Controversy in the psychology classroom : using hot topics to foster critical thinking / edited by Dana S. Dunn [and others].

One of the hallmarks of a quality liberal arts education is providing undergraduates the opportunity to wrestle with controversial issues. Yet many teachers feel ill-equipped when it comes to broaching disagreeable topics, managing the resulting heated debates, or helping students to separate their...

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Other Authors: Dunn, Dana
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2013], ©2013.
Edition:First edition.
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Physical Description:xix, 272 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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505 0 0 |t I. Guiding frameworks for teaching about controversial issues. Frames of reference : social psychological perspectives for teaching about controversial issues /  |r Dana S. Dunn, Regan A.R. Gurung, and Karen Z. Naufel ; Preventing and handling classroom disruptions /  |r Kristin M. Vespia and Tonya E. Filz ; Treating students asearly-career professionals : the ethics of teaching /  |r Maureen A. McCarthy and R. Eric Landrum --  |t II. Helping students arrive at an empirically based conclusion. Seven tools for teaching evolutionary psychology /  |r David M. Buss ; Hitting close to home : teaching about spanking /  |r Elizabeth T. Gershoff ; Sexual orientation, marriage, and students of faith /  |r David G. Myers ; Addressing the role of animal research in psychology /  |r Suzanne C. Baker and Sherry L. Serdikoff --  |t III. Opening consideration of multiple views. Overcoming discomfort when teaching about evil and immorality /  |r Karen Z. Naufel ; Anticipating and working with controversy in diversity and social justice topics /  |r Cheryl B. Warner, Rosemary E. Phelps, Delishia M. Pittman, and Carla S. Moore ; Gender matters : engaging students in controversial issues /  |r Elizabeth Yost Hammer and Eugenia M. Valentine ; Teaching about race and ethnicity /  |r Mary E. Kite ; Spirituality and religion : how contexts, developmental processes, and personal experiences influence behavior /  |r Dean D. VonDras ; Disabilty as diversity rather than (in)difference : undestanding others' experiences through one's own /  |r Dana S. Dunn, David J. Fisher, and Brittany M. Beard ; Health psychology and policy : when politics infiltrate science /  |r Regan A.R. Gurung and Daniel Bruns --  |t IV. Concluding thoughts and going forward. Using controversies to teach scientific thinking in psychology : topics and issues /  |r Jeffrey D. Holmes. 
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