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Welcome to Introductory Psychology The required textbook for this course is David Myers’ Psychology in Everyday Life, Second Edition. ( © 2011, Worth Publishers)

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Welcome to Introductory Psychology

The required textbook for this course is David

Myers’ Psychology in Everyday

Life, Second Edition.

(©2011, Worth Publishers)

http://www.worthpublishers.com/pel2e

A FREE Web site accompanies the book. Though not

required, the site is a good way to check what you know and don’t know and get help with the more

difficult course content.

Use the “Interactive Quizzes” to diagnose what you need to

review after you’ve read the chapter.There are two quizzes for every chapter.

http://www.worthpublishers.com/pel2e

The “Interactive Flashcards” allow you to tutor and quiz

yourself on important terms from the book.

http://www.worthpublishers.com/pel2e

If you need more help, ask for these in the bookstore…

Study Guide Summarizes

chapters, highlights common problem areas and offers

study strategies for topics covered in your textbook.

Good if using the Web is inconvenient

or undesirable.

Scientific American Readers

The Scientific American Readers

let you read articles on cutting-edge research in

psychology.

If you need more help, ask for this in the bookstore…

PsychSim 5.0by Thomas LudwigThis award-winningcomputer program

puts you into the role ofexperimenter! Learnthe fundamentals of

psychology byengaging in severalclassic experiments.

If you need more help, ask for this in the bookstore…

Pursuing Human Strengths by Martin Bolt

This workbook can help you build on your positive personality traits

such as empathy, self-respect, and self-esteem, through self-

tests and research-based recommendations.

Psychology and the Real World

by the FABBS FoundationThis reader provides a collection

of brief, personal, original essays, in which leading academic psychologists

describe what their area of research has contributed to

society.

If you need more help, ask for this in the bookstore…

If you need more help, ask for this in the bookstore…

PsychInquiryby Thomas Ludwig

This CD-ROM containsdozens of animated andillustrated activities, alldesigned to help youimprove your criticalthinking learn about

psychological research.

Prefer an electronic copy of Psychology in Everyday Life,

Second Edition?Go to

ebooks.bfwpub.comYour required text is available online at a

substantial discount!

Features include:- Highlighting - Post-It-Notes

- Easy access from any internet connection

- Bookmarking - Google-style search

function

If you are interested in video clips that relate to your reading, ask the bookstore for this…

Combining video, animations, and exercises correlated toany Worth Introductory Psychology book, the Video Tool Kit

brings unprecedented learning opportunities to your firstpsychology course.  The Video Tool Kit includes both

research and news footage. www.worthvideotoolkit.com

www.yourpsychportal.com

If your textbook was packaged with a PsychPortal access code,

you can redeem it at the below website by following these steps:

1. Click “register.” 2. Fill out the information and you’re ready to go.

* Be sure to hold on to the access card until you redeem it online.

PsychPortal to accompany Psychology in Everyday Life, Second

Edition

You can also purchase Portal access on the below website!

PsychInvestigator to accompany Psychology in Everyday Life, Second

Edition

PyschInvestigator is a virtual laboratory environment in which you can participate in real

psychology experiments, generate real data, analyze your data against the responses of fellow

classmates and national data, and review the implications of your findings.

www.worthpi.com

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