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Direct linkJoseph J. Slade; Regan A. R. Gurung – Teaching of Psychology, 2024
Background: Textbooks shape the content and structure of most introductory psychology courses. It is important to compare the content of textbooks to assist educators in making the best textbook choice. Objective: The purpose of this study was to conduct an analysis of five commonly used introductory psychology textbooks and examine the extent of…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Psychology, Undergraduate Study, Textbook Evaluation
Manda J. Williamson; Jonah Garbin – Teaching of Psychology, 2024
Background: Research suggests improved retention for difficult concepts when courses incorporate retrieval practice with immediate feedback. Objective: This study assessed the utility of targeted feedback during learning on final exam performance for Introduction to Psychology's difficult concepts. Method: Students in Introduction to Psychology (N…
Descriptors: College Students, Introductory Courses, Psychology, Feedback (Response)
Brase, Gary L.; Du, Meixuan – Teaching of Psychology, 2023
Introduction: Psychology instructors face decisions about adopting new approaches to lectures, readings, and assessment in their courses. Statement of the Problem: These choices about course structure can be both intimidating and confusing in terms of the costs and benefits for different options. Literature Review: As framed by anecdotal and…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Psychology, Teaching Methods, Reading Assignments
Griggs, Richard A.; Christopher, Andrew N. – Teaching of Psychology, 2016
It is important to assess periodically how introductory textbooks portray our discipline because introductory psychology is the most popular psychology course, almost all teachers use textbooks for it, and textbooks play a major role in defining the course for students. To do so, past studies have used textbook citation analyses. We analyzed…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Psychology, Textbooks, Textbook Content
Griggs, Richard A.; Jackson, Sherri L. – Teaching of Psychology, 2017
Given their high cost, many students no longer buy textbooks for all of their courses, impacting their learning and performance in these courses. This is especially prevalent at community colleges. Open (digitally free) textbooks constitute one solution to this problem, but the latest national survey of college faculty found that 66% were not…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Psychology, Introductory Courses, Community Colleges
McCann, Lee I.; Immel, Kathy R.; Kadah-Ammeter, Tammy L.; Adelson, Sarah K. – Teaching of Psychology, 2016
Introductory psychology students at a technical college, 2-year community college, and a regional university rated how important textbook chapters or topics were to them now and in the future and how interesting they were. Importance and interest ratings were highly correlated, and the whole course was rated of greater importance and interest than…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Introductory Courses, Psychology, Technical Institutes
Griggs, Richard A. – Teaching of Psychology, 2015
Most introductory textbooks discuss the story of Phineas Gage and his terrible accident in which he survived a three-and-a-half-foot-long tamping iron that weighed 13¼ pounds exploding through his head. Twenty-three current introductory textbooks were analyzed for the accuracy of their coverage of Gage's subsequent (post-accident) history and…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Psychology, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation
Stiegler-Balfour, Jennifer J.; Jakobsen, Krisztina V.; Stroud, Michael J.; Daniel, David B. – Teaching of Psychology, 2020
We examined the effect of in-text American Psychological Association (APA)-style citations on quiz performance as a function of structure building ability, measured by the Multi-Media Comprehension Battery. Participants were randomly assigned to either APA or no citation conditions and asked to read an expository text followed by a comprehension…
Descriptors: Psychology, Professional Associations, Guides, Citations (References)
Posey, Amy J.; Cushing, Jacob – Teaching of Psychology, 2019
Debate about the merits of the psychodynamic perspective led us to wonder about the extent of its inclusion in personality textbooks and its coverage by teachers of the undergraduate personality psychology course. We reviewed the tables of contents of 25 recent personality textbooks and found only 4 that had no chapters dedicated to psychodynamic…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Psychology, Textbooks, Undergraduate Students
Griggs, Richard A.; Jackson, Sherri L. – Teaching of Psychology, 2017
To combat the high cost of textbooks, open (digitally free) textbooks have recently entered the textbook market. Griggs and Jackson (2017) reviewed the open introductory psychology textbooks presently available to provide interested teachers with essential information about these texts and how they compare with traditional (commercial)…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Psychology, Shared Resources and Services, Program Effectiveness
Griggs, Richard A.; Jackson, Sherri L. – Teaching of Psychology, 2013
It has been 12 years since the last objective analysis of brief introductory psychology textbooks was published and 13 years since the textbook copyright period used in that study, 1997-2000. Given the importance of informed textbook evaluation and selection to the introductory course but the difficulty of this task because of the large number of…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Psychology, Content Analysis, Textbook Evaluation
Griggs, Richard A. – Teaching of Psychology, 2017
Given the many older criticisms of Milgram's obedience study and the more damning recent criticisms based on analyses of materials available in the Milgram archives at Yale, this study has become a contentious classic. Yet, current social psychology textbooks present it as an uncontentious classic, with no coverage of the recent criticisms and…
Descriptors: Compliance (Psychology), Social Behavior, Social Psychology, Research
Griggs, Richard A.; Jackson, Sherri L. – Teaching of Psychology, 2013
It has been 13 years since the last objective analysis of full-length introductory psychology textbooks was published and 15 years since the textbook copyright period used in that study, 1995-1997. Given the importance of informed textbook evaluation and selection to the introductory course but the difficulty of this task because of the large…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Psychology, Textbooks, Comparative Analysis
Bartels, Jared M.; Peters, Daniel – Teaching of Psychology, 2017
The present study examined 12 abnormal psychology textbooks to determine whether Rosenhan's classic study, "Being sane in insane places," was covered, and if so, the nature of that coverage. Only 50% covered the study, with all describing the study as demonstrating the biasing power of psychiatric labels. Two key aspects of the study…
Descriptors: Psychology, Textbooks, Content Analysis, Psychiatry
Whitehead, George I., III; Smith, Stephanie H.; Losonczy-Marshall, Marta – Teaching of Psychology, 2014
This study examined the similarities and differences in the topics and references in selected chapters of eight introductory social psychology textbooks and six developmental psychology textbooks. We wanted to determine the extent to which there were core concepts and references presented in these chapters. We found a relatively small set of core…
Descriptors: Textbook Content, Social Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Textbooks
