Psychology 12th Edition

Psychology, Twelfth Edition by Carole Wade and Carol Tavris — Published by Pearson

An overview of psychology that emphasizes critical thinking, gender, and culture, this text is designed to help students learn to think like psychologists and to understand why scientific and critical thinking is so important to the decisions they make in their own lives. In keeping with their hallmark approach, authors Carole Wade and Carol Tavris, along with contributor Alan Swinkels, continue to emphasize critical thinking and to integrate coverage of gender and culture throughout the main narrative — making this one of the most distinctive introductory psychology texts available.

The Twelfth Edition offers revised learning objectives that better guide students through the content, as well as updated research references that reflect progress in the field and the latest discoveries across all major areas of psychological science, from biological bases of behavior to memory, learning, social influence, personality, and psychological disorders.

Carole Wade earned her Ph.D. in cognitive psychology at Stanford University. She began her academic career at the University of New Mexico, where she developed one of the first university courses on the psychology of gender, and later taught at San Diego Mesa College, College of Marin, and Dominican University of California. Carol Tavris earned her Ph.D. in the interdisciplinary program in social psychology at the University of Michigan. A widely respected author and lecturer, she is known for her thoughtful, evidence-based approach to diverse topics in psychological science and critical thinking. Together, their collaboration has produced a text that stands apart for its intellectual rigor, cultural sensitivity, and genuine commitment to developing independent, critical thinkers.