Responses to an attitude-toward-psychology scale became more favorable during a 1-yr. introductory course, with greater change for “fact” than “opinion” items. Thus, responses may reflect both “favorability toward psychology” and “critical thinking about psychology,” but these constructs are confounded in the scale. An open-ended format may better depict the attitudinal complexity developed during the course.
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