Experience Psychology

by Laura A. King

Informed by student data, Experience Psychology helps students understand and appreciate psychology as an integrated whole. The personalized, adaptive learning program, thought-provoking examples, and interactive assessments help students see psychology in the world around them and experience it in everyday life. Experience Psychology is about, well, experience―our own behaviors; our relationships at home and in our com munities, in school, and at work; and our interactions in different learning environments. Grounded in meaningful real-world contexts, Experience Psychology’s contemporary examples, personalized author notes, and applied exercises speak directly to students, allowing them to engage with psychology and to learn verbally, visually, and experientially―by reading, seeing, and doing. Function is introduced before dysfunction, building student understanding by looking first at typical, everyday behavior before delving into the less common―and likely less personally experienced―rare and abnormal behavior. Experience Psychology places the science of psychology, and the research that helps students see the academic foundations of the discipline, at the forefront of the course. With Experience Psychology , students do not just “take” psychology but actively experience it.

Genres: Psychology, School, Nonfiction, Textbooks, College, Teaching, Science

688 pages, Hardcover

First published November 4, 2009

Reviews

[Samuel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Eh. Just eh. This book had quite a lot to offer, but it was lacking in the delivery. Some of the sample test questions, which were paired with answers located in the back of the book, didn't match up with the required readings. Some of them even offered incorrect answers. Also, King tried to make things so relevant to the "NOW" generation that she provided some stories and characters, pulled while drifting in the WWW, which didn't even turn out to be accurate.

2 out of 5! Sadly, my lowest score yet.

[♥︎quinn *editing reviews & shelves* · Rating 1 out of 5]

i mean, the material itself might have been quite interesting--but the delivery was not anywhere near decent, as well as the segments it was divided into. there wasn't really enough methods to help memorize the information either, the self-quizzes were too short.

[Alyssa Miller · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good overall teaching of Psychology. Interesting.

[Elena Dishsoap · Rating 1 out of 5]

Terrible terrible long stupid book I do not recommend

[Emma · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a college textbook of mine, and I thought it to be very interesting as far as content, with convenient key term sections to memorize, though the delivery could have been better.

[Linda Branham · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good overall teaching of psychology. It has many good examples and questions for the students - which I will use as class discussions. However it will need to be updated with the new DSM-V material instead of the DSM-IV which it uses now

[Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really good textbook to learn basic psychology. It takes you through all the basics, the people, theories, and what they all mean. If you know very little about psychology and are interested in what it is all about, I recommend this book.

[Jenny · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yaay...I'm done!

[Liz Adkins · Rating 3 out of 5]

Woohoo! We have completed the book! This one I did read...because of the quizzes :)

[Matthew · Rating 3 out of 5]

Technically I did... ^_^