Understanding Psychology (10th Ed)

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Feldman, Robert S. (Robert Stephen), 1947–
Understanding psychology / Robert S. Feldman.—10th ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-338279-1 (alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-07-338279-5 (mhid : alk. paper)
1. Psychology—Textbooks. I. Title.
BF121.F34 2011
150—dc22
2010031463
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About the Author 
ROBERT S. FELDMAN is Professor of Psychology and Dean of the College of Social 
and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. A recipient of 
the College Distinguished Teacher Award, he teaches psychology classes ranging in 
size from 15 to nearly 500 students. During the course of more than two decades as 
a college instructor, he has taught undergraduate and graduate courses at Mount 
Holyoke College, Wesleyan University, and Virginia Commonwealth University in 
addition to the University of Massachusetts. 
Professor Feldman, who initiated the Minority Mentoring Program at the 
University of Massachusetts, also has served as a Hewlett Teaching Fellow and Senior 
Online Teaching Fellow. He initiated distance learning courses in psychology at the 
University of Massachusetts. 
A Fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the Association 
for Psychological Science, Professor Feldman received a BA with High Honors from 
Wesleyan University and an MS and PhD from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. 
He is a winner of a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer Award and the 
Distinguished Alumnus Award from Wesleyan. He is on the Boards of the Federation 
of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS) and the FABBS Foundation, 
which advocate for the fi eld of psychology. 
He has written and edited more than 150 books, book chapters, and scientifi c 
articles. He has edited Development of Nonverbal Behavior in Children, Applications of 
Nonverbal Behavioral Theory and Research , Improving the First Year of College: Research 
and Practice, and co-edited Fundamentals of Nonverbal Behavior . He is also author of 
Development Across the Life Span, Child Development, and P.O.W.E.R. Learning: Strategies 
for Success in College and Life . His books have been translated into many languages, 
including Spanish, French, Portuguese, Dutch, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. His 
research interests include deception and honesty in everyday life, work that he 
described in The Liar in Your Life, a trade book published in 2009 . His research has 
been supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and the 
National Institute on Disabilities and Rehabilitation Research. 
Professor Feldman loves music, is an enthusiastic pianist, and enjoys cooking 
and traveling. He has three children and a young grandson. He and his wife, a psy-
chologist, live in western Massachusetts in a home overlooking the Holyoke moun-
tain range.
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