Reviews for Current Directions in Introductory Psychology

The average rating for Current Directions in Introductory Psychology based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-07-26 00:00:00 Robert Bamford The Power of Ideas was a well written textbook with a lot of philosophical examples, public figures and unfamiliar vocabulary. The book makes you feel more studious if anything; while reading through the book for my philosophy course there was many highlighted boxes with famous philosophers and their ideas which helped me understand what I was reading a little better. The book guides you through philosophy in a chronological order and points out the most significant points. With a very accessible and easy index section the book is excellent to use for studying or researching. Overall, I did like the book because it helped me understand many famous philosophers, it helped me understand theories formed around the world, and also helped me write a good research paper. I recommend this book to anyone interested in someday pursuing a career in philosophy, or someone who needs to do a little research on philosophy in the past and present, because this textbook has a lot of information to offer.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-04-24 00:00:00 Jason Skipchak Informative but ordinary and also a bit repetitive. These authors would probably do a great job writing a more focused book regarding specific philosophers and specific big ideas rather than such a broad look at all of the philosophers for hundreds and hundreds of years.