Psychology: Frontiers And Applications - 2026 Release

Current and relevant references. Considerable updates and new content have been added to further increase the relevance to students.

Psychology Relevancy Modules: Thematic Relevancy Modules are inclusive, assessable, and brief modules that support the narratives of McGraw Hill's Intro 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 2.0 and Critical Thinking assignments. Topics include Resilience, Stereotypes, WEIRD Psychology, Good vs Bad Social Media, Ethical Research and Coping.

New Connect Experience. Significant improvements to the instructor workflows in Connect have been made, including the addition of new features designed to make managing your course even easier. New features include the ability to add co-instructors to a section, a new Assignments tab, a redesigned section dashboard, optimizations for mobile use, and improved accessibility.

Problem-Based Learning: Each chapter is structured around a set of tools to help students interact with the material at a level that exceeds reading alone. These tools include the chapter-opening vignette, which presents a real-world case related to the chapter topic; a margin icon throughout the chapter, which indicates when the discussion relates back to the case introduced in the vignette; and the Gaining Direction feature at the end of the chapter, which revisits the vignette and suggests some answers to the questions it poses. Together, these tools encourage students to apply the concepts they are learning to real-world situations.

Focus on Scientific Psychology: Psychology is portrayed as a contemporary science without becoming excessively formal or terminological. Passer focuses both on principles derived from research and on the methods by which good research is conducted.

Focus on Relations between Basic Science and Applications: Whether in the context of students' personal lives or larger societal issues, many questions studied from a basic science perspective are inspired by real-world questions and issues, and basic research findings often guide solutions to social and individual problems. In this way, students can be guided by their knowledge in other aspects of their lives.

A Balanced Approach. The focus on academic rigor, contemporary scientific research, and readability are at the core of Passer's continual success. Clear prose, careful explanations, engaging examples, and supporting artwork make the content accessible to students. All of this is done within a conceptual framework that emphasizes relations between biological, psychological, and environmental levels of analysis.

Levels of Analysis emphasize how psychologists examine the interplay of biological, psychological, and environmental factors in their quest to understand behaviour. Topics explored include "Behaviour Genetics" (Chapter 4), "Aggression" (Chapter 13), and "Stress and Resilience" (Chapter 15).

Neuroscience feature. This feature highlights how rapidly developing cutting-edge technology is paving the way for groundbreaking imaging studies that give new insights into the workings of the human brain and its relationship to behaviour.

Global context with a Canadian focus. Bringing psychology to life for students, Passer includes examples that are relatable for students, statistics that reflect the Canadian and North American context, and stories and vignettes that occur in Canadian locations.