An Evolutionary Model Applied to Teaching

Abstract

in the 1980s. Clearly, Mann's (1982) theorizing about undergraduate education today has empirical efficacy. In addition, students appear to be sensitive to the role of the social context in shaping the development of the discipline and to the difference between psychology as a discipline and as a profession. It is reassuring for us as educators to observe that students become more abstract in their thinking about psychology as they advance, while retaining a humanistic orientation. The different approaches of instructors appear to affect student attitudes, although the effect is not as pronounced as might be expected. Finally, although sex differences were found for values and attitudes, they appear to be a matter of degree rather than kind.