures makes the info come alive. The Thinking Critically About infographic helps students use applied learning. It is one thing to memorize the definition of the availability heuristic, but the infographic hones in, asks students to think about info often stuck in our memory. Honestly, the pictures and captions entice the reader to know more, even prompts students to read to know more."
"The research and examples connect in myriad ways to current events, everyday psychology. In comparison to the chapter in my current text, the chapter eight research selections, the diverse pictures, infographics, illustrations, far exceed the current text. The care, the concern, to include such diverse features in the chapter make it easily usable internationally, globally."
Edie Sample, Metropolitan Community College
"The information is interesting and comprehensive and includes a keen balance of current and classic studies. The narrative is also conversational and readable. (I've always appreciated Myers' writing style.) Overall, the organization flows well."
Martin Lance, Forsyth Technical Community College and ECPI College
"The depth yet clear writing of this text is superior to my current textbook and I think would be more engaging to the students and more interesting to teach from for me."
"Very well organized by information and by visual appeal. I like the thoughtful questions throughout the text."
Kellie McCants-Price, Anne Arundel Community College
"The authors have done a great job making the topics in the chapter relevant to everyday life... It is certainly better than what is provided in the Open Stax text."
"The illustrations in the chapter are great!"
"Overall, I believe this is one of the best sex & gender chapters I have read in an introductory psychology textbook. The organization is great! I believe my students would enjoy the chapter."
Thelisa E. Nutt, Tarrant County College
"I believe students are getting their moneys worth with this textbook. I say that because of the chapter content & the appearance of the textbook. It reads really smooth. I love how while reading the chapter little tidbits of the authors were included."
Dann Hazel, Polk State College
"Just this year, I began to assign the videos on LaunchPad as required supplements to the chapter. I frequently hear praise about the videos."
Todd J. Smith, Morehead State University
"Every time an institution asked me to go to a different book I inevitably came back to this one. Students engage with this book. It has ease of reading without sacrificing content. It has good coverage of classics with good inclusion of modern science."
Jessica Fede, Johnson and Wale University
"The therapy chapter is a well written chapter. I believe you hit the essential topics that need to be included in an Introductory Psychology textbook on therapy. You include all the major theorist along with the various bio-medical techniques currently used. The chapter is easy to read and for students to understand. Students report that they like the subheadings and practice questions."
Andrea Brown, College of Southern Nevada
"I'm impressed and pleased with the applications to everyday life included in the chapter."
"I absolutely love the textbook! I've received positive feedback from my students and noticed improvements in grades since adopting Psychology in Everyday Life 3 years ago. The text works well in my courses because students do not find the readings intimidating and therefore some are more motivated to complete assigned readings. The study aides (e.g. Chapter Tests, Retrieve and Remember) included in each chapter help students with chapter quizzes and exams."
Carol Wilkinson, Whatcom Community College
"This book is economical, current, interesting, and easy to reduce in size for the quarter system. For 20 years now, I have appreciated Myers (and now DeWall's also) premises on how to write an intro book. I love how the sections are numbered so I can have students easily understand which sections to read or to skip."
Douglas Dinero, Onondaga Community College
"It is nice to see that much of the research cited is relatively recent, from the last 5-10 years. I also like how the citations are slightly smaller than the rest of the text, so they're not too distracting for those who aren't used to reading text with frequent citations. The neuroscience material can be difficult and boring to newcomers to psychology, but it is presented in a way that is interesting and relatable."
"I've always liked David Myers' style of writing since I took my first psychology class almost 20 years ago. I find it very readable and relatable. This abbreviated text works well with my community college students in that it presents a great deal of material in a digestible way, without sacrificing any of the intellectual rigor of the more comprehensive version. I also like how this book strives to relate the material to situations the reader is experiencing in their life. For many of my students, this is the only exposure to psychology they will get, so it helps to make it as relatable as possible."
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Psychology’s Roots, Big Ideas, and Critical Thinking Tools
Chapter 2 The Biology of Behaviorand Consciousness
Chapter 3 Developing Through the Life Span
Chapter 4 Sex, Gender, and Sexuality
Chapter 5 Sensation and Perception
Chapter 6 Learning
Chapter 7 Memory
Chapter 8 Thinking, Language, and Intelligence
Chapter 9 Motivation and Emotion
Chapter 10 Stress, Health, and Human Flourishing
Chapter 11 Social Psychology
Chapter 12 Personality
Chapter 13 Psychological Disorders
Chapter 14 Therapy
App A Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life
App B Psychology at Work
App C Career Fields in Psychology
App D Complete Chapter Reviewsa
App E Answers to Retrieve and Remember and Chapter Test Questions
App F The Story of Psychology: A Timeline
Authors

David G. Myers
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, an Honored Scientist award from the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences, an award for Distinguished Service on Behalf of Social-Personality Psychology , a Presidential Citation from APA Division 2, election as an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, and three 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 has authored five general audience books, including The Pursuit of Happiness and Intuition: Its Powers and Perils. And he blogs about psychology and life at TalkPsych.com.
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 HearingLoop.org). For his leadership, he has received awards from the American Academy of Audiology, the hearing industry, and the Hearing Loss Association of America.
David and Carol Myers met and married while undergraduates, and have raised sons Peter and Andrew, and a daughter, Laura. They have one grandchild, Allie.

C. Nathan DeWall
C. Nathan DeWall
Nathan DeWall is professor of psychology 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 College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award, which recognizes excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching. The Association for Psychological Science identified DeWall as a “Rising Star” early in his career for “making significant contributions to the field of psychological science.” He is in the top 1 percent of all cited scientists in psychology and psychiatry on the Institute for Scientific Information list, according to the Web of Science.
DeWall conducts research on close relationships, self-control, and aggression. With funding from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the John Templeton Foundation, he has published over 200 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, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Harvard Business Review, USA Today, National Public Radio, the BBC, and The Guardian. He has lectured nationally and internationally, including in Hong Kong, China, the Netherlands, England, Greece, Hungary, Sweden, Australia, and France.
Nathan is happily married to Alice DeWall and is the proud father of Beverly “Bevy” and Ellis. He enjoys playing with his golden retriever, Finnegan. As an ultramarathon runner, he completed numerous races, including the Badwater 135 in 2017 (dubbed “the World’s toughest foot race”). In his spare time now, he writes novels, watches sports, and plays guitar and sings in local rock bands.
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