Psychology, 5th Edition » (5th Edition)

James S. Nairne is the winner of the 2001 Charles P. Murphy award, a lifetime teaching award at Purdue University that has not been awarded to a psychologist for over 30 years. This award reflects Nairne's proven track record of success as a committed teacher and researcher, including numerous teaching awards from the psychology department and the School of Liberal Arts and Purdue's highest teaching award. Nairne is professor of psychological sciences at Purdue University in Indiana. He received his undergraduate degree at UC-Berkeley and his Ph.D. in psychology from Yale University. He delivered the 2000 G. Stanley Hall address at the APA. He's an active researcher in cognitive psychology, specializing in human memory, and has published dozens of articles in professional journals. He is associate editor for PSYCHONOMIC BULLETIN AND REVIEW, and a past associate editor of the JOURNAL OF HUMAN MEMORY AND LANGUAGE, and has served on numerous editorial boards.

Straightforward and student friendly, James S. Nairne's PSYCHOLOGY, Fifth Edition, uses a proven problem-solving approach to help you discover how to apply psychology to your everyday life. A firm believer that you must understand what a psychological process is for before you can hope to understand how it works, Dr. Nairne presents topics from a "functional" perspective. With this signature approach, chapters begin by focusing on the "why" behind psychological processes before introducing what they are and

1. An Introduction to Psychology. 2. The Tools of Psychological Research. 3. Biological Processes. 4. Human Development. 5. Sensation and Perception. 6. Consciousness. 7. Learning From Experience. 8. Memory. 9. Language and Thought. 10. Intelligence. 11. Motivation and Emotion. 12. Personality. 13. Social Psychology. 14. Psychological Disorders. 15. Therapy. 16. Stress and Health.