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Myers' Psychology for the AP® Course
Thus begins market-leading author David Myers’ discussion of developmental psychology in Unit 9 of his new Myers’ Psychology for AP® Second Edition. With an undeniable gift for writing, Dr. Myers will lead your students on a guided tour of psychological science and poignant personal stories. Dr. Myers teaches, illuminates, and inspires.
Four years ago, we published this ground-breaking text which is correlated directly to the AP® course. Today, we build on that innovation and proudly introduce the 2nd AP® Edition. Whether you are new to AP® psychology or have many years under your belt, this uniquely AP® book program can help you achieve more.
Four years ago, we published this ground-breaking text which is correlated directly to the AP® course. Today, we build on that innovation and proudly introduce the 2nd AP® Edition. Whether you are new to AP® psychology or have many years under your belt, this uniquely AP® book program can help you achieve more.
1104 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 12, 2010
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About the author
David G. Myers
389 books178 followersDavid G. Myers is a professor of Psychology at Hope College in Michigan, and the author of 17 books, including popular textbooks entitled Psychology, Exploring Psychology, Social Psychology and several general-audience books dealing with issues related to Christian faith as well as scientific psychology.
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June 2, 2014
When my teacher told me this book would be my best friend, I though she was kidding.
She wasn't.
It's true.
Some select quotes:
'If you lose the ability to recall your old memories then you have no life,' suggested memory researcher James McGaugh. 'You might as well be a rutabaga or a cabbage.'
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Generally, though, consonant phonemes carry more information than do vowel phonemes. The treth ef thes stetement shed be evedent frem thes bref demenstretien.
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For most of us, the robin is the birdier bird; it more closely resembles our bird prototype.
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For more information on animal behavior, see books by (I am not making this up) Robin Fox and Lionel Tiger.
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A request from your author: smile often as you read this book.
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The average person has one ovary and one testicle.
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Also included in this wondrous book is a picture of Johnny Depp, a photograph of Juliet and Juliet (the famous same-sex swan pair of Boston), a quote from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and a rather terrifying screencap of "emotion-conveying faces grafted onto toy trains."
She wasn't.
It's true.
Some select quotes:
'If you lose the ability to recall your old memories then you have no life,' suggested memory researcher James McGaugh. 'You might as well be a rutabaga or a cabbage.'
___________________________________
Generally, though, consonant phonemes carry more information than do vowel phonemes. The treth ef thes stetement shed be evedent frem thes bref demenstretien.
___________________________________
For most of us, the robin is the birdier bird; it more closely resembles our bird prototype.
___________________________________
For more information on animal behavior, see books by (I am not making this up) Robin Fox and Lionel Tiger.
___________________________________
A request from your author: smile often as you read this book.
___________________________________
The average person has one ovary and one testicle.
___________________________________
Also included in this wondrous book is a picture of Johnny Depp, a photograph of Juliet and Juliet (the famous same-sex swan pair of Boston), a quote from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and a rather terrifying screencap of "emotion-conveying faces grafted onto toy trains."
April 7, 2024
i read every single module in this textbook. i feel like i’ve earned the right to put it on my goodreads.
March 20, 2023
this is the best textbook ive ever read.
they mentioned taylor swift at least 5 times, which makes you think duhhh this is a 5 star but it lost stars for being educational and being assigned to me :)
they mentioned taylor swift at least 5 times, which makes you think duhhh this is a 5 star but it lost stars for being educational and being assigned to me :)
May 13, 2022
Freud would love TikTok
June 1, 2017
Would have given five stars but had to subtract one for all the pain AP Psych caused me.
May 20, 2020
For a class where I had to teach myself half of it to myself, this book actually came in hand and wasn't impossible to understand like some of the others.
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April 28, 2022listen, this counts cause i really read every single page.
May 2, 2023
decent but didn’t include all terms
April 29, 2024
Y'all I gotta reach that yearly book goal lol
August 24, 2020
one star for the score i got on this exam 🤩
December 15, 2017
There's no doubt that this is the go-to text for students preparing to take the AP psychology exam. It's very well put together. As a student, I've loved reading it for three reasons: it keeps me awake, it teaches me well, and it's one of the most relevant things I'm learning about in school.
Unlike math class (cough cough AP Statistics textbook), this stuff does a great job of keeping me awake. The author gives everything an impact. He explains psychological concepts very well. You can tell how much he knows about his field by the vastness of research that he cited throughout. Furthermore, he keeps things lively by including comics, quotes, and even personal stories. This book would be a good read, even if I wasn't forced to read it.
Not only does it engage, but it also teaches extremely well. It covers the basics of everything it mentions and provides an abundance of evidence for every claim it makes. Graphics, statistics, and real-world examples are all used frequently as educational devices. Let me reiterate, there is a study for everything and Myer's (and his editors I suppose) seem to know every last one of them. Turn to the back of the book and take a look at his works cited pages. It goes on and on forever. Sometimes, he'll even cite two or three studies just to drive his point home.
