This is an upper-level introductory psychology text that incorporates cutting-edge material to present the core aspects of psychology. The authors use a set of five themes that are woven throughout the text to unite all of the material. These primary themes or emphases, introduced in Chapter 1, biological, learning, cognitive, developmental, and sociocultural factors. Then in each succeeding chapter the themes are (a) introduced at the beginning of the chapter in a set of Thematic Questions, (b) woven into the chapter material, and (c) summarized at the end in Themes in Review. New features have been added to this edition to create a more exciting and visually enhanced text.