With a unique partnership with Scientific American, Presenting Psychology is built upon two pillars of research: the study of behavior and mental processes, supported by a vast fund of scientific evidence that requires critical thinking. Focuses on relevance and student engagement, through integrated thematic features, demonstrating psychology is a science, with a big picture overview and conceptual links across chapters. Featured chapter stories, about people whose experiences help us understand and apply psychological concepts, are integrated throughout the text and have been selected to represent people from all walks of life, providing a mosaic of gender, culture, race, age, nationality, and application"--