Mastering the World of Psychology: A Scientist-Practitioner Approach

by Samuel E. Wood

This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. For courses in Introductory Psychology

An introduction to psychology that focuses on applications to students’ own lives
Mastering the World of Psychology provides students a solid introduction to the diverse field of psychology – and how it applies to their lives. Authors Samuel Wood, Ellen Green Wood, and Denise Boyd present theory and research in an engaging and accessible fashion, with plenty of opportunities for students to test their understanding and hone their critical-thinking skills. The Sixth Edition has been thoroughly updated and now incorporates several contemporary themes in order to give students an up-to-date view of the discipline.

This ISBN is for a Pearson Books a la Carte edition : a convenient, three-hole-punched, loose-leaf text. In addition to the flexibility offered by this format, Books a la Carte editions offer students great value, as they cost significantly less than a bound textbook.

Mastering the World of Psychology, Sixth Edition is also available via Revel ™, an interactive learning environment that enables students to read, practice, and study in one continuous experience. You can also purchase a loose-leaf print reference to complement Revel Mastering the World of Psychology . This is optional.

Genres: Psychology, Textbooks, College, Education, Nonfiction

608 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 18, 2001

Reviews

[Joey (theboywho_reads) · Rating 5 out of 5]

For a college textbook, this was pretty great! I absolutely LOVED the discussions this book made on many topics on psychology, giving thorough examples to many words brought up on each chapter, which made the experience sometimes long but definitely worth it. This book is probably one of the few that ever interested me, and I’m extremely grateful I actually read it for my class 😊.

[Valida Karimova · Rating 5 out of 5]

I rented this book for my psychology class...
Students and I absolutely loved this edition... They commented that the book itself is pretty easy to follow...
Most times I rented it too many colleagues...

[Jessica · Rating 1 out of 5]

The hardcopy is clearly a printout of the e-book (you can literally see the first still of a short video), so unless you have the e-book for class you will miss information as no transcript for the videos nor additional pages with information on other tabs for other types of interactive material is provided. Worse, the electronic book is tied to a course and requires an instructor code to open, so if I were to revisit a particular chapter from this book in even a year's time, the information described above will be lost to me despite the fact I purchased a dual copy.

The material itself was fine and easily understood. But for the greed of the publishers this would be a four star textbook. The one star is a reflection of my deep dissatisfaction with what appears to be the modern textbook industry, and is at least an issue with the publication of this title.

[Kitty · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very thorough over-view of psychology organized in a compartmentalized and well-illustrated in a way that helped me remember what I read.

[Mamata]

i want to learn about something