By Don H. Hockenbury, Sandra E. Hockenbury, Susan A. Nolan
This acclaimed school room favourite makes the technology of psychology (and via that, the method of technological know-how itself) come alive for college students, with own tales that exemplify very important thoughts in a student-friendly approach, and with assurance of the field’s medical foundations and advances that's available with out being oversimplified.
The considerably up to date re-creation extends the book’s specialize in constructing clinical literacy within the context of psychology, with new positive factors in print and within the book’s new on-line direction area, LaunchPad. those positive factors are the results of the book’s so much dramatic addition—Sandra Hockenbury’s new writing partnership with co-author, Susan Nolan, who stocks her trust that the introductory direction might help every kind of scholars advance a true knowing of psychology and lasting clinical literacy with out sacrificing the field’s learn middle.
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P. 362 To the Instructor Page(s) Topic 383 394 Culture and moral reasoning Cultural differences in the effectiveness of different parenting styles 402 Culture’s influence on gender and gender roles 402 Gender stereotypes in different cultures 404–405 Cross-cultural research on gender differences in emotional expression 406 Cross-cultural research on cognitive differences between the sexes 411–412 Cultural differences in mate preferences 414 Role of culture in the expression of gender 431–434 Prevalence rates of AIDS among different ethnic and racial groups in the United States and in different societies worldwide 443–445 Freud’s impact on Western culture 444–445 Cultural influences on Freud’s psychoanalytic theory 453–454 Cultural influences on Jung’s personality theory 454 Jung on archetypal images, including mandalas, in different cultures 454–455 Cultural influences on the development of Horney’s personality theory 459 Rogers on cultural factors in the development of antisocial behavior 467 Cross-cultural research on the universality of the five-factor model of personality 486–487 Cultural conditioning and the “what is beautiful is good” myth 490 Attributional biases in individualistic versus collectivistic cultures 493 Cultural differences in interpersonal attraction 496–499 Stereotypes, prejudice, and group identity 500 501 509 510–511 518–519 Use of IAT to study social preferences and stereotypes worldwide Application of lessons from Robbers Cave and jigsaw classroom to reduce prejudice and conflict among ethnic and religious groups worldwide Cross-cultural comparisons of destructive social influence Role of cultural differences in abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq Culture and aggression Page(s) Topic 521 534 Cultural influences on social loafing and social striving Cross-cultural research on life events and stress xxxix 537–538 Cultural differences as source of stress 547 Cross-cultural research on the benefits of perceived control 558–559 Effect of culture on coping strategies 567 Role of culture in distinguishing between normal and abnormal behavior 569 Description of the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases 570–571 Global rates of mental illness 571 Cultural differences in rates of mental health treatment 575 576 Cultural variants of panic disorder Taijin kyofusho, a culture-specific disorder related to social phobia 578–579 PTSD in children living in a war zone in the Middle East and in child soldiers in Uganda and Congo 581 Cultural influences in obsessions and compulsions 592–593 Culture-bound syndromes 592 597 Western cultural ideals of beauty and prevalence rates of eating disorders Cultural differences in rates of borderline personality disorder 598 Role of culture in dissociative experiences 604–605 Cultural variations in schizophrenia symptoms 605 Prevalence and differences in outcome of schizophrenia in different cultures 610–611 Findings from the Finnish Adoptive Family Study of Schizophrenia 622 Use of interpersonal therapy to treat depression in Uganda 638–639 Mechanisms for increasing access to mental health care worldwide 644–645 Impact of cultural differences on effectiveness of psychotherapy 647 Efficacy of traditional herbal treatment for psychotic symptoms in India • The Outward Display of Gender, p.
Video Activities include more than 100 engaging video modules that instructors can easily assign and customize for student assessment. Videos cover classic experiments, current news footage, and cutting-edge research, all of which are sure to spark discussion and encourage critical thinking. • Labs offer interactive experiences that fortify the most important concepts and content of introductory psychology. In these activities, students participate in classic and contemporary experiments, generating real data and reviewing the broader implications of those findings.
Watson and introduction to behaviorism • New contemporary photo example of classical conditioning in advertising • Streamlined coverage of the “Little Albert” story • 2014 research suggesting a second identification for the infant in the famous “Little Albert” study, Albert Barger Martin • Condensed and simplified presentation of Robert Rescorla’s classic research • Revised section on taste aversions, including new example of using conditioned taste aversions to protect the endangered northern quoll in Australia • Replaced reinforcement example of hitting a vending machine with pushing the coin-return lever • In text and tables, replaced the terms “punishment by application” and “punishment by removal” with “positive punishment” and “negative punishment” • Revised graphs showing schedules of reinforcement and response patterns • New photo example showing how behavior modification is used to train helper animals • New historical photo of Keller and Marian Breland • Updated biographical information about Martin E.