PHILIP G. ZIMBARDO

Las características de esta obra respaldan un tema central: la psicología como ciencia aplicada a la vida. La finalidad de los autores ha sido desarrollar un texto que enseñe las bases científicas del razonamiento psicológico, en el que los estudiantes disfruten mientras aprenden todo lo interesante y estimulante que hay en los múltiples campos de la psicología. En el texto se da el tratamiento más moderno, preciso y accesible de la psicología que, sin duda, tendrá una influencia significativa para todos los interesados en el conocimiento de la disciplina.

This classic text emphasizes the science of psychology, with a special focus on applying that science to students' daily lives. Psychology and Life continues to provide a rigorous, research-centered survey of the discipline while offering students special features and learning aids that will spark their interest and excite their imaginations. The seventeenth edition, which has been thoroughly updated to reflect the latest cutting-edge research, features a beautiful new design and an updated art program.Psychology and Life is now the sole, premiere text accompanying the Discovering Psychology Telecourse Series. A telecourse faculty guide and student guide to accompany the text are available through Allyn & Bacon

Traces the growth of the book s narrator Philip Pirrip Pip from a boy of shallow dreams to a man with depth of character As Pip unravels truth behind his own expectations in his quest to become a gentleman the mysteries of past and the fate through a series of adventures steers him towards maturity and an important discovery