Handbook for Teaching Introductory Psychology: With An Emphasis on Assessment, Volume Iii

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Pub. Date: 2001-08-01
Publisher(s): Lawrence Erlbau
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Summary

Like its predecessors, Volume III of theHandbook for Teaching Introductory Psychologyprovides introductory psychology instructors with teaching ideas and activities that can immediately be put into practice in the classroom. It contains an organized collection of articles fromTeaching of Psychology (TOP),the official journal of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology, Division 2 of the American Psychological Association. Volume III contains 89 articles fromTOPthat have not been included in other volumes. Another distinction between this volume and its predecessors is its emphasis on testing and assessment. The book is divided into two sections. Section One, "Issues and Approaches in Teaching Introductory Psychology," contains 52 articles on critical issues, such as: how to approach the course; understanding students' interests, perceptions, and motives; students' existing knowledge of psychology (including their misconceptions); a comparison of introductory textbooks and tips on how to evaluate them; test questions and student factors affecting exam performance; an overview of different forms of feedback; giving extra credit; and how to deal with academic dishonesty. Section Two consists of 37 articles that present demonstrations, class and laboratory projects, and other techniques to enhance teaching and learning in both the introductory, as well as advanced courses in the discipline. This section is organized so as to parallel the order of topics found in most introductory psychology textbooks. Intended for academicians who teach the introductory psychology course and/or oversee grad assistants who teach the course, all royalties of the book go directly to the Society for the Teaching of Psychology to promote its activities to further improve the teaching of psychology.

