Well-known for its pioneering focus on the development of critical thinking skills crucial to students' success in university and in later life, Psychology by Wade, Tavris, Saucier and Elias is also widely regarded for the liveliness, warmth, and clarity of its writing style. Continuing its tradition of integrating gender, culture, and ethnicity throughout the text, Psychology provides a comprehensive introduction to the field.
Carole Wade is affiliated with the Dominican University in California. Her Ph.D. is in cognitive psychology and her areas of interest include gender, ethnicity and a focus on the teaching and development of critical thinking skills.
Carol Tavris earned her Ph.D. in social psychology and as a writer and lecturer focuses on educating the public about the importance of critical and scientific thinking in psychology.
Dr. Wade and Dr. Tavris are Fellows of the American Psychological Association and charter members of the American Psychological Society.
Deborah Saucier is the current Dean of Science at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. Prior to that, she was a Canada Research Chair at the University of Lethbridge where she taught a variety of courses including behavioural neuroscience and introductory psychology. Dr. Saucier researches the long-term effects of early brain damage on behaviour in nonhuman animals, the effects of cannabinoids on epilepsy and behaviour, and the effects of steroid hormones on cognitive abilities in humans. She receives research funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and from the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Her research has been published in Nature, Behavioural Neuroscience, Journal of Neuroscience, Brain and Cognition, Laterality, and Cognitive Brain Research. She earned her B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in psychology from the University of Victoria and her Ph.D. at the University of Western Ontario.
Lorin Elias is a full professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Saskatchewan. Previously, he was an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Saskatchewan. He has won several teaching excellence awards and teaches a variety of courses in cognitive neuroscience and evolutionary psychology at both undergraduate and graduate levels while maintaining an active research program. His federally funded research program has mainly focused on the functional differences between the left and right hemisphere of the brain. However, he has also investigated a number of unusual perceptual phenomena, including a condition called Synesthesia. Dr. Elias’s research has been published in a number of academic journals, including Neuropsychologia, Brain and Cognition, Laterality, Neurosurgery, Cognitive Brain Research, and Behavioural Neuroscience.
