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Cognitive Psychology

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I find this book to be terribly frustrating. I have only read a few chapters in this book (a great deal of that material several times) and concepts that this book introduces are just not clear. the abnormal psychology book that Sue Sue and Sue wrote is phenomenal, every key concept is clearly defined, and it is immediately discussed and then supplemented with examples and extra information. With this Cognitive Psychology book I feel like every important concept is shrouded in fog. There are far too many examples and few terms are defined immediately and with accuracy. With this said, I would suggest this book for people that would like to supplement their reading, due to the massive amounts of examples in this book. For some, this book may be perfect, I just prefer a more direct approach that other psychology books offer.

This is by far the worst psychology textbook I have ever come across. It is poorly worded, repetitive, and abrasively organized. The material is interesting enough but it is largely an incredibly frustrating book to read.

I had to use this book for a class. Because of the subject, a lot of information was necessarily stretched out and over-elaborated upon, but poorly. The authors' rarely described cited studies in a way that made sense. I found myself re-reading such passages over and over trying to figure out what exactly was going on in the study, to no avail. I would have been better advised to skip any such study descriptions and move on to the description of the point of the study. I feel like I was part of an experiment just reading this book. Can I have the control version of the text book that makes sense please?

Unfortunately I HAVE to keep this book because it is required for a intro to cognitive psych class. My professor doesn't include everything in the lecture so we have to go through the book and fill in the wholes. This book is very hard to navigate. If the professor is teaching by the book it is OK but everything is paragraph form like a story. Some people this works for but for people that are trying to study for specific concepts it is difficult to navigate.

Not to mention it is completely boring. Even if you are interested in cognitive psychology it is very bland writing and doesn't evoke interest at all.

I hate to say this but there isn't enough pictures. Not because I like useless pictures in a book but there are SOOO many diagrams that can be used to illustrated the topics and they are WAY underutilized.

If you're looking for something that will help you lose track of time, fall asleep with your book open, and turn your mind to mush, this is your book!

Thanks for the book, saved me a lot of money. And i am pretty sure anyone who is reading this who is in college knows how ridiculously expensive these text books can be.

Cognitive Psychology Text- by Mendin, Ross, and Markman: This is a great book. The chapter break down is organied in a way that it made sense as a reader (even as someone with no prior knowledge of even the basics of the material covered). Somewhat fun to read- if I dare say that as a student : )

I buy this as textbook of my cognitive psychology courses. Very good book. I bought a used hardcover book for $40. Truly, it is a bit expensive, but very new. I am very satisfied.