Like children themselves, development is dynamic. In the chronologically organized Child and Adolescent Development: Lives in Context, award-winning author Tara L. Kuther frames development research in real-life contexts, including gender, race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and more. Kuther presents highly relatable examples, vivid cross-cultural stories, and Lives in Context video case studies of real individuals, consistently prompting students to reflect on chapter content with What...

The Positive Psychology: A Workbook for Personal Growth and Well-Being is a companion workbook designed to accompany Compton and Hoffmans Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness and Flourishing, 4e. The workbook aligns active learning and critical thinking applications with the twelve core chapters of Compton and Hoffmans textbook, but could easily be a benefit to other Positive Psychology texts or support courses and texts where a workbook centered on growth, well-being, and mindfulnes...

With a structure focused on process over memorization, best-selling author Dawn M. McBrides The Process of Research in Psychology, Fifth Edition covers topics with a step-by-step approach to help students understand the full progression of developing, conducting, and presenting a research study from start to finish. Early chapters introduce important concepts for developing research ideas, subject sampling, ethics, and data collection; more detailed coverage of these topics is included in the...

Both comprehensive and clear, Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences, Updated Third Edition author Gregory J. shows students, using a conversational tone, that statistics can be understandable, interesting, and relevant to their daily lives.

Rich in examples and applications to everyday life, Sensation and Perception, Third Edition is a cutting edge and highly readable account of modern sensation and perception from both a cognitive and neurocognitive perspective.

The only up-to-date, clear and practical guide to understanding and using diary methods in this field, authored by a scholar who is known for applying it successfully in published research.

Provides an introduction to the theory and application of discourse analysis within the field of social psychology. This book includes chapters on the theoretical roots of discourse analysis in linguistic philosophy, ethnomethodology and semiotics and an overview on the perspectives of discourse analysis and its utility in studying attitudes.

This new edition of the student-friendly introduction to the field of applied social psychology features the latest research as well as new examples of qualitative research.

Using a step-by-step active learning approach, Barney Beins guides students through the key actions required in research.

This text provides a concrete roadmap for the design and implementation of experiments using human participants. It covers both conceptual and practical issues that are critical to experimental methods, and the organization of the book follows the standard process in experiment-based research.