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Myers' Psychology for AP*

First Edition ©2011 David G Myers

Already The Bestselling AP* Psychology Author,
Myers Writes His First Exclusive AP* Psych Text

Watch Dave G. Myers introduce this new text here.

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Myers' Psychology for AP* by David G Myers - First Edition, 2011 from Macmillan Student Store

Already The Bestselling AP* Psychology Author,
Myers Writes His First Exclusive AP* Psych Text

Watch Dave G. Myers introduce this new text here.

Watch instructor video reviews here.

David G. Myers is best known for his top-selling college psychology texts, used successfully across North America in thousands of AP* courses. As effective as Myers’ college texts have been for the AP* course, we believe his new text will be even better, because Myers’ Psychology for AP* has been written especially for the AP* course!

Features

An Effective AP* Organization
The 14-unit organization of this new text mirrors the scope and sequence of the College Board’s AP* Psychology Course Description.

New Terms and Content Tailored Toward the AP* Exam
Because they may appear on the AP* Exam, 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." Reviewers have found "procedural memory" (which often appears on the Exam) easier for students to remember.

AP*-style Practice Questions in the Text
Charlie Blair-Broeker and Randy Ernst, longtime AP* Psychology teachers and authors of the popular high school general psychology text, Thinking About Psychology (see back page), have written 15 AP*-style multiple-choice questions and 1 free-response question for each unit or sub-unit in the new Myers text. Answers, along with a grading rubric for all free-response questions, are in the Teacher’s Edition.

Robust Ancillary Materials, Including a Wealth of AP*-specific Resources
The Myers’ Psychology for AP* media and supplements package offers teachers and students the best of everything: exclusive AP*-specific teaching and learning guides; state-of-the-art Worth psychology media tailored to the AP* course, including a hyper-functional eBook; and a wealth of additional videos, simulations, tutorials, and activities to enhance the AP* experience for students and teachers alike.

High School-Specific Examples
Myers replaced examples and references acceptable for college-aged students but potentially inappropriate in high school. For instance, in his discussion of signal detection theory in the Sensation/Perception unit, Myers offers a new texting example to replace his former military example. As another example, a reference to "Remember when you were in high school?" was changed to "Remember when you were in middle school?"

New to This Edition

Watch Dave Myers talk about the new features here.

By way of invited talks including the AP* Reading hosted by the College Board, intensive conference involvement, commissioned reviews, and daily email correspondence, Myers developed a growing awareness of the specific needs of AP* teachers and students. Psychology for AP* was born out of Myers’ "love affair with Psychology" and his mission to effectively assist in the teaching of all students of Psychology.

In response and result of a painstaking examination of past and current AP* Psychology Course Descriptions and released exams, Myers crafted a textbook that is unmistakably his, yet one that AP* students and teachers alike will unquestionably recognize as the book for them.

"How good that a college-level introduction to psychological science is offered to more and more students," Myers said recently. "The study of this humanly significant discipline is mind-expanding and life relevant. For all of us who are teachers, to be entrusted with discerning and communicating psychology’s insights is both an honor and a challenge."

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Table of Contents

Unit 1 Psychology’s History and Approaches

Unit 2 Research Methods: Thinking Critically With Psychological Science

Unit 3 Biological Bases of Behavior

           Part A: Neural Processing and the Endocrine System

           Part B: The Brain

           Part C: Genetics, Evolutionary Psychology, and Behavior

Unit 4 Sensation and Perception

Unit 5 States of Consciousness

Unit 6 Learning

Unit 7 Cognition

           Part A: Memory

           Part B: Thinking, Problem Solving, Creativity, and Language

Unit 8 Motivation and Emotion

           Part A: Motivation

           Part B: Emotions, Stress, and Health

Unit 9 Developmental Psychology

Unit 10 Personality

Unit 11 Testing and Individual Differences

Unit 12 Abnormal Psychology

Unit 13 Treatment of Psychological Disorders

Unit 14 Social Psychology

Appendix A Careers in Psychology, by Jennifer Zwolinski

Appendix B Psychology at Work

Appendix C Promoting Health

Appendix D Animal Thinking and Language

Appendix E Answers to Test Yourself Questions

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, by a 2010 Honored Scientist award from the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences, by a 2010 Award for Service on Behalf of Personality and Social Psychology, by a 2013 Presidential Citation from APA Division 2, by his 2015 election as an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, and by three dozen 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 the American Psychologist. In addition to his scholarly writing and his textbooks for introductory and social psychology, he also 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 five general audience books, including The Pursuit of Happiness and Intuition: Its Powers and Perils.

David Myers has chaired his city's Human Relations Commission, helped found a thriving assistance center for families in poverty, and spoken to hundreds of college, community, and professional groups worldwide. Drawing on his experience, he also has written articles and a book (A Quiet World) about hearing loss, and he is advocating a transformation in American assistive listening technology (see www.hearingloop.org). For his leadership, he received an American Academy of Audiology Presidential Award in 2011, and the Hearing Loss Association of America Walter T. Ridder Award in 2012.

He bikes to work year-round and plays daily pick-up basketball. David and Carol Myers have raised two sons and a daughter, and have one granddaughter.

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