New Theme! Scientific Thinking and Practical Applications Underscores the fact that scientific thinking, combined with the ability to apply psychological science principles to our everyday life, are key to student success – not only in the introductory psychology course, but their everyday life, their major and even future career.

From its first edition, Real World Psychology has been distinguished for its emphasis on connecting psychological science’s major concepts to interesting, varied, and relevant applications in everyday life. With its established theme of Scientific Thinking and Practical Applications, this new edition reinforces that connection in meaningful ways.

• Focus on Science: Discussion of the Scientific Method in Chapter 1, now titled The Science of Psychology, has been expanded and includes new graphics to help students develop their understanding of what it means to think scientifically.
• New Discovery Questions: Questions to pique students’ curiosity about the science behind everyday experience now appear with each chapter section, repeating the appeal to students’ inquisitiveness. Word icons in the text reveal where the science is explained.
• New Framework: Content acutely focused on scientific reasoning and on specific examples of application as well as brand new research and examples, are now framed in features that directly reflect the theme: Scientific Thinking Highlights, Practical Application Highlights, and Research Challenges. Word icons in the text highlight where these features appear throughout the text.
• New Focus on Gender & Cultural Diversity: A new feature in the 3^rd edition, Gender and Cultural Diversity spotlights the importance of considering gender and cultural perspective in applying psychological science.  Word icons identify this new feature where it appears.

APA Focus: To reflect the importance of the APA Goals for the undergraduate psychology major, careful attention has been given to key content and features in the text, the Test Bank, and other learning materials in WileyPLUS to ensure they meet the goals and guidelines set by the APA. Content throughout is correlated to the APA Guidelines allowing instructors to easily filter and find what they’re looking for.

New edition Updates: The 3^rd edition includes over 1200 new research citations, a fresh design and layout, new photos, figures, and tables, and several chapter reorganizations – all designed to improve the student’s experience and keep them engaged with the content.