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Psychology: Themes and Variations/Study Guide - Softcover

Stalling, Richard B.

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Synopsis

In this revision of his best-selling text, Wayne Weiten presents a text that is both challenging to think about and easy to learn from, both visually stunning and conceptually integrated, and both scientifically sound and fun to read. Well-respected in the field for its fresh, original approach, its attention to teaching/learning issues, and its impeccable scholarship, Psychology: Themes and Variations, Third Edition, offers much that is new: new studies, new topics, new applications, as well as a new theme (''culture influences behavior'')..In a writing style users have termed ''near perfect,'' Weiten emphasizes ideas instead of isolated facts and shows how research and application work in harmony. Now using seven integrative themes to emphasize the connections between different areas of research in psychology, Weiten challenges students to grapple with ''the big issues and tough questions'' while at the same time helping them master the basic concepts of psychology. Throughout the book, Weiten emphasizes the unity in psychology's intellectual heritage (the themes) as well as psychology's immense diversity (the variations).

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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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