Psychology: Themes and Variations, Briefer Version, 7th Edition (Seventh Ed.) 7e, by Wayne Weiten - Softcover

Weiten, Wayne

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9780495100584: Psychology: Themes and Variations, Briefer Version, 7th Edition (Seventh Ed.) 7e, by Wayne Weiten
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0495100587 ISBN 13: 9780495100584
Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co, 2007

Synopsis

The BRIEFER EDITION, of PSYCHOLOGY: THEMES AND VARIATIONS, SEVENTH EDITION, help you experience the excitement of this fascinating field, while helping you study and retain what you learn! Filled with practical ways that you can apply psychology to your everyday life, this best-selling psychology textbook is an experience in learning that you'll remember long after you complete your introductory psychology course. "Critical Thinking Applications" in every chapter give you specific critical thinking strategies you can apply to what you read. Every chapter of this book offers tools to help you focus on what's important-showing you how to study in ways that help you retain information and do your very best on exams.

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About the Author

Wayne Weiten is a graduate of Bradley University and received his Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Illinois, Chicago, in 1981. He currently teaches at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has received distinguished teaching awards from Division Two of the American Psychological Association (APA) and from the College of DuPage, where he taught until 1991. He is a Fellow of Divisions 1 and 2 of the American Psychological Association. In 1991, he helped chair the APA National Conference on Enhancing the Quality of Undergraduate Education in Psychology and in 1996-1997 he served as President of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology. Wayne Weiten has conducted research on a wide range of topics, including educational measurement, jury decision making, attribution theory, stress, and cerebral specialization. His recent interests have included pressure as a form of stress and the technology of textbooks. He is also the co-author of Psychology Applied to Modern Life (Wadsworth, 2006) and the creator of an educational CD-ROM titled PsykTrek: A Multimedia Introduction to Psychology.

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Publisher
Wadsworth Pub Co
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0495100587
ISBN 13 
9780495100584
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
642
Rating
  • 3.65 out of 5 stars
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