Psychology In Modules 11th Edition

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Psychology In Modules 11th Edition

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  • Period between previous and current publications: 4 years (2011 vs 2015).
  • The First Edition of Psychology was written by David G. Myers, a professor of psychology at Hope College in Michigan, in 1986.
  • New co-author - Nathan DeWall, professor of University of Kentucky.
  • New How Would You Know? feature in LaunchPad.
  • Prologue:
    • Contemporary Psychology section substantially updated.
    • Updated table on current perspectives in psychology.
  • Chapter 1:
    • Definition of intuition with new illustration and current event examples.
    • Naturalistic observations on Twitter message moods, and on international Facebook friendships.
    • Research examples on the placebo effect.
    • Research demonstrating the consequences of statistical illiteracy.
  • Chapter 2:
    • Experiment on how the endocrine system enables the persistence of emotions even without conscious awareness of their cause.
    • Research example of woman with damaged amygdala experiencing no fear.
    • Updated material on the somatosensory cortex.
    • High-resolution diffusion spectrum image reveals brain neural networks within the two hemispheres.
    • Cold War nuclear tests enabled scientists to confirm neurogenesis discovered by the carbon-dating of neurons in the hippocampus.
  • Chapter 3:
    • Definition of parallel processing
    • Research confirming that full night sleep dramatically improves skill learning and athletic ability.
    • Latest evidence on negative effects of sleep deprivation.
    • New table outlines When Is Drug Use a Disorder?
  • Chapter 4:
    • Research on how genes influence personality traits and specific behaviors.
    • Evidence that preemies given skin-on-skin contact with their mothers are better off even 10 years later.
    • Laboratory experiments on gender differences in aggression.
    • Coverage of adolescent sexual development (moved here from previous edition's Chapter 5).
    • Key terms -- spermarche, disorder of sexual development.
  • Chapter 5:
    • New research on prenatal effects of mothers experiencing extreme stress.
    • Material on Autism spectrum disorder has been significantly revised to match DSM-5 update.
    • New table, Dual Parenting Facts.
    • Research with new figure on teen impulse control lagging reward seeking
    • Figure 5.26 illustrates changing ways Americans meet their partners.
  • Chapter 6:
    • New coverage of the adaptation of emotion perception; speed of audition.
    • Two new sports examples of the powerful effect of distraction on the experience of pain.
    • Latest evidence on how placebos, distraction, and hypnosis help control pain
    • Thinking Critically About box 'Hypnosis and Pain Relief'
  • Chapter 7:
    • New information on what happened to Little Albert.
    • Research showing that punishment should focus on prohibitions (what not to do) rather than positive obligations.
  • Chapter 8:
    • Experiment showing that people remember less when they know information will be available online.
    • Latest research on Henry Molaisons memory abilities.
  • Chapter 9:
    • Experiment on how insight improves when electrical stimulation disrupts assumptions created by past experiences.
    • Latest evidence from cross-cultural research on benefits of bilingualism.
  • Chapter 10:
    • Material on Gardner's possibility of a ninth intelligence.
    • Latest research on heritability of intelligence.
    • Coverage of grade inflation tendency
  • Chapter 11:
    • New chapter introduction.
    • Material on industrial-organizational psychology has moved to Appendix A
    • Latest facts on negative health, social, and memory effects of obesity.
    • Key term asexual
    • New section on Sexual Dysfunctions and Paraphilias with DSM-5 updates.
  • Chapter 12:
    • Research on happiness and how genes influence the sense of well-being.
    • Latest research on health effects of optimism, benefits of 150 minutes per week walking, and low-conflict marriages.
  • Chapter 13:
    • Table 13.2 Behavior in the Presence of Others clarifies distinction among social facilitation, social loafing, and deindividuation.
  • Chapter 14:
    • New Thinking Critically box The Stigma of Introversion.
  • Chapter 15: has been reorganized and updated to reflect DSM-5 changes -- includes integration of psychiatric diagnoses into medical practice, new definitions of disorders and disorder categories.