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Psychology

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This is an excellent book which I find very difficult to fault. It is clearly explained and well presented and the online materials accompanying the book are very useful. The way in which the subject is presented is exciting and, despite being introductory material, the book invites the reader to take their skills to a higher level by deliberate application of critical thinking. However, my only minor criticism is that sometimes the authours do not follow their own advice - sometimes they make statements which I find doubtful and arise where they failed to apply sufficient critical thinking! (Of course we are all guilty of this error sometimes). However, these statements are few and far between, as most of the time the authours examine more than one side to every controversial issue. It is interesting how psychology texts reflect the psychology of the authours, and this book contains some curious 'Westernisms' - this is not a criticism, just an amusing observation which reinforces a major theme of the book regarding how social psychology affects our own perception. For example, I am not entirely convinced by the way the book compares western capitalist cultures to eastern socialist cultures. I must re-read this section. Clearly not even psychologists are immune to social influences! This book is absolutely one of my favourites and it was a pleasure and an enlightenment to read it. I think the authours would actually be delighted by students who questions their interpretation, since this is the over-riding theme of the book - look at the evidence and then decide objectively for oneself, and that is great advice to anyone in any walk of life.

I don't know if this is going to reflect on the quality of the psychology book, or the caliber of books I have read and reviewed, but I must say, this introductory psychology book is one of the best I've ever seen. The examples capture the reader and are used in an intelligent way to demonstrate the major points of each chapter. And I was never bored once with this book, which is a big plus. A great book for an intro to psych class!

The text is the same. However, when compared to the student's edition, the instructor's edition is missing a lot of extras (sample tests, study hints, etc.) Those can be found on the website, but not in the book. In the student's edition, the extras take up about 200 pages.

If you want more material--Instructor's edition has less than student.

This book was a good choice for my psychology class. As far as textbooks go, it's easy to read.

Besides the fact that its kinda big and heavy for my weak little arms, its a good and helpful book, came quickly.

Its simple I loved this book all around. Its very intresting and does a great job of going over each important aspect of psychology. Also I really liked the little samples here and there they seem to have supported the chapters in a good way. I bought this textbook for a summer school class and decided just to keep it because I liked it so much!

This book was advertised as a new hardcover book. When I received the book, all the corners were crushed, and the bottom of the back cover has a 1 1/2 inch rip or cut right next to the binding and the front cover is ripped or cut for about 1 inch in the same place. Unfortunately, they take so long to ship that I would not have had a replacement in time for school. So, I am stuck with this one. It is pretty beat up but all the pages are there so it is useable. I got lucky there.

While this Psycholgy book does have some good points and interesting approaches, if you use this book in a class setting you will be dissapointed. The questions that the proffesor will use for test and quizes are elementary. But so elementary that they are completly subjective.

This book arrived immediately & it was in GREAT condition. This seller provided excellent service and I would purchase again & again from this seller.

This was my first order from Amazon and my seller described the product accurately and sent it to me quicker than I expected. I would order from this seller again. Great experience.