Teaching Current Directions
C. Nathan DeWall, University of Kentucky, and renowned textbook author and APS Fellow David G. Myers, Hope College, have teamed up to create a new series of Observer columns aimed at integrating cutting-edge psychological science into the classroom. Each column will offer advice and how-to guidance about teaching a particular area of research or topic in psychological science that has been the focus of an article in the APS journal Current Directions in Psychological Science. Current Directions is a peer-reviewed bi-monthly journal featuring reviews by leading experts covering all of scientific psychology and its applications and allowing readers to stay apprised of important developments across subfields beyond their areas of expertise. Its articles are written to be accessible to non-experts, making them ideally suited for use in the classroom.
- Understanding the Science Behind Desire
- Teaching the Testing Effect
- Moving Experiences
- Morality Matters
- Teaching Students About the Sunny Side of Stress
- Teaching Students About How Simple, Positive Activities Can Increase Well-Being
- Positive Activity Interventions
- Why Do Romantic Partners Get Under Our Skin
- Experiences in Close Relationships Scale-Short Form
- Demonstrating Wishful Perceiving
- Resolving the Adolescent Mystery
- Submitting the Teen Brain to a Student Jury
- The Hidden Key to Virtuous Behavior
- Identification With All Humanity Scale (supplemental PDF)
- The Upside of Being Down
- Fast Thinking Feels Good
- Why Smart People Can Make Not-So-Smart Judgments
