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 | | Introduction to Psychology by James W. Kalat ISBN-10: 9780534250140 ISBN-10: 0-534-25014-9 ISBN-13: 9780534250140 ISBN-13: 978-0-534-25014-0 Hardcover 1996-06 Thomson Brooks/Cole Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description This work encourages psychology students to question the information presented to them and ask themselves how a given conclusion was reached and if the evidence cited really supports that conclusion. The book tries to enable students to separate what sounds plausible from what can be backed up with scientific evidence, and how to tell the difference between sound and flawed evidence. | ||
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Son received a 3.4 I am guessing this is a good book as my son got a 3.4 in class, But better than that was the sellers response to my need. We purchased this book at the last minute and seller got this out to me immediately. Thank you | ||
Liked it! I must say, this Psychology textbook is very helpful and actually interesting. It isn't chock full of hard to understand definitions. Rather, the author explains all the concepts using simple ideas and relative examples, and incorporating many pictures and tables/graphs. The loose-leaf edition also makes life so much easier. | ||
Book is OK This book is ok, but I can't really rate it that high. I mean, come on, its an intro to psych book. | ||
Best Pick for an introduction to the study of psychology I teach an IB Psychology course and this is by far the best introduction to psychology text I have read and used in my course. Kalat does a fantastic job integrating current research into each major topic and even provides summaries of key studies providing their hypotheses, methods, results, and key points from their discussions. What's more, Kalat offers questions that stretch across Bloom's levels of questioning. Perhaps most importantly, my students love this book and read it with pleasure! And these are high school students! Finally, unlike other detailed psychology texts, this text is very digestible! It is very well organized and structured. It includes clear diagrams and visuals that really help my students. Kalat's style of writing is not only enjoyable to me, but my students really enjoy it! It is very intelligent, but warm and friendly. I HIGHLY recommend this book for any advanced psychology high school course or introduction to psychology course in college. | ||
An excellent introducer to psychology For the layman, who believed that psychology is a mythical discipline, Kalat,s book is an excellent introducer to this discipline. The book takes the ordinary reader from the basics and leads him on to the depths. I have used this book to many new entrants (my students) to the discipline and many are now practicing psychologists. | ||