Category: Textbooks

Media & Culture: An Introduction to Mass Communication 11e (PDF) is the #1 introduction to mass communication textbook, is at the forefront of this dynamic course’s ever-changing world, addressing the most current issues of our time, such as the proliferation of fake news, the #metoo movement, the use and abuse

DSM-V broke new ground in May of 2013, labeling a new disorder called “behavioral addiction.” Clinicians instantly wanted to know: how is a behavioral addiction different from an impulse control disorder? What are the criteria for determining that some behaviors are addictions instead of impulses? What, if anything, does this

A Companion to the Anthropology of Environmental Health (PDF) presents a collection of readings that utilize a medical anthropological approach to explore the interface of the environment and humans in the shaping of illness and health around the globe. Analyzes the conditions of social and cultural transformation that accompany environmental

The updated Exploring Psychology 10th edition (PDF) by Myers and DeWall offers outstanding currency on the practice, research, and teaching of psychology. Myers and DeWall inspire psychology students with fascinating applications and findings, effective new study tools and technologies, and a compassionate and compelling storytelling voice. The authors’ presentation is

A lot goes on in your head when you are doing something simple like remembering (or forgetting!) to do your next assignment. Bruce Goldstein explains all this activity going on in your mind in Cognitive Psychology: Connecting Mind, Research, And Everyday Experience, 5th edition (PDF). Concrete illustrations and examples help