Popular psychological myths: A comparison of students’ beliefs across the psychology major
The present study investigates the frequency and confidence with which college students endorse popular psychological myths, contrasting introductory psychology students (at the beginning and end of the course) with upper-level psychology majors and students who have never taken Introduction to Psyc...
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| description | The present study investigates the frequency and confidence with which college students endorse popular psychological myths, contrasting introductory psychology students (at the beginning and end of the course) with upper-level psychology majors and students who have never taken Introduction to Psychology. Implications for the teaching of psychology will be discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-224be0fda8f546e48f4a557810328e172022-12-22T02:59:52ZengIndiana University Office of Scholarly PublishingJournal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning1527-93162014-05-0114210.14434/josotl.v14i2.3931Popular psychological myths: A comparison of students’ beliefs across the psychology majorCatherine M Gaze0Department of Psychology, Elmhurst CollegeThe present study investigates the frequency and confidence with which college students endorse popular psychological myths, contrasting introductory psychology students (at the beginning and end of the course) with upper-level psychology majors and students who have never taken Introduction to Psychology. Implications for the teaching of psychology will be discussed.https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/josotl/article/view/3931pedagogymythsmisconceptionspsychology majorintroductory psychology |
| spellingShingle | Catherine M Gaze Popular psychological myths: A comparison of students’ beliefs across the psychology major Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning pedagogy myths misconceptions psychology major introductory psychology |
| title | Popular psychological myths: A comparison of students’ beliefs across the psychology major |
| title_full | Popular psychological myths: A comparison of students’ beliefs across the psychology major |
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| title_short | Popular psychological myths: A comparison of students’ beliefs across the psychology major |
| title_sort | popular psychological myths a comparison of students beliefs across the psychology major |
| topic | pedagogy myths misconceptions psychology major introductory psychology |
| url | https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/josotl/article/view/3931 |
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