Customer Reviews

Psychology: Core Concepts, Discovering Psychology Edition (book alone) (5th Edition)

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This book was used in my son's "General Psychology" course at the University of West Florida (PSY2012). He brought it home at the end of the year, so I read it. Surprisingly, it was fairly enjoyable. The sum total of my psychological knowledge comes from this book, so I can't speak to its accuracy. But, I found it to be well-written, comprehensive, and easily-read. It is targeted right at early college students and reads like a survey course to all of Psychology (covering a person's entire life). My only real complaint about the book is that it is very PC. But, given its source (psychologists) and its target environment (academia and academics), that's probably unavoidable. For the most part, the PC material is actually interesting (if not humorous). Only near the end does it begin to get irritating. I have to say, though, that the authors have done a remarkable job of meeting their audience's needs and done it in an enjoyable manner. Thus, I rate it at a Very Good four stars out of five.

Although my field is not psychology (it's engineering), I wanted an orientation-level introduction to the subject, sort of a Psych 101. This book met that need precisely. I can't speak to how well it serves those who want to go into the field, but if you just want to learn some terms and concepts, this book works well.

book in condition as stated, very good service, receive book in timely fashion-as stated in description, will do business again

Said it came with mypsych lab never got a code for it and had to waste another 29.00 dollars to buy the code. So in short save your money just go to the mypsych lab website and buy the code and e-book.

This was my first online book purchase and I was very pleased! The book is in great shape and I got it very quickly.

i thought i bought this book new but its corner is bent and it did not come in its original plastic wrap and the price dropped 6 dollars a day later