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Kagan, former chair of the Psychology Department at Harvard University, has expanded this ninth edition of a text for undergraduates with new material reflecting current research in cognitive psychology, evolutionary psychology, neuroscience, and positive psychology. There is a new section on culture, ethnicity, and diversity, and a new boxed feature on contemporary controversies.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Description
This value-priced paperback combines brevity, clarity, rigor and relevance to adeptly cover the core topics in psychology. Continuing with the character and spirit of previous editions, Don Baucum and Carolyn Smith join Jerome Kagan and Julius Segal to create a streamlined text with a free integrated study guide. The text follows a developmental theme, with an emphasis on diversity coverage and critical thinking. In many chapters, the developmental theme is highlighted by a Life Span Perspective feature that shows students the relevance of chapter topics to the development of a human life, and that helps them make connections between themes discussed in different chapters. Personal applications and real-life examples are included throughout the text to engage students in every key topic area.

About the Author
Don Baucum is an Associate Professor and a member of the primary faculty of the Department of Psychology at UAB. His Ph.D. is in General Experimental Psychology, with extensive training in clinical psychology as well. He currently divides his professional time between teaching and writing. Courses include personality, social psychology, introductory statistics, research methods, developmental psychology, psychology of learning, and various others--along with numerous offerings of introductory psychology. Writing efforts include two other textbooks as co-author, plus two general psychology surveys and assorted study materials as author. In his words, "Psychology is what I do, and I'll always enjoy doing it. But I also have that half-finished novel in the computer...."

FROM THE PUBLISHER

This value-priced paperback combines brevity, clarity, rigor and relevance to adeptly cover the core topics in psychology. Continuing with the character and spirit of previous editions, Don Baucum and Carolyn Smith join Jerome Kagan and Julius Segal to create a streamlined text with a free integrated study guide. The text follows a developmental theme, with an emphasis on diversity coverage and critical thinking. In many chapters, the developmental theme is highlighted by a Life Span Perspective feature that shows students the relevance of chapter topics to the development of a human life, and that helps them make connections between themes discussed in different chapters. Personal applications and real-life examples are included throughout the text to engage students in every key topic area.

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Kagan, former chair of the Psychology Department at Harvard University, has expanded this ninth edition of a text for undergraduates with new material reflecting current research in cognitive psychology, evolutionary psychology, neuroscience, and positive psychology. There is a new section on culture, ethnicity, and diversity, and a new boxed feature on contemporary controversies. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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