In Psychology in Modules, David Myers and Nathan DeWall break down the content of their chapter-based Psychology into 55 independent modules, assignable in any sequence and brief enough to be read in one sitting. In this remarkably fresh and current new edition, Myers and DeWall have found extraordinarily effective ways to involve students with the remarkable research underlying our understanding of human behaviour. The text itself continues to be shaped by goals David Myers established at the outset. These were to connect students to high-impact research, to focus on developing critical thinking skills, and to present a multicultural perspective on psychology, so students can see themselves in the context of a wider world. This new edition offers 2100 research citations dated 20152020. With so many exciting new findings, students will see the importance and value of psychological research, and how psychology can help them make sense of the world around them.
Instructor Preface.- Student Preface: Student SuccessHow to Apply
Psychology to Live Your Best Life.- The Story of Psychology.- Module 1, What
Is Psychology? Thinking Critically With Psychological Science.- Module 2,
Research Strategies: How Psychologists Ask and Answer Questions.- Module 3,
Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life.- The Biology of Mind.- Module 4,
Neural and Hormonal Systems.- Module 5, Tools of Discovery, Older Brain
Structures, and the Limbic System.- Module 6, The Cerebral Cortex.-
Consciousness and the Two-Track Mind.- Module 7, Basic Consciousness
Concepts.- Module 8, Sleep and Dreams.- Module 9, Drugs and Consciousness.-
Nature, Nurture, and Human Diversity.- Module 10, Behavior Genetics:
Predicting Individual Differences.- Module 11, Evolutionary Psychology:
Explaining Human Nature and Nurture.- Module 12, Culture and Gender
Diversity: Understanding Nature and Nurture.- Developing Through the Life
Span.- Module 13, Developmental Issues, Prenatal Development, and the
Newborn.- Module 14, Infancy and Childhood.- Module 15, Adolescence.- Module
16, Adulthood.- Sensation and Perception.- Module 17, Basic Concepts of
Sensation and Perception.- Module 18, Vision: Sensory and Perceptual
Processing.- Module 19, The Nonvisual Senses.- Learning.- Module 20, Basic
Learning Concepts and Classical Conditioning.- Module 21, Operant
Conditioning Module 22, Biology, Cognition, and Learning.- Memory.- Module
23, Studying and Encoding Memories.- Module 24, Storing and Retrieving
Memories.- Module 25, Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Improving Memory.-
Thinking and Language.- Module 26, Thinking.- Module 27, Language and
Thought.- Intelligence.- Module 28, What Is Intelligence?.- Module 29
Intelligence Assessment and Dynamics.- Module 30, Genetic and Environmental
Influences on Intelligence What Drives Us: Hunger, Sex, Belonging, and
Achievement.- Module 31, Basic Motivational Concepts.- Module 32, Hunger.-
Module 33, Sexual Motivation.- Module 34, Affiliation and Achievement.-
Emotions, Stress, and Health.- Module 35, Introduction to Emotion.- Module
36, Expressing Emotion.- Module 37, Experiencing Emotion.- Module 38, Stress
and Illness.- Module 39, Health and Coping.- Social Psychology.- Module 40,
Social Thinking.- Module 41, Social Influence.- Module 42, Antisocial
Relations.- Module 43, Prosocial Relations.- Personality.- Module 44,
Introduction to Personality and Psychodynamic Theories Module 45, Humanistic
Theories and Trait Theories.- Module 46, Social-Cognitive Theories and the
Self.- Psychological Disorders.- Module 47, Introduction to Psychological
Disorders.- Module 48, Anxiety-Related Disorders.- Module 49, Depressive
Disorders and Bipolar Disorders.- Module 50, Schizophrenia.- Module 51,
Dissociative, Personality, and Eating Disorders.- Module 52,
Neurodevelopmental Disorders.- Therapy.- Module 53, Introduction to Therapy
and the Psychological Therapies.- Module 54 Evaluating Psychotherapies.-
Module 55, Biomedical Therapies and Preventing Psychological Disorders
David Myers received his psychology Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. He has spent his career at Hope College, Michigan, where he has taught dozens of introductory psychology sections. Nathan DeWall is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Social Psychology Lab at the University of Kentucky. He received his Bachelor's Degree from St. Olaf College, a Master's Degree in Social Science from the University of Chicago, and a Master's degree and Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Florida State University.
