More popular than ever in colleges and universities worldwide, today's "Understanding Psychology" has been completely redesigned and revised to provide excellent support and solutions for instructors teaching the introductory course. This major revision integrates a variety of media elements that not only foster student understanding of psychology and of how psychology impacts students' everyday lives, but also allow students and instructors to assess students' mastery of psychology's key principles and concepts.

Table of Contents:
1. Introduction to Psychology Module 1: Psychologists at Work Module 2: A Science Evolves: Past, Present, and Future Module 3: Psychology's Key Issues and Controversies 2. Psychological Research Module 4: The Scientific Method Module 5: Conducting Psychological Research Module 6: Critical Research Issues 3. Neuroscience and Behavior Module 7: Neurons: The Basic Elements of Behavior Module 8: The Nervous System and the Endocrine System: Communicating within the Body Module 9: The Brain 4. Sensation and Perception Module 10: Sensing the World Around Us Module 11: Vision: Shedding Light on the Eye Module 12: Hearing and Other Senses Module 13: Perceptual Organization: Constructing Our View of the World 5. States of Consciousness Module 14: Sleep and Dreams Module 15: Hypnosis and Meditation Module 16: Drug Use: The Highs and Lows of Consciousness 6. Learning Module 17: Classical Conditioning Module 18: Operant Conditioning Module 19: Cognitive-Social Approaches to Learning 7. Memory Module 20: Encoding: Storage, and Retrieval of Memory Module 21: Recalling Long-Term Memories Module 22: Forgetting: When Memory Fails 8. Cognition and Language Module 23: Thinking and Reasoning Module 24: Problem Solving Module 25: Language 9. Intelligence Module 26: What is Intelligence? Module 27: Variations in Intellectual Ability Module 28: Group Differences in Intelligence: Genetic and Environmental Determinants10. Motivation and Emotion Module 29: Explaining Motivation Module 30: Human Needs and Motivation: Eat, Drink, and Be Daring Module 31: Understanding Emotional Experiences Module 32: Nonverbal Behavior and the Expression of Emotions 11. Sexuality and Gender Module 33: Gender and Sex Module 34: Understanding Human Sexual Response: The Facts of Life Module 35: The Varieties of Sexual Behavior Module 36: Sexual Difficulties: When Sex Goes Wrong 12. Development Module 37: Nature and Nurture: The Enduring Developmental Issue Module 38: Prenatal Development: From Conception to Birth Module 39: Infancy and Childhood Module 40: Adolescence: Becoming an Adult Module 41: Adulthood 13. Personality Module 42: Psychodynamic Approaches to Personality Module 43: Other Major Approaches to Personality: In Search of Human Uniqueness Module 44: Assessing Personality: Determining What Makes Us Special 14. Health Psychology: Stress, Coping, and Well-Being Module 45: Stress and Coping Module 46: Psychological Aspects of Illness and Well-Being Module 47: Promoting Health and Wellness 15. Psychological Disorders Module 48: Normal Versus Abnormal: Making the Distinction Module 49: The Major Psychological Disorders Module 50: Psychological Disorders in Perspective 16. Treatment of Psychological Disorders Module 51: Psychotherapy: Psychodynamic, Behavioral, and Cognitive Approaches to Treatment Module 52: Psychotherapy: Humanistic and Group Approaches to Treatment Module 53: Biomedical Therapy: Biological Approaches to Treatment 17. Social Psychology Module 54: Attitudes and Social Cognition Module 55: Social Influence Module 56: Prejudice and Discrimination Module 57: Positive and Negative Social Behavior Appendix: Going by the Numbers: Statistics in Psychology Module 58: Descriptive Statistics Module 59: Measures of Variability Module 60: Using Statistics to Answer Questions: Inferential Statistics and Correlation Glossary References Credits Name Index Subject Index