In the Eighth Edition of this classic text, authors James S. Nairne, Dawn M. McBride and Daniel G. Lannin take students on a fascinating tour of human behavior that will transform how they think about everyday life by connecting psychological concepts to a unique problem-solving framework. By focusing on how human behavior is adaptive, students come away with a unified understanding of the field and an appreciation for how psychological processes help us function. In the style of great popular science writers, these expert authors engage readers with cutting-edge discoveries while elucidating the techniques and research methods behind them, as in the feature Understanding the Science. Not only do professors rely on Psychology, Eighth Edition, for its accessibility and scholarship, they also prize its extensive pedagogy based on insights from cognitive psychology to boost active learning, comprehension, and retention.