| Abstract: | Reviews the book, Abnormal psychology perspectives by William L. Marshall and Philip Firestone (1999). Marshall and Firestone have chosen to construct an edited text, using Canadian experts for each of the 19 chapters. Aside from the fact that Abnormal Psychology Perspectives is a top notch text, the quality of materials provided for instructors is also excellent. For each chapter, the instructor's manual provides a summary, major issues and key points, resources for lecture material, as well as suggested topics for classroom discussion. There is a hard copy and computerized test bank containing approximately 1,900 multiple-choice and essay questions. A separate study guide is available that will assist students to organize chapters, focus on key concepts, and provide an opportunity to practice answering multiple-choice questions or questions that require short answers, such as filling in missing terms. This is an excellent abnormal psychology textbook, which was constructed with the Canadian mental health context at its core. It is long overdue and has set a standard against which future texts should be measured. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
