*A Key Question opens each section and a Core Concept is then presented as a brief answer to that question to help students understand the big picture of psychology and lead them through the material. *Do It Yourself! learning activities offer simple demonstrations of psychological principles and allow students to actively apply psychological concepts alone or in groups, further enhancing their understanding. *Using Psychology to Learn Psychology sections at the end of each chapter explain how a psychological concept discussed in that chapter can be applied to studying and learning, offering practical advice for increased academic success. *Cross-referencing arrows link material across chapters, showing clear relationships between concepts in various topical areas. An explanatory note accompanies the marginal arrow, giving the reader a quick review or preview of the related discussion found in other chapters. This conveys to students the sense of psychology as a "Web" with a network of interconnecting threads that provide meaning across chapters and topical areas, rather than as a set of isolated facts and topics within each chapter. *Psychology in Your Life applications at the end