That was exactly the experience I had. I've used numerous editions of the book and it has gotten better with age. I just got the most recent edition and have not had time to read it yet, but I think the coverage has become more deliberate and the direct quotations have been reduced. Interestingly, I've had problems with the book literally falling apart, which I've not had happen before. I've used books until they were dog-eared and a mess, but in this case, pages just kept slipping out of one of the books. I finally had it re-bound and I complained to the sales rep, who had heard the same complaints in the past. Carol
Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Psychology St. Ambrose University Davenport, Iowa 52803 phone: 563-333-6482 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] My sense with the Julien book is that it was more poorly written with succeeding editions, since more and more material was crammed into it, but not fully explained. The author would often use "direct quotations" from research papers without fully explaining what was being said. Bruce Hetzler --- ---
