Essentials of Psychology Concepts and Applications Study Guide

by Jeffrey S. Nevid

Provides students with resources aimed at improving study skills and comprehension of the text material. For each chapter, the study guide offers a one-page detailed outline, a list of objectives, chapter review, key terms and concepts, and self-testing exercises and activities that highlight key concepts from the main text.

Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Jeffrey Nevid, Ph.D., ABPP, is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology at St. John’s University in New York, where he has taught at the undergraduate and graduate levels since 1981. He is also a practicing psychologist specializing in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) in New York. Dr. Nevid holds a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) and is a Fellow of the Academy of Clinical Psychology (FAClinP).

Dr. Nevid completed his doctoral degree in clinical psychology at SUNY Albany and was awarded a National Institute of Mental Health Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Evaluation Research at Northwestern University. Dr. Nevid has conducted research in many areas of psychology and has amassed more than 200 publications and professional presentations. He has also authored or coauthored more than a dozen books in psychology and related fields, including several leading college textbooks, such as Psychology: Concepts and Applications (Cengage Learning), Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World (Pearson Education), Human Sexuality in a World of Diversity (Pearson Education), and Psychology and the Challenges of Life: Adjustment and Growth (John Wiley). Dr. Nevid also serves as Director of Research of Implicit Metrics, a marketing research firm he founded with his colleague Ronald Jay Cohen, Ph.D., ABPP.