Psychological Science: The Curious Mind [Loose-leaf]

Psychological Science: The Curious Mind, by award-winning authors and professors Catherine A. Sanderson and Karen Huffman, introduces 21st-century, digital-native students to the fascinating field of psychology. This new program emphasizes the importance of developing scientific literacy and an understanding of research and research methods. The program uses an inviting why-focused framework that taps into students' natural curiosity, incorporating active learning and real-life application to engage students.

Psychological Science: The Curious Mind embraces the guidelines released by the American Psychological Association (APA)'s Introductory Psychology Initiative (IPI) in 2021. It provides an excellent framework for instructors who want to implement those guidelines in their Introductory Psychology courses, and it provides students with the content and motivation to achieve the course's ultimate outcome: an enduring, foundational understanding of psychological science.

PREFACE iv

Foundation Unit

1 Introducing Psychology 6

2 Research Methods 50

Pillar 1 Biological

3 Neuroscience 98

4 Sensation 142

5 Consciousness 178

Pillar 2 Cognitive

6 Cognition and Intelligence 226

7 Perception 266

8 Memory 298

Pillar 3 Developmental

9 Learning 350

10 Life Span Development and Language 396

Pillar 4 Social and Personality

11 Motivation, Emotion, and Sexuality 452

12 Personality 504

13 Social Psychology 550

14 Industrial/Organizational Psychology 598

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