IT''S NOT ABOUT "THEM", IT''S ABOUT ALL OF US. Integrates the biological, psychological, and social perspectives in one concurrent story. The text is structured around a critical thinking framework. Each chapter opens with the Big Picture and a Critical Thinking Overview , Critical Thinking Matters sections are included within the chapters, The Big Picture Critical Thinking Review concludes each chapter. (Ex. p. 219) The classification of abnormal behavior is changing. Revisions are in the works for the official method for classifying psychological disorders, known as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual or DSM.
The fifth version of this classification system or DSM-V is scheduled to be released in the coming years. At present, experts are proposing, debating, and studying new diagnoses, new groupings of current diagnoses, and revised diagnostic criteria for various mental disorders. Oltmanns and Emery bring you into this process of change by introducing dozens of concepts behind the debate, not by detailing every proposal and counterproposal. No one can predict the future, but this 7th Edition of Abnormal Psychology will prepare you for it! Research Methods in every chapter allow for a more detailed coverage of research methods by making the material more manageable, focused, and relevant through the chapter content connection. (Ex. p. 233) PERSONALIZE LEARNING WITH MYPSYCHLAB The new MyPsychLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals.The Pearson eText lets students access their textbook anytime, anywhere, and any way they want--including listening online or downloading to iPad.
Speaking Out: The DSM in Context videos help students understand how the DSM criteria applies to real people with psychological disorders. Interviews with real patients, along with their friends and family, enable students to see symptoms of various conditions as well as understand the impact of these symptoms on the individual''s daily functioning. (Ex. p. 226) The Pearson eText lets students access their textbook anytime, anywhere, and any way they want--including listening online or downloading to iPad. An audio version of the text and close captioned videos in MyPsychLab expand student accessibility for online materials and comply with ADA standards. A personalized study plan for each student, based on Bloom''s Taxonomy, arranges content from less complex thinking--like remembering and understanding--to more complex critical thinking--like applying and analyzing. This layered approach promotes better critical-thinking skills, and helps students succeed in the course and beyond.
Assessment tied to every video, application, and chapter enables both instructors and students to track progress and get immediate feedback. With results feeding into a powerful gradebook, the assessment program helps instructors identify student challenges early--and find the best resources with which to help students. An assignment calendar allows instructors to assign graded activities, with specific deadlines, and measure student progress. Class Prep collects the very best class presentation resources in one convenient online destination, so instructors can keep students engaged throughout every class. IMPROVE CRITICAL THINKING The Big Picture opens each chapter with a set of questions that students may have been asking themselves, and that they should be asking themselves. (Ex. p. 249) Critical Thinking Matters sections within each chapter address the need for students to think critically about science (and pseudoscience), especially in the Internet Age.
They focus on both the research and treatments within abnormal psychology and encourage students to be "inquiring skeptics." (Ex. p. 260) Each chapter concludes with The Big Picture Critical Thinking Review , a summary of the chapter''s content in critical thinking questions that encourage students to relate the material in a meaningful way. Instead of simply summarizing the chapter materials, it challenges students to apply them. (Ex. p. 302) The MyPsychLab Study Plan , organized around Bloom''s Taxonomy, arranges content from less complex thinking--like remembering and understanding--to more complex critical thinking--like applying and analyzing.
This layered approach promotes better critical-thinking skills, and helps students succeed in the course by showing them where to focus their study efforts in order to achieve mastery of the content. ENGAGE STUDENTS Case Studies take students along the human journey of abnormal disorders. They appear as extended studies in the beginning of each chapter, in briefer cases later in the chapter, and in first-person accounts throughout the narrative. (Ex. p. 363) Getting Help found at the end of every chapter addresses students'' personal concerns and begins to answer questions students may be too shy to ask. (Ex. p.
416) Speaking Out: The DSM in Context videos in MyPsychLab help students understand how the DSM criteria applies to real people with psychological disorders. Interviews with real patients, along with their friends and family, enable students to see symptoms of various conditions as well as understand the impact of these symptoms on the individual''s daily functioning. (Ex. p. 384) MyPsychLab Icons connect the text with videos and other interactive resources. Students will be directed to watch videos of that relate to chapter content and can link directly to the video when reading the eText online. (Ex. p.
90) EXPLORE RESEARCH Includes coverage of dimensional vs. categorical models of defining behavior. Focus on evidence-based treatments and innovative policies such as advance medical directives where patients direct their preferred treatment should they become psychotic and potentially violent. Research Methods in every chapter allows for a more detailed coverage of research methods by making the material more manageable, more focused, and more relevant through the chapter content connection. (Ex. p. 159) Treatment is covered within each disorder chapter as well as in its own standalone chapter (Chapter 3). APS Readers, Current Directions in Abnormal Psychology and Current Directions in Child Psychopathology are included within MyPsychLab for both students and instructors.
Speaking Out: The DSM in Context videos: Within MyPsychLab, Speaking Out: The DSM in Context ties videos of real people with psychological disorders to specific content in the DSM IV, helping students better understand how DSM criteria relate to real people. (Ex. p. 172) SUPPORT INSTRUCTORS Instructor''s Manual provides instructors with extensive support materials. Test Bank: Each chapter in the Test Bank includes a Total Assessment Guide that lists all of the test items in an easy to use reference grid. The Test Bank comes with Pearson MyTest a powerful assessment generation program that helps instructors easily create and print quizzes and exams. Questions and tests can be authored online, allowing instructors ultimate flexibility and the ability to efficiently manage assessments anytime, anywhere! Instructors can easily access existing questions and then edit, create, and store using simple drag-and-drop and Word-like controls. Data on each question provides information relevant to difficulty level and page number.
For more information go to www.PearsonMyTest.com. Video Embedded PowerPoint Lecture Slides on DVD: PowerPoint lecture slides have been embedded with select Speaking Out videos pertaining to each disorders chapter, enabling instructors to show videos within the context of their lecture. DVD will play on both PCs and MACs. Internet connection is not required. Classroom Response System (CRS) PowerPoint Slides : These class lecture and discussion slides incorporate CRS "clicker" questions that process student responses and interpret them instantly. Speaking Out : Video Interviews with People who struggle with Psychological Disorders (DVD ISBNs: 0131933329, 0136003036, 0132308916): This set of video segments allows students to see firsthand accounts of real patients with the various disorders described in their textbook.
The interviews were conducted by licensed clinicians and range in length from 8 to 25 minutes. Disorders include major depressive disorder, obsessive- compulsive disorder, anorexia nervosa, PTSD, alcoholism, schizophrenia, autism, ADHD, bipolar disorder, social phobia, hypochondriasis, borderline personality disorder, aspergers, and much more. These videos are available on DVD for classroom use as well as through MyPsychLab. Volumes II and III include both a patient interview as well as a second segment called "Day in the Life" which features interviews with friends, family, and co-workers to give a sense as to how the patient and loved ones deal with the disorder on a daily basis. An assignment calendar on MyPsychLab.