THINK Psychology, Canadian Edition - Softcover

Abigail A. Baird is a Professor of Psychology at Vassar College. Following completion of her Ph.D. at Harvard University, she was awarded a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Dartmouth College. Her numerous articles and presentations have covered topics such as adolescent brain development, cognitive regulation of emotion, juvenile justice, and manifestations of racial bias in mind brain and behaviour.

        Abigail's research has received awards from Harvard University, the Society for Research on Psychopathology, and in 2008 the Association for Psychological Science named Abigail a "Rising Star in Psychological Science." Abigail has been repeatedly recognized for her excellence in teaching. In 2000 she received Harvard's George Goethals Teaching Prize, and in 2004 was awarded the Class of 1962 Excellence in Teaching Fellowship by Dartmouth College.

Anjanie McCarthy is a Professor of Psychology at Fanshawe College. She has an undergraduate degree from the University of Toronto, and both a Master’s and Doctorate Degree in Psychology from Queen’s University, Ontario. Anjanie completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Toronto before accepting a position at Fanshawe College. Anjanie’s research interests include the development of nonverbal behaviours during interpersonal interactions. Her current research focuses on nonverbal communication in the classroom and ways to enhance communication between teacher and student.

“[The text] is jazzy and upbeat with many colourful visuals, and the chapters are relatively short, which could help maintain student attention spans and their time management issues.”

“The effectiveness of [‘Think Readings’] is that everything is very clearly laid out for students to have as a model for critical thinking and analysis.”

--Mary Close, Canadore College

“I want a concise, interesting, and vibrant book (colourful, filled with pictures). This is what gives THINK Psychology an advantage over other books I have looked at.”

--Christina Besner, Champlain College Lennoxville

“The review and the questions at the end of each chapter of the Think text is better than those I have seen in other texts. Think Psychology also stands out above the rest in terms of its visual appeal and it’s use of the ‘Think Readings’....I think the Think Readings have a lot to offer especially for those more advanced students who are looking for a little extra from their textbooks.”

--Professor, Fanshawe College

“The ‘Think readings’ feature at the end of various chapters throughout are excellent articles which I would consider assigning to students for marks. I am always looking for ways to further engage my student population with real world situations in psychology.”

--Kristen Buscaglia, Niagara College

“I think these [‘Think Readings’] represent excellent examples of the kinds of thinking and elaboration that students should be doing when they read...[they] are interesting and relevant to the students’ lives, and they are not too ‘academic,’ a nice break from reading a textbook.”

--Professor, St. Clair College