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Psychology and Our Curious World
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- Wind Goodfriend - Buena Vista University
- Gary W. Lewandowski Jr. - Monmouth University
- Charity Brown Griffin - Winston-Salem State University
- Thomas Heinzen - William Paterson University
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Psychology (General)
July 2024 | 696 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Your students are curious. Here is a text that shows them how psychology answers the questions they are asking.
In this introduction to psychology, Wind Goodfriend, Gary Lewandowski, Charity Brown Griffin, and Tom Heinzen investigate our everyday curiosities through psychological science – approaching the discipline's core tenets with candor, humor, and wonder. Psychology and Our Curious World invites students to ask questions, think critically, and make evidence-informed decisions to better understand their unique world and that of others.
Amplifying the impact of their work, all the authors are donating a portion of their royalties to charities close to their hearts, including: The Trevor Project, Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Wounded Warrior Project, and GlassRoots.
This text is offered in Sage Vantage, an intuitive learning platform that integrates quality Sage textbook content with assignable multimedia activities and auto-graded assessments to drive student engagement and ensure accountability. Unparalleled in its ease of use and built for dynamic teaching and learning, Vantage offers customizable LMS integration and best-in-class support.
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In this introduction to psychology, Wind Goodfriend, Gary Lewandowski, Charity Brown Griffin, and Tom Heinzen investigate our everyday curiosities through psychological science – approaching the discipline's core tenets with candor, humor, and wonder. Psychology and Our Curious World invites students to ask questions, think critically, and make evidence-informed decisions to better understand their unique world and that of others.
Amplifying the impact of their work, all the authors are donating a portion of their royalties to charities close to their hearts, including: The Trevor Project, Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Wounded Warrior Project, and GlassRoots.
This text is offered in Sage Vantage, an intuitive learning platform that integrates quality Sage textbook content with assignable multimedia activities and auto-graded assessments to drive student engagement and ensure accountability. Unparalleled in its ease of use and built for dynamic teaching and learning, Vantage offers customizable LMS integration and best-in-class support.
Watch this video walkthrough and see how Vantage works:
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Chapter 1 Introduction to Psychology
Chapter 2 The Science of Psychology: Research Methods and Statistics
Chapter 3 Biology and Your Brain
Chapter 4 Identity, Sex, and Gender
Chapter 5 Stress, Health, and Happiness
Chapter 6 Sensation and Perception
Chapter 7 Consciousness
Chapter 8 Human Development
Chapter 9 Learning
Chapter 10 Memory
Chapter 11 Motivation and Emotion
Chapter 12 Cognition and Intelligence
Chapter 13 Personality
Chapter 14 Social Psychology
Chapter 15 Psychological Disorders
Chapter 16 Mental Health: Therapy and Treatment
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LMS cartridge included with this title for use in Blackboard, Canvas, Brightspace by Desire2Learn (D2L), and Moodle
The LMS cartridge makes it easy to import this title’s instructor resources into your learning management system (LMS). These resources include:
- Course management system integration makes it easy for student test results and graded assignments to seamlessly flow into the instructor's gradebook.
- Test banks, aligned to Bloom's Taxonomy, provide a diverse range of 150 test items per chapter, including multiple choice, true/false, and essay.
- Respondus® test generator is an alternate solution for delivering digital or printed tests built from the standard test bank.
- Instructor's manual, authored by Dr. Natalie Dove at Eastern Michigan University, offers a wide range of customizable teaching and learning content for all chapters, including:
- Correlation grids that align assessment questions to each learning objective
- Discussion topics, activities, and questions
- Critical thinking activities
- Essay and research paper topics
- Career activities
- APA IPI learning activities that allow instructors to easily assess and report out on the APA IPI outcomes
- Concept highlights
- Suggested grading rubrics
- QR codes that allow students to share questions they are curious about with the book's authors.
- Lecture notes provide instructors an outline and the key concepts in each chapter to aid in lecture preparation
- PowerPoint® slides offer a flexible, accessible, and customizable solution for creating multimedia lectures
- Curious Conversations PowerPoint® slides provide in-class and online discussion topics aligned to the textbook's "Have You Ever Wondered" questions and learning objectives, piquing students' curiosity and increasing their engagement
- Figures and tables from the book are available to support lecture preparation and class discussions
- Sample course syllabi include suggested models for structuring your course
You can still access the online resources for this title via the password-protected Instructor Resource Site.
I love the use of relatable and contemporary examples. Consistent with Goodfriend's other works, there is excellent emphasis on diversity, evident not only in the examples but also in the range of researchers whose work is referenced.
Arizona State University
This text is rich in examples that show psychology in the everyday world. Students will be able to see how all their behaviors have a psychological origin. There is deep coverage and analysis of all the essential topics. There are thoughtful applications of tables, charts, and graphs that summarize key points. A story-telling and conversational tone is used to grab the reader's interest. Students will like this book!
Sandhills Community College
I really, really like the style. The narrative is well-written and a compelling read.
Kent State University
I very much like the readability and inclusivity of this text.
University of South Carolina Beaufort
I like that the book was written by professors who understand the struggle of engaging today's college students.
University of Cumberlands
I like the tone! I think it's friendly and quippy but not too informal. Relevant daily life applications throughout. Section topics anticipate my curiosity […]. The authors deliver on their goal to provide an accessible and curiosity-inspiring text.
University of South Florida
Humor and wonder are important elements in my own teaching and I love the idea that they are reflected in a text. […] very balanced and moves from concept to concept in a way that promotes understanding without bogging the reader down with a lot of detail.
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Sample Materials & Chapters
Chapter 2. The Science of Psychology
Chapter 1. Introduction to Psychology