It's not about "them", it's about all of us.
With a focus on critical thinking, Oltmanns and Emery prepare students for the DSM-V and beyond by addressing key issues and concepts that will remain, even as diagnostic criteria change.
In Abnormal Psychology, 7th edition Oltmanns and Emery bring both the science and personal aspects of abnormal psychology to life with a focus on evidence-based practice and emerging research. The authors emphasize that abnormal psychology is not about "them," it's about all of us. Using extensive case studies, they present the most cutting edge information on abnormal psychology by covering methods and treatment in context. Organized around the way students learn, this ground breaking text integrates the biological, psychological, and social perspectives in one concurrent story.
Teaching & Learning Experience
Personalize Learning – The new MyPsychLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals.
Improve Critical Thinking – With a focus on critical thinking students are encouraged to be “inquiring skeptics.”
Engage Students – “Speaking Out” video series and case studies woven throughout each chapter engage students in the science and the practice of abnormal psychology.
Explore Research – Detailed coverage of research methods and treatment is presented in every chapter; treatment is also covered in a standalone chapter.
Support Instructors – “Speaking Out” videos on DVD, MyPsychLab’s Class Prep, video embedded PowerPoints on DVD, MyTest, clicker questions, and an instructor’s manual provide extensive support for instructors.
Sample chapter and more available on our preview site! www.pearsonhighered.com/fall2011preview/#Psych
Features + Benefits
IT’S NOT ABOUT "THEM", IT’S ABOUT ALL OF US.
Integrates the biological, psychological, and social perspectives in one concurrent story.
The text is structured around a critical thinking framework.
Each chapter opens with the Big Picture and a Critical Thinking Overview, Critical Thinking Matters sections are included within the chapters, The Big Picture Critical Thinking Review concludes each chapter. (Ex. p. 219)
The classification of abnormal behavior is changing. Revisions are in the works for the official method for classifying psychological disorders, known as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual or DSM. The fifth version of this classification system or DSM-V is scheduled to be released in the coming years. At present, experts are proposing, debating, and studying new diagnoses, new groupings of current diagnoses, and revised diagnostic criteria for various mental disorders. Oltmanns and Emery bring you into this process of change by introducing dozens of concepts behind the debate, not by detailing every proposal and counterproposal. No one can predict the future, but this 7th Edition of Abnormal Psychology will prepare you for it!
Research Methods in every chapter allow for a more detailed coverage of research methods by making the material more manageable, focused, and relevant through the chapter content connection. (Ex. p. 233)
PERSONALIZE LEARNING WITH MYPSYCHLAB
The new MyPsychLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals.The Pearson eText lets students access their textbook anytime, anywhere, and any way they want—including listening online or downloading to iPad.
Speaking Out: The DSM in Context videos help students understand how the DSM criteria applies to real people with psychological disorders. Interviews with real patients, along with their friends and family, enable students to see symptoms of various conditions as well as understand the impact of these symptoms on the individual’s daily functioning. (Ex. p. 226)
The Pearson eText lets students access their textbook anytime, anywhere, and any way they want—including listening online or downloading to iPad.
An audio version of the text and close captioned videos in MyPsychLab expand student accessibility for online materials and comply with ADA standards.
A personalized study plan for each student, based on Bloom’s Taxonomy, arranges content from less complex thinking—like remembering and understanding—to more complex critical thinking—like applying and analyzing. This layered approach promotes better critical-thinking skills, and helps students succeed in the course and beyond.
Assessment tied to every video, application, and chapter enables both instructors and students to track progress and get immediate feedback. With results feeding into a powerful gradebook, the assessment program helps instructors identify student challenges early—and find the best resources with which to help students.
An assignment calendar allows instructors to assign graded activities, with specific deadlines, and measure student progress.
Class Prep collects the very best class presentation resources in one convenient online destination, so instructors can keep students engaged throughout every class.
