Psychology: a Journey: With CD-Rom and Infotrak

Coon, Dennis

ISBN 10: 0534568726 ISBN 13: 9780534568726

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1980

Synopsis

This exciting first edition text is the newest and briefest (14 chapters) offering from best-selling author, Dennis Coon. Coon presents psychology in a way readers will find fascinating, relevant, and above all, accessible. In a course where professors are frequently confronted by students who haven't actually read their textbooks, this text offers a solution. Coon effectively presents the latest research, the latest controversies, and the key scientific content in a succinct, involving way that gets students "hooked" on psychology and eager to read on. This book retains Dennis Coon's acclaimed SQ4R approach - survey, question, read, recite, relate, and review.

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Review:

"The author has accomplished his goal of promoting students' interest in human behavior through his personable writing style. I did not choose Coon's text because of his personal writing approach, although it was an added bonus. I chose his text mainly because after defining the topic, he asks question related to the topic that students may have and provides a direct answer to each question. I find that students ask questions that are similar to Coon's questions and therefore, can redirect them to reread that particular section in the text The journal entries allow students to relate to the situation occurring in their own life which then prompts them to want to know more about the topic The author manages to incorporate the example from the journal entry into the chapter as he discusses various related topics, thereby continuing to hold students' interests in the topic and connecting psychological concepts to daily activities."

Synopsis:

Covering the basics of psychology, this textbook features 14 chapters on topics like: the brain and behavior; human development; sensation and perception; conditioning and learning; memory; cognition, intelligence, and creativity; motivation and emotion; personality; health, stress, and coping; psychological disorders; therapies; and, social behavi

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0534568726
• ISBN 13: 9780534568726
• Binding: Misc. Supplies
• Number of pages: 608