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    Controversy in the Psychology Classroom
    Using Hot Topics to Foster Critical Thinking

    Dana S. Dunn (Edited by), Regan A. R. Gurung (Edited by), Karen Z. Naufel (Edited by), Janie H. Wilson (Edited by)

    9781433812385

    Paperback / softback, published 15 December 2012

    272 pages
    25.4 x 17.8 x 1.9 cm, 0.536 kg

    One of the hallmarks of a quality liberal arts education is providing undergraduates the opportunity to wrestle with controversial issues. Yet many teachers feel ill-equipped when it comes to broaching disagreeable topics, managing the resulting heated debates, or helping students to separate their personal feelings from scientific evidence.

    This book provides frameworks for teaching controversial topics and skills for handling disruptions, so teachers can help students evaluate evidence and develop testable questions.

    Specific teaching topics covered include:
    • evolutionary psychology
    • childrearing
    • sexual orientation
    • animal experimentation
    • evil
    • diversity and social justice
    • gender and ethnicity
    • religion
    • disability
    • healthcare policy

    Contributors

    Foreword: Deciding Where to Stand 
    Jane S. Halonen

    Preface

    Teaching About Controversial Issues: An Introduction 
    Dana S. Dunn, Regan A. R. Gurung, Karen Z. Naufel, and Janie H. Wilson

    I. Guiding Frameworks for Teaching About Controversial Issues

    1. Frames of Reference: Social Psychological Perspectives for Teaching About Controversial Matters 
      Dana S. Dunn, Regan A. R. Gurung, and Karen Z. Naufel
    2. Preventing and Handling Classroom Disruptions 
      Kristin M. Vespia and Tonya E. Filz
    3. Treating Students as Early-Career Professionals: The Ethics of Teaching 
      Maureen A. McCarthy and R. Eric Landrum

    II. Helping Students Arrive at an Empirically Based Conclusion

    1. Seven Tools for Teaching Evolutionary Psychology 
      David M. Buss
    2. Hitting Close to Home: Teaching About Spanking 
      Elizabeth T. Gershoff
    3. Sexual Orientation, Marriage, and Students of Faith 
      David G. Myers
    4. Addressing the Role of Animal Research in Psychology 
      Suzanne C. Baker and Sherry L. Serdikoff

    III. Opening Consideration of Multiple Views

    1. Overcoming Discomfort When Teaching About Evil and Immorality 
      Karen Z. Naufel
    2. Anticipating and Working With Controversy in Diversity and Social Justice Topics 
      Cheryl B. Warner, Rosemary E. Phelps, Delishia M. Pittman, and Carla S. Moore
    3. Gender Matters: Engaging Students in Controversial Issues 
      Elizabeth Yost Hammer and Eugenia M. Valentine
    4. Teaching About Race and Ethnicity 
      Mary E. Kite
    5. Spirituality and Religion: How Contexts, Developmental Processes, and Personal Experiences Influence Behavior 
      Dean D. VonDras
    6. Disability as Diversity Rather Than (In)Difference: Understanding Others' Experiences Through One's Own 
      Dana S. Dunn, David J. Fisher, and Brittany M. Beard
    7. Health Psychology and Policy: When Politics Infiltrates Science 
      Regan A. R. Gurung and Daniel Bruns

    IV. Concluding Thoughts and Going Forward

    1. Using Controversies to Teach Scientific Thinking in Psychology: Topics and Issues 
      Jeffrey D. Holmes

    Index

    About the Editors
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