Before giving an answer to the general question posed by Brysbaert and Dumoulin (2007): ‘Do we all have to study American textbooks’, it seems worthwhile to draw a couple of additional distinctions. For who are ‘we all’? The first distinction relates to the type of student: (1) students who follow an academic psychology programme; (2) students following a course of study other than psychology, such as law or medicine at the academic level or a course at higher professional education level. The second distinction relates to the question of what other areas of study are meant here in addition to the general introductions to psychology: introductions to the fundamental disciplines of psychology (e.g personality psychology) or introductions to fields of applied psychology, such as clinical psychology, to ancillary subjects such as history of psychology, or practical subjects such as interviewing skills and psychological assessment. In elaborating my answer it will be clear that I subscribe heartily to Brysbaert and Dumoulin’s general argument for the development of more high-quality Dutch language textbooks.