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In Psychology, Thirteenth Edition in Modules, David Myers and Nathan DeWall break down the content of the new edition of their chapter-based Psychology into 55 independent modules, assignable in any sequence and brief enough to be read in one sitting. This flexible format is favored by a wide range of students and instructors, and supported by research showing that students working with shorter reading assignments are better able to retain the concepts.
From its beginnings to this remarkably fresh and current new edition, Myers and DeWall have found extraordinarily effective ways to involve students with the remarkable research underlying our understanding of human behavior. But while the content and learning support evolves edition after edition, the text itself continues to be shaped by basic goals David Myers established at the outset, including to connect students to high-impact research, to focus on developing critical thinking skills, and to present a multicultural perspective on psychology, so students can see themselves in the context of a wider world.
This new edition offers 2100 research citations dated 2015–2020, making these the most up-to-date introductory psychology course resources available. With so many exciting new findings, and every chapter updated with current new examples and ideas, students will see the importance and value of psychological research, and how psychology can help them make sense of the world around them.
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Table of Contents
Instructor Preface
Student Preface: Student Success—How to Apply Psychology to Live Your Best Life
The Story of Psychology
Module 1, What Is Psychology?
Thinking Critically With Psychological Science
Module 2, Research Strategies: How Psychologists Ask and Answer Questions
Module 3, Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life
The Biology of Mind
Module 4, Neural and Hormonal Systems
Module 5, Tools of Discovery, Older Brain Structures, and the Limbic System
Module 6, The Cerebral Cortex
Consciousness and the Two-Track Mind
Module 7, Basic Consciousness Concepts
Module 8, Sleep and Dreams
Module 9, Drugs and Consciousness
Nature, Nurture, and Human Diversity
Module 10, Behavior Genetics: Predicting Individual Differences
Module 11, Evolutionary Psychology: Explaining Human Nature and Nurture
Module 12, Culture and Gender Diversity: Understanding Nature and Nurture
Developing Through the Life Span
Module 13, Developmental Issues, Prenatal Development, and the Newborn
Module 14, Infancy and Childhood
Module 15, Adolescence
Module 16, Adulthood
Sensation and Perception
Module 17, Basic Concepts of Sensation and Perception
Module 18, Vision: Sensory and Perceptual Processing
Module 19, The Nonvisual Senses
Learning
Module 20, Basic Learning Concepts and Classical Conditioning
Module 21, Operant Conditioning
Module 22, Biology, Cognition, and Learning
Memory
Module 23, Studying and Encoding Memories
Module 24, Storing and Retrieving Memories
Module 25, Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Improving Memory
Thinking and Language
Module 26, Thinking
Module 27, Language and Thought
Intelligence
Module 28, What Is Intelligence?
Module 29 Intelligence Assessment and Dynamics
Module 30, Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intelligence
What Drives Us: Hunger, Sex, Belonging, and Achievement
Module 31, Basic Motivational Concepts
Module 32, Hunger
Module 33, Sexual Motivation
Module 34, Affiliation and Achievement
Emotions, Stress, and Health
Module 35, Introduction to Emotion
Module 36, Expressing Emotion
Module 37, Experiencing Emotion
Module 38, Stress and Illness
Module 39, Health and Coping
Social Psychology
Module 40, Social Thinking
Module 41, Social Influence
Module 42, Antisocial Relations
Module 43, Prosocial Relations
Personality
Module 44, Introduction to Personality and Psychodynamic Theories
Module 45, Humanistic Theories and Trait Theories
Module 46, Social-Cognitive Theories and the Self
Psychological Disorders
Module 47, Introduction to Psychological Disorders
Module 48, Anxiety-Related Disorders
Module 49, Depressive Disorders and Bipolar Disorders
Module 50, Schizophrenia
Module 51, Dissociative, Personality, and Eating Disorders
Module 52, Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Therapy
Module 53, Introduction to Therapy and the Psychological Therapies
Module 54 Evaluating Psychotherapies
Module 55, Biomedical Therapies and Preventing Psychological Disorders
Appendix A, The Story of Psychology: A Timeline, by Charles Brewer
Appendix B, Career Fields in Psychology, by Jennifer Zwolinski
Appendix C, Psychology at Work
Appendix D, Complete Chapter Reviews
Appendix E, Answers to Retrieval Practice and Master the Material Questions
Authors
David G. Myers
David Myers received his B.A. in chemistry from Whitworth University, and his psychology Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. He has spent his career at Hope College, Michigan, where he has taught dozens of introductory psychology sections. Hope College students have invited him to be their commencement speaker and voted him “outstanding professor.” His research and writings have been recognized by the Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize, an Honored Scientist award from the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences, an Award for Distinguished Service on Behalf of Social-Personality Psychology, a Presidential Citation from APA Division 2, election as an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, and three honorary doctorates.
