Psychology

For sophomore/senior-level courses in Learning and Behavior.

Student friendly in approach, this text provides an integrative, multidisciplinary look at how and why humans and non-human animals learn and behave as they do. It offers comprehensive, balanced coverage of learning and behavior theory, methodology, and research—with an emphasis on their application to human learning and behavior—from biological, psychological/behavioral, and sociocultural perspectives.

• NEW - Thoroughly updated scholarship—In each chapter.

• NEW - Tighter prose—Retains the appealing conversational style.

• NEW - Boxed highlights and figures.

• NEW - Discussion questions.

• NEW - Discussion Starters—Enhance classroom discussion and student participation. Presented in the Instructor's Manual.

• NEW - Applications of learning and real life examples—Woven throughout the text.

• NEW - Improved chapter organization.

• Multidisciplinary perspective—Draws from biological, psychological/ behavioral, and sociocultural knowledge.

• Evolutionary psychology perspective—Integrates learning and behavior with behavioral genetics, evolutionary theory, comparative psychology, and the brain-behavior relationships of the behavioral neurosciences.

• Common and unique properties of humans and non-human animals.

  • Integrates behavioral and psychological properties of humans and non-human animals with their respective biology and culture.

• Persistent theme—Laboratory experiments using non-human animals can help us account for the behavioral complexity we encounter in our everyday lives.

• Human learning—Throughout the text. Provides a full chapter that specifically focuses upon the role of learning in socialization, in health, and in therapy.

• Associative learning theory—Adaptive, brain-based perspective.

• Language as a species-specific behavior and as a prerequisite for culture.

• Quotations—From contemporary works of fiction and non-fiction.

• Figures and photos—Interspersed throughout.

• Boxed inserts—Highlight special interest topics.

• Chapter Summaries and Chapter Glossaries—Provided for important terms and concepts.

• Discussion Questions—End each chapter.

• Focus on Research —Personalizes the researchers and theorists covered.

• Thoroughly updated scholarship—In each chapter.

• Tighter prose—Retains the appealing conversational style.

• Boxed highlights and figures.

• Discussion questions.

• Discussion Starters—Enhance classroom discussion and student participation. Presented in the Instructor's Manual.

• Applications of learning and real life examples—Woven throughout the text.

• Improved chapter organization.

 1. Issues in Learning and Behavior.


 2. Biological Bases of Learning and Behavior.


 3. From Reflexes to Simple Conditioning.


 4. Contemporary Conditioning Methods and Applications.


 5. Complexities of Conditioning.


 6. Instrumental Learning and Operant Conditioning.


 7. Reinforcement and Behavior Control.


 8. Punishment and the Aversive Control of Behavior.


 9. Choice Behavior.


10. Applications of Learning and Behavior Theory.


11. Conceptual Learning and Thinking.


12. Communication, Human Language, and Culture.


Glossary.


References.


Acknowledgments.


Author Index.


Subject Index.

Learning  (Psychology)

Instructor's Manual with Tests, 3/E
Barker
©2001 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 154 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0130323446 | ISBN-13: 9780130323446

Building Bridges: The Allyn & Bacon Student Guide to Service-Learning
Hamner
©2002 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 128 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205319742 | ISBN-13: 9780205319749
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Clicker Questions for Introductory Psychology
Martichuski
©2009 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205688039 | ISBN-13: 9780205688036
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Contemporary Readings in Psychology: A New York Times Reader
Coats
©2000 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 126 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0139775137 | ISBN-13: 9780139775130
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How to Write Psychology Papers, 2/E
Parrott
©1999 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 144 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321044665 | ISBN-13: 9780321044662
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Insights into Human Development Video
Allyn & Bacon
©2007 | Prentice Hall | Video | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205466249 | ISBN-13: 9780205466245

InterWrite PRS RF (Personal Response System)
InterWrite PRS & Allyn & Bacon/Longman
©2005 | Prentice Hall | Electronic Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205436951 | ISBN-13: 9780205436958

Introductory Psychology DVD Set for Psychology
Pearson Canada
©2006 | Prentice Hall | DVD | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131754327 | ISBN-13: 9780131754324

Live!Psych
WADE & TAVRIS & Tavris
©2004 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0130487325 | ISBN-13: 9780130487322
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Mind Matters CD-ROM
Hilton & Perdue
©2000 | Prentice Hall | CD-ROM Only | Instock
ISBN-10: 0130272787 | ISBN-13: 9780130272782
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Pearson Teaching Films for Introductory Psychology 2008
Pearson
©2009 | Prentice Hall | DVD | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205652808 | ISBN-13: 9780205652808

Psychobabble and Biobunk: Using Psychology to Think Critically about Issues in the News, 2/E
Tavris
©2001 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 107 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0130279862 | ISBN-13: 9780130279866
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ResearchNavigator.com Guide: Psychology (Valuepack item only)
Kelley & Barr
©2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 96 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205517080 | ISBN-13: 9780205517084

Speaking Out: Interviews with People Who Struggle
Oltmanns & Emery
©2011 | Prentice Hall | DVD | Estimated Availability : 12/01/2010
ISBN-10: 0205773419 | ISBN-13: 9780205773411

Stress Management Workbook: Techniques and Self Assessment Procedures
Gramling & Auerbach
©1998 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 176 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0138539200 | ISBN-13: 9780138539207
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iClicker Classroom Response System
iClicker & Allyn & Bacon/Longman
©2008 | Prentice Hall | Electronic Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205594506 | ISBN-13: 9780205594504

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