Psychology

The psychology of human memory and cognition is fascinating, dealing with questions and ideas that are inherently interesting, such as how we think, reason, remember, and use language. This text is directed primarily toward undergraduate students at junior and senior level. Using a first person narrative, posing direct questions to the reader, and balancing classic research with cutting edge topics, the author draws in the reader and conveys the excitement of the field.

The fourth edition thoroughly covers the foundation areas in cognition. Reflecting the increasing use of new technologies to study memory and cognition, Ashcraft continues to integrate sections on neurosciences withing individual chapter topics. A major section in the introductory chapters provides background and information on neurons and the brain, so even students without formal coursework on the biological bases of congnition will be prepared for the cognitive neuroscience coverage in the text.

Other important new developments also examined in the new edition include: false memory research, new research on working memory and individual differences, new strides in online investigations of comprehension and reading, and new challenges to the classic research in heurstics in decision-making.

Sections on neurocognition—Integrated within the individual chapter topics.

~Shows students how integral the neurosciences are to cognitive science.

 

Background information on neurons and the brain—In chapter 2.

~Prepares students–without formal coursework on the biological basis of cognition— for the neurocognitive evidence they will encounter throughout the book.

 

Thoroughly revised and updated throughout–i.e., false memory research; working memory and individual differences; online investigations of comprehension and reading; and new challenges to the classic research on heuristics in decision making.

~Offers students current and additional material on important topics and developments central to the field.

 

Over 300 new reference citations since the 2002 edition.

~Maintains the text’scutting edge coverage.

 

Accessible writing style.

~Draws students into the material so that they can absorb and retain material more easily.

 

Balance of classic research and current topics.

~Presents students with a manageable mix of material that encourages them to read and remember material.

 

In-depth coverage of treated topics.

~Provides students with thorough coverage of the most important subject areas.

 

Prove It boxes.

~Gives students a demonstration project that illustrates the points made.

 

Critical terms highlighted.

~Helps students master the terminology.

 

Section Summary.

~Enables students to check their understanding and retention of concepts after each major chapter section.

 

Companion Website access at www.prenhall.com/ashcraft.

~Provides students with suggested readings and website demonstrations via the Internet.

  1. Cognitive Psychology : An Introduction

 

Thinking About Thinking

 

Memory and Cognition Defined

 

An Introductory History of Cognitive Psychology

 

    Anticipations of Psychology

    Early Psychology

    Behaviorism and Neobehaviorism

    Dissatifaction with Behaviorism: The Winds of Change

 

Cognitive Psychology and Information Processing: The New Direction

 

    The Assumptions of Cognitive Psychology

 

2. The Cognitive Science Approach

 

    Guiding Principles

    Themes

 

Measuring Information Processes

 

    Getting Started

    Time and Accuracy Measures

    Guiding Analogies

 

The Information-Processing Approach

 

    The Standard Theory

    A Process Model

    The Strict Information Processing Approach

    Some Difficulties

 

The Modern Cognitive Approach: Cognitive Science

 

    Updating the Standard Theory

    Fixing the Narrowness

 

Neurocognition: The Brain and Cognition Together

 

    Basic Neurology

    Brain Anatomy

    Principles of Functioning

    Split Brain Research and Lateralization

    Methods of Investigation

 

3. Perception and Pattern Recognition

 

Visual Perception

    

    Gathering Visual Information

    Visual Sensory Memory

    The Argument About Iconic Memory

    A Summary for Visual Sensory Memory

 

Pattern Recognition: Written Language

 

    The Template Approach

    Visual Feature Detection

    Beyond Features: Conceptually Driven Pattern Recognition

 

Object Recognition and Agnosia

 

    Recognition by Components

    Agnosia

    Implications for Cognitive Science

 

Auditory Perception

 

    Auditory Sensory Memory

    Auditory Pattern Recognition

 

4. Attention

 

    Multiple Meaning of Attention

    Basics of Attention

 

Basic Input Attentional Processes

 

    Alertness and Arousal

    Reflexive Attention and the Orienting Response

    Spotlight Attention and Visual Search

    Contrasting Input and Controlled Attention

 

Controlled, Voluntary Attention

 

    Selective Attention and the Cocktail Party Effect

    Selection Models

 

Attention as a Mental Resource

 

    Automatic and Conscious Processing Theories

    A Synthesis for Attention and Automaticity

    Disadvantages of Automaticity

 

A Disorder of Attention: Hemineglect

 

5. Short-Term Working Memory

 

Short-Term Memory: A Limited-Capacity Bottleneck

 

    The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two

    The Brown-Peterson Task: Decay from Short-Term Memory

    Interferences versus Decay in Short-Term Memory

 

Short-Term Memory and Recall

 

    Free versus Serial Recall

    Serial Position Effects

    Rehearsal Buffer

 

Retrieval from Short-Term Memory

    

    Recognition Tasks

    Short-Term Memory Scanning: The Sternberg Task

 

Multiple Codes in Short-Term Memory

 

    Verbal Codes

    Semantic Codes

    Visual Codes

    Other Codes

 

Working Memory

 

    Early Neuropsychological Evidence

    The Components of Working Memory

    The Dual Task Method Applied to Working Memory

    Testing the Working Memory Model

    Neuropsychological Evidence

    Individual Differences Approach to Working Memory

    Overview

 

6. Learning and Remembering

 

Preliminary Issues

 

    Mnemonic Devices

    The Ebbinghaus Tradition of Memory Research

    Metamemory

 

Storing Information in Episodic Memory

 

    Rehearsal

    Frequency of Rehearsal

    Two Kinds of Rehearsal

    Depth of Processing

    Challenges to Depth of Processing

    Defining Levels

    Organization in Storage

    Imagery

    Storage Summary: Encoding Specificity

 

Retrieving Episodic Information

 

    Decay

    Interference

    Retrieval Failure

    Retrieval Cues and Encoding Specificity

 

Amnesia and Implicit Memory

 

    Dissociation of Episodic and Semantic Memory

    Anterograde Amnesia

    Implicit and Explicit Memory

 

7. Knowing

 

Semantic Memory

 

    The Collins and Quillian ( and Loftus) Model

    Smith's Feature Comparison Model

    Empirical Tests of Semantic Memory Models

    Clashing Models of Explainations

    Semantic Relatedness

 

Categorization, Classification, and Prototypes

 

    Concept Formation

    Natural Language Concepts

    Internal Structure and the Power of Categorization

    

Priming in Semantic Memory

    

    Nuts and Bolts of Priming Tasks

    Empirical Demonstrations of Priming

    Priming in Other Tasks

    Priming is Automatic

    Priming is an Implicit Process

 

Context, Connectionism, and the Brain

 

    Context

    Connectionism

    Connectionsim and the Brain

 

8. Using Knowledge in the Real World

 

    The Seven Sins of Memory

 

Reconstructive Memory and Semantic Integration

 

    Bartlett's Research

    Schemata

    Semantic Integration

    Technical and Content Accuracy

 

Propositions

 

    The Nature of Propositions

    Strengths of Propositional Theories

    Rules for Deriving Propositions

    Are Propositions Real?

 

Propositions, Semantic Networks, and Scripts

 

    Scripts

    Evidence of Scripts

 

False Memories, Eyewitness Memory. and "Forgotten Memories"

 

    False Memories

    Leading Questions and Memory Distortion

    The Misinformation Effect

    Source Misattribution and Misinformation Acceptance

    Stronger Memory Distortion Effects

    Repressed and Recovered Memories

 

Autobiographical Memories

 

    The Bahrick Work

    The Relationship of Laboratory to Real-World Memory

    The Irony of Memory

 

9. Language

 

Linguistic Universals and Functions

 

    Defining Language

    Universals of Language

    Animal Communication Systems

    Five Levels of Analysis, a Critical Distinction, and Whorf's Hypothesis

 

Phonology: The Sounds of Language

 

    Sounds in Isolation

    Combining Phonemes into Words

    Speech Perception and Context

    A Final Puzzle

 

Syntax: The Ordering of Words and Phrases

 

    Chomsky's Transformational Grammar

    Limitations of the Transformational Grammar Approach

    The Cognitive Role of Syntax

 

Lexical and Semantic Factors: The Meaning in Language

 

    Morphemes

    The Lexical Representation

    Case Grammar

    Interaction of Syntax and Semantics

    Evidence for the Semantic Grammar Approaches

    Case Grammar, Propositions, and Comprehension

 

Brain and Language

 

    Aphasia

    Generalizing from Aphasia

    Language in the Intact Brain

 

10. Comprehension: Written and Spoken Language

 

Getting Started: An Overview

 

    Conceptual and Rule Knowledge

    Traditional Comprehension Research

    Online Comprehension Tasks

    Comprehension as Mental Structure Building

    A Situation Model Approach to Comprehension

    

Reference, Inference, and Memory

 

    Reference

    Implication and Inference

    Simple Reference and Inference

    Inferences During Comprehension

    The Processes and Extent of Drawing Inferences

 

Reading

 

    Gaze Duration Procedures

    Basic Online Reading Effects

    A Model of Reading

    Summary

 

Spoken Language and Conversation

 

    The Structure of Conversations

    Cognitive Conversational Characteristics

    Empirical Effects in Conversation

 

11. Decisions, Judgments, and Reasoning

 

Formal Logic and Reasoning

 

    Syllogisms

    Conditional Reasoning: If P Then Q

    Hypothesis Testing

 

Decisions

 

    Decisions About Physical Differences

    Decisions About Symbolic Differences

    Decisions About Geographic Distances

 

Decisions and Reasoning Under Uncertainty

 

    Algorithms and Heuristics

    Heuristics, Biases, and Fallacies

    The Representativeness Heuristic

    The Availability Heuristics

    The Simulation Heuristics

    The Undoing Heuristics: Counterfactual Reasoning

    Adaptive Thinking and " Fast, Frugal" Heuristics

    The Ongoing Debate

 

Limitations in Reasoning

 

    Limited Domain Knowledge

    Limitations in Processing Resources

    Appendix: Algorithms for Coin Tosses and Hospital Births

 

12. Problem Solving

 

    The Status of Problem-Solving Area

 

Gestalt Psychology and Problem Solving

 

    Early Gestalt Research

    Difficulties in Problem Solving

    

Insight and Analogy

    

    Insight

    Analogy

    Neurocognition in Analogy and Insight

 

Basics of Problem Solving

 

    Characteristics of Problem Solving

    A Vocabulary of Problem Solving

 

Means-End Analysis: A Fundamental Heuristic

 

    The Basics of Means-End Analysis

    Means-End Analysis and the Tower of Hanoi

    General Problem Solver

    Adaptive Control of Thought

 

Improving Your Problem Solving

 

    Increase Your Domain Knowledge

    Automate Some Components of the Problem-Solving Solution

    Follow a Systematic Plan

    Draw Inferences

    Develop Subgoals

    Work Backward

    Search for Contradictions

    Search for Relations Among Problems

    Find  a Different Problem Representation

    If All Else Fails, Try Practice

 

Glossary

References

Photo Credits

Name Index

Subjet Index

 

    

    

    

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  Cognition, 5/E
  Ashcraft & Radvansky
  ©2010 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 640 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0136050468 | ISBN-13: 9780136050469
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  For undergraduate level courses in Cognition and Theories of Learning.

