A Companion to Introductory Psychology
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-70312-1 (ISBN)
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Organized into five key sections—Biological, Cognition, Developmental, Social and Personality, and Mental and Physical Health—each features contemporary essays accompanied by insightful discussion questions, further resources, and activities to encourage reflection by the reader and to promote group debate in a classroom context. These prompt readers to reflect deeply, to evaluate long-held beliefs and/or personal biases, and to assess controversial topics by analyzing them through a psychological lens.
Mapped to the American Psychological Association Pillar Model, the book will benefit a wide variety of audiences ranging from high school to college undergraduates. Primarily useful for courses in introductory psychology, this book is also useful for courses in behavioral neuroscience, cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, social psychology, health psychology, and abnormal and clinical psychology.
Frank M. Ferraro III earned a Ph.D. in psychology (behavioral neuroscience) from Kansas State University, USA, and is now Adjunct Professor teaching psychology at Midland University, USA. He has published scientific articles in the areas of alcohol/drug addiction and the benefits of wilderness experiences on human creativity. Much of his career has been spent at liberal arts teaching institutions, where he has taught introductory psychology, research methods, psychopharmacology, behavioral neuroscience, and upper-level research capstones. He is an award-winning teacher, having been honored by both Nebraska Wesleyan University and Midland University for excellence in teaching. This companion book is an accumulation of engaging essays he has written for his undergraduate psychology students. They are published here now, in the hopes that they enhance classroom discussions. He lives in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.
1. Foundational Theme (Research): Understanding the Replication Crisis in Psychology Section 1: Biological Essays 2. Return to the Right Hemisphere 3. The Real Story of Phineas Gage 4. Moving Machines with the Mind 5. Do Plants Control Humans? 6. Fear Is Not a Factor: What Nightmare Research Tells Us Section 2: Cognition Essays 7. The World We Miss 8. Feeling What Other People Feel 9. Fascinating Case Studies in Memory Research 10. Intelligence: Measuring Mental Ability 11. The Psychology of Human Expertise Section 3: Developmental Essays 12. The Brain’s Long-term Construction Project 13. Are We Too Safe in Our Thinking? 14. Rerouting: Language Plasticity in the Human Brain Section 4: Social and Personality Essays 15. All Evil Begins with 15 Volts 16. The Best Time to be Alive? 17. Too Many Options 18. Psychological Paths into Conspiratorial Thinking Section 5: Mental and Physical Health Essays 19. Happy Pills: Do Antidepressants Work? 20. The Place as the Cure: History of Mental Asylums 21. Sports Psychology: Historical and Modern Contributions Appendix A: Mind Crime: The Role of Forensic Psychology (Applied Psychology) Appendix B: Unconventional: The Psychological Contributions of Henry Murray (History of Psychology) Appendix C: Five “Hidden Figures” of Psychology (History of Psychology) Conclusion
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 18.3.2025 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 1 Tables, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 453 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Pädagogische Psychologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-032-70312-1 / 1032703121 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-032-70312-1 / 9781032703121 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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