Introductory Psychology

Abstract

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Peer interaction and critical thinking: Face-to-face or online discussion?

“…The criteria were Sternberg's (1993) Eight Standards for Evaluating the Psychology Paper (see Appendix A). Support material was also distributed, including a background chapter (Malim & Birch, 1998), a previous empirical paper in the area (Gardner & Gardner, 1969), as well as a sample student critical appraisal, which evaluated a different article using the same standards.…”

Heteronormativity and the Exclusion of Bisexuality in Psychology

“…The three introductory texts (Gross, 2005;Hayes, 2000;Malim & Birch, 1998) were very similar in coverage to the equivalent US books.…”

“…Introductory textbooks were generally not as good at integrating LGB psychology into sections other than those on sexual orientation: they tended to avoid mention at all in sections on relationships, or made very brief comments that the findings discussed also applied to lesbians and gay men (e.g., in relation to benefits of relationships for well-being, Myers, 2004). Malim and Birch (1998) acknowledge the heterosexual bias in their coverage, stating: 'we have tended to ignore the gender of lovers in this discussion. While heterosexual love has been the major focus (the research is very much greater here), love experiences do not appear to be very different for people with different sexual orientations' (p.605).…”

A non‐statutory framework for religious education: issues and opportunities

“…The main tradition of child psychology is concerned with cognitive development (e.g. Lovell, 1968;Piaget, 1977;Donaldson, 1978;Gross, 1992;Lee & Gupta, 1995;Malim & Birch, 1998) and not with skills. Key texts on the psychology of religion (Wulff, 1991;Paloutzian, 1996;Hood et al, 1996) make scant or no mention of skills in their discussion of religion in childhood and adolescence.…”