Bridging the Gap: College Reading, 13th edition

1. ACTIVE ACADEMIC READING
   • What Is Active Academic Reading?
   • What Can We Learn From Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience?
   • Brain Booster: Are You Paying Attention?
   • Help Your Brain Absorb New Information
   • Poor Concentration: Causes and Cures
   • External Distractions
   • Internal Distractions
   • Brain Booster: Are You Curious?
   • Reader’s Tip: Improving Concentration
   • Reader’s Tip: Managing Electronic Communication
   • Is Reading Rate Important?
   • Varying Rate and Technique to Fit Purpose
   • Rate Variations and Prior Knowledge
   • Reader’s Tip: Efficient Reading: Adjusting Rate and Technique to Material and Purpose
   • What Is Your Baseline Reading Rate?
   • Brain Booster: Music to Our Ears and to Our Brains
   • Habits for Faster Reading
   • Plan for Success on Reading Comprehension Tests
   • Before Taking a Test
   • Brain Booster: Balance Memorization and Application in Test Preparation
   • During the Test
   • After the Test
   • Brain Booster: Turn Mistakes into Successes
   • Major Types of Comprehension Questions
   • Main Idea Questions
   • Detail Questions
   • Inference Questions
   • Author’s Purpose Questions
   • Vocabulary Questions
   • Essay Questions
   • Reader’s Tip: Key Words in Essay Questions
   • Locus of Control
   • SUMMARY POINTS
   • SELECTION 1 Psychology
   • “Are you Stalling? Win the Battle Against Procrastination!”
   • from Samuel E. Wood, Ellen Green Wood, and Denise G. Boyd
   • CONCEPT PREP FOR PSYCHOLOGY
   • SELECTION 2 History
   • “Home Front Workers, Rosie the Riveter, and Victory Girls”
   • from Jacqueline Jones, et al.
   • CONCEPT PREP FOR HISTORY
   • SELECTION 3 Science
   • “Is there Enough Earth for Everyone?”
   • from Teresa Audesirk, Gerald Audesirk, and Bruce E. Byers
   • CONCEPT PREP FOR SCIENCE
   • VOCABULARY BOOSTER: Over, Under, Around, and Through
2. STRATEGIC READING AND STUDY
   • What Is Strategic Reading?
   • Four Types of Readers
   • The Stages of Reading
   • Stage 1: Strategies for Previewing
   • Signposts for Previewing
   • Reader’s Tip: Ask Questions While Previewing
   • Preview to Activate Schemata
   • Brain Booster: Schemata and Your Brain
   • Stage 2: Strategies for Integrating Knowledge While Reading
   • Integrating Ideas: How Do Good Readers Think?
   • Metacognition
   • Reader’s Tip: Using Thinking Strategies While Reading
   • Reader’s Tip: Developing Metacognition for Reading
   • Stage 3: Strategies for Recalling
   • Recalling Through Writing
   • The Three Steps of Recalling
   • Reader’s Tip: Thinking After Reading
   • Brain Booster: Use It to Remember It!
   • SUMMARY POINTS
   • SELECTION 1 History
   • “Madam C. J. Walker: Business Savvy to Generous Philanthropy”
   • from America.gov Archive
   • SELECTION 2 Health
   • “High-Risk Drinking and College Students”
   • from Rebecca J. Donatelle and Patricia Ketchum
   • SELECTION 3 Business
   • “The Entrepreneurial Spirit”
   • from Robert S. Feldman
   • CONCEPT PREP FOR BUSINESS
   • VOCABULARY BOOSTER: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
3. ORGANIZING TEXTBOOK INFORMATION FOR STUDY
   • Get Organized for College Study
   • Building Knowledge Networks
   • The Study Process
   • Organizing Textbook Information
   • Brain Booster: Exercise to Boost Brain Power
   • Annotating
   • Why Annotate?
   • Reader’s Tip: How to Annotate
   • When to Annotate
   • Note Taking
   • When and How to Take Notes
   • The Cornell Method
   • Reader’s Tip: How to Take Notes: The Cornell Method
   • Outlining
   • Reader’s Tip: Guidelines for Successful Outlining
   • Brain Booster: Sleep and Problem Solving
   • Mapping
   • Reader’s Tip: How to Map
   • SUMMARY POINTS
   • SELECTION 1 Business Communications
   • “Marketing ‘Tasty Fun’ and ‘Dashing Speed’”
   • from Gary Armstrong and Philip Kotler
   • CONCEPT PREP FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND LANGUAGE
   • SELECTION 2 Health
   • “Managing Stress in College”
   • from Rebecca J. Donatelle
   • CONCEPT PREP FOR HEALTH