   

  The psychology of human memory and cognition is fascinating, dealing with questions and ideas that are inherently interesting, such as how we think, reason, remember, and use language. Using a first person narrative, posing direct questions to the reader, and balancing classic research with cutting edge topics, the author draws in the reader and conveys the excitement of the field.

   

  Reflecting the increasing use of new technologies to study memory and cognition, Ashcraft and the new co-author, Gabriel Radvansky, continue to integrate sections on neurosciences within individual chapter topics.

Companion Website - Ashcraft, 4/E
Ashcraft
©2006 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131552724 | ISBN-13: 9780131552722
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Companion Website - Ashcraft, 4/E
Ashcraft
©2006 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131552724 | ISBN-13: 9780131552722
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Instructor's Manual with Tests, 4/E
Ashcraft
©2006 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 352 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131552732 | ISBN-13: 9780131552739

Online PowerPoints, 4/E
Ashcraft
©2006 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131552740 | ISBN-13: 9780131552746
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TestGen, 4/E
Ashcraft
©2006 | Prentice Hall | Software | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131552759 | ISBN-13: 9780131552753
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Companion Website - Ashcraft, 4/E
Ashcraft
©2006 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131552724 | ISBN-13: 9780131552722
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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
URL:  http://www.prenhall.com/kassin

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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©2010 | Prentice Hall | Website | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205699391 | ISBN-13: 9780205699391
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Companion Website - Ashcraft, 4/E
Ashcraft
©2006 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131552724 | ISBN-13: 9780131552722
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  Abnormal Child and Adolescent Psychology, 7/E
  Wicks-Nelson & Israel
  ©2009 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 576 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0132359782 | ISBN-13: 9780132359788
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  For undergraduate or introductory-level graduate courses that address Childhood/Adolescent Behavior Problems or Child Psychopathology.

   

  This comprehensive, research-based introduction to childhood behavior disorders provides a sensitive and thorough examination of the field by covering its central issues, theoretical and methodological underpinnings, and by providing descriptions and discussions of numerous disorders. Rich with illustrations and examples, it highlights the newest areas of research and clinical work, stressing supported treatments and the prevention of behavior problems of youth. Now titled Abnormal Psychology of Childhood and Adolescence, (previously titled Behavior Disorders of Childhood), this 7th edition continues to be the model text in the field.

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  Adult Development
  Smolak
  ©1993 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 560 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0130090441 | ISBN-13: 9780130090447
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  A multidisciplinary text that covers adult development from adolescence through old age.

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  Adult Development and Aging, 5/E
  Schaie & Willis
  ©2002 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 640 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0130894397 | ISBN-13: 9780130894397
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  For junior/senior-level courses in Psychology of Aging and Adulthood.

  Incorporating both chronological and topical approaches, this comprehensive, scientifically oriented text considers the phenomenon of adult development from a behavioral point of view. It introduces current theory and research on the major psychological issues, and provides background on the social and biological aspects of development that is essential to students' understanding of behavioral age changes. Written to be thorough yet avoid jargon, this book's contents will enlighten and encourage students to seek a career in the study of aging.

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  Alcohol and Human Behavior: Theory, Research and Practice
  Rivers
  ©1994 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 324 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0130198781 | ISBN-13: 9780130198785
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  Surveys the critical issues discussed in the field, pointing out how each issue has been approached from several theoretical perspectives.

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  Applied Social Psychology, 2/E
  Oskamp & Schultz
  ©1998 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 450 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0135338379 | ISBN-13: 9780135338377
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  For upper-level undergraduate and graduate-level courses in Social Psychology, Applied Social Psychology and Applied Psychology.

  Hailed as a classic in a newly developing field — and widely adopted for its broad coverage, clear writing, empirical base, and interdisciplinary focus —this text examines many of the ways in which social psychology has been and is being used to solve real-world problems. Comprehensive in scope, it begins with an overview of the field and relevant social psychological theories; then provides extended illustrations of its major research methods; explores each of the main areas of application in general and a specific subtopic in each area in depth; and concludes with a discussion of applying theories to achieve social change.

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  Beginning Behavioral Research: A Conceptual Primer, 6/E
  Rosnow & Rosenthal
  ©2008 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 480 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0136128750 | ISBN-13: 9780136128755
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  For classes involving introductory Research or Experimental Methods.

   

  This successful introduction to behavioral research methods provides step-by-step guidance through the processes of planning an empirical study, analyzing and interpreting data, and reporting findings and conclusions.

   

  When Beginning Behavioral Research was created, it was conceived as an undergraduate text for students, who, as part of a course in research methods, are required to plan an empirical study, to analyze and interpret the data, and to present their findings and conclusions in a written report. With this in mind, however, through their years in the field the authors found that all research methods are limited in some ways, and therefore it is essential not to foreclose on the use of tools and techniques that enable the study of phenomena from more than one vantage point. By examining different scientific methods, theories, and units of analysis - rather than any single one - the authors are able to give students a broad base of scientific thinking that will, they believe, encourage the idea that each generation of researchers builds on the important findings of previous researchers in a chain of discovery and understanding. 

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  Behavior Modification: What It Is And How To Do It, 8/E
  Martin & Pear
  ©2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 464 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131942271 | ISBN-13: 9780131942271
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  For undergraduate courses in Behavior Modification or Behavior Therapy

   

  This book presents a comprehensive, practical presentation of both the principles of behavior modification and guidelines for their application.

   

  Throughout their separate experiences in teaching behavior modification over the past 39 years, both Garry Martin and Joseph Pear’s goals have remained the same: to teach people about the principles of behavior modification and how to apply them effectively to their everyday concerns — from helping children learn life’s necessary skills to solving some of their own personal behavior problems. Through eight editions their text has remained successful and effective because it addresses the needs of two central audiences: college and university students taking courses in behavior modification and its related areas; and students or practitioners of various helping professions (such as clinical psychology, counseling, medicine, etc.) who are concerned directly with enhancing various forms of behavioral development. Assuming no prior knowledge of behavior modification or psychology, this text facilitates understanding of the principles of behavior modification and helps readers to successfully implement behavior modification programs.

   

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  Clinical and Counseling Practice: A Case-Guided Approach
  Sturmey & Gaubatz
  ©2003 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 304 pp | Out of Print
  ISBN-10: 0205332196 | ISBN-13: 9780205332199
  Brief Description

  

  Clinical and Counseling Practice offers integrated coverage of diagnosis, treatment planning, and ethical and legal aspects of clinical practice, demonstrating their application to clinical cases.

  This text is a concise, case-based resource that distills coursework and supervision cases into a single, readily accessible volume. Assuming a basic knowledge of abnormal psychology and the theories of psychotherapy, Clinical and Counseling Practice addresses the most common issues that beginning clinicians and counselors face.

  The key strategy of this text is to simplify common situations by using a format that includes three elements: immediate concerns, short-term goals, and long-term goals.

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  Cognition, 4/E
  Ashcraft
  ©2006 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 640 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131552716 | ISBN-13: 9780131552715
  Brief Description

  

  The psychology of human memory and cognition is fascinating, dealing with questions and ideas that are inherently interesting, such as how we think, reason, remember, and use language. This text is directed primarily toward undergraduate students at junior and senior level. Using a first person narrative, posing direct questions to the reader, and balancing classic research with cutting edge topics, the author draws in the reader and conveys the excitement of the field.

  The fourth edition thoroughly covers the foundation areas in cognition. Reflecting the increasing use of new technologies to study memory and cognition, Ashcraft continues to integrate sections on neurosciences withing individual chapter topics. A major section in the introductory chapters provides background and information on neurons and the brain, so even students without formal coursework on the biological bases of congnition will be prepared for the cognitive neuroscience coverage in the text.

  Other important new developments also examined in the new edition include: false memory research, new research on working memory and individual differences, new strides in online investigations of comprehension and reading, and new challenges to the classic research in heurstics in decision-making.

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  Cognition, 5/E
  Ashcraft & Radvansky
  ©2010 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 640 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0136050468 | ISBN-13: 9780136050469
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  For undergraduate level courses in Cognition and Theories of Learning.

   

  The psychology of human memory and cognition is fascinating, dealing with questions and ideas that are inherently interesting, such as how we think, reason, remember, and use language. Using a first person narrative, posing direct questions to the reader, and balancing classic research with cutting edge topics, the author draws in the reader and conveys the excitement of the field.

   

  Reflecting the increasing use of new technologies to study memory and cognition, Ashcraft and the new co-author, Gabriel Radvansky, continue to integrate sections on neurosciences within individual chapter topics.

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  Cognition: The Thinking Animal, 3/E
  Willingham
  ©2007 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 600 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131736884 | ISBN-13: 9780131736887
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  For undergraduate courses of beginning graduate courses in Introductory Cognitive Psychology.

   

  Using a unique question-and-answer format, this text comprehensively addresses many of the overarching questions that confront and motivate today's cognitive scientists.