IMPROVE CRITICAL THINKING
The Big Picture opens each chapter with a set of questions that students may have been asking themselves, and that they should be asking themselves. (Ex. p. 249)
With a focus on critical thinking, Oltmanns and Emery prepare students for the DSM-V and beyond by addressing key issues and concepts that will remain, even as diagnostic criteria change.
In Abnormal Psychology, 7th edition Oltmanns and Emery bring both the science and personal aspects of abnormal psychology to life with a focus on evidence-based practice and emerging research. The authors emphasize that abnormal psychology is not about "them," it's about all of us. Using extensive case studies, they present the most cutting edge information on abnormal psychology by covering methods and treatment in context. Organized around the way students learn, this ground breaking text integrates the biological, psychological, and social perspectives in one concurrent story.
Teaching & Learning Experience
Personalize Learning – The new MyPsychLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals.
Improve Critical Thinking – With a focus on critical thinking students are encouraged to be “inquiring skeptics.”
Engage Students – “Speaking Out” video series and case studies woven throughout each chapter engage students in the science and the practice of abnormal psychology.
Explore Research – Detailed coverage of research methods and treatment is presented in every chapter; treatment is also covered in a standalone chapter.
Support Instructors – “Speaking Out” videos on DVD, MyPsychLab’s Class Prep, video embedded PowerPoints on DVD, MyTest, clicker questions, and an instructor’s manual provide extensive support for instructors.
Sample chapter and more available on our preview site! www.pearsonhighered.com/fall2011preview/#Psych
Features + Benefits
IT’S NOT ABOUT "THEM", IT’S ABOUT ALL OF US.
Integrates the biological, psychological, and social perspectives in one concurrent story.
The text is structured around a critical thinking framework.
Each chapter opens with the Big Picture and a Critical Thinking Overview, Critical Thinking Matters sections are included within the chapters, The Big Picture Critical Thinking Review concludes each chapter. (Ex. p. 219)
The classification of abnormal behavior is changing. Revisions are in the works for the official method for classifying psychological disorders, known as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual or DSM. The fifth version of this classification system or DSM-V is scheduled to be released in the coming years. At present, experts are proposing, debating, and studying new diagnoses, new groupings of current diagnoses, and revised diagnostic criteria for various mental disorders. Oltmanns and Emery bring you into this process of change by introducing dozens of concepts behind the debate, not by detailing every proposal and counterproposal. No one can predict the future, but this 7th Edition of Abnormal Psychology will prepare you for it!
Research Methods in every chapter allow for a more detailed coverage of research methods by making the material more manageable, focused, and relevant through the chapter content connection. (Ex. p. 233)
PERSONALIZE LEARNING WITH MYPSYCHLAB
The new MyPsychLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals.The Pearson eText lets students access their textbook anytime, anywhere, and any way they want—including listening online or downloading to iPad.
Speaking Out: The DSM in Context videos help students understand how the DSM criteria applies to real people with psychological disorders. Interviews with real patients, along with their friends and family, enable students to see symptoms of various conditions as well as understand the impact of these symptoms on the individual’s daily functioning. (Ex. p. 226)
The Pearson eText lets students access their textbook anytime, anywhere, and any way they want—including listening online or downloading to iPad.
An audio version of the text and close captioned videos in MyPsychLab expand student accessibility for online materials and comply with ADA standards.
A personalized study plan for each student, based on Bloom’s Taxonomy, arranges content from less complex thinking—like remembering and understanding—to more complex critical thinking—like applying and analyzing. This layered approach promotes better critical-thinking skills, and helps students succeed in the course and beyond.
Assessment tied to every video, application, and chapter enables both instructors and students to track progress and get immediate feedback. With results feeding into a powerful gradebook, the assessment program helps instructors identify student challenges early—and find the best resources with which to help students.
An assignment calendar allows instructors to assign graded activities, with specific deadlines, and measure student progress.
Class Prep collects the very best class presentation resources in one convenient online destination, so instructors can keep students engaged throughout every class.
IMPROVE CRITICAL THINKING
The Big Picture opens each chapter with a set of questions that students may have been asking themselves, and that they should be asking themselves. (Ex. p. 249)