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Psychology: The Science of Behavior

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Psychology: The Science of Behavior

Fifth Edition   Ettinger, © 2013, 835 pages

Psychology: The Science of Behavior presents contrasting theoretical perspectives, while maintaining a strong scientific orientation to the study of psychology. The major goals of the book are to demonstrate to students how the science of psychology has evolved and how it continues to develop.

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About the Author

R.H. Ettinger person
Dr. R. H. Ettinger is a professor of psychology at Eastern Oregon University. His research focuses on psychopharmacology and includes investigations of the neural mechanisms underlying feeding and addiction. Notably, his research has led to the development of an anticocaine antibody and the understanding of the role of Pavlovian conditioning in drug tolerance and addiction. In addition to this textbook, Ettinger is the author of a textbook on psychopharmacology. In addition to his research and writing, he is an avid cyclist and cross-country skier, and he enjoys flying his private airplane and providing instrument instruction to other pilots.

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NEW TO THIS EDITION:
  • Full color, hard cover 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.

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