Publisher's Synopsis
Designed for undergraduate courses in introductory psychology, this fourth edition of Lefton's "Psychology" has undergone a major revision. Every chapter has been rewritten with examples designed to stimulate reader interest and to explain difficult concepts. The content has been revised and updated in each chapter, and is supported by new pedagogical features designed to help students.;New features include revised chapter organization; updated research in all chapters (with 1988, 1989 and 1990 references); greater emphasis throughout in applied and current topics, such as coping with stress and depression and health psychology (including AIDS); and "thinking about research" sections, with integrated boxes showing readers how psychologists use the scientific method.
