Bowdoin vs. Carleton ED for quirky chemistry, music, and chess kid?

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@cinnamon1212

I remember my 500 person “Introduction to Social Psychology” class, with multiple choice tests and no discussion, and cannot help but think my experience would have been very different in a 20 person – or even 50 person – class.

My Intro to Social Psychology was actually ~40 students. The class was small enough that the professor was able to replicate many of the classic experiments in social psychology during class. It’s one thing to hear a professor lecture about the Tragedy of the Commons. It’s another thing to have your class demonstrate Tragedy of the Commons dynamics right there in real time with more altruistic class members powerless to stop the behavior of the self-concerned. Truly unforgettable.