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Professor of Psychology | Wesleyan University

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December 19, 2021

Teaching Social Psychology Effectively: A Practical Guide (PDF)→

December 19, 2021/ Scott Plous

Plous, S., Myers, D. G., Kite, M., & Dunn, D. S. (2021). Teaching social psychology effectively: A practical guide. In J. Zumbach, D. Bernstein, S. Narciss, and P. Marsico (Eds.), International Handbook of Psychology Learning and Teaching. Springer.

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December 19, 2021

Internationalizing Undergraduate Psychology Education: Trends, Techniques, and Technologies (PDF)→

December 19, 2021/ Scott Plous

Takooshian, H., Gielen, U. P., Plous, S., Rich, G. J., & Velayo, R. S. (2016). American Psychologist, 71, 136-147.

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December 15, 2014

Action Teaching (PDF)→

December 15, 2014/ ScienceSites

S. Plous (2012). The Encyclopedia of Peace Psychology, (ed. D. Christie). New York: Wiley-Blackwell, pp 1-5.

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December 15, 2014

Are You an Action Teacher? Win $1,000 While Making the World a Better Place (PDF)→

December 15, 2014/ ScienceSites

S. Plous (2009, Winter). Psychology Teacher Network, 18(4), pp. 1, 4, 8, 10, 11.

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2009
December 15, 2014

How Social Science Can Reduce Terrorism (PDF)→

December 15, 2014/ ScienceSites

S. Plous and P.G. Zimbardo (2004, September 10). Chronicle of Higher Education, pp. B9-B10.
* Reprinted in The General Psychologist, 40(1), pp. 1-2 (Spring, 2005); Readings in Deviant Behavior, 4th edition (2006), eds. A. Thio and T. Calhoun, Boston: Allyn & Bacon; and Crisis Times, April 2006, Volume 2, Issue 2, pp. 1-2.]

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December 15, 2014

Is There Such a Thing as Prejudice Toward Animals? (PDF)→

December 15, 2014/ ScienceSites

S. Plous (2003). Understanding Prejudice and Discrimination (ed. S. Plous). New York: McGraw-Hill, pp. 509-528.

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December 15, 2014

Assessing the Reviewers of Animal Research: Response (PDF)→

December 15, 2014/ ScienceSites

S. Plous and H. Herzog (2001). Science, 294, 1831-1832.

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December 15, 2014

Reliability of Protocol Reviews for Animal Research (PDF)→

December 15, 2014/ ScienceSites

S. Plous and H. Herzog (2001). Science, 293, 608-609.
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December 15, 2014

Poll Shows Researchers Favor Lab Animal Protection (PDF)→

December 15, 2014/ ScienceSites

S. Plous and H.A. Herzog Jr. (2000). Science, 290, 711.

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December 15, 2014

Responding to Overt Displays of Prejudice: A Role-Playing Exercise (PDF)→

December 15, 2014/ ScienceSites

S. Plous (2000). Teaching of Psychology, 27, 198-200.

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  • The World's Most Compassionate 24 Hours

    Scott’s online course has enrolled more than a million students since it opened in 2013, making it one of the world's largest courses. And the final challenge for this vast number of students is to spend 24 hours in the most compassionate way possible. — BBC News

  • The Science of Compassion

    Scott appeared on a National Public Radio podcast to discuss the “Day of Compassion” — an experiment in which people live as compassionately as possible for 24 hours and see what happens. — Hidden Brain, NPR

Featured Publications

  • Action Teaching

    S. Plous (2012). The Encyclopedia of Peace Psychology (ed. D. Christie)

  • Are You an Action Teacher? Win $1,000 While Making the World a Better Place

    S. Plous (2009). Psychology Teacher Network

  • How Social Science Can Reduce Terrorism

    S. Plous and P.G. Zimbardo (2004). Chronicle of Higher Education

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