295
Subject Index
objective 67–9, 72–5
psychological testing 277–80
media 29, 71, 104–5, 204–5, 208
Memento 105
memorizing 52
memory 104–5, 183–4, 186–7, 193–4
see also false memory
memory test 247–8
mental health issues 257
metacognition 30–1, 45–6, 65, 137–8,
142–3
meta-knowledge 204
misconceptions 188
misdiagnosis 269
mismatch condition 187
module-based research project 247–50
“Monster Study” 205
moral issues 215, 216–18
motivation 26, 66–7, 151, 216
Mozart effect 207
fMRI 14, 15
Muller–Lyer illusion 270
naïve realism 268, 270
Nation at Risk (NCEE) 62
National Academy of Sciences 200
National Commission on Excellence in
Education 62
National Standards for Introductory Psychology
(APA) 67
natural selection 18
Natural World data 79
neuroimaging technologies 14, 15, 17
neurolinguistic programming 12
The New York Times xvi, 205
newscasters 63
Newsday 208
Nicholson, Jack 29
novelty effects 269
novice to expert progression 63–4, 65–6
obedience 52
Occupational Outlook Handbook 232
open-ended responses 84
operant psychology 155–8
opinions 51, 118, 119
optical illusions 270
O’Reilly, Bill 18
oversimplification 15, 16, 122
paradigmatic thinking 169
participation 185, 253–4
pattern recognition 65
Pearson correlation formula 154–5
pedagogy 35–6, 43–6, 127, 140–3
peer review process 29–30, 165, 172
peer writing assistants 241, 242
peer-to-peer teaching 156, 254
peppered moth 18
perception 201, 268
perfection, pursuit of 67
performance assessment 61, 66–7
personal construct theory 127, 131
personal epistemology 37–42
personal experience
beliefs 211–12, 213–14, 217–18
moral issues 217–18
personal involvement 111
personal mission statements 241–4
personal response systems 188, 189
personal theory of behavior 63
personality 26, 127, 277–8
PET scans 14, 15
physiological data 107
placebo effects 267, 269
plagiarism 226
Ponzo illusion 270
pornography 121
position papers 258
postdiscussion activity 253–4
post-then method 274
posttraumatic stress disorder 13, 267
prayer, efficacy of 204
preconceptions 145, 188
precourse knowledge questionnaire 238
preparation for class 66–7
prereflective thinking 38–9, 44
presentation poster 249
prestige, sources of 102
principal components analysis 133
probability 1–2, 153
problem-based scenarios 54, 55
problem solving 56, 65, 70, 145–6
process approach 90–4
processing automatacity 187
The Professor’s Guide to Teaching (Forsyth) 139
propaganda 122–3
prosocial behavior 176
pseudoscience 26, 164–5
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