INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY TEACHING PRIMER Early Career ...

RELEVANT TOP ARTICLES
(Annotated Bibliography)
Leckl, K. (2006). Teaching personality theory using popular music. Teaching of Psychology, 33,
34-36.
This work describes the use of popular music to illustrate personality psychology concepts in the
classroom. Students not only listened to and analyzed songs selected by the instructor, but are
also asked to select songs on their own that demonstrate different theoretical approaches to
personality psychology.
McCrae, R. R. (2011). Personality theories for the 21 st century. Teaching of Psychology, 38,
209-214.
The author focuses on the importance of trait theories of personality in predicting and
explaining human behavior. He advocates studying personality through an examination of
traits, discussing how they are influenced by biology as well as the social and cultural
environment.
Paddock, J. R., Terranova, S., Giles, L. (2001). SASB goes Hollywood: Teaching personality
theories through movies. Teaching of Psychology, 28, 117-120.
This article describes a technique for teaching students about personality theories through
viewing segments of feature films. Depending upon the movie selected, this method is an
engaging and effective tool for demonstrating different theories of psychology. The authors
focus on the use of the Structural Analysis of Social Behavior model in their approach.
Segrist, D. J. (2009). What’s going on in your professor’s head? Demonstrating the Id, Ego,
and Superego. Teaching of Psychology, 36, 51-54.
This work describes an in-class activity designed to help instructors demonstrate the different
characteristics of Freud’s personality components: id, ego, and superego. The article also
discusses the differing levels of consciousness associated with each component, helping provide
examples of how to effectively communicate the material to students.
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