Psychology Hardcover – 1 Dec. 2008

Bought for university as I am a Psychology student. Very informative and lays out the information very well. Easy to use.Would definitely recommend for other Psychology students.

myers psychology is an excellent text book & covers all aspects of psychology. its a simple easy to read book thats up to date.

Trade was good and quick even though I didnt realized it was from The US but Everything was perfect! Highly recommended!

Got me through my class

If you asked me if I was interested in Psychology before taking this class/reading this book, I would have said "NO!" I was a biology major during my undergrad and somehow got by without taking a Psych class. I didn't think it was a real science. Well, I just finished an on-line course using this book. The majority of the class was the book. Now, I wish I majored in Psychology. It was fascinating! In fact, I found myself reading it out loud to my husband. I loved the little psych test, ie. what do you see in this picture, can you draw two different figures with your two different hands, which face looks female/male, etc. The author peppered every lesson with real life examples which made it come to life. Also, it was organized in a way which was easy to understand. Finally, every section would end with a question to test if the student learned/understood the material. In one word: fantastic!

This may be the most clearly written and well-organized text book I've ever read. One of the benefits of it being a 9th edition perhaps - the author and team have had time to perfect it - although I haven't read any of the earlier editions. Every chapter is so clearly presented, key points are easy to review, great visuals that help reinforce the concepts. It is also very readable. Definitely a five star book.

I've gone through a lot of textbooks in my college career, and they vary from being completely inane to be so dense it is nearly impossible to plow through them. David Myers does a great job of taking on a quite challenging topic and parsing it out in a way that is both understandable and not dumbed down.He tackles the material step by step, providing the building blocks first, getting into issues of anatomy, then launching out into more complex topics such as dreams, memory, and stress. I found each chapter quite fascinating and well covered. This isn't a book to zip through. It's one to sit down with, really study the chapter, and then give yourself time to absorb it. As he indicates in his chapter on learning, this process is one that helps the brain best absorb the details.Generally I found the graphs and charts to be helpful, and the overall layout to help get the message home. However, I found the incessant use of cartoons to be REALLY distracting. I really don't need to have cute cartoons on every single page - and, I kid you not - there are pages with TWO cartoons on them because clearly one wasn't enough.Woman on phone: "Thank you for calling the Psychic Hotline. How can I help you?"Man on phone: "You tell me ..."Ha ha ha. This is in a chapter on "Sensation and Perception". I really didn't need that cartoon to help me learn the information, and if anything it distracts me from my task at hand.Still, the book provides a great wealth of fascinating information. I'll knock a star off for those annoying cartoons, and maybe they can be mitigated somewhat in future editions.

Great buy! The book was in almost perfect condition which was great as I really wasn't sure what to expect when I ordered it. For anyone who needs this book know that if your teacher said to get a newer edition you can definitely get away with this one (unless they said its not allowed), but the only differences really are slight page number discrepancies, really not a big deal at all. My professor was happy to let us use old editions, because many of us would have dropped the class otherwise