Psychology: Core Concepts (hardcover) (5th Edition) (MyPsychLab Series) (Hardcover)

by Philip G. Zimbardo (Author), Robert L. Johnson (Author), Anne L. Weber (Author)

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Product Description
The accomplished author team of Phillip Zimbardo (APA president 2001-2002), Bob Johnson and Ann Weber once again present psychology to both teachers and students in a meaningful, manageable format. Each chapter of this brief, less expensive textbook focuses on the key questions and core concepts of psychology, supported by an extensive pedagogical structure designed to aid students. A wealth of instructive features, such as "Psychology in Your Life," "Using Psychology to Learn Psychology," and "Do it Yourself!" enhance student learning and retention of key psychological concepts. Psychology, Fifth edition integrates a cross-cultural and multicultural perspective to make psychology meaningful for all readers. This is all accomplished in a 14-chapter format, which is easier to integrate into a semester or quarter course.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 720 pages
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon; 5 edition (2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0205424287
• ISBN-13: 978-0205424283
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #197,016 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Won't put you to sleep!, December 28, 2004

By	C. Green "GojuNinja" (Kansas, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Psychology: Core Concepts (4th Edition) (Hardcover)

I was assigned this text for a college General Psychology course, and upon reading it cover to cover, I found that it was quiet interesting! The book uses simple terms so it is easy to understand what really matters, rather than trying to memorize countless definitions, and it has a story at the beginning of each chapter to help put each concept in perspective. In comparison to other dry, and complicated psychology books which I have had in the past, I highly suggest this book to anyone wishing, or forced to, study psychology.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars not complete, September 16, 2008

By	A. Arshi (Santa Rosa, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I was very dissappointed with this book purchase, the state of the book I have no complaints with but this book was supposed to come with a code to access the internet and do a psychology lab. there was no code anywhere and I could not contact the sender for questions. due to the need and shortage of time (class started already) I had to buy the the code through the internet which defeats the purpose of getting a good buy with amazon.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A low level textbook, December 4, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Psychology: Core Concepts (4th Edition) (Hardcover)

I really don't like this textbook. It is written at a level that is appropriate for a community college or high school, but it is too simplistic for use in a university classroom. Beyond the errors that the text makes, such as locating the suparchiasmatic nucleus in the thalamus, the explanations are to brief and simple. The book includes end of chapter review questions, but they are so simple that most students could answer them simply by looking at the chapter concepts.