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"Occasionally a book demands to be written. Such was the case with Exploring Health Psychology. Many textbooks are developed when the authors search for a text in a given field and they do not find a book that will suit them and their students. Such was the problem facing the authors and the rationale for the creation of Exploring Health Psychology. Exploring Health Psychology has the content and the features your authors longed for. It is intended for professors who, as we did, desire a book that: Covers the traditional areas addressed in textbooks on health psychology, yet also explore crucial areas that are not adequately addressed in other books; for example, see the coverage of reproductive health (Chapter 10), sexual health (Chapter 11), and psychological health (Chapter 12) Discusses the systems of the body in the chapters in which they are relevant in order to prevent them from becoming a jumble of unanchored biological facts; as examples, see the discussion of the immune system in Chapter 4, the digestive system in Chapter 7, the reproductive system in Chapter 10, the cardiovascular system in Chapter 13 Presents the material in an engaging manner, using personalization and a bit of humor there and there, so that the subject matter does not take on the typical pallid pallor of most textbooks; see, for example, the personal vignette that begins Chapter 8, on Physical Activity, Sleep, Violence, and Accident Prevention Provides applications as well as subject matter, as found in the Applying Health Psychology features throughout the chapters Includes features that are stimulating to students as well as informative; see, for example, the Self-Assessment, Health Psychology in the Digital Age, and Closer Look features throughout the book Employs a pedagogical package that will help them understand and remember the subject matter by intriguing them, showing them where they are going, and then showing them where they have been; as seen, for example, with the Learning Objectives, the Did-You-Know-That items, the section reviews, and the end-of-chapter reviews"-- |
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