[tips] New Years Resolutions, the Schools of Psychology and online concept mapping
I've been putting together my next episode in which I connect the most popular new year's resolution - losing weight - with the different schools in psychology. I decided to use a pretty neat online concept mapping tool called MeadMap. Yes - it's made by the Mead people - the ones who make those small notebooks you might have used when you were younger. There are a lot of mind mapping/concept mapping tools around today (Inspiration comes to mind), but this one is unique in some ways and teachers might want to check it out. It's not free (about $50/year, but I think there are educational discounts), but not too expensive either. Below is a link to the map I'm planning on using for the episode. You can play around with the map by opening and closing the various nodes, but you can't edit it. To do that you would need an account with Meadmap. Thoughts/comments/feedback welcome. http://go.meadmap.com/meadmap.html#mapid=10408publishKey=j105f4tuD0 Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] New Years Resolutions, the Schools of Psychology and online concept mapping
Very cool map! How easy was it to create? Did you create it online, or did you create it offline and upload it? Lot of potential if it is easy to use. Jon === Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology North Central College 30 N. Brainard St. Naperville, IL 60540 voice: (630)-637-5329 fax: (630)-637-5121 jfmuel...@noctrl.edu http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu ( http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/ ) Michael Britt michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com 1/6/2009 8:08 AM I've been putting together my next episode in which I connect the most popular new year's resolution - losing weight - with the different schools in psychology. I decided to use a pretty neat online concept mapping tool called MeadMap. Yes - it's made by the Mead people - the ones who make those small notebooks you might have used when you were younger. There are a lot of mind mapping/concept mapping tools around today (Inspiration comes to mind), but this one is unique in some ways and teachers might want to check it out. It's not free (about $50/year, but I think there are educational discounts), but not too expensive either. Below is a link to the map I'm planning on using for the episode. You can play around with the map by opening and closing the various nodes, but you can't edit it. To do that you would need an account with Meadmap. Thoughts/comments/feedback welcome. http://go.meadmap.com/meadmap.html#mapid=10408publishKey=j105f4tuD0 Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] New Years Resolutions, the Schools of Psychology and online concept mapping
I had my notes for the various schools and how each might explain the difficulty of losing weight in a Word doc. Creating the map itself from my notes was very easy. You create it completely online. I think there's a free trial you can get set up for. It's definitely worth trying out. I recently used the meadmap in a meeting instead of using PowerPoint and it was very well received. It makes for a welcome replacement for PowerPoint, and in many ways it's much more effective than powerpoint because people can still see the big picture even when you're focusing on one part of the map. Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Jan 6, 2009, at 9:18 AM, Jonathan Mueller wrote: Very cool map! How easy was it to create? Did you create it online, or did you create it offline and upload it? Lot of potential if it is easy to use. Jon === Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology North Central College 30 N. Brainard St. Naperville, IL 60540 voice: (630)-637-5329 fax: (630)-637-5121 jfmuel...@noctrl.edu http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu Michael Britt michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com 1/6/2009 8:08 AM I've been putting together my next episode in which I connect the most popular new year's resolution - losing weight - with the different schools in psychology. I decided to use a pretty neat online concept mapping tool called MeadMap. Yes - it's made by the Mead people - the ones who make those small notebooks you might have used when you were younger. There are a lot of mind mapping/concept mapping tools around today (Inspiration comes to mind), but this one is unique in some ways and teachers might want to check it out. It's not free (about $50/year, but I think there are educational discounts), but not too expensive either. Below is a link to the map I'm planning on using for the episode. You can play around with the map by opening and closing the various nodes, but you can't edit it. To do that you would need an account with Meadmap. Thoughts/comments/feedback welcome. http://go.meadmap.com/meadmap.html#mapid=10408publishKey=j105f4tuD0 Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] using Outliers in the classroom
What a perfect follow-up study, Jim. Interesting thought that older players (January - June birthdates) continue to play minor hockey till a later age than do the younger players (July - December birthdates) who tend to drop out of the sport. Hmmm...do you think this is a good subject pool though? It was only one hockey program, one season, almost 25 years ago: METHOD Subjects The team rosters of all players registered in the hockey program of the Edmonton Minor Hockey Association for the 1983-84 season comprised the sample for this study. Beth Benoit Granite State College New Hampshire On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Jim Clark j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca wrote: Hi Here's a nice study with data. http://www.socialproblemindex.ualberta.ca/RelAgeMinorHockeyCJBS.pdf Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca Department of Psychology University of Winnipeg Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 CANADA Christopher D. Green chri...