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"The overall conception of this book is impressive, and Tavris and Wade's writing is so consistently clear and interesting that it is a joy to read. This makes the job of reviewing their work somewhat difficult. It is analogous to my saying, "Well, the Mona Lisa is certainly an excellent piece of art. But I wonder how she would look with a pair of small diamond earrings or perhaps a butterfly tattoo just below her left eye."—Walter J. Lonner, Western Washington University
"I am very enthusiastic about this project. It seems to be just what the discipline, as well as the market, needs at this point in psychology's development. Students have less and less chance of finding their way out of the maze that the field has become. The forest becomes ever more indiscernible because of the trees. Psychology in Perspective provides the forest."—Keith E. Stanovich, University of Toronto, Author of How to Think Straight About Psychology
"I often go ballistic reading what introductory psychology texts have to say about behavioral genetics. In contrast, I was so pleased with your coverage that I had to write to say thanks. Yours is one of the clearest, most honest, and most balanced presentations of this difficult material that I have seen."—Robert Plomin, University of London
"Most books do not adequately get across how profoundly different the perspectives within psychology are. Students need to learn that disagreements and controversies are part of the scientific endeavor, and not a sign of arbitrary opinion. Surely that is one of this text's most important messages—that science is open-ended, constantly changing and evolving."—Timothy E. Moore, Glendon College, York University
"My students and I are impressed with the narrative style and reading level. Virtually nothing is sacrificed in terms of complexity, yet the text remains entertaining. This book will appeal to professors who favor critical thinking over pieces of information, and who wish to organize the content of psychology into a coherent portrait of the discipline."—Anne L. Law, Rider University
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For Introduction to Psychology courses.
Psychology in Perspective, 3/e, responds to the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Project 2061, which calls upon all scientists to teach for depth of understanding rather than breadth of coverage. The authors have reorganized the traditional material according to the five major perspectives in the field: biological, learning, cognitive, sociocultural, and psychodynamic. They offer an unbiased presentation of each perspective's strengths, limitations, and misuses, and, drawing on the metaphor of the “blind men and the elephant,” they emphasize the importance of understanding all five approaches in order to grasp the “big picture” of human experience.
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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.
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