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Abnormal Psychology, 6th Canadian Edition

ISBN: 978-1-119-33533-7

April 2017

768 pages

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Description

Abnormal Psychology, 6th Canadian Edition, builds upon the strengths of the classic Davison and Neale textbook and presents abnormal psychology from a unique Canadian perspective with a contemporary emphasis.  It provides students with the most up-to-date, relevant, and comprehensive content available in an abnormal psychology undergraduate textbook.  The material is presented in a clear and concise manner that offers students the foundation they need to succeed in the abnormal psychology course and in their future studies.

Abnormal Psychology offers students a wealth of tools and content in a structured online learning environment—WileyPLUS. WileyPLUS provides students with an engaging intuitive interface with cohesive, vetted resources. Everything students need to master the course—videos, a complete eTextbook, practice questions, assessments, and more—is in one place. WileyPLUS provides trusted, author-branded content and resources that can easily be customized to match an instructor’s teaching preference and integrated into their campus LMS. Backed by learning science and customer-driven development, the WileyPLUS course supports instructors with efficiency and data-driven insights so they can help students succeed in their coursework and beyond.

New to Edition
  • New and updated references throughout
  • Chapters are organized by learning objectives
  • Chapters have been reconfigured to fit the DSM-5 framework 
Features

Currency: Excels in its integration of current research. Flett, Kocovski, Davison,and Neale include one of the largest and most current collections of international and Canadian references of any abnormal psychology text.

Focus on Discovery boxes provide interesting, in-depth discussions of specialized topics related to the text material.

The Canadian Clinical Focus boxes examine both specific clinics in various regions of Canada and clinical intervention issues.

Updated Cases: Each revision offers many new cases that illustrate specific disorders.

Approach: Follows the widely praised scientific clinical approach that balances clinical and empirical/experimental coverage.

Critical Thinking: Analyzes research, rather than simply citing it, encouraging students to think critically about what they are learning and to develop a framework for evaluating research evidence.

Topically Innovative: Provides the most comprehensive coverage of aging available (Chapter 16), an important topic first pioneered by an earlier edition of the text.