Handbook on Student Development : Advising, Career Development, and Field Placement

by Ware; Mark E.

• ISBN13: 9780898599183
• ISBN10: 0898599180
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1986-11-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

Because this book's main objective is to foster and promote student development, it should appeal to those who advise, counsel, and teach undergraduate and graduate students, particularly those in psychology, education, and other social sciences. Along with a plethora of stimulating ideas for practice and research, the book contains the results of research having immediate applications to students' educational and career direction needs. Readers will find more than 90 articles in this book distributed across three significant challenges to students' development: the academic, occupational, and personal. Further, the material presented has been organized around three distinct approaches to these challenges: advising, career development, and field placement activities. The source for these articles is the official journal, Teaching of Psychology,of Division Two of the American Psychological Association.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Advising	p. 1
Developing Strategies for Advising	p. 3
Academic Advising: The Neglected Dimension In Designs for Undergraduate Education	p. 3
An Advising System for a Large Psychology Department	p. 8
Three Obstacles to Improving Academic Consultation	p. 11
A Helping Hand for the Psychology Major: The Student Handbook	p. 13
Improving Academic Performance	p. 15
Expended Effort and Academic Performance	p. 16
The Effect of Study Habits, Personality and Order of Presentation on Success in an Open-Book Objective Examination	p. 18
The Effect of the Study Session on Test Performance	p. 19
A Closer Look at the Study Session	p. 21
The Effects of Self-Management Training On Academic Performance	p. 22
Crib Notes in the Classroom: Cheaters Never Win	p. 27
Note Taking and Note Review: Why Students Fail Questions Based on Lecture Material<	p. 30
Students' Lecture Notes and Their Relation to Test Performance	p. 32
The Relationship Between the Time Taken to Complete an Examination and the Test Score Received	p. 37
Exam-Taking Speed and Grades	p. 39
Behavior During Examinations: A Comparison of """"A,"""" """"C,"""" and """"F"""" Students	p. 40
Strategies in Answering Essay Tests	p. 42
Staying With Initial Answers on Objective Tests: Is it a Myth?	p. 45
Answer-Changing Behavior and Grades	p. 53
Sticking with First Responses on Multiple-Choice Exams: For Better or For Worse?	p. 53
Switching Answers on Multiple-Choice Questions: Shrewdness or Shibboleth?	p. 54
Item Difficulty and Answer Changing	p. 56
First Impressions on Tests: Some New Findings	p. 58
Investigating Graduate Education in Psychology	p. 61
Advising Beginning Psychology Majors for Graduate School	p. 62
Graduate School Admission Variables: An Analysis of 1980-81 Students	p. 66
Factors Related to Performance on the GRE Advanced Psychology Test	p. 70
Relations Between Admission Criteria, Academic Performance, and Professional Performance	p. 72
The Clinical Bias in the Career Plans of Undergraduates and Its Impact on Students and the Profession	p. 77
Commentary: Advising Students About Graduate Work	p. 80
Undergraduate Preparation for Admission to Professional Schools of Psychology	p. 86
On Advising Undergraduates About Graduate School in Professional Psychology	p. 87
Introduction to the Fields of Psychology: A Course Proposal	p. 89
How Are Changes in Graduate Admissions Affecting the Teaching of Undergraduate Psychology?	p. 92
Reducing the Agony of Writing Letters of Recommendation	p. 94
Promoting Graduate Student Development	p. 96
Self-Perceived Confidence and Competence as a Function of Training in the Beginning Graduate Student in Clinical Psychology	p. 97
Making it in Graduate School: Some Reflections About the Superstars	p. 99
The Master's-Level Clinician: Application and Admission to Doctoral Programs	p. 101
A Framework for Training College-Level Teachers of Psychology: Five Basic Processes	p. 106
A Workshop for New Graduate Student Teachers of Undergraduate Psychology Courses	p. 108
The Teaching Apprentice: A Community College-University Program	p. 109
Dear Graduate Student (and Future Professor )	p. 111
Research Collaboration Between Graduate Students: Facilitating the Rites of Passage	p. 114
Midwifing the Dissertation	p. 116
