Handbook for Teaching Introductory Psychology

by Benjamin, Ludy T.; Daniel, Robert S.; Brewer, Charles L.

• ISBN13: 9780898595611
• ISBN10: 0898595614
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1985-05-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Inc

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Issues and Approaches in Teaching Introductory Psychology	p. 1
Course Organization	p. 3
Notes	p. 6
Psychological Seduction: Effective Organization of the Introductory Course	p. 7
Notes	p. 12
The Introductory Psychology Course in the Eighties	p. 13
An Organizational Framework for the Teaching of Basic Psychology	p. 15
a Variety of Approaches to the Introductory Course	p. 18
A VARIETY OF APPROACHES TO THE INTRODUCTORY COURSE	p. 18
Notes	p. 22
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Notes	p. 27
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Notes	p. 29
Effective Teaching: Facilitative vs. Directive Style	p. 30
Notes	p. 31
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Notes	p. 33
An Individual Differences Model for The Design of Courses in General Psychology	p. 34
Notes	p. 36
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Team Teaching Approaches	p. 41
Notes	p. 43
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Notes	p. 50
Psi, Mastery, and Other Individualized Approaches	p. 51
Notes	p. 53
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Notes	p. 59
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Systematic Manipulation of Student Pacing, the Perfection Requirement, and Contact with a Teaching Assistant in an Introductory Psychology Course	p. 60
Notes	p. 64
Instructor-Paced, Mass-Testing for Mastery Performance in an Introductory Psychology Course	p. 65
Notes	p. 68
References	p. 72
Notes	p. 72
Selecting A Textbook	p. 73
Selecting a Textbook	p. 73
Notes	p. 76
Notes	p. 76
Conceptions Of Students In Introductory Psychology	p. 78
Conceptions of Students in Introductory Psychology	p. 78
Notes	p. 81
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Misconceptions of Psychology and Performance In the Introductory Course	p. 85
Note	p. 87
Some More Misconceptions About Psychology Among Introductory Psychology Students	p. 88
Notes	p. 91
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Motivating Students in Introductory Psychology	p. 95
Motivating Students In Introductory Psychology	p. 95
Notes	p. 99
Notes	p. 104
References	p. 104
References	p. 106
Incentive Preferences of Introductory Psychology Students	p. 107
Incentive Preferences of Introductory Psychology Students	p. 109
Incentive Preferences of Introductory Psychology Students	p. 109
Use Of Student Teaching Assistants	p. 110
Use of Student Teaching Assistants	p. 110
Notes	p. 113
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Testing in the Introductory Course	p. 125
Notes	p. 126
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Demonstrations and Activities in Introductory Psychology	p. 137
General	p. 139
General	p. 139
Notes	p. 142
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Notes	p. 145
Tying it All Together: Research, Concepts, and Fiction in an Introductory Psychology Course	p. 146
Note	p. 147
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Microcomputers in the Introductory Laboratory	p. 152
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A Strategy for Increasing Class Participation	p. 157
Physiological Psychology	p. 159
Physiological Psychology	p. 159
Notes	p. 162
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Perception and Sensory Processes	p. 164
Notes	p. 169
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Learning	p. 180
Learning	p. 180
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Memory and Cognition	p. 192
Memory And Cognition	p. 192
Note	p. 193
Demonstrating Semantic Memory in the Teaching Laboratory with a Paper-and-Pencil Task	p. 197
Developmental Psychology Think Old: Twenty-five Classroom Exercises For Courses in Aging	p. 198
Simulated Parent-Child Interaction in an Undergraduate Child Psychology Course	p. 202
Personality	p. 204
Note	p. 205
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Abnormal Psychology	p. 209
An Abnormal Psychology Community-Based Interview Assignment	p. 211
Note	p. 211
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The Myth of Mental Illness Game: Sick Is Just a Four Letter Word	p. 213
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Statistics And Methodology	p. 221
Statistics and Methodology	p. 221
Note	p. 223
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References	p. 227
Notes	p. 227
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Notes	p. 230
Index	p. 231
Appendix	p. 233
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