Essentials Of Understanding Psychology
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Preface
Chapter 1 Introduction to Psychology
Module 1 Psychologists at Work
Module 2 A Science Evolves: The Past, the Present, and the Future
Module 3 Research in Psychology
Module 4 Research Challenges: Exploring the Process
Chapter 2 Neuroscience and Behaviour
Module 5 Neurons: The Basic Elements of Behaviour
Module 6 The Brain
Module 7 The Nervous System and the Endocrine System: Communicating Within the Body
Chapter 3 Sensation and Perception
Module 8 Sensing the World Around Us
Module 9 Vision: Shedding Light on the Eye
Module 10 Hearing and the Other Senses
Module 11 Perceptual Organization: Constructing Our View of the World
Chapter 4 States of Consciousness
Module 12 Levels of Consciousness, Hypnosis, and Meditation
Module 13 Sleep and Dreams
Module 14 Drug Use: The Highs and Lows of Consciousness
Chapter 5 Learning
Module 15 Classical Conditioning
Module 16 Operant Conditioning
Module 17 Cognitive Approaches to Learning
Chapter 6 Memory
Module 18 The Foundations of Memory
Module 19 Recalling Long-Term Memories
Module 20 Forgetting: When Memory Fails
Chapter 7 Thinking, Language, and Intelligence
Module 21 Thinking and Reasoning
Module 22 Language
Module 23 Intelligence
Chapter 8 Motivation and Emotion
Module 24 Explaining Motivation
Module 25 Human Needs and Motivation: Eat, Drink, and Be Daring
Module 26 Understanding Emotional Experiences
Chapter 9 Lifespan Development
Module 27 Nature and Nurture: The Enduring Developmental Question
Module 28 Prenatal Development: From Conception to Birth
Module 29 Infancy and Childhood
Module 30 Adolescence: Becoming an Adult
Module 31 Adulthood
Chapter 10 Personality
Module 32 Psychodynamic Approaches to Personality
Module 33 Trait, Learning, Biological and Evolutionary, and Humanistic Approaches to Personality
Module 34 Assessing Personality: Determining What Makes Us Distinctive
Chapter 11 Health Psychology: Stress, Coping, and Well-Being
Module 35 Stress and Coping
Module 36 Psychological Aspects of Illness and Well-Being
Module 37 Health and Wellness
Chapter 12 Psychological Diagnoses
Module 38 Normal versus Abnormal: What Makes the Distinction?
Module 39 The Major Psychological Diagnoses
Module 40 Psychological Diagnoses in Perspective
Chapter 13 Treatment of Psychological Diagnoses
Module 41 Psychotherapy: Psychodynamic, Behavioural, and Cognitive Approaches to Treatment
Module 42 Psychotherapy: Humanistic, Interpersonal, and Group Approaches to Treatment
Module 43 Biomedical Therapy: Biological Approaches to Treatment
Chapter 14 Social Psychology
Module 44 Attitudes and Social Cognition
Module 45 Social Influence and Groups
Module 46 Prejudice and Discrimination
Module 47 Positive and Negative Social Behaviour
Glossary
The Eighth Canadian edition of Feldman's Essentials of Understanding Psychology is designed to inform, engage, and excite students. It offers relatable content in an accessible, modular format that connects psychology to everyday life. Feldman provides a strong focus on diversity and inclusion and offers expanded Indigenous knowledge throughout the resource. Indigenous Perspectives boxes, which have been expanded in this edition, present Indigenous knowledge on core introductory psychology topics, including states of consciousness and human development. Additionally, new and updated Lived Experience: Indigenous Voices boxes further enhance this coverage with first person experiences from Canada’s Indigenous Community as they relate to key psychological concepts. Every chapter of the Eighth Canadian edition has been updated, offering an engaging exploration of the human mind and behaviour in a Canadian context. The Eighth Canadian edition of Feldman is available in Connect. Connect is an award-winning digital teaching and learning solution designed to enhance your teaching style. It allows you to deliver, personalize and measure your course with ease. Plus, Connect can integrate with your LMS system to provide a seamless experience for you and your students.
Expanded Research from Quebec. New to this edition is an improved focus with respect to the Quebec curriculum that stipulates that introduction to psychology courses examine "questions or examples based on Quebec realities or emphasizes the development and influence of the discipline in a Quebec context" (Ministere de l'Enseignement superieur, 2021). This edition includes research from Quebec and has highlighted Quebec researchers.
New Canadian Co-Authors. The Eighth Canadian edition includes two new co-authors: Michelle M. Arnold from Okanagan College and Jennifer Rocchi from John Abbott College.
Expanded Coverage of Indigenous Content. The Eighth Canadian edition includes new and updated Indigenous Perspective and Lived Experience: Indigenous Voices feature boxes. One example includes a new Lived Experience feature in Chapter 9 on Dwayne Stacey, an educator from Kahnawake, Québec, and a member of the Mohawk community, looking at Indigenous views of child development and learning
Current Research and Applications. Every chapter of the Eighth Canadian edition has been updated to include the latest statistics and research, as well as current examples, ensuring the material is relevant for learners.
Critical Thinking Assignment. Located in Connect, the Critical Thinking Assignment is an active reading and critical thinking tool that helps guide students through the process of critical reading and analysis before, during, and after reading. Critical Thinking Assignment provides students the opportunity to read real-world texts analytically and critically by guiding them through the thinking required for deep understanding. Instructors can build assignments that ask students to complete tasks such as reflecting on a text, responding to a text, analyzing a piece of writing, or evaluating a source. Instructors can choose from a library of carefully chosen documents, upload their own documents, or assign students to upload their own documents.
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Student-First Approach. Essentials of Understanding Psychology puts students first by connecting psychology to everyday life. It aims to inform, engage and excite students to help them understand and retain psychological concepts.
Modular Chapter Format. Feldman is structured into 14 chapters, each divided into short modules, allowing students to study in smaller, more manageable chunks. This modular format enables instructors to customize assignments, focusing on depth or breadth as needed for their specific course requirements. The flexibility of this approach makes it particularly useful for teaching psychology to non-psychology majors across various programs, as instructors can tailor the content to match the background and interests of each discipline.
Indigenous Perspectives. In signing the Indigenous Education Protocol, colleges and other post-secondary institutions across Canada have pledged to support the inclusion of Indigenous intellectual and cultural traditions into their academic curriculum. Indigenous Perspective boxes present Indigenous knowledge on core introductory psychology topics, including states of consciousness, human development, and social psychology. In addition, Lived Experience: Indigenous Voices boxes provide first person experiences from Canada’s Indigenous Community as they relate to key psychological concepts.
Diversity and Inclusion. Feldman offers substantial coverage of material relevant to diversity throughout, as well as sections devoted to an aspect of racial, ethnic, gender, or cultural diversity. Examples of topics highlighted in these boxes include cultural influences on learning (Chapter 5) and cross-cultural differences in expression of emotion (Chapter 8). These sections highlight the way in which psychology informs (and is informed by) issues relating to the increasing multiculturalism of our global society.
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Psychology Relevancy Modules. Located within Connect, Thematic Relevancy Modules are inclusive, assessable, and brief modules that support the narratives of McGraw Hill’s Introductory Psychology titles. These modules were developed by a diverse array of authors and designed to bring in currency to the course while making content relevant and relatable to the learner. These modules are surfaced as a separate eBook within Connect and come with corresponding SmartBook and Critical Thinking assignments. Topics include Resilience, Stereotypes, WEIRD Psychology, Good vs Bad Social Media, Ethical Research and Coping.
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