Psychology: An Introductory Bibliography

Psychology: An Introductory Bibliography helps the high school and college student and the general reader find appropriate material for study and aids instructors in planning class readings. The bibliography is arranged in chapters according to the organization of introductory texts and covers each major subdiscipline. The annotated entries include books, chapters of books, and articles appropriate to an interested nonspecialist. They include books geared to the serious reader, high-quality popular psychology books, and significant historical works by pioneers such as Sigmund Freud and B. F. Skinner.

A basic reference that helps the high school and college student and the general reader find appropriate material for study, and aids instructors in planning class readings on the subject of pyschology. The annotated entries include books, chapters of books, and articles appropriate to an interested nonspecialist. They include books geared to the serious reader, high-quality popular psychology books, and significant historical works by pioneers such as Sigmund Freud and B. F. Skinner. Recommended for college, university, and public libraries._ —CHOICE

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Echoing the organization of many introductory psychology texts, this annotated bibliography is arranged in chapters corresponding to the major subdisciplines of psychology: biological psychology, sensation and perception, emotion, motivation, learning, cognition, consciousness, memory, language, developmental psychology, social psychology, assessment, personality, stress, psychopathology, and psychotherapy. Most of the entries are from the 1970s to early 1990s and include books, chapters of books, articles, and a few popular psychology books. Significant historical works are also included. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Susan Beers, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at Sweet Briar College in Sweet Briar, VA.