Social Psychology

by David O. Sears, Shelley E. Taylor, Anne L. Peplau

Book Overview

Generations of readers have learned social psychology from this book-it provides balanced, up-to-date, and accurate coverage of basic topics, research, and theories. Balancing cutting-edge findings... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0131932810
• ISBN13: 9780131932814
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 3.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.4" x 11.1"

Customer Reviews

Textbook for College Class

Great textbook, easy to understand with lots of photographs, which I enjoy as reading page after page of text gets boring.

Book Review

Great illustrations, just what i was hoping for all material came new and with all registration cards. Very helpful and had links for website tutorials.

Great Transaction

I received the item as described, with the typical highlighter marks of past users. However, there were no pages missing, no loose binding, and the seller made sure to waste no time with regards to the shipping. I received it in roughly under a week and would definitely buy from this seller again should I need any more books.

Comprehensive, but long

Pros: Very comprehensive in subject matter, good grouping of information, gives definition of key words at side of each page, contains summaries at the end of each chapter Cons: Not visually appealing (only black and blue ink used, even in pictures), The sections are long and drawn out, no chapter review questions are given to test proficiency. Overall, I thought I must have recieved an old textbook due to the lack of visual stimulation which helps me absorb the information. But I do have the most recent copy. I wonder why they would cut corners in this regard even though the book sells for as much as other books that make reading easier by providing a more pleasant visual experience. But it is a college level book, so I can't complain too much. The quality of information is good.

Great way to Learn Social Psychology!

I found this book to not only be informative but I loved the way the author weaved in the examples of each topic and made it easier to relate to what was being discussed. I am a very visual learner and most textbooks are dry and uninteresting to read, but with this textbook the examples given allowed the lay person to relate to what the discussion was about and therefore learn from it.