   

  When Daniel Willingham first approached the prospect of creating his own cognitive psychology text, he did so with the knowledge that his years of teaching experience had brought him: while many texts were relatively adequate in coverage, his students never liked them. Usually underexposed to social sciences in pre-college courses, he found his students often struggled with understanding how and why cognitive psychologists approach the problems that they do. Here, by using a unique question-and-answer format, he is able to start with questions frequently asked by students, relate those to questions cognitive scientists ask in their own research, present clear answers, and frame those answers in an interesting, lively, and comprehensive coverage of the core material. Through this accessible narrative style, Willingham shows the logical connections between each section and, by means of several new pedagogical features, encourages students to apply what they have learned in their daily lives.

   

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  Cognitive Psychology, 2/E
  Haberlandt
  ©1997 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 512 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205264166 | ISBN-13: 9780205264162
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  This revised second edition of Cognitive Psychology provides the strong research base of the first edition along with substantial updates in three key areas: neuroscience, action research, and neural networks. Instructors will appreciate the book's treatment of the latest research developments in imaging methods, declarative knowledge, associative learning, and implicit vs. explicit memory, and countless other topics. Students will respond to the real-life examples employed in discussions such as adversarial problem solving and its relation to law and business, language processing as it applies to writing, and the use of the divided-attention task in training air force pilots. Several interim summaries per chapter separate the material into manageable sections and allow students to check their understanding as they read. With its conversational style and broad pedagogical program, this meticulously researched text is invaluable to the student of cognitive psychology.

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  Cognitive Psychology, 8/E
  Solso, MacLin & MacLin
  ©2008 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 592 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205521088 | ISBN-13: 9780205521081
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  One of the top sellers in the field, Cognitive Psychology is well-written, humorous, and remains the most comprehensive and balanced text in the area of undergraduate cognition. MacLin and MacLin, inheriting the textbook from the late Robert L. Solso, boldly revised and reorganized the Eighth Edition to reflect emerging trends in the field, while retaining the strengths that made it one of the most popular texts among students and professors. The text features a sequential model of human cognition from sensation to perception, to attention, to memory, to higher-order cognition, and features new cutting-edge coverage of consciousness, cognitive neuroscience, memory and forgetting, and evolutionary psychology.

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  Cognitive Psychology: Applying The Science Of The Mind, 2/E
  Robinson-Riegler & Robinson-Riegler
  ©2008 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 608 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205531393 | ISBN-13: 9780205531394
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  Cognitive Psychology: Applying the Science of the Mind, Second Edition, intended primarily for the undergraduate cognitive psychology course, combines clear yet rigorous descriptions of key empirical findings and theoretical principles with frequent real-world examples, strong learning pedagogy, and a straightforward organization.

   

  Engagingly written, the text weaves five empirical threads — neuroscience, consciousness, individual differences, development, and culture — throughout the text to help students integrate the material.  The text’s organization offers an intuitive description of cognition that enhances student understanding by organizing chapters around the flow of a piece of information that enters the cognitive system.

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  Cognitive Psychology: Mind and Brain
  Smith & Kosslyn
  ©2007 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 608 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131825089 | ISBN-13: 9780131825086
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  For courses in Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Learning and Memory, Philosophy of Mind, and Philosophy of Psychology.

   

  The first book that fully integrates information about the brain and neural processing into the standard curriculum in cognitive psychology.

   

  Based on a need for a text that could accurately, productively, and seamlessly integrate information on both the brain and neural processing, Edward E. Smith (Columbia University) and Stephen M. Kosslyn (Harvard University) created Cognitive Psychology: Mind and Brain 1.e. Without question, the study of cognition has progressed enormously over the past decade. Most importantly, much of the recent progress in cognitive studies has come from the advent of cognitive neuroscience, which uses neuroscientific methods and data to address psychological issues. However, throughout years of academic teaching, the authors came to realize that no currently available book was able to summarize and make accessible the major findings, theories, and research the field had produced. Now, in this text's first edition, these issues have been addressed. Using findings in neuroscience to illuminate and motivate key distinctions in cognitive psychology, the authors have written a cognitive psychology book that is informed by neuroscience - the first of its kind and one poised to set a new standard in undergraduate cognitive studies.   

   

   

   

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  Community Psychology, 4/E
  Moritsugu, Wong & Duffy
  ©2010 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 408 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205627714 | ISBN-13: 9780205627714
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  For courses in Community Psychology.

   

  Community Psychology provides students with an introduction to the concepts, research and applications emerging from the field of community psychology.  Community Psychology focuses on the prevention of problems, the promotion of well-being, empowerment of members within a community, the appreciation of diversity, and an ecological model for the understanding of human behavior.  Attention is paid to both “classic” early writings by the first wave and the most recent journal articles and reviews by today’s practitioners and researchers. 

   

  Historical and alternative methods of effecting social change are explored in this book through an examination of the mental health system, the educational system, the criminal justice system, and the social service system. The central theme underlying all of the chapters is the idea that the setting or environment is as important as the individual in it.

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  Cross-Cultural Psychology: Critical Thinking and Contemporary Applications, 4/E
  Shiraev & Levy
  ©2010 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 384 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205665691 | ISBN-13: 9780205665693
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  Description

  The dynamic author team of Shiraev and Levy provide a comprehensive review of theories and research in cross-cultural psychology within a critical thinking framework for examining, analyzing, and evaluating psychological data.  This book introduces the field of cross-cultural psychology, discusses basic methodology for cross-cultural research, and explores the fields of sensation and perception, consciousness, intelligence, human development, emotion, motivation, social perception and interaction, psychological disorders from a cross-cultural perspective.

   

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  Development in Adulthood, 4/E
  Lemme
  ©2006 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 576 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205439640 | ISBN-13: 9780205439645
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  This comprehensive multidisciplinary text presents an empowering view of adulthood through an examination of the influences of age, gender, cohort, race/ethnicity, socio-economic status, and culture.

  The fourth edition of Development in Adulthood continues its commitment to being the most current, comprehensive, scholarly, and readable text on adult development and aging available. Retaining its theoretical foundations in the life-span developmental perspective and the contextual model of development as represented by Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory, its multidisciplinary approach presents an empowering view of adulthood through an examination of the nature and sources of diversity and the influences of age, gender, cohort, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and culture on development. This text has been thoroughly revised to strengthen and polish its pedagogy and organization, at the same time making room for the most current research and thinking in the field and expanded treatment of emerging hot topics. Students will find this topically organized text both an engaging and accessible introduction to the challenges and opportunities of adult life.

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  Drug Dependence
  White
  ©1991 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 288 pp | Available on Demand   What's this?
  ISBN-10: 0132216078 | ISBN-13: 9780132216074
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  Appropriate for undergraduate-level courses in Drug Abuse, Society and Behavior, Psychopharmacology, and Behavioral Pharmacology.

  This thorough, non-judgmental overview of drug dependence approaches the subject from biological, psychological, and social perspectives. It introduces the reader to a wide-range of drugs, used both medically and non-medically, and discusses the origins, effects, medical uses, and especially the history of each drug. Emphasized is the understanding of how various factors contribute to drug use and dependence, problems arising from use and abuse, and treatment. To reflect a contemporary study of drugs, all information is uniquely organized according to the general principles underlying drug use rather than by different types of drugs.

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  Drugs and Behavior: An Introduction to Behavioral Pharmacology, 6/E
  McKim
  ©2007 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 432 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 013219788X | ISBN-13: 9780132197885
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  For undergraduate courses in Drugs and Behavior Psychopharmacology, as well as graduate survey courses in Psychopharmacology.

   

  This text gives an up-to-date description of the field of Behavioral Pharmacology. It starts by describing basic pharmacological concepts of drug administration and pharmacokinetics, research methodology including clinical trials, tolerance and withdrawal, drug conditioning, addiction processes, and neuroscience of drug action. Each chapter applies these concepts to different classes of both recreational and therapeutic drugs. Each chapter also includes a section on the history of the drug class which places the drug in its historical and social context. It is written to be understandable to students without a background in Pharmacology or Neuroscience or Psychology.

   

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  Drugs and Human Behavior, 5/E
  Grilly
  ©2006 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 456 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205443621 | ISBN-13: 9780205443628
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  This text introduces students to the field of psychopharmacology, with special emphasis on the relationships between drugs, their mechanisms of action in the nervous system, and human behavior.

  By examining human drug use from historical, societal, and biological perspectives, Grilly provides a rich foundation for understanding drugs affecting the brain and their usage. In addition to describing basic pharmacological principles, Grilly discusses the general factors behind drug tolerance, dependence, and abuse as well as approaches for dealing with these problems. Pharmacotherapy for the major mental disorders is described from both biochemical and clinical efficacy perspectives.  By using the most up-to-date research and by presenting data in concise, jargon-free prose, the author has created one of the most comprehensive and accessible books on the subject.

  Information is organized from the general to the specific, beginning with a historical perspective and subsequently moving through coverage of basic pharmacological principles and processes, drug classifications, and approaches to drug tolerance, dependence and abuse.  Grilly then describes the psychological and behavioral effects of specific psychotropic drugs used recreationally and therapeutically, with coverage of their pharmacokinetics, mechanisms of action, common side effects, and current issues regarding their uses.

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  Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society, 5/E
  Levinthal
  ©2008 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 480 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205483291 | ISBN-13: 9780205483297
  Brief Description

  

  This text examines the impact of drug-taking behavior on our society and our daily lives.  The use and abuse of a wide range of licit and illicit drugs are discussed from historical, biological, psychological, and sociological perspectives.

   

  In today's world, drugs and their use present a social paradox, combining the potential for good and for bad. As a society and as individuals, we can be the beneficiaries of drugs or their victims. This perspective continues to be the message of Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society, Fifth Edition.

   

  Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society, Fifth Edition features a comprehensive review of psychoactive drugs, and is notable for the attention it gives to two aspects of drug-taking behavior that have been underreported in other texts: steroid abuse and inhalant abuse.

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  Effective Problem Solving, 2/E
  Levine
  ©1994 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 146 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0132454815 | ISBN-13: 9780132454810
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  For freshman through senior-level courses on Critical Thinking, Cognition, or Problem Solving.

