Textbook for Mind, brain and behaviour 1 (PSYC10003)

[cameotodd]

There is like 4 recommended books for this subject? Which one do we need (or do we need one at all?).
Ahhhh I'm confused :/

Past students help a brother out please

[MelonBar]

Please, don't bother with mbb textbooks and buy yourself something nice 

The library is absolutely minted with 1st year science textbooks, SCIENCE JAFFIES DON'T BUY THEM

[Ruffini]

Seconded. The only textbook I used in MBB1 was the statistics book, and I scored 90+. But you don't even need this book. Everything you need for stats is given to you and if you want the book for extra reading then you can use it in the library... Or find it online.........

[Gentoo]

That said, you do need Fundamentals of Psychology (Eysenck) for MBB2, so if you're planning on doing it you may as well grab it now.

[Ruffini]

I don't think you need to buy the Eysenck book even for MBB2. It's available to read online via the unimelb library website and only a small portion of it is required (i.e. examinable) reading. It's easy enough to read the set portions online and save yourself $90.

Nick Haslam's personality textbook, on the other hand, is meant to be examinable in its entirety.. So that might be worth it. However, I read the entire thing and in the end I don't there were any questions on the exam that needed it.

[cameotodd]

thanks guys

[Gentoo]

I don't think you need to buy the Eysenck book even for MBB2. It's available to read online via the unimelb library website and only a small portion of it is required (i.e. examinable) reading. It's easy enough to read the set portions online and save yourself $90.

Nick Haslam's personality textbook, on the other hand, is meant to be examinable in its entirety.. So that might be worth it. However, I read the entire thing and in the end I don't there were any questions on the exam that needed it.

Actually, you're right, you can read the examinable bits of Eysenck online.

However, I recall there being a question on the exam (something about 'hard plaster' vs 'soft plaster' with regards to personality change over time iirc) which came straight from Haslam's book and not from the lecture notes. But yeah, I think that was the only one, so the book probably isn't necessary.