With support from National Science Foundation grants, Myers’ scientific articles have appeared in three dozen scientific periodicals, including Science, American Scientist, Psychological Science, and American Psychologist. In addition to his scholarly and textbook writing, he digests psychological science for the general public. His writings have appeared in four dozen magazines, from Today’s Education to Scientific American. He also has authored six general audience books, including, in 2022, How Do We Know Ourselves? Curiosities and Marvels of the Human Mind. And he blogs about psychology and life at TalkPsych.com.
David Myers has chaired his city’s Human Relations Commission, helped found a thriving assistance center for low-income families, and spoken to hundreds of college, community, and professional groups worldwide. Drawing on his experience of hearing loss, which now includes a cochlear implant, he also has written articles and a book (A Quiet World) about hearing loss, and he is advocating a transformation in U.S. assistive listening technology (see HearingLoop.org). For his leadership, he has received awards from the American Academy of Audiology, the hearing industry, and the Hearing Loss Association of America.
David and Carol Myers met and married while undergraduates, and have raised sons Peter and Andrew, and a daughter, Laura. They have one grandchild, Allie.
C. Nathan DeWall
Nathan DeWall is professor of psychology at the University of Kentucky. He received his bachelor’s degree from St. Olaf College, a master’s degree in social science from the University of Chicago, and a master’s degree and Ph.D. in social psychology from Florida State University. DeWall received the College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award, which recognizes excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching. The Association for Psychological Science identified DeWall as a “Rising Star” early in his career for “making significant contributions to the field of psychological science.” He has been included in the top 1 percent of all cited scientists in psychology and psychiatry on the Institute for Scientific Information list, according to the Web of Science.DeWall conducts research on close relationships, self-control, aggression, the psychology of religion, and intellectual humility. With funding from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the John Templeton Foundation, he has published 225 scientific articles and chapters. DeWall’s research awards include the SAGE Young Scholars Award from the Foundation for Personality and Social Psychology, the Young Investigator Award from the International Society for Research on Aggression, and the Early Career Award from the International Society for Self and Identity. His research has been covered by numerous media and entertainment outlets, including Good Morning America, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Harvard Business Review, USA Today, National Public Radio, The Guardian, the BBC, and Netflix. He has lectured nationally and internationally, including in Hong Kong, China, the Netherlands, England, Greece, Hungary, Sweden, Australia, and France.
Nathan is happily married to Alice DeWall and is the proud father of Beverly “Bevy” and Ellis. He also enjoys taking care of the family dog, “Artie.” As an ultramarathon runner, he completed numerous races, including the Badwater 135 in 2017 (dubbed “the World’s toughest foot race”). In his spare time now, he enjoys hiking, attending live concerts, setting up and maintaining aquariums, watching sports, and playing guitar and singing in local rock bands.
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In Psychology, Thirteenth Edition in Modules, David Myers and Nathan DeWall break down the content of the new edition of their chapter-based Psychology into 55 independent modules, assignable in any sequence and brief enough to be read in one sitting. This flexible format is favored by a wide range of students and instructors, and supported by research showing that students working with shorter reading assignments are better able to retain the concepts.
From its beginnings to this remarkably fresh and current new edition, Myers and DeWall have found extraordinarily effective ways to involve students with the remarkable research underlying our understanding of human behavior. But while the content and learning support evolves edition after edition, the text itself continues to be shaped by basic goals David Myers established at the outset, including to connect students to high-impact research, to focus on developing critical thinking skills, and to present a multicultural perspective on psychology, so students can see themselves in the context of a wider world.
This new edition offers 2100 research citations dated 2015–2020, making these the most up-to-date introductory psychology course resources available. With so many exciting new findings, and every chapter updated with current new examples and ideas, students will see the importance and value of psychological research, and how psychology can help them make sense of the world around them.
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Instructor Preface
Student Preface: Student Success—How to Apply Psychology to Live Your Best Life
The Story of Psychology
Module 1, What Is Psychology?
Thinking Critically With Psychological Science
Module 2, Research Strategies: How Psychologists Ask and Answer Questions
Module 3, Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life
The Biology of Mind
Module 4, Neural and Hormonal Systems
Module 5, Tools of Discovery, Older Brain Structures, and the Limbic System
Module 6, The Cerebral Cortex
Consciousness and the Two-Track Mind
Module 7, Basic Consciousness Concepts
Module 8, Sleep and Dreams
Module 9, Drugs and Consciousness
Nature, Nurture, and Human Diversity
Module 10, Behavior Genetics: Predicting Individual Differences
Module 11, Evolutionary Psychology: Explaining Human Nature and Nurture
Module 12, Culture and Gender Diversity: Understanding Nature and Nurture
Developing Through the Life Span
Module 13, Developmental Issues, Prenatal Development, and the Newborn
Module 14, Infancy and Childhood
Module 15, Adolescence
Module 16, Adulthood
Sensation and Perception
Module 17, Basic Concepts of Sensation and Perception
Module 18, Vision: Sensory and Perceptual Processing
Module 19, The Nonvisual Senses
Learning
Module 20, Basic Learning Concepts and Classical Conditioning
Module 21, Operant Conditioning
Module 22, Biology, Cognition, and Learning
Memory
Module 23, Studying and Encoding Memories
Module 24, Storing and Retrieving Memories
Module 25, Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Improving Memory
Thinking and Language
Module 26, Thinking
Module 27, Language and Thought
Intelligence
Module 28, What Is Intelligence?
