Psychology

by Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White

For courses in Introductory Psychology Throughout Psychology, Saundra Ciccarelli and J. Noland White employ a learner-centred, assessment-driven approach that maximises student engagement, and helps educators keep students on track. The authors draw readers into the discipline by showing how psychology relates to students' own lives. Clear learning objectives, based on the recommended APA undergraduate learning outcomes, guide learners through the material. And assessment tied to these learning objectives lets students check their understanding, while allowing instructors to monitor class progress and intervene when necessary to bolster student performance.

Genres: Psychology, Textbooks, Nonfiction, School, Science, Reference, Read For School

848 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2005

Reviews

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think there were some topics it glossed over that could have been explained more, and the answer keys to the chapter quizzes were often completely off, but overall an enjoyable and informative read.

[Dmitry · Rating 4 out of 5]

(The English review is placed beneath the Russian one)

У этого, довольно стандартного, учебника по психологии есть одно большое преимущество: аудио версия. Да, в отличие от всех остальных учебников, автор этой книги решила пойти на риск и предложить не только текстовый формат, но и аудио версию. Риск заключается в том, что учебники сложно слушать – их нужно самому читать. Тем не менее, тема Психология не такая уж и сложная, если учесть, что в подавляющем случае читатель уже и так знаком с освещаемыми темами. Если человек много читает книг по популярной психологии (а-ля книги по самопомощи), то в этой книге он встретит не только уже знакомые темы, но также и примеры. Так что в данном случаи автор поступила правильно, предложив и аудио формат книги. Да и намного проще прослушать книгу ещё раз, чем самому читать книгу заново.

Так же мы должны не забывать, что в книге рассматриваются все темы, которые входят в предмет изучения психологии, а тем таких огромное количество. Другими словами, книга предлагает общие знания или вводный курс по всем темам психологии. А это в свою очередь означает, что для более подробного изучения предмета читателю придётся обратиться к более специализированным книгам по психологии. К примеру, автор посвящает одну главу теме Социальная психология. Однако намного лучше прочесть учебник «Социальная психология», который представляет собой точно такой же учебник, т.е. с таким же количеством страниц, но который предлагает более подробный обзор темы социальной психологии. В такой ситуации цель описываемой книги: дать общие представления о предмете Психология с целью, чтобы человек, заинтересовавшийся предметом, знал, в какую сторону следует идти дальше, т.е. какие книги нужно будет искать, чтобы получить более глубокие знания по соответствующему предмету. Если рассматривать эту книгу в таком ракурсе, то тогда книга идеально справилась с поставленной задачей. Книга предлагает последние данные из мира психологии и делает это в простой и ясной форме.

Книга великолепно структурирована, благодаря чему читатель не запутается в предмете Психология и получит ясное представление, чем же Психология на самом деле занимается. Ибо многие зачастую думают, что наука Психология связанна только с Фрейдом или, при всём уважении, Робертом Чалдини, а точнее, с психологическими трюкам, которые описывал Чалдини в своей книге «Influence: Science and Practice (Психология влияния)». На самом же деле предмет Психология намного шире и охватывает огромные области человеческой деятельности. Поэтому книга великолепно подойдёт всем тем, кто ничего не знает о психологии, но кто хотел бы получить самые основы предмета. Или кто хотел бы узнать, чего достигла современная наука Психология за последнее время. Мне кажется, это одна из тех книг, которая обязана быть прочитана каждым человеком (наравне с экономикой, политологией и мировым искусством).

This rather standard psychology textbook has one big advantage: the audio version. Yes, unlike all other textbooks, the author of this book has decided to take a risk and offer not only a text format but also an audio version. The risk is that textbooks are hard to listen to; you have to read them yourself. Nevertheless, the topic of Psychology is not so complicated, given that in the vast majority of cases the reader is already familiar with the topics covered. If a person reads a lot of books on popular psychology (a la self-help books), then in this book he or she will encounter not only topics that are already familiar but also examples. So in this case, the author did the right thing by offering the book in audio format. And it is much easier to listen to the book once again than to read the book by yourself.

