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Psych Ed Talk: Teaching in a Polarized World

Reaching Humans Who Are Being Human

  • Higher Education
  • Event
  • On-demand
  • Psychology-Developmental
  • Psychology-Introductory
  • 55 Minutes
  • On-Demand Video

Description

When topics are politically charged, students often disengage or defensively filter evidence. This session offers a research-informed approach to teaching under these conditions. See how imagined worlds—alien ecologies, dystopian societies, interplanetary crises—can lower threat and let students practice reasoning before applying those skills to real contemporary debates. 

About Your Speaker

  • Gabriela A. Martorell -

    Gabriela A. Martorell

    Gabriela Alicia Martorell was born in Seattle, Washington, but moved as a toddler to Guatemala. At eight, she moved back to the United States and lived in Northern California until leaving for her undergraduate training at University of California, Davis. After obtaining her BS in Psychology, she earned her PhD in Developmental and Evolutionary Psychology at University of California, Santa Barbara. Dr. Martorell has taught courses in introductory psychology, research methods, lifespan human development, infant development, child development, adolescent development, adulthood and aging, cultural issues in psychology, evolutionary psychology, and original research project. Dr. Martorell authors Lifespan/Human Development and Child Development titles for McGraw Hill.