Can you recommend a psychology textbook?

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Someone recently mentioned that "Introduction to Psychology" on their campus was a weeder course.  The only "Introduction to Psychology" classes I'm familiar with have been surveys aimed at non-majors, many of whom only took the course because it fulfilled a general education requirement, so they were pitched a little lower than a freshman course for majors would have been -- a world apart from a rigorous course aimed at potential majors that serves the function of keeping some people out of the major.  So now I'm curious.

Can anyone recommend an intro psych textbook that would work well for a weeder course?  I'd love to see what is covered in a class like that.

! · Accepted Answer

I think in general most Introduction To Psychology text books are going to give you a bit of the history of the subject as it has evolved form it's inception. Outline the nature and purpose of the subject, introduce you to some of the major thinkers who have contributed to the science and possibly hint which direction one may go if they choose to study the subject further.

If you've chosen a university to attend I would ask for instructor referrals and take a look at what is on their  required reading list for Psych 101.

If you just want to explore on your own before you decide to take the class look up the class  syllabus  and reading lists for Intro to Psyche for some of your IVY LEAGUE Schools. Or Universities that have a noted and respected Psych program

  http://www.spsp.org/student/intro/syllabus/stanford-intro.pdf

Good luck. Follow your passion in your studies and it will lead you to a happy place wherein you will enjoy the work you do. That's what it's all about !

bodman · Answer

while you're searching for an odd Psychology textbook, i might advise the main up-tp-date version by making use of Davison and Neale. For a psych textbook that covers the wide spectrum of psychology, i % to advise Psychology: subject concerns and variations by making use of Wayne Weiten.

Can you recommend a psychology textbook?

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