After a fun and restful holiday season with family, it’s back to work bright and early (8 a.m. class) tomorrow morning! Not only is it a new year, but I’m also going to be using my two new textbooks for my classes (Discovering Psychology: The Science of Mind with John Read more…
My dissertation advisor was fond of repeating a quote attributed to Albert Einstein–“If you can’t explain it to a six-year-old, you don’t understand it yourself.” One might assume that physics is harder to explain than psychology, but that is not always the case. In spite of over 30 years in Read more…
One of the main reasons I bought an iPad (okay, in addition to the coolness factor) was that I strongly believe this will be the textbook platform of the future. I am hopeful that we can move in the direction of providing easily updated, heavily linked content that will allow Read more…
It’s an exciting time indeed to be a textbook author. I’m taking a break from translating my most recent intro work into a pdf document for reviewers–it’s a fair amount of work, but I think the reviewers’ job is easier when the don’t have to wade through a Word document Read more…
While working on a writing project on the history of psychology, I was reading through various timelines others have constructed. Usually, these start with a series of “firsts”–first psychology laboratory, first psychology degree, etc. I was reminded of a delightful coincidence of “firsts” in my own library, courtesy of Mr. Read more…