@yorku.ca 05-Jan-09 6:30 PM Beth Benoit wrote: The section I'm considering using is the claim that Canadian ice hockey players are more likely to be born in the first few months of the calendar year. I'll probably follow the same method as above, breaking students into groups to examine the roster I'll hand out, then giving them Gladwell's explanation. I'd also be interested in thoughts from our Canadian brethren about the concept of early birthdates being helpful to hockey success. Stephen, Chris? Funny, I had just heard this claim over Christmas from a relative of mine. She said that something like half of NHLers are born in the first three or four months of the year. But for all I know, she got this from the Gladwell book (which I haven't read). The general claim makes some sense to me. When kids are young, the size and coordination differences between those born in January and those born in December can be quite noticeable. I'd be a little surprised, however, if this continued on into the elite levels as strongly as is claimed for three reasons: (1) Many professional hockey players are mostly huge compared to the rest of us, and so they were probably never small compared to their classes, even if they were a few months younger then average. (2) It is not the case that once you're the best in your class you always remain that way. For instance, I was just talking to friends whose 14-yr-old daughter has been very good a volleyball until now. She was also taller than most of her classmates, but this year she her growth has slowed while many of her classmates have caught up or passed her, so she is quite suddenly not as dominant as she has been up to now. By the time one reaches elite levels of sport, I would expect that much of the early advantage would be neutralized. (3) At elite levels of a sport, sheer physical talent is an important factor. Most of we ordinary mortals could not compete with them even if we practiced as many hours a day as they do. Canada goes against Sweden for the world junior championship tonight! Go Canucks! Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ == --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) -- We will not learn how to live in peace by killing each other's children. - Jimmy Carter Are our children more precious than theirs? --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
RE: [tips] using Outliers in the classroom
Similar results have been found for US soccer players in the Olympic Development Program. The effect might only hold for male athletes though. I remember seeing a similar result for professional players in Europe. I am working from home today and don't have access to the references. I think that a search for birth date and elite athlete on Google Scholar will find some of that research. Best Dennis -Original Message- From: beth.ben...@gmail.com on behalf of Beth Benoit Sent: Tue 1/6/2009 9:30 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] using Outliers in the classroom What a perfect follow-up study, Jim. Interesting thought that older players (January - June birthdates) continue to play minor hockey till a later age than do the younger players (July - December birthdates) who tend to drop out of the sport. Hmmm...do you think this is a good subject pool though? It was only one hockey program, one season, almost 25 years ago: METHOD Subjects The team rosters of all players registered in the hockey program of the Edmonton Minor Hockey Association for the 1983-84 season comprised the sample for this study. Beth Benoit Granite State College New Hampshire On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Jim Clark j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca wrote: Hi Here's a nice study with data. http://www.socialproblemindex.ualberta.ca/RelAgeMinorHockeyCJBS.pdf Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca Department of Psychology University of Winnipeg Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 CANADA Christopher D. Green chri...@yorku.ca 05-Jan-09 6:30 PM Beth Benoit wrote: The section I'm considering using is the claim that Canadian ice hockey players are more likely to be born in the first few months of the calendar year. I'll probably follow the same method as above, breaking students into groups to examine the roster I'll hand out, then giving them Gladwell's explanation. I'd also be interested in thoughts from our Canadian brethren about the concept of early birthdates being helpful to hockey success. Stephen, Chris? Funny, I had just heard this claim over Christmas from a relative of mine. She said that something like half of NHLers are born in the first three or four months of the year. But for all I know, she got this from the Gladwell book (which I haven't read). The general claim makes some sense to me. When kids are young, the size and coordination differences between those born in January and those born in December can be quite noticeable. I'd be a little surprised, however, if this continued on into the elite levels as strongly as is claimed for three reasons: (1) Many professional hockey players are mostly huge compared to the rest of us, and so they were probably never small compared to their classes, even if they were a few months younger then average. (2) It is not the case that once you're the best in your class you always remain that way. For instance, I was just talking to friends whose 14-yr-old daughter has been very good a volleyball until now. She was also taller than most of her classmates, but this year she her growth has slowed while many of her classmates have caught up or passed her, so she is quite suddenly not as dominant as she has been up to now. By the time one reaches elite levels of sport, I would expect that much of the early advantage would be neutralized. (3) At elite levels of a sport, sheer physical talent is an important factor. Most of we ordinary mortals could not compete with them even if we practiced as many hours a day as they do. Canada goes against Sweden for the world junior championship tonight! Go Canucks! Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ == --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) -- We will not learn how to live in peace by killing each other's children. - Jimmy Carter Are our children more precious than theirs? --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)winmail.dat
