This document outlines a 3-tiered approach for students to critically evaluate how psychology is presented publicly. Students searched BBC news articles, found related scholarly articles, and reflected on the process. Postgraduate tutors noted that while students were skilled searchers, guidance on information literacy and modeling the full task would be beneficial. Overall, the approach provided a positive learning experience for both undergraduate and postgraduate students by incorporating different teaching methods and linking research to teaching.

1. ‘ Critical appraisal of the public presentation of psychology’ A 3 tiered approach to facilitated inquiry. George Thomas (undergraduate Student), Emily Jones (Post-graduate associate tutor) & Dr Myles Jones (Staff) Department of Psychology PEBBLE: Psychological Enquiry-based Learning

4. The Implementation: 3 Tiers Staff Tutors Students

8. Did you notice any differences between the BBC online news article and the journal article? There were massive differences between the BBC article and the journal. First of all, the respective titles of both pieces of research were totally different, however similar. The BBC was titled “ Babies ‘have favourite colours’” in comparison to the journal title, “New evidence for infant colour categories”. The journal itself was detailed, containing graphs and reliable statistics, none of which were mentioned in the BBC article. The journal also used several different experiments to ensure the validity of the initial experiment, of which none was mentioned in the BBC article . The BBC article also managed to miss out the fact that adults were used in the research experiment as a form of control, to allow the infants results to be compared to an adults, to see if the presence of colour categories existed in 4 month old children. I feel that the BBC article took all the interesting and easy pieces of information from the journal article and summarised it into a readable, public format , which could describe the results in a round-about way, to keep the public updated with current infant research, without providing too much information which may cause confusion to the reader.

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16. Student tutorial evaluation 60% agree or agree strongly 20% undecided 20% disagree or disagree strongly

17. Student tutorial evaluation 71% agree or agree strongly 19% undecided 10% disagree or disagree strongly

18. Student tutorial evaluation 59% agree or agree strongly 28% undecided 13% disagree or disagree strongly