|
Showing 1 - 25 of
31 matches in All Departments
From its beginnings to this remarkably fresh and current new
edition, Myers and DeWall's Psychology has found extraordinarily
effective ways to involve students with the remarkable research
underlying our understanding of human behavior. But while the
content and learning support evolves edition after edition, the
text itself continues to be shaped by basic goals David Myers
established at the outset, including to connect students to
high-impact research, to focus on developing critical thinking
skills, and to present a multicultural perspective on psychology,
so students can see themselves in the context of a wider world.
This new edition offers 2100 research citations dated 2015-2020,
making these the most up-to-date introductory psychology course
resources available. With so many exciting new findings, and every
chapter updated with current new examples and ideas, students will
see the importance and value of psychological research, and how
psychology can help them make sense of the world around them. The
abundant, high quality teaching and learning resources in
LaunchPad, carefully matched to the text content, help students
succeed, while making life easier and more enjoyable for
instructors.
In Psychology in Modules, David Myers and Nathan DeWall break down
the content of their chapter-based Psychology into 55 independent
modules, assignable in any sequence and brief enough to be read in
one sitting. In this remarkably fresh and current new edition,
Myers and DeWall have found extraordinarily effective ways to
involve students with the remarkable research underlying our
understanding of human behaviour. The text itself continues to be
shaped by goals David Myers established at the outset. These were
to connect students to high-impact research, to focus on developing
critical thinking skills, and to present a multicultural
perspective on psychology, so students can see themselves in the
context of a wider world. This new edition offers 2100 research
citations dated 2015-2020. With so many exciting new findings,
students will see the importance and value of psychological
research, and how psychology can help them make sense of the world
around them.
Social psychology has a profound influence on our everyday lives;
from our shopping habits to our interactions at a party. It seeks
to answer questions that we often think and talk about; questions
such as: - What circumstances prompt people to help, or not to
help? - What factors influence the ups and downs of our close
relationships? - Why do some people behave differently when on
their own compared to in a group? - What leads individuals
sometimes to hurt, and other times to help one another? - Why are
we attracted to certain types of people? - How do some persuade
others to do what they want? This new edition of Social Psychology
has been revised to introduce a more flexible structure for
teaching and studying. It includes up-to-date, international
research with an emphasis throughout on its critical evaluation.
Applied examples across the chapters help to highlight the
relevance, and hence the impact, that the theories and methods of
this fascinating subject have upon the social world. Key Features
Include: * Research Close-Up: In a brand-new style, this feature
matches the layout used in research papers, providing an accessible
introduction to journal articles and the methods used by social
psychologists. * Focus On: Fully revised, these boxes look at
opposing viewpoints, controversial research or alternative
approaches. This offers a more critical outlook and prompts the
questioning of the validity of published research. * Recommended
Readings: New to this edition, suggestions for both classic and
contemporary literature are included in each chapter, providing a
springboard for further study of the topics. * With chapter
contributions from Dr Juliet Wakefield. Connect Psychology is
McGraw-Hill's digital learning and teaching environment. Students -
You get easy online access to homework, tests and quizzes designed
by your instructor. You receive immediate feedback on how you're
doing, making it the perfect platform to test your knowledge.
Lecturers - Connect gives you the power to create auto-graded
assignments, tests and quizzes online. The detailed visual
reporting allows you to easily monitor your students' progress. In
addition, you can access key support materials for your teaching,
including a testbank, seminar materials and lecture support.
Professor David N. Myers is the John Dirk Werkman Professor of
Psychology at Hope College where he has taught for the past 30
years. David Myers' love of teaching psychology has been rewarded
by students on many occasions with numerous "Outstanding Professor"
awards. An award-winning researcher, Professor Myers received the
Gordon Allport Prize from Division 9 of the American Psychological
Association for his work on group polarization. His scientific
articles have appeared in more than two dozen journals, including
Science, American Scientist, Psychological Bulletin, and
Psychological Science. He has served his discipline as consulting
editor to the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology and the
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Dr Jackie Abell is a
Reader in Social Psychology with the Research Centre for
Agroecology, Water and Resilience, based at Coventry University,
UK. Her current areas of research interest include the application
of social psychology to wildlife conservation and environmental
issues to facilitate resilience and sustainable development, place
attachment and identity, social cohesion and inclusion. Professor
Fabio Sani holds a Chair in Social and Health Psychology at the
University of Dundee. His general research interest concerns the
mental and physical health implications of gro
An examination of anticolonial thought and practice across key
Indigenous thinkers. Accounts of decolonization routinely neglect
Indigenous societies, yet Native communities have made unique
contributions to anticolonial thought and activism. Remapping
Sovereignty examines how twentieth-century Indigenous activists in
North America debated questions of decolonization and
self-determination, developing distinctive conceptual approaches
that both resonate with and reformulate key strands in other civil
rights and global decolonization movements. In contrast to
decolonization projects that envisioned liberation through state
sovereignty, Indigenous theorists emphasized the self-determination
of peoples against sovereign state supremacy and articulated a
visionary politics of decolonization as earthmaking. Temin traces
the interplay between anticolonial thought and practice across key
thinkers, interweaving history and textual analysis. He shows how
these insights broaden the political and intellectual horizons open
to us today.
