Lahey has built a superior reputation of student success through a sound
pedagogical system. A highly respected researcher, Lahey applies learning theory
to his text and the result is a system that leads to student learning. Want
proof? Open any chapter and you'll see each begins with an advanced organizer
that tells the student what the chapter is about and gives him or her a
"cognitive structure" on which to hang new information. Each main section is
followed by a review to reinforce the cognitive structure, a self quiz to check
the learning of facts and critical thinking questions to encourage deep
processing. Each of the subsequent