Michael, I read your request differently. I read it as "What do people know about psychology, but didn't know there is a psychologist and perhaps a book or a study related to what they know." You can probably phrase it better than I.
For example, memories are reconstructed & malleable and are not photographs of isolated events. Based on the work of Elizabeth Loftus and her studies. Parents may inadvertening reinforce certain fears and behaviors. Based on the work of Thorndike and later Skinner. The first part of my examples list the behaviors that people "know." The second part is the intellectual or based on the studies and books of...... JIm Jim Matiya Florida Gulf Coast University jmat...@fgcu.edu Contributor, for Karen Huffman's Psychology in Action, Video Guest Lecturettes John Wiley and Sons. Using David Myers' texts for AP Psychology? Go to http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/cppsych/ High School Psychology and Advanced Psychology Graphic Organizers, Pacing Guides, and Daily Lesson Plans archived at www.Teaching-Point.net > Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:37:46 -0500 > From: michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com > Subject: Re: [PSYTEACH] List of Psychological Studies the Public Might Know > To: psychteac...@list.kennesaw.edu > > Thanks for the many good suggestions. > > Good point about how while Beck is on the list, probably fewer people > have heard of him than have heard of David Burns' Feeling Good book. > "Man who mistook his wife for a hat" (and the "Awakenings" movie) are > good ideas. > Washoe is a great suggestion > > Regarding Thomas Capo's comment that we might be deviating a bit from > the intent of the list: I have to say that it's been difficult for me > to keep to the original intent of the list. The idea behind the list > and the episode is to just point out to listeners that they are more > familiar with psychologists and psychological studies than they might > think at first. It's been tough to keep off the list studies and > people that I think (or wish) the public SHOULD know from those that > they probably DO know. That's where Loftus' work would probably fall > - her work is classic and more of the public should know it, but I'm > going to guess that they've never heard of her or her studies. That's > why perhaps a different list should perhaps be compiled, consisting of > "Studies We Wish the Public Knew" > > At any rate, it looks like the list is about 95% complete, since we're > it's becoming harder to decide whether to add something or not. If > it's getting this hard to decide then probably the list is useful > enough as it is. > > > Michael Britt > mich...@thepsychfiles.com > www.thepsychfiles.com > Twitter: mbritt > > ************************************************************************ > PsychTeacher is a moderated discussion list for teachers of psychology > owned by the Society for the Teaching of Psychology and hosted by > Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw GA > > All messages for the list should be emailed to psychteac...@list.kennesaw.edu > > LIST OPERATOR: Bill Hill <bh...@kennesaw.edu> > LIST MODERATORS: Rick Froman, Ted Bosack, > Tom Pusateri, Bryan Saville, Tracy Zinn, and Julie Penley > ************************************************************************ --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
