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Our colleagues and fellow Tulsa Community College psychology faculty—especially Phoebe Baker, Cathy Furlong, John Hensley, Susan Kamphaus, FernMarrs, Alicia MacKay, Chrystie Meziere, and Krena White—continue to inspire uswith their dedication to excellence in teaching. A special note of appreciation alsogoes to Sandra Massey, Northeast Campus Provost, Jocelyn Whitney, Liberal ArtsAssociate Dean, and the outstanding faculty who comprise the TCC NortheastCampus Liberal Arts and Human Services Department.Worth PublishersThe remarkable people who make up Worth Publishers have a well-earned reputationfor producing college textbooks and supplements of the highest quality.Our thanks to our executive editor, Jessica Bayne, for her perceptive, candid, andcreative approaches to managing and publishing textbooks. Our developmentaleditor, Marna Miller, provided thoughtful and well-reasoned editorial suggestionsthat helped us refine the details and flow of new material. Above and beyond that,Marna’s determination, optimism, and unfailing good humor were greatly appreciated.Thanks also go to assistant editor Adam Frese, who expertly kept track ofcountless details and stacks of paper. The incredible new design for the fifth editionreflects the creative talents of art director and artist Babs Reingold. We nevercease to be impressed by designer Lee Ann McKevitt’s ability to create the seamlessinteraction of text, graphics, boxes, and features that you see on every pageof Discovering Psychology. The text’s beautiful layout also owes a great deal to thetalented efforts of Lyndall Culbertson. The stunning new art/photo illustrationsrepresent the combined talents of illustrator Todd Buck, Worth photo editorChristine Buese, and photo researcher Donna Ranieri. Along with finding theperfect photos to serve as a base for Todd’s astonishing illustrations, Christine andDonna helped us revamp the text’s photo program by never giving up in theirsearch for just the right image.By any standard, associate managing editor Tracey Kuehn is an unbelievablytalented and dedicated person. For the last four editions, Tracey’s expertise, creativity,and delightful sense of humor have been invaluable to us. With the help ofproduction editor Mike Ederer, Tracey effectively tackled and resolved theinevitable problems that accompany a project of this complexity. Our heartfeltthanks also to Barbara Seixas who coordinated a bewildering array of technicaldetails to bring the book to press on schedule.Perhaps the greatest unsung heroes in college textbook publishing are the supplementsand media editors. At Worth Publishers, those editors work tirelessly to setthe standard by which all other publishers are judged. With conscientious attentionto a multitude of details, Andrea Musick, Christine Burak, Stacey Alexander, andBetty Probert, have expertly assembled the integrated program of print, video, andInternet supplements that accompanies our text. They are awesome!Psychology marketing manager Amy Shefferd helped launch the fifth editionwith her expertly coordinated advertising, marketing, and sales support efforts. Specialthanks to our longtime friend and adopted family member, Steve Patrick, southwestregional manager.A few personal acknowledgements are in order. Several friends and family memberskindly allowed us to share their stories with you. Sandy’s mother, Fern, deservesparticular thanks and recognition for her constant support and never-endingsupply of funny stories. Sadly, our fathers, Ken and Erv, are no longer with us,but they both live on in our memories, as well as in the personal stories that wecontinue to tell about each of them. We also thank Janeen and Marty, Terry andJean, Judy and all the other members of our extended family for their support andencouragement. We are grateful to our niece Katie and to our good friends Ashaand Paul, Tom and Lynn, and their children, Will, and Lily, and especially Marcia,for allowing us to tell their stories in our book. Had Richard lived to see the publicationof Discovering Psychology, we know he would have been proud to be partof its pages.xli