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Psychology, 7/e

John W. Santrock, University of Texas, Dallas

ISBN: 0072494123
Copyright year: 2003

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  • New! Learning Goals are stated at the beginning of each chapter to help focus student’s attention on the big ideas of psychology. Section and chapter reviews, on-line resources, and all of the other supporting materials are presented in the context of these goals to reinforce the key ideas of psychology.
  • New! Emphasis on positive psychology teaches students that psychology can enable individuals and groups to take better control of their own lives and live them in a more fulfilling way. Each chapter opens with a vignette profiling an individual who illustrates the positive things psychology can accomplish. Within each chapter, theory is linked with specific applications that demonstrate psychology’s contributions in positive settings.
  • New! Critical Controversy sidebars highlight important contemporary topics about which there is spirited debate. Each Critical Controversy ends with several questions encouraging students to think critically about both sides of the issue.
  • New! Psychology and Life sidebars present applications of psychology to the real world. Many of these ask students to apply what they have learned to their own lives.
  • § Section reviews, keyed to the learning goals, phrase key points as discussion statements to encourage students to review and provide a critical thinking question based on the section content.
  • § Over 500 21st century research citations are included to reflect the state of the art in research.
  • Redesigned supplements package features new interactive exercises, simulations, and demonstrations all keyed to the learning objectives in the text to make it easy to use. Multiple testing options exist for student practice and professors to use for exams.
  • Study Organizer in the margin of the text identifies sources in the student supplements for further review.
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