Exploring Psychology Sixth Edition In Modules Cloth

The hardcover, spiralbound edition of Myers's new modular version of Psychology, 6/e.

The success of the modular version of David Myers's bestselling brief text, Exploring Psychology, proves the author's longheld belief (supported by independent research) that for a number of students, a text comprised of 45 15-page chapters is more effective than one of 15 45-page chapters. Exploring Psychology, Sixth Edition, in Modules includes all the features and up-to-date content of the current edition of Exploring Psychology organized into 45 modules. It is accompanied by its own expansive variety of media and supplements similar to the Exploring Psychology package, also reorganized to match the modular format. This is NOT a brief version of Psychology, Seventh Edition, in Modules. Rather, this text is a MODULARIZED version of Exploring Psychology, Sixth Edition.

For every major content section, longtime author Richard Straub has divided each module by major topic; each section includes a Preview (objectives that require short answers) and "Stepping Through the Section" (which include detailed, fill-in-the-blank questions). The Study Guide also includes self-tests, critical-thinking exercises, vocabulary and language activities, Internet activities, and crossword puzzles.

From his experience as an author and teacher, David Myers has concluded that students digest material more easily when it is presented in smaller chunks. Ask students whether they would prefer a 600-page book to be organized as fifteen 40-page chapters or as forty 15-page chapters and their answers will approach a consensus: students prefer shorter chapters. And research on learning strategies supports this preference: chunked material is more easily digested. Responding to student preference and learning research, Myers has created a modular version of his best-selling brief introductory text, Deploring "Psychology. Exploring Psychology, Fifth Edition, in Modules reorganizes the 15 chapters of "Exploring Psychology, Fifth Edition into 40 short chapters, or modules.

Exploring Psychology, Seventh Edition, in Modules is the modular version of the #1 bestselling brief introduction to psychology: David Myers' Exploring Psychology. All the Myers hallmarks are there-the captivating writing, coverage based on the latest research, helpful pedagogical support-in a format that delivers the utmost in student accessibility and teaching flexibility.