Introduction to Psychology from a Christian Worldview
Edition: 2
Copyright: 2023
Edition: 2
Copyright: 2023
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Introduction to Psychology from a Christian Worldview is an introductory Psychology textbook designed to familiarize students with the science and practice of Psychology while also equipping them to critically analyze research and theory. In addition to presenting research and theory in the major subfields of Psychology, this text also presents students with a Biblical foundation from which to evaluate research and grow in their understanding of human behavior. Students are encouraged to explore what the Bible says on different psychological phenomena and are also challenged to understand the benefits and limitations of science as they study human behavior.
Introduction to Psychology from a Christian Worldview:
- is groundbreaking! The publication includes all of the essential terms, concepts, studies, historical figures, and real-world applications necessary for beginning students but also frames these findings under the authority of a decidedly Christian perspective—the book encompasses the four C’s: content knowledge, critical analysis, creative application, and Christian perspective.
- is comprehensive! It features 8 chapters, including the Science of Psychology, the Biology of Behavior, Sensation & Perception, Learning, Memory, & Intelligence, Motivation & Emotion, Developmental Psychology, Personality & Social Psychology, and Psychological Disorders & Treatments (most chapters cover two core areas of psychology).
- is student friendly! It keeps the student in mind by providing an efficient, effective, and engaging approach complete with contemporary applications related to real-world issues.
- is easy to adopt! Adopting instructors will be pleased with the book's readability and complement of supplemental materials. Each chapter, as well as the supporting materials, provides students with an introductory and biblically-based look at the field of Psychology while training them to be thoughtful consumers and practitioners of psychological science.
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: The Science of Psychology
Chapter 2: The Biology of Behavior
Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception
Chapter 4: Learning, Memory, and Intelligence
Chapter 5: Motivation and Emotion
Chapter 6: Developmental Psychology
Chapter 7: Personality and Social Psychology
Chapter 8: Psychological Disorders and Treatments
Glossary
References
Index
Dr. Kelley is a Professor in the Department of Psychology, School of Behavioral Sciences at Liberty University. He is and has been actively involved in the local church including serving in a variety of roles including adult Sunday school teacher, Youth Director/teacher, Vacation Bible School Leader, and guest preacher. He has been involved in national and international missions including work in Haiti and Hattian refugees resettled in Florida, as well as missions, work in Ukraine. He also served on the board of a local Christian school where he also volunteered as a science teacher among other roles. Dr. Kelley’s Christian faith is foundational and integral to his work in psychology, science, and public health. To that end, Dr. Kelley has combined his love of Christ with his passion for helping those dealing with substance abuse to create the only academic resource on substance abuse written from a Christian worldview complete with Biblical integration throughout. People of faith are well positioned to help those dealing with this issue and it is Dr. Kelley’s hope and prayer that this comprehensive textbook can be a transformational resource.
While Dr. Kelley’s core academic interests are in Psychology, Public Mental Health, Applied Research, Neuroscience, and Pharmacology/Toxicology, he has taken a very interdisciplinary approach to his studies and research. Briefly, while in graduate school, he took courses from a number of departments at the Medical College of Virginia including Pharmacology and Toxicology, Physiology, Anatomy, and Neuroscience, as well as courses from the Developmental, Cognitive, and Clinical Psychology programs at Virginia Commonwealth University. During his postdoctoral studies, at the Medical University of South Carolina (Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology), he participated in research projects as diverse as HIV-related dementia complex, developing/testing novel pharmacotherapies for alcoholism and tobacco dependence, to examining adult subjects with prenatal cocaine exposure. His trajectory of work in the field has taken him from bench to bedside to the community prevention efforts with a focus on high-impact program/interventions. Dr. Kelley has delivered well over 100 invited presentations and has done a variety of work/training on this topic across most of the United States and several other countries (e.g., Haiti and Ukraine) He is widely published and an award-winning scientist/scholar but grounds his work on what can be done to improve the lives of people struggling with substance abuse. This was a topic of interest to him having grown up in Washington D.C. at the height of our nation’s substance abuse problem so the topic is not purely academic but evolved from seeing firsthand the immediate and long-term impact of drugs on friends, schools, and the community. Having such a diverse lived, academic, and professional background, spanning areas that range from molecular biology to community-wide prevention programs, has provided him with many unique opportunities to collaborate on a variety of projects with a diverse group of scientists, clinicians, and community leaders. It has also given him the necessary background to pursue research and scholarship that are clinically and socially relevant. Finally, it has enabled him to assimilate and integrate information from different disciplines and has proven to be very advantageous in his research, teaching, and writing as well as in my ability to disseminate information and interact productively with a diverse group of professionals and community members. Dr. Kelley hopes the culmination of these experiences translates into an authentic and impactful approach to addressing one of our nation’s most profound problems: substance abuse.