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1 Welcome to Introductory Psychology
The required textbook for this course is Don and Sandra Hockenbury’s Discovering Psychology, Fifth Edition. (©2011, Worth Publishers)

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A FREE Web site accompanies the book. Though not required, the site is a good way to check what you know and don’t know and get help with the more difficult course content.

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Use the “Interactive Quizzes” to diagnose what you need to review after you’ve read the chapter. There are two quizzes for every chapter.

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The “Interactive Flashcards” allow you to tutor and quiz yourself on important terms from the book.

5 If you need more help, ask for these in the bookstore…
Study Guide Summarizes chapters, highlights common problem areas and offers study strategies for topics covered in your textbook. Good if using the Web is inconvenient or undesirable. Scientific American Readers The Scientific American Readers let you read articles on cutting-edge research in psychology.

6 If you need more help, ask for this in the bookstore…
PsychSim 5.0 by Thomas Ludwig This award-winning computer program puts you into the role of experimenter! Learn the fundamentals of psychology by engaging in several classic experiments.

7 If you need more help, go to our e-commerce site…
Online Study Center: A robust source for self testing and mastery learning. We’ve compiled our premium online resources—such as numerous self-paced tutorials, digitized video demonstrations, and much more—into one accessible Web site.

8 If you need more help, ask for this in the bookstore…
Pursuing Human Strengths by Martin Bolt This workbook can help you build on your positive personality traits such as empathy, self-respect, and self-esteem, through self-tests and research-based recommendations.

9 If you need more help, ask for this in the bookstore…
Psychology and the Real World by the FABBS Foundation This reader provides a collection of brief, personal, original essays, in which leading academic psychologists describe what their area of research has contributed to society.

10 If you need more help, ask for this in the bookstore…
PsychInquiry by Thomas Ludwig This CD-ROM contains dozens of animated and illustrated activities, all designed to help you improve your critical thinking learn about psychological research.

11 Prefer an electronic copy of Discovering Psychology, 5th Edition?
Go to ebooks.bfwpub.com Your required text is available online at a substantial discount! Features include: - Highlighting - Post-It-Notes - Easy access from any internet connection - Bookmarking - Google-style search function

12 If you are interested in video clips that relate to your reading, ask the bookstore for this…
Combining video, animations, and exercises correlated to any Worth Introductory Psychology book, the Video Tool Kit brings unprecedented learning opportunities to your first psychology course.  The Video Tool Kit includes both research and news footage.

13 PsychPortal to accompany Discovering Psychology
If your textbook was packaged with a PsychPortal access code, you can redeem it at the below website by following these steps: Click “register.” Fill out the information and you’re ready to go. * Be sure to hold on to the access card until you redeem It online. You can also purchase Portal access on the below website!

14 PsychInvestigator to accompany Discovering Psychology, Fifth Edition
PyschInvestigator is a virtual laboratory environment in which you can participate in real psychology experiments, generate real data, analyze your data against the responses of fellow classmates and national data, and review the implications of your findings.

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