The Pressure to Publish: A Graduate Student's Personal Plea	p. 119
From One Without Tenure: A Response to Fox<	p. 120
Alternative Perspectives on the Pressure to Publish	p. 121
Career Development	p. 123
Stimulating Career Exploration and Development	p. 125
Development of a Career Planning Program For Undergraduate Psychology Majors	p. 125
Evaluating a Career Development Course: A Two Year Study	p. 127
Career Development: Evaluating a New Frontier For Teaching and Research	p. 132
""""Psychology as a Profession""""; A Brief Course Providing Career Information for Psychology Majors	p. 135
Variations on the Fields of Psychology Course	p. 136
Stimulating Career Exploration and Research Among Undergraduates: A Colloquium Series	p. 137
Career Versatility of the Psychology Major: A Survey of Graduates	p. 141
Identifying Occupational Opportunities for Psychology Majors	p. 141
Occupations of Psychology Majors Receiving Undergraduate Degrees from Western Illinois University	p. 145
Psychology Related Employment Settings for Graduates of Submaster's Programs in Psychology: A Bibliography	p. 146
Developing Occupationally Related Skills	p. 148
Bridging the Gap: Psychology Classroom to the Marketplace	p. 148
Individualizing Job-Entry Skills	p. 150
An Undergraduate Helping Skills Course: Skill Development and Career Education	p. 151
Factors Affecting Evaluation of Undergraduate Job Applicants: Urban vs Rural Human Service Delivery Systems	p. 155
Assessing Job Satisfaction Among Psychology Majors	p. 158
Job Satisfaction Correlates for College Graduates in Psychology	p. 158
Job Satisfactions in Different Occupational Areas Among Psychology Baccalaureates	p. 161
Field Placement	p. 163
Exploring Administrative Issues	p. 165
The Role of Practicum in the Undergraduate Psychology Curriculum	p. 166
Undergraduate Field Placement: Survey and Issues	p. 172
Management of Undergraduate Psychology Internships	p. 175
Undergraduate Psychology Practica Pragmatism	p. 178
The Psychology Teacher and Undergraduate Field Experience Courses: The Problem of Supervision	p. 182
Organization and Administration of the Psychology Practicum: Meeting Student, Agency, and Program Goals	p. 183
Identifying Goals for Undergraduate Internships	p. 185
Discussing Ethical Issues in Practicum Courses	p. 186
Describing Undergraduate Placements	p. 189
Critical Issues in Undergraduate Training In Various Community Settings	p. 190
Designing and Managing an Undergraduate Practicum Course in Psychology	p. 195
Psychology Fieldwork: A Catalyst for Advancing Knowledge and Academic Skills	p. 200
Sensitivity to Children: Helping Undergraduates Acquire Child Care Giving and Mental Health Skills	p. 205
The Feasibility of Undergraduate Field Experiences in Child Psychology: Program Factors and Suggestions	p. 209
Undergraduate Participation as Behavior Assessors In a Day-Care Consultation	p. 212
Using Volunteer Work To Teach Undergraduates About Exceptional Children	p. 216
A Content-Oriented Practicum in Pediatric Psychology	p. 218
Training Undergraduates as Co-Leaders of Multifamily Counseling Groups	p. 219
An Undergraduate Practicum in Organizational Behavior Management: Course Description and Project Outcomes	p. 223
A Psychology Technician Training Program	p. 228
Integrating Professional Programs in a Traditional Undergraduate Psychology Program	p. 232
A Full-Time Clinical Practicum for Undergraduates	p. 238
Training Undergraduates as Subprofessional Community Mental Health Workers	p. 241
Describing Graduate Placements	p. 244
Evaluation of a Consultation Training Program Component	p. 244
A Case for Skills Training	p. 247
Psychiatric Psychopathology: A Practicum Approach	p. 248
Training in Community Psychology for Medical Students: The Development of a Child-Oriented Community Practicum	p. 250
Evaluating Programs	p. 252
Evaluating Undergraduate Field Placements: An Empirical Approach	p. 253
Varying Formats of Teaching Undergraduate Field Courses: An Experimental Examination	p. 255
The Attitudinal Effects of Undergraduate Behavioral Trainin	p. 257
Benefits and Costs of Community-Academia Interaction In a Paraprofessional Training Course	p. 260
Post-Graduation Educational and Occupational Choices of Psychology Undergraduate Practicum Participants: Issues for the Psychology Profession	p. 264
A Follow-up Evaluation of an Undergraduate Community Mental Health Worker Training Program	p. 266
Subject Index	p. 271
Appendix	p. 273
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