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Psychology
NEW! Psychology
2nd Edition, AP* Edition ©2011
Ciccarelli, White
Not Just Another AP* Psychology Text
We believe that students want to do well and they are motivated and successful when goals are clearly laid out and they know where to focus. To encourage students to read and help them understand, we wrote this book in a style that draws the reader into an ongoing dialogue about psychology while maintaining a focus on scientific rigor and academic integrity. Our goal is awaken students' curiosity and energize their desire to learn more
- The engaging writing style, comprehensive coverage of key research, and strong pedagogical features help capture the interest of today's students.
- Content in the text and ancillary package follows the American Psychological Association recommended learning goals and assessment guidelines, with each chapter organized around detailed learning objectives and correlated to the College Board's Advanced Placement Learning Objectives.
- Concept maps and summaries illustrate how major concepts are connected.
- Bolded terms in the text are defined in the margins, more difficult terms are defined at the bottom of the page, and a full-text glossary is provided at the end of the book.
- Icons integrated throughout the text lead students to MyPsychLab™ for Web-based expansion of topics, videos, podcasts, simulations and more!
- AP* Test Prep Practice
Every chapter concludes with AP* questions and multiple-choice test prep practice to give students consistent practice for the AP* exam. Also available is the AP* Test Prep Workbook created specifically for Psychology AP* Edition. This comprehensive guide is linked directly to the textbook to help students reinforce important connections between what they learn in class and the AP* Exam. - Support for the AP* Teacher also available
AP* Instructor's Resources DVD includes the following:- AP* Test Bank with over 3,000 questions includes rationales for the correct answer in the multiple-choice questions to help teachers evaluate question selections for tests and provides the option to use the rationales as an answer key for their students. The test item file includes a Total Assessment Guide for each chapter that organizes all test items by learning objective and questions type and that correlates the questions to the College Board's Advanced Placement* Learning Objectives.
- AP* TestGen, the easy-to-use, customizable program, includes all the multiple-choice and essay questions from the printed test bank and enables teachers to view, edit, and add questions; transfer questions to test; print multiple tests for each chapter; and print multiple version of tests.
- Instructor's Resource Manual offers a collection of resources including lecture guides and brief notes, plus a unique hyper-linking system that allows for easy review of relevant sections and resources.
- Interactive PowerPoint® slides bring the powerful design right into the classroom, drawing students into the lecture through interactive activities, visuals, and videos. A secondary set of PowerPoint® slides, with a more traditional format, offers excerpts of the text material, photos, and artwork.
Exceptional Media Resource
MyPsychLab™ with Pearson eText is a learning and assessment tool that enables teacher to assess student performance and adapt course content—without investing additional time or resources. Teachers decide the extent of integration—from independent self-assessment for students to total course management. Students benefit from an easy-to-use site, with Pearson eText and complete textbook audio files, where they can test themselves on key content, track their progress, and utilize individually tailored study plans. MyPsychLab™ includes a new Podcasting tool with pre-loaded podcasts and the ability for teachers to easily record and upload podcasts of their own lectures for students to access: Psychology Library that provides numerous student tools and resources, including study skills and plagiarism tutorials, an APA documentation guide, and more; Multiple self assessment opportunities that provided students with customized study plans based on their needs; Downloadable Flash Cards are another quick and easy way for students to quiz themselves on key content. Upon textbook purchase, students and teachers are provided access to MyPsychLab™.
NEW Class Prep for teachers, now available in MyPsychLab:
Finding, sorting, organizing, and presenting your teacher resources is faster and easier than ever before with Class Prep. This fully searchable database contains hundreds and hundreds of our best teacher resources, such as lecture launchers and discussion topics, in-class and out-of-class activities and assignments, handouts, as well as video clips, photos, illustrations, charts, graphs, and animations. Teachers can search or browse by topic, and it is easy to sort your results by type, such as photo, Word document, or animation. You can create personalized folders to organize and store what you like, or you can download resources. Teachers can even present material in class directly from Class Prep.
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Psychology AP* Edition with Discovering Psychology
AP* Edition ©2010
Zimbardo, Johnson, Weber, Gruber
- AP* Curriculum Match—Developed especially to reflect The College Board's AP* Course Description for Psychology by an award-winning author team led by Phil Zimbardo, former president of the American Psychological Association. This edition includes Viewing Guides for the highly acclaimed Discovering Psychology video series, hosted by Phil Zimbardo. This 26-part television and video series is produced by WGBH Educational Foundation and funded by Annenberg Media.
- Core Concepts Approach—Major sections are organized around a single, clear idea called a Core Concept. Each is supported by Pre-reading and Check Your Understanding questions.
- Focus on Research—A chapter on Research Methods provides ample coverage of methodology.
- Test Prep Practice—All multiple-choice questions in the review sections contain five possible answers to match the AP* exam format. The AP* Preparation Guide in the appendix provides materials to help students prepare for the AP* exam.
- Special AP* Supplements also available
- AP* Teacher's Resource Manual
- AP* Test Bank and Test Generator
- AP* PowerPoints CD
- AP* Exam Workbook
Exceptional Media Resource
MyPsychLab™ with ebook with links to the Discovering Psychology videos is a learning and assessment tool that combines video, audio, multimedia simulation, research support, practice tests, exams, and more, to engage your students and give them the tools they need to enhance their performance in your course. Upon textbook purchase, students and teachers are provided access to MyPsychLab™.
