Understanding Psychology: Study Guide - Softcover

Key Benefit: Understanding Psychology presents introductory psychology as a science, providing engaging coverage of all traditional topics and giving readers a firm grasp of the scope, vocabulary, and concepts of the discipline. It treats psychology as a diverse discipline - the way psychologists perceive it - combining a concern for research, theory, gender, and cross-cultural issues with examples that are both familiar and applicable to users, inspiring critical thought and analysis of ideas presented. Key Topics: Integrates diversity and psychology throughout; special attention is given to culture, gender, and sexual orientation. Expands and integrates the influence of biology on behavior. Chapter 2, The Biological Basis of Behavior has been retitled and updated to reflect current thinking in the field. Completely rewritten Chapter 1 introduces the concept of diversity. Asks and answers the question “Why are psychologists interested in human diversity?”