Table of Contents

Student Preface Time Management: Or, How to Be a Good Student and Still Have a Life 1. Thinking Critically With Psychological Science 2. The Biology of Behavior 3. Consciousness and the Two-Track Mind 4. Developing Through the Life Span 5. Sex, Gender, and Sexuality 6. Sensation and Perception 7. Learning 8. Memory 9. Thinking, Language, and Intelligence 10. Motivation and Emotion 11. Stress, Health, and Human Flourishing 12. Social Psychology 13. Personality 14. Psychological Disorders 15. Therapy Appendix A. Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life Appendix B. Psychology at Work Appendix C. Subfields of Psychology Appendix D. Complete Chapter Reviews Appendix E. Answers to Experience the Testing Effect Questions

About the Author

David Myers received his psychology Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. He has spent his career at Hope College, Michigan, where he has taught dozens of introductory psychology sections. Hope College students have invited him to be their commencement speaker and voted him "outstanding professor." His research and writings have been recognized by the Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize, by a 2010 Honored Scientist award from the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences, by a 2010 Award for Service on Behalf of Personality and Social Psychology, by a 2013 Presidential Citation from APA Division 2, and by three dozen honorary doctorates.