See below: I find it a hard call...I remember being a newly minted intro professor and sometimes being overwhelmed by the sheer amount of material in intro and the many areas I was less familiar...motivation/emotion some of the senses other than vision, and child development were areas I was particularly unfamiliar with. It took me years to feel truly comfortable with some of the chapters.
I found some of the FAQS to be really great and useful and had information that even now was in parts new to me. Some of the other FAQs were a bit cliff-notes-ish. But all in all, for a new person, I think this puts the person at least into a ballpark of knowing where to find more information and then it's up to the individual. Sometimes just having a point of departure is useful. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Visiting Professor, Ashoka University, Delhi, India Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110-2492 tay...@sandiego.edu Subject: RE: Addressing Student Questions in Introduction to Psychology From: "Pollak, Edward" <epol...@wcupa.edu> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 00:22:38 +0000 X-Message-Number: 2 Am I the only one who finds this whole thing a bit distasteful? This just strikes me as a "Cliff Notes for Intro Psych Professors." Ed Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Psychology West Chester University of Pennsylvania Home page: http://www.docsbluegrass.net/<http://home.comcast.net/~epollak/> Husband, father, grandfather, bluegrass fiddler & biopsychologist............... in approximate order of importance From: Scott Freng As an instructor of Introduction to Psychology/General Psychology, I frequently have students asking questions regarding the material that I do not feel confident to answer because the question is outside my area of expertise or the material is not sufficiently covered in my textbook. Unfortunately, I often lack adequate time to thoroughly review relevant literature and answer the question in a later class period. In an effort to create a resource for instructors of Introduction to Psychology experiencing similar difficulties we conducted two studies. In the two studies, we recruited instructors of Introduction to Psychology from this listserv and had them report students' commonly asked questions posed in Introduction to Psychology. In addition, we had instructors identify student questions they would like more fully addressed. From this last survey, we identified three frequently chosen questions and with the cooperation of relevant experts, developed short and easily digestible answers to these questions. If you are interested in the questions identified and developed answers, you can access the document by going to this link.https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/48081498/FAQ%20project.docx I want to thank all the participants we recruited from this listserv for their participation. Scott Freng sfr...@uwyo.edu<mailto:sfr...@uwyo.edu> University of Wyoming Department of Psychology Dept. 3415 1000 E. University Avenue Laramie, WY 82071 (307) 766-2955 sfr...@uwyo.edu<mailto:sfr...@uwyo.edu> ________________________________ This e-mail message was sent from a retired or emeritus status employee of West Chester University. --- END OF DIGEST --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tay...@sandiego.edu To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a21b0&n=T&l=tips&o=46459 or send a blank email to leave-46459-13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a2...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=46462 or send a blank email to leave-46462-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
