Giving Psychological Science Away: The Role of Applications Courses
- 1 September 2009
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perspectives on Psychological Science
- Vol. 4 (5), 522-530
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6924.2009.01162.x
Abstract
The applicability of basic research in psychological science is obvious to those in the field, but too often underappreciated outside of it. In this article, I suggest some reasons for that gap, including confusion between the relevance of psychological science and its actual application, which can lead to hype; the interdisciplinary nature of applied science, which can obscure the credit due to the field; and the considerable difficulty of moving basic research into application, including the potential for resistance to the products we deliver. I suggest that our own students constitute a relatively underutilized audience for demonstrating that psychological science has been critical to applications, and I describe an applied cognitive science course that is intended to make the case to them.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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