STUDENTS' APPLICATIONS OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY IN INTRODUCTORY SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY CLASSES.

Some readers might ask whether this approach does not move beyond the strict conclusions of laboratory and field experimental research. Of course it does. To put any science into practice, one must go beyond the strict confines of experimental conditions. If it is found in the process that certain generalizations do not hold or do not hold as well as believed initially, this knowledge can be cycled back into experiments to reveal what additional factors have come into play. It seems both desirable and feasible to include more techniques for application in introductory social psychology courses. Five techniques for doing so have been reviewed in this paper: lectures, readings, letters, discussion questions, and examination questions. Using them all simultaneously weaves student application consistently throughout the entire fabric of the course. To me these techniques seem pedagogically sound, but I welcome comments from others. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]