Exploring Social Psychology succinctly explores social
psychological science and applies it to contemporary issues and
everyday life. Based on the bestselling text, Social Psychology by
David Myers and Jean Twenge, the book presents 31 short
modules-each readable in a single sitting-that introduce students
to such scientific explorations as love and hate, conformity and
independence, prejudice and helping, and persuasion and
self-determination. The Connect course for this offering includes
SmartBook, an adaptive reading and study experience which guides
students to master, recall, and apply key concepts while providing
automatically-graded assessments. McGraw-Hill Connect (R) is a
subscription-based learning service accessible online through your
personal computer or tablet. Choose this option if your instructor
will require Connect to be used in the course. Your subscription to
Connect includes the following: * SmartBook (R) - an adaptive
digital version of the course textbook that personalizes your
reading experience based on how well you are learning the content.
* Access to your instructor's homework assignments, quizzes,
syllabus, notes, reminders, and other important files for the
course. * Progress dashboards that quickly show how you are
performing on your assignments and tips for improvement. * The
option to purchase (for a small fee) a print version of the book.
This binder-ready, loose-leaf version includes free shipping.
Complete system requirements to use Connect can be found here:
http://www.mheducation.com/highered/platforms/connect/training-support-students.html
Redefining Music Studies in an Age of Change: Creativity,
Diversity, Integration takes prevailing discourse about change in
music studies to new vistas, as higher education institutions are
at a critical moment of determining just what professional
musicians and teachers need to survive and thrive in public life.
The authors examine how music studies might be redefined through
the lenses of creativity, diversity, and integration. which are the
three pillars of the recent report of The College Music Society
taskforce calling for reform. Focus is on new conceptions for
existent areas-such as studio lessons and ensembles, academic
history and theory, theory and culture courses, and music education
coursework-but also on an exploration of music and human learning,
and an understanding of how organizational change happens.
Examination of progressive programs will celebrate strides in the
direction of the task force vision, as well as extend a critical
eye distinguishing between premature proclamations of "mission
accomplished" and genuine transformation. The overarching theme is
that a foundational, systemic overhaul has the capacity to entirely
revitalize the European classical tradition. Practical steps
applicable to wide-ranging institutions are considered-from small
liberal arts colleges, to conservatory programs, large research
universities, and regional state universities.
Redefining Music Studies in an Age of Change: Creativity,
Diversity, Integration takes prevailing discourse about change in
music studies to new vistas, as higher education institutions are
at a critical moment of determining just what professional
musicians and teachers need to survive and thrive in public life.
The authors examine how music studies might be redefined through
the lenses of creativity, diversity, and integration. which are the
three pillars of the recent report of The College Music Society
taskforce calling for reform. Focus is on new conceptions for
existent areas-such as studio lessons and ensembles, academic
history and theory, theory and culture courses, and music education
coursework-but also on an exploration of music and human learning,
and an understanding of how organizational change happens.
Examination of progressive programs will celebrate strides in the
direction of the task force vision, as well as extend a critical
eye distinguishing between premature proclamations of "mission
accomplished" and genuine transformation. The overarching theme is
that a foundational, systemic overhaul has the capacity to entirely
revitalize the European classical tradition. Practical steps
applicable to wide-ranging institutions are considered-from small
liberal arts colleges, to conservatory programs, large research
universities, and regional state universities.
An examination of anticolonial thought and practice across key
Indigenous thinkers. Accounts of decolonization routinely neglect
Indigenous societies, yet Native communities have made unique
contributions to anticolonial thought and activism. Remapping
Sovereignty examines how twentieth-century Indigenous activists in
North America debated questions of decolonization and
self-determination, developing distinctive conceptual approaches
that both resonate with and reformulate key strands in other civil
rights and global decolonization movements. In contrast to
decolonization projects that envisioned liberation through state
sovereignty, Indigenous theorists emphasized the self-determination
of peoples against sovereign state supremacy and articulated a
visionary politics of decolonization as earthmaking. Temin traces
the interplay between anticolonial thought and practice across key
thinkers, interweaving history and textual analysis. He shows how
these insights broaden the political and intellectual horizons open
to us today.
