21st Century Psychology: Reference Handbook, A

Description: Via 100 entries or 'mini-chapters,' the SAGE 21st Century Reference Series provides an authoritative reference source that serves students' research needs with more detailed information than encyclopedia entries, but not as much jargon or density as a journal article or a research handbook chapter. 21st Century Psychology: A Reference Handbook highlights the most important topics, issues, questions, and debates any student obtaining a degree in the field of psychology ought to master to have an effective understanding of the discipline in the 21st Century. The contributors consist of established experts within the field of psychology, including several former presidents of the American Psychological Association. The 100+ chapters provide material of interest for students from all areas of psychological studies including the biological, cognitive, developmental, social and clinical arenas. Coverage includes cutting-edge topics such as human performance in extreme environments. Chapters are brief and accessible with references to guide through to further readings.Key Features - Provides students with initial footholds on topics of interest in researching for term papers, in preparing for Graduate Record Examination, in consulting to determine directions to take in pursuing a senior thesis, graduate degree or career - Offers full coverage of major sub-themes and subfields within psychology including social, developmental, cognitive, biological, clinical and methodology - Provides a uniform in-chapter structure to make it easy for students to locate key information with a common format of: Introduction, Theory, Methods, Applications, Comparisons, Future Directions, Summary, Bibliography, Suggestions for Further Reading and Cross References Author Biography: William Buskist (Ph.D., 1981, Brigham Young University) began his academic career in the early 1980s as a laboratory researcher investigating human competition and cooperation. About a decade later, his experiences teaching an introductory psychology course led him to wonder about how he might become a more effective teacher. That question led him to the research literature on teaching effectiveness, and ultimately to a drastic shift in both his teaching and research efforts. For the past 12 years, he has been studying and teaching about the qualities and behaviors characteristic of 'master teachers.' Recently, he has become interested in the assessment of teaching effectiveness. He is President-Elect of Division 2 (Society for the Teaching of Psychology) of the American Psychological Association. Stephen F. Davis (Ph.D., Texas Christian University) took an early retirement from Emporia State University and currently serves as Visiting Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Texas Wesleyan University. His career moved from that of laboratory researcher to a fascination with the teaching of psychology and an involvement with undergraduate students and education. His commitment and passion to the teaching of psychology is illustrated by his service in various offices within the American Psychological Assocation and his work with Psi Chi, the National Honor Society in Psychology. He has authored, coauthored, and coedited a number of textbooks and works devoted to the teaching of psychology.