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Welcome. Course name Faculty name. YOUR COURSE MATERIALS. Weiten, Psychology: Themes and Variations, 7e You will… be tested receive homework assignments have reading assignments …from these materials. WHY DO I NEED THE BOOK?.

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  1. Welcome Course name Faculty name

  2. YOUR COURSE MATERIALS • Weiten, Psychology: Themes and Variations, 7e • You will… • be tested • receive homework assignments • have reading assignments • …from these materials

  3. WHY DO I NEED THE BOOK? • Nine in ten professors (90%) say that students would do better if they made greater user of the assigned textbook. • Students’ pass rates, retention rates and grades improve when they employ supplemental materials in addition to their textbooks. • Zogby International, 2006

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  16. ANYTHING TO HELP STUDENTS WITHOUT COMPUTERS? • Study Guide • review of key ideas for each chapter made up of an engaging mixture of matching exercises, fill-in-the-blank items, free-response questions, and programmed learning-organized around learning objectives • Art/Lecture Outlines • designed for convenient note taking and review, featuring lecture outlines and selected textbook art ISBN for study guide: 0495170348 ISBN for lecture outlines: 049517047X

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