The Science of Psychology: An Appreciative View Study Edition by Laura King (University of Missouri at Columbia) is the first text to bring a truly appreciative view of psychology-as a science and for exploring behavior-to introductory students. It is built around the idea that students must study the discipline of psychology as a whole, that the sub-disciplines are intricately connected, and that human behavior is best understood by exploring its functioning state in addition to its potential dysfunctions.
In this new Study Edition, Laura King maintains her extremely popular blend of contemporary research and writing that maximizes students' interest. This edition offers multiple choice review questions throughout each chapter as well as practice quizzes and exams.
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Psychology as an integrated whole. Presents psychology as an integrated field in which many specialized subfields overlap and where research findings in one subfield support important studies and exciting discoveries in another.
Correlation Guide: www.mhhe.com/mhcp/CorrelationGuides/TS_Psychological_Issues_16e.pdf
This convenient guide matches the issues in Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Psychological Issues, 16/e with the corresponding chapters in two of our best-selling McGraw-Hill Psychology textbooks by Feist/Rosenberg and King.
Function before dysfunction. The Science of Psychology begins with the premise that we need to explore functional behavior in its own right and as a context for abnormal behavior. In other words, we need to study why things go right before studying why things go wrong.
Innovative Biological Art Program. The Science of Psychology has an innovative art program that includes transparency inserts – bound into the text - on the brain and nervous system as well as the senses. These unique eye-opening visuals are just one more way that the text works to engage and inform students.
Health and Wellness. Illustrates the relevance of psychology to students by focusing on the implications of the material covered for their own health and wellness.
Integrated supplements development. The text author, Laura King, and all of the supplement authors met before the writing of the ancillaries to accompany the text to ensure a true integration of book and supporting material. After meeting initially, the team continued to communicate with one another and the author to ensure the highest quality and consistency.
Up-to-date research and coverage. Psychology is a vigorous young science, and knowledge changes quickly. The Science of Psychology features the most current research interwoven with classic findings to give students a sense of this vitality.
