Brief Introductory Psychology Textbooks: An Objective Analysis Update

Teaching of Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 268-273

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

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

introductory psychology; textbook analysis; textbook selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890243438     PISSN: 00986283     EISSN: 15322802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0098628313501280     Document Type: Article

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