Introduction to Psychology, Brief Version [with Psychism 5.0, Booklet, & Video Tool Kit]

by Daniel L. Schacter, Thomas Ludwig, Worth Publishers

A great read is just the beginning...
Instructor and student evaluations from coast to coast attest to the Dans' captivating writing.  These award-winning bestselling authors know how to enthrall students with the subject they love best--psychology.  But in the new edition of Introducing Psychology, they go even further to ensure that students won't commit one of the seven sins of memory--forgetting what they just read.  Special Cue Questions and Critical Thinking questions give students the opportunity to process psychological concepts and aid their understanding and memory.  And if you've ever heard someone parrot a widespread misconception, you'll welcome the new Changing Minds questions, short scenarios which ask students to confront common misunderstandings of psychological phenomena.  Now the book that students love to read is as unforgettable as ever!

 

Unknown Binding

Published August 18, 2010

About the author

Daniel L. Schacter is Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. His research has focused on psychological and biological aspects of human memory and amnesia, with a particular emphasis on the distinction between conscious and nonconscious forms of memory and, more recently, on brain mechanisms of memory distortion. He received his B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1974, M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 1977 and 1981 respectively. His Ph.D. thesis was supervised by Endel Tulving. In 1978, he was a visiting researcher at the University of Oxford's Department of Experimental Psychology. He has also studied the effects of aging on memory. His research uses both cognitive testing and brain imaging techniques such as positron emission tomography and functional magnetic resonance imaging.

Schacter has written three books, edited seven volumes, and published over 200 scientific articles and chapters. Schacter publishes regularly in scientific journals. Among the topics that Schacter has investigated are: Alzheimer's Disease, the neuroscience of memory, age-related memory effects, and issues related to false memory. He is widely known for his integrative reviews, including his seminal review of implicit memory in 1987.