Psychological Science The Curious Mind

Psychological Science: The Curious Mind, by award-winning authors and professors Catherine A. Sanderson and Karen Huffman, introduces 21st-century, digital-native students to the fascinating field of psychology. This new program emphasizes the importance of developing scientific literacy and an understanding of research and research methods. The program uses an inviting why-focused framework that taps into students' natural curiosity, incorporating active learning and real-life application to engage students.

Psychological Science: The Curious Mind embraces the guidelines released by the American Psychological Association (APA)'s Introductory Psychology Initiative (IPI) in 2021. It provides an excellent framework for instructors who want to implement those guidelines in their Introductory Psychology courses, and it provides students with the content and motivation to achieve the course's ultimate outcome: an enduring, foundational understanding of psychological science.

PREFACE xii

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xviii

Foundations of Psychology

1 What is Psychology? [[including integrative themes & Pillar approach]]

2 Psychology’s Research Methods

Unit/Pillar 1 Biological

3 Neuroscience and Biological Foundations

4 Sensation

5 Consciousness

Unit/Pillar 2 Cognitive

6 Cognition and Intelligence

7 Perception

8 Memory

Unit/Pillar 3 Developmental

9 Learning

10 Language and Life Span Development

Unit/Pillar 4 Social and Personality

11 Motivation and Emotion [[Including major sections of sexuality from RWP ch 10]]

12 Personality [[Including major sections on sex and gender from RWP ch 10]]

13 Social Psychology [[Including major sections of culture from RWP]]

14 Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Unit/Pillar 5 Mental and Physical Health

15 Psychological Disorders and Treatment

16 Therapies

17 Health, Stress, and Coping

APPENDIX A Answers to Self-Test Retrieval Practice Questions and Research Challenges B-1

GLOSSARY G-1

REFERENCES R-1

NAME INDEX NI-1

SUBJECT INDEX SI-1

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