Sensation and Perception - Hardcover

Goldstein, E. Bruce

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0534266223 ISBN 13: 9780534266226

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 1995

Synopsis

In the new edition of his best-selling text, Goldstein offers balanced coverage of all the senses, a strong visual presentation, and the attention to accuracy and scholarship that has made this book a highly respected classroom learning tool. Users have found that Goldstein's narrative style that "tells the story" of sensation and perception has been effective in helping students understand and master the material. And, unlike many texts for the course, Goldstein integrates coverage of the various senses (when appropriate), showing how they work together, rather than presenting them in isolation.

About this title

About the Author:

BRUCE GOLDSTEIN is Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh and Adjunct Professor of Psychology at the University of Arizona. He has received the Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award from the University of Pittsburgh for his classroom teaching and textbook writing. He received his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Tufts University and his PhD in experimental psychology from Brown University; he was a postdoctoral fellow in the Biology Department at Harvard University before joining the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh. Bruce has published papers on a wide variety of topics, including retinal and cortical physiology, visual attention, and the perception of pictures. He is the author of SENSATION AND PERCEPTION, 9th Edition (Cengage, 2014), and the editor of the BLACKWELL HANDBOOK OF PERCEPTION (Blackwell, 2001) and the two-volume SAGE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PERCEPTION (Sage, 2010).

Review:

"The 'Across the Senses' section is a great idea. The examples that Goldstein has come up with are quite entertaining, and frankly would be fun to talk about in class."

"This book is much improved from the Fourth Edition. Goldstein has done a good job of explaining difficult material. Rush the text to publication."

"The text . . . is exceptional in its quality, organization, pedagogy, and academic credentials. I really think Goldstein has taken giant steps toward his goal of a 'simpler' more straightforward approach."

"I have found Goldstein's Fourth Edition to be the best book on the market. The Fifth Edition is even better, as it integrates ecological approaches to perception more thoroughly, includes more findings on the application of perceptual information to everyday behavior, and expands and updates the text with exciting new discoveries about the neural bases of sensation and perception."

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0534266223
• ISBN 13: 9780534266226
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 681