Student Reader Comments on:
Writing Style
Real-life examples of concepts and theories
Structure of chapters
Writing Style
“The things I liked most about the textbook is that it…made the intimidating concepts much easier to grasp. I also liked how there were graphs and specific examples that related to the material.” - Megan, senior Psychology major and Sociology minor
“I thought that the quality of writing was just right. It was in easy enough terms for me to understand the material but not too easy to where it would be boring and dreary. I liked how it was in a form that wasn't intimidating to read.” - Megan, senior Psychology major and Sociology minor
“My overall evaluation of the chapters that I read on the perspectives in social psychology and others terms were pretty close to perfect. I say that simply because the definitions of the specific perspectives were on and straight to the point. If I was to give this book a grade it would have to be an “A” all the way because this book is like the key to everyone’s answers that they have about themselves and others as well.” – Lance, senior IDT major
“I really like the style of the book. It was easy to read, comprehend and thoroughly explained the different concepts well. The real-life examples or vignette's helped to solidify the concepts by making them real to the reader.” - Destinia, senior Education major
Real-life examples of concepts and theories
“I liked the student examples at the beginning of the sections the best. I found myself flipping through and reading all the examples before I read the rest of the material. It was interesting to find out later what the example actually illustrated within the text. They definitely caught my interest and made the concepts easier to understand.” – Keeley, senior English major
“The example[s] were easy to take in and understand, which in turn helps me to understand the material being expressed.” – Brian, senior Sociology major
“The examples were very useful to understand the concepts presented in the text. For me personally it is easier to comprehend the material when specific examples are given to reinforce the topics of discussion. And also the examples related to most of the students in the class because the people [in] the example[s] were students themselves.” - Megan, senior Psychology major and Sociology minor
“My over all evaluation of the book was that it gave a better understanding of the topics that we were talking about it gave very good examples that we as students can relate to help us better understand the meaning of the subject.” – Elion, junior Sports management major
Structure of chapters
“I…liked the summaries at the end of the chapter and the key terms and concepts…[I]t…helps sometimes to have those terms listed and to not have to shuffle through the chapter to find those.” – Elisa, senior Political Science major
“I liked how all the terms in the book were highlighted and at the end of every chapter there were summaries of what you should have learned from this chapter. There really wasn’t anything I didn’t like this book helped me understand a lot of concepts.” – Elion, junior Sports management major
“Throughout the readings, I used the discussion questions and the key terms/concepts to help me with concepts I did not understand or needed to reinforce. In addition, I liked the fact that throughout the book, it would reinforce old concepts by tying them into new ones so readers understand how they are connected.” - Destinia, senior Education major
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Social Psychology: Sociological Perspectives
David E. Rohall, Western Illinois University
Melissa A. Milkie, University of Maryland
Jeffrey W. Lucas, University of Maryland
ISBN: 0205440045
This text, written by a team of sociologists, introduces students to social psychology by focusing on the contributions of sociology to this field. It explores the perspectives, theories, and issues that are of the greatest importance to sociology, such as social inequality, and the role of the larger society in constructing and defining our day-to-day interactions. The authors introduce three major social psychological paradigms–symbolic interaction, social structure and personality, and group processes–and use them to examine every major topic in the text.
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