Teaching Experimental Psych this term and finding a lot of my time tied
to covering basic research designs of course. However, students don't get a
sense of the actual thinking, problem-solving, and detective work that is
less neat and yet more valuable to exploring research questions or just
learning about psychological phenomena. I expect our Experimental Psych
class will become a two semester class soon, in which case I may have more
time to emphasize science as problem-solving and critical-thinking. While
some texts even use the detective analogy in their title, I have found none
that really can convey the seat-of-your pants kind of thinking and
problem-solving aspects of basic research in an exciting way--at least not
matching the fun I have in learning about things. Do any tipsters have
exercises or assignments that try to convey this aspect of scientific
problem-solving? Gary Peterson
Gerald (Gary) L. Peterson, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychology
Saginaw Valley State University
University Center, MI 48710
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