  • This brief survey of creative problem solving offers a collection of specific, practical procedures that one should use for various classes of problems — ranging from machines that need repairing, to mathematical puzzles, engineering problems, poorly defined industrial problems, comprehending lectures and reading, remembering information, invention, and difficulties between people.
  • The principles — which are based on research and theory in cognitive psychology — are applied to problems in daily living and focus on how to overcome one's own limitations in trying to solve a problem. Students thus learn principles for dealing with problems as well as what it is about themselves that can make the problem more or less difficult.

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  Engendering Psychology: Women and Gender Revisited, 2/E
  Denmark, Rabinowitz & Sechzer
  ©2005 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 608 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205404561 | ISBN-13: 9780205404568
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  This text explores the concept of gender as a social construction, across the lines of race, ethnicity, class, age, and sexual orientation.

  Engendering Psychology's treatment of issues is based solidly on scientific evidence and presented in a balanced manner. The text combines a developmental and topical approach. Denmark, Rabinowitz, and Sechzer explore the concept of gender as a social construction across the lines of race, ethnicity, class, age, and sexual orientation, pulling from the exciting new scholarship that has emerged over the last few years. Thoughtful discussion questions emphasize critical thinking skills, as well as encourage students to open a dialogue with both their professors and their peers.

  This text will help readers understand the concept of gender as a social construct in contrast to the concept of sex, which denotes biological differences. Upon completing this text, readers will have a deeper understanding of women and the knowledge that “woman” is a diverse and multifaceted category.

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  Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind, 3/E
  Buss
  ©2008 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 496 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205483380 | ISBN-13: 9780205483389
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  In the first edition, Evolutionary Psychology was the premier and original text for the burgeoning field of evolutionary psychology. The third edition, containing a major update involving nearly 400 new references, continues this legacy.

   

  David Buss, one of the foremost researchers in the field, has thoroughly revised his already enormously successful text to provide an even more comprehensive overview of this dynamic field. Using cutting-edge research and an engaging writing style, the Third Edition of Evolutionary Psychology ensures that your students will master the material presented.

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  Experimental Methodology, 10/E
  Christensen
  ©2007 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 544 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205484735 | ISBN-13: 9780205484737
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  This text presents a reader-friendly introduction to the basic principles of experimental psychological research.

   

  Experimental Methodology is organized so that each chapter focuses on a specific step in the research process. This text provides instruction in experimental research as well as non-experimental approaches such as ex-post facto research, correlational research, and survey research.  Also included are qualitative research approaches such as ethnography and phenomenology.

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  Exploring Research, 7/E
  Salkind
  ©2009 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 336 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0136011373 | ISBN-13: 9780136011378
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  The 7th edition of Exploring Research provides an introduction to research methods in a friendly, approachable writing style. It explores the use of electronic sources (the Internet) as a means to enhance research skills; it includes discussions about scientific methods; and it incorporates the most common types of research models in the social and behavioral sciences, including qualitative methods. It provides coverage of the research process, problem selection, sampling and generalizability; a discussion of the measurement process provides a comprehensive resource for those seeking to further their research skills. It also describes how to collect and analyze data, and provides thorough instruction on how to prepare and write a research proposal and manuscript. 

   

   

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  Foundations of Biopsychology, 2/E
  Wickens & Wickens
  ©2005 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 504 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131971387 | ISBN-13: 9780131971387
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  Foundations of Biopsychology offers an engaging introduction to Biopsychology for undergraduate students.  It is particularly suitable for students on one semester or modular courses.

  Assuming no background knowledge in biology or psychology, the text relates examples to clinical conditions or treatments, allowing students to fully understand the relevance of the subject to other areas of psychology.

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  Gender: Psychological Perspectives, 5/E
  Brannon
  ©2008 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 576 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205521142 | ISBN-13: 9780205521142
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  Gender: Psychological Perspectives examines the behavior, biology, and social context in which both women and men function.  This text examines the topic of gender—the behaviors and attitudes that relate to (but are not entirely congruent with) biological sex. Research and scholarship form the basis of this book, providing the material for a critical review and an overall picture of gender from a psychological perspective. To accent the relevance of research findings in vivid detail, Brannon supplements the review of scholarly research with personal, narrative accounts of gender-relevant aspects of people's lives. Brannon highlights the cross-cultural perspective of gender by including a section on diversity in each chapter plus weaving diversity issues throughout the text. The personal narrative and diversity highlights help to balance the research-based scholarship with the personal experience of gender.

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  History and Systems of Psychology, 6/E
  Brennan
  ©2003 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 358 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 013048119X | ISBN-13: 9780130481191
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  For courses in History, Systems of Psychology, and History of Science or Philosophy.

  Now in its sixth edition, History and Systems of Psychology effectively introduces the complexities of psychology's origins. The material is presented with full support for students learning the context of historical, cultural, social, and philosophical developments.

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  History of Modern Psychology, A, 3/E
  Leahey
  ©2001 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 422 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0130175730 | ISBN-13: 9780130175731
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  For junior/senior/graduate-level courses in History of Modern Psychology, and History and Systems of Psychology.

  This text is a history of modern psychology, beginning with the publication of Fechner's elements of Psychophysics in the mid-19th century to the present. It approaches the history of psychology from a scientific perspective.

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  History of Psychology, A
  Lawson, Graham & Baker
  ©2007 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 528 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0130141232 | ISBN-13: 9780130141231
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  For advanced undergraduate History of Psychology courses; also appropriate for graduate-level seminar courses in the discipline.

   

  Comprehensive and engaging in subject matter, this text integrates materials from religion (Judaism, Christianity, and Muslim as well as Buddhism and Confucianism), philosophy, and biology into the historical development of psychology. It includes a treatment of issues in the local and global society, an extensive look at women and minorities, and integrates overarching psychological principles, ideas, and applications that have shaped and will shape the global history of psychology. It highlights the interaction between psychology and the environmental context in which the discipline developed.

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  History of Psychology, A: Ideas and Context, 4/E
  King, Viney & Woody
  ©2009 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 544 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205512135 | ISBN-13: 9780205512133
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  §      A History of Psychology: Ideas and Context, Fourth Edition, is a comprehensive history of psychology tracing psychological thought from antiquity through early twenty-first century developments.

  The opening chapters present the reader with a dynamic framework for exploring psychology in the context of historiography and philosophical issues. The text provides in-depth coverage to the intellectual trends that preceded the formal founding of psychology in the late 1870s, coupled with an analysis of the major systems of thought and the key developments in the history of basic and applied psychology. The final chapter focuses on major trends in psychology from the latter half of the twentieth century to the early twentieth-first century.

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  History of Psychology, A: Main Currents in Psychological, 6/E
  Leahey
  ©2004 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 592 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131114476 | ISBN-13: 9780131114470
  URL:  http://www.prenhall.com/psychology
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  For undergraduate and graduate courses in History and Systems of Psychology or History of Psychology.

  This narrative history of psychology from the ancient Greeks through the present focuses on the main philosophical themes that have guided thinking in psychology, while carefully considering the subject in its religious, social, and literary contexts.

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  Human Aging, 2/E
  Foos & Clark
  ©2008 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 512 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205544010 | ISBN-13: 9780205544011
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  This text offers a readable and friendly presentation of the important methods, findings, and theories of human aging, while actively involving the reader in meaningful exercises and critical thinking.

   

  Students are repeatedly challenged to apply information in the text to the older adults in their own lives. Specifically, suggestions for enhancing the lives of their older relatives are offered and encouraged. These include guidelines for discussions they might have regarding social, emotional, and environmental changes as well encouraging intellectual and social interaction. While presenting the latest in research findings, the authors have also strived to keep research interesting for students who may not see themselves as researchers. The new edition is available with MyDevelopmentKit, a premium online resource with Audio Senior Views conversations with older adults talking about their own experiences that relate to the content of the textbook, as well as online quizzes and other multimedia tools that enrich the textbook content.

   

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  Human Memory
  Radvansky
  ©2006 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 456 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205457606 | ISBN-13: 9780205457601
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  The goal of this book is to provide the introductory student with a guide to human memory, its properties, and theories about how it works and how studying it can help us understand who we are and why we do the things that we do.

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  Human Memory: Exploration and Application
  Haberlandt
  ©1999 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 373 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 020518992X | ISBN-13: 9780205189922
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  This book presents cutting-edge advances in human memory research fully integrated within the mainstream of the cognitive approach. Written in a lucid and engaging style, this book provides an overview of the multifaceted psychological study of memory. It introduces the principal issues of research on human memory, describes important research paradigms, and identifies connections across different traditions of memory research. The twelve chapters are predicated on the notion that an understanding of human memory requires familiarity with memory issues as seen from a variety of perspectives, including the psychobiological, developmental, neuropsychological, and applied perspectives, as well as the traditional cognitive point of view.

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  Human Relations: A Game Plan for Improving Personal Adjustment, 4/E
  Ford
  ©2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 320 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0132275635 | ISBN-13: 9780132275637
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  For freshman/sophomore-level courses in Adjustment, Human Relations, and Interpersonal Relationships.

   

  This text balances coverage of theoretical concepts and research with interesting personal stories, anecdotes, and case studies while applying theoretical concepts throughout.   Via ACTIVE LEARNING, students participate by responding to questions and activities thereby teaching them practical skills for dealing with everyday situations

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  Human Relations: The Art and Science of Building Effective Relationships
  Hamilton
  ©2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 496 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131930648 | ISBN-13: 9780131930643
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  For courses in Adjustment, Interpersonal Behavior, and Human Relations.

   

  This text examines human relations by integrating key components of successful relationships, including internal influences on thoughts, feelings, and behaviors; external or sociocultural influences; and communication principles and skill building.

   

  Relationships are the very foundation of our lives. Whether personal or professional, our ability to understand and commuinicate effectively with the people in our lives can make the difference between a satisfying, fulfilling life and one filled with tension and frustration. With this in mind, it's suprising that so few of us take the time to critcally examine the makeup and workings of these connections. Here, with Vivian Hamilton's Human Relations: The Art and Science of Building Effective Relationships, we are given the opportunity to do so. This text examines human relations by integrating key components of successful relationships: internal influences on thoughts, feelings, and behaviors; external or sociocultural influences; and communication principles and skill building. These main features help drive students towards better understanding and more effective communication within all of their relationships.

