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Direct linkLuong, Raymond; Lomanowska, Anna M. – Teaching of Psychology, 2022
Background: Online crowdsourcing platforms, such as Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk), have become popular alternatives to the ubiquitous student samples used in psychology research. r/SampleSize, an alternative pool on the website Reddit, allows for online participant recruitment without compulsory or immediate payment, making it potentially useful…
Descriptors: Social Media, Research Methodology, Data Collection, Psychology
Thompson, W. Burt – Teaching of Psychology, 2019
When a psychologist announces a new research finding, it is often based on a rejected null hypothesis. However, if that hypothesis is true, the claim is a false alarm. Many students mistakenly believe that the probability of committing a false alarm equals alpha, the criterion for statistical significance, which is typically set at 5%. Instructors…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Hypothesis Testing, Misconceptions, Data Interpretation
Vittengl, Jeffrey R.; Vittengl, Karen L. – Teaching of Psychology, 2022
Background: Acquisition and generalization of data analysis skills are perennial challenges for psychology students. Teaching advanced data analysis in a psychology-specific context might improve students' learning. Objective: At a mid-sized public university, we evaluated student outcomes after a new quantitative psychology course taught in the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Data Analysis, Generalization, Psychology
Grassetti, Stevie N.; Solic, Katie; Getz, Zachary – Teaching of Psychology, 2021
Introduction: The discrepancy between what is known from clinical research and what is done in applied clinical practice is called the "science-to-service gap." Teaching students to bridge this gap must be a primary focus of graduate education in applied psychology sub-disciplines. Statement of the Problem: Since science is fluid, an…
Descriptors: Clinical Psychology, Doctoral Programs, Doctoral Students, Service Learning
Cascio, Ted V. – Teaching of Psychology, 2017
This study assesses the effectiveness of critical thinking drills (CTDs), a repetitious classroom activity designed to improve methodological and statistical thinking in relation to psychological claims embedded in popular press articles. In each of four separate CTDs, students critically analyzed a brief article reporting a recent psychological…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Drills (Practice), Instructional Effectiveness, Statistics
Lassonde, Karla A.; Kolquist, Molly; Vergin, Megan – Teaching of Psychology, 2017
Refutation-style texts have been considered a viable strategy for changing psychological misconceptions. The current study aims to integrate refutation-style texts into a classroom-based method of learning. Psychology students were administered a true/false misconception survey and then viewed several refutation-style poster presentations…
Descriptors: Psychology, Persuasive Discourse, Misconceptions, Gender Differences
