TY - JOUR AU - Hendrix, Kimber AU - Alper, Becka PY - 2014/01/24 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Mythbusters: A Student Activity that Debunks Fallacious Information JF - TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology JA - TRAILS VL - IS - SE - DO - UR - https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/mythbusters-a-student-activity-that-debunks SP - AB - Undergraduate students often enter sociology courses with preconceived notions, or myths, regarding various social phenomena. As such, sociology instructors struggle to overcome confirmation bias and motivated reasoning when teaching since many students disregard research findings when their worldview is challenged. To overcome this hurdle, this paper examines the use of a group activity that empowers students to formally identify these myths. Students do so by using various media (i.e., research, video, news, etc.) to understand the ways in which these myths are framed and thus challenge their validity. We incorporate this activity within three courses, Introduction to Sociology, Social Problems and the Social Psychology of Marriage, taught at a university and community college. However, the breadth of this activity could apply to a variety of courses. This activity successfully creates an opportunity for students to confront their own biases through exploration of research. ER -