《心理学改变生活(第9版)》写给那些有兴趣在生活中应用心理学的知识和原理，从而更好地认识自己、更好地生活的读者。为了这个目的，我在书中收入了心理学的几个主要观点，包括心理动力学、认知与行为主义心理学以及人文主义心理学等。为了使《心理学改变生活(第9版)》更丰富、全面，我又借鉴了临床心理学、人格心理学、社会心理学、发展心理学以及认知心理学、生理心理学和健康心理学等重要领域的研究成果。在《心理学改变生活(第9版)》中，我给读者呈现针对同一问题的不同观点，并设计了一些题目来激发读者的批判性思考。我撰写《心理学改变生活(第9版)》的目的在于提高读者对个人调整的理解和认识，这样读者就可以独立地继续学习了。

Psychology: Core Concepts represents the marriage of great science with great teaching--Applying the principles of psychology to the teaching of psychology. Within this fourteen-chapter text, the authors focus on the core topics the majority of introductory psychology instructors cover--all while applying the principles of psychology to the teaching of psychology. Psychology: Core Concepts focuses on a manageable number of core concepts (usually three to five) in each chapter, allowing students to attain a deeper level of understanding of the material. Learning is reinforced through focused application and critical thinking activities, and connections between concepts are drawn across chapters to help students see the big picture of psychology as a whole. The 6th Edition features an enhanced critical thinking emphasis, with new chapter-opening "Problems" and new end-of-chapter critical thinking applications that promote more active learning of the content.