Table of Contents

Preface
Section I. Issues and Approaches in Teaching Introductory Psychology
Approaches to The Introductory Course
Bringing psychology to life
3(2)
Dale McAdam
Using Psychology Today articles to increase the perceived relevance of the introductory course
5(1)
Drew C. Appleby
Encouraging responsibility, active participation, and critical thinking in general psychology students
6(2)
Norman B. L. Ferguson
What do students remember from introductory psychology?
8(4)
Scott W. VanderStoep
Angela Fagerlin
Jennifer S. Feenstra
Student's Interests, Perceptions, and Motives
Student perspectives on the first day of class
12(2)
Baron Perlman
Lee I. McCann
What introductory psychology students attend to on a course syllabus
14(5)
Angela H. Becker
Sharon K. Calhoon
Students' pet peeves about teaching
19(2)
Baron Perlman
Lee I. McCann
Effects of topic order in introductory psychology on student achivement, interest, and perceived course difficulty
21(2)
Rondeau G. Laffitte, Jr.
Student belief and involvement in the paranormal and performance in introductory psychology
23(4)
Wayne S. Messer
Richard A. Griggs
University, community college, and high school students' evaluations of textbook pedagogical aids
27(3)
Wayne Weiten
Daniel Deguara
Erica Rehmke
Laura Sewall
Students' Knowledge About Psychology
Misconceptions tests or misconceived tests?
30(4)
Richard A. Griggs
Sarah E. Ransdell
Some retention, but not enough
34(1)
Henry C. Richard
Ronald Rogers
Norman R. Ellis
William B. Beidleman
Commonsense and research findings in personality
35(3)
Mark A. Barnett
Research findings in developmental psychology: Common sense revisited
38(2)
Mark A. Barnett
Jill Knust
Tiffany McMillan
Jane Kaufman
Christina Sinisi
College students' misconceptions about behavior analysis
40(3)
P. A. Lamal
Counterattitudinal advocacy as a means of enhancing instructional effectiveness: How to teach students what they do not want to know
43(6)
Richard L. Miller
William J. Wozniak
Marci R. Rust
Beverly R. Miller
Jennifer Slezak
Introductory Textbooks: Objective Features
Introductory psychology textbooks: Assessing levels of difficulty
49(5)
Richard A. Griggs
Introductory textbooks and psychology's core concepts
54(6)
Jeanne S. Zechmeister
Eugene B. Zechmeister
Pedagogical aids in textbooks: Do college students' perceptions justify their prevalence?
60(8)
Pam Marek
Richard A. Griggs
Andrew N. Christopher
Critical thinking in introductory psychology texts and supplements
68(12)
Richard A. Griggs
Sherri L. Jackson
Pam Marek
Andrew N. Christopher
Introductory Textbooks: Problems
Kohler's insight revisited
80(2)
George Windholz
P. A. Lamal
Who is Mrs. Cantlie and why are they doing those terrible things to her homunculi?
82(1)
Richard A. Griggs
The portrayal of child sexual assault in introductory psychology textbooks
83(6)
Elizabeth J. Letourneau
Tonya C. Lewis
Examinations: Questions
The quiz game: Writing and explaining questions improve quiz scores
89(2)
Dennis D. Kerkman
Kay L. Kellison
Marites F. Pinon
Donna Schmidt
Sharon Lewis
Effects of student-written questions on student test performance
91(2)
Paul W. Foos
Oral application questions as a teaching strategy
93(2)
Ernest B. Gurman
W. Bruce Holliman
Kay Camperell
Multiple-choice questions with an option to comment: Student attitudes and use
95(4)
Anthony F. Nield
Maxine Gallander Wintre
Answer justification: Removing the ``trick'' from multiple-choice questions
99(2)
David K. Dodd
Linda Leal
The use of literal and applied test questions to assess understanding of concepts
101(3)
Keith A. Wollen
Robert L. Quackenbush
Clint K. Hamlin
Examinations: Test Factors Affecting Exam Performance
Affective cues and processing strategy: Color-coded examination forms influence performance
104(2)
Robert C. Sinclair
Alexander S. Soldat
Melvin M. Mark
Item order affects performance on multiple-choice exams
106(2)
Williams R. Balch
Does item order affect performance on multiple-choice exams?
108(2)
Darlene L. Neely
Frederick J. Springston
Stewart J. H. McCann
Chapters and units: Frequent versus infrequent testing revisited
110(4)
Cathy A. Grover
Angela H. Becker
Stephen F. Davis
Examinations: Student Factors Affecting Exam Performance
A reexamination of the relationship of high school psychology and natural science courses to performance in a college introductory psychology class
114(2)
Richard A. Griggs
Sherri L. Jackson
Self-report measures of ability, effort, and nonacademic activity as predictors of introductory psychology test scores
116(5)
David J. Woehr
Timothy A. Cavell
The relations of learning and grade orientations to academic performance
121(2)
Hall P. Beck
Sherry Rorrer-Woody
Linda G. Pierce
Students' lecture notes and their relation to test performance
123(5)
Linda Baker
Bruce R. Lombardi
Examinations: Feedback
Assessing the essay feedback technique of providing an example of a full-credit answer
128(2)
David M. Carkenord
Self-scoring: A self-monitoring procedure
130(2)
Lee C. Light
Wilbert J. McKeachie
Yi-Guang Lin
Immediate feedback, no return test procedure for introductory courses
132(1)
Herbert Friedman
Student evaluation of Friedman's immediate feedback, no return test procedure for introductory psychology
133(1)
Randolph A. Smith
