Psychology: Themes and Variations

by Wayne Weiten, Doug McCann

Genres: Textbooks, Nonfiction, Read For School, Psychology

827 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2019

About the author

Wayne Weiten is a graduate of Bradley University and received his Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Illinois, Chicago, in 1981. He currently teaches at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has received distinguished teaching awards from Division Two of the American Psychological Association (APA) and from the College of DuPage, where he taught until 1991. He is a Fellow of Divisions 1 and 2 of the American Psychological Association. In 1991, he helped chair the APA National Conference on Enhancing the Quality of Undergraduate Education in Psychology and in 1996-1997 he served as President of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology. Wayne Weiten has conducted research on a wide range of topics, including educational measurement, jury decision making, attribution theory, stress, and cerebral specialization. His recent interests have included pressure as a form of stress and the technology of textbooks. He is also the co-author of Psychology Applied to Modern Life (Wadsworth, 2006) and the creator of an educational CD-ROM titled PsykTrek: A Multimedia Introduction to Psychology.

Reviews

[⋆.˚ Ariana ᡣ𐭩ྀིྀི · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another exam down. Phew.

Exam went well. Or at least that’s what I think.

[Reem · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had to read it for my first-year psych courses

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technically i didn’t read this but i couldn’t find the actual psych textbook i used so i’m stealing reem’s

[em ʚĭɞೃ · Rating 4 out of 5]

never watched a single lecture, just read the entire textbook instead...

[June · Rating 4 out of 5]

funny, good examples, too long. psych 1001/2 carleton university.

[Emma Sonnen · Rating 4 out of 5]

required reading: Carleton PSYC 1001 & 1002

overall i quite liked this textbook considering it was a required reading for my classes. it’s easy to follow and uses lots of real world examples. the chapters obviously build on one another throughout the book, so you really become confident in the core ideas in the book because you’ll always refer back to them.

4/5 because it was interesting but at the end of the day it’s literally a textbook so how fun to read can it really be

[Margarita · Rating 5 out of 5]

I regretted not taking a first year psychology course when I was at university. So, I decided to pull a first year syllabus from my alma matter, purchase the textbook and informally start learning, one chapter at a time every weekend as per the syllabus. It’s taken four months to finish reading this textbook. The layout is perfectly designed for students – a user-friendly combination of accessible text and pertinent visuals; boxes that focus students’ attention on key messages; a useful synopsis of major themes covered at the end of each chapter and short quizzes along the way to test knowledge. This is a perfect introductory textbook to psychology.

[caramellatte · Rating 4 out of 5]

My professor made me read the entire book over two semesters. I should add that I had to read each chapter twice to better prepare myself for quizzes and exams. overall it taught me what I needed to know. not too boring but school definitely made it less fun.

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DNF

[chloe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this for PSYC1010 at York University. Found it super easy to follow and not boring at all (as many textbooks tend to be) :)

[Steven · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this for School. Very interesting book. I learned a lot.

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you're taking a course that requires this book and are more of an auditory/visual learner, I strongly recommend watching the crash course psychology video series available on YouTube.