| Smartbook Access Card for Abnormal Psychology Contributor(s): Whitbourne, Susan Krauss (Author) |
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ISBN: 1260044726 ISBN-13: 9781260044720 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education OUR PRICE: $105.69 Product Type: Other Published: August 2016 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Clinical Psychology |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.3" W x 8.3" (0.15 lbs) |
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| Publisher Description: Presenting the human side of Psychological Disorders. Susan Krauss Whitbourne's Abnormal Psychology: Clinical Perspectives on Psychological Disorders, shows students real-life portrayals of psychological disorders through an extensive use of clinical and online case studies, biographies, and first-person quotations. The program maintains the biopsychosocial approach, incorporating biological, psychological, and sociocultural contributions to psychological disorders, also acknowledging the evolution of psychological disorders over the lifespan. The eighth edition ties concepts together with an integrated, personalized learning program, providing students the insight they need to study smarter and improve performance. Abnormal Psychology personalizes the human experience, while helping students think critically and apply their knowl-edge through activities in McGraw-Hill Education's digital learning platform, Connect. Connect for Abnormal Psychology includes the only adaptive reading experience on the market, McGraw-Hill Education SmartBook, as well as new Interactive Case Studies for Abnormal Psychology and the Faces of Abnormal Psychology video program. |
Contributor Bio(s): Whitbourne, Susan Krauss: - Professor Whitbourne received her Ph. D. from Columbia University and has dual specializations in life-span developmental psychology and clinical psychology. She has taught at the State University of New York at Geneseo and the University of Rochester. At the University of Massachusetts, she received the University's Distinguished Teaching Award and the College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teacher Award. In 2002, she received the Florence Denmark/Psi Chi National Faculty Advisor Award and in 2003, the APA Division 20 (Adult Development and Aging) Master Mentor Award . She is the Honors Coordinator in the Psychology Department and the Director of the Office of National Scholarship Advisement in the newly established Commonwealth Honors College. The author of fourteen books and over one hundred journal articles and book chapters, Professor Whitbourne is regarded as an expert in the field of personality development in adulthood and old age. She is currently the APA Council Representative of Division 20 of APA having also served as Division 20 President. Professor Whitbourne has developed nationally recognized approaches to technological innovations in teaching, and the web site she developed for her introductory psychology course was selected as a McGraw-Hill Web Cafe "Site of the Month." |