Highlights
New authorial team.
Master teachers and textbook authors Henry Gleitman and Daniel Reisberg are joined for the Seventh Edition by James Gross, who brings his expertise in the areas of emotion and social psychology to this classic text.
New coverage of the roles of biology, culture, and experience in psychology.
An innovative new chapter, “Evolution and the Biological Roots of Behavior,” introduces evolution and genetics as part of a larger discussion on the central human motives of feeding, fleeing, fighting, and sex. By discussing the fundamental human motives in a comparative context, the authors are able to effectively demonstrate the centrality of biological science in the study of psychology.
Two new social psychology chapters—“Social Cognition and Emotion” and “Social Influence and Relationships”—capture the cutting-edge ideas that shape this field today. Offering fresh new perspectives on classic material, the authors highlight the importance of culture, automaticity, and emotion as unifying aspects in the wide range of topics that make up social psychology.
New part structure and pedagogy offer a coherent view of psychology.
The text is now organized into four parts—“Foundations,” “Knowledge and Thought,” “The Person in Context,” and “Individual Differences.” The new part structure is designed to create more balance between the domains of psychology and to better reflect where the field is today. Each part is introduced by a brief essay that highlights enduring questions surrounding that part’s coverage, and new questions throughout help students understand how each chapter fits within the part.
Four new themes, integrated across chapters, enable students to draw connections between different topics.
Rather than confining discussions to individual chapters, the Seventh Edition integrates four new themes throughout:
- The need for multiple approaches in psychology
- The constant interactions between the forces of nature and nurture
- The degree to which individuals shape their world, and vice versa
- The role of unconscious processing on behavior
Classic strengths reaffirmed for today’s students.
The Seventh Edition continues to offer the rigorous yet accessible treatment of psychology that has made the book a classic. Situating psychology within the liberal arts and demonstrating the relevance of the natural sciences and humanities, Psychology uses history to contextualize theories and show students how new scientific research is constantly altering the field.
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