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Look Inside Look Inside Psychology in Modules by David G. Myers; C. Nathan DeWall - Twelfth Edition, 2018 from Macmillan Student Store

In this version of Psychology, Twelfth Edition, David Myers and Nathan DeWall break down the new edition's 16 chapters into 53 modules, assignable in any sequence and brief enough to be read in one sitting. It’s a format favored by a wide range of students and instructors, one that’s supported by substantial research showing that students working with shorter reading assignments develop a deeper understanding of the material.

The new edition of Modules includes the same new features and content of　Psychology, Twelfth Edition, including hundreds of new citations and new infographics. And like Psychology, Twelfth Edition is more than ever a fully integrated text/media learning package, with the modular edition’s LaunchPad now featuring dozens of new Concept Practice activities.

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Trusted, fully engaged author team. David Myers’ partnership with coauthor C. Nathan DeWall matches two dedicated educators and scholars, each passionate about teaching psychological science through writing and interactive media.

Modular format. With its brief self-contained modules and teach-in-any-order organization, Psychology in Modules lets instructors teach exactly the material they want. For students, the modular format means more manageable reading assignments.

UPDATED "Assess Your Strengths" online activities. Now available with each chapter, the significantly revised Assess Your Strengths activities ask students to apply what they are learning from the text to their own lives and experiences by considering key "strengths." For each of these activities, the authors start by offering a personalized video introduction, explaining how that strength ties in to the content of the chapter. Next, they ask students to assess themselves on the strength (critical thinking, quality of sleep, self-control, relationship strength, healthy belonging, hope, and more) using scales developed by researchers across psychological science. After showing students their results, the authors offer tips for nurturing that strength in students’ own lives. Finally, students take a quiz to help solidify their learning.

How Would You Know online activities.

These online activities engage students in the scientific process, showing how psychological research begins with a question—and how key decision points can alter the meaning and value of a psychological study. In a fun, interactive environment, students learn about important aspects of research methods and analysis, such as random assignment, validity, and reliability.

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Psychology, Twelfth Edition is accompanied by its own dedicated version of Worth Publishers’ breakthrough online course space, which offers:

  • Pre-built Units for each chapter, curated by David Myers and C. Nathan DeWall, with media for that chapter organized and ready to assign or customize to suit your course.

  • All online resources for the text in one location, including an interactive e-book, LearningCurve adaptive quizzing, and the How Would You Know and Assess Your Strengths features

  • Intuitive and useful analytics, with a Gradebook that lets you see how your class is doing individually and as a whole.

  • A streamlined and intuitive interface that lets instructors build an entire course in minutes.

  • The complete and interactive e-book.

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  • A Personalized Study Plan, to guide students’ preparation for class and for exams.

  • Feedback for each question with live links to relevant e-book pages, guiding students to the reading they need to do to improve their areas of weakness.

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Over 1100 new citations to engage students and give them the most current view of the field.

New infographics in each chapter to engage students in thinking critically about key psychological concepts (parenting styles, gender bias, group polarization, therapeutic lifestyle changes, and more).

120 new “Concept Practice” activities available in LaunchPad offer an effective interactive way to help students understand basic information about the course's foundational ideas. Each brief activity (only five minutes to complete) addresses one or two concepts, in a consistent format—review, practice, quiz, and conclusion —in which each section must be completed before students can move forward.

Reduced length.  With more to do in the intro psych course—and with less time—the authors have reduced the length of this version to 53 modules (about 50 pages less than the previous edition).

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Table of Contents

Student Preface: Time Management—Or, How to Be a Great Student and Still Have a Life 　　　

The Story of Psychology

Module 1, What Is Psychology?

