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Introductory to PsychologyANNUAL EDITIONS: PERSONAL GROWTHAND BEHAVIOR 07/0826TH EDITIONKaren G Duffy, State University of Coll-Geneseo2008 / 208 pagesISBN: 978-0-07-339731-3Available: January 2007Website: http://www.mhcls.com/text-data/catalog/007339 7318.mhtmlThis Twenty-Sixth Edition of ANNUAL EDITIONS: PERSONALGROWTH AND BEHAVIOR 07/08 provides convenient, inexpensiveaccess to current articles selected from the best of the public press.Organizational features include: an annotated listing of selected WorldWide Web sites; an annotated table of contents; a topic guide; ageneral introduction; brief overviews for each section; a topical index;and an instructor’s resource guide with testing materials. USINGANNUAL EDITIONS IN THE CLASSROOM is offered as a practicalguide for instructors. ANNUAL EDITIONS titles are supported by ourstudent website, www.mhcls.com/online.CONTENTSUnit 1. Becoming a Person: Foundations1. Carl Rogers’ Life and Work: An Assessment on the 100thAnniversary of His Birth2. Mysteries of the Mind3. Skepticism of Caricatures: B.F. Skinner Turns 1004. The “Big Five” and You: How Personality Traits Affect BehaviorUnit 2. Determinants of Behavior: Motivation, Environment, andPhysiology5. What Makes You Who You Are6. The Blank Slate, Steven Pinker7. Genetic Influence on Human Psychological Traits8. Nature vs. Nurture: Two Brothers With Schizophrenia9. The Amazing Brain: Is Neuroscience the Key to What Makes UsHuman?10. His Brain, Her Brain11. Cultural Psychology: Studying the Exotic Other12. Just Do It13. Stand and DeliverUnit 3. Problems Influencing Personal Growth14. The Biology of Aging15. and Now, the Hard Part: That Sweet Little Thing Is About toCommandeer Your Life16. Childhood Is for Children17. Kaleidoscope of Parenting Cultures18. What American Schools Can Learn from Hogwarts School ofWitchcraft and Wizardry19. What Makes Teens Tick20. Staving Off Middle-Age Spread Requires Portion Control andPlenty of Exercise21. Midlife Crisis? Bring It On!22. The Borders of HealingUnit 4. Relating to Others23. Mirror, Mirror: Seeing Yourself As Others See You24. What’s Your Emotional IQ?25. Nurturing Empathy26. What Does That Mean?27. Deception Detection28. Calling It Off29. Want to Stay Married? Move to Massachusetts30. Forgiveness: Who Does It and How Do They Do It?Unit 5. The Individual and Society31. The Emperor’s New Woes32. Suspicious Minds33. 50th Anniversary: Brown v. Board of Education34. The Social Net35. Work-life: Organizations in Denial36. How to Get Out Alive37. The Collateral Psychological Damage of WarUnit 6. Enhancing Human Adjustment: Learning to CopeEffectively38. Are We Becoming a Nation of Depressives?39. Dear Reader: Get a Life40. The 10 Rules of Change41. Drugs vs. Talk TherapyTAKING SIDES: CLASHING VIEWS ONPSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES15th EditionBrent Slife, Brigham Young University2008 / 432 pagesISBN: 978-0-07-351510-6Available: October 2007Website: http://www.mhcls.com/text-data/catalog/073515 108.mhtmlThis Fifteenth Edition of TAKING SIDES: PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUESpresents current controversial issues in a debate-style formatdesigned to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinkingskills. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with an issue summary,an issue introduction, and a postscript. An instructor’s manual withtesting material is available for each volume. USING TAKING SIDESIN THE CLASSROOM is also an excellent instructor resource withpractical suggestions on incorporating this effective approach in theclassroom. Each TAKING SIDES reader features an annotated listingof selected World Wide Web sites and is supported by our studentwebsite, www.mhcls.com/online.CONTENTSUnit 1 Research IssuesIssue 1. Should Animal Research in Psychology Be Eliminated?Issue 2. Are Traditional Scientific Methods Sufficient to ProvideEvidence for Psychological PracticeIssue 3. Classic Dialogue: Was Stanley Milgram’s Study of ObedienceUnethical?Unit 2 Biological IssuesIssue 4. Are Humans Naturally Violent?Issue 5. Do Women and Men Communicate Differently?Issue 6. Do Brain Deficiencies Determine Learning Disabilities?Unit 3 Human DevelopmentIssue 7. Does the Environment Influence Human Development Morethan Genes?Issue 8. Does the Divorce of Parents Harm Their Children?Issue 9. Does Research Show That Homosexual Parenting Has NoNegative Effects?Unit 4 Cognitive ProcessesIssue 10. Are Human Activities Determined?Issue 11. Is the Theory of Multiple Intelligences Valid?Unit 5 Mental HealthIssue 12. Does ADHD Exist?Issue 13. Does Taking Antidepressants Lead to Suicide?Issue 14. Does Low Self-Esteem Produce Anti-Social Behavior?Unit 6 Psychological TreatmentsIssue 15. Should Psychologists Be Able to Prescribe Medicine?Issue 16. Is Treating Homosexuality Ethical?Unit 7 Social PsychologyIssue 17. Do Video Games Lead to Violence?Issue 18. Can Sex Be Addictive?14