Finally, psychology is perhaps the most relevant subject I'm learning about in school. To study the mind - the fundamental source of everything people do - means so much because (obviously) I deal with myself and others on a daily basis. For this reason, learning this science has far more real-world applications. Furthermore, psychology is relevant to me because it's the field of study that I want to go into. To any of you who are interested in doing the same, take this class! If your school doesn't have AP Psych, rent this textbook and read it cover to cover! Doing so has strengthened my desire to be a psychologist and has also made me super excited about it. GUYS THIS STUFF IS SO COOL!
My only complaint is that oftentimes the text is permeated by his political perspectives. There are a few instances where controversial statements are dismissed as fact without reference to alternative (and equally well supported) viewpoints. No big deal though.
In conclusion, Myer's sure did do an awesome job with this. He made school fun. That man is a legend.
Unlike math class (cough cough AP Statistics textbook), this stuff does a great job of keeping me awake. The author gives everything an impact. He explains psychological concepts very well. You can tell how much he knows about his field by the vastness of research that he cited throughout. Furthermore, he keeps things lively by including comics, quotes, and even personal stories. This book would be a good read, even if I wasn't forced to read it.
Not only does it engage, but it also teaches extremely well. It covers the basics of everything it mentions and provides an abundance of evidence for every claim it makes. Graphics, statistics, and real-world examples are all used frequently as educational devices. Let me reiterate, there is a study for everything and Myer's (and his editors I suppose) seem to know every last one of them. Turn to the back of the book and take a look at his works cited pages. It goes on and on forever. Sometimes, he'll even cite two or three studies just to drive his point home.
Finally, psychology is perhaps the most relevant subject I'm learning about in school. To study the mind - the fundamental source of everything people do - means so much because (obviously) I deal with myself and others on a daily basis. For this reason, learning this science has far more real-world applications. Furthermore, psychology is relevant to me because it's the field of study that I want to go into. To any of you who are interested in doing the same, take this class! If your school doesn't have AP Psych, rent this textbook and read it cover to cover! Doing so has strengthened my desire to be a psychologist and has also made me super excited about it. GUYS THIS STUFF IS SO COOL!
My only complaint is that oftentimes the text is permeated by his political perspectives. There are a few instances where controversial statements are dismissed as fact without reference to alternative (and equally well supported) viewpoints. No big deal though.
In conclusion, Myer's sure did do an awesome job with this. He made school fun. That man is a legend.
December 16, 2020
LOVED THIS BOOK
ugh would totally read again😍
ugh would totally read again😍
April 30, 2018
I don't usually add textbooks, but I think I read this in its entirety for AP Psych. Naturally, it helps that Meyers writes in a way that is very easy to understand. He also references other chapter's ideas which makes it much easier to grasp the scope of things. At times, he throws in little jokes and funny cartoons to keep the mind engaged. I thought I wouldn't like the sheer volume of reading I had to do, but this textbook was genuinely enjoyable.
September 15, 2022
This book single-handedly changed the trajectory of my life. That or Lisa McCone. Thanks for making me a Clinical Psych major, AP Psychology textbook. I love you.
I remember thinking that the writing of this textbook was funny at times? Idk, I didn’t hate reading this (a feat for a textbook) and I don’t know if it’s because I’m in love with the subject matter or because the writing was good or both.
Good Textbook.
I remember thinking that the writing of this textbook was funny at times? Idk, I didn’t hate reading this (a feat for a textbook) and I don’t know if it’s because I’m in love with the subject matter or because the writing was good or both.
Good Textbook.
July 25, 2021
I had to read this for AP Psych, and as long as I actually read the chapters, I did very well on the tests. This book did not make me fall asleep, which I cannot say for my chemistry textbook, and I actually found it very interesting. I liked that the author's personality shone through.
I got a 5
I got a 5
May 6, 2014
I loved psychology but I am so glad we are done with this book
May 6, 2018
Just a bit of light reading.
July 13, 2019
I got a 5/5 on my AP exam because my teacher made us read this cover to cover. Reads like a regular book, albeit long.
April 29, 2021
I actually enjoyed reading a textbook! (for the most part)
I am surprised by how much I learned and how engaging the writing was. Now to study for the exam!
I am surprised by how much I learned and how engaging the writing was. Now to study for the exam!
July 6, 2022
i’ll give this 5 stars if i get at least a 4 on the exam 😭 it was very interesting though i learned a lot
edit: i got a 5 so 5 stars it is
edit: i got a 5 so 5 stars it is
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April 2, 2023my edition is 1110 pages so
April 10, 2023
had to read this for ap psych (10th edition) thanks for making the content entertaining, 0/10 would not recommend putting a very zoomed-in picture of a spider on the phobias page next time thank u
May 4, 2023
Such a bore, pretty useless ngl.
