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Peer reviewedSommer, Robert – Teaching of Psychology, 1989
Describes the development and content of a freshman seminar titled "The Psychology of Mushrooms," which teaches psychology as natural history. This approach allowed the course to proceed from concrete experience to general principals of perception, learning, social, and abnormal psychology. (Author/LS)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Experiential Learning
