Abnormal Psychology [Print Replica] [Kindle Edition] Author: Ronald J. Comer | Language: English | ISBN:
B00HQO0TUY | Format: PDF, EPUB
Abnormal Psychology
You can download Abnormal Psychology [Print Replica] [Kindle Edition] for everyone book mediafire, rapishare, and mirror link Ron Comer's Abnormal Psychology continues to captivate students with its integrated coverage of theory, diagnosis, and treatment, its inclusive wide-ranging cross-cultural perspective, and its compassionate emphasis on the real impact of mental illness on the lives of patients and their families. Long acclaimed for being well attuned to the evolution of the field and changes in the classroom, Comer's bestselling text returns in a timely new edition, fully updated in anticipation of the DSM-5, and enhanced by powerful new media tools. Direct download links available for Abnormal Psychology [Print Replica] [Kindle Edition]
- File Size: 83024 KB
- Print Length: 736 pages
- Publisher: Freeman/Worth; 8 edition (March 8, 2012)
- Sold by: Macmillan Higher Education
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00HQO0TUY
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Lending: Not Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #281,338 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
I'd heard good things about Comer's textbook and ordered it for my Abnormal Psychology class. It's been a disappointment to me and to my students.
(1) Despite decades of well conducted research on attachment theory, Comer relegates discussion of psychodynamic theory to Freudian theory--essentially holding up a straw man (perhaps so he can disparage the approach?). It's like holding up the Wright Brothers in teaching a course on aerodynamics and ignoring all the progress since their time. I've had to add readings and discussion of attachment theory throughout, and have told students to skip over much of Comer's discussion of Freud. Not inaccurate, just not especially relevant today.
(2) Comer cherry picks the research findings. Sure, there's good evidence for the efficacy of CBT interventions, but there have also been at least 3 metanalyses showing a lack of differential treatment effectiveness among the major approaches. Where's that discussion, to balance out the presentation? And again, why present drive theory approaches to treatment as representative of psychodynamic thinking? Students are ill served by that sort of biased approach.
(3) Comer has an annoying habit of presenting very detailed findings from various biochemical studies on the disorders he presents, then saying something like, "More recent studies contract the other research, and we really don't know the truth at this point." If that's so, then for undergraduates, it may not be worth going into such great detail about biochemical and brain-related findings that lack consistent support in the literature.
(4) Finally, it's okay to moralize, but not to disguise moralizing as an unbiased presentation of science. This happens on various occasions, such as the "Psych Watch" box on Ecstasy.
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