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Panek, Paul E. – Teaching of Psychology, 1983
Recently, a number of investigators have reported negative views or attitudes by professionals from various mental health fields toward aged clients. However, the graduate students who participated in this study were not significantly affected by their client's age. Perhaps professionals develop biases toward various client groups on the job. (RM)
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Training, Educational Research
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LeUnes, Arnold – Teaching of Psychology, 1983
Watson and Rayner's study of Little Albert and conditioned emotional reactions is unquestionably a classic in psychology. Observations are made on what authors of 27 college textbooks in abnormal psychology have to say or not to say about Little Albert. (RM)
Descriptors: Conditioning, Educational Research, Emotional Response, Higher Education
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VandeCreek, Leon; Fleischer, Mitchell – Teaching of Psychology, 1984
Sixty-five percent of the 499 U.S. colleges and universities surveyed have a practicum program. Age, size, and purpose of the programs, faculty issues (e.g., supervision, liability insurance), and student issues (e.g., course selection, grading) are discussed. If practicum is to survive, it must assume a more formal academic structure. (RM)
Descriptors: College Credits, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Educational Research
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Kierniesky, Nicholas C. – Teaching of Psychology, 1984
To determine characteristics of and opinions about undergraduate student research in psychology at small liberal arts colleges, 337 schools were surveyed via questionnaires. The return rate was 81 percent. Eighty-four percent of the respondents support such activity. A student research program is not related to number of students per faculty. (RM)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Research, General Education, Higher Education
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Sebastian, C. Simon; And Others – Teaching of Psychology, 1984
Training medical students in physician/patient interaction skills resulted in a reduction of the number of times patients failed to show for their scheduled appointments. However, students were ambivalent about recommending the course to future students. (RM)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Educational Research, Higher Education, Interaction
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Levine, Judith R. – Teaching of Psychology, 1984
When evaluating faculty members, colleagues differ widely in standards of grading. Individual differences in the use of rating scales must lead educators to question the validity of colleague observations. Peer evaluation should be used only if the integrity of the process can be maintained. (RM)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Peer Evaluation, Social Sciences
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Fox, Robert; And Others – Teaching of Psychology, 1984
Graduate students in psychology were effective at reducing undergraduate student anxiety through progressive relaxation training (PRT). Trainer sex did not differentially influence PRT effectiveness. (RM)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Educational Research, Graduate Students, Higher Education
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Benjamin, Ludy T., Jr.; And Others – Teaching of Psychology, 1984
A review of 33 research studies which examined issues surrounding answer-changing behavior on objective tests indicated that (1) the majority of answer changes are from incorrect to correct, (2) most students who change their answers improve their test scores, and (3) most test-takers change answers. Future research needs are discussed. (RM)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Guessing (Tests), Higher Education
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Hudak, Mary A.; Anderson, David E. – Teaching of Psychology, 1984
In evaluating their psychology course, undergraduate students showed a strong preference for the heuristic and philetic teaching styles over the didactic style. The heuristic style emphasizes ideas and teaches students to think; classroom discussions are important. The philetic style emphasizes the student-teacher relationship. The didactic style…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Psychology, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance
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Davidson, William B.; And Others – Teaching of Psychology, 1984
An evaluation of a test-retest policy, which was designed to give students a second chance at each exam in introductory psychology courses, showed that it reduced the test anxiety of approximately 80 percent of the students. Students' scores also improved on retests. (RM)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Introductory Courses, Psychology
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Silverman, Norman N.; Corsini, Raymond J. – Teaching of Psychology, 1984
An evaluation of introductory college level psychology textbooks showed that Alfred Adler's psychology is either neglected or seriously distorted by most texts. (RM)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Introductory Courses, Psychology
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Palladino, Joseph J.; Carducci, Bernardo J. – Teaching of Psychology, 1984
A 34-item sleep and dream information questionnaire was administered to 232 introductory psychology students to introduce them to the topics of sleep and dreams and to evaluate their knowledge of these areas. A majority of the items were answered correctly by students. Serious misconceptions by students are discussed. (RM)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Introductory Courses, Knowledge Level
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Griesinger, Walter S.; Klene, Richard R. – Teaching of Psychology, 1984
Undergraduate students enrolled in a Principles of Psychology II course were asked to rate selections from introductory psychology texts for reading ease. These student ratings were then compared with the ratings obtained using the Flesch readability formula. Student ratings did not agree very well with the Flesch scores. (RM)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Psychology, Readability
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Phye, Gary D. – Teaching of Psychology, 1984
High and low performance students were found to perceive effective teaching characteristics differently. Therefore, the intended use of evaluations, for feedback or administrative decisions, should dictate data analysis methods. For example, when evaluation data are to be used as feedback, consideration needs to be given to the student performance…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Decision Making, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods
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Diekhoff, George M. – Teaching of Psychology, 1984
The true-false testing method evaluated in a perception and cognition course provided a quick and thorough means of testing structural knowledge, i.e., the knowledge of how concepts within a domain are interrelated in a semantic network of ideas. It also caused students to think about relationships among concepts as they studied. (RM)
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Educational Research, Higher Education, Objective Tests