"Beautiful Minds:" A Seminar Course on the Psychology of Genius

Autor/in	Simpson, Kevin E.
Titel	"Beautiful Minds:" A Seminar Course on the Psychology of Genius
Quelle	In: Teaching of Psychology, 36 (2009) 1, S.46-50 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0098-6283
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Gifted; Primary Sources; Psychology; Teaching Methods; Academic Achievement; Course Descriptions; Creativity; Inquiry; Case Method (Teaching Technique); Assignments; Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Begabter, Hoch Begabter; Primärquelle; Psychologie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schulleistung; Kursstrukturplan; Kreativität; Case method; Fallmethode; Assignment; Auftrag; Zuweisung; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	Genius-level achievement is a natural draw for undergraduate students, both as a cultural phenomenon and as a topic domain within the science of psychology. Yet within the teaching of psychology literature, the psychology of genius has been largely ignored. I designed a course that combines primary source material drawn from existing empirical findings in the genius and creativity literature with a novel method of inquiry for undergraduates, psychobiography. As an intellectually provocative area of study, the psychology of genius offers teachers a unique way to teach about theory and research in contemporary psychology through a case-based approach. This article describes course readings and assignments, topical areas of discussion, evidence of student learning, and student perceptions of knowledge gains. (Contains 1 table and 3 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10