We must also remember that the book deals with all the topics that fall within the subject of psychology, and there is an enormous number of such topics. In other words, the book offers a general knowledge or introduction to all psychology fields. And this in turn means that for a more detailed study of the subject the reader will have to turn to more specialized books on psychology. For example, the author devotes one chapter to Social Psychology. However, it is much better to read the textbook "Social Psychology," which is the same textbook, i.e., with the same number of pages, but which offers a more detailed overview of the topic of social psychology. In such a situation, the purpose of this book is to give a basic introduction to the subject of Psychology, so that the person interested in the subject will know which way to go next, that is, which books to look for in order to gain a deeper knowledge of the subject in question. If this book is viewed from this perspective, then the book has done a perfect job. The book offers the latest data from the world of psychology and does so simply and clearly.

The book is superbly structured so that the reader will not be confused by the subject of Psychology and will get a clear idea of what Psychology actually does. Since many people often think that the science of Psychology is related only to Freud or, with all due respect, to Robert Cialdini, or more precisely, to the psychological tricks described by Robert Cialdini in his book Influence: Science and Practice. In reality, the subject of Psychology is much broader and covers huge areas of human activity. So the book is great for all those who know nothing about psychology, but who would like to get the very basics of the subject. Or who would like to know what the modern science of Psychology has achieved lately? I think this is one of those books that is a must-read for everyone (on a par with economics, political science, and art).

[Chloe Bright · Rating 5 out of 5]

gonna totally nerd out here for a sec.... this was a really good textbook. I had to read the whole thing for my AP Psychology class and I seriously read it cover to cover. It was great, very helpful, easy to read/understand, and it gave great examples. it even had jokes interspersed here and there, which were nice to come across in the midst of tedious reading and note-taking.
def my fave textbook i've ever had to read and it made all the psych homework not as brutal.

[Victoria · Rating 4 out of 5]

not too bad.

[Eisya · Rating 5 out of 5]

An enjoyable, easy read.

[3rat0 · Rating 3 out of 5]

I used it for my 2011 fall semester. It isn't a bad book to use. The terms are right at hand instead in the side margins, good explanations and examples through out. And the end of the chapter summaries are well put together, actually making it easier to study for your tests. (If you're using this for class.) Otherwise, it's a good starter book overall if you're wanting to study up on a bit of psychology.

[Jennifer Tacbas · Rating 4 out of 5]

An easy-to-read textbook which presents its material in a fun, fresh manner.

[Daria (jezykowy.koneser) · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Psychologia" autorstwa Saundry Ciccarelli i J. Noland White'a to dosyć obszerna pozycja. Określiłabym je wręcz mianem tomiszcza. Nie spodziewałam się, że książka będzie takich rozmiarów.

Zawiera w sobie bardzo dużo wiedzy. Jest to podręcznik na podstawie najnowszego wydania oryginału.

Muszę przyznać, że chociaż na początku trochę przestraszyłam się rozmiarów tego tytułu, to w niczym nie przeszkadzają one w lekturze. Książka jest napisana w bardzo przystępny sposób.

Bardzo podobało mi się, że ta pozycja zawiera wiele grafik, schematów oraz map pojęć. Ponadto po każdym podrozdziale znajdują się krótkie testy, dzięki, którym możemy sprawdzić ile zapamiętaliśmy z lektury, a także usystematyzować sobie wiedzę.

Ponadto, na początku każdego rozdziału znajdujemy pytanie dotyczące jego treści, które skłania nas do zatrzymania się i przemyślenia różnych kwestii. Autorzy chcą nas również zachęcić do krytycznego myślenia. Podręcznik zachęca nas abyśmy korzystali z niego czynnie, a nie tylko biernie go czytali. Jest tutaj nie tylko teoria ale również psychologia w praktyce.

Zawsze bardzo interesowała mnie psychologia i z chęcią zagłębiałam się w tej tematyce jak tylko miałam okazję. Zdecydowanie nie jest to lektura na jeden wieczór, w końcu to pozycja naukowa. Nie wszystko mnie interesowało, ale tak bywa w danej dziedzinie. Nie musi nam się wszystko podobać.