Re: [tips] using Outliers in the classroom
Hi If you google birthdate sports success quite a few studies come up, including more recent one's in hockey and a number for other sports. I did not look at them all, but there were interesting variations ... for example, I seem to remember something for soccer in UK where age cut-offs occur in fall rather than at end of year. Other sports did not show the effect. Presumably even more would be found in PsycInfo or similar sports databases. I like your idea about actually looking at team rosters. Depending on ease of access, perhaps students in class could find different rosters for different sports in different locales?? One possible confounding is base rate for births by month. Here is link to statistics for Canada, showing that if anything base rates favor Mar to Sept/Oct months (i.e., more births in those months). Perhaps class can generate some hypotheses for that effect? http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/Products/Reference/tech_rep/age_sex/table2.cfm Nice exercise! Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca Department of Psychology University of Winnipeg Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 CANADA Beth Benoit bethben...@metrocast.net 06-Jan-09 8:30 AM What a perfect follow-up study, Jim. Interesting thought that older players (January - June birthdates) continue to play minor hockey till a later age than do the younger players (July - December birthdates) who tend to drop out of the sport. Hmmm...do you think this is a good subject pool though? It was only one hockey program, one season, almost 25 years ago: METHOD Subjects The team rosters of all players registered in the hockey program of the Edmonton Minor Hockey Association for the 1983-84 season comprised the sample for this study. Beth Benoit Granite State College New Hampshire On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Jim Clark j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca wrote: Hi Here's a nice study with data. http://www.socialproblemindex.ualberta.ca/RelAgeMinorHockeyCJBS.pdf Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca Department of Psychology University of Winnipeg Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 CANADA Christopher D. Green chri...@yorku.ca 05-Jan-09 6:30 PM Beth Benoit wrote: The section I'm considering using is the claim that Canadian ice hockey players are more likely to be born in the first few months of the calendar year. I'll probably follow the same method as above, breaking students into groups to examine the roster I'll hand out, then giving them Gladwell's explanation. I'd also be interested in thoughts from our Canadian brethren about the concept of early birthdates being helpful to hockey success. Stephen, Chris? Funny, I had just heard this claim over Christmas from a relative of mine. She said that something like half of NHLers are born in the first three or four months of the year. But for all I know, she got this from the Gladwell book (which I haven't read). The general claim makes some sense to me. When kids are young, the size and coordination differences between those born in January and those born in December can be quite noticeable. I'd be a little surprised, however, if this continued on into the elite levels as strongly as is claimed for three reasons: (1) Many professional hockey players are mostly huge compared to the rest of us, and so they were probably never small compared to their classes, even if they were a few months younger then average. (2) It is not the case that once you're the best in your class you always remain that way. For instance, I was just talking to friends whose 14-yr-old daughter has been very good a volleyball until now. She was also taller than most of her classmates, but this year she her growth has slowed while many of her classmates have caught up or passed her, so she is quite suddenly not as dominant as she has been up to now. By the time one reaches elite levels of sport, I would expect that much of the early advantage would be neutralized. (3) At elite levels of a sport, sheer physical talent is an important factor. Most of we ordinary mortals could not compete with them even if we practiced as many hours a day as they do. Canada goes against Sweden for the world junior championship tonight! Go Canucks! Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ == --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) -- We will not learn how to live in peace by killing each other's children. - Jimmy Carter Are our children more precious than theirs? --- To make changes to your subscription contact:
[tips] Cross-cultural/wife beating
In South Korea,it is expected that husbands beat their wives to strenghthen their relationship. Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Extinction
But then we must deal with punishment's side effects. It's still not optimal. The best alternative when available is the reinforcement of alternative (and incompatible where possible) behavior. This reallocates reinforcement (which we assume is occurring as a consequence of the behavior we're trying to eliminate) rather than simply removing or competing with it. Makes better ecological sense. On Jan 5, 2009, at 11:53 PM, Michael Smith wrote: With regard to the note on extinction. With 121 posts since the last time I logged on, I must admit I didn't read a lot of them. But somehwere in the feeding frenzy thread about M. Sylvester someone mentioned using extinction rather than punishment because it has been shown to be more effective. Would it be fair to say that extinction is more effective than punishment because we can't ethically use punishment optimally? That is, immediate and as severe as possible? Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Cross-cultural scientific screw-up, big-time
