Psychology

NEW TO THIS EDITION

New co-author Daniel G. Lannin (Illinois State University) brings extensive experience as an award-winning educator and researcher in clinical psychology to the text. Lannin is also the host of the podcast Psychology Life Lessons. 

Each chapter has been fully updated with new research reflecting changes in the field since 2020.

Chapter introductions have been streamlined to focus on a key concept that is central to the topic. 

Ch 2: The Tools of Psychological Research includes updated examples and current topics, including the use of social media, along with additional coverage of qualitative research. 

Ch 3: Biological Processes includes updated discussion of neurochemical functions and sex differences in brain function. 

Ch 6: Consciousness includes a streamlined discussion of hypnosis, expanded discussion of meditation, new material on aphantasia and hyperphantasia, and updated findings on ADHD. 

Ch 12: Motivation and Emotion includes expanded discussion of sex and gender, including asexual/demisexual identities and mate-preference research across diverse identities, as well as new coverage of obesity research, including the role of the food environment and new GLP-1 weight-management medications. 

Ch 14: Psychological Disorders features new coverage of stigmas related to mental health, including public and self-stigma, new research on adolescent cannabis use and mental health, and data on suicide-risk disparities, including elevated risk among LGBTQ+ youth. 

Ch 15: Therapy includes new coverage balancing shared "common factors" across therapies, expanded content on theoretical orientations in talk therapy, and updated meta-analytic data on the effectiveness of therapy

The new edition is available as a digital option through SAGE Vantage, an intuitive digital platform that offers auto-graded assignments and interactive multimedia tools—including video—all designed to enable students to better prepare for class. Learn more.

Understanding the Science features in each chapter focus students' attention on understanding how an interesting study was conducted. Each feature includes a summary of the main sections of a research article that relates to the chapter’s concepts, as well as critical thinking questions to help build students' scientific literacy.

Practical Solutions sections give students an inside look at a particular study or topic in psychological science with applications to common experiences.

Bite-sized videos in Sage Vantage support understanding and the applications of foundational studies and concepts. In Psychology Experiment Exercises, students learn about some of psychology’s most classic experiments, such as Gibson’s Visual Cliff and Bandura’s social learning theory. These add another perspective to the text about the real-world significance and application of these well-known experiments. Concepts in Action explain tough concepts, such as differentiating between classical and operant conditioning, difficult biological functions, and types of stress.