Textbook Differences?

[vagrantshades]

Hey guys - I've been reading a lot about differences in textbooks, particularly for Psychology, and how some textbooks say certain things and other textbooks say other things, and VCAA requires answers that state things that certain textbooks say (but other's don't).

My school has requested the Oxford textbook and even though I've been hearing lots of really good things about the Grivas book, I'm not exactly in a position to get it. My school's library only has the old editions of Grivas (so they don't really relate to the new study design).

Would anyone be able to help me out with the problems with Oxford or any information that I need that Oxford won't tell me correctly?

Thanks! 

[Slumdawg]

Grivas is a lot more comprehensive; filled with a lot more examples and overall better written.

Oxford is good because it includes several parts that grivas omits that are on the study design and have appeared on VCAA exams.

I'd say definitely get a copy of Grivas, you can probably find some as cheap as 40 bucks if they're in crappy condition. In your case just get the cheapest copy you can find because I can assure you it'll be extremely useful to you.

The list of problems with oxford and extra info you'll need is way too long. It'll much easier to just buy the grivas book and use it alongside oxford.

Hope that helps

[Genericname2365]

I have the Macmillian textbook, although "Grivas" is listed as a contributor. (That doesn't mean this is the Grivas textbook does it?)
Is this book ok for the course?

[Slumdawg]

I have the Macmillian textbook, although "Grivas" is listed as a contributor. (That doesn't mean this is the Grivas textbook does it?)
Is this book ok for the course?

Haha nar that is the grivas book, everyone just calls it by the first authors name even though it is published by Macmillan.

[totaled]

Like Slumdawg said, the Grivas book is actually very, very comprehensive, and i found that you often cannot go wrong with it (in terms of definitions, its usually about 99% correct), so in some ways i used it pretty much as an exam guide, or a set of exam solutions as the definitions were often quite similar to the ones vcaa provided!

[vagrantshades]

Cheers guys - I'm going to see if I can grab a secondhand copy of the Grivas text then. If I can't get one from where I normally get my textbooks I'll look on the forum for whoever is buying/selling.