Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behavior - Hardcover

Passer, Michael W.; Smith, Ronald E

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0073532126 ISBN 13: 9780073532127

Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education, 2010

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Book by Passer Michael W Ronald E Smith

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Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behavior imparts students with a scientific understanding of the field of psychology while showing them the impact on their day-to-day existence. A simple conceptual framework within the text emphasizes relations between biological, psychological, and environmental levels of analysis and portrays the focus of modern psychology. Through a variety of features, the text challenges students to think critically about psychology as a science and its impact on their lives.

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Biografía del autor:

Michael W. Passer, Ph.D., coordinates the introductory psychology program at the University of Washington, which enrolls about 2,500 students per year, and also is the faculty coordinator of training for new teaching assistants (TAs). He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Rochester and his PhD in Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles, with a specialization in social psychology. Dr. Passer has been a faculty member at the University of Washington since 1977. A former Danforth Foundation Fellow and University of Washington Distinguished Teaching Award finalist, Dr. Passer has had a career-long love of teaching. Each academic year he teaches introductory psychology twice and a required pre-major course in research methods. Dr. Passer developed and teaches a graduate course on the Teaching of Psychology, which prepares students for careers in the college classroom, and also has taught courses in social psychology and attribution theory. He has published more than 20 scientific articles and chapters, primarily in the areas of attribution, stress, and anxiety, and has taught the introductory psychology course for 20 years.

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• Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0073532126
• ISBN 13: 9780073532127
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 5
• Anzahl der Seiten: 816