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Section I. Issues and Approaches in Teaching Introductory Psychology |
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Approaches to The Introductory Course |
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Bringing psychology to life |
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3 | (2) |
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Using Psychology Today articles to increase the perceived relevance of the introductory course |
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5 | (1) |
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Encouraging responsibility, active participation, and critical thinking in general psychology students |
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6 | (2) |
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What do students remember from introductory psychology? |
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8 | (4) |
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Student's Interests, Perceptions, and Motives |
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Student perspectives on the first day of class |
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12 | (2) |
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What introductory psychology students attend to on a course syllabus |
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14 | (5) |
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Students' pet peeves about teaching |
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19 | (2) |
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Effects of topic order in introductory psychology on student achivement, interest, and perceived course difficulty |
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21 | (2) |
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Student belief and involvement in the paranormal and performance in introductory psychology |
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23 | (4) |
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University, community college, and high school students' evaluations of textbook pedagogical aids |
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27 | (3) |
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Students' Knowledge About Psychology |
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Misconceptions tests or misconceived tests? |
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30 | (4) |
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Some retention, but not enough |
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34 | (1) |
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Commonsense and research findings in personality |
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35 | (3) |
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Research findings in developmental psychology: Common sense revisited |
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38 | (2) |
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College students' misconceptions about behavior analysis |
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40 | (3) |
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Counterattitudinal advocacy as a means of enhancing instructional effectiveness: How to teach students what they do not want to know |
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43 | (6) |
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Introductory Textbooks: Objective Features |
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Introductory psychology textbooks: Assessing levels of difficulty |
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49 | (5) |
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Introductory textbooks and psychology's core concepts |
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54 | (6) |
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Pedagogical aids in textbooks: Do college students' perceptions justify their prevalence? |
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60 | (8) |
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Critical thinking in introductory psychology texts and supplements |
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68 | (12) |
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Introductory Textbooks: Problems |
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Kohler's insight revisited |
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80 | (2) |
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Who is Mrs. Cantlie and why are they doing those terrible things to her homunculi? |
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82 | (1) |
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The portrayal of child sexual assault in introductory psychology textbooks |
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83 | (6) |
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The quiz game: Writing and explaining questions improve quiz scores |
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89 | (2) |
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Effects of student-written questions on student test performance |
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91 | (2) |
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Oral application questions as a teaching strategy |
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93 | (2) |
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Multiple-choice questions with an option to comment: Student attitudes and use |
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95 | (4) |
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Answer justification: Removing the ``trick'' from multiple-choice questions |
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99 | (2) |
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The use of literal and applied test questions to assess understanding of concepts |
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101 | (3) |
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Examinations: Test Factors Affecting Exam Performance |
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Affective cues and processing strategy: Color-coded examination forms influence performance |
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104 | (2) |
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Item order affects performance on multiple-choice exams |
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106 | (2) |
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Does item order affect performance on multiple-choice exams? |
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108 | (2) |
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Chapters and units: Frequent versus infrequent testing revisited |
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110 | (4) |
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Examinations: Student Factors Affecting Exam Performance |
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A reexamination of the relationship of high school psychology and natural science courses to performance in a college introductory psychology class |
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114 | (2) |
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Self-report measures of ability, effort, and nonacademic activity as predictors of introductory psychology test scores |
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116 | (5) |
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The relations of learning and grade orientations to academic performance |
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121 | (2) |
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Students' lecture notes and their relation to test performance |
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123 | (5) |
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Assessing the essay feedback technique of providing an example of a full-credit answer |
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128 | (2) |
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Self-scoring: A self-monitoring procedure |
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130 | (2) |
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Immediate feedback, no return test procedure for introductory courses |
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132 | (1) |
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Student evaluation of Friedman's immediate feedback, no return test procedure for introductory psychology |
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133 | (1) |
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Consequences of missing postexam review sessions |
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134 | (2) |
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Of barfights and gadflies: Attitudes and practices concerning extra credit in college courses |
