{"product_id":"psychology-themes-and-variations-9780495093039","title":"Psychology: Themes and Variations","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Seventh Edition of Wayne Weitens popular text  PSYCHOLOGY: THEMES AND VARIATIONS  continues to offer students a unique survey of psychology with three distinct goals: to show both the unity and diversity of psychologys subject matter; to illuminate the process of research and its intimate link to application  and to make the text challenging to think about and easy to learn from. Weiten achieves these goals through a number of distinctive features. Integrative themes-including empiricism  theoretical diversity  sociohistorical contexts  multifactorial causation  cultural heritage  heredity and environment  and subjectivity of experience-are woven throughout the text to provide connections among the different areas of research in psychology. A unique end of chapter section  \"Reflecting on the Chapters Themes \" ties together the key themes most relevant to each chapter  and shows links across chapter content. The books dynamic  teaching-oriented illustration program further enhances these themes. Featured Studies  Personal Applications  and Critical Thinking Applications provide students with unprecedented opportunities to see research methods in action  to understand the practical side of psychology  and to develop important critical thinking skills. Weiten reinforces concepts through periodic in-chapter Concept Checks and an end of chapter practice quiz in every chapter. At the same time  he presents topics in a hierarchical manner  giving students handles they can use to prioritize concepts within the chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45652916404277,"sku":"ByrdShop_0495093033","price":284.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780495093039.jpg?v=1781853221","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/psychology-themes-and-variations-9780495093039","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}