Since there isn’t evidence that trigger warnings help—and there is now evidence that they might even increase anxiety—some psychologists do not recommend their use.
divorce, and child abuse—I know from experience that many students have endured very challenging life and family experiences that may not be apparent to others. As a result, my introduction to any course includes a statement that it will delve into many of the most controversial and difficult issues in our society, ones that may personally affect the lives of people in the class, and that all discussions must be conducted with respect for one another.
In other respects, trigger warnings seem to have less impact than their critics have feared. Some opponents of trigger warnings seem to suppose that they are a way for students to demand that they not encounter ideas that challenge their beliefs, particularly on social-justice issues. That opposition is part of broader worries about teachers “coddling” students, cultivating their fragility, or shielding them from discussions that might expand their minds.
One alternative, suggested by the Brandeis list, is to replace “trigger warning” with “content note.” Would that be an improvement? Bellet told me that “what really matters is not so much what you’re calling it as what you’re insinuating about a reaction.” Jones added that “humans are pretty smart about language, so, when you say ‘content note,’ if what you really mean is trigger warning, people are going to figure that out very quickly, and then the advantage of using a different word is gone.
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