Randall Wight
Consequences of missing postexam review sessions
134(2)
William E. Addison
Extra Credit
Of barfights and gadflies: Attitudes and practices concerning extra credit in college courses
136(4)
John C. Norcross
Linda J. Horrocks
John F. Stevenson
Extra credit and peer tutoring: Impact on the quality of writing in introductory psychology in an open admissions college
140(3)
Nancy Oley
Blood, sweat, and trivia: Faculty ratings of extra-credit opportunities
143(4)
G. William Hill, IV
Joseph J. Palladino
James A. Eison
Faculty use and justification of extra credit: No middle ground?
147(2)
John C. Norcross
Heather S. Dooley
John F. Stevenson
Emprowering the marginal student: A skills-based extra-credit assignment
149(4)
Ellen N. Junn
Academic Dishonesty
Academic dishonesty: Prevalence, determinants, techniques, and punishments
153(4)
Stephen F. Davis
Cathy A. Grover
Angela H. Becker
Loretta N. McGregor
Additional data on academic dishonesty and a proposal for remediation
157(3)
Stephen F. Davis
H. Wayne Ludvigson
Detection of cheating on multiple-choice tests: by using error-similarity analysis
160(4)
Francis S. Bellezza
Suzanne F. Bellezza
Detection of copying on multiple-choice tests: An update
164(3)
Francis S. Bellezza
Suzanne F. Bellezza
Fraudulent excuse making among college students
167(6)
Mark D. Caron
Susan Krauss Whitbourne
Richard P. Halgin
Section II. Demonstrations and Activities in Introductory Psychology
General
A jigsaw puzzle approach to learning history in introductory psychology
173(1)
Judith Krauss
Student-created skits: Interactive class demonstrations
174(2)
Jane P. Sheldon
Understanding and applying psychology through use of news clippings
176(2)
Elizabeth A. Rider
The media assignement: Enhancing psychology students' ability to apply their knowledge of psychology
178(2)
Timothy J. Lawson
Psychology is not just common sense: An introductory psychology demonstration
180(2)
Timothy M. Osberg
Excerpts from journal articles as teaching devices
182(2)
Helen Pennington
Research Methods and Statistics
Teaching observational research in introductory psychology: Computerized and lecture-based methods
184(3)
Victoria A. Kazmerski
Dawn G. Blasko
Simulating Clever Hans in the classroom
187(2)
Michael J. Marshall
David R. Linden
Using the Barnum effect to teach about ethics and deception in research
189(3)
Bernard C. Beins
Defying intuition: Demonstrating the importance of the empirical technique
192(2)
Art Kohn
Teaching hypothesis testing by debunking a demonstration of telepathy
194(3)
John A. Bates
Using astrology to teach research methods to introductory psychology students
197(3)
Roger A. Ward
Anthony F. Grasha
Biopsychology
Reaction time as a behavioral demonstration of neural mechanisms for a large introductory psychology class
200(1)
E. Rae Harcum
The colossal neuron: Acting out physiological psychology
201(4)
Scott B. Hamilton
Thomas A. Knox
Sensation and Perception
Demonstrations of the size---weight illusion
205(2)
David T. Horner
K. Desix Robinson
A computer-assisted difference threshold exercise for introductory psychology
207(2)
Thomas Brothen
The Janus illusion
209(3)
Dale Klopfer
Michael E. Doherty
Oh say, can you see?
212(2)
Frederick J. Kozub
Learning
Negative reinforcement and positive punishment
214(2)
James V. McConnell
An objective and functional matrix for introducing concepts of reinforcement and punishment
216(2)
Stephen R. Flora
William B. Pavlik
Using a spatial system for teaching operant concepts
218(2)
Kenneth A. Kiewra
Nelson F. DuBois
Demonstrating differential reinforcement by shaping classroom participation
220(3)
Gordon K. Hodge
Nancy H. Nelson
Memory and Cognition
Name seven words: Demonstrating the effects of knowledge on rate of retrieval
223(2)
Jacqueline E. Muir-Broaddus
Coming to terms with the keyword method in introductory psychology: A ``neuromnemonic'' example
225(3)
Russell N. Carney
Joel R. Levin
Developmental Psychology
Piagetian conservation in college students: A classroom demonstration
228(1)
Eliot Shimoff
Using feature films to teach social development
229(2)
Chris J. Boyatzis
Bringing Piaget's preoperational thought to the minds of adults: A classroom demonstration
231(2)
Jane Ewens Holbrook
The nature---nurture issue: Lessons from the Pillsbury doughboy
233(3)
David B. Miller
Abnormal Psychology
A life stress instrument for classroom use
236(2)
Michael J. Renner
R. Scott Mackin
A humorous demonstration of in vivo systematic desensitization: The case of eraser phobia
238(1)
Timothy J. Lawson
Michael Reardon
Participant modeling as a classroom activity
239(3)
Dolores Hughes
Social Psychology and Personality
Hindsight bias and the Simpson trial: Use in introductory psychology
242(1)
George J. Demakis
Demonstrating a self-seving bias
243(2)
Dana S. Dunn
On seeing oneself as less self-serving than others: The ultimate self-serving bias?
245(3)
James Friedrich
Bringing cognitive dissonance to the classroom
248(2)
David M. Carkenord
Joseph Bullington
Prisoner's dilemma as a model for understanding decisions
250(1)
Janet D. Larsen
Robbers in the classroom: A deindividuation exercise
251(3)
David K. Dodd
Appendix: Citation Information 254(2)
Subject Index 256

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