ERIC Number: ED186054
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1979-Mar
Pages: 27
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Some Interdisciplinary Facets of Psychology.
Brender, Myron
Interdisciplinary approaches to the study of psychology can be employed to provide a continuity between the various subjects a student encounters in college. One approach--a total push remediation program--is exemplified by a project involving representatives of the psychology and physical education departments, as well as interested students, in the improvement of awkward motor coordination among pre-adolescents. This involves: (1) diagnosis of the motor skills that need improvement; (2) personalized athletic training incorporating the principles of skill learning and the techniques of response, shaping, and chaining; and (3) peer review to provide mutual encouragement. Another approach, using individual student research, involves a comparative motivational analysis of advertisements in foreign language publications. By requiring the student to write a final report in a foreign language, this approach provides practice in language skills, as well as insights into psychology. A third approach utilizes popular literature, rather than textbooks, in the study of basic psychology concepts in a conventional course format. A final approach, etymological analysis, employs the study of linguistic roots in teaching psychology terminology. The report includes a list of literary selections and the psychological concepts that they illustrate. (JP)
Descriptors: Advertising, Elementary Education, Etymology, Fiction, Foreign Language Periodicals, Individual Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Literary Criticism, Literature, Mass Media, Motivation, Motor Development, Psychology, Psychomotor Skills, Second Language Learning, Student Research, Two Year Colleges, Vocabulary Development
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Note: Adapted from a paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Eastern Community College Social Science Association (5th, Philadelphia, PA, March 15-17, 1979)