Readings in Social Psychology: General, Classic, and Contemporary Selections

By Wayne A. Lesko

Book Overview

Provides a breadth of exposure to information in the field Readings in Social Psychology: General, Classic, and Contemporary Selections exposes readers to the scope and variety of information... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0205454399
• ISBN13: 9780205454396
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
• Length: 437 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.1" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Great Reference Material

I have a Master's in Behavioral Science that encompasses Social Psy, Behavioral Psy, and Counseling Psy ...my undergrad Social Psy professor used this book as a teaching supplement. I didn't realize the value of it until I was well underway with graduate courses that required research papers. The advantage this book presents is that it provides the student and professor a single source from which to refer rather than obtaining all the articles individually. It is a great teaching tool because it does contain several classic studies as well as many contemporary studies covering a broad scope of topics that everyone should know and learn in undergrad social psych, which is what it was designed to do. Accordingly, these studies can provide the student with a solid foundation from which to build. One may consider this research material outdated; however, it was this very research that provided the groundwork for further research. I still refer to this collection from time to time to reinforce the concepts that it covers and to provide my research with even more support. Nevertheless, a professor could not go wrong using this book as a supplemental learning tool. Again, the information contained in this book is all valuable and useful. Moreover, a professor can use this to teach students how to read and interpret journal articles and how to extrapolate useful information from them. Remember, the articles contained in the book are all valid, peer reviewed, and published in journals. Thus, the information contained in this book is useful in teaching as well as learning, regardless of the publication date of any particular article. I would definitely use this book as a supplemental for teaching an undergrad social psych class. In my opinion, if you are teaching with this book and are disappointed, then you must not be a very good teacher or you don't understand its value, or you don't posses the intellect needed to understand the material it contains. I freely admit that at first I didn't even care to understand the articles and at first I found it rather mundane to read through any of them until I read them with a purpose. I didn't even realize the books value until I found myself in grad school. I went back and read and reread many articles and even used a few in my required research writings. Realizing the limitations of each study led me in new directions and gave me ideas about what topics on which I should find additional research. In short, this book is a valuable reference tool as well as a valuable teaching supplement.

came as ordered

The book came in a timely manner and arrived in new condition exactly as I ordered it. Very pleased.