Teaching Psychology in Higher Education Book

Notes on Contributors vii

Foreword Stephen E. Newstead x

Preface Dominic Upton Annie Trapp xv

Acknowledgements xix

1 Individual Differences: Psychology in the European Community Annie Trapp Dominic Upton 1

2 Those We Serve? Student Issues and Solutions Caprice Lantz 22

3 Myths, Maths and Madness: Misconceptions around Psychology Peter Reddy Caprice Lantz 54

4 Teaching You to Suck Eggs? Using Psychology to Teach Psychology Annie Trapp 82

5 Bravery and Creativity through the Curriculum Douglas A. Bernstein Dominic Upton 105

6 Non-Sadistical Methods for Teaching Statistics Andy P. Field 134

7 Where Angels Fear to Tread: The Undergraduate Research Project Mark Forshaw Susan Hansen 164

8 How Do You Really Know? Kathy Harrington 185

9 Onwards and Upwards: Teaching Postgraduate Students Jacqui Akhurst 213

10 Spreading the Word: Teaching Psychology to Non-Psychologists Dominic Upton 240

11 Psychology: Past, Present and Future Dominic Upton Annie Trapp 264

Resource Guide 272

Index 281