For undergraduate courses in Introductory Psychology for two and four year institutions. A rigorous biological and evolutionary approach to introductory psychology text written by an international team of authors. Based on the connections between behavior and its biological underpinnings, Psychology: The Science of Behavior presents psychological behavior in the context of its adaptive significance. The Seventh Edition again combines a scholarly survey of research with real-world applications of research results to problems that confront us today. The authors apply the discovery method to take students inside the research process to foster a critical understanding of the logic and significance of empirical findings

Better Writing in Psychology and Beyond equips students with tools, observations, insights, and exercises to help them write more effective in the discipline and more generally. The text opens by viewing the current status of reading and writing in larger society. In later chapters, the author describes the natural history of speaking and the sociocultural history of reading and writing. Students are encouraged to consider their personal history of learning to read and write on the way to ultimately developing their own voice. The text situates the use of the American Psychological Association (APA) style in context as a formal standardizer of clarity, logic, and structure for the published literature in psychology and related disciplines. In stepwise fashion, students identify a narrow psychological topic of personal interest, search the existing literature to garner sources, and compose a substantive outline before authoring a literature review in multiple drafts that increasingly adhere to the APA style while demonstrating newfound scholarly proficiency. Activities throughout the text provide students the opportunity to practice new skills for writing better. The revised first edition reflects changes to the text according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition, released in 2020. Better Writing in Psychology and Beyond is an ideal standalone or supplementary text for courses in the discipline and in related ones, especially courses requiring more than incidental writing.

Today's corporate world is largely devoid of loyalty between employer and employee. In my generation it was not uncommon to join a company right out of school and retire from that company. We were advised that if you worked hard, applied yourself, and excelled in your job you would be rewarded with pay raises, promotions, and a retirement program for your 'golden years'. All of this is gone with the wind - of corporate greed, merger mania, and simple business survival. In these tumultuous and fast changing times fueled by the computer age - compensation, benefits and retirement programs are as dependable as the current financial health and integrity of the owners. When the privately owned air conditioning manufacturer that I worked for was sold to a giant conglomerate, my future was placed in the hands of people who didn't even know where we were on the map. They had not the slightest understanding of our business nor did they appreciate the dedicated workers who built the business. Commitments made by the previous owner were soon broken and compensation programs - tied to the growth of the business - evaporated. It soon became painfully clear to me that the only person in that organization who was interested in my future - was me So what to do about it? Going to work for another company was an alternative (several of our competitors had solicited me) but there was no guarantee the same thing would not happen again. A better alternative would be to form my own business and be free of corporate bondage for good. As sales manager I certainly knew how to sell their products, but how to parley this into a business? With a young and growing family my bank account was paper thin. Many questions emerged - such as financing the venture, finding the right people - even the structure of the business itself. The statistics of success are daunting. Only one of five new businesses survives beyond two years. The answers to these questions and many others are the subject of this chronicle. Since there are literally thousands of 'how to' books in print why is this one unique? Well - they say that good judgment is the result of experience - which is the result of bad judgment. Our miss-calls were as important as the right ones in forming the fabric of our emerging companies. Both are revealed herein. Scratch a businessman or an entrepreneur, and you will likely find a salesman. All are profiled within these pages. The prime business we chose was to be an Independent Manufacturers Representative (a highly insecure venture, but one that offers big rewards for those willing to take the gamble). As the business became successful we invested some of our profits in creating outside ventures such as real estate and real estate development - in order to 'copper our bets'. At this juncture I became an entrepreneur. If you have an itch to break free from the stifling atmosphere of the corporation in order to be your own person - if you want to avoid being a victim of circumstances - if you long to enjoy the personal and financial freedom of running your own show, and living life as you please ----- read on.

My name is Harold Miller. I'm a retired firefighter who love's God and children. God called me to work in a children's ministry at my local church. I have worked in that area for the past ten years. I believe children need to be on a solid foundation, which is Jesus, to live in this world today. That is why I wrote this book so that they can know how to get that solid foundation. When children reach the age of reasoning, they begin asking important questions about God. Parents do not always have all the right answers. This book will help parents answer those questions and guide their child's spiritual welfare. "How We Get To Heaven" starts with an explanation for the question, who is God? It then tells about creation and the fall of man. It also tells about how Jesus, the Son of God, came to this world and redeemed mankind. The Plan of Salvation is then explained and how the Spirit of God comes and lives within us. Lastly it tells about how we become children of God and heirs to heaven.