Hockenbury Discovering Psychology 5th txtbk

• New examples throughout the research methods section• Focus on Neuroscience explaining brain imaging techniques used in psychologyresearch appears in Methods section, emphasizing the increasing importance ofbrain imaging in many areas of psychology research• Extended discussion of a natural experiment• Updated, reorganized section, Enhancing Well-Being with Psychology:“Psychology and the Media: Becoming an Informed Consumer”• Updated box, “What Is Critical Thinking?” and revised definition of criticalthinkingChapter 2, Neuroscience and Behavior• Updated discussion of glial cells• Expanded discussion of neurotransmitters• New Focus on Neuroscience, “Is Runner’s High an Endorphin Rush?,”presents 2008 research providing the first direct evidence for an association between“runner’s high” and endorphin release in the human brain• New artwork: Breastfeeding example of interaction among the nervous system,the endocrine system, and behavior• The newly revised and reorganized section on plasticity and neurogenesis, “TheDynamic Brain,” opens the discussion on the brain, emphasizing the importanceof the theme of plasticity in understanding brain functioning• Focus on Neuroscience, “Juggling and Plasticity,” updated with 2008 researchon the effects of juggling on brain structures in older adults• Updated research on handedness in non-human primates• New Critical Thinking box, “‘His’ and ‘Her’ Brains?” provides a thoughtfullook at contemporary research on gender differences in brain structure andfunctioning• Expanded and updated box, “Brain Myths” looks at left-brain/right-brainmyths, handedness, and the 10% myth• Updated and expanded Enhancing Well-Being with Psychology, “MaximizingYour Brain’s Potential” presents the latest research on neuroplasticity, and theeffects of exercise and enriched environments on brain structure.Experiencing the World Through OurSenses Imagine biting into a crisp, redapple. All your senses are involved in yourexperience—vision, smell, taste, hearing,and touch. Although we’re accustomed tothinking of our different senses as beingquite distinct, all forms of sensation involvethe stimulation of specialized cellscalled sensory receptors.xxiiChapter 3, Sensation and Perception• Updated, revised Science versus Pseudoscience box “Subliminal Perception”features new research on the effects of subliminal odors on social judgmentsand a new Israeli study on the impact of subliminal stimuli on politicalattitudes• New section on pitch perception discusses frequency and place theory• New photos highlighting cross-species comparisons of sensory abilities,including hearing in reptiles and amphibians and olfaction in humans• New Culture and Human Behavior box, “Ways of Seeing” features newresearch on cultural differences in perception and how these differencesinfluence brain function• Added coverage of psychological effects on sensation and perception• Revised section presenting new research on the human tendency to see faces inambiguous stimuli• Streamlined discussion of culture and visual illusions• Updated coverage of biofeedback and acupuncture as strategies for controllingpain• Many new visual examples throughout