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  Infancy: Development from Birth to Age 3
  Gross
  ©2008 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 512 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205417981 | ISBN-13: 9780205417988
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  Infancy provides students with enough detail, without overwhelming them, in order to understand methodological issues, explore both practically and theoretically important topics, and engage students in thinking critically about development from birth to age 3.

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  Introduction to Behavioral Research Methods, 5/E
  Leary
  ©2008 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 464 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205544142 | ISBN-13: 9780205544141
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  Taking into consideration the four basic approaches to behavioral research (descriptive research, correlational research, experimental research, and quasi-experimental research), Introduction to Behavioral Research Methods shows students how to conceptualize questions, measure variables, design studies, and analyze data.  Chapters on research ethics and scientific writing (including the most recent version of APA style) round out the book. Throughout each chapter, boxes on “Developing Your Research Skills” and “Behavioral Research Case Study” provide practical examples and pique student interest.

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  Introduction to Clinical Psychology, 7/E
  Kramer, Bernstein & Phares
  ©2009 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 672 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131729675 | ISBN-13: 9780131729674
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  For junior/senior and graduate-level courses in Clinical Psychology.

  Designed to provide a thorough survey of the field that is equally accessible to students with a general interest as well as to those with professional aspirations, this text presents a scholarly portrayal of the history, content, professional functions, and the future of clinical psychology.

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  Introduction to Human Factors Engineering, 2/E
  Wickens, Lee, Liu & Gordon-Becker
  ©2004 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 608 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131837362 | ISBN-13: 9780131837362
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  For undergraduate courses in Human-Factors Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, Engineering Psychology, or Human-Factors Psychology.

  Offering a somewhat more psychological perspective than other human factors books on the market, this text describes the capabilities and limitations of the human operator—both physical and mental—and how these should be used to guide the design of systems with which people interact. General principles of human-system interaction and design are presented, and included are specific examples of successful and unsuccessful interactions. It links theories of human performance that underlie the principles with real-world experience, without a heavy engineering-oriented perspective.

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  Introduction to Industrial/Organizational Psychology, 5/E
  Riggio
  ©2008 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 576 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0136009905 | ISBN-13: 9780136009900
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  Courses in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Organizational Psychology

   

  From its first edition, two important themes have been the foundation of Ronald E. Riggio's Introduction to Industrial / Organizational Psychology. First, because I/O psychology is a field with both a strong scientific base and an applied orientation, the book demonstrates the connection between psychological theory and application: theoretical concepts are shown to lead to useful interventions. Second, this book was designed and written with the student in mind. Whenever possible, the text draws on examples and illustrations from the world of work that students understand - making for an introductory text that appeals to a wide range of students with varying academic backgrounds.

   

  This student-centered, real-world driven text demonstrates the connection between psychological theory and application in the field of Industrial / Organizational Psychology. 

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  Introduction to Personality, 4/E
  Phares & Chaplin
  ©1997 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 718 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0673994562 | ISBN-13: 9780673994561
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  Theories of personality under discussion in this edition include: psychoanalytic, biological, behavioral, phenomenological, social cognitive, social learning, and dispositional. Two new chapters explore the theories and research behind the biological influences on personality. New coverage of the application of personality theory to real-world concerns appears in separate chapters on personality and intellect, occupation, stress, and gender differences.

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  Introduction to the Theories of Learning, 8/E
  Olson & Hergenhahn
  ©2009 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 512 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0136057721 | ISBN-13: 9780136057727
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  For undergraduate and graduate courses in Learning Theory and Learning in departments of psychology and education.

  Accessible for undergraduates yet thorough enough for graduate students, this comprehensive text defines learning and shows how the learning process is studied. The text places learning in its historical perspective, giving students an appreciation for the figures and theories that have shaped 100 years of learning theory research.

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  Introduction to Theories of Personality, An, 7/E
  Hergenhahn & Olson
  ©2007 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 656 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 013194228X | ISBN-13: 9780131942288
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  For Sophomore/Junior level courses in Theories of Personality, Personality, Individual Differences.

   

  Using a theorist-by-theorist approach, this comprehensive introduction to personality theory gives students the history of psychology with practical information to help them understand their own lives and their relationships with others. Primary sources, abundant biographical information and supporting research are used to descibe and detail each theorist, presenting the theories of personality in an accessible and unbiased way.

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  Journey of Adulthood, The, 6/E
  Bjorklund & Bee
  ©2008 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 448 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131888323 | ISBN-13: 9780131888326
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  For undergraduate-level courses in Psychology of Adulthood and Aging, Sociology of Adulthood and Aging, Gerontology, Social Gerontology, and Life Span Development, Education.

   

  This best-selling book discusses the aspects of “successful aging,” covering growth and development from young adulthood to old age, and the impact that culture, gender, ethnicity, and individual differences have on these processes.

   

  For Barbara Bjorklund, the subject matter in Journey of Adulthood 6e has never been far from home: as a middle-aged adult who is on this very journey along with her husband, looking ahead toward their parents who are in late adulthood and back toward their children who are making their own way through adulthood, she has found that there is always room to learn - always room to grow. One of the major goals of this text is to capture this dynamic process of adult development from young adulthood to the end of life. Its core is made up of research findings from large-scale projects and major theories of adult development, but it also reflects smaller studies of diverse groups, showing the influences of gender, culture, ethnicity, race, and socioeconomic background on this journey. Combined, this material creates for an exciting and thorough view on the process of "successful aging."

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  Learning and Behavior, 6/E
  Mazur
  ©2006 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 464 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131931636 | ISBN-13: 9780131931633
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  Known for his clear and engaging writing style, James E. Mazur's text examines how learning takes place everywhere, by animals of all species and people of all ages. Introducing students to key research from the field, Mazur uses pedagogcial tools to help readers comprehend and apply the material. New learning objectives start each chapter and clearly lay out the content; in chapter quizzes and review questions help readers apply the material; finally the end of text glossary is a useful tool for defining the key terms.

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  Mind, Brain, and Drug: An Introduction to Psychopharmacology
  Hedges & Burchfield
  ©2006 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 384 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205355560 | ISBN-13: 9780205355563
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  Covering the basic principles of psychopharmacology, this textbook presents psychopharmacology and drugs of abuse in a readily understood manner.  With all of the latest research and a straightforward, engaging writing style, Hedges offers complete coverage of the field without being unnecessarily detailed–and, as a result, provides students with a thorough introduction to this increasingly important area. 

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  Moral Development & Reality: Beyond the Theories of Kohlberg and Hoffman, 2/E
  Gibbs
  ©2010 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 312 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205595243 | ISBN-13: 9780205595242
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  For advanced undergraduate and graduate students in the social and behavioral sciences, counseling, and education, as well as scholars in these disciplines.

   

  Moral Development and Reality: Beyond the Theories of Kohlberg and Hoffman explores the nature of moral development, social behavior, and human interconnectedness. By comparing, contrasting, and going beyond the works of preeminent theorists Lawrence Kohlberg, Martin Hoffman, and others, author John C. Gibbs addresses fundamental questions: What is morality? Can we speak of moral development? Is the moral motivation of behavior primarily a matter of justice or of empathy? What accounts for prosocial behavior, and how can we understand and treat antisocial behavior? Does moral development, including moments of moral inspiration, reflect a deeper reality? 

   

  Moral Development and Reality elucidates the full range of moral development from superficial perception to a deeper understanding and feeling through social perspective-taking. Providing case studies and chapter questions, Gibbs creates a unique framework for understanding Kohlberg’s and Hoffman’s influential contributions.

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  Motivation: Biological, Psychological, and Environmental, 3/E
  Deckers
  ©2010 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 432 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205610811 | ISBN-13: 9780205610815
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  Well-grounded in the history of the field, Motivation combines classic studies with current research, while promoting the idea that motivation stems from physiological states, psychological motives, and environmental incentives and goals.

   

  Motivation provides an overarching organizational scheme of how motivation (the inducement of action, feelings, and thought) leads to behavior from physiological, psychological, and environmental sources. The material draws on topics that are familiar to students while maintaining a conversational tone to sustain student interest.

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  Multicultural Psychology, 2/E
  Hall
  ©2010 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 224 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205632351 | ISBN-13: 9780205632350
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  For courses in Cross-Cultural/ Multicultural Psychology, and Psychology of Race and Ethnicity.

   

  This text introduces student to cultural and minority status issues in psychology, and the role of multicultural issues in mainstream research. It focuses on multiple cultural groups that co-exist in the United States, and the sociopolitical aspects of this co-existence. An emphasis on empirical research findings complements the “real life” relevance of multicultural psychology.

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  Multicultural Psychology
  Hall & Barongan
  ©2002 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 349 pp | Out of Stock
  ISBN-10: 0130191469 | ISBN-13: 9780130191465
  Brief Description

  

  For courses in Cross-Cultural/ Multicultural Psychology, and Psychology of Race and Ethnicity.

  This text provides an introduction to and an overview of cultural and minority status issues in psychology, and the role of multicultural issues in mainstream research. It focuses on multiple cultural groups that co-exist in the United States and the sociopolitical aspects of this co-existence. An emphasis on empirical research findings complements the “real life” relevance of multicultural psychology that is also addressed.

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  MYSEARCHLAB
  Pearson
  ©2009 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205699383 | ISBN-13: 9780205699384
  URL:  http://www.mysearchlab.com
  Brief Description

  

  Pearson’s MySearchLab is the easiest way for students to master a writing or research project.  In a recent college student survey, the overwhelming majority of students are assigned writing and research projects, for which they would use research and citation tools if they were available to them.  MySearchLab gives you all of the tools you need for writing and research in one convenient website.  Access to MySearchLab is available at no additional charge in a package with a Pearson textbook and is also available for purchase standalone online or in your bookstore.

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  Neuropsychology: Clinical and Experimental Foundations
  Elias & Saucier
  ©2006 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 560 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205343619 | ISBN-13: 9780205343614
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  Neuropsychology: Clinical and Experimental Foundations is an engaging and balanced text, providing an intelligible introduction to how the mind works and what happens when the brain is damaged. 

   

  Neuropsychology provides an overview of the fascinating clinical evidence that gave rise to the field of human neuropsychology and reviews the latest experimental evidence.  Unlike most neuropsychology textbooks that discuss intact functional systems (such as the visual system) separately from discussions of what happens when the system is damaged, this text integrates the material, making it easier from which to teach, and much more engaging from which to learn.

