He has made major contributions to the book with new research in cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience. Psychology and Life is now the sole, premiere text accompanying the revised Discovering Psychology Telecourse, available for fall 2001 classes. Nearly 200 of these studies appear in the text, and many are new or revised for this edition. Expanded cultural coverage explores the past, present, and future. The authors call students' attention to the diversity of people's life experiences by emphasizing both classic and contemporary research on cultural psychology.
Social psychology is covered in two chapters.
It includes cutting edge research in social behavior in a cross-cultural perspective, moral judgements, aggression and prejudice, authority influences, and political and peace psychology. Each section demonstrates the flexibility with which psychological research tackles new issues and creates new applications. A New Chapter 2 on research methods has been added to expand coverage of the challenges researchers face when they attempt to answer important questions, and the methods those researchers have devised to overcome challenges. A new marginal glossary allows students to check their understanding of key concepts as they read the text. Intelligence and Intelligence Testing , previously found in Ch.