In PSYCHOLOGY: THEMES AND VARIATIONS, BRIEFER VERSION, Sixth Edition, Weiten continues his proven combination of a scientifically rigorous text with selective pedagogy that makes learning easy for students. Weiten's approach is backed by a straightforward writing style, unparalleled in-text visuals and didactic art program, and in-book review to help students prioritize and retain the core concepts. Wayne Weiten surveys psychology's broad range of content with three aims: to illuminate the process of research and its intrinsic relationship to application (THEMES); to show both the unity and diversity of the subject (VARIATIONS), and to invite students to the study of psychology by respecting their ability to master its fundamental concepts. Weiten's Themes and Variations provide unifying threads across chapters that help students to see the connections among different research areas in psychology. Integrative themes-including empiricism, theoretical diversity, sociohistorical contexts, multifactorial causation, cultural heritage, heredity and environment, and subjectivity of experience-are woven throughout the text to provide connections among the different areas of research in psychology. The book's dynamic, teaching-oriented illustration program further enhances these themes. Weiten reinforces concepts through exercises that appear at the end of every chapter. At the same time, the author presents topics in a hierarchical manner, giving students handles they can use to prioritize concepts within the chapter.

韋恩·韋登

（Wayne Weiten）

研究生畢業於布拉德利大學，並於1981年在伊利諾伊大學獲得社會心理學博士學位，他曾在杜佩奇學院和聖塔剋拉拉大學任教，現就職於拉斯維加斯的內華達大學。

他曾獲美國心理學會（APA）和杜佩奇學院頒發的卓越教學奬，同時還是美國心理學會和中西部心理學會會員。1991年，他協辦瞭美國心理學會提高心理學本科教學質量的全國會議，並在1996~1997年擔任心理學會的教學主席。2006年，他獲得瞭心理學會一年一度頒發的五個國傢心理學教學奬之一，並用他的名字命名這項榮譽。他現在是洛杉磯心理學會的候任主席。

韋登教授的研究領域廣泛，包括教育測量、陪審團裁定、歸因理論、壓力與應激、半球功能特異性以及教育教學技術。他著有《心理學導論》（Psychology：Themes and Variations）以及與人閤著有《人生的心理智慧》（Psychology Applied to Modern Life）等著名心理學教材。

譯者簡介

高定國

中山大學心理學係係主任、教授、博士生導師，先後在華東師範大學和香港大學心理學係學習，並獲得兩校博士學位，其翻譯的《認知心理學》《心理統計學》已經成為眾多心理院係本科生和研究生教材或考研參考書；兼任教育部心理學類本科教學指導委員會委員、中國心理學會理事，以及《心理科學》《應用心理學》和《中山大學學報（社會科學版）》編委。