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Psychology (5th Edition) - Gleitman et al.

Advantages: comprehensive introductory text
Disadvantages: expensive (but textbooks usually are)

I recently completed the Graduate Conversion Diploma in Psychology, a year long course which leads to graduate registration with the British Psychological Society - an essential requirement for those wishing to pursue a professional qualification as a psy ...

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Review of Psychology - Henry Gleitman

Great for 1st year psych students

Advantages: Easy to read and written in an interesting way
Disadvantages: A bit too big to carry around

This book has everything that you need for 1st year at uni. We were told to get this book as it has everything in it that our course covers. The topics are clearly set out and there is an index at the back for looking up specific things. I found th ...

ladybeck 05.08.2002 · Read full review
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Review of Psychology - Henry Gleitman

Hard to grasp but informative

Advantages: excellent,informative
Disadvantages: long,complicated

Having begun a degree in the subject i have started to read parts of this book.It is definetly not possible for someone of not alot of experiance in the subject to sit down and read the subject.I have just been using it as a reference for essays and assig ...

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Review of Basic Psychology - Henry Gleitman, Alan J. Fridlund

The saviour of frist year students

Advantages: Comprehensive
Disadvantages: Dull

This book provides a readily accessible introduction to the prinicple areas of the topic. It shows first year students that there is a great deal more to psychology than Freud. Sufficient details are provided, with helpful illustrations. The book is a lit ...

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Review of Basic Psychology - Henry Gleitman, Alan J. Fridlund

Good introduction to the field....

Advantages: Covers everything you need to start in psychology
Disadvantages: None, for an introductory text

Gleitman, Fridlund and Reisberg's text on Psychology is definitely a must for 1st year psychologists. The book covers many of the current topics in psychology. Biological bases for behaviour are given consideration, as well as more cognitive and behavi ...

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Review of Basic Psychology - Henry Gleitman, Alan J. Fridlund