　　　　　　　 Thinking Critically About: The Scientific Attitude

　　　　　　　 Critical Thinking

Psychological Science Is Born

Psychological Science Develops

　　　　　　　 Contemporary Psychology

　　　　　　　 Improve Your Retention—and Your Grades

Thinking Critically With Psychological Science

Module 2, Research Strategies: How Psychologists Ask and Answer Questions

　　　　　　　 The Need for Psychological Science 　

　　　　　　　 The Scientific Method

　　　　　　　 Thinking Critically About: Correlation and Causation

　　　　　　　 Psychology’s Research Ethics

Module 3, Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life

　　　　　　　 Describing Data

　　　　　　　 Significant Differences

The Biology of Mind

Module 4, Neural and Hormonal Systems

　　　　　　　 The Brain: A Work in Progress

　　　　　　　 Neural Communication

　　　　　　　 The Nervous System

　　　　　　　 The Endocrine System

Module 5, Tools of Discovery and Older Brain Structures

　　　　　　　 The Tools of Discovery: Having Our Head Examined

　　　　　　　 Older Brain Structures

Module 6, The Cerebral Cortex, Plasticity, and Our Divided Brain

　　　　　　　 The Cerebral Cortex

　　　　　　　 Thinking Critically About: Using More Than 10 Percent of Our Brain

　　　　　　　 The Power of Plasticity: Responding to Damage

　　　　　　　 Our Divided Brain

Consciousness and the Two-Track Mind

Module 7, Basic Consciousness Concepts

　　　　　　　 Defining Consciousness

　　　　　　　 Studying Consciousness

　　　　　　　 Selective Attention

Dual Processing: The Two Track Mind

Module 8, Sleep and Dreams

　　　　　　　 Biological Rhythms and Sleep

　　　　　　　 Why Do We Sleep?

　　　　　　　 Sleep Deprivation and Sleep Disorders

　　　　　　　 Dreams

Module 9, Drugs and Consciousness

　　　　　　　 Tolerance and Addictive Behaviors

　　　　　　　 Thinking Critically About: Tolerance and Addiction

　　　　　　　 Types of Psychoactive Drugs

　　　　　　　 Influences on Drug Use

Nature, Nurture, and Human Diversity

Module 10, Behavior Genetics: Predicting Individual Differences

　　　　　　　 Genes: Our Codes for Life

　　　　　　　 Twin and Adoption Studies

　　　　　　　 Temperament and Heredity

　　　　　　　 Heritability

　　　　　　　 Gene-Environment Interaction

Module 11, Evolutionary Psychology: Understanding Human Nature

　　　　　　　 Natural Selection and Adaptation

　　　　　　　 Evolutionary Success Helps Explain Similarities

　　　　　　　 An Evolutionary Explanation of Human Sexuality

Module 12, Culture, Gender, and Other Environmental Influences

　　　　　　　 How Does Experience Influence Development?

　　　　　　　 Cultural Influences

　　　　　　　 Gender Development

　　　　　　　 Thinking Critically About: Gender Bias in the Workplace

　　　　　　　 Reflections on Nature, Nurture, and Their Interaction

Developing Through the Life Span

Module 13, Developmental Issues, Prenatal Development, and the Newborn

　　　　　　　 Developmental Psychology’s Major Issues

　　　　　　　 Prenatal Development and the Newborn

Module 14, Infancy and Childhood

　　　　　　　 Physical Development

　　　　　　　 Cognitive Development

　　　　　　　 Social Development

　　　　　　　 Thinking Critically About: Parenting Styles

Module 15, Adolescence

　　　　　　　 Physical Development

　　　　　　　 Cognitive Development

　　　　　　　 Social Development

　　　　　　　 Emerging Adulthood

Module 16, Adulthood

　　　　　　　 Physical Development

　　　　　　　 Cognitive Development

　　　　　　　 Social Development

Sensation and Perception

Module 17, Basic Concepts of Sensation and Perception

　　　　　　　 Processing Sensation and Perception

　　　　　　　 Transduction

　　　　　　　 Thresholds

　　　　　　　 Thinking Critically About: Subliminal Sensation and Subliminal Persuasion

　　　　　　　 Sensory Adaptation

　　　　　　　 Perceptual Set

　　　　　　　 Context Effects

　　　　　　　 Motivation and Emotion

Module 18, Vision: Sensory and Perceptual Processing

　　　　　　　 Light Energy and Eye Structures

　　　　　　　 Information Processing in the Eye and Brain

　　　　　　　 Perceptual Organization

　　　　　　　 Perceptual Interpretation

Module 19, The Nonvisual Senses

　　　　　　　 Hearing

　　　　　　　 The Other Senses

　　　　　　　 Sensory Interaction

　　　　　　　 Learning

Module 20, Basic Learning Concepts and Classical Conditioning

　　　　　　　 How Do We Learn?

