Product Description

Aimed at those new to the subject, Fundamentals of Psychology is a clear and reader-friendly textbook that will help students explore and understand the essentials of psychology.

This text offers a balanced and accurate representation of the discipline through a highly accessible synoptic approach, which seamlessly brings together all the various related topics. It also includes substantial coverage of current research.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #298675 in Books
• Published on: 2008-11-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 712 pages

Review

'In my opinion Eysenck is the finest textbook author in the world at this level. The sheer breadth of material with which he is comfortable is most impressive, and he has a unique ability to communicate complex and contemporary material so as to make it accessible and interesting' - Matt Jarvis,Visiting Tutor in Education, Southampton and Keele Universities, UK 

From the Back Cover

Aimed at those new to the subject, Fundamentals of Psychology is a clear and reader-friendly textbook that will help students explore and understand the essentials of psychology. This text offers a balanced and accurate representation of the discipline through a highly accessible synoptic approach, which seamlessly brings together all the various related topics.

Fundamentals of Psychology combines an authoritative tone, a huge range of psychological material and an informal, analogy-rich style. The text expertly blends admirably up-to-date empirical research and real-life examples and applications, and is both readable and factually dense. The book introduces all the main approaches to psychology, including social, developmental, cognitive, biological, individual differences, and abnormal psychology, as well as psychological research methods. However, it also includes directions for more detailed and advanced study for the interested student.

Fundamentals of Psychology incorporates many helpful textbook features which will aid students and reinforce learning, such as:

• key-term definitions
• extremely clear end-of-chapter summaries
• annotated further reading sections
• evaluations of significant research findings 
• numerous illustrations presented in attractive full color.

This textbook is also accompanied by a comprehensive program of resources for both students and instructors, which is available free to qualifying adopters. The resources include a web-based Student Learning Program, as well as chapter-by-chapter lecture slides and an interactive chapter-by-chapter multiple-choice question test bank.

Combining exceptional content, abundant pedagogical features, and a lively full-color design, Fundamentals of Psychology is an essential resource for anyone new to the subject and more particularly those beginning undergraduate courses. The book will also be ideal for students studying psychology within education, nursing and other healthcare professions.

About the Author
Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

Customer Reviews

Excellent Book
Excellent book for those beginning undergraduate psychology courses. I am in my second year and wish I had bought this in my first. It's excellently written, with comprehensive summaries and analyses of key studies. Also excellent chapters on conducting research, with the pro's and con's of each method included, plus all you need to know about statistics and conducting statistical tests which are explained clearly and fully. Really couldn't recommend this book highly enough. If it's the only one you buy, it's well worth it. It's also great if you are studying with the Open University especially the course DSE212 - Exploring Psychology - since it covers all the topics included in the course, and will provide an invaluable reference when conducting your two qualitative and quantitative research projects.