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  Personality and Personal Growth, 6/E
  Frager & Fadiman
  ©2005 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 512 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131444514 | ISBN-13: 9780131444515
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  For upper-level courses in Personality Theory and Personal Adjustment.

  With a newly revised, streamlined organization and a Companion Website, the Sixth Edition maintains its cross-cultural, global, and gender-balanced perspectives while emphasizing the positive aspects of major personality theorists. This text encourages and supports students in using themselves as the primary touchstone for each theory. Each chapter gives students opportunities to validate their insights through direct experience, and, by observing their own reactions, come to their own conclusions about the utility and value of each theory.

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  Personality Reader, The, 2/E
  Schustack & Friedman
  ©2008 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 384 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205485510 | ISBN-13: 9780205485512
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  This reader is useful as a supplement to a personality textbook or as a stand-alone course book.   Students hear the voices of important theorists in their own words with introductions providing context and critical thinking questions to improve understanding.

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  Personality Theories: Development, Growth, and Diversity, 5/E
  Allen
  ©2006 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 576 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205439128 | ISBN-13: 9780205439126
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  Organized by individual theorists, this comprehensive text examines the major movements in the field through an historic and humanistic approach.

  This text provides a comprehensive introduction to the key personality theorists by combining biographical information on each theorist with his or her contributions to the field, including her or his ranking among the world’s most respected psychologists. In addition, Allen provides a tabular format–that is, a running comparison between the major theorists, allowing students to analyze new theories against theories learned in previous chapters. The unique style of Allen's book is strengthened through his conversational tone, enabling students to easily grasp an understanding of the key people and movements in the field of personality.

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  Personality: Classic Theories and Modern Research, 4/E
  Friedman & Schustack
  ©2009 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 592 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 020557968X | ISBN-13: 9780205579686
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  This successful text puts “personality” back into the personality course, integrating the classic insights of the personality theorists with modern research in a manner that will fascinate and encourage deeper thought.

   

  This text explores classic theory from a perspective that encourages critical thinking and fosters intellectual insight with respect to human nature.  For example, it shows the relevance of classic theory to topics of personality and culture, evolution, ego, gender, and person-situation interactionism.

   

  Employing the highest scientific standards, Personality also uses a wide range of unique and provocative pedagogical devices that have been shown to motivate students. Hailed as the best-written, most relevant personality textbook on the market, Friedman and Schustack's fourth edition brings the field of personality to today's diverse student body.

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  Perspectives on Personality, 6/E
  Carver & Scheier
  ©2008 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 560 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205522629 | ISBN-13: 9780205522620
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  The various perspectives of the field of personality provide the organizing framework for this text.  Each perspective is presented in two chapters and is introduced by a prologue that describes the assumptions and themes of the perspective.

   

  As the book’s title implies, there are many perspectives a person might take on personality, many ways to think about human nature. This book describes a range of viewpoints that are used by personality psychologists today.  Each perspective on personality is presented in a pair of chapters, introduced by a prologue. The prologue provides an overview of that perspective’s orienting assumptions and core themes. By starting with these orienting assumptions, you’ll be placed right inside the thought processes of the theorists, as you go on to read the chapters themselves. Each chapter concludes with a discussion of current problems within that theoretical viewpoint and the authors’ analysis about its future prospects. Written in an informal, conversation style, Carver and Scheier draw students into the ideas and give them examples of how these ideas can apply to their own life.  The result is a book that is engaging and enjoyable as well as informative.

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  Point/Counterpoint: Opposing Perspectives on Issues of Drug Policy
  Levinthal
  ©2003 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 224 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205336078 | ISBN-13: 9780205336074
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  This text reader presents differing perspectives with detailed commentary on the policy debate surrounding current drug policy.

  The world of legal and illegal drugs is examined from sociological, historical, and biological perspectives through articles garnered from popular magazines, medical journals, and government documents.

  The framework of this book allows students to access material from diverse disciplines and encourages them to engage in a discussion. Point/Counterpoint: Opposing Perspectives on Issues of Drug Policy, presents a wide range of views to help shape and broaden the current debate over the theories and realities which infuse the drug policy debate.

  The book opens with selections on the question of drug legalization, and then extends the parameters of the discussion to the social implications of drug policy. Next, the prevention and medicalization of drug dependency and abuse are considered in light of recently-published research. Finally, the government's role in decriminalization and regulation of marijuana and prescription drugs is investigated and critiqued.

  Point/Counterpoint: Opposing Perspectives on Issues of Drug Policy is a book that stands alone, but it is recommended that this text be used in conjunction with Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society, also by Levinthal.

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  Positive Psychology
  Baumgardner & Crothers
  ©2009 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 360 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131744410 | ISBN-13: 9780131744417
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      This book is designed to serve as a primary text for an undergraduate college course in positive psychology.  Consistent with the “nuts and bolts” presentation of positive psychology, in many places throughout the book the authors provide detailed coverage of  individual research studies, methodological issues and theoretical controversies. 

       The first goal in writing this book was to make positive psychology accessible to undergraduate students by reviewing and summarizing the major empirical findings and theories within the major areas of positive psychology. Specifically, the authors hope to bridge the gap between an undergraduate audience and the professional level of source material. A second goal was to present the core topics of positive psychology in a way that preserves the richness and excitement of findings in this new area of psychology. Positive psychology addresses important questions about how we lead our lives, find happiness and satisfaction in life, and deal with life’s challenges. As a result, the subject matter of positive psychology has high intrinsic interest. The authors hope to engage and maintain this interest by making frequent connections and applications to the everyday lives of readers.

              A third goal was to present positive psychology without compromising the complexities of research and theory   That is, the goal was to present positive psychology as it is -- a work in progress.  Put another way, this book is a “nuts and bolts” view of positive psychology with a primary emphasis on the results of empirical studies and the theories that help explain them.

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  Practical Guide to Research and Services with Hidden Populations, A
  Tortu, Goldsamt & Hamid
  ©2002 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 240 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205274889 | ISBN-13: 9780205274888
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  Introduces students and practitioners to issues related to treating hard-to-reach and under-served marginalized populations.

  Written in a manner accessible to all, this text addresses the rapidly changing field of mental health care and introduces the reader to key issues affecting such work in difficult environments. It treats topics such as how to conduct outreach, recruit persons outside the mainstream, and interview clients.

  The reader is given explicit directions for setting up systems to find and engage difficult-to-reach clients, establish collaborative working relationships among community-based organizations, and understand the need for structure in field settings and the ethical issues and community constraints affecting projects that operate outside the mainstream.

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  Practice of Psychological Assessment, The
  Tallent
  ©1992 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 416 pp | Available on Demand   What's this?
  ISBN-10: 013678111X | ISBN-13: 9780136781110
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  Appropriate for senior- and graduate-level courses in Psychological Assessment, Psychological Testing, Tests and Measurements, and Assessment in Special Education. Requires prior courses in Introductory Psychology and Abnormal Psychology.

  This volume examines psychological assessment and psychological assessors—an indissoluble combination in the professional enterprise of understanding individuals for defined and useful purposes. Extremely practice oriented, the book deals with the nuts and bolts of tests and testing; observing and interviewing; theories of tests and measurement; personality theory; classification, ordering data and applications involved with selecting and formulating meaningful psychological information. Helpful guidelines to practice, approaches, and strategies are also incorporated in the discussions.

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  Principles of Behavior, 6/E
  Malott & Trojan
  ©2008 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 504 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 013243363X | ISBN-13: 9780132433631
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  For undergraduate/graduate courses in Behavior Modification, Behavior Therapy, and Behavior Management.

   

  This text offers a solid introduction to the principles of behavior using a clear, interesting, entertaining style with many case studies and everyday examples while maintaining a high level of intellectual rigor and addressing fundamental concepts.

   
  Since writing the first edition of Principles of Behavior the authors have sought to address a unique need of the students in their behavior modification classes: levels of student ability, experience, and exposure to the topics addressed in these courses often varied greatly. From freshman undergradute courses straight through graduate level research, there was a need for a text that was flexible yet rigorous enough to appeal to both the novice and advanced student. Here, the authors have been able to do just that. Princibles of Behavior offers a solid introduction to the principles of behavior using a clear, interesting, entertaining style with many case studies and everyday examples while maintaining a high level of intellectual rigor and addressing fundamental concepts.

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  Program Evaluation: Methods and Case Studies, 7/E
  Posavac & Carey
  ©2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 320 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0132275600 | ISBN-13: 9780132275606
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  For upper-level undergraduate/ graduate-level courses in Program Evaluation, Program Planning, Program Administration, and Public Administration.  

   

  Comprehensive yet accessible, this text provides a practical introduction to the skills, attitudes, and methods required to assess the worth and value of human services offered in public and private organizations in a wide range of fields. Students are introduced to the need for such activities, the methods for carrying out evaluations, and the essential steps in organizing findings into reports. The text focuses on the work of people who are closely associated with the service to be evaluated, and is designed to help program planners, developers, and evaluators to work with program staff members who might be threatened by program evaluation.

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  Psychological Testing
  Graham & Lilly
  ©1984 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 480 pp | Available on Demand   What's this?
  ISBN-10: 0137326521 | ISBN-13: 9780137326525
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  A survey of psychological testing that covers the basic principles of tests and measurements and the most commonly used techniques.

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  Psychological Testing, 7/E
  Anastasi & Urbina
  ©1997 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 721 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0023030852 | ISBN-13: 9780023030857
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  Appropriate for undergraduate/graduate courses in psychological testing, tests and measurements, and test construction.

  This classic, authoritative introduction to psychological testing is widely hailed for its broad coverage and ability to cover "graduate school" topics in terms that college freshmen can understand. It familiarizes students with the basics of test construction and prepares them to effectively evaluate different tests, choose tests for particular purposes and individual examines, and interpret scores properly.

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  Psychological Testing Across the Lifespan
  Van Ornum, Dunlap & Shore
  ©2008 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 624 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131835300 | ISBN-13: 9780131835306
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  For undergraduate courses in Psychological Testing and Measurement and Evaluation.  It can also be used for a master's level assessment courses w/in programs for licensing of master's level mental health clinicians.