Była to naprawdę ciekawa i pouczająca lektura. Jeśli chcecie dowiedzieć się czegoś więcej o psychologii, to koniecznie sięgnijcie po ten tytuł.

[abby · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read (some of) this for Psych 1010 and I really enjoyed the class. It was super general overview psychology stuff so it didn't blow my mind. I know a lot about psych from the internet and high school so it was just learning boring names and stuff. my parents both fell in love with psychology in college so I had high expectations but it was exactly how I expected it to be.

So anyway the textbook was good because it was super straightforward and easy to find things. I hate when textbooks will write like 3 sentences what you could say in ten words because it all adds up. My professor took like four chapters out of the original scheduled plan so I guess that's lame. GOODBYE FIRST SEMESTER

[Pablo S. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had to read the whole textbook for my introductory psychology class. And I enjoyed doing so. I could have used the chapter summary and the helpful main definitions on the side, which I did to review for the final test, but reading the book cover to cover was enjoyable and very informative.

I haven't enjoyed a textbook that much for years!

[Sierra SJ · Rating 4 out of 5]

For a textbook, this was pretty darn good. However the answers for a lot of the practice tests in the back of the book are wrong, so that confused me on a few tests which isn't cool. Otherwise though, solid.

[Jonathan Spencer · Rating 3 out of 5]

This seemed like a good intro that explicitly aligns to the APA curriculum. The authors tried to be funny in some inappropriate places, which I found jarring. The physical book itself is also not very useful, as it refers you to the REVEL online content fairly frequently.

[Zell · Rating 2 out of 5]

standard text book with slight revisions to charge more money for a new edition

[Michaela · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well organized and informative, but the dad jokes were just..... too much.

[Jason Carpenter · Rating 3 out of 5]

Learning about psychology was absolutely awesome, but this particular textbook has some pretty strange ways of explaining some things.

[Amarpaul · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy read. Very informative.

[Alley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very enjoyable for a textbook. Was well written and entertaining.

[Gur · Rating 4 out of 5]

An impressive book, elucidating on the basics concepts in a modern way.

[Martyna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Książka wprowadzająca w świat nauki jaką jest psychologia, ale jeśli chcecie coś lepszego to polecam wybrać Psychologię Akademicką- Strelaua i Dolińskiego.

[W · Rating 5 out of 5]

If this is the same one I used in my psych class, this book is fantastic. The examples were always easy to understand and interesting to read. The set-up of the book was very clear and organized. I loved the introductions to the chapters and the end of the chapter/section quizzes were definitely helpful. I'd definitely recommend this book to a professor and hope that they'd use it.

[Chris Patterson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent, clear text. Research is well documented. A few of the studies are small samples which really lead to non-conclusive results, but the author clearly spells this out prior to interjecting the research into the discussion. Overall a great reference for anyone who hasn't investigated anything to do with psychology within the last 10 years. The edition I read was very up-to-date.

[Jay Brand · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great review of the fascinating discipline of psychology using the historical time-line of major events in psychology to inform the entire narrative and provide context for recent developments and ongoing controversies.

[A V BHANU PRAKASH · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the best books on Psychology

I liked the entire content and it's good for the professionals on Psychology as a reference book.
The language is simple to understand and is good for college students , who want to have a career on Psychology.

[Jaquelin Ramos]

8

[Jonathan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as good as the Myers books I used in college, but covered a lot of the same material, arriving at the same conclusions. A good refresher.

[Mary Baxter · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this updated edition of Psyc. 101. The online resources were fantastic. One of the best written text's I've used.

[Debs Daniels · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's for school, not my choice.

[Tormlen · Rating 4 out of 5]

For a textbook, this is really well written and engaging. Usually with textbooks, I'll have to force myself to read, barely keeping up with the class. This is not an issue with this text.

[Koko Nata · Rating 3 out of 5]

One of the books used in the General Psychology courses at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Indonesia

[Rheena · Rating 4 out of 5]

easy to read textbook with elaborate dicussions
with diagrams, illustrations and pictures