Psychology in Perspective. - Review - book review

Psychology in Perspective (Third Edition). Carol Tavris and Carole Wade. Prentice Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. 2001. ISBN 0-13-028326-6. 639 pp. Softcover. Introductory psychology text is the authors' attempt to respond to the AAAS policy statement on the importance of teaching introductory science courses for depth of concept rather than breadth of topics.

Their reconceptualization provides an alternative to the traditional, topic-by-topic way of teaching psychology; The material is organized by what they regard as the five major perspectives in the field: biological, cognitive, learning, sociocultural, and psychodynamic. Another emphasis is to give a flavor of the real debates and controversies within psychology.

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