　　　　　　　 Classical Conditioning

Module 21, Operant Conditioning

　　　　　　　 Skinner’s Experiments

　　　　　　　 Skinner’s Legacy

　　　　　　　 Contrasting Classical and Operant Conditioning

Module 22, Biology, Cognition, and Learning

　　　　　　　 Biological Constraints on Conditioning

　　　　　　　 Cognition’s Influence on Conditioning

　　　　　　　 Learning by Observation

　　　　　　　 Thinking Critically About: The Effects of Viewing Media Violence

Memory

Module 23, Studying and Encoding Memories

　　　　　　　 Studying Memory

　　　　　　　 Encoding Memories

Module 24, Storing and Retrieving Memories

　　　　　　　 Memory Storage

　　　　　　　 Memory Retrieval

Module 25, Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Improving Memory

　　　　　　　 Forgetting

　　　　　　　 Memory Construction Errors

　　　　　　　 Thinking Critically About: Can Memories of Childhood Sexual Abuse Be Repressed and Then Recovered?

　　　　　　　 Improving Memory

Thinking and Language

Module 26, Thinking

　　　　　　　 Concepts

　　　　　　　 Problem Solving: Strategies and Obstacles

　　　　　　　 Forming Good (and Bad) Decisions and Judgments

　　　　　　　 Thinking Critically About: The Fear Factor

　　　　　　　 Thinking Creatively

　　　　　　　 Do Other Species Share Our Cognitive Skills?

Module 27, Language and Thought

　　　　　　　 Language Structure

　　　　　　　 Language Development

　　　　　　　 The Brain and Language

　　　　　　　 Do Other Species Have Language?

Thinking and Language

Intelligence

Module 28, What Is Intelligence?

　　　　　　　 Is Intelligence One General Ability?

　　　　　　　 Theories of Multiple Intelligences

　　　　　　　 Emotional Intelligence

Module 29, Assessing Intelligence

　　　　　　　 Early and Modern Tests of Mental Abilities

　　　　　　　 Principles of Test Construction

Module 30, The Dynamics of Intelligence

　　　　　　　 Stability or Change?

　　　　　　　 Thinking Critically About: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Studies

　　　　　　　 Extremes of Intelligence

Module 31, Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intelligence

　　　　　　　 Twin and Adoption Studies

　　　　　　　 Environmental Influences

　　　　　　　 Group Differences in Intelligence Test Scores　　　　

What Drives Us: Hunger

Module 32, Basic Motivational Concepts

　　　　　　　 Instincts and Evolutionary Theory

　　　　　　　 Drives and Incentives

　　　　　　　 Optimum Arousal

　　　　　　　 A Hierarchy of Motives

Module 33, Hunger

　　　　　　　 The Physiology of Hunger

　　　　　　　 The Psychology of Hunger

　　　　　　　 Obesity and Weight Control

　　　　　　　 Thinking Critically About: The Challenges of Weight Control [NEW]

