Richard J. Gerrig is a professor of psychology at Stony Brook University. Before joining the Stony Brook faculty, Gerrig taught at Yale University, where he was awarded the Lex Hixon Prize for teaching excellence in the social sciences. Gerrig’s research on cognitive psychological aspects of language use has been widely published. One line of work examines the mental processes that underlie efficient communication. A second research program considers the cognitive and emotional changes readers experience when they are transported to the worlds of stories. His book Experiencing Narrative Worlds was published by Yale University Press. Gerrig is a Fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. He is also an associate editor of Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. Gerrig is the proud father of Alexandra, who at age 18 provides substantial and valuable advice about many aspects of psychology and life. Life on Long Island is greatly enhanced by the guidance and support of Timothy Peterson.

《心理學與生活》是一本包含著豐富的教育思想和獨特教學方法的成熟教材，原書中所有元素－比如由600餘條詞匯及解釋組成的“專業術語錶”，以及近1000條的“人名和主題索引”等等，對於教學、研究和學習都是十分寶貴的，該中譯版本中都被完整地翻譯和保留瞭下來。另外，與本書教學配套使用的還有一係列豐富、獨特的教學輔助資料和工具。

《心理學與生活》是我國心理學界有不少教師多年來一直在用本書英文版作為教學的第一參考用書。但遺憾的是，由於版權方麵以及一百多萬字繁重的翻譯量等原因，緻使本書一直沒有一個中譯本。懷著對我國心理學的基礎教育和普及的使命感，北京大學心理學係18位教授通力閤作，每人根據自己的研究專長和興趣各選取一部分，精心翻譯。正如王壘教授所言：“這部教材的翻譯是北大心理學係的教授們集體智慧和團隊凝聚力的結晶。”

《心理學與生活》是教科書寫作流暢，通俗易懂，更深入生活，把心理學理論與知識聯係人們的日常生活與工作，使它同樣也成為一般大眾瞭解心理學與自己的極好讀物！正如作者所言，“心理學是一門與人類幸福密切相關的科學”，它貼近生活，深入實踐的獨特風格同樣也是一般大眾瞭解心理學，更好地理解人性和提高自身全麵素質的好讀物。

This classic text emphasizes the science of psychology, with a special focus on applying psychology to students' daily lives. Now available in a 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.

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