Psychology Matters. Robert Feldman's "Psychology and Your Life 2e" draws students in immediately by connecting psychology to their professional and personal lives. Emphasizing practical application, "Psychology and Your Life 2e" offers examples and perspectives from healthcare occupations, nursing, technology, criminal justice, legal, and business, among others to prepare students and help them apply psychology throughout their lives and careers. A fully-integrated supplements package helps instructors objectively gauge their students' mastery of psychology's key principles and concepts and create dynamic class experiences--whether in the classroom or online. All ancillary materials are organized by the measurable learning outcomes for each module within the text--there is no more wondering whether the text in use will meet the accreditation guidelines for schools!
Robert S. Feldman is Dean in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Professor of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Feldman, who is winner of the College Distinguished Teacher award, has also taught courses at Mount Holyoke College, Wesleyan University, and Virginia Commonwealth University.
A Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the American Psychological Society, Feldman received a B.A. with High Honors from Wesleyan University and an M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is winner of a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer award and has written more than 100 books, book chapters, and scientific articles. In addition, he is on the Board of Directors of the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS).
His books, which have been translated into languages ranging from Spanish and French to Chinese and Japanese, include The Liar in Your Life, Understanding Psychology, Essentials of Understanding Psychology, Fundamentals of Nonverbal Behavior, Development of Nonverbal Behavior in Children, Social Psychology, Development Across the Life Span, and P.O.W.E.R. Learning: Strategies for Success in College and Life. His research interests include honesty and deception and impression management. His research has been supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute on Disabilities and Rehabilitation Research.
If you are a beginning Psych student like me, you willfind this book very essential to starting in this field. It holds a lot of very interesting information ranging from the badic functions of the brain to the various vocational fields of Psychology to growth and development if children and adults and psychological disorders.