Most of my students when we covered social psych in intro yesterday (all but two students, different ones for each question) had ever heard of Abu-Gharib OR the Heaven's Gate cult and mass suicide. No one had heard of Jonestown (we watched the discovering psych video) or knew what happened in Waco, Tx. It is getting harder to find relevant examples to use in class. They do remember 9-11 but few had a "flashbulb" memory.
Sigh Thanks for the updated list. I'll send it on to my students :) Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---- Original message ---- >Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:56:41 -0500 >From: "beth benoit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: [tips] Am I expecting too much? >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> > > Link: File-List > > Maybe this is a good time to haul out that yearly > posting from Beloit College about "this year's > freshman class." I find that I need to update my > examples, as these kids don't really recall the > Challenger explosion (so much for that example for > discussions of groupthink), Jonestown (have to use > videos to discuss cult behavior because they never > heard of it), and on and on. > > > > Here's the current list (which was also posted at > the beginning of this term). It's fun and quite > surprising: > > > > http://www.beloit.edu/~pubaff/mindset/2011.php > > > > Beth Benoit > > Granite State College > > Plymouth State University > > New Hampshire > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ---