   

  Focused on combining psychological testing with abnormal and developmental psychology, this text focuses on the "psychometric core" while also examining testing and assessment as they are practiced within each stage of development.

   

  Throughout 20 years of teaching, William Van Ornum recognized a unique need in his classes: while his students taking Abnormal Psychology were enthusiastic and eager to work, the motivation of many students in Psychological Testing was drastically different. Finding that they were more nourished by Abnormal Psychology textbooks that were well-designed, had case studies, and material from current events - features that the usual Psychological Testing text did not have - in writing Psychological Testing Across the Lifespan Van Ornum sought to level this playing field. Focused on combining psychological testing with abnormal and developmental psychology, the text incorporates six chapters focused on the "psychometric core", with an additional eight chapters devoted to psychological testing and assessment as they are practiced within each stage of development. This organization, in addition to photos, case examples, student question boxes, charts, graphs, and statistical information, are designed to garner student interest and assist with real-life applications of the text material.

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  Psychological Testing and Assessment, 12/E
  Aiken & Groth-Marnat
  ©2006 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 552 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205457428 | ISBN-13: 9780205457427
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  A proven classic in the field, this edition of  Psychological Testing and Assessment features new co-author Gary Groth-Marnat.  Building on Aiken’s strong foundation, this edition has been thoroughly updated, offering extensive coverage of new tests, inventories, and scales, the methods used in constructing these psychometric instruments, and the application of them.

  Greater integration of chapters, enhanced student activities, more opportunities to increase depth through web-based resources, new editions of various tests, greater emphasis on applied aspects of assessment, and revisions in the content and format of college entrance examinations drive Aiken and Groth-Marnat’s twelfth edition. Substantial attention has also been given to neuropsychological assessment, adaptive testing, item response theory, the use of computers in psychological testing, and applications of tests in various contexts.

  This is an essential text for any student who is planning to construct, administer, and make decisions based on psychological tests in clinical, educational, or vocational settings.

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  Psychological Testing: Design, Analysis, and Use
  Friedenberg
  ©1995 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 525 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205142141 | ISBN-13: 9780205142149
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  Psychological Testing: History, Principles, and Applications, 5/E
  Gregory
  ©2007 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 720 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205468829 | ISBN-13: 9780205468829
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  The goal of this text is to teach students about the characteristics, objectives, and wide-ranging effects of psychological testing.

   

  In addition to the breadth of coverage of traditional topics, the fifth edition of Psychological Testing provides detailed presentations on neuropsychological and geriatric assessment, the early uses and abuses of testing, assessment of learning disabilities, testing in special settings, race differences in IQ, and cheating on national group achievement tests. The author also describes and critiques the latest versions of the most widely used tests, examine the subtleties of the testing process, and explores the value-laden issues surrounding the wisdom of testing.

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  Psychological Testing: Principles and Applications, 6/E
  Murphy & Davidshofer
  ©2005 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 624 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131891723 | ISBN-13: 9780131891722
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  For sophomore/junior-level courses in Psychological Testing or Measurement.

  Focuses on the use of psychological tests to make important decisions about individuals in a variety of settings. This text explores the theory, methods, and applications of psychological testing. It gives a full and fair evaluation of the advantages and drawbacks of psychological testing in general, and selected tests in particular.

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  Psychology and Personal Growth, 8/E
  Goud & Arkoff
  ©2009 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 384 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205626750 | ISBN-13: 9780205626755
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  This established collection of readings uses articles and photo-essays to apply psychology to personal growth and development.

   

  The text guides students in learning about themselves and interacting with society. Its six major themes—identity, human communication, growth dynamics, feelings and emotions, human relationships, and leading a quality life—provide a thought-provoking look at how psychology influences personal development.

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  Psychology and Work Today, 10/E
  Schultz & Schultz
  ©2010 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 456 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205683584 | ISBN-13: 9780205683581
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  For undergraduate-level courses in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Business Psychology, Personnel Psychology and Applied Psychology.

   

  Psychology and Work Today provides an invaluable foundation for anyone entering today’s global business and industrial world.  This informative, sophisticated, and entertaining text teaches students about the nature of work in modern society. By focusing on the practical and applied rather than the scientific ideal, the authors demonstrate how industrial-organizational psychology directly impacts our lives as job applicants, trainees, employees, managers, and consumers.

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  Psychology of Blacks, The: An African Centered Perspective, 3/E
  Parham, White & Ajamu
  ©2000 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 194 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0130959464 | ISBN-13: 9780130959461
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  For courses in Introduction to Psychology, African American Psychology, African American Studies, Multicultural Counseling and Cross Cultural Counseling and Psychotherapy.

  This text highlights the limitations of traditional psychological theories and approaches when applied to people of African descent. It provides information on how the African Centered Perspective is defined, as well as how it operates in the context of the African American family with regard to identity development, education, mental health, research, and managing contemporary issues. It links the context of African American life to the traditions, values and spiritual essence of their African ancestors in an attempt to acknowledge the African worldview and assist the African American community in addressing some of the challenges they will face in the 21st century.

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  Psychology of Gender, 3/E
  Helgeson
  ©2009 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 720 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0136009956 | ISBN-13: 9780136009955
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  For upper-level undergraduate/ graduate-level gender-focused courses in Psychology, Sociology, Women's Studies, and Gender Studies.

  Unlike other gender texts–this text focuses equally on both men and women, drawing from the empirical research and conceptual discussions surrounding gender in the areas of psychology, sociology, anthropology, medicine, and public health. It reviews the research from multiple perspectives, but emphasizes the implications of social roles, status, and gender-related traits, particularly for relationships and health–areas that are central to students' lives and that have a great impact on their day-to-day functioning.

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  Psychology of Sex and Gender, The
  Smith
  ©2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 608 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 020539311X | ISBN-13: 9780205393114
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  Psychology of Sex and Gender provides students with a balanced examination of the influence of sex and gender on behavior and development.  Providing a cross-cultural perspective, this exciting new book makes research relevant to the lives of students.  The treatment of sex and gender is multidisciplinary, including research and theoretical contributions drawn not only from psychology but also from biology, sociology, history, philosophy, and anthropology.  The thoughts of many researchers and theorists are included, to increase the accuracy of the information and to familiarize students with some of the individuals studying sex and gender.

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  Psychology of Women, The, 2/E
  Paludi
  ©2002 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 424 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0130409634 | ISBN-13: 9780130409638
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  For undergraduate/graduate-level courses in Psychology of Women, Gender, Gender Roles, Introduction to Women's Studies, and Women and Psychology.

  Presenting a non-Eurocentric perspective of the psychology of women, this overview emphasizes issues directly affecting women of college age. The up-to-date research includes coverage of eating disorders, sexual violence, sexuality, dating, and career development.

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  Psychology of Women, The: A Lifespan Perspective, 2/E
  Etaugh & Bridges
  ©2004 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 560 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205381405 | ISBN-13: 9780205381401
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  Recognizing that a woman's experiences change as she ages, The Psychology of Women draws on a rich blend of classic and contemporary research to present a broad range of issues relevant to girls and women throughout their lifespan.

  The authors use a chronological approach to communicate the complexity and interconnections among physical, educational/employment, and interpersonal experiences of girls and women during each developmental stage of life.

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  Readings in Cognitive Psychology: Applications, Connections, and Individual Differences
  Robinson-Riegler & Robinson-Riegler
  ©2004 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 288 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205358675 | ISBN-13: 9780205358670
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  This reader offers articles that students can relate to several different facets of cognition, as well as other sub-disciplines of psychology.

  Topics such as the distinction between top-down and bottom-up processing, divided attention, proactive interference, language learnability, and expertise are presented in these up-to-date, highly informative, and interesting articles.

  This is a research reader students will find interesting, applicable, and extremely relevant to their course and lives. Students will get a good deal of exposure to the fundamental concepts that have helped define the field of cognitive psychology.

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  Readings in Social Psychology: General, Classic, and Contemporary Selections, 7/E
  Lesko
  ©2009 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 400 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205595774 | ISBN-13: 9780205595778
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  This collection of readings gives students exposure to a wide variety of perspectives in the field of social psychology. Each of the fifteen chapters begins with an introduction and is followed by three articles: one general (“popular”), one classic, and one contemporary. The articles are followed by critical questions designed to facilitate comprehension and encourage discussion.   Topic integration questions conclude each chapter. The use of both popular readings and research articles provides students with a broad range of views and theories within the discipline of social psychology.

   

  The topical organization of the collection directly parallels Baron/Byrne/Branscombe’s Social Psychology, Twelfth Edition, and closely parallels Baron/Byrne/Branscombe’s Mastering Social Psychology.   However, Readings in Social Psychology can be used with any social psychology textbook, or as a stand-alone reader in courses that do not use full textbooks.

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  Readings in the History and Systems of Psychology, 2/E
  Brennan
  ©1998 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 280 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0136267971 | ISBN-13: 9780136267973
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  For courses in the History and Systems of Psychology.

  Designed to accompany Brennan's text, History and Systems of Psychology, Fifth Edition — but appropriate for any core text on the subject, this collection of readings provides easy access to primary source material in the history and systems of psychology — from Greek antiquity to the present.

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  Research Methods: A Process of Inquiry, 7/E
  Graziano & Raulin
  ©2010 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 432 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205634028 | ISBN-13: 9780205634026
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  For courses in Statistics, Research Methods, or Experimental Methods.

   

  This comprehensive text explores the entire range of research methodologies in psychology, using a carefully constructed programmatic approach to introduce topics and systematically build on the earlier presentations. This text emphasizes research concepts, as well as specific, technical research strategies, to help students develop an understanding of the underlying rational-empirical processes of science and to gain specific research skills.  It provides clearly written explanations of concepts and numerous examples drawn from all areas of psychology to enable students to develop sophisticated understanding of the research process.

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  Sensation and Perception, 5/E
  Foley & Matlin
  ©2010 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 512 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205579809 | ISBN-13: 9780205579808
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  For psychology courses on Sensation and Perception.

