Psychology for Everyday Life
Edition: 6
Copyright: 2025
Pages: 264
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How can psychology help you keep your New Year’s resolution to exercise regularly?
How can you get your roommate or significant other to stop annoying you and start doing things that make you happy?
How can you resist a billion dollar marketing industry working to convince you to buy stuff you think you need with money you know you don’t have?
Your students will be able to answer these and many other questions with Psychology for Everyday Life, an accessible introduction to psychology book that emphasizes aspects of psychological science students can relate to in their daily lives.
Psychology for Everyday Life gives students an edge in the job market by helping develop key teamwork skills sought by employers. The book is specifically designed for use with a team-based learning teaching paradigm (Michaelsen, Knight, and Fink, 2002; www.teambasedlearning.org):
- Students are assigned to permanent teams and work together on complex, authentic tasks.
- Each reading assignment is followed by one or more activities that students complete in their teams.
- Activities give students practice working in diverse teams on complex tasks.
- Classes are therefore more engaging and fun.
Psychology for Everyday Life is a valuable resource from which you can draw active learning exercises for a traditional or team-based learning environment.
Dear Reader
Getting Started
WORKING IN TEAMS READING ASSIGNMENT
Team Charter In-Class Activity
How Do Psychologists Study Happy People?
Defining Happiness In-Class Activity
DEFINING HAPPINESS READING ASSIGNMENT
EEE Research Design In-Class Activity
CORRELATIONS VERSUS EXPERIMENTS READING ASSIGNMENT
Practicing Experiments In-Class Activity
Meaningful Relationships
MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS READING ASSIGNMENT
Methods Reprise: Two-Factor Experimental Designs In-Class Activity
OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING READING ASSIGNMENT
Observational Learning In-Class Activity
CLASSICAL CONDITIONING READING ASSIGNMENT
Classical Conditioning In-Class Activity
OPERANT CONDITIONING READING ASSIGNMENT
Operant Conditioning In-Class Activity
SHAPING AND CHAINING READING ASSIGNMENT
DECREASING UNWANTED BEHAVIOR READING ASSIGNMENT
Decreasing Unwanted Behavior In-Class Activity
Enough Money
BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS READING ASSIGNMENT
Behavioral Economics In-Class Activity
NUDGING BEHAVIOR READING ASSIGNMENT
Nudging Behavior In-Class Activity
Meaningful Work
MEANINGFUL WORK READING ASSIGNMENT
Meaningful Work In-Class Activity
Good Health
NEURONS AND NEUROTRANSMITTERS READING ASSIGNMENT
Neural Anatomy and Synaptic Transmission In-Class Activity
MEMORY AND DEMENTIA READING ASSIGNMENT
Memory and Dementia In-class Activity
Symptom Sorting In-Class Activity
Who Needs Treatment In-Class Activity
COMMON RECREATIONAL DRUGS READING ASSIGNMENT
Recreational Drug Evaluation In-Class Activity
Glossary