   • SELECTION 3 Criminal Justice
   • “Police DNA Collection Sparks Questions”
   • from the Associated Press
   • CONCEPT PREP FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE
   • VOCABULARY BOOSTER: Who’s Who in Medicine?
4. VOCABULARY
   • Remembering New Words and Unlocking Meaning
   • Associate Words in Phrases
   • Associate Words with Rhymes or Sounds
   • Brain Booster: Use Your Senses to Make More Sense!
   • Associate Words With Images
   • Seek Reinforcement
   • Create Concept Cards
   • Use Strategies to Unlock Meaning While Reading
   • Using Context Clues
   • Definition or Synonym Clues
   • Elaborating Details Clues
   • Examples
   • Comparison Clues
   • Contrast Clues
   • Antonyms
   • Limitations of Context Clues
   • Multiple Meanings of a Word
   • Understanding the Structure of Words
   • Using Word Reference Aids
   • Using a Dictionary
   • Using a Glossary
   • Using a Thesaurus
   • Brain Booster: Meaning Matters!
   • Deepening Word Meaning
   • Exploring Word Origins
   • Solving Analogies
   • Reader’s Tip: Categories of Analogy Relationships
   • Studying Easily Confused Words
   • SUMMARY POINTS
   • SELECTION 1 Health
   • “Mobile Devices, the Internet, and iDisorders”
   • from Rebecca J. Donatelle
   • VOCABULARY BOOSTER: What’s In, What’s Out? What’s Hot, What’s Not?
5. MAIN IDEA AND SUPPORTING DETAILS
   • Topics, Main Ideas, and Supporting Details
   • What Is a Topic?
   • What Is a Main Idea?
   • What Are Supporting Details?
   • Distinguishing Topics, Main Ideas, and Details: A Closer Look
   • Strategies for Finding the Main Idea
   • Prior Knowledge and Constructing the Main Idea
   • Identifying Main Ideas Among Sentences
   • Reader’s Tip: Using Three Questions to Find the Main Idea
   • Questioning for the Main Idea
   • Stated Main Ideas
   • The Topic Sentence
   • How Common Are Stated Main Ideas?
   • Where Are Stated Main Ideas Located?
   • What Are Major and Minor Details?
   • Reader’s Tip: Signals for Significance
   • Unstated Main Ideas
   • Unstated Main Ideas in Sentences
   • Unstated Main Ideas in Paragraphs
   • Determining the Main Idea of Longer Selections
   • Reader’s Tip: Getting the Main Idea of Longer Selections
   • Brain Booster: Brains Need the Right Amount of Sleep
   • Summary Writing: A Main Idea Skill
   • Why Summarize?
   • Reader’s Tip: How to Summarize
   • Brain Booster: Chronic Stress and the Brain
   • SUMMARY POINTS
   • SELECTION 1 Psychology
   • “The Obedience Study”
   • from Carole Wade, Carol Tavris, and Maryanne Garry
   • CONCEPT PREP FOR PSYCHOLOGY
   • SELECTION 2 Short Story
   • “Life with Cooper”
   • from Julia Jones
   • CONCEPT PREP FOR LITERATURE
   • SELECTION 3 Criminal Justice
   • “Fighting Violent Gang Crime with Math”
   • from Stuart Wolpert
   • VOCABULARY BOOSTER: The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars
6. PATTERNS OF ORGANIZATION
   • Textbook Organization: The Big Picture
   • What Do Transitional Words Do?
   • Words That Signal Addition
   • Words That Signal Examples or Illustrations
   • Words That Signal Time or Sequence
   • Words That Signal Comparison
   • Words That Signal Contrast
   • Reader’s Tip: Transitions and Their Functions
   • Words That Signal Cause and Effect
   • Patterns of Organization in Textbooks
   • Brain Booster: Brains Like Patterns
   • Simple Listing
   • Definition
   • Description
   • Time Order, Sequence, or Narration
   • Comparison
   • Contrast
   • Comparison and Contrast
   • Cause and Effect
   • Classification
   • Summary
   • Location or Spatial Order
   • Generalization and Example
   • Reader’s Tip: Patterns of Organization and Signal Words
   • Clues to the Organizational Pattern
   • Brain Booster: Watering the Brain
   • Mixed Organizational Patterns
   • SUMMARY POINTS
   • SELECTION 1 Communications
   • “Managing Conflict”
   • from Joseph A. DeVito
   • SELECTION 2 History
   • “North Americans Before Columbus”
   • from David Goldfield, et al.
   • Concept Prep for Art History
   • SELECTION 3 Business
   • “The Dark Side of Consumer Behavior”
   • from Michael R. Solomon
