MyLab Psychology Tour Video Transcript

This is a transcript of the video on the Educator Features page and Student Features page.

Hi, I'm here to talk to you about some of the exciting features you'll find in MyLab Psychology.

Designed specifically for Psychology instructors and students, MyLab Psychology utilizes powerful assessment technology to create a unique study experience for students, while supporting instructors with valuable data about the strengths and weaknesses of each student. These rich analytics enable educators to assess student understanding in real-time, and adjust lectures and assignments accordingly.

First off, instructors find it difficult and time-consuming to gather current and interesting video clips to show psychology in students' everyday lives. Students often enter a psychology course without the ability to apply the concepts they learn to every day occurrences. But with MyLab Psychology Video Series...

Instructors can count on providing students with interesting and current video clips, without spending hours scouring the internet. Each video includes assessment questions, making students accountable for the material, and giving instructors insight into their understanding. The clips help relate key content and difficult concepts to real-life.

From there we look at how concepts in neuroanatomy, physiology and human behavior are difficult for instructors to illustrate to their students. Yet, with Visual Brain...

Instructors can move from anatomy, to physiology, to case study, to assessment, all within the interactive tool, helping students to understand these difficult to grasp concepts. The Visual Brain offers students a hands-on experience with an interactive, 3D brain.

Next, we know that giving students the writing practice they need can be challenging and time consuming for instructors. Yet, writing assignments play a key role in helping psychology students develop critical thinking-skills and concept mastery. That’s why we built Writing Space...

To give students the opportunity to practice writing while learning important psychological concepts, without sacrificing instructors' time or the quality of assessment. Writing Space allows instructors to easily create assignments, upload relevant materials, see student progress, and receive alerts when students submit work.

Writing Space assignments include two types of exercises that instructors can choose to assign: auto-graded and assisted graded - both designed to give your students the practice they need. 

And because both of these assignment options are fully integrated with Turnitin, you can ensure your students are submitting original work. With Writing Space, you and your students have everything you need to foster better writing-all in one place!

Continuing on, instructors need to provide students with a solid understanding of the biological, social, cognitive, and emotional factors that influence human development. This can be difficult to illustrate through lecture and text reading. So with MyVirtualChild MyVirtualLife...

Students raise a child from birth, enabling instructors to promote critical thinking and application. It provides a foundation for the theories and research in child/lifespan development in an interactive, fun, and pedagogically sound way.

We move from there to instructors' struggle to find relevant examples of psychological disorders to prompt critical thinking and discussion around their development and treatment. But Virtual Case Studies...

Promote critical thinking, and emphasize the dimensional approach DSM-5) in understanding the development of disorders. Students are engaged in various disorders and develop empathy in areas possibly unrelatable to themselves.

Finally, instructors strive to engage students in the content, without compromising the integrity of the science of psychology. So with MyLab Psychology Simulations...

Instructors can use the class psychology experiments and research-based inventories to reinforce the concepts students learn in class and in their text. The simulations help bring difficult concepts to life and brings students closer to the scientific research.

And there you have it. That was a quick look at just a handful of the valuable features in MyLab Psychology. If you want to learn more about MyLab Psychology, be sure to check out Pearsonmylabandmastering.com. Thanks for watching.