[tips] CTUP Meeting at APA
Just a reminder as you pack for San Francisco and plan your schedules: The Council of Teachers of Undergraduate Psychology (CTUP) will hold its annual meeting at the APA convention. The meeting will be in the Marriott, in the D2 hospitality suite (thanks to D2 and program chair Janie Wilson!) on Saturday August 18 from 2-3 p.m. Everyone is welcome - please come and support undergraduate and secondary high school teaching. Diane Finley Past President, Treasurer, CTUP Diane L. Finley, Ph.D. Professor Department of Psychology Prince George's Community College 301 Largo Road Largo MD 20774 (301) 322-0869 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://academic.pgcc.edu/~dfinley Diane L. Finley, Ph.D. Professor Department of Psychology Prince George's Community College 301 Largo Road Largo MD 20774 (301) 322-0869 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://academic.pgcc.edu/~dfinley --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
[tips] TIPS is up and running again
As you may have seen with Diane's message about CTUP at APA, TIPS is now running again. Sorry for any inconvenience but several changes are being made on campus regarding the software that runs TIPS and the last change obviously led to major problems. I hope all of you have a great start to the new academic year. Best wishes, Bill Bill Southerly, PhD Department of Psychology Frostburg State University Frostburg, MD 21532 301-687-4778 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
[tips] Psychology-oriented podcast you may find of interest
A you prepare for your fall semester, I'd like to recommend that the podcast I host may prove of interest to both you and your students. I taught psychology for over 10 years and I developed my podcast, "The Psych Files" (http://www.thepsychfiles.com) specifically for students and teachers of psychology. Episodes are typically 20-25 minutes and each topic maps directly to a specific topic, chapter, or current event in the field of psychology. In addition to the podcast, the website contains references to articles, downloadable concept maps, teaching suggestions and interactive quizzes. The podcast is free (and commercial free) and can be easily subscribed to in iTunes. New episodes are released at least every 2 weeks. Since most of our students today have iPods and other portable devices capable of playing media, why not have them use these devices to listen to and learn about psychology and see how psychological theories affect their daily lives? Here is a list of the episodes and how they map to psychological topics. If you think your students would find this podcast helpful, please feel free to give them the web address. Topics from The Psych Files Research: How consumer psychologists use research methods to understand and manipulate buyers. http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2007/05/03/episode-13-big-brother-what-your-gro cery-store-knows-about-you/ How Popper's concept of falsifiability can help students understand the difference between popular and scientific predictions: http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2007/02/11/episode-3-predictions-predictions/ Developmental: A walk through Erikson's stages, with audio clips from people in each stage (including John Wayne): http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2007/07/09/episode-20-eriksons-eight-stages-of- life/ Biological: A discussion of the neuron, some parts of the brain, and changes in the brain that correspond with Erikson's stages of development. http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2007/08/11/episode-24-the-brains-behind-erikson -part-2/ http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2007/08/11/episode-24-the-brains-behind-erikson -part-3/ Social: A review of the Robber's Cave experiment and its implications for conflict resolution http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2007/06/27/episode-20-conflict-resolution-a-cla ssic-psychological-study/ Revisit the Personal Space Invasions study conducted in 1976 in which men were observed as they stood at the urinal. http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2007/05/22/episode-16-theyre-at-it-again-my-fav orite-weird-psychology-studies/ An introduction to cognitive dissonance theory: http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2007/03/20/episode-8-why-do-contradictions-both er-us-so-much-cognitive-dissonance-in-everyday-life/ Explore the controversy surrounding the blaming the victim controversy: http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2007/03/11/episode-7-blaming-the-victim-and-oth er-biases/ Therapy: An exploration of EMDR (eye movement desensitization and Reprocessing) http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2007/06/19/episode-19-eye-movement-desensitizat ion-and-reprocessing-an-interview-with-jamie-oneil/ While no one can tell students which therapeutic approach is best for them, here is a discussion of guidelines proposed by Dr. Robert Langs to help people evaluate whether or not therapy is likely to be effective: http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2007/04/25/episode-12-the-necessity-of-maintain ing-the-frame-in-psychotherapy/ The field of psychology is currently in a stage referred to as "positive psychology", but can this idea go to far? Take a critical look at "The Secret" and "The Law of Attraction": http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2007/03/04/the-negative-side-of-positive-thinki