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However, research has shown that textbooks often omit crucial methodological flaws and ethical controversies. For instance, the Stanford Prison Experiment is frequently cited as evidence of the power of situational roles, yet most textbooks fail to mention demand characteristics (participants acting as they believed they should) or the fact that only one-third of guards acted brutally (Haslam & Reicher, 2012). This selective retelling creates a "greatest hits" version of psychology that emphasizes spectacle over scientific nuance. Consequently, students internalize a distorted view of how psychological science actually progresses—as a series of shocking revelations rather than a slow, messy process of replication and refinement. From an educational psychology perspective, the modern textbook is a marvel of instructional design. Using principles derived from cognitive load theory (Sweller, 1988), textbooks break complex information into manageable chunks: learning objectives, key terms in bold, margin glossaries, summary tables, and end-of-chapter quizzes.

Henrich, J., Heine, S. J., & Norenzayan, A. (2010). The weirdest people in the world? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 33 (2-3), 61-83. psikologi book

Griggs, R. A., & Whitehead, G. I. (2015). Coverage of the Stanford Prison Experiment in introductory psychology textbooks. Teaching of Psychology, 42 (3), 195-205. However, research has shown that textbooks often omit

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