PSYCHOLOGY and Your Life, 2e

670 Pages·0120.332 MB·English

by  Robert S. Feldman

RESOURCES THAT GO BEYOND THE TEXT
The inclusion of newer research, theories,
and concepts coupled with relatable
examples and highly interesting stories and
scenarios depicting psychology in action
make this text superior!
—Laura Bailey, San Joaquin Valley College
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CONFUSION
Alexis Dempsey had often wished that she could By the time she reached home, though, she was mis- First Pages
understand herself better. But the fight with her boy- erable. She really did like her boyfriend, and she didn’t
friend the previous night really made her wonder what want to end the relationship. She wondered why she’d
was driving her behavior. For no real reason at all, she gotten into the fight and why, in general, she was acting
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her problem was, she had gotten really angry. She strengthen her relationships with important people in
shouted at him that he was a total loser and that she her life. She has gotten some random insights from
didn’t want to see him again. She stormed out of the browsing the Web and looking at some of the self-help
party and had gone home. books her local bookstore, but mostly she ended up
being confused.
1. What subfields of psychology might be of greatest relevance to Alexis’s problem, and why? Sensing the World
Around Us
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3. What do you think about Alexis’s strategy of surfing the Web and looking at self-help books at the book-
store to better understand herself? What are the dangers of this approach?
4. What advice would you give Alexis to help her solve her problem? Vision:
Shedding Light on the Eye
Illuminating the Structure Color Vision and Color Blindness:
of the Eye The Seven-Million-Color Spectrum
The cases at the end of the chapters are great
learning tools for the students.
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ROBERT S FELDMAN is Professor of Psychology and
Dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the
University of Massachusetts Amherst. Feldman, a winner of the
College Outstanding Teacher award, also has taught courses at
the Lincoln Educational Services system, Mount Holoyoke Col-
lege, and Virginia Commonwealth University. He also serves as
Director of the McGraw-Hill Faculty Development Center.
Feldman teaches introductory psychology to classes ranging
in size from 20 to nearly 500 students. He has been a Hewlett
Teaching Fellow and Senior Online Teaching Fellow, and he initi-
ated distance learning courses in psychology at the University of
Massachusetts. He is a frequent speaker at meetings and confer-
ences, and he has given the invited talks and keynote addresses
at the American Psychological Association, Association of Psy-
chological Sciences, the Society for Research on Child Devel-
opment, the National Institute of Teaching of Psychology, and
meetings of state associations of career colleges in Kentucky,
Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and other states. He frequently
gives keynote addresses to college faculty, including such
schools as Education Management Corporation, Northwestern
College, Anthem College, Centura College, Alamo Colleges, Premier Educa-
tional Group, and Art Institutes.
Feldman is committed to helping students achieve success. He directs the
first-year experience course for entering students at the University of Massachu-
setts, Power Up for College Success. He is also author of P.O.W.E.R. Learning:
Strategies for Success in College and Life and edited T he First Year of College,
books devoted to increasing student success in college.
A Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association
for Psychological Science, Feldman received a B.A. with High Honors from
Wesleyan University and an M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–
Madison. Feldman is actively involved in promoting the field of psychology. He
is on the Board of Directors of the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and
Brain Sciences (FABBS) and also is President-Elect of the FABBS Foundation.
Feldman is a winner of a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer award
and has written more than 100 books, book chapters, and scientific articles. His
books include Fundamentals of Nonverbal Behavior, Development of Nonverbal
Behavior in Children, Social Psychology, and Development Across the Life Span, and
they have been translated into a number of languages, including Spanish, French,
Portuguese, Dutch, German, Korean, Chinese, and Japanese. His research inter-
ests include honesty and deception and the use of nonverbal behavior in impres-
sion management, and he has received grants from the National Institute of Mental
Health and the National Institute on Disabilities and Rehabilitation Research.
Feldman’s spare time is most often devoted to earnest, if not entirely expert,
piano playing, and serious cooking. He also loves to travel, and—despite living
in New England—is a devoted New York Yankees fan. He has three children and
lives with his wife, who is also a psychologist, overlooking the Holyoke mountain
range in western Massachusetts.
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