Annette (is Pat still about?) I think this is good but in re-reading it, it occurs to me something I tell my students and usually put on the syllabus isn't in Pat's essay/page. What I'm referring to is that well discussed, on tips anyway, "prior beliefs" difficulty (within the spirit of Pat's web-page). What I mean is that the "self-evident" nature and what students bring to the class may well also make the course difficult and specifically more difficult for some (the greater the set of misinformation and erroneous belief the more difficult the course is likely to be). Of course attitude/openness plays a role as well. Perhaps it should be tied in with Pat's points on memory ("missing hooks", as he put it. But in this case it is the difficulty of "bad hooks", as it were). It could be argued that is part of what Pat is referring to in that section on hooks/memory but I do find it helpful to specifically discuss the problems of "obvious answers or common sense" and "pre-existing" beliefs on their performance. Anyway, that is a good link or starting point for a discussion with them. Tim _______________________________ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chair Department of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and systems "You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." Dorothy Parker -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed 8/27/2008 9:10 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] why psychology is hard 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 --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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