Psychology: Themes and Variations (with Concept Charts and InfoTrac) (Available Titles CengageNOW)
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ISBN: 0534597696 / Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, March 2003
This introductory text includes features to enhance student interest, such as a conversational writing style, boxes on recent research, extended (three-to-six pages) personal applications, critical thinking applications, color photos and illustrations, and references to figures in the media. Learning features include concept checks, a running glossary, Web links, and practice tests. A booklet of concept charts for each chapter is included. The author is affiliated with the University of Nevada. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Since the First Edition of this book appeared, professors have praised its visual presentation of concepts, accessible writing style, and solid research-based scholarship. PSYCHOLOGY: THEMES AND VARIATIONS is about the ideas and concepts behind the research studies. His straightforward style gets students to contemplate open-ended questions, examine their assumptions, and apply psychological concepts to their own lives. Wayne Weiten surveys psychology's broad range of content with three aims: to illuminate the process of research and its intrinsic relationship to application; to show both the unity and diversity of the subject, and to invite students to the study of psychology by respecting their ability to master its fundamental concepts. Integrative themes--including empiricism, theoretical diversity, sociohistorical contexts, multifactorial causation, cultural heritage, heredity and environment, and subjectivity of experience--are woven throughout the text to provide connections among the different areas of research in psychology. The book's dynamic, teaching-oriented illustration program further enhances these themes. Weiten reinforces concepts through exercises that appear at the end of every chapter. At the same time, the author presents topics in a hierarchical manner, giving students handles they can use to prioritize concepts within the chapter.
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