Psychology in Perspective

by Carol Tavis, Carole Wade, Carol Tavris

Book Overview

Carol Tavris and Carole Wade once again set a new standard with this exciting alternative to traditional treatment of psychology. Psychology in Perspective, 3/e, responds to the American Association... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0130283266
• ISBN13: 9780130283269
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 639 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.3" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Do you want to understand Psychology. This book is for you!

Excellent approach to understand Psychology. Finally a different angle. Never understood why every psychology book had to use the same chronological approach to "teaching" the subject. This book takes it from the perspective of studying human behavior from 5 different perspectives: Biological, Learning, Cognitive, Sociocultural and Psychodynamic. This means you can get to the section you're more interested and still get the information you require without having to get into ll the details that cover all approaches in an integrated way.

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At first i was a little worried that the book i ordered would be in crappy condition since it was half the price of what i would have paid in a book store but it was perfect. I would definitely do business with this person again.

Interactive and Interesting

I found this text to be a very interactive one, keeping students attention by involving them in the learning process. While it may be simplified in some areas, it is a first year text and does cover the topics clearly and coherently.As far as first year texts go, I found this to be a useful and interesting one.

a good alternative

Introductory Psychology is the most difficult psychology course there is. It's incoherent. In one semester (sometimes two) a student is asked to absorb ... all of psychology. Each chapter in a typical Intro Psych text represents a course in itself. And... it's incoherent.There's no *simple* way to divide psychology into manageable units. You can categorize it by topic -- some psychologists study mental disorders, some study sensation and perception, some study conditioning, and so on -- or you can divide it by theoretical allegiance -- some psychologists are behaviorists, some adhere to a biological approach, some to a psychodynamic approach, and so on. Whichever way you categorize, you have messy boundaries. Worse, the interaction between topic and theoretical approach is blurry -- not a nice two-by-two table you could build. Sometimes the topic IS the theoretical approach. Sometimes not.Tavris and Wade have contributed one of the few -- in fact the only one I've seen -- textbooks to categorize material by theoretical perspective, not by topic of inquiry. They've done a good job of it. The advantage to organizing this way is better flow between sections of the book. Tavris and Wade's writing also flows nicely -- the book is fairly readable, as these things go, and feels a little less technical than traditional books (though it really isn't). This is a plus for many students. If the organization by theoretical perspective makes sense to you, this is your book. It will appeal to students who already are thinking this way, and it will be a good introduction to higher levels of abstraction for students who are stuck in concrete.There's no perfect intro psych text yet. This one is a good choice.

it was excellent

this book was very straight forward. it was clear and easy for students to grasp. As a professor, I was shocked at the rate my students were reading the material. I am very pleased by the book's explanation of key issues in modern psychology. It should be part of every professor's book collection and for pure enjoyment.