Discovering Psychology: The Science of Mind [with MindTap 1-Term Access Code]

by John T. Cacioppo, Laura A. Freberg

In this fresh new offering to the Intro Psychology course, authors John Cacioppo and Laura Freberg portray psychology as being an integrative science in two ways. First, they have written a text that reflects psychology's rightful place as a hub science that draws from and is cited by research in many other fields. Second, this text presents psychology as a unified science that seeks a complete understanding of the human mind, rather than as a loosely organized set of autonomous subspecialties. As psychology moves rapidly toward maturity as an integrative, multidisciplinary field, the introductory course offers an opportunity to teach all of psychology in one place and at one time. This text reflects that evolution--and the authors' excitement about it.

Genres: Psychology, Textbooks, Science, Brain, Reference, Research, Nonfiction

Unbound

First published December 1, 2012

About the author

John T. Cacioppo was the Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor of Psychology and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, and Director of the Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience, University of Chicago.

Reviews

[Iselin]

Skal faen meg logge det når jeg tvinges til å lese hele lærebøker for å få SØKE på en master #polen

[Wendy]

Great overview, though some topics were overly simplified. Newest edition is fully updated to reflect the changes in the DSM 5. Read it to prepare for the GRE psychology subject test!

[Jaime T]

PSY100: Introductory Psychology

This textbook is a very interesting read throughout. Really cool concepts that I can apply to daily life. The book explains things clearly - it's a lot of reading but it's especially helpful if you don't know much about psychology. I like how the authors integrate the concepts into examples that are student life related (eg: how to use concepts of memory to study better) or daily life related (eg: psychology behind advertising).

[malia steffl]

despite being a mandatory textbook that i read, i found everything to be very fascinating even though it was written way too in depth for an intro to psychology course (even my professor pointed that out). I still thoroughly enjoyed reading this textbook. by far my favorite i’ve had to read for college so far.

[Abdullah Algarni]

The clarity of ideas is the most important characteristic of this book. Highly recommended.

[Mrudulmn]

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[Laurie]

Sometimes I wish the chapters were broken up a little more, but this is a pretty great textbook!

[Skye M]

Okay for a textbook.

[Dylan D]

uses this for an introductory psychology course, standard textbook with solid explanations and real-world connections; imagery felt dated, lol.