Joe, I like a small booklet that basically helps students understand
arguments and evaluating arguments from psychology readings. It is The
Critical Thinker by R. Mayer and F. Goodchild. (1990) from Wm. C. Brown. My
fave is William D. Gray's Thinking Critically about New Age Ideas, 1991 from
Wadsworth, but no longer in print--altho amazon.com can find you a copy or
copies. Don McBurney's How to think like a Psychologist, 1996 from
Prentice-Hall is intended for general psych and the articles are too short,
but still, you could have seniors write more extensively on the ideas/issues
covered. An upper level class may find it fun to go through Theodore Schick
and Lewis Vaughn's "How to think about wierd things" 1995 from Mayfield
publishing. Just some quick thoughts. If you need isbns just drop me a
note. Gary Peterson
Psychology
Saginaw Valley State Univ.
> Hi Tipsters,
> I will be in charge of our Senior Sem this next year. The main
> component of the semester is an independent research project, but we do
meet
> as a class twice a week. I'd like to devote most of this time to critical
> thinking, both within Psychology and beyond, and would be interested in
> gathering texts, large or small, mainstream or offbeat, that others have
> found useful. I'd be happy to compile these and post them back to the
list
> if you want to respond to me privately, or you can post them to the list
if
> you think people would be interested.
>
> Joe Hatcher
> Ripon College
> Ripon, WI, USA
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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