This exciting new textbook for introductory psychology helps to open students’ minds to the idea that psychology is all around us. Authors RON COMER and LIZ GOULD encourage students to examine what they know about human behaviour and how they know it; and open them up to an appreciation of psychology outside of the classroom . Psychology Around Us helps students see the...
This exciting new textbook for introductory psychology helps to open students’ minds to the idea that psychology is all around us. Authors RON COMER and LIZ GOULD encourage students to examine what they know about human behaviour and how they know it; and open them up to an appreciation of psychology outside of the classroom . Psychology Around Us helps students see the big picture by stressing the interconnected nature of psychological science. Almost every chapter within this first edition helps open students’ minds to comprehend the big picture with sections that highlight how the different fields of psychology are connected to each other and how they connect to everyday life. This text highlights human development , brain function , abnormal psychology , and the individual differences in each area as cut-across themes to demonstrate these connections. Also included are two-page art spreads to demonstrate exactly What Happens In The Brain When we engage in everyday activities such as eat pizza, study psychology, or listen to music. The art featured in these spreads have been created especially for Psychology Around Us by an award-winning artist with input from faculty on how it will contribute to teaching and learning.
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if the consequence of a given behavior is rewarding, it is regarded as reinforcing, and the individual will be more likely to repeat the behavior down the road. A behavior is positively reinforcing when it brings about a desired outcome (such as food or a prize), and negatively reinforcing when it helps an organism avoid undesired outcomes. For example, procrastination may be negatively reinforcing to the extent that it helps people avoid the pain of actually sitting down to do their homework. Remember, if a behavior is either positively or negatively reinforcing, we are more likely to do it again later. (查看原文)
Operant conditioning can also be used to teach people and animals entirely new complex behaviors. This method, called shaping, rewards actions that are increasingly closer to a desired final behavior, rather than waiting for the exact behavior to happen before providing reinforcement.
You rewarding successive approximations of the desired behavior until the complete behavioral sequence emerges. (查看原文)
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