The Impact of Language and Response Format on Student Endorsement of Psychological Misconceptions

Teaching of Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-37

  Hughes, Sean ^a   Lyddy, Fiona ^a   Kaplan, Robin ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

psychology; questionnaire; student misconceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875112319     PISSN: 00986283     EISSN: 15322802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0098628312465861     Document Type: Article

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