Here's one, though quite distasteful, certainly would appeal to some of
our younger students:
"The Jenny Jones theory of social relationships: self-disclose and/or
die"
...please don't flame me!
* Barbara
Dr. Barbara Watters
Mercyhurst College
Jeff Ricker wrote:
>
> 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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