Category: Textbooks

Beth Morling’s Research Methods in Psychology (PDF) is a textbook explaining the methodological research process in the field of psychology. This market-leading textbook emphasizes future consumers of psychological research, uses real-world examples drawn from popular media, and develops students’ critical-thinking skills as they become systematic interrogators of information in their

For teachers concerned that the practical skills of biology are lost when the student moves on to the next course or takes their first step into the “real world,” Principles of Life 3rd Edition, (PDF/ePub) lays the groundwork for later courses and for students’ careers. Broadening on its pioneering concept-driven

Psychoanalysis is often associated with Sigmund Freud, but this comparison ignores the wide range of clinical practices, observational methods, general theories, and cross-pollinations with other disciplines that characterize contemporary psychoanalytic work. Central psychoanalytic concepts to do with unconscious motivation, primitive forms of thought, defence mechanisms, and transference form a backbone

Involve college students with real-world applications of genetics – Informed by over 50 years’ experience and experimentation in teaching genetics, expert authors Mark Sanders and John Bowman share their enthusiasm about genetics and the dynamism at work in the field with Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach, 3rd Edition (PDF). The

The essential reference tool for the innovative science of evolutionary psychology Why is the mind made the way it is? How does input from the environment cooperate with the mind to produce behavior? These are the big, one-sided questions that the field of evolutionary psychology pursues to explore. The Handbook