Psychology (Myers)

Key differences between 11th and 10th editions

• Period between previous and current publications: 4 years (2011 vs 2015).
• The First Edition of Psychology was written by David G. Myers, a professor of psychology at Hope College in Michigan, in 1986.
• New co-author - Nathan DeWall, professor of University of Kentucky.
• New How Would You Know? feature in LaunchPad.
• Prologue:
• Contemporary Psychology section substantially updated.
• Updated table on current perspectives in psychology.
• Chapter 1:
• Definition of intuition with new illustration and current event examples.
• Naturalistic observations on Twitter message moods, and on international Facebook friendships.
• Research examples on the placebo effect.
• Research demonstrating the consequences of statistical illiteracy.
• Chapter 2:
• Experiment on how the endocrine system enables the persistence of emotions even without conscious awareness of their cause.
• Research example of woman with damaged amygdala experiencing no fear.
• Updated material on the somatosensory cortex.
• High-resolution diffusion spectrum image reveals brain neural networks within the two hemispheres.
• Cold War nuclear tests enabled scientists to confirm neurogenesis discovered by the carbon-dating of neurons in the hippocampus.
• Chapter 3:
• Definition of parallel processing
• Research confirming that full night sleep dramatically improves skill learning and athletic ability.
• Latest evidence on negative effects of sleep deprivation.
• New table outlines When Is Drug Use a Disorder?
• Chapter 4:
• Research on how genes influence personality traits and specific behaviors.
• Evidence that preemies given skin-on-skin contact with their mothers are better off even 10 years later.
• Laboratory experiments on gender differences in aggression.
• Coverage of adolescent sexual development (moved here from previous edition's Chapter 5).
• Key terms -- spermarche, disorder of sexual development.
• Chapter 5:
• New research on prenatal effects of mothers experiencing extreme stress.
• Material on Autism spectrum disorder has been significantly revised to match DSM-5 update.
• New table, Dual Parenting Facts.
• Research with new figure on teen impulse control lagging reward seeking
• Figure 5.26 illustrates changing ways Americans meet their partners.
• Chapter 6:
• New coverage of the adaptation of emotion perception; speed of audition.
• Two new sports examples of the powerful effect of distraction on the experience of pain.
• Latest evidence on how placebos, distraction, and hypnosis help control pain
• Thinking Critically About box "Hypnosis and Pain Relief"
• Chapter 7:
• New information on what happened to Little Albert.
• Research showing that punishment should focus on prohibitions (what not to do) rather than positive obligations.
• Chapter 8:
• Experiment showing that people remember less when they know information will be available online.
• Latest research on Henry Molaisons memory abilities.
• Chapter 9:
• Experiment on how insight improves when electrical stimulation disrupts assumptions created by past experiences.
• Latest evidence from cross-cultural research on benefits of bilingualism.
• Chapter 10:
• Material on Gardner's possibility of a ninth intelligence.
• Latest research on heritability of intelligence.
• Coverage of grade inflation tendency
• Chapter 11:
• New chapter introduction.
• Material on industrial-organizational psychology has moved to Appendix A
• Latest facts on negative health, social, and memory effects of obesity.
• Key term asexual
• New section on Sexual Dysfunctions and Paraphilias with DSM-5 updates.
• Chapter 12:
• Research on happiness and how genes influence the sense of well-being.
• Latest research on health effects of optimism, benefits of 150 minutes per week walking, and low-conflict marriages.
• Chapter 13:
• Table 13.2 Behavior in the Presence of Others clarifies distinction among social facilitation, social loafing, and deindividuation.
• Chapter 14:
• New Thinking Critically box The Stigma of Introversion.
• Chapter 15: has been reorganized and updated to reflect DSM-5 changes -- includes integration of psychiatric diagnoses into medical practice, new definitions of disorders and disorder categories.