Essentials of Psychology: Concepts and Applications

by Jeffrey S. Nevid

Featuring a manageable format and friendly style, the new edition of this brief introductory book was written with three goals in mind: to make the study of psychology accessible and engaging to beginning students in psychology, to provide a solid grounding in the knowledge base in psychology, and to help students succeed in the course. Nevid's comprehensive learning system--derived from research on memory, learning, and textbook pedagogy--is featured throughout. This learning model incorporates what the author calls the "Four Es of Effective Learning"--Engaging Student Interest, Encoding Information, Elaborating Meaning, and Evaluating Progress. ESSENTIALS OF PSYCHOLOGY: CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS, 3rd Edition, provides a broad view of psychology as well as applications of the knowledge gained from contemporary research to the problems and challenges we face in today's world.

Genres: Textbooks, Psychology, School, Nonfiction, College, Reference

672 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2011

About the author

Jeffrey Nevid, Ph.D., ABPP, is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology at St. John’s University in New York, where he has taught at the undergraduate and graduate levels since 1981. He is also a practicing psychologist specializing in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) in New York. Dr. Nevid holds a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) and is a Fellow of the Academy of Clinical Psychology (FAClinP).

Dr. Nevid completed his doctoral degree in clinical psychology at SUNY Albany and was awarded a National Institute of Mental Health Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Evaluation Research at Northwestern University. Dr. Nevid has conducted research in many areas of psychology and has amassed more than 200 publications and professional presentations. He has also authored or coauthored more than a dozen books in psychology and related fields, including several leading college textbooks, such as Psychology: Concepts and Applications (Cengage Learning), Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World (Pearson Education), Human Sexuality in a World of Diversity (Pearson Education), and Psychology and the Challenges of Life: Adjustment and Growth (John Wiley). Dr. Nevid also serves as Director of Research of Implicit Metrics, a marketing research firm he founded with his colleague Ronald Jay Cohen, Ph.D., ABPP.

Reviews

[mary liz · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'M FINISHED HALLELUJAH.

This was...not my favorite. *coughs* It had a lot of weird theories and stuff I didn't agree with, but I found parts of it pretty interesting. It was just really intense trying to get through a 550-page textbook in 8 weeks.

Soooo let's just say I wouldn't recommend it necessarily. XD But it's a great reference for when I'm writing and want to know more about the human brain. ;)

2.5 stars

[Katy Lovejoy · Rating 4 out of 5]

did a good Job actually teaching me about a subject I knew nothing about

[Stevie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I felt that this was a very good and very informative psychology book. I had to get this for school and people wanted to buy it off of me but I kept it to read it over again. I would definitely recommend this book to people who are wanting to learn about psychology.

[Elynor · Rating 3 out of 5]

Textbook for my online psychology course, which I took through Pitt Community College in NC.