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Moss, Amber; Swank, Jacqueline M.; Schuermann, Hope – Teaching of Psychology, 2023
Introduction: Individuals in various career fields will interact with people who have experienced trauma while engaging in their work responsibilities, and many have limited, if any, trauma training. Therefore, there is a need to provide trauma training within undergraduate degree programs. Statement of Problem: Online learning is a viable method…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Undergraduate Students, Trauma, Course Content
Lassonde, Karla A.; Kolquist, Molly; Vergin, Megan – Teaching of Psychology, 2017
Refutation-style texts have been considered a viable strategy for changing psychological misconceptions. The current study aims to integrate refutation-style texts into a classroom-based method of learning. Psychology students were administered a true/false misconception survey and then viewed several refutation-style poster presentations…
Descriptors: Psychology, Persuasive Discourse, Misconceptions, Gender Differences
Thibodeau, Ryan – Teaching of Psychology, 2011
Most psychology curricula require the completion of coursework on the physiological bases of behavior. However, delivery of this critical content in a laboratory format is somewhat rare at the undergraduate level. To fill this gap, this article describes the design and implementation of an undergraduate laboratory course in psychophysiology at a…
Descriptors: Psychophysiology, Laboratories, Undergraduate Students, Objectives
Shupe, Ellen I. – Teaching of Psychology, 2013
In its recent report outlining principles for teaching undergraduate students in psychology, the American Psychological Association Board of Educational Affairs recommended including experiential learning in the curriculum and identified study abroad opportunities as being particularly valuable. Unfortunately, although American universities offer…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, College Faculty, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries
Richmond, Aaron S.; Hagan, Lisa Kindelberger – Teaching of Psychology, 2011
The goal of this study was to investigate which common instructional methods (active vs. direct) best promote higher level thinking in a psychology course. Over a 5-week period, 71 undergraduates were taught psychology using both active learning and direct instruction. Pre- and post-course assessments were coded as either higher or lower level…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Educational Objectives, Active Learning, Psychology
Tomcho, Thomas J.; Rice, Diana; Foels, Rob; Folmsbee, Leah; Vladescu, Jason; Lissman, Rachel; Matulewicz, Ryan; Bopp, Kara – Teaching of Psychology, 2009
Research methods and statistics courses constitute a core undergraduate psychology requirement. We analyzed course syllabi and faculty self-reported coverage of both research methods and statistics course learning objectives to assess the concordance with APA's learning objectives (American Psychological Association, 2007). We obtained a sample of…
Descriptors: Universities, Research Methodology, Course Descriptions, Psychology
Tomcho, Thomas J.; Foels, Rob; Rice, Diana; Johnson, Jeremy; Moses, Tad P.; Warner, Douglas J.; Wetherbee, Rebecca; A. Amalfi, Tiffany – Teaching of Psychology, 2008
A major function of instruction in psychology is to convey complex phenomena in a manner accessible to students. Instructors using well-designed teaching activities can help to make complex material accessible. We content analyzed teaching activities reported in the first 33 years of "Teaching of Psychology." We identified 15 general teaching…
Descriptors: Psychology, Student Development, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods

Babed, Elisha Y.; And Others – Teaching of Psychology, 1978
Discusses objectives of teachers of a college level psychology course dealing with group dynamics. A major problem encountered in teaching a group dynamics course in an academic setting is creating a balance between cognitive/intellectual and affective/personal learning. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Educational Objectives, Educational Problems

Jacobs, Keith W. – Teaching of Psychology, 1980
Realizing that students usually approach an introductory statistics course on the college level with a mixed set of fears, a course instructor devised a course introduction which emphasized that statistics were no more than tools to make sense out of research data and could be used by students much in the way that other tools were used. (DB)
Descriptors: Course Content, Educational Objectives, Higher Education, Psychology

Wilcox, Margaret R. – Teaching of Psychology, 1980
Introduces an experimental educational psychology component developed at the University of California, Berkeley, to provide teaching credential candidates with a useful, practical, and ordered educational psychology course. The course was designed to emphasize acquisition of knowledge, application of this knowledge to the classroom, and synthesis…
Descriptors: Career Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Practices, Higher Education

Ritter, Kathleen Y. – Teaching of Psychology, 1978
A comparative analysis was made of academically experienced and inexperienced students in a college level counseling education program to determine the influence of practical experience in counseling. Findings indicated that most students in both groups benefited by receiving counseling skills training. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Counseling, Counselor Training

Jacobs, E. W. – Teaching of Psychology, 1985
The mirror drawing apparatus (MDA) is a valuable experiential learning tool with specific applications in general psychology, educational psychology, and recruiting. Specific applications are described. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Higher Education, Laboratory Equipment, Psychology

Furedy, John J.; And Others – Teaching of Psychology, 1981
Emphasizes that the philosophy of psychology (which deals with issues such as the role of theories and the conflict between mechanistic and purposivistic explanations of behavior) is too often emphasized in college-level psychology courses. Presents rationale and suggests methods for teaching such a course. (DB)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Philosophy

Schwartz, Lita Linzer – Teaching of Psychology, 1980
Describes an introductory psychology course using a traditional text and study guide as well as a novel about cults. One objective was that students be able to make informed decisions about cults. (CK)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Higher Education, Psychology, Religious Cultural Groups

Anderson, Wayne – Teaching of Psychology, 1981
Examines a psychology course intended to teach graduate students how to develop and run groups for training in helping skills, human relations, assertion training, weight reduction, and anxiety management. (DB)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Educational Objectives, Group Instruction, Higher Education