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Second Edition ©2014 David G. Myers

Integrating personal stories into their witty and humorous narrative, the authors of Myers Psychology for the AP® Course get you interested in psychology as you prepare to take the AP® exam.

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Life is a journey, from womb to tomb.
So it is for me, and so it will be for you.

Integrating personal stories into their witty and humorous narrative, the authors of Myers Psychology for the AP® Course get you interested in psychology as you prepare to take the AP® exam.

Features

Organized Around the AP® Course
The 14-unit organization of this new text mirrors the scope and sequence of the College Board’s AP® Psychology Course Description.

Incorporates AP® Terms and Content
Because this text focuses entirely on AP®, Dr. Myers completely reworked his text to align all the content with how it is best taught in an AP® classroom. For example, Edward Tolman is now explicitly associated with the concept of "latent learning" in the Learning unit, and Gustav Fechner with the concept of "absolute threshold" in the Sensation/Perception unit. In another example, Myers’ Psychology for AP® includes the term "procedural memory" as a synonym for "implicit memory."

Uses High School-Specific Examples
Dr. Myers re-wrote the examples in the AP® text to be high-school friendly. For instance, a reference to "Remember when you were in high school?" is now the more appropriate "Remember when you were in middle school?"

Embeds AP®-Style Practice Questions
Longtime AP® Psychology teachers, Readers, Table and Question leaders collaborated on the multiple choice and free response questions found throughout the text. Charlie Blair-Broeker, Randy Ernst, Rob McEntarffer, and Steve Jones supply you with more questions than any other text, along with a grading rubric for all free response questions in the Teacher’s Edition.

Includes Robust Ancillary Materials, Including a Wealth of AP®-specific Resources
Myers’ introductory psychology texts have always led the market with unmatched resources, and Myers’ Psychology for AP® is no exception. We offer a teacher’s edition, resource guide, ExamView® test bank, and more.

New to This Edition

Updates on DSM-5
Throughout this new edition, Dr. Myers reflects the DSM-5 changes, with inclusion of the most current terms and clear, objective reporting on related controversies.

A Modular Approach
Eighty short modules allow you to more easily pace yourself, whether you are on a traditional, semester, or block schedule. Students also enjoy the less intimidating chunks of easily-digestible information. Enrichment modules at the end of the book offer material pertinent to psychology but outside the scope of the exam—perfect for keeping students interested and engaged after the exam.

Measurable Learning Objectives
If you’ve been charged with writing your own learning objectives or course goals, Myers’ Psychology for AP® 2nd Edition can help. This edition features clear, measurable learning objectives at the beginning of each module. Closely following the AP® course outline, these learning objectives are revisited throughout each module and in a review section at the end of the module.

On-Page AP® Exam Tips
Veteran AP® teacher Charlie Blair-Broeker wrote these helpful tips to call out important AP® concepts or potential pitfalls as students read. Appearing in the margins of the student edition, alongside relative content, these tips offer gentle reminders and suggestions to help students succeed throughout the course.

Even MORE AP® Practice Questions
Found at the end of each module and at the end of each unit, the second edition boasts more than 500 practice multiple choice and FRQs. FRQs include a rubric to guide students in how the exam might be graded. PLUS! A full-length AP® style practice exam appears at the end of the text to ensure students have nailed down the content and are ready to tackle the real test in May.

List of Key Contributors
Written by Kent Korek, this thorough list of Key Contributors to Psychology highlights the most important people students should know in psychology. Students can access the Key Contributors incrementally at the end of each unit or accumulated in an Appendix at the end of the text. A Key Contributors Study Guide on the Book Companion Site (BCS) ensures they are familiar with these core contributions to psychology. Visit the BCS by selecting “Go to Site” in the right-side navigation bar.

AP® Prep Guide
Strive for a 5: Preparing for the AP® Psychology Exam is a guide that gives students additional support throughout the course, and is the optimal preparation resource for the AP® Exam. Organized around Myers’ Psychology for AP® Second Edition, the Strive for a 5 offers support and guidance during the school year, as well as AP® Psychology tips, suggestions, and two complete practice exams in preparation for the test in May.

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Myers' Psychology for AP®

Second Edition 2014

David G. Myers

Preface

UNIT I
Psychology’s History and Approaches
Module 1: Psychology’s History
Module 2: Psychologys Big Issues and Approaches
Module 3: Careers in Psychology

UNIT II
Research Methods: Thinking Critically With Psychological Science
Module 4: The Need for Psychological Science
Module 5: The Scientific Method and Description
Module 6: Correlation and Experimentation
Module 7: Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life
Module 8: Frequently Asked Questions About Psychology

Unit III
Biological Bases of Behavior
Module 9: Biological Psychology and Neurotransmission
Module 10: The Nervous and Endocrine Systems
Module 11: Studying the Brain, and Older Brain Structures
Module 12: The Cerebral Cortex
Module 13: Brain Hemisphere Organization and the Biology of Consciousness
Module 14: Behavior Genetics: Predicting Individual Differences
Module 15: Evolutionary Psychology: Understanding Human Nature

Unit IV
Sensation and Perception
Module 16: Basic Principles of Sensation and Perception
Module 17: Influences on Perception
Module 18: Vision
Module 19: Visual Organization and Interpretation
Module 20: Hearing
Module 21: The Other Senses

