THE CONTENTS OF INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY TEXTBOOKS - A FOLLOW-UP

Results of the content analysis of 60 introductory psychology textbook s published or revised between 1969 and 1975 were compared with anothe r analysis of 52 texts published or revised between 1980 and 1989. Rec ent texts were found to be not only more voluminous and more comprehen sive but also more readable than their predecessors. However, within t he set of newer texts, book length was negatively correlated with read ability scores. Examination of the most frequently and least frequentl y used terms revealed some interesting trends in the contents of intro ductory psychology textbooks since 1975.