Over the last fifty years, conservation professionals have
confronted increasingly complex political, economic, and cultural
dynamics. This volume, with contributions by leading international
practitioners and scholars, reviews how values-based methods have
come to influence conservation, takes stock of emerging approaches
to values in heritage practice and policy, identifies common
challenges and related spheres of knowledge, and proposes specific
areas in which the development of new approaches and future
research may help advance the field.
How do we reconcile a videogame industry's insistence that games
positively affect human beliefs and behaviors with the equally
prevalent assumption that games are "just games"? How do we
reconcile accusations that games make us violent and antisocial and
unproductive with the realization that games are a universal source
of human joy? In Game are not, David Myers demonstrates that these
controversies and conflicts surrounding the meanings and effects of
games are not going away; they are essential properties of the
game's paradoxical aesthetic form. Games are not focuses on games
writ large, bound by neither digital form nor by cultural
interpretation. Interdisciplinary in scope and radical in
conclusion, Games are not positions games as unique objects evoking
a peculiar and paradoxical liminal state - a lusory attitude - that
is essential to human creativity, knowledge, and sustenance of the
species. -- .
In this book, David Myers bridges the gap between Divine law and
human-made law in concise, humorous terms that anyone can
appreciate and everyone will enjoy. David is uniquely positioned as
a pastor, law school graduate and passionate defender of religious
freedoms to tell the story of how the Biblical truths that guide
our lives are illustrated through legal principles that govern our
society. Not only is this book informative and inspirational, it is
also a joyful journey into the life of our laws and the wonder of
God's Word. The Supremacy Clause will strengthen your faith in the
Bible and encourage your resolve to protect our God-given freedoms.
-Mat Staver Director of the Liberty Center for Law and Policy Dean
and Professor at Liberty University Law School Founder of Liberty
Counsel Leading Constitutional Litigator
On the feast of St. Michael, September 1659, a thirteen-year-old
peasant girl left her family's rural home to work as a maid in the
nearby city of Braunschweig. Just two years later, Grethe Schmidt
found herself imprisoned and accused of murdering her bastard
child, even though the fact of her pregnancy was inconclusive and
no infant's body was found to justify the severe measures used
against her. The tale spiraled outward to set a defense lawyer and
legal theorist against powerful city magistrates and then upward to
a legal contest between that city and its overlord, the Duchy of
Brunswick, with the city's independence and ancient liberties
hanging in the balance. Death and a Maiden tells a fascinating
story that begins in the bedchamber of a house in Brunswick and
ends at the court of Duke Augustus in the city of Wolfenbettel,
with political intrigue along the way. After thousands of pages of
testimony and rancorous legal exchange, it is still not clear that
any murder happened. Myers infuses the story of Grethe's arrest,
torture, trial, and sentence for "suspected infanticide" with a
detailed account of the workings of the criminal system in
continental Europe, including the nature of interrogations, the
process of torture, and the creation of a "criminal" identity over
time. He presents an in-depth examination of a criminal system in
which torture was both legal and an important part of criminal
investigations. This story serves as a captivating slice of
European history as well as a highly informative look at the
condition of poor women and the legal system in mid-seventeeth
century Germany. General readers and scholars alike will be riveted
by Grethe's ordeal.
On the feast of St. Michael, September 1659, a thirteen-year-old
peasant girl left her family's rural home to work as a maid in the
nearby city of Braunschweig. Just two years later, Grethe Schmidt
found herself imprisoned and accused of murdering her bastard
child, even though the fact of her pregnancy was inconclusive and
no infant's body was found to justify the severe measures used
against her. The tale spiraled outward to set a defense lawyer and
legal theorist against powerful city magistrates and then upward to
a legal contest between that city and its overlord, the Duchy of
Brunswick, with the city's independence and ancient liberties
hanging in the balance."Death and a Maiden "tells a fascinating
story that begins in the bedchamber of a house in Brunswick and
ends at the court of Duke Augustus in the city of Wolfenbuttel,
with political intrigue along the way. After thousands of pages of
testimony and rancorous legal exchange, it is still not clear that
any murder happened.Myers infuses the story of Grethe's arrest,
torture, trial, and sentence for "suspected infanticide," with a
detailed account of the workings of the criminal system in
continental Europe, including the nature of interrogations, the
process of torture, and the creation of a "criminal" identity over
time. He presents an in-depth examination of a criminal system in
which torture was both legal and an important part of criminal
investigations. This story serves as a captivating slice of
European history as well as a highly informative look at the
condition of poor women and the legal system in mid-17th century
Germany. General readers and scholars alike will be riveted by
Grethe's ordeal.
Wireless video is projected to become a GBP2.8 billion global
business in less than five yearsThis is a system-level design guide
written for engineers deploying mobile video services around the
world. Compiling relevant aspects of the many confusing standards
and protocols surrounding video telephony, the author delivers a
detailed tutorial on each phase of deployment, from video
compression through multiplexing and call control.
|
|