ESSENTIALS OF PSYCHOLOGY IN ACTION

KAREN R. HUFFMAN, Palomar College
MARK VERNOY, Palomar College
JUDY VERNOY
0-471-05829-7, 672 Pages, 1995

Description:

This is a briefer paperback edition of the best-selling Psychology in Action, 3/E published in 1994. like the parent text, Essentials is a mid-to-lower level one semester introduction to psychology that promotes active learning, emphasizes psychology as an empirical study of human experience, and is structured around the SQ4R method of learning. It features integrated critical thinking exercises, a focus on psychological applications and the scientific method, and integrated coverage of gender and cultural diversity.

This brief version has 14 chapters (vs. 18 in Psych 3/E), coverage in five chapters has been streamlined and more detailed topics have been left out. This text is approximately 100 pages shorter than the parent text. New chapter openers have been designed and there is a new icon for the Try This Yourself activities that relates to the cover; otherwise pedagogy and design remain the same.

Features:

• Active Learning and self-grading Critical Thinking exercises incorporated throughout text.

• SQ4R methodology (Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review, Write) and "Try This Yourself" activities.

• Meaningful integration of Gender and Cultural Diversity.

• Emphasis on science of psychology.

• Numerous research citations and references to DSM-IV.

• Complete ancillary package featuring "Active Demonstrations in Psychology" laser disc and "Handbook for Non-Native Speakers."

Changes In New Edition:

• Fourteen chapters instead of eighteen:

• single chapters on sensation/perception, human development, and social psychology instead of double

• no separate chapter on sexuality and health psychology

• new separate chapter on motivation, including sexuality

• new separate chapter on emotion, stress, and coping, including health psychology

• 112 pages shorter

• Paperback instead of cloth