Psychology: A Journey (High School/Retail Version) - Softcover

Dennis Coon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534568882 ISBN 13: 9780534568887

Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co, 2001

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Dennis Coon is a publishing phenomenon and one of the best-selling authors in the field of psychology. His innovative instructional methods and student-focused style make his works perennial favorites among instructors and students alike. To date, more than two million students have learned psychology with a Coon text as their guide. Coon graduated with a B.A. in psychology from the University of California, Riverside, and earned his Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Arizona. He is also co-author, with John O. Mitterer, of INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY: GATEWAYS TO MIND AND BEHAVIOR, 13th Edition and PSYCHOLOGY: A JOURNEY, 5th Edition.

John O. Mitterer holds a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from McMaster University. He has taught psychology at Brock University to more than 25,000 psychology students. Mitterer was the recipient of the 2003 Brock University Distinguished Teaching Award, a 2003 Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) Teaching Award, a 2004 3M Teaching Fellowship, the 2005 Canadian Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology, and the 2010 Brock University Don Ursino Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Large Classes. He also held a three-year Brock Chancellor's Chair for Teaching Excellence from 2006 to 2009. He is co-author, with Dennis Coon, of INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY: GATEWAYS TO MIND AND BEHAVIOR, 13th Edition, and PSYCHOLOGY: A JOURNEY, 5th Edition.

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."

"This text is an excellent introductory psychology text that provides a wide array of psychology topics and application to real-world experience. It is easily relatable and informative to students and creates a basis for many riveting and dynamic class discussions."

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0534568882
• ISBN 13: 9780534568887
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 608