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Revel for Psychology: Core Concepts -- Combo Access Card, 8th Edition

Philip G. Zimbardo, Stanford University

Robert L. Johnson, Umpqua Community College

Vivian McCann, Portland Community College

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ISBN-13:	9780135192887
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Description

This Revel Combo Access pack includes a Revel access code plus a loose-leaf print reference (delivered by mail) to complement your Revel experience.

REVEL™ is Pearson’s newest way of delivering our respected content. Fully digital and highly engaging, REVEL replaces the textbook and gives students everything they need for the course. Informed by extensive research on how people read, think, and learn, REVEL is an interactive learning environment that enables students to read, practice, and study in one continuous experience – for less than the cost of a traditional textbook.

Where great science and great teaching meet
REVEL for Psychology: Core Concepts provides rich coverage of the foundational topics taught for introductory psychology. Award-winning authors Philip Zimbardo, Robert Johnson, and Vivian McCann make the material meaningful and memorable for students. Each major section of every chapter is organized around a single core concept. The core concepts allow readers to draw connections across the chapter and to see the big picture of psychology. Learning is then reinforced through focused application and critical-thinking activities. REVEL for the Eighth Edition introduces many new and exciting developments in psychology, such as the exploding field of epigenetics, initiatives to develop brain-based alternatives to the DSM-5, and Bandura’s theory of moral disengagement.

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Features

Dynamic content matched to the way today's students read, think, and learn brings content to life

· Integrated within the narrative, interactives and videos empower students to engage with concepts and take an active role in learning. REVEL's unique presentation of media as an intrinsic part of course content brings the hallmark features of Pearson's bestselling titles to life. REVEL's media interactives have been designed to be completed quickly, and its videos are brief, so students stay focused and on task.

· Located throughout REVEL, quizzing affords students opportunities to check their understanding at regular intervals before moving on.

· REVEL’s fully mobile learning experience enables students to read and interact with course material on the devices they use, anywhere and anytime. Responsive design allows students to access REVEL on their tablet devices and smart phones, with content displayed clearly in both portrait and landscape view.

· Highlighting, note taking, and a glossary let students read and study however they like. Educators can add notes for students, too, including reminders or study tips.

Superior assignability and tracking tools help educators make sure students are completing their reading and understanding core concepts

· REVEL’s assignment calendar allows educators to indicate precisely which readings must be completed on which dates. This clear, detailed schedule helps students stay on task by eliminating any ambiguity as to which material will be covered during each class. And when students know what is expected of them, they're better motivated to keep up.

· REVEL’s performance dashboard lets educators monitor class assignment completion as well as individual student achievement. It offers actionable information that helps educators intersect with their students in meaningful ways, such as points earned on quizzes and tests and time on task. Of particular note, the trending column reveals whether students' grades are improving or declining – which helps educators identify students who might need help to stay on track.

Hallmark features help students navigate course material

· Focuses on Student Learning. Strong pedagogical features guide students through each chapter. These include:

o The Chapter Problem. A story, posing a problem to capture student interest, launches each chapter. Then, as the narrative unfolds, solutions to the problem are revealed, weaving the chapter together into the framework provided by the story.

o Core Concepts. Each major section focuses on an essential idea called a Core Concept, which serves as the hub around which the ideas, terms, and research are organized. These Core Concepts provide a scaffolding that makes new material easier for students to remember.

o Critical thinking. A strong emphasis on critical thinking is woven throughout every chapter. Critical-thinking guidelines are emphasized, and then modeled in the way contrasting theories are discussed, leading students through the critical-thinking process as they digest and analyze the material. In addition, every chapter closes with a section that models critical thinking on a "hot topic" in the field of psychology. Examples include the question of whether childhood vaccines are related to autism, extrasensory perception, recovered memories, lie detectors, and evidence-based practice in psychotherapy.

§ Critical Thinking applications at the end of each chapter help readers become better consumers of scientific information and build upon the critical-thinking skills introduced in the first chapter.

§ Do It Yourself learning applications offer simple demonstrations of psychological principles and allow students to actively apply psychological concepts alone or in groups, further enhancing their understanding.

· Explores Research. Psychology Matters exercises, within each chapter section, explore connections between psychology and everyday life. These exercises provide the big picture of psychology and promote critical thinking by helping readers evaluate many of the psychological ideas they will encounter in the popular press.

· Utilizes the DSM-5. The Eighth Edition reflects changes to the DSM-5, so students have access to the most up-to-date information on psychological disorders and treatments.

· Appeals to today’s students.

o Intelligent, yet student-friendly. Psychology: Core Concepts hits the “sweet spot” between encyclopedic tomes and brief books. The authors thoroughly explain the essential ideas and cutting-edge concepts every psychology student should know in an engaging, learner-centered voice – without talking down to the reader. Also mindful of non-majors, they deliberately incorporate examples and references to popular culture as well as to other academic fields including music, art, literature, history, chemistry, and biology.

o Culture and diversity. The authors consider the psychology of culture, gender, socioeconomic status, and other forms of diversity to be an essential element of the field’s knowledge. Accordingly, every chapter addresses these issues. Students will study stereotype threat, cultural differences in attachment and parenting style, perceptual differences between Americans and Asians, a West African perspective on mental illness, gender differences in sexuality, and differing cultural views on the need for achievement — just to name a few.

o Philip Zimbardo. Reading his social psychology chapter is like taking a personal class from the best-known psychologist in America.

New and updated content in each chapter reflects the latest advances in science

Knowledge in psychology is exploding, and the authors have updated the book by adding hundreds of new references to make it meaningful and memorable. (Some old references have also been judiciously deleted.) Highlights of updated content include the following:

· NEW! Epigenetics, and how experiences change gene expression – including the effects of touch, exercise, nutrition, and toxins on stress, health, and development (Chapter 2).

· UPDATED! The “what” and “where” pathways in the brain (Chapter 3).

· EXPANDED! Coverage of token economies in all levels of education – from kindergarten to college – as well as home and clinical uses (Chapter 4).

· NEW! The neuroscience of PTSD and memory (Chapter 5).

· NEW! Carol Dweck’s work on fixed vs. growth mindsets (Chapter 6).

· NEW! The latest research on neural development in early life, including plasticity, pruning and possible connection to autism, and sensitive periods (Chapter 7).

· NEW! New Hollywood movies on Milgram’s research, Experimenter, 2015, and Zimbardo’s prison study, The Stanford Prison Experiment, 2015 (Chapter 11).

New to This Edition