This bibliography extends the coverage of "Comprehensive Annotated Bibliography on the Teaching of Psychology at the Undergraduate Level through 1972," edited by Johnson and Daniel, through 1973.

Describes the three phase plan a psychology department used to revise its curriculum. The plan involved: (1) collecting data on educational expectations of faculty, students, and peer institutions; (3) developing a structural model of the major; and (3) re-designing courses to fit the new program. (GEA)

Presents a brief description and evaluation of advising in departments of psychology based on a 1985 national survey. Notes, among other things, that the 'all faculty' model of advising was most popular and that a majority of institutions provided no advising rewards or system for evaluating advisers' performance. (JDH)

Reports results of survey (n=83) of undergraduate psychology students' use and evaluation of career development information. Of 10 information sources evaluated, a departmental course in career development was rated highest in value; the placement office was rated lowest. Resume writing was considered the most valuable type of information provided…

Using a slightly modified version of the Creighton University survey form, (see SO515 858) this survey (N=145) showed students most valued psychology advisors as sources of career information and least valued the placement center. Compared to the Creighton University results, this study showed a need to increase students' use of all sources of…

Describes an experimental undergraduate personality adjustment course at Texas A&M University in which students participated in an experimental effort to introduce them to a formalized affective learning opportunity with systematic training in progressive relaxation. (Author/CK)

Discusses possible advantages of focusing more extensively on the history of selected areas or fields of psychology in a history and systems course. Argues that this topical approach may allow students to see different insights more clearly and the advantages provided by a historical approach. Includes a bibliography of source materials. (DSK)

Undergraduate theses are an excellent method of providing paraprofessional research experience for psychology students. Describes some of the problems (and their remedies) in conducting and advising baccalaureate psychology theses, many of which were published or read at professional meetings. (CS)

Describes activity in which student in abnormal psychology and psychology of exceptional children classes personally experience being judged abnormal. The experience allows the students to remember relevant research, become sensitized to the feelings of individuals classified as deviant, and use caution in classifying individuals as abnormal.…

Presents a method for quantifying the costs and benefits of research to teach undergraduate psychology students research ethics and the statistical concepts of central tendency and variability. Outlines how students rate the costs and benefits of well-known psychology experiments, and learn how to analyze and interpret their findings. (DSK)

An optional field experience for developmental psychology undergraduate students yields positive results in feedback from students and cooperating agencies and on test scores. (JH)

The purpose of this class exercise is to increase undergraduate psychology students' awareness of common persuasion techniques used in advertising, including the appeal to or creation of needs, social and prestige suggestion, and the use of emotionally loaded words and images. Television commercials and magazine advertisements are used as…

A method for increasing student involvement and understanding in history of psychology courses is described. The method is based on a modification of the Role Construct Repertory Test from Kelly's personal construct theory and encourages students to develop shared understanding of similarities among different theories. (Author/JDH))

Describes the use of classic psychological experiments taken from scholarly journals in teaching an undergraduate experimental methodology course. Includes suggestions for matching journal articles with common topics and provides questions to facilitate students' understanding of the articles. (Author/JDH)

Describes a set of exercises called Bringing Psychology to Life (BPL), which is designed to engage introductory psychology students in learning course and textbook content by having them develop psychological explanations for events in their lives. Maintains that BPL is an excellent icebreaker for graduate teaching assistants and a vehicle for…