CRIME AND DEVIANCE

It examines how family life has changed over the past century and a half, and explores how this has altered the ways in which sociologists think about and study the family.

In the title story, for example, the author describes a patient—an accomplished and respected musician—who has lost the ability to visually distinguish objects, and so mistakes his wife’s head for a hat.

Lessons use journals, newspapers, readings (included), role plays, and simulations to delve into topics including famine vs.

The laws: stop talking, find something interesting to hear, stay out of the way, listen to meaning as well as words, take notes when appropriate, assume the proper stance, and be aware of your psychological filters.

Each volume includes individual and whole-class activities.

Whimsical and informative illustrations accompany the text, which describes such gestures as greetings, touching, and the “OK” sign, and what each gesture means and where it is used.

Subject areas include sensation and perception, memory, learning, motivation and emotions, personality, psychotherapy, and social, developmental, and abnormal psychology.

Topics include gender development and social influences; intelligence and culture; the effects of hormones; cortical organization and specialization; vision and movement; circadian rhythms, sleep, and dreaming; memory and amnesia; stress and coping; personality and aggression; psychological disorders; and treatment of brain disorders.

Useful for measuring an individual’s strengths and weaknesses, the easy-to-follow book also gives readers tips—based on their personality types—for bettering relationships, completing tasks, managing time, handling troubling situations, and choosing career paths.