Module 34, Sexual Motivation

　　　　　　　 The Physiology of Sex

　　　　　　　 The Psychology of Sex

　　　　　　　 Sexual Orientation

　　　　　　　 Social Influences on Human Sexuality

Module 35, Affiliation and Achievement

　　　　　　　 The Need to Belong

　　　　　　　 Achievement Motivation

Emotions, Stress, and Health

Module 36, Introduction to Emotion

　　　　　　　 Emotion: Arousal, Behavior, and Cognition

　　　　　　　 Embodied Emotion

　　　　　　　 Thinking Critically About: Lie Detection

Module 37, Expressing Emotion

　　　　　　　 Detecting Emotion in Others

　　　　　　　 Gender, Emotion, and Nonverbal Behavior

　　　　　　　 Culture and Emotional Expression

　　　　　　　 The Effects of Facial Expressions

Module 38, Experiencing Emotion

　　　　　　　 Anger

　　　　　　　 Happiness

Module 39, Stress and Illness

　　　　　　　 Stress: Some Basic Concepts

　　　　　　　 Stress and Vulnerability to Disease

　　　　　　　 Thinking Critically About: Stress and Health

Module 40, Health and Coping

　　　　　　　 Coping With Stress

　　　　　　　 Reducing Stress

Social Psychology

Module 41, Social Thinking

　　　　　　　 The Fundamental Attribution Error

　　　　　　　 Attitudes and Actions

Module 42, Social Influence

　　　　　　　 Conformity: Complying With Social Pressures

　　　　　　　 Obedience: Following Orders

　　　　　　　 Group Behavior

　　　　　　　 Thinking Critically About: The Internet as Social Amplifier

Module 43, Antisocial Relations

　　　　　　　 Prejudice

　　　　　　　 Aggression

Module 44, Prosocial Relations

　　　　　　　 Attraction

　　　　　　　 Altruism

　　　　　　　 Peacemaking

Personality

Module 45, Introduction to Personality and Psychodynamic Theories

　　　　　　　 What Is Personality?

　　　　　　　 Psychodynamic Theories

Module 46, Humanistic Theories and Trait Theories

　　　　　　　 Humanistic Theories

　　　　　　　 Trait Theories

　　　　　　　 Thinking Critically About: The Stigma of Introversion

Module 47, Social-Cognitive Theories and the Self

　　　　　　　 Social-Cognitive Theories

　　　　　　　 Exploring the Self

Psychological Disorders

Module 48, Introduction to Psychological Disorders

　　　　　　　 Defining Psychological Disorders

　　　　　　　 Understanding Psychological Disorders

　　　　　　　 Classifying Disorders—and Labeling People

　　　　　　　 Thinking Critically About: ADHD—Normal High Energy or Disordered Behavior?

　　　　　　　 Does Disorder Equal Danger?

　　　　　　　 Rates of Psychological Disorders

Module 49, Anxiety Disorders, OCD, and PTSD

　　　　　　　 Anxiety Disorders

　　　　　　　 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

　　　　　　　 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

　　　　　　　 Understanding Anxiety Disorders, OCD, and PTSD

Module 50, Depressive Disorders and Bipolar Disorder

　　　　　　　 Major Depressive Disorder

　　　　　　　 Bipolar Disorder

　　　　　　　 Understanding Depressive Disorders and Bipolar Disorder

Module 51, Schizophrenia

　　　　　　　 Symptoms of Schizophrenia

　　　　　　　 Onset and Development of Schizophrenia

　　　　　　　 Understanding Schizophrenia

Module 52, Dissociative, Personality, and Eating Disorders

　　　　　　　 Dissociative Disorders

　　　　　　　 Personality Disorders

　　　　　　　 Eating Disorders

　　　　　　　 Therapy

Module 53, Introduction to Therapy and the Psychological Therapies

　　　　　　　 Treating Psychological Disorders

　　　　　　　 Psychoanalysis and Psychodynamic Therapies

　　　　　　　 Humanistic Therapies

　　　　　　　 Behavior Therapies

　　　　　　　 Cognitive Therapies

　　　　　　　 Group and Family Therapies

Module 54, Evaluating Psychotherapies

　　　　　　　 Is Psychotherapy Effective?

　　　　　　　 Which Psychotherapies Work Best?

　　　　　　　 Evaluating Alternative Therapies

　　　　　　　 How Do Psychotherapies Help People?

　　　　　　　 Culture and Values in Psychotherapy

　　　　　　　 Finding a Mental Health Professional

Module 55, Biomedical Therapies and Preventing Psychological Disorders

　　　　　　　 Thinking Critically About: Therapeutic Lifestyle Change

　　　　　　　 Drug Therapies

　　　　　　　 Brain Stimulation

　　　　　　　 Psychosurgery

　　　　　　　 Preventing Psychological Disorders and Building Resilience

Appendix A 　　Psychology at Work

Appendix B 　　Career Fields in Psychology, by Jennifer Zwolinski

Appendix C 　　Complete Module Reviews

Appendix D 　　Answers to Master the Material Questions

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 also has authored five general audience books, including The Pursuit of Happiness and Intuition: Its Powers and Perils.

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 www.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.

Nathan C. 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 two golden retrievers, Finnegan and Atticus. 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 a rock band called Roar Shock.

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