Basic Psychology, Fifth Edition [Hardcover]

Henry Gleitman (Author), Alan J. Fridlund (Author), Daniel Reisberg (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 13, 2000 | ISBN-10: 0393976092 | ISBN-13: 978-0393976090 | Edition: Fifth Edition

Basic Psychology was designed as a more accessible edition of its parent text, Psychology.

Over the course of four editions, Basic Psychology has developed a distinct personality and a following all its own. The addition of Daniel Reisberg and Alan Fridlund to the Gleitman team signals a commitment to meeting the demands of a changing field. While preserving the clear writing and thoughtful pedagogy that distinguished the book in earlier editions, the Fifth Edition provides cutting-edge coverage of new developments in psychology.

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About the Author

Henry Gleitman is Professor of Psychology and the former chair of the department at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the recipient of the American Psychological Foundation’s Distinguished Teaching in Psychology Award (1982) and, from the University of Pennsylvania, the Abrams Award (1988) and the Lindback Award (1977). He has served as president of the APA’s Division 1: General Psychology and Division 10: Psychology and the Arts. Most importantly, Professor Gleitman has taught introductory psychology for five decades to over 40,000 students.

Alan J. Fridlund received his Ph.D. from the University of Mississippi and is associate professor of psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Fridlund's research has focused on facial expressions and the psychophysiology of stress and emotion. He is the author of over 40 research articles and book chapters, and the book Human Facial Expression: An Evolutionary View (Academic Press, 1994).

Daniel Reisberg, author of the best-selling text Cognition: Exploring the Science of the Mind, Third Edition, is Professor of Psychology and chair of the department at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Professor Reisberg’s research has focused on the nature of mental imagery as well as on people’s ability to remember emotionally significant events. He has served on the editorial boards of many of the field’s journals, including a recent term as Associate Editor of Psychological Bulletin.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 960 pages
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; Fifth Edition edition (June 13, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0393976092
• ISBN-13: 978-0393976090
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 9.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,145,286 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gleitman text a classic, July 8, 2000

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Tom Noerper (Chicago, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Basic Psychology (Paperback)

This is no longer the most current edition of this text book. The Gleitman text is definitive, comprehensive, a classic. Gleitman is now over 70, and writes from extensive and broad experience in many areas of psychology. His wife is Lila Gleitman, one of the foremost living linguists in America, after Chomsky.

Henry Gleitman is a true humanist in the traditional sense. He writes with a deep sense of humanity. Within the field of psychology, he is rekowned for his teaching of intro psychology courses at Univ of Pennsylvania. When you read Gleitman's text, you get a great introduction to psychology from a true scholar who has stood at the forefront of his field for decades. His survey is taken from close personal acquaintence with many of the history-makers whose research is discussed in his book.

If you are assigning an intro psych text, this is the one. If you are taking an intro psych class, with this text, bother to do the reading.