Since this is for high school students I'd recommend two:
Stanovich's How to Think STraight About Psychology and
Sagan's Demon-Haunted World.
Both have similar content and themes but, of course, one
is written by a "scientist" :-(
annette
On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Oliver Bloch wrote:
> It is customary in my high school to assign summer reading for
> students entering AP courses in the coming fall. Last year I gave
> my students a bibliography of titles and allowed them to select any
> two. The assignment served to get students started thinking about
> the work of psychologists before beginning my AP Psychology
> course.
> It's time to update and distribute my list for next year's students
> and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions of "must
> recommend" titles. Last year I worked from C.G. Morris'
> bibliography (at U Mich, altho' sadly I've misplaced the site
> address). I try to avoid works that are outdated, "pop"' or
> unchallenging, but also to address a variety of interests for
> students' first course in psychology. To give an idea of what I have
> in mind, students last year read works from Chesler's Women and
> Madness to Shattuck's Forbidden Experiment, from Erikson's
> Childhood and Society to Seligman's Learned Optimism, from
> Coren's Left-Hander Syndrome to Zimbardo's Shyness (and a
> smattering of Sacks' books).
> Any suggestions?
> Thanks for your help,
> Oliver Bloch
> Greenwich HS
> Greenwich CT
>
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