This classic text emphasizes the science of psychology, with a special focus on applyingpsychology to students' daily lives. Now available ina special edition tied to the award-winning “Discovering Psychology” video series , produced by WGBH Boston with the American Psychological Association. Author Phil Zimbardo narrates the video series, as leading researchers, practitioners, and theorists probe the mysteries of the mind and body and bring psychology to life for introductory students. Each new copy of the text comes packaged — at no additional cost — with access to MyPsychLab, an online tool that includes links to the “Discovering Psychology” videos, as well as interactive viewing activities tied to the videos. Students can go to MyPsychLab to launch the videos and then either complete the viewing activities in their textbook or do the assignments online. There’s also an Index of Multimedia that makes it easy for instructors to find and launch specific video segments for classroom presentation. Psychology and Life continues to provide a rigorous, research-centered survey of the discipline while offering students special features and learning aids that will spark their interest and excite their imaginations. Discovering Psychology was produced by WGBH Boston with major funding from Annenberg Media. Institutions requiring students to view the Discovering Psychology videos for academic credit may be required to pay Annenberg Media a licensing fee. Please consult http://www.learner.org/telecourses/index.html for details before accessing the videos. If you have further questions please call 1-800-LEARNER (532-7637).

理查德·格里格（Richard J. Gerrig）是美国纽约州立大学的心理学教授。获Lex Hixon社会科学领域杰出教师奖。在认知心理学研究领域有专长，是美国心理学会实验心理学分会的会员。从《心理学与生活》这部经典教科书第14版修订时开始，格里格成为该书的合著者。

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