ERIC Number: EJ765286
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Dec
Pages: 4
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Experiential Learning in the Introductory Class: The Role of Minor League Hockey in Teaching Social Psychology
Forrest, Krista D.
College Student Journal, v39 n4 p794-797 Dec 2005
To convince my students they are surrounded by social psychology, we attended a minor league hockey game. During the next class period I asked students to write a brief paragraph about their experiences. From those paragraphs I chose four reoccurring themes to analyze from a social psychological perspective. My introductory classes and I benefited by (a) experiencing firsthand incidents of aggression, deindividuation, in-group bias and stereotyping; (b) applying what they already knew about Operant conditioning and Social learning to new situations and c) understanding social psychological phenomena through the use of salient example rather than definitions.
Descriptors: Social Psychology, Experiential Learning, Team Sports, Introductory Courses, Operant Conditioning, Aggression, Social Cognition, Socialization, Bias, Teaching Methods, College Instruction
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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