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Essentials of Psychology

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Essentials of Psychology

Seventh Edition   Franzoi, © 2022, 765 pages

Essentials of Psychology encourages students to analyze the scientific journey of discovery in psychology. The text also facilitates a personal journey of discovery and includes more than 20 Self-Discovery questionnaires that ask how the specific text material relates to students’ lives.

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About the Author

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Stephen L. Franzoi is Professor Emeritus in the Psychology Department at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He received his BS in both psychology and sociology from Western Michigan University, his PhD in psychology from the University of California at Davis, and was a postdoctoral fellow in the Self Program at Indiana University. Professor Franzoi taught both undergraduate and graduate courses in social psychology and in 2013 was honored with the Marquette University Teaching Excellence Award. During his career, he has served as assistant editor of Social Psychology Quarterly and associate editor of Social Problems, and his own research has been published in a number of places, including Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Psychology of Women Quarterly, American Sociological Review, Journal of Research in Personality, Sex Roles, and Journal of Personality. Dr. Franzoi’s primary research investigates the impact of gender on body esteem, and he has discussed his work in such media outlets as the New York Times, USA Today, National Public Radio, and the Oprah Winfrey Show. In his spare time, Dr. Franzoi enjoys relaxing and traveling with his family and friends, bicycling, and making wine.

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Are you interested in becoming more competent in dealing with past, current, and future life events? For example, how do you make sense of what you and everyone else on this planet dealt with during the COVID-19 pandemic? Has this worldwide event changed the way in which you currently approach your daily living, and perhaps even how you might navigate your life in the years to come? Because psychology involves the ‘‘study of the mind,’’ this introductory psychology text and the accompanying course material can help you gain insight into both large and small events in your life by gaining a better understanding not only of other people but also of yourself.

The seventh edition of Essentials of Psychology has a good deal of new content, including many new photos, figures, and tables, as well as more than 200 new references. Other significant changes in this new edition include:
Chapter 1
• New chapter-opening story
• New discussion on pseudoscience
Chapter 2
• Discussion of how individual differences in the levels of the hormone oxytocin might have affected people’s reactions to social distancing measures during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Expanded discussion of sex and gender
Chapter 3
• New research on the development of self-regulation in children
• Expanded coverage of emerging adulthood
• New research on cross-sex friendships
• New discussion of intensive parenting
Chapter 4
• Expanded discussion of the olfactory system
• New coverage of inattentional blindness
Chapter 5
• New chapter-opening story
• New coverage of alcohol use disorder
Chapter 6
• New research on violence in video games
Chapter 7
• New Closer Look exercise on semantic networks
• Revised discussion of levels of information processing
• Expanded coverage of absentmindedness
Chapter 8
• New chapter-opening story
Chapter 9
• New chapter-opening story
• New research on obesity and excessive eating
• Expanded coverage of cultural thinness standards
• New research on gender comparisons in sexual motivation
• New research on sexual assaults
Chapter 10
• New research on the five-factor model
Chapter 11
• New research on COVID-19 mental health issues
• New discussion of the stigma surrounding mental illness
• New discussion of clinical depression and the COVID-19 pandemic
• New research on personality disorders
Chapter 12
• New research on therapy through a managed care system
• New section on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
• New section on online therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic
Chapter 13
• New chapter-opening story
• New section on stress experienced by minority groups due to prejudice
• New Closer Look box on stress during the COVID-19 pandemic
Chapter 14
• New chapter-opening story
• Completely revamped chapter
• New research on the mere exposure effect
• New section on how race-based appearance cues can trigger discrimination
• New section on sexism
• New research on obedience
• New research on the biology of aggression
• New section on aggressive cues triggering violence
• New discussion on how expressing gratitude benefits romantic relationships
• Expanded Psychological Applications section on how the internet can influence voting behavior

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