Psychology Today | 21.02.2026 04:51
Earlier in my career of teaching critical thinking (CT), I would advise students to "do their research." I typically meant this in two ways. First, as these were often psychology students in a traditional university, chances were that they would actually, at some stage soon, conduct their own research – likely as part of an undergraduate project and, perhaps thereafter, a master’s or PhD level dissertation, or even a post-doctoral project. In addition to theory and history, we were teaching our students how to conduct research – correctly. So, my recommendation wasn’t a stretch. This is what we expected of them.
