Hockenbury Discovering Psychology 5th txtbk

• New Critical Thinking box, “Neurodiversity and the Autism Spectrum Disorders,”covers the contemporary debate about autism and diversity in brainfunction and includes new research on intelligence in autism• New research on the linguistic relativity hypothesis• Photos illustrating the birth of new sign languages in Nicaragua and a Bedouinvillage in southern Israel• Updated research on animal language and cognition• New photo examples of Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligences• Expanded Culture and Human Behavior box, “Performing with a Threat in theAir” includes many new studies on stereotype threat and introduces its newlydefined counterpart, stereotype lift• Updated and revised Enhancing Well-Being with Psychology section, “A Workshopon Creativity”Chapter 8, Motivation and Emotion• Section on eating disorders has been moved to Chapter 13, PsychologicalDisorders• New cross-cultural research on achievement motivation in Olympic athletes• The latest on psychological factors that trigger eating• New introductory section, “Excess Weight and Obesity,” includes updated statistics• New research on the role played by genetics in obesity• Revised Focus on Neuroscience box, “Dopamine Receptors and Obesity,”tracks research suggesting that compulsive eating might compensate for reduceddopamine function by stimulating the brain’s reward system• Reorganized section on human sexuality• Revised discussion of sexual orientation highlights new studies on the influenceof genetic and environmental effects, including the “older brother” effect, andthe association of gay, lesbian, and bisexual orientation with cross-gender behaviorin childhood• Updated research on culture and achievement motivation• New Focus on Neuroscience box, “Do Different Emotions Activate DifferentBrain Areas?,” links emotion to specific brain activity and describes researchthat shows sensory signals preceding felt emotion• Revised Critical Thinking box on emotion in nonhuman animals• Revised material on cognitive theories of emotion introduces the cognitiveappraisal theoryChapter 9, Lifespan Development• New Prologue, “Future Plans”• Updated and completely revised section “Genetic Contributions to Your LifeStory” includes new material on gene expression, gene-environment interaction,and the new field of epigenetics• Reorganized discussion of prenatal development includes new coverage of prenatalbrain development• Culture and Human Behavior box, “The Effects of Child Care on Attachmentand Development,” includes updated research and national standards forquality care• New section, “The Development of Moral Reasoning,” explains LawrenceKohlberg’s classic theory of moral development and critiques Carol Gilligan’sapproach to moral development; contemporary research on moral developmentand cross-cultural examples are also included in this new discussion.xxv