ng/ A review of Freud's psychological defense mechanisms: http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2007/02/25/episode-5-in-defense-of-defense-mech anisms/ Learning: Explore how reinforcement principles can be used to explain even superstitious behavior like our actions in the bowling alley. http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2007/04/18/episode-11-what-does-your-bowling-st yle-say-about-you/ An explanation with examples of positive and negative reinforcement and punishment (including a 3D Concept map): http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2007/02/11/episode-2-rewards-and-punishments/ Motivation: A review if Equity theory: how it works and how thoughts about fairness affect our work motivation. http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2007/05/19/episode-15-its-not-fair-equity-in-li fe-and-work/ Personality: A discussion of the concept of self-esteem http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2007/03/30/episode-9-how-do-you-really-raise-se lf-esteem-the-incredibles-vs-american-idol/ Sorry for the long post, but I really do believe that the podcast is unique and will be of interest to you and your students. Michael Britt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.thepsychfiles.com --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
[tips] RE: TIPS is up and running again
Hey Bill, Once again, thanks for all you do! Jim Jim Matiya Moraine Valley Community College [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003 Moffett Memorial Teaching Excellence Award of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (Division Two of the American Psychological Association)New webpage: http://online.morainevalley.edu/WebSupported/JimMatiya/ Using David Myers' texts for AP Psychology? Go to http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/cppsych/ High School Psychology and Advanced Psychology Graphic Organizers, Pacing Guides, and Daily Lesson Plans archived at www.Teaching-Point.net> To: tips@acsun.frostburg.edu> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [tips] TIPS is up and running again> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:17:26 -0400> > As you may have seen with Diane's message about CTUP at APA, TIPS is > now running again. Sorry for any inconvenience but several changes > are being made on campus regarding the software that runs TIPS and the > last change obviously led to major problems.> > I hope all of you have a great start to the new academic year.> > Best wishes,> > Bill> > > Bill Southerly, PhD> Department of Psychology> Frostburg State University> Frostburg, MD 21532> 301-687-4778> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ---> To make changes to your subscription go to:> http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english> --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
[tips] History of Psych electronic resources for teaching]
Fellow Teachers of the History of Psychology, Just a friendly reminder, as you are putting together your courses for the fall term, of the various on-line resources I have developed that you might consider adding to your syllabus. The newest member of the family is the Advances in the History of Psychology -- http://ahp.yorku.ca/ -- a daily (almost) blog, written by Jeremy Burman and I. AHP contains news items relevant to the history of psychology drawn from journals, conferences, other internet sites, the general news, and anywhere else we can find them. Coming soon is the second and final part of my video documentary history of American Functionalist psychology entitled, "A School of Their Own." It covers roughly 1898-1920, and will be launched at the APA meeting next week -- Sun, 1-2 pm, Moscone 250. I will be distributing DVD copies at the convention (only $5 each!). I will also be posting a small-window copy on Google Video after the convention. You can find the first part of the documentary about the history of functionalism -- "Toward a School of Their Own, http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=1488007330440945673 -- on Google Video now. It covers the years 1859-1898. My first video documentary -- "An Academy in Crisis: The Hiring of James Mark Baldwin and James Gibson Hume at the University of Toronto in 1889," http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=31528576023114946 -- can be found on Google Video as well. (It is a "local" topic, to be sure, that may not be of great interest to many outside of the Toronto area, but it can be presented as an example of how social and political factors have sometimes historically trumped intellectual ones, even in an academic setting.) This Week in the History of Psychology -- http://www.yorku.ca/christo/podcasts/ -- is a 30-episode podcast series produced last year. Each show is about 25 minutes in length, and features an interview with a working historian of psychology on a featured topic in his or her area of expertise -- available at iTunes as well. (I'll also be speaking at an APA plenary session about the making of this podcast series -- Sat, 12-2 pm, Moscone 301) ...and still, after more than a decade in operation, there is, of course: Classics in the History of Psychology -- http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/ -- (free access to ~250 historically significant articles, chapter, and books) Have a happy semester. I hope to see you in San Francisco. Regards, Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ phone: 416-736-2100 ext. 66164 fax: 416-736-5814 --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
