The third book to come out in the ��ll About Me��series, What's the Catch? How to Avoid Getting Hooked and Manipulated, explores the ways in which our thinking, feelings, and behavior are
influenced by those around us. Sometimes this kind of influence is helpful, but at other times it ends up ��hortchanging��us. Readers will learn to distinguish between the two kinds of
situations, so that they can more easily tell when they're really being helped, and when they're merely being manipulated, brainwashed, or tricked. Written in a clear and accessible style by
physician David Sobel, What's the Catch? is illustrated by Jeff Jackson with an engaging and multiethnic cast of teen characters, who act out and embody the various ways in which we're
influenced by others. Readers will learn to become more aware of the forces nudging and pushing them, as well as how to protect themselves from unwanted and unhelpful influence. By coming to
understand their own reaction patterns, they'll be able to avoid getting ��ooked.��In What's the Catch?, young people will discover all that scientists and researchers know, and also explore
questions yet to be answered. Illustrative quotes from real-life teens, as well as simple activities the reader can do to relate to the concepts presented, make the book truly come alive for
young people. Also included are suggested activities for teachers to use in the classroom. What's the Catch? can be used to supplement a high school psychology course, or as a stand-alone unit
in grades 8 through 12.Edited by renowned psychologist and author Robert Ornstein, Ph.D., and Denise Nessel, Ph.D., of the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education, the ��ll About
Me��series provides an all-inclusive program designed to meet the American Psychological Association's National Standards for High School Psychology Curricula, the California Middle School and
High School Health Standards, the California State High School Life Science Standards, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards ��Health, and the National Board Professional
Teaching Standards: Adolescence and Young Adulthood Science Standards. Focused on the mind, each text provides a set of lessons and various activities that teach sophisticated brain research in
an accessible and interesting way. The first title in the series, Me and My Memory: Why We Forget Some Things and Remember Others, was published in the spring of 2009. Me and My Feelings: What
Emotions Are and How to Manage Them is being published concurrently with What's the Catch? Forthcoming titles include Perception: What We See and Don't See will be published in the Fall of
2010.
