Psychology
St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Psychology: Concepts and Applications,
Second Edition
Houghton Mifflin
Boston, MA
2007, 655 pages
A mainstream textbook used in introductory psychology courses,
it adopts a unique pedagogical framework based on the Four Es of
Effective Learning: engaging interest; encoding important
information; elaborating meaning; and evaluating progress. The
author draws upon evidence from his research on pedagogical
effectiveness in developing the book's pedagogical framework and
introduces a new study tool, concept signaling. This edition also
introduces the use of concept maps for the first time in
introductory psychology.