Psychology

Wayne Weiten has taught at the College of DuPage, Santa Clara University and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has received distinguished teaching awards from Division 2 of the American Psychological Association and the College of DuPage. A fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Midwestern Psychological Association, he helped chair the APA National Conference on Enhancing the Quality of Undergraduate Education in Psychology in 1991. Dr. Weiten also is a former president of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology and the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association. In 2006, one of the six national teaching awards given annually by the Society for the Teaching of Psychology was named in his honor. Dr. Weiten has conducted research on a wide range of topics, including educational measurement, jury decision-making, attribution theory, pressure as a form of stress and the technology of textbooks. A graduate of Bradley University, he received his Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Illinois, Chicago in 1981.

Weiten's PSYCHOLOGY: THEMES AND VARIATIONS, 11th Edition immerse you in the excitement of this fascinating field while helping you study and retain what you learn. Filled with practical ways that you can apply psychology to your everyday life, this bestselling textbook is an experience in learning that you'll remember long after you complete your Introductory Psychology course. Critical Thinking Applications in every chapter give you specific strategies you can apply in all of your courses and in your personal life. Reality Checks, many of which may surprise you, address common misconceptions about psychology. Every chapter of this book offers tools -- such as Concept Charts that provide colorful visual snapshots of key points -- to help you focus on what's important, showing you how to maximize your study time and course success.

1. The Evolution of Psychology.2. The Research Enterprise in Psychology.3. The Biological Bases of Behavior.4. Sensation and Perception.5. Variations in Consciousness.6. Learning.7. Human Memory.8. Cognition and Intelligence.9. Motivation and Emotion.10. Human Development Across the Life Span.11. Personality.12. Social Behavior.13. Stress, Coping, and Health.14. Psychological Disorders.15. Treatment of Psychological Disorders.Appendix A: Answers to Concept Checks.Appendix B: Statistical Methods.