Actually, I started using Goldstein last semester (I too have used both
Reed and Ashcraft) and really liked Goldstein. My students too found his
writing to be very accessible. -- Mark
At 09:55 AM 1/25/2006 -0600, you wrote:
Seconded on the Reed. Medin used to be a good lower-level text, also,
but I never liked it.
m
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Annette Taylor, Ph. D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 10:23 AM
> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
> Subject: Re: Textbook recommendations requested
>
> A good lower undergrad cognitive book is Reed's. I have used
> almost all of the ones around at one time or another, or
> reviewed them, and unfortunately, I find that MOST of them
> really are written to do double duty for undergrad and grad.
>
> Annette
>
>
> Quoting "Pollak, Edward " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > Carol Furchner asked "Next year (2006-2007) I plan to teach either
> > Cognitive Psychology or Biological Psychology (or one of
> each). I am
> > looking for textbook recommendations for sophomore-level
> courses at a
> > two-year branch college. The prereq for cognitive is intro
> to psych,
> > and the prereq for biological is either intro to psych or intro to
> > biology. Most students will not have taken statistics or research
> > methods. I expect my approach will lean more towards concepts and
> > applications than theories."
> >
> > We've been teaching a 2oo level biopsych course for years.
> The clear
> > favorite with both students & faculty is Jim Kalat's book. I would
> > only warn you not to attempt more than 11-12 chapters in a
> semester if
> > you want to keep it at the 200 level. You can see my syllabus at
> > http://mywebpages.comcast.net/epollak/courseinfo.htm
> >
> > Ed
> >
> >
> > Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D.
> > Department of Psychology,
> > West Chester University of Pennsylvania Web site:
> > http://mywebpages.comcast.net/epollak/home.htm
> > <http://mywebpages.comcast.net/epollak/home.htm>
> > Husband, father, grandfather, biopsychologist, bluegrass
> fiddler, and
> > herpetoculturist................. in approximate order of
> importance.
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