Evaluates effectiveness of a college level career development course for psychology majors. A total of 148 students participated in experimental and control groups. Results indicate that the experimental group demonstrated superior increases in self-knowledge, job opportunities, and skills. Several approaches to career education in psychology are…

Discusses a survey examining the psychology curriculum at Bucks County Community College and the program of study, Psychology: Life Skills, emanating from a major revision of that program. The program is designed to serve the needs of students not intending to go to graduate school. (Author/CK)

Two experiments designed to assess brain hemispheric specialization of function are described. The first experiment involves tactile letter and number identification; the second one, verbal interference with a manual task. The experiments provide an excellent introduction to research methodology for undergraduate students. (Author/RM)

Discusses current methods used to encourage undergraduate psychology research and discusses ways to further support student research. Descriptions of local and outside sources for funding undergraduate research projects are included. The authors urge greater support for undergraduate research through increased funding and undergraduate research…

Describes a program of undergraduate, weekend life skills workshops designed to demonstrate practical applications of psychological theories. Each workshop focuses on the relationship of psychological theory to skill development using lecture and group process exercises. The benefits of this program for students, faculty, psychology department,…

Describes use of structured videotaped experiences instead of laboratory meetins in an undergraduate developmental psychology course. Students exposed to videotapes found the course more interesting, attended laboratory sessions more frequently, and performed better on exams. (Author/KC)

Reports on two studies that assessed the interchangeability of logical and empirical estimates of readability and human interest for college-level introductory psychology texts published between 1977 and 1988. Uses Flesch's procedures to obtain logical scores and student ratings to obtain empirical scores. Finds that correlations are too low to…

A previous study ranked 867 private undergraduate institutions by the number of students at each school who subsequently received doctorates between 1920 and 1980. The study reported here analyzed the top ranking 101 institutions in psychology to determine what proportion of psychology majors at each school subsequently received doctoral degrees.…

Two procedures--a consensual procedure and an independent procedure--for measuring personality, and a demonstration designed to help students understand which is more accurate and why, are described. Independent ratings are found to be more valid than group consensus. (RM)

In his article "The Pressure to Publish: A Graduate Student's Personal Plea" (Teaching of Psychology; v10 p177-78 1983), D. R. Fox took the position that pressure on college students to publish research results in many negative consequences. An alternative view that describes benefits of pressure to publish is presented here. (RM)

The author defends the position that he took in his article "The Pressure to Publish: A Graduate Student's Personal Plea" (Teaching of Psychology; v10 p177-78 1983) that pressuring college students to perform experiments for publication purposes only corrupts the ideals of what an education is supposed to be. (RM)

The history of social psychology should be given primary emphasis in undergraduate seminars. A college senior seminar which uses historical case studies is described. (AM)

Describes courses designed to prepare undergraduate students for employment in substance abuse agencies. The courses include a general survey, skills acquisition, and practicum placement. (KC)

States that undergraduate psychology curricula emphasize abstract, generalized topics which do not reflect changes in the field of psychology or its relevance to real world problems. The author advocates the integration of theoretical concepts into areas of applied psychology and presents a course outline to achieve this goal. (AM)

An evaluation of the effectiveness of experiential adjuncts to clinical psychology textbooks is reported. The adjuncts to the undergraduate course were films, exercises, and exposure to professional literature. Results indicate that the use of adjuncts to the text is a positive learning experience. (KC)