I echo Rick...students love the Myers text and the warmth and humanism it
exudes are pluses. His social psych. text is terrific too.
Beth Benoit
Daniel Webster College
Portsmouth NH
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>From: "Rick Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: Intro Text?
>Date: Wed, Jan 3, 2001, 2:15 PM
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> Jessica wrote:
>
>> Anyone have any recommendations for a good Introduction to Psychology
>> textbook for undergrads? And reasons for the recommendation?
>> Thanks so much.
>> Good luck with the start of a new semester!
>
> Sure--Psychology (6th Ed) by David Myers!
>
> The book is well balanced between meeting a student's needs for learning
> tools and meeting an instructor's needs for inclusiveness. I've compared it
> to quite a few others and, apart from the fact that in spots Dave Myers
> comes across as a bit more "conservative" in his views (not his
> psychology--only his presentation of some examples), the text comes off as
> far more "learning centered" than most. In addition the very extensive
> Instructor's resources provide a great number of valuable tools for teaching
> Intro students. I've used various editions of this text since I started
> teaching (come to think of it, my _own_ first text in Psychology was the
> same book in the first edition!) and the new edition (which I'll be using
> for the first time this term) is by far the best yet.
>
> Besides, if it doesn't work for you, you can berate the author here in
> TIPS--Dave Myers is a long time member of the list! :-)
>
> Hope it helps,
>
> Rick
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> Rick Adams
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> Department of Social Sciences
> Jackson Community College
> Jackson, Michigan
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