Philip George Zimbardo was an American psychologist and a professor emeritus at Stanford University. He became known for his 1971 Stanford prison experiment, which was later criticized severely for both ethical and scientific reasons. He authored various introductory psychology textbooks for college students, and other notable works, including The Lucifer Effect, The Time Paradox, and The Time Cure. He was also the initiator and president of the Heroic Imagination Project.
This was our official textbook for AP Psychology, which was a fun class with a fine teacher and a solidly reliable textbook. The authors wrote this in a conversational style and seemed more interested in informing rather than lecturing to students.