[tips] Human Sexuality
Now that the kinks have been worked out... I asked for information on PsychTeach and now I will ask for help with teaching Human Sexuality on TIPS. My dept. chair asked me to teach this course, and ,of course, I said yes, even though I had never taught it before. So this neophyte needs some help. Any activities, videos ideas, procedures would be appreciated. Jim Jim Matiya Moraine Valley Community College [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003 Moffett Memorial Teaching Excellence Award of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (Division Two of the American Psychological Association)New webpage: http://online.morainevalley.edu/WebSupported/JimMatiya/ Using David Myers' texts for AP Psychology? Go to http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/cppsych/ High School Psychology and Advanced Psychology Graphic Organizers, Pacing Guides, and Daily Lesson Plans archived at www.Teaching-Point.net> To: tips@acsun.frostburg.edu> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [tips] TIPS is up and running again> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:17:26 -0400> > As you may have seen with Diane's message about CTUP at APA, TIPS is > now running again. Sorry for any inconvenience but several changes > are being made on campus regarding the software that runs TIPS and the > last change obviously led to major problems.> > I hope all of you have a great start to the new academic year.> > Best wishes,> > Bill> > > Bill Southerly, PhD> Department of Psychology> Frostburg State University> Frostburg, MD 21532> 301-687-4778> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ---> To make changes to your subscription go to:> http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english> --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
[tips] Re: Human Sexuality
1.Indictment: The McMartin Trial film by Abby Mann 2.Why Sex episode of the PBS evolution series 3.Live Nude Girls Unite! documentary about industry strike of strippers in San Francisco 4.Human Instinct BBC episode "Deepest Desires" that recreates the Clark & Hatfield "I find you attractive" study. Good luck. Oh...no, wait--don't show any of these. You might get in trouble. Paul Okami - Original Message - From: Jim Matiya To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 2:13 PM Subject: [tips] Human Sexuality Now that the kinks have been worked out... I asked for information on PsychTeach and now I will ask for help with teaching Human Sexuality on TIPS. My dept. chair asked me to teach this course, and ,of course, I said yes, even though I had never taught it before. So this neophyte needs some help. Any activities, videos ideas, procedures would be appreciated. Jim Jim Matiya Moraine Valley Community College [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003 Moffett Memorial Teaching Excellence Award of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (Division Two of the American Psychological Association) New webpage: http://online.morainevalley.edu/WebSupported/JimMatiya/ Using David Myers' texts for AP Psychology? Go to http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/cppsych/ High School Psychology and Advanced Psychology Graphic Organizers, Pacing Guides, and Daily Lesson Plans archived at www.Teaching-Point.net > To: tips@acsun.frostburg.edu > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [tips] TIPS is up and running again > Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:17:26 -0400 > > As you may have seen with Diane's message about CTUP at APA, TIPS is > now running again. Sorry for any inconvenience but several changes > are being made on campus regarding the software that runs TIPS and the > last change obviously led to major problems. > > I hope all of you have a great start to the new academic year. > > Best wishes, > > Bill > > > Bill Southerly, PhD > Department of Psychology > Frostburg State University > Frostburg, MD 21532 > 301-687-4778 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription go to: > http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english > --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english __ NOD32 2455 (20070813) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
[tips] Sniffy!
Hi, All -- This semester in my Learning class I've decided to use Sniffy, the Virtual Rat in lieu of having each student have a rat. I'll still have a real rat for group things (and so that they can see that yes, this "learning" stuff really happens), but I wanted to use Sniffy as the principal source of exercises and data for lab reports. I'm curious if any of you has used Sniffy, and if so, whether you'd be willing to share something about how you've used him (it). Thanks! m -- "There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about." -- Margaret Wheatley --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
[tips] Re: GPA vs. rank
