Psychology

by Henry Gleitman, Daniel Reisberg, James Gross

Book Overview

Drawing from the liberal arts and natural sciences and emphasizing psychology's historical dimensions, this gold-standard text shows students how and why psychology is relevant in their lives and to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393977676
• ISBN13: 9780393977677
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 4.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

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Awesome textbook!

This book is great. I expected, yet another textbook that is dull and difficult to read and understand; this textbook, however, is filled with humorous interjections, along with complex information presented in a simple way.

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Text for Honors Introductory Psychology

I've used the text for my honors section of Psych 101 and as a source for lecture material in my other sections. IMHO, this the the best textbook for Intro Psych that I have ever come across in terms of the depth of material presented. It is, however, probably too difficult for the large lecture hall sections or sections taught entirely by graduate students. For these sections I would recommend David Myers' textbook. Much more student-friendly, and still an excellent source of information. Fridlund, et al., is still the gold standard.

Outstanding, comprehensive "intro." book.

This introduction text represents a "tour de force" in dealing with a complex subject. Psychology is divided into 5 sections dealing with Action, Cognition, Social Behavior, Development, and Individual Differences. Each chapter contains the biological basis at work, because, as the authors so beautifully put it "we aren't just minds; we are minds embodied."This book is for the serious student; the dabbler, and those whose understanding of psychology is limited to pop psych-type self-help, psycho-babble will be bored. An outstanding, scholarly work worthy of reading.

Great view on psychology and all it's topics

This book gives you a great overview at the field of psychology. Psychology is a diverse studie and this book takes you to all of the great topics of psychology. The best book if you want to know more about psychology or take courses in it. Take it from me, I have a university degree in psychology.