Scientific American: Presenting Psychology

Third Edition

Publication Date: March 01, 2022

Paperback ISBN: 9781319247201

Pages: 752

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Remarkable stories. Memorable psychology. Shaped for the classroom in the style of the world’s bestselling science magazine.

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CHAPTER 0 Are You Ready for This?
CHAPTER 1 Introduction to the Science of Psychology
CHAPTER 2 Biology and Behavior
CHAPTER 3 Sensation and Perception
CHAPTER 4 Consciousness
CHAPTER 5 Learning
CHAPTER 6 Memory
CHAPTER 7 Cognition, Language, and Intelligence
CHAPTER 8 Human Development
CHAPTER 9 Motivation and Emotion
CHAPTER 10 Personality
CHAPTER 11 Social Psychology
CHAPTER 12 Stress and Health
CHAPTER 13 Psychological Disorders
CHAPTER 14 Treatment of Psychological Disorders
ONLINE APPENDIX A Introduction to Statistics
ONLINE APPENDIX B Careers in Psychology

Presenting Psychology is filled with high-interest examples and features, including full-page infographics and seven distinct thematic features that help students understand and retain key concepts.

The unique “Chapter 0: Are You Ready For This?” provides students with a general sense of what the science of psychology is (and isn’t), a quick test of their current knowledge of psychology, why the discipline matters to all of us, the importance of critical thinking skills, and how to get the most out of the field of psychology.

Integrated Stories are woven throughout the chapters with accompanying Video Profiles in Achieve. These memorable examples were selected to represent people from all walks of life. Their experiences help students understand and apply psychological concepts.

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Introductory Psychology Video Collection
This extraordinary new video collection features over 120 in-demand clips from high-quality sources—classic and contemporary— as well as engaging original content. It’s a remarkably diverse and relevant resource, developed in partnership with a faculty and student advisory board, and encompassing such captivating topics as COVID and stress, Alzheimer’s, loneliness & the brain, Black Lives Matter/racial trauma & racial bias, online dating, and topics related to transgender youth. Videos are closed-captioned with warnings for sensitive content, and each clip includes assignable assessments, with results reporting into the Achieve gradebook.

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A new integrated story and Online Video Profile in Chapter 1 introduces the story of the Thai soccer team that became trapped in a cave in 2018 and their resilience

In Chapter 12, Stress and Health, a new integrated story and Online Video Profile about emergency room nurse Kaynen Brown, which explores health care worker stress during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Integrated coverage of Covid-19 and the pandemic, where appropriate.

“This is perhaps the best introductory textbook I have encountered that achieves the goal of not only providing students with relevant and practical applications, but also doing so in a very engaging way!”
- Anita Tam, Clemson University

“How well was Mandy’s story integrated throughout the chapter?”

“Excellent! This is, by far, my students’ favorite story. I have students post in a discussion board before each class about what they are most interested in and what they are most confused about so that I can focus class time around that, and this story received resounding attention.”
- Cari Stevenson, Kankakee Community College

“The Connections sections allow students to make quick connections to the content in that section”
- Deninne Pritchett, Central Piedmont Community College

“I think the chapter (14) does an excellent job pointing out the relevance and practical applications. I especially liked the section on social media and online therapy.”
- Sabrina Rieder, SUNY Rockland Community College

Deborah Licht

Deborah Licht is a professor of psychology at Pikes Peak State 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 State 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.

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Scientific American: Presenting Psychology

Third Edition

Publication Date: March 01, 2022

Paperback ISBN: 9781319247201

Pages: 752

GO DIGITAL—NOW AVAILABLE WITH ACHIEVE

Remarkable stories. Memorable psychology. Shaped for the classroom in the style of the world’s bestselling science magazine.

Deborah Licht

Misty Hull