Interest in psychology at the high school level.

Comments on the apparent low interest in psychology among bright high school students as being attributed to the absence of contact with psychologists or psychology as a science in the usual high school curriculum. The author reports that during the past three years at the annual Southern Appalachian Science Fair sponsored by the local Scripps-Howard newspaper and the University of Tennessee, exhibits and studies dealing with psychology have received their due share, if not more, of the awards. This interest in psychology is noteworthy on several accounts. These are expounded upon. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)