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As a professor genuinely interested in meaningful learning and as the former director of Western’s Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, I have delved deeply into the scholarship of learning and teaching. My overall approach to this course—focusing on depth rather than breadth—and my inclusion of the pedagogical components described below—are in large part a result of what I have learned about the science of learning. Getting students to think about what they will read, are reading, and have read are crucial, as is learning how to apply material so that it becomes both meaningful and memorable.

Each chapter includes the following:

 An introductory story, topic, or question relevant to the chapter content

 Think Ahead! questions designed to spur thinking at the beginning of the chapter

 Think Again! questions peppered throughout the text that are intended to provoke critical thinking, review key ideas, and encourage students to transfer knowledge to new applications. These questions could easily be deployed to stimulate small group, full class, or online discussion, and could serve as written assignments to be handed in or posted to a discussion board.

 Applying Social Psychology sections highlighting applications of social psychology to health, work, and the law

 Self-reflection exercises that allow students to respond to pertinent questions and then turn the page to learn more

 Presentation of research methods relevant to the chapter content

 Research boxes that illustrate hypotheses, methods, results, and conclusions of relevant studies

 Listing of Core Concepts at the end of each chapter

 Think Further! questions and applications at the end of each chapter to stimulate deeper thinking

 Suggested classic and recent readings at the end of each chapter

 Online student resourcesDirect links and access to relevant articles published by the Association for Psychological Science and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology provided at no cost to the student as well as links to scholarly videos, such as TED Talks and YouTube clipsRecent linked articles focused on key issues from the chaptersFlashcards for each glossary term15 practice questions for each chapter

 Online instructor manual with complete PowerPoint slides, lecture outlines, learning objectives, suggestions for in-class discussion and individual and small group activities, and downloadable graphics.

So there you have it. I hope you find this textbook to be relevant, concise, accurate, and readable. I also hope that it will stimulate your interest and spur you to further explore the nature, causes, and consequences of social behavior. If you have questions, comments, and/or suggestions for improvement, I hope that you will contact me.