The Effect of Refuting Misconceptions in the Introductory Psychology Class
- 24 June 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Teaching of Psychology
- Vol. 36 (3), 153-159
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00986280902959986
Abstract
Students often come into the introductory psychology course with many misconceptions and leave with most of them intact. Borrowing from other disciplines, we se...Keywords
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