About the Author\nDarwin W. Muir, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus (retired but still active) of Psychology at Queen’s University. He received his B.S. and M.Sc. from Eastern Michigan University and his Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from Dalhousie University. Dr. Muir has been in the Psychology Department at Queen’s University since 1974 where he has held an NSERC operating grant that supported the publication of more than 90 journal articles and book chapters and edited books on topics ranging from the study of concept formation in pigeons, the visual acuity of visually deprived cats, and social learning in snails to human fetal, neonatal, and infant sensitivity to tactile, auditory, and visual stimulation. Recently he has been studying the role played by adult auditory, visual, and tactile stimulation in the regulation of infant affect and attention during face-to-face interactions. He is married with three daughters and three grandsons. Before retiring, Dr. Muir was a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association and a member of the International Society for Infant Studies, the Society for Research on Child Development, the American Psychological Society, and the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Sciences.\nRonald E. Smith, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Psychology Training at the University of Washington, where he also has served as Area Head of the Social Psychology and Personality area. He received his bachelor’s degree from Marquette University and his PhD from Southern Illinois University, where he had dual specializations in clinical and physiological psychology. His major research interests are in anxiety, stress and coping, and in performance enhancement research and intervention. Dr. Smith is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. He received a Distinguished Alumnus Award from the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute for his contributions to the field of mental health. He has published more than 160 scientific articles and book chapters in his areas of interest and has authored or co-authored 23 books on introductory psychology, human performance enhancement, and personality, including Introduction to Personality: Toward an Integration, with Walter Mischel and Yuichi Shoda (Wiley, 2004). An award-winning teacher, he has more than 15 years of experience in teaching the introductory psychology course.\nMike Atkinson is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. Dr. Atkinson received his B.Sc. from Dalhousie University in 1975 and his M.Sc. (1978) and Ph.D. (1982) from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Dr. Atkinson’s training is in social psychology, but his research and teaching interests place him more in the field of educational psychology. “Dr. Mike,” as he is known to his students, has been featured in Maclean’s magazine, Media Television, and the Globe and Mail. He has also received numerous teaching awards, including the University of Western Ontario Professor of the Year award five times, as well as the Student’s Council/Alumni Western Teaching Award of Excellence, and the Pleva Award for Excellence in Teaching. He has also received the 3M Canada Teaching Fellowship for his pioneering work in large-scale multimedia instruction, the “Superclass,” and is a certified ISW trainer.\nJohn B. Mitchell is the Academic Dean at Brescia University College, University of Western Ontario. Dr. Mitchell received his B.A. and M.A. from Queen’s University and his Ph.D. from Concordia University. Following completion of his Ph.D., he did post-doctoral research at the Douglas Hospital Research Centre in Montreal and at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver. Dr. Mitchell has taught Introduction to Psychology at Boston College, Brescia University College, and the University of Western Ontario in classes that have ranged in size from 50 to 500 students. He has also taught courses in behavioural neuroscie

Psychology Frontiers and Applications

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PASSER, MICHAEL W.

Atkinson, Michael

MITCHELL, JOHN

Smith, Ronald E.

Muir, Darwin

Psychology & Counseling

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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. Together with Research Close-Ups in each chapter and Beneath the Surface discussions and what do you think? questions, the text challenges students to think critically about psychology as a science and its impact on their lives.

Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behavior

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This title is available in a new edition The study of psychology is a journey with many destinations. The Second Canadian Edition of Psychology: Frontiers and Applications is both a guide and a companion on this journey. The Canadian Edition of Passer & Smith continues to strengthen the text's hallmarks (readability, Canadian content, appealing design), pedagogy (Problem-Based Learning, ground-breaking research, emerging studies and applications of psychology in the real world), as well as its renowned content. Chapter-opening vignettes, some new, are integrated into the chapters and followed up with closing vignettes at the end. Updated references and a reorganization of material has been developed to suit the needs of Canadian instructors - all designed to guide the student of psychology along this ongoing journey. Built upon the success of the first edition are chapter-opening vignettes to pique the interest of all students, then ask the questions: What are the Issues Here? What do we need to know? Where can we find the information necessary to answer the questions? New to this second edition is an innovative chapter-ending vignette which addresses all three, bringing that opening story back and discussing what was taught through the chapter and how it now allows students to better answer those questions. This new Canadian text approaches the study of psychology as an ongoing journey, and offers itself as a guide on that journey. Beginning with the view that behaviour can be studied at psychological, biological, and environmental levels, the text employs a variety of pedagogical elements to emphasize the relationship between theoretical and applied science; to promote analytic and critical thinking, while fostering an understanding of scientific principles and methods.

The Student's Guide to Psychology : Frontiers and Applications

Smith, Ronald Edward

Mcgraw-Hill College

Michael Passer and Ronald Smith pooled their 25 years of combined experience in teaching Introduction to Psychology to bring you an innovative new approach to unveiling the science of Psychology. The goal of Psychology: Frontiers and Applications is to share with students the excitement the authors have found in the study of behavior and to make the course more exciting for you to teach. To achieve this goal, Drs. Passer and Smith present Psychology from a perspective that repeatedly emphasizes the linkages between basic science and applied science. Students discover the connections between theoretical research findings and practical solutions to problems in society. This approach teaches students to think more like psychologists- viewing the world of behavior in a more analytical, sophisticated way which includes considering the multiple factors that result in behavior.

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This textbook reflects the experiences of Michael Passer and Ronald Smith as faculty who have taught the introductory psychology course several dozen times, and, earlier, as students whose own interest in psychology was sparked by instructors who brought the introductory course to life. Four goals have influenced their writing of this text: 1) to show students that the world of behavior is fascinating; 2) to help students think critically and analytically about behavior, dispelling common myths; 3) to convey the intellectual excitement of studying behavior with scientific rigor; 4) to apply knowledge obtained from scientific inquiry to real-world problems. Users and reviewers of Passer and Smith's text overwhelmingly praise the authors for succeeding at these goals!

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We Listened. You Want Science. You Want a Modern Framework. You Want an Easy Prep. You Want Passer/Smith. 
 WE LISTENED: During the development of Passer/Smith, McGraw-Hill employees observed more than 150 hours of Introductory Psychology classes, hosted three national symposia, and commissioned and read over 200 reviews. From that, WE LEARNED: 
• You want to demonstrate to your students that Psychology is a science. Passer’s Research Close-Ups in each chapter provide an inside look at research studies in a scientific journal format. 
• You want a framework that will help students tie all of the disparate concepts together and see the field of psychology in a modern way. Passer/Smith’s Levels of Analysis feature does just that, by consistently showing the biological, psychological, and environmental causes of behavior. 
• You want all of your resources in one place so you can quickly and easily prep for each lecture. McGraw-Hill's PrepCenter provides all of our instructor resources in an easy-to-use, online site. 
 The bottom line is that if you use Passer/Smith, you’ll teach a dynamic, modern course with an organizing framework that reflects psychology as a science and that is easier to prep for than your present course.

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