Hi Apologies for resurrecting an old thread ... I'm just catching up on my summer tips. Rank would be a better predictor if schools' average grades varied in a manner unrelated to the criterion (i.e., more grade inflation at some HS than others). Here's an SPSS simulation that illustrates the phenomenon. I generate data for 20 students from each of 50 HSs, with the correlation between HS gpa (hsgpa) and Univ gpa (ugpa) in the population being .5. The first correlation shows an r of .515 for this run. I then lower half the school HS grades and increase the other half. The r between hsgpa and ugpa drops to .448. Computing the rank in part corrects for the "noise" of differential averages, producing an r between rank hsgpa and ugpa of .483. Take care Jim set format f6.4. input program. loop o = 1 to 1000. end case. end loop. end file. end input program. comp #z = rv.norm(0,1). comp hsgpa = #z*.7071 + rv.norm(0,1)*.7071. comp ugpa = #z*.7071 + rv.norm(0,1)*.7071. comp school = trunc(($casenum-1)/20) + 1. corr hsgpa ugpa /stat. Mean Std. Deviation N hsgpa .011499 1.0016287 1000 ugpa -.011536 1.0049878 1000 hsgpa ugpa hsgpa Pearson 1 .515 ugpa Pearson .515 1 if school < 26 hsgpa = hsgpa - .5. if school > 25 hsgpa = hsgpa + .5. sort cases by school hsgpa. rank hsgpa by school /rank into rank. corr rank hsgpa ugpa /stat. Mean Std. Deviation N RANK of hsgpa 10.5 5.769167 1000 hsgpa .011499 1.1049995 1000 ugpa-.011536 1.0049878 1000 RANK of hsgpa hsgpa ugpa RANK of Pearson 1 .848 .483 hsgpaPearson .8481 .448 ugpa Pearson .483.448 1 James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> "David Hogberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 16-Jul-07 4:34:05 PM >>> Rick: Some _old_ data from when Albion had a burueau of institiutional research indicated that HS rank was, indeed, a better predictor than HS GPA. My recollection is that they both were in +.2-.3 range and the _r_ for HSR was significant and the other one was not. (As you'd guess, a large _n_ was used in both prediction equations as the pool comprised several years of applicants and attendees. FWIW) David >>> "Michael Sylvester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/16/07 11:19 AM >>> - Original Message - From: "Rick Froman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 10:47 AM Subject: [tips] GPA vs. rank Given the fact that HS rank contains less information than HS GPA based on the same underlying information, is there any reason to believe that HS rank would be a better predictor of college GPA than HS GPA? Rick Bad idea.Hispanics and Blacks and other underprivileged groups would be ranked toward the bottom. Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
[tips] Re: GPA vs. rank
I have a radically old idea. Whatever happened to matriculation exams? Schools can give an exam to all applicants -- one incorporating whatever knowledge, skills, values, etc. they think pertains to their "mission" -- rather than depending on variable high school grading system or external businesses to do the job for them. Historically yours, -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-5115 ex. 66164 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ == Jim Clark wrote: Hi Apologies for resurrecting an old thread ... I'm just catching up on my summer tips. Rank would be a better predictor if schools' average grades varied in a manner unrelated to the criterion (i.e., more grade inflation at some HS than others). Here's an SPSS simulation that illustrates the phenomenon. I generate data for 20 students from each of 50 HSs, with the correlation between HS gpa (hsgpa) and Univ gpa (ugpa) in the population being .5. The first correlation shows an r of .515 for this run. I then lower half the school HS grades and increase the other half. The r between hsgpa and ugpa drops to .448. Computing the rank in part corrects for the "noise" of differential averages, producing an r between rank hsgpa and ugpa of .483. Take care Jim set format f6.4. input program. loop o = 1 to 1000. end case. end loop. end file. end input program. comp #z = rv.norm(0,1). comp hsgpa = #z*.7071 + rv.norm(0,1)*.7071. comp ugpa = #z*.7071 + rv.norm(0,1)*.7071. comp school = trunc(($casenum-1)/20) + 1. corr hsgpa ugpa /stat. Mean Std. Deviation N hsgpa .011499 1.0016287 1000 ugpa -.011536 1.0049878 1000 hsgpa ugpa hsgpa Pearson 1 .515 ugpa Pearson .515 1 if school < 26 hsgpa = hsgpa - .5. if school > 25 hsgpa = hsgpa + .5. sort cases by school hsgpa. rank hsgpa by school /rank into rank. corr rank hsgpa ugpa /stat. Mean Std. Deviation N RANK of hsgpa 10.5 5.769167 1000 hsgpa .011499 1.1049995 1000 ugpa-.011536 1.0049878 1000 RANK of hsgpa hsgpa ugpa RANK of Pearson 1 .848 .483 hsgpaPearson .8481 .448 ugpa Pearson .483.448 1 James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] "David Hogberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 16-Jul-07 4:34:05 PM >>> Rick: Some _old_ data from when Albion had a burueau of institiutional research indicated that HS rank was, indeed, a better predictor than HS GPA. My recollection is that they both were in +.2-.3 range and the _r_ for HSR was significant and the other one was not. (As you'd guess, a large _n_ was used in both prediction equations as the pool comprised several years of applicants and attendees. FWIW) David "Michael Sylvester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/16/07 11:19 AM >>> - Original Message - From: "Rick Froman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 10:47 AM Subject: [tips] GPA vs. rank Given the fact that HS rank contains less information than HS GPA based on the same underlying information, is there any reason to believe that HS rank would be a better predictor of college GPA than HS GPA? Rick Bad idea.Hispanics and Blacks and other underprivileged groups would be ranked toward the bottom. Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
