Annette Taylor asked for the source of an essay on Why Psychology is Hard.
The Psychteacher Archives contain the following post by Patrick Cabe from 2003:
Subject: Re: Intro = Easy (NOT) (was "Score Improvement")
From: Patrick Cabe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>From: Rick Froman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: [tips] Why Psychology is Hard
>To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)"
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>Annette Taylor asked for the source of an essay on Why Psychology is Hard.
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>The Psychteacher Archives contain
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High School Psychology and Advanced Psychology Graphic Organizers, Pacing
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www.Teaching-Point.net> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [tips] Why
Psychology is Hard> To: tips@acsun.frostburg.edu> Date: Thu, 10 Ja
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> An inconvenient truth.
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> According to now-identified Patrick Cabe,
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> "Because the course is "introductory," some students imagine that Intro
> Psych ought to be a relatively easy course. Yet many students are shocked
> to discover that it is one of the most difficul
Apples & oranges.
Math & physics are really hard because they contain complex concepts that are
difficult to grasp. Statistics, for example is hard because students have
trouble grasping basic concepts such as binomial probability, variance, and
analyzing that variance. Calculus is hard beca
While I sometimes feel that I have student who find choosing appropriate
clothing and finding something to eat challenging - one thing I have noticed is
that a very small percentage of bright students have trouble with Intro Psych.
They do very well in Physics and Math and courses where things ar
Susan- I don't agree with your conclusion that it is the ambiguous answer that
gives them problems. I think it is going toward application in a multiple
choice format that my own in test analysis has shown to be a problem. As to
their levels of anxiety on those questions, it is an interesting h
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From: Shearon, Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 3:06 PM
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Subject: RE: [tips] Why psychology is hard
Susan- I don't agree with your conclusion that it is the ambiguo
ogy; general; history and
systems
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From: Shapiro, Susan J [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sun 1/13/2008 2:07 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: RE: [tips] Why psychology is hard
Tim - let me clarify my thinking
I was thinking about a specifi
I like your advice there Tim--i.e., giving students as much practice at
test taking as possible. Also, for those of us who teach at community
colleges, Ann Brown determined that community college students have the
metacognitive skills (on average) of 6th graders. I have many students
whose readin
Annette, with his permission, I have a link to Pat Cabe's essay on the subject
in my web page:
http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~roigm/Why%20Intro%20Psych%20is%20a%20tough%20course.html
Miguel
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> A few months ago there was a d
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> Annette, with his permission, I have a link to Pat
> Cabe's e
ew tricks." Dorothy Parker
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Annette, with his permission, I have a link to Pat Cabe's essa
Because it is always criticizing common sense.
Michael Sylvester,PhD
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Subject: RE: [tips] why psychology is hard
Hi
Are we sure that psychology is hard? Or, to be more precise, harder than other
intro level courses?
Take care
Jim
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Jim Clark wrote:
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>Are we sure that psychology is hard? Or, to be more precise, harder than
>other intro level courses?
>
I have worked with Supplemental Instruction (SI) programs which are designed to
provide some extra help in the most difficult courses at 3 different
colleges/universities.
On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:41:25 -0700, Jim Clark wrote:
>Hi
>
>Are we sure that psychology is hard? Or, to be more precise, harder
>than other intro level courses?
I don't know what data there is on this point but in addition to the
general academic "skills building" in the article, implicit is the
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On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:41:25 -0700, Jim Clark wrote:
>Hi
>
>Are we sure that psychology is hard? Or, to be more precise, harde
ourse of study designed specifically for liberal education
that is comprehensive, coherent, and rigorous."
--
Jerry L. Martin
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Jim Clark wrote:
> Are we sure that psychology is hard? Or, to be more precise, harder than
> other intro level courses?
>
I'm pretty sure it's not (having taken some math, comp sci, biology,
poli sci, and philosophy courses in my time), but that doesn't keep
students who haven't from think
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On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:41:25 -0700, Jim Clark wrote:
>Hi
>
>Are w
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On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:41:25 -0700, Jim Clark wrote:
Hi
Are we sure that psychology is hard? Or, to be more precise,
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Subject: RE: [tips] why psychology is hard
On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:41:25 -0700, Jim Clark wrote:
>Hi
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>Are we sure that psychology is hard? Or, to be mor
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From: William Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 4:30 PM
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Not so. It was Josh Billings, pen name of Henry Wheeler Shaw.
Bill Scott
>>> "Marc C
nd told me there was
nothing conceptually difficult about statistics, it just required a lot of work!
--Mike
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Subject: RE: [tips] why psychology is hard
To: "Teaching in the P
Michael Smith wrote:
I don't think Psychology is hard (meaning difficult to grasp). For some
reason the students that I have had seem to conflate what is hard
(conceptually difficult to understand) with what requires work.
I don't think there is anything conceptually difficult in psych, but
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>Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:08:50 -0400
>From: Ken Steele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [tips] why psychology is hard
>To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)"
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>Michael Smith wrote:
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>> I don't think Psycho
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