I reviewed quite a few textbooks before settling on this one for teaching an introduction to psychology course. While many of the other textbooks provided involved cd-rom material and internet resources, this was by far the best textbook I reviewed. Despite its lack of multimedia information, it provides useful information in a clear fashion, relying on good, solid content as opposed to relying on style and flashy presentations as a substitute for quality.

psychology is not a real science, and this is not a real textbook. Actually almost all of the pages in this book are devoted to finding out what psychology is. How can you learn any thing from a book which author don't know what psychology is?

May be i'm wrong or prejudiced, but psychology is not a science, and i don't like it.

if you're searching for a text and learning psychology because you have to, then i think Kalat's text is better.

This was the book my school chose as it's General Psychology book. It wasn't very good. In fact, I strongly disliked it. It simplified some problems, while completely ignoring others. It did have some good points, but the majority of the book was skewed to match the thoughts and beliefs of the writers. Very .... book!

this book was very straight forward. it was clear and easy for students to grasp. As a professor, I was shocked at the rate my students were reading the material. I am very pleased by the book's explanation of key issues in modern psychology. It should be part of every professor's book collection and for pure enjoyment.