TBH, I think it might be subtle bribe in that they hope that by having us
review their text we might be more motivated to use the text. Keep in
mind the social psychology principle that if you can alter people's
behaviors, sometimes such will result in altering their attitudes. At
times I have tol
Most DEFINITELY to be honest! I have always been honest. For better and for
the WORST! and I wish there were more books I could review ;-) But I do
send feedback routinely on errors or other problems in books. I'm currently
teaching IO and the text selected for me by the department has some
sectio
Dear Carol,
I have reviewed a number of texts for payment, and never felt any obligation to
be anything but honest in objective criticism. Of course, $200, although
welcome was not a lot for at least 25 hours of work.
Stuart
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> On Oct 18, 2016, at 12:34 AM, Carol wrote:
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Probably neither one or the other. There is a need to have inputs from various
sources and each text has certainly good or innovative points as well as less
good and repetitive stuff. Probably it is honest and adequate raise the best
points if the less good points are not very serious.
The latter, but I encourage you to do the former.
Cheers,
Karl L. Wuensch
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From: Carol [mailto:devoldercar...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2016 11:54 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: [tips] Text reviews
If a publisher pays
