Psych Lite: Great Price, Less Filling

Teaching of Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 217-221

  Jackson, Sherri L ^a   Griggs, Richard A ^b  

^a JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

introductory psychology; textbook analysis; textbook selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890153003     PISSN: 00986283     EISSN: 15322802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0098628313487415     Document Type: Review

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