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Review title: Read Only If Required
Product review: Shelley Taylor may be a well-respected researcher, but her skills as a textbook writer/educator leave much to be desired. She is primarily an academic social psychologist, and it shows-- there are very few clinical applications of the theory in the text. The book is very, very dry, repetitive, and (perhaps most importantly) it occasionally gives somewhat dated information. (This despite the fact that there was a delay in receiving my text because it was brand new!). I found the text to be somewhat condescending-- it attempts to make the information relevant to college/university students by discussing issues that our age group might identify with-- but I personally felt that Dr. Taylor has underestimated what undergraduates are capable of understanding. I also know that many, many other students in my health psych course disliked this text, and our instructor was even motivated enough to change texts for her next course!
