A Citation Analysis of Who's Who in Introductory Textbooks

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2002

Abstract

Given the many changes in the introductory psychology textbook market in the past 2 decades and the lack of a recent citation study of introductory texts, we conducted a citation analysis of a stratified random sample of current texts. To provide a more comprehensive picture of current citation emphases, we extended our analysis to the top 60 authors. As expected, historically prominent psychologists dominated the top 15, with Freud cited most often. We also found that the citation patterns reflected recent changes in the prominence of various schools of scientific psychology with cognitive psychology well represented. We discuss the role of these data in students' perceptions of psychology and in helping introductory teachers to make course content choices. © 2002, Society for the Teaching of Psychology. All rights reserved.

Journal Title

Teaching of Psychology

Volume

29

Issue

3

First Page

203

Last Page

206

DOI

10.1207/S15328023TOP2903_04

First Department

Behavioral Sciences

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