Not very good for the ap course ngl
Not very good for the ap course ngl
June 12, 2023
Read this book earlier this year in review of AP psych, also just extremely behind on reading 🤭
February 16, 2024
i laughed, i learned, i lived this book
May 14, 2024
Fire exam
March 4, 2023
Amazing. It took me an hour or two every Saturday for a period of five months, but I got it done. Totally worthwhile endeavor. Here is just a brief list of personal highlights:
From Unit 2, Research Methods: "In the United States, Republicans have tended to tout the economy’s solid growth since 2000 using average income; Democrats have lamented the economy’s lackluster growth using median income. Mean and median tell different true stories."
From Unit 3C, Genetics...: To excuse our failings by blaming our nature and nurture is what philosopher-novelist Jean-Paul Sartre called “bad faith”--attributing responsibility for one’s fate to bad genes or bad influences.
From Unit 5, Consciousness: “How strange would appear to be this thing that men call pleasure! And how curiously it is related to what is thought to be its opposite, pain! Wherever the one is found, the other follows close behind.” --PLato, Phaedo, fourth century B.C.E.
From Unit 6, Learning: Mirror neurons help give rise to children’s empathy and to their ability to infer another’s mental state, an ability known as theory of mind. People with autism display reduced imitative yawning and mirror neuron activity--”broken mirrors,” some have said.
From Unit 8B, Emotions...: Venting to reduce anger is like using gasoline to put out a fire.
From Unit 10, Personality: Recent research has provided some support for Freud’s idea of defense mechanisms. For example, Baumeister foudn that people tend to see their foibles and attitudes in others, a phenomenon that Freud called projection and that today’s researchers call the false consensus effect, the tendency to overestimate the extent to which others share our beliefs and behaviors. People who cheat on their taxes or break speed limits tend to think many others do likewise.
From Unit 12, Abnormal Psych: Recall that, biologically speaking, life’s purpose is not happiness, but survival and reproduction.
From Unit 14, Social Psychology: Social loafing is the tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts toward attaining a common goal than when individually accountable.
And, finally, this quote, atttributed to George Bernard Shaw:
If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then hou and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas”
I'll be keeping this one on the shelf, as I'll be able to return to it again and again to support things that I tell my students and kids. There's objective, definitive support on everything from that fact that "playing violent video games increases aggressive thoughts, emotions, and behaviors" (677), which is something students try to categorically reject, to the idea that self-esteem comes not from praise and recognition, but from successfully completing difficult tasks.
This is definitely the good stuff!
From Unit 2, Research Methods: "In the United States, Republicans have tended to tout the economy’s solid growth since 2000 using average income; Democrats have lamented the economy’s lackluster growth using median income. Mean and median tell different true stories."
From Unit 3C, Genetics...: To excuse our failings by blaming our nature and nurture is what philosopher-novelist Jean-Paul Sartre called “bad faith”--attributing responsibility for one’s fate to bad genes or bad influences.
From Unit 5, Consciousness: “How strange would appear to be this thing that men call pleasure! And how curiously it is related to what is thought to be its opposite, pain! Wherever the one is found, the other follows close behind.” --PLato, Phaedo, fourth century B.C.E.
From Unit 6, Learning: Mirror neurons help give rise to children’s empathy and to their ability to infer another’s mental state, an ability known as theory of mind. People with autism display reduced imitative yawning and mirror neuron activity--”broken mirrors,” some have said.
From Unit 8B, Emotions...: Venting to reduce anger is like using gasoline to put out a fire.
From Unit 10, Personality: Recent research has provided some support for Freud’s idea of defense mechanisms. For example, Baumeister foudn that people tend to see their foibles and attitudes in others, a phenomenon that Freud called projection and that today’s researchers call the false consensus effect, the tendency to overestimate the extent to which others share our beliefs and behaviors. People who cheat on their taxes or break speed limits tend to think many others do likewise.
From Unit 12, Abnormal Psych: Recall that, biologically speaking, life’s purpose is not happiness, but survival and reproduction.
From Unit 14, Social Psychology: Social loafing is the tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts toward attaining a common goal than when individually accountable.
And, finally, this quote, atttributed to George Bernard Shaw:
If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then hou and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas”
I'll be keeping this one on the shelf, as I'll be able to return to it again and again to support things that I tell my students and kids. There's objective, definitive support on everything from that fact that "playing violent video games increases aggressive thoughts, emotions, and behaviors" (677), which is something students try to categorically reject, to the idea that self-esteem comes not from praise and recognition, but from successfully completing difficult tasks.
This is definitely the good stuff!
April 18, 2025
Despite this being assigned to me, I felt there was a lot to learn and enjoyed reading many of the modules. Psychology is something I could really enjoy I feel; But, this textbook and my AP class was a real pain nevertheless.. now it’s time for my AP exam in a few weeks ! 💔❤️🩹❤️🩹 end my suffering ❤️🔥
May 17, 2017
4 stars because I HAD to read it for my AP Psych class. Otherwise, it'd be 5 stars because it prepared me excellently for the AP exam at the end of the year. It was so well written and helpful.
April 1, 2022
BEST TEXTBOOK IVE EVER READ. Gosh me and this book went through it all. Includes so many example and cartons and charts to help you learn.
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