An Introduction to Psychology 1962 College Course Guide by John F. Hahn - DoubleDay Preface When I first started teaching Introduction to Psychology, I found it difficult?much harder than teaching classes in statistics or research methods. I was able to give a lecture on the sympathetic nervous system, a lecture on Piaget, and a lecture on social cognition, but how could I link these topics together for the student? I felt a bit like I was presenting a laundry list of research findings rather than an integrated set of principles and knowledge. Of course, what was difficult for me was harder still for my students. How could they be expected to remember and understand all the many phenomena of psychology? How could they tell what was most important? And why, given the abundance of information that was freely available to them on the web, should they care about my approach? My pedagogy needed something to structure, integrate, and motivate their learning. Eventually, I found some techniques to help my students understand and appreciate what I found to be important. First, I realized that psychology actually did matter to my students, but that I needed to make it clear to them why it did. I therefore created a more consistent focus on the theme of behavior. One of the most fundamental integrating principles of the discipline of psychology is its focus on behavior, and yet that is often not made clear to students. Affect, cognition, and motivation are critical and essential, and yet are frequently best understood and made relevant through their links with behavior. Once I figured this out, I began tying all the material to this concept: The sympathetic nervous system matters because it has specific and predictable influences on our behavior. Piaget?s findings matter because they help us understand the child?s behavior (not just his or her thinking). And social cognition matters because our social thinking helps us better relate to the other people in our everyday social lives. This integrating theme allows me to organize my lectures, my writing assignments, and my testing. All of our pre-owned items are thoroughly cleaned, tested/operated, sanitized, and bagged during storage. We only offer our customers the best quality new and pre-owned merchandise, with secure packaging and FAST shipping. Stop by and check out our other items in our store, TN_Goodies. All items are thoroughly tested and exact condition is always described. We are working full time to serve our CUSTOMERS! Please do not hesitate to send a message with any questions, we are here to help. Thank You for shopping with us!