Rich in reader friendly features and up to the minute research, Spencer Rathus' Ninth Edition of "Psychology: Concepts And Connections, International Edition" makes your students' introduction to psychology a meaningful, personal experience. Rathus connects the core concepts of psychology to the events and issues students encounter every day.
The book explains classic theories and the latest discoveries in a clear, accessible style intended to reach out to students without sacrificing Rathus's commitment to showing psychology as the rigorous science that it is. Throughout the text, you'll find an emphasis on diversity and expanded coverage of the evolutionary perspective, plus numerous references to the timeliest research available. And, the text's proven active learning system, PQ4R (Preview, Question, Read, Reflect, Review, and Recite), incorporated into every chapter, seamlessly integrates reading and studying.
In addition, Rathus's text features the most integrated multi-platform media package available, the full Web site that features Self Study Assessments, Video Connections, Mobile Media and interactive versions of features from the text all tightly connected to the text itself to give students the a powerful, comprehensive introduction to psychology.
Chapter 1 : What is psychology
Chapter 2 : Sorting truth from fiction io psychology: Critical thinking and research methods
Chapter 3 : Biology and psychology
Chapter 4 : Sensation and perception
Chapter 5 : Consciousness
Chapter 6 : Learning
Chapter 7 : Memory: remenbrance of things past-and future
Chapter 8 : Thinking, language, and intelligence
Chapter 9 : Motivation and emotion
Chapter 10 : The voyage through the life span: Childhood
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