Exploring Psychology 11/e

Is it not true that to study psychology is to use the very thing to study itself? The self, the mind, the brain. For when we think about the brain, we think with our brain. The collective effort of millions of neurons, all to examine both the results and the means of the collective efforts of those......more

3,5 stars. The version I read was called "Exploring Psychology". It's not easy to rate. There are a lot of great things here and I can see why so many young people are rating it highly. It's very well written! It's a blast to read. This is way easier to read than the average psychology book. I really......more

I don't typically review textbooks because... well, they're textbooks; school books; informational books; not terribly interesting books. But this one gets to be the exception. Especially in contrast with the actual Psychology course I took, this book was fantastic. The words flow, difficult concept......more

Confession time: I never read the readings my prof/teacher assign. I just can't sit there for 2-hours reading a textbook when I can be reading much more fascinating stories. This is, however, not the case with this special purple-with-lime-green-spine textbook. (Carrying it was like having an access......more

I found many statements and claims - or at least the wording of them - to be biased to a degree that made me uncomfortable reading and trusting information or trends presented in a number of chapters of this textbook. The neuroscience and biology aspects were presented excellently in the scope of ps......more