FW: please send to Council of Graduate Departments in Psycho (fwd)

[Ann Dowker]

Here are a few possibilities (some may be out of print):

Dorothy Bishop: Uncommon Understanding

Roger Brown: A First Language

Kornei Chukovsky: From Two to Five

Shirley Heath: Ways With Words


Ann

On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Judith Becker Bryant wrote:

> Let's get some good language acquisition books on
> the list described below.
>     Judy
>
>          		Judith Becker Bryant, Ph.D.
> 	 		Co-Director, Interdisciplinary Center
> 				for Communication Sciences
>             		Department of Psychology, BEH 339
> 		 	University of South Florida
> 		 	Tampa, FL  33620-8200
>
> 		 	(813) 974-0475 fax (813) 974-4617 -----Original
> Message----- From: Deborah L. Best <best at wfu.edu <mailto:best at wfu.edu> >
> To: COGDOP at LSV.UKY.EDU <mailto:COGDOP at LSV.UKY.EDU> <COGDOP at LSV.UKY.EDU
> <mailto:COGDOP at LSV.UKY.EDU> > Date: Thursday, February 24, 2000 2:30 PM
> Subject: please send to Council of Graduate Departments in Psycho
>
>
> Dear Scientific Psychologists: My name is Jennifer Thomas, and I am a
> member of the American Psychological Society Student Caucus (APSSC). I am
> currently the chair of a project called the Bookstore Project.
>
> The purpose of the project is to disseminate psychological science to the
> lay public via popular bookstores. Many of us who participate in
> experimental psychology are not satisfied with the fact that psychological
> science is not represented in the psychology section of most major
> bookstores. Instead, most psychology sections contain self-help and
> clinical psychology. We want to spread the word that psychology is more
> than an applied discipline by encouraging bookstores to create a separate
> section specifically for psychological science. The first step of the
> project is to compile a list of possible books that represent
> psychological science to suggest to the bookstores. We will then be
> collecting data about which books lay people find most interesting.
> Finally, we'll present the information to bookstores and encourage them to
> create a separate section for scientific psychology. We are currently
> working on the first step of compiling a list of possible books. I have
> received many helpful recommendations so far from various psychologists,
> but I need more. I encourage everyone to recommend their favorite book or
> books to be included on the list.  Please email me with your
> recommendation at jcthomas2 at delta.is.tcu.edu.=20
> <mailto:jcthomas2 at delta.is.tcu.edu.=20> Thanks in advance for all of your
> help and support!
> 				Sincerely,
>
> 				Jennifer Thomas
> 				Chair, Bookstore Project
>
>
> _______________________________________________________ Deborah L. Best
> Professor and Chair Phone: 336-758-5748 or 5424 Department of Psychology
> Fax: 336-758-4733 Box 7778 Reynolda Station E-Mail: best at wfu.edu
> <mailto:best at wfu.edu> Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC 27109
>
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