Introduction to Psychology

In this textbook, Plotnik (San Diego State U.) and Kouyoumdjian (Mott Community College) use a visual learning and chunking format to introduce psychology to students. This edition includes new findings from psychology, biology, genetics, and cognitive neuroscience, content on autism, and research on sex and cross-cultural differences in test anxiety and study habits and time management. It updates statistics on women and minorities in psychology and information on anencephaly and sex differences in the brain and adds new examples and more on deep brain stimulation. A new section on shift workers has been added along with new research and content on hypnosis and substance abuse. It also has new coverage of the evolutionary and eclectic approaches, genetics and genetic testing, and brain scans. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)