   

  Sensation and Perception, Fifth Edition maintains the standard of clarity and coverage set in earlier editions, which make the technical scientific information accessible to a wide range of students.  The authors have received national awards for their teaching and are fully responsible for the content and organization of the text. As a result, it features strong pedagogy, abundant student-friendly examples, and an engaging conversational style.

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  Social Psychology, 6/E
  Aronson, Wilson & Akert
  ©2007 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 694 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0132382458 | ISBN-13: 9780132382458
  Brief Description

  

  For an undergraduate introductory level course in social psychology.

   

  Research made relevant through a story-telling approach.

   

  This renowned text maintains its acclaimed story-telling approach to convey the science of social psychology while making research relevant to students. The authors bring the material under study to life through real-world examples that capture students' attention and motivate further exploration. Paying particular attention to the classic research that has driven the field and introucing cutting-edge research that is the future of Social Psychology, Aronson/Wilson/Akert provide a firm foundation for students to build their understanding of this rigorous science in a way that engages and fascinates.

   

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  SPSS for Windows Step by Step: A Simple Guide and Reference, 16.0 Update, 9/E
  George & Mallery
  ©2009 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 408 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205661335 | ISBN-13: 9780205661336
  Brief Description

  

  SPSS for Windows Step by Step: A Simple Guide and Reference, 16.0 Update makes data analysis and SPSS procedures clear and accessible.  Presents straightforward “step by step” instructions in each analysis chapter to clarify procedures. Hundreds of screen shots and “Step by Step” boxes guide the student through the program. All of the datasets used in the book are available for download on the text website. Exercises at the end of each chapter and selected answers on the website give students an opportunity to practice using SPSS. Updated to reflect SPSS Version 16.0

   

  If you'd like to bundle this text with SPSS 16.0*, please order the following ISBN: 0205664482.

   

  *The SPSS Integrated Student Version of the software operates on the same systems and has the same functionality as the SPSS for Windows 16.0 commercial English version except for the following limitations:

  1. The CD expires thirteen (13) months from the date that the student first installs the software on his or her computer.
  2. Data files cannot contain more than 50 variables.
  3. Data files cannot contain more than 1500 cases.
  4. SPSS add-on modules cannot be used with the Integrated Student Version.
  5. SPSS command syntax is not available to the user.
  6. Scripting and automation are not available to the user.

  PLEASE NOTE:  There is a hotfix for SPSS for Windows Student Version 16.0.   This fix will enable chart creation using the Chart Builder or Interactive Graphs procedures in the SPSS Student Version 16.0.  Please download the hotfix from: http://support.spss.com/Student/Patches/SPSS/Windows/16.0.1.1/16.0.1.1_Readme.html.  This is not an installer, so therefore no update information is available to indicate the hotfix has been applied. SPSS.exe is replaced with a version modified on 01/14/2008.  Note:  This is not a patch, you just need to save the file into your SPSS directory, C:\Program Files\SPSSInc\SPSS16Student, and replace the current spss.exe file.

   

  PLEASE NOTE:  If you are using Microsoft Vista, there is a patch available at http://support.spss.com/ that you will need to download to get SPSS to run on Microsoft Vista.  Please note that you will need to register at the tech Support website in order to download the patch.  You will need to apply the patch before you authorize the software.

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  Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences (Book Alone), 4/E
  Agresti & Finlay
  ©2009 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 624 pp | Out of Stock
  ISBN-10: 0205646417 | ISBN-13: 9780205646418
  Brief Description

  

  Agresti and Finley present statistical methods in a style that emphasizes their concepts and their application to the social sciences rather than the mathematics and computational details behind them.

   

  Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences, 4e presents an introduction to statistical methods for students majoring in social science disciplines.  No previous knowledge of statistics is assumed, and mathematical background is assumed to be minimal (lowest-level high-school algebra).

   

  This text may be used in a one or two course sequence. Such sequences are commonly required of social science graduate students in sociology, political science, and psychology. Students in geography, anthropology, journalism, and speech also are sometimes required to take at least one statistics course.

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  Test Scores and What They Mean, 6/E
  Lyman
  ©1998 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 190 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205175392 | ISBN-13: 9780205175390
  Brief Description | Buy from myPearsonStore

  

  This fact-filled, authoritative introduction to psychological and educational testing equips the student and practitioner with an overview of how to interpret and use test scores effectively.

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  Tests and Assessment, 4/E
  Walsh & Betz
  ©2001 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 481 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0130959472 | ISBN-13: 9780130959478
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  For junior through graduate-level courses in Psychological Testing, Psychological Assessment, Educational and Psychological Measurement, and Educational Appraisal in departments of Psychology, Education, and Counseling.

  This text presents basic concepts in tests and assessment to contribute to a more intelligent understanding and use of psychological and educational tests. It focuses on the theory, techniques, and skills used to assess people and their behavior in context with the environment.

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  Theories of Development, 5/E
  Crain
  ©2005 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 448 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131849913 | ISBN-13: 9780131849914
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  For undergraduate/graduate courses in Child Development, Lifespan Development, and Theories of Development.

  The result of extensive scholarship and consultation with leading scholars, this text introduces students to twenty-four theorists and compares and contrasts their theories on how we develop as individuals. Emphasizing the theories that build upon the developmental tradition established by Rousseau, this text also covers theories in the environmental/learning tradition.

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  Theories of Human Development: A Comparative Approach, 2/E
  Green & Piel
  ©2010 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 464 pp | Estimated Availability : 12/11/2009
  ISBN-10: 0205665683 | ISBN-13: 9780205665686
  Brief Description

  

  This book is written primarily for psychology and education students whose programs include a course in child psychology,

   child development, or theories of development.  The text may also be used to supplement courses on child development

   organized thematically or chronologically.  Instructors of graduate courses in child development may wish to consider this text

   as a primary synthesis containing more source material and source citations than others of its kind.

        The primary aim of the book is to describe what developmental theories are, what they can do, where they come from, how

   they work, and how they can be used to explain human nature.

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  Theories of Learning, 5/E
  Bower & Hilgard
  ©1981 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 647 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0139144323 | ISBN-13: 9780139144325
  Brief Description | Buy from myPearsonStore

  

  This introduction to theories of learning focuses on major schools such as behaviorism, Gestalt, cognitivism, and information processing as well as major intellectual figures including Thorndike, Pavlov, Guthrie, Hull, Tolman, Skinner, and Estes.

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  Theories of Personality, 2/E
  Smith & Vetter
  ©1991 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 464 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0139137246 | ISBN-13: 9780139137242
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  Appropriate for undergraduate-level courses in Personality and Personality Theory.

  Successfully classroom tested, this revised examination introduces the reader to the principal theories of the field which are of greatest current importance to the understanding of personality, including a thorough treatment of cognitive theory. The authors clearly present each theory and explore the research, applications, and evaluations that stem from it. The volume's first chapter reveals the structure of theory, ways of comprehending and evaluating theories, and the major issues facing all personality theories. The final chapter gives a comparative analysis and overall evaluation of the various theories and discusses the future of personality theory.

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  Theories of Personality: A Zonal Perspective
  Berecz
  ©2009 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 624 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205439160 | ISBN-13: 9780205439164
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  Instead of using a historical, categorical, or research approach to teaching personality, John M. Berecz maps theories and research onto a zonal grid to facilitate comparison and analysis.

   

  What exactly is a "zone?"  Berecz uses a unique and logical organizational structure to sort diverse theories of personality into zones of commonality. Each personality theory is located in a particular zone, based on the level of analysis (micro or macro) and whether the theory focuses mostly on the person or the situation. For example, Skinner's behaviorism (chapter 3) is located in the Situational Zone, while Freud's psychoanalysis (chapter 6) is found in the Insight Zone.

   

  This zonal perspective facilitates learning and retention by providing a broad context within which students can understand and organize information that might otherwise appear as an overwhelming mass of interesting, but disconnected ideas. Using a zonal perspective allows instructors to "connect the dots" among a broad array of diverse theories and research findings.

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  Theories of Personality: Understanding Persons, 5/E
  Cloninger
  ©2008 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 600 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0132434091 | ISBN-13: 9780132434096
  Brief Description

  

  For undergraduate courses in Personality or Theories of Personality.

   

  This engaging text provides an overview of major classic and current theories of personality, brings theories to life through the interpretation of illustrative biographies, and integrates a clear explanation of theory with the latest research.

   

  Understanding persons is both Susan Cloninger's academic passion as well as her personal lifestyle. With so many years of research and instruction under her belt, she has come to several important conclusions, many of which have helped guide her text through six editions. For one, while theories of personality can never explain all the particulars of individual lives, the theories explored within this text can help open eyes towards the important nuances and themes that might otherwise go unnoticed. With this in mind, this engaging text provides an overview of major classic and current theories of personality, brings theories to life through the interpretation of illustrative biographies, and integrates a clear explanation of theory with the latest research. As well, it conveys the positive value of various theories in a balanced and respectful way, preparing students to apply theoretical ideas to understanding particular individuals they may encounter in their professional work and personal lives.

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  Women's Lives: A Psychological Exploration, 2/E
  Etaugh & Bridges
  ©2010 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 624 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205594182 | ISBN-13: 9780205594184
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  For courses covering Psychology of Women, Psychology of Sex and Gender, Introduction to Women's Studies, or Gender.

   

  Women’s Lives: A Psychological Exploration, 2/e draws on a wealth of the literature to present a rich range of experiences and issues of relevance to girls and women. This text offers the unique combination of a chronological approach to gender that is embedded within topical chapters. Cutting-edge and comprehensive, each chapter integrates current material on women differing in age, ethnicity, social class, nationality, sexual orientation and ableness. An empirical focus is enlivened by engaging writing, student activities, and critical thinking exercises.

   

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  Women's Lives: A Topical Approach
  Etaugh & Bridges
  ©2006 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 672 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205439209 | ISBN-13: 9780205439201
  Brief Description

  

  Women’s Lives: A Topical Approach draws on a wealth of the literature to present a rich range of experiences and issues of relevance to girls and women.

  Because it does not presuppose any background in psychology, this book can be used as the sole or primary text in introductory-level psychology of women courses.  The presentation of both current and classical research and theory makes this text a suitable choice, along with supplementary materials, for more advanced courses in psychology of gender or interdisciplinary women's studies courses as well..

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