Here's an end-of-the-semester question for you all. What would be the
chapter headings for the ideal intro-psych textbook as conceived by our
entering students? Here are some of my suggestions:
"Recovering traumatic memories: Regain your past and jump start your
future"
"Building self-esteem: Becoming best friends with yourself"
"Detoxifying your relationships"
"Erecting boundaries: Not granite walls but gated communities"
"How to stop pleasing others and start pleasing yourself"
Of course, any good textbook also must discuss the most important
theorists in the discipline. I have been negligent in my reading of the
popular and new-age literature because I could think of only the
following names: Carl Jung, Deepak Chopra, Andrew Weil, Laura
Schlessinger. Who else would you add?
Lest you think this is merely a frivolous post...well, it is. But I also
am thinking of handing something like this out on the first day of class
so that I can discuss what the course will NOT be about.
So there,
Jeff
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Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (602) 423-6213
9000 E. Chaparral Rd. FAX Number: (602) 423-6298
Psychology Department [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Scottsdale Community College
Scottsdale, AZ 85250
"For every problem, there is a solution that is neat, simple, and
wrong." H. L. Mencken
