title: Contributions to the history of psychology: CXVII. Who's who in American psychology: a citation study of introductory psychology textbooks.
abstract: The author indexes of 15 introductory psychology textbooks were surveyed to identify the authorities cited most frequently. The five names cited most often in descending order were Freud, Bandura, Skinner, Piaget, and James. Differences from earlier comparable citation studies are discussed.
authors.affiliation: University of Nevada, Las Vegas 89154-3050, USA.
authors.forename: M Lyn
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Hoefer
authors.forename: Erin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Warnick
authors.forename: Terry J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Knapp
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D049673:History, 20th Century; D011584:Psychology / Q000266:history*; D013782:Textbooks as Topic; D014481:United States