Friday, June 24, 2011

Psychology: A Journey By Dennis Coon, John O. Mitterer

Psychology: A Journey

Psychology: A Journey
By Dennis Coon, John O. Mitterer

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A psychology text that you'll actually want to read! PSYCHOLOGY: A JOURNEY is guaranteed to spark your curiosity, insight, imagination, and interest. Using the proven SQ4R (Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Reflect, and Review) active learning system to help you study smarter, Coon leads you to an understanding of major concepts as well as how psychology relates to the challenges of everyday life. Each chapter of this book takes you into a different realm of psychology, such as personality, abnormal behavior, memory, consciousness, and human development. Each realm is complex and fascinating, with many pathways, landmarks, and detours to discover. Take the journey and find yourself becoming actively involved with the material as you develop a basic understanding of psychology that will help you succeed in this course and enrich your life.

Product Details
  • Amazon Sales Rank: #39995 in Books
  • Published on: 2010-01-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 720 pages
Editorial Reviews

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"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 the Author
Dennis Coon earned a doctorate in psychology from the University of Arizona and afterwards joined Santa Barbara City College in California where he taught introductory psychology for over 22 years. He is also the author of PSYCHOLOGY; A MODULAR APPROACH TO MIND AND BEHAVIOR, Tenth Edition, and PSYCHOLOGY: A JOURNEY, Second Edition. His texts have collectively helped over 2.5 million students learn introductory psychology. Dr. Coon designs, builds and plays classical and steel string acoustic guitars and has published articles on guitar design and has offered lectures on the topic. He and his wife Sevren live in Tucson, AZ. where he continues to teach, write, edit and consult.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
4Psychology a Journey
By J. Scott
This is a good and very interesting book. I really enjoyed reading it, and the instructor that assigned it to his class was very smart to have assigned it becuase it helped me to understand the psychology world.

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
4Intro Psych
By evans7508
This textbook goes hand in hand with the intro Psychology class I am taking over winter break. I would say if this is a suggested/required textbook for a class you may be taking, then it's a must have!!!

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
5Great buy for Student on a tight Budget
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