Module 29 Intelligence Assessment and Dynamics
Module 30, Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intelligence
What Drives Us: Hunger, Sex, Belonging, and Achievement
Module 31, Basic Motivational Concepts
Module 32, Hunger
Module 33, Sexual Motivation
Module 34, Affiliation and Achievement
Emotions, Stress, and Health
Module 35, Introduction to Emotion
Module 36, Expressing Emotion
Module 37, Experiencing Emotion
Module 38, Stress and Illness
Module 39, Health and Coping
Social Psychology
Module 40, Social Thinking
Module 41, Social Influence
Module 42, Antisocial Relations
Module 43, Prosocial Relations
Personality
Module 44, Introduction to Personality and Psychodynamic Theories
Module 45, Humanistic Theories and Trait Theories
Module 46, Social-Cognitive Theories and the Self
Psychological Disorders
Module 47, Introduction to Psychological Disorders
Module 48, Anxiety-Related Disorders
Module 49, Depressive Disorders and Bipolar Disorders
Module 50, Schizophrenia
Module 51, Dissociative, Personality, and Eating Disorders
Module 52, Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Therapy
Module 53, Introduction to Therapy and the Psychological Therapies
Module 54 Evaluating Psychotherapies
Module 55, Biomedical Therapies and Preventing Psychological Disorders
Appendix A, The Story of Psychology: A Timeline, by Charles Brewer
Appendix B, Career Fields in Psychology, by Jennifer Zwolinski
Appendix C, Psychology at Work
Appendix D, Complete Chapter Reviews
Appendix E, Answers to Retrieval Practice and Master the Material Questions
David G. Myers
David Myers received his B.A. in chemistry from Whitworth University, and his psychology Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. He has spent his career at Hope College, Michigan, where he has taught dozens of introductory psychology sections. Hope College students have invited him to be their commencement speaker and voted him “outstanding professor.” His research and writings have been recognized by the Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize, an Honored Scientist award from the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences, an Award for Distinguished Service on Behalf of Social-Personality Psychology, a Presidential Citation from APA Division 2, election as an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, and three honorary doctorates.
With support from National Science Foundation grants, Myers’ scientific articles have appeared in three dozen scientific periodicals, including Science, American Scientist, Psychological Science, and American Psychologist. In addition to his scholarly and textbook writing, he digests psychological science for the general public. His writings have appeared in four dozen magazines, from Today’s Education to Scientific American. He also has authored six general audience books, including, in 2022, How Do We Know Ourselves? Curiosities and Marvels of the Human Mind. And he blogs about psychology and life at TalkPsych.com.
David Myers has chaired his city’s Human Relations Commission, helped found a thriving assistance center for low-income families, and spoken to hundreds of college, community, and professional groups worldwide. Drawing on his experience of hearing loss, which now includes a cochlear implant, he also has written articles and a book (A Quiet World) about hearing loss, and he is advocating a transformation in U.S. assistive listening technology (see HearingLoop.org). For his leadership, he has received awards from the American Academy of Audiology, the hearing industry, and the Hearing Loss Association of America.
David and Carol Myers met and married while undergraduates, and have raised sons Peter and Andrew, and a daughter, Laura. They have one grandchild, Allie.
C. Nathan DeWall
Nathan DeWall is professor of psychology at the University of Kentucky. He received his bachelor’s degree from St. Olaf College, a master’s degree in social science from the University of Chicago, and a master’s degree and Ph.D. in social psychology from Florida State University. DeWall received the College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award, which recognizes excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching. The Association for Psychological Science identified DeWall as a “Rising Star” early in his career for “making significant contributions to the field of psychological science.” He has been included in the top 1 percent of all cited scientists in psychology and psychiatry on the Institute for Scientific Information list, according to the Web of Science.DeWall conducts research on close relationships, self-control, aggression, the psychology of religion, and intellectual humility. With funding from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the John Templeton Foundation, he has published 225 scientific articles and chapters. DeWall’s research awards include the SAGE Young Scholars Award from the Foundation for Personality and Social Psychology, the Young Investigator Award from the International Society for Research on Aggression, and the Early Career Award from the International Society for Self and Identity. His research has been covered by numerous media and entertainment outlets, including Good Morning America, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Harvard Business Review, USA Today, National Public Radio, The Guardian, the BBC, and Netflix. He has lectured nationally and internationally, including in Hong Kong, China, the Netherlands, England, Greece, Hungary, Sweden, Australia, and France.
Nathan is happily married to Alice DeWall and is the proud father of Beverly “Bevy” and Ellis. He also enjoys taking care of the family dog, “Artie.” As an ultramarathon runner, he completed numerous races, including the Badwater 135 in 2017 (dubbed “the World’s toughest foot race”). In his spare time now, he enjoys hiking, attending live concerts, setting up and maintaining aquariums, watching sports, and playing guitar and singing in local rock bands.
