Marriages, Families, and Relationships
Making Choices in a Diverse Society, International Edition
Mary Ann Lamanna author Agnes Riedmann author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cengage Learning, Inc
Published:1st Jan '11
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This bestselling marriage and family text combines a rigorous scholarly and applied approach with a unique theme especially relevant to today's dynamic global environment: "Making choices in a diverse society." The text achieves an excellent balance between the sociological and ecological or family systems theoretical perspectives, while including extensive coverage of family dynamics and interpersonal relationships. The authors use warmth, humor, and an engaging presentation to create a highly readable text that offers insightful perspectives on the diversity of our modern society, including different ethnic traditions and marriage and family alternatives.
1. Introduction to Cognitive Psychology. 2. Cognition and the Brain: Basic Principles. 3. Perception. 4. Attention. 5. Short-Term and Working Memory. 6. Long-Term Memory: Basic Principles. 7. Everyday Memory and Memory Errors. 8. Knowledge. 9. Visual Imagery. 10. Language. 11. Problem Solving. 12. Reasoning and Decision Making.
ISBN: 9781111521189
Dimensions: 21mm x 204mm x 270mm
Weight: 1100g
656 pages
Revised Edition