THE DIALECTIC AS A TOOL FOR TEACHING PSYCHOLOGY

In this article, I present dialectical thinking as a useful tool in te aching psychology. The basic notion of dialectical thinking is that id eas evolve in a cycle, by which the statement of an idea-the thesis-is followed by the statement of a seemingly contrary or contradictory id ea-the antithesis-that is in rum followed by a synthesis that incorpor ates the best elements of both of the original ideas. I also contrast the dialectical model for teaching about the history of psychology wit h the more traditional model.