I just had a discussion about this with a colleague today! We were both commenting on having independently come to the conclusion that we both liked previous editions better than newer editions. In the past the book seemed more driven by providing individual examples and references for the various points that he was making. The more recent editions seem more theory driven. For 'us' the latter is probably more appealing; but for the students, especially in intro the former is probably more appealing.
I now use Bensley's critical thinking about psychology book. It is in a semi- text, semi-workbook format. I use it to supplement my usual text and find that the author has already done the work for me to adapt it to the classroom because of the workbook component. But there are also nice primary sources listed. I also like some of the smaller books as supplements, and now I am having a senior moment and can't remember author's name of a particularly good one. Darn. The previous edition was red and the current one is blue; maybe someone else can remember which one I mean. It has about 30 2-4 page 'chapters' that can be flexibly applied to many diverse chapters. Ah! Donald McBurney! that's the author. Whew, senior moment over. Annette Quoting "Caruso, Michael J." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi all, > > Many of you have nmentioned in the past how much you like Stanovich's = How > to Think Straight About Psychololgy. I've been reading it and think = it is > very good also. My question is to those of you who have assigned = it for > Intro to Psych. What exactly have you done with the Stanovich = text? I > assume you use it as a supplement with a standard text? Did = you test on > material from this book? As essay or objective questions? = Did you use it as > a basis for writing assignments? For in-class = discussion? For your > lectures? Where there any other ways in which = instructors used this book? > > Thanks, > > Michael J. Caruso > > Associate Professor and Advisor > > Dept. of Psychology > > University of Toledo > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > web: http://homepages.utoledo.edu/mcaruso/ > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Department of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
