Psychology: The Science of Behavior






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Psychology: The Science of Behavior, 4/e

R.H. Ettinger, Eastern Oregon University  


864 pages;  Copyright year: 2011
Student Resource Edition ISBN: 978-1-61882-083-9
Standard Edition ISBN: 978-1-60229-878-1
Advanced eBook ISBN: 1-932741-30-5
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Includes the following student resources

  • 500 Flashcards
  • 640 Practice Questions
  • 19 Chapter Summaries

Description

NEW TO THIS EDITION:
- Full color, hardcover format
- Updates to the Drugs and Behavior section
- Expanded coverage of inattentional blindness and synesthesia
- Expanded and updated discussion of the biology of memory
- Coverage of Schacter's Seven Sins of Memory
- Updated and expanded coverage of the biology of obesity
- Coverage of research on Botox and how this supports Facial Feedback Theory of Motivation
- Added Research Perspectives section on chimp language
- Added section on the Five-Factor Model of Personality
- Updated diagnostic criteria for behavioral disorders
- Updated biological perspectives of behavioral disorders
- Updated and expanded coverage of biological treatments for behavioral disorders including recent research on how ECT alleviates depression
- Expanded coverage of implicit attitude research and the halo effect
- Over 100 references added that were published between 2006 and 2010.

The major goals for this textbook are to demonstrate to students how the science of psychology has evolved and how it continues to develop. We wanted to create a textbook that engages students in the scientific process by asking stimulating questions and demonstrates how scientific research proceeds in order to answer them. In addition, we wanted to introduce students to several contemporary and influential psychologists in order to show them how researchers think about important issues, as well as to illustrate how controversy still surrounds much of this important discipline. These introductions are presented as dialogs between the author and influential researchers at the end of several chapters. We believe that it is important to show students how we know what we know by discussing principles of psychology in terms of the scientific context in which they are demonstrated.


 Student Resource Edition Textbook ISBN: 9781618820839
 Textbook ISBN: 9781602298781
 eBook ISBN: 1932741305
 Loose-leaf Textbook ISBN: 9781602296534
 Study Guide ISBN: 9781602298859

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