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There is a growing body of evidence that the best way for students to retain the information they are learning and to transfer that knowledge to new situations is by testing their understanding for themselves. Other study approaches such as rereading, highlighting, and even summarizing have not been found to be as effective as self-testing. On the student webpage that accompanies this text, we provide chapter quizzes as well as flash cards for students to test themselves. However, we believe it also is important to provide this opportunity within the book. For this reason, we begin each chapter with a set of Learning Questions that help guide students as they read. These Learning Questions then appear in the summary at the end of each chapter where students can use them to test their recall of what they have learned. In addition, we provide two types of questions at the end of each section within the chapters in a feature called Check Your Understanding. Knowledge questions help students review the information they are learning. Critical thinking questions push students beyond the basic information to apply and integrate ideas. Answering these questions will promote greater understanding and retention of what they are learning and increase the likelihood that they will be able to apply this knowledge in useful ways.