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136 | (4) |
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Extra credit and peer tutoring: Impact on the quality of writing in introductory psychology in an open admissions college |
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140 | (3) |
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Blood, sweat, and trivia: Faculty ratings of extra-credit opportunities |
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143 | (4) |
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Faculty use and justification of extra credit: No middle ground? |
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147 | (2) |
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Emprowering the marginal student: A skills-based extra-credit assignment |
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149 | (4) |
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Academic dishonesty: Prevalence, determinants, techniques, and punishments |
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153 | (4) |
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Additional data on academic dishonesty and a proposal for remediation |
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157 | (3) |
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Detection of cheating on multiple-choice tests: by using error-similarity analysis |
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160 | (4) |
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Detection of copying on multiple-choice tests: An update |
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164 | (3) |
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Fraudulent excuse making among college students |
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167 | (6) |
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Section II. Demonstrations and Activities in Introductory Psychology |
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A jigsaw puzzle approach to learning history in introductory psychology |
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173 | (1) |
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Student-created skits: Interactive class demonstrations |
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174 | (2) |
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Understanding and applying psychology through use of news clippings |
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176 | (2) |
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The media assignement: Enhancing psychology students' ability to apply their knowledge of psychology |
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178 | (2) |
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Psychology is not just common sense: An introductory psychology demonstration |
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180 | (2) |
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Excerpts from journal articles as teaching devices |
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182 | (2) |
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Research Methods and Statistics |
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Teaching observational research in introductory psychology: Computerized and lecture-based methods |
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184 | (3) |
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Simulating Clever Hans in the classroom |
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187 | (2) |
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Using the Barnum effect to teach about ethics and deception in research |
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189 | (3) |
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Defying intuition: Demonstrating the importance of the empirical technique |
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192 | (2) |
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Teaching hypothesis testing by debunking a demonstration of telepathy |
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194 | (3) |
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Using astrology to teach research methods to introductory psychology students |
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197 | (3) |
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Reaction time as a behavioral demonstration of neural mechanisms for a large introductory psychology class |
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200 | (1) |
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The colossal neuron: Acting out physiological psychology |
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201 | (4) |
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Demonstrations of the size---weight illusion |
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205 | (2) |
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A computer-assisted difference threshold exercise for introductory psychology |
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207 | (2) |
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209 | (3) |
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212 | (2) |
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Negative reinforcement and positive punishment |
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214 | (2) |
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An objective and functional matrix for introducing concepts of reinforcement and punishment |
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216 | (2) |
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Using a spatial system for teaching operant concepts |
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218 | (2) |
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Demonstrating differential reinforcement by shaping classroom participation |
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220 | (3) |
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Name seven words: Demonstrating the effects of knowledge on rate of retrieval |
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Jacqueline E. Muir-Broaddus |
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Coming to terms with the keyword method in introductory psychology: A ``neuromnemonic'' example |
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225 | (3) |
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Piagetian conservation in college students: A classroom demonstration |
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228 | (1) |
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Using feature films to teach social development |
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229 | (2) |
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Bringing Piaget's preoperational thought to the minds of adults: A classroom demonstration |
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231 | (2) |
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The nature---nurture issue: Lessons from the Pillsbury doughboy |
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233 | (3) |
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A life stress instrument for classroom use |
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236 | (2) |
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A humorous demonstration of in vivo systematic desensitization: The case of eraser phobia |
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238 | (1) |
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Participant modeling as a classroom activity |
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239 | (3) |
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Social Psychology and Personality |
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Hindsight bias and the Simpson trial: Use in introductory psychology |
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242 | (1) |
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Demonstrating a self-seving bias |
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243 | (2) |
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On seeing oneself as less self-serving than others: The ultimate self-serving bias? |
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245 | (3) |
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Bringing cognitive dissonance to the classroom |
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248 | (2) |
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Prisoner's dilemma as a model for understanding decisions |
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250 | (1) |
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Robbers in the classroom: A deindividuation exercise |
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251 | (3) |
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Appendix: Citation Information |
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Subject Index |
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