Dr Philip Chittleborough
Lecturer
B.A. (Hons) (First Class), PhD. (Adelaide)
Philip Chittleborough
Bio
Phil completed his studies in psychology at the University of Adelaide. After graduating with a first class honours degree, he completed a PhD in which he examined how people interpret, respond, and evaluate everyday arguments. After teaching part-time at the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia, Phil taught full-time at the Flinders University of South Australia. Subsequently, he was appointed to CSU at the Albury campus.
Presently, his interests remain in the area of reasoning and argumentation, whether verbalised or internal – with particular interest in fallacies and flaws – in everyday life contexts. Recently, Phil has begun turning his attention to these processes in a mental health context.
Phil is also interested in empathy, its development, and measurement, and its role in a variety of social processes and behaviours.
Teaching
- Foundations of Psychology
- Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Ethics and Current Issues in Psychology
- Supervision of research students
Research
- Comprehension of everyday arguments
- Evaluation of arguments
- Argument mapping
- Empathy
Recent publications
Chittleborough, P. (in preparation). Criteria of judgement used in evaluating everyday arguments. Intended for the journal Thinking and Reasoning.
Chittleborough, P. (in preparation). Lessons for the psychology of reasoning: The fruits of inter-disciplinary pollination. Intended for The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied.
Chittleborough, P., Maybery, D., Patrick, K., & Reupert, A. (2006). Impact of electronic teaching practices on student outcomes. Poster presented at the Maximising opportunity and minimising risk conference , November, Charles Sturt University , Wagga Wagga , Australia.
Membership of professional associations and groups
- Registered psychologist (NSW)
