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Peer reviewedMaple, Terry L. – Teaching of Psychology, 1981
Describes a comparative psychology course in which advanced college students learn by observing animals in their natural habitats in Kenya. The author tells how the objectives of master of observation, taxa adaptive behavior, echo systems, conservation, and field methods are satisfied. (RM)
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Conservation (Environment), Course Descriptions, Educational Objectives
Peer reviewedOsberg, Timothy M. – Teaching of Psychology, 1992
Describes a classroom demonstration that simulates a verbal encounter with a person experiencing symptoms of schizophrenia. Suggests that the instructor deliver an unannounced monologue that illustrates the disordered thought and speech of a person with schizophrenia. Discusses student evaluation of the demonstration. Concludes that students in…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Demonstrations (Educational), Higher Education, Introductory Courses
Peer reviewedKerber, Kenneth W. – Teaching of Psychology, 1983
A general laboratory course should include projects that familiarize college students with the variety of methods available to the researcher. Described are four research projects that address questions about human behavior by means of experimental, observational, survey, and archival research methods. (RM)
Descriptors: Archives, Behavior, Higher Education, Laboratory Experiments
