Introduction to Psychology: Gateways to Mind and Behavior, Cengage International Edition,
17th Edition

1. The Foundations of Psychological Science.
2. Brain and Behavior.
3. Human Development.
4. Sensation, Attention, and Perception.
5. States of Consciousness.
6. Conditioning and Learning.
7. Memory.
8. Cognition and Intelligence.
9. Motivation and Emotion.
10. Sex, Gender, and Sexuality.
11. Personality.
12. Health, Stress, and Coping.
13. Psychopathology.
14. Therapies.
15. Social Psychology.
16. Applied Psychology.
Appendix: Psychology and Your Skill Set: Statistics.
References.
Name Index.
Subject Index/Glossary.

• Dennis Coon

  Dennis Coon is a publishing phenomenon and one of the best-selling authors in the field of psychology. His innovative instructional methods and student-focused style make his works perennial favorites among instructors and students alike. To date, more than two million students have learned psychology with a Coon text as their guide. Coon graduated with a B.A. in psychology from the University of California, Riverside, and earned his Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Arizona.

• John O. Mitterer

  John O. Mitterer holds a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from McMaster University. He has taught psychology at Brock University to more than 25,000 psychology students. Mitterer was the recipient of the 2003 Brock University Distinguished Teaching Award, a 2003 Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) Teaching Award, a 2004 3M Teaching Fellowship, the 2005 Canadian Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology, and the 2010 Brock University Don Ursino Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Large Classes. He also held a three-year Brock Chancellor's Chair for Teaching Excellence.

• Tanya S. Martini

  Tanya Martini obtained her Ph.D. in developmental psychology from the University of Toronto and is a professor in the psychology department at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario. She has been awarded the Brock University Distinguished Teaching Award and the Chancellor's Chair for Teaching Excellence. In addition to introductory psychology, she has also taught research methods and two courses designed to facilitate students' understanding of career-related skills. Dr. Martini's research explores skill-based learning outcomes in post-secondary education, and her most recent work has investigated students' views concerning skill-based learning across their degree program. She has a particular interest in students' ability to articulate the competencies that underlie skills such as critical thinking and collaboration, and their ability to recognize how university assignments foster transferable skills that are of interest to employers. Her research in this area was recognized by an appointment to the advisory board of the Future Skills Centre in partnership with the Conference Board of Canada.

• The 17th edition has been streamlined from 18 chapters to 16 to bring its content in line with the length of conventional first-year psychology courses.

• New concept maps in six chapters (1, 4, 6, 7, 13, 14) provide a visual representation of the inter-relationships between key concepts in each chapter, helping students organize and connect ideas to one another.

• Psychology and Your Skill Set sections helps students link psychological concepts to real-world skills for stronger relationships and workplace success.

• The text is easily customizable, owing to separate sections within chapters.

• Psychology in Everyday Life-themed sections help engage students by highlighting connections between key concepts and “real life.”

• The text includes features built to help students study effectively, in addition to a Guided Notes supplement that provides support for students who are new to college-level textbooks, helping them to extract key information from the text while learning important note-taking skills.

• Test Bank questions have been fully revised and reorganized by section within a chapter to allow instructors to easily locate the material they would like to test. Questions are tagged using Bloom’s taxonomy, APA Guidelines 3.0 and the text's learning outcomes.

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