We Listened. You Want Science. You Want a Modern Framework. You Want an Easy Prep. You Want Passer/Smith.

WE LISTENED: During the development of Passer/Smith, McGraw-Hill employees observed more than 150 hours of Introductory Psychology classes, hosted three national symposia, and commissioned and read over 200 reviews. From that, WE LEARNED:

• You want to demonstrate to your students that Psychology is a science. Passer’s Research Close-Ups in each chapter provide an inside look at research studies in a scientific journal format.

• You want a framework that will help students tie all of the disparate concepts together and see the field of psychology in a modern way. Passer/Smith’s Levels of Analysis feature does just that, by consistently showing the biological, psychological, and environmental causes of behavior.

• You want all of your resources in one place so you can quickly and easily prep for each lecture. McGraw-Hill's PrepCenter provides all of our instructor resources in an easy-to-use, online site.

The bottom line is that if you use Passer/Smith, you’ll teach a dynamic, modern course with an organizing framework that reflects psychology as a science and that is easier to prep for than your present course.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY
CHAPTER 2 STUDYING BEHAVIOR SCIENTIFICALLY
CHAPTER 3 BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF BEHAVIOR: EVOLUTION, GENETICS,AND THE BRAIN
CHAPTER 4 SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
CHAPTER 5 STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
CHAPTER 6 LEARNING AND ADAPTATION: THE ROLE OF EXPERIENCE
CHAPTER 7 MEMORY
CHAPTER 8 LANGUAGE AND THINKING
CHAPTER 9 INTELLIGENCE
CHAPTER 10 MOTIVATION AND EMOTION
CHAPTER 11 DEVELOPMENT OVER THE LIFE SPAN
CHAPTER 12 PERSONALITY
CHAPTER 13 ADJUSTING TO LIFE: STRESS, COPING, AND HEALTH
CHAPTER 14 PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
CHAPTER 15 TREATMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
CHAPTER 16 SOCIAL THINKING AND BEHAVIOR

About the Author

Michael W. Passer coordinates the introductory psychology program at the University of Washington, which enrolls more than 3,000 students per year. He received his Bachelors degree from the University of Rochester, his Ph.D. from UCLA in social psychology, and has been a faculty member at the University of Washington since 1977. A former Danforth Foundation Fellow and U.W. Distinguished Teaching Award finalist, Dr. Passer has had a career-long love of teaching. He teaches introductory psychology twice yearly and also has taught courses in research methods, social psychology, industrial-organizational psychology, and attribution theory. Dr. Passer developed and annually offers a graduate course on Teaching of Psychology, which prepares students for their careers in the college classroom. He has published over 20 scientific articles and chapters, primarily in the areas of attribution, stress, and anxiety. Ronald E. Smith is Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington, where he has served as Director of Clinical Psychology Training and as Head of the Social Psychology and Personality area. He received his Bachelors degree from Marquette University and his Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University. Dr. Smith has held faculty positions at Purdue University and at Washington, as well as visiting appointments at Marquette University, the University of Hawaii, the University of New Mexico, and UCLA. His major research interests are in personality, stress and coping, and in performance enhancement research and intervention. Dr. Smith is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and a Past President of the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology. He has published more than 100 scientific articles and book chapters in his areas of interest and has authored or co-authored 19 books on introductory psychology, stress and stress management, sport psychology, and human performance enhancement.