   • VOCABULARY BOOSTER: Can I Get That in Writing?
7. INFERENCE
   • What Is an Inference?
   • What Is Required to Make a Reasonable Inference?
   • Implied Meaning in Humor
   • Brain Booster: The Brain’s Pleasure Center and Learning
   • Connotative Language
   • Euphemisms and Politically Correct Language
   • Figurative Language
   • Idioms
   • Similes
   • Metaphors
   • Hyperbole
   • Personification
   • Verbal Irony
   • Figurative Language in Poetry
   • Clues to Making Logical Inferences
   • Inferences Based on Facts
   • Inferences Based on the Voice of a Speaker or Narrator
   • Inferences Based on Action and Description
   • Inferences Based on Prior Knowledge
   • Brain Booster: Boost Brain Power Through Collaboration
   • Expanding Prior Knowledge
   • Reader’s Tip: Making Inferences
   • Drawing Conclusions
   • SUMMARY POINTS
   • SELECTION 1 Short Story
   • “A Dip in the Poole”
   • from Bill Pronzini
   • CONCEPT PREP FOR PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE
   • SELECTION 2 Philosophy/Religion
   • “Religion Today”
   • from Mary Pat Fisher and Robin Rinehart
   • SELECTION 3 Personal Narrative
   • “Fear the College Years”
   • from John Corcoran
   • CONCEPT PREP FOR POLITICAL SCIENCE
   • VOCABULARY BOOSTER: Say, What?
8. POINT OF VIEW
   • What Is the Author’s Point of View?
   • Textbooks and the Author’s Point of View
   • What Is Bias?
   • Reader’s Tip: Questions to Uncover Bias
   • The Importance of the Reader’s Point of View
   • Brain Booster: Male and Female Brains and Their Points of View
   • What Are Facts and Opinions?
   • What Is the Author’s Purpose?
   • What Is the Author’s Tone?
   • Reader’s Tip: Recognizing an Author’s Tone
   • Using Tone and Other Clues to Determine the Point of View in Editorial Cartoons
   • SUMMARY POINTS
   • SELECTION 1 Philosophy
   • “Decision”
   • from Gary R. Kirby and Jeffery R. Goodpaster
   • SELECTION 2 Science
   • “Earth’s Changing Climate”
   • from Teresa Audesirk and Gerald Audesirk
   • SELECTION 3 Psychology
   • “Mental Disorder and Personal Responsibility”
   • from Carole Wade and Carol Tavris
   • VOCABULARY BOOSTER: Lights, Camera, Action!
9. GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS
   • What Graphics Do
   • Reader’s Tip: How to Read Graphic Illustrations
   • Types of Graphic Illustrations
   • Diagrams
   • Tables
   • Maps
   • Pie Graphs
   • Bar Graphs
   • Cumulative Bar Graphs
   • Line Graphs
   • Flowcharts
   • SUMMARY POINTS
   • SELECTION 1 Personal Narrative
   • “Little Income, Big Debt: Managing Money in College”
   • from Trent Hamm
   • SELECTION 2 Health
   • “Get Fit!”
   • from J.Scott K. Powers and Stephen L. Dodd
   • SELECTION 3 Teacher Education
   • “Freedom of Speech, Technology, and Teaching”
   • from Don Kauchak and Paul Eggen
   • VOCABULARY BOOSTER: Play It Again, Sam
10. CRITICAL THINKING
    • What Is Thinking?
    • What Is Analytical Thinking?
    • What Is Critical Thinking?
    • Reader’s Tip: Four Habits of Effective Critical Thinkers
    • Critical Thinking Skills and College Goals
    • Barriers to Critical Thinking
    • Recognizing an Argument
    • Steps in Analyzing and Evaluating an Argument
    • Step 1: Identify the Position on the Issue
    • Step 2: Identify the Support in the Argument
    • Reader’s Tip: Types of Support for Arguments
    • Step 3: Evaluate the Support
    • Step 4: Evaluate the Argument
    • Inductive and Deductive Reasoning
    • Applying the Four Steps of Critical Thinking
    • Explanation of the Four Steps
    • Creative and Critical Thinking
    • Brain Booster: The Creative Brain
    • SUMMARY POINTS
    • Themed Readings
    • Technology, Crime, and Ethics
    • SELECTION 1 Criminal Justice
    • “Technology and Criminal Opportunity”
    • from Frank J. Schmalleger
    • SELECTION 2 Criminal Justice
    • “Technology in the Fight Against Crime”
    • from Frank J. Schmalleger
    • SELECTION 3 Essay
    • “The Writer and the Troll”
    • from Lindy West
    • VOCABULARY BOOSTER: Foreign Terms

Glossary

Credits

Index

Progress Chart for Reading Selections (inside rear cover)