What
do Prospective Psychology Students Know About the Subject?
A. Furnham & R. Rawles |
Cane
hundred and fifty prospective psychology students completed a multiple
choice test measuring misconceptions about psychological knowledge
and interests (McCutcheon, 1991). However, on only 8% of the questions
did 50% or more of the total subjects get the answers correct and
on 25 questions (nearly 40%) fewer than 20% of the subjects chose
the correct answer. These results are discussed in terms of the literature
on lay theories in psychology.
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