For general psych in the past I used a text by Mynatt Doherty that is sadly
no longer in print. It was excellent pedagogically, well-written, and cheap as
hell -- no pretty pictures, but a lot of data and discussion of how we get the
data and how we use the data to tell us what to believe.
Nancy:
Is it possible for the author (namely, you) to request that Amazon activate the
Search Inside the Book option? I'd like to look through your book to see how
useful it may be to someone preparing for the Psych subject test for the GRE.
-Max
Maxwell Gwynn, PhD
Psychology Department
Yes I think textbook costs for psychology are ridiculous. I suppose
the publishers are cashing in on the popularity of psychology
It must be all those chapter technologies for enhanced learning. Only
for visual learners though :-)
It might be helpful if people posted specifically which textbooks
Education does not come cheap neither do prof salaries.
Michael
- Original Message -
From: Paul C Bernhardt pcbernha...@frostburg.edu
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 2:23 AM
Subject: [tips] Warning: Rant:
After writing my rant I did a little checking on prices of texts in other
fields and without any systematic data gathering, my impression was that
Psychology students are getting hammered by higher prices than others. Are
there studies to show this?
What you are suggesting about sharing
Hi Paul-
I understand where you're coming from. I lost it a few years ago when the
research methods text I had been using jumped in price to $150.00. Many of my
students quickly realized that the cost of photocopying the text was only a
small fraction of the purchase price so they quickly set
I have talked about this in the past so most tipsters know where I stand on
this. As a mom of college students (I just graduated the last one! Yeah!) I am
hyperaware of textbook costs and nowhere is it more rampant than in business
classes. My accounting major son had to pay nearly $400 for a
I just sent out the emails to my students in the relevant classes. By allowing
them to purchase the previous editions of these books, they can save $90 in one
class and $100 in the other class, if they choose. The savings I indicate are
based on the best price I could find (not exhaustively
