• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Giving Psychological Science Away: The Role of Applications Courses
  • Beteiligte: Klatzky, Roberta L.
  • Erschienen: SAGE Publications, 2009
  • Erschienen in: Perspectives on Psychological Science, 4 (2009) 5, Seite 522-530
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6924.2009.01162.x
  • ISSN: 1745-6916; 1745-6924
  • Schlagwörter: General Psychology
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:p> The applicability of basic research in psychological science is obvious to those in the field, but too often underappreciated outside of it. In this article, I suggest some reasons for that gap, including confusion between the relevance of psychological science and its actual application, which can lead to hype; the interdisciplinary nature of applied science, which can obscure the credit due to the field; and the considerable difficulty of moving basic research into application, including the potential for resistance to the products we deliver. I suggest that our own students constitute a relatively underutilized audience for demonstrating that psychological science has been critical to applications, and I describe an applied cognitive science course that is intended to make the case to them. </jats:p>