Unit V
States of Consciousness
Module 22: Understanding Consciousness and Hypnosis
Module 23: Sleep Patterns and Sleep Theories
Module 24: Sleep Deprivation, Sleep Disorders, and Dreams
Module 25: Psychoactive Drugs

Unit VI
Learning
Module 26: How We Learn and Classical Conditioning
Module 27: Operant Conditioning
Module 28: Operant Conditioning’s Applications, and Comparison to Classical Conditioning
Module 29: Biology, Cognition, and Learning
Module 30: Learning by Observation

Unit VII
Cognition
Module 31: Studying and Building Memories
Module 32: Memory Storage and Retrieval
Module 33: Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Memory Improvement
Module 34: Thinking, Concepts, and Creativity
Module 35: Solving Problems and Making Decisions
Module 36: Thinking and Language

Unit VIII
Motivation, Emotion, and Stress
Module 37: Motivational Concepts
Module 38: Hunger Motivation
Module 39: Sexual Motivation
Module 40: Social Motivation: Affiliation Needs
Module 41: Theories and Physiology of Emotion
Module 42: Expressed Emotion
Module 43: Stress and Health
Module 44: Stress and Illness

Unit IX
Developmental Psychology
Module 45: Developmental Issues, Prenatal Development, and the Newborn
Module 46: Infancy and Childhood: Physical Development
Module 47: Infancy and Childhood: Cognitive Development
Module 48: Infancy and Childhood: Social Development
Module 49: Gender Development
Module 50: Parents, Peers, and Early Experiences
Module 51: Adolescence: Physical and Cognitive Development
Module 52: Adolescence: Social Development and Emerging Adulthood
Module 53: Sexual Development
Module 54: Adulthood: Physical, Cognitive, and Social Development

Unit X
Personality
Module 55: Freud’s Psychoanalytic Perspective: Exploring the Unconscious
Module 56: Psychodynamic Theories and Modern Views of the Unconscious
Module 57: Humanistic Theories
Module 58: Trait Theories
Module 59: Social-Cognitive Theories and Exploring the Self

Unit XI
Testing and Individual Differences
Module 60: Introduction to Intelligence
Module 61: Assessing Intelligence
Module 62: The Dynamics of Intelligence
Module 63: Studying Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intelligence
Module 64: Group Differences and the Question of Bias

Unit XII
Abnormal Behavior
Module 65: Introduction to Psychological Disorders
Module 66: Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Module 67: Mood Disorders
Module 68: Schizophrenia
Module 69: Other Disorders

Unit XIII
Treatment of Abnormal Behavior
Module 70: Introduction to Therapy, and Psychodynamic and Humanistic Therapies
Module 71: Behavior, Cognitive, and Group Therapies
Module 72: Evaluating Psychotherapies and Prevention Strategies
Module 73: The Biomedical Therapies

Unit XIV
Social Psychology
Module 74: Attribution, Attitudes, and Actions
Module 75: Conformity and Obedience
Module 76: Group Behavior
Module 77: Prejudice and Discrimination
Module 78: Aggression
Module 79: Attraction
Module 80: Altruism, Conflict, and Peacemaking Enrichment Modules
Module 81: Influences on Drug Use
Module 82: Psychology at Work
Module 83: Experienced Emotion: Anger and Happiness
Module 84: Human Flourishing
Module 85: Animal Thinking and Language

Appendix A: Practice AP®-Style Exam
Appendix B: AP® Exam Tips
Appendix C: Psychological Science’s Key Contributors
Appendix D: Preparing for Further Psychology Studies
Appendix E: Answers to Test Yourself Questions

Glossary / Glosario en Español
References
Name Index
Subject Index

Myers' Psychology for AP®

Second Edition 2014

David G. Myers

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David G. Myers

David Myers received his B.A. in chemistry from Whitworth University, and his psychology Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. He has spent his career at Hope College, Michigan, where he has taught dozens of introductory psychology sections. Hope College students have invited him to be their commencement speaker and voted him “outstanding professor.” His research and writings have been recognized by the Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize, an Honored Scientist award from the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences, an Award for Distinguished Service on Behalf of Social-Personality Psychology, a Presidential Citation from APA Division 2, election as an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, and three honorary doctorates.

With support from National Science Foundation grants, Myers’ scientific articles have appeared in three dozen scientific periodicals, including Science, American Scientist, Psychological Science, and American Psychologist. In addition to his scholarly and textbook writing, he digests psychological science for the general public. His writings have appeared in four dozen magazines, from Today’s Education to Scientific American. He also has authored six general audience books, including, in 2022, How Do We Know Ourselves? Curiosities and Marvels of the Human Mind. And he blogs about psychology and life at TalkPsych.com.

David Myers has chaired his city’s Human Relations Commission, helped found a thriving assistance center for low-income families, and spoken to hundreds of college, community, and professional groups worldwide. Drawing on his experience of hearing loss, which now includes a cochlear implant, he also has written articles and a book (A Quiet World) about hearing loss, and he is advocating a transformation in U.S. assistive listening technology (see HearingLoop.org). For his leadership, he has received awards from the American Academy of Audiology, the hearing industry, and the Hearing Loss Association of America.

David and Carol Myers met and married while undergraduates, and have raised sons Peter and Andrew, and a daughter, Laura. They have one grandchild, Allie.

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