The respected German science journal Max Planck Forschung wanted a cover illustration for its special issue on China, and selected some elegant Chinese calligraphy of what they thought was a classical poem. You can admire it at: http://shanghaiist.com/attachments/shang_sandhaus/chinese-poem_98342t.jpg Question: What did their illustration really say? One translation I picked off the web goes like this: We paid handsomely to hire Manager KK and Camay full time; They personally present young and beautiful girls; Northern beauties in million swaying poses; Young housewives of fiery figures; All bewitching, seductive and are here on board today. In other words, it's an advertisement for a strip joint or wh*re-house. Oops! The on-line image has now been replaced with the title of a book by a 17th century Catholic priest. Stephen - Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: sbl...@ubishops.ca 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Subscribe to discussion list (TIPS) for the teaching of psychology at http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/tips/ --- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] using Outliers in the classroom
Annette,Interesting! Gladwell was talking about Canadian hockey teams though. I suspect that Malcolm is right, and there is an effect across the board, but perhaps not as robust as he suggests except in specific teams. More to ponder Beth Benoit Granite State College New Hampshire On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 1:39 PM, tay...@sandiego.edu wrote: I must have nothing else to do today because I decided to print out all the NHL rosters. Here is what I found: 205/682 players are listed with birth dates in JanFebMar. A chi-square analysis suggests this is significant at less than .01 and hence could not have occurred by chance. Of course, the same holds true for a comparison of players who list their home towns in North America (where presumably the elite teams are decided by birth dates, versus those whose home towns are outside North America (the VAST majority from former Soviet Union or Scandinavian countries--don't know what to think about Korea or Brazil, except these kids must have lived elsewhere) and for whom I don't know if the birthdate thing holds true where the figures are: North American born JanFebMar=142 North American born AMJJASOND = 339 outside NA born JanFebMar = 63 outside NA born AMJJASOND = 138 Now this all gets more dramatic if you look at top and bottom 4 teams in the current (midseason just about) standing: Top 4 teams: San Jose, Boston, Detroit, Washington: JFM = 39 players rest = 63 players So 38%, or more than the expected 33.3% Bottom 4 teams: Islanders, Atlanta, Tampa Bay, Ottawa JFM = 29 players rest = 72 players So 32%, or slightly less than the expected 33.3% So, Beth, maybe overall there is something to Gladwell's hypothese--although I do like your caveat to check things out :) Annette Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 tay...@sandiego.edu Original message Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 09:59:34 -0500 From: Dennis Goff dg...@randolphcollege.edu Subject: RE: [tips] using Outliers in the classroom To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@acsun.frostburg.edu Similar results have been found for US soccer players in the Olympic Development Program. The effect might only hold for male athletes though. I remember seeing a similar result for professional players in Europe. I am working from home today and don't have access to the references. I think that a search for birth date and elite athlete on Google Scholar will find some of that research. Best Dennis -Original Message- From: beth.ben...@gmail.com on behalf of Beth Benoit Sent: Tue 1/6/2009 9:30 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] using Outliers in the classroom What a perfect follow-up study, Jim. Interesting thought that older players (January - June birthdates) continue to play minor hockey till a later age than do the younger players (July - December birthdates) who tend to drop out of the sport. Hmmm...do you think this is a good subject pool though? It was only one hockey program, one season, almost 25 years ago: METHOD Subjects The team rosters of all players registered in the hockey program of the Edmonton Minor Hockey Association for the 1983-84 season comprised the sample for this study. Beth Benoit Granite State College New Hampshire On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Jim Clark j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca wrote: Hi Here's a nice study with data. http://www.socialproblemindex.ualberta.ca/RelAgeMinorHockeyCJBS.pdf Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca Department of Psychology University of Winnipeg Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 CANADA Christopher D. Green chri...@yorku.ca 05-Jan-09 6:30 PM Beth Benoit wrote: The section I'm considering using is the claim that Canadian ice hockey players are more likely to be born in the first few months of the calendar year. I'll probably follow the same method as above, breaking students into groups to examine the roster I'll hand out, then giving them Gladwell's explanation. I'd also be interested in thoughts from our Canadian brethren about the concept of early birthdates being helpful to hockey success. Stephen, Chris? Funny, I had just heard this claim over Christmas from a relative of mine. She said that something like half of NHLers are born in the first three or four months of the year. But for all I know, she got this from the Gladwell book (which I haven't read). The general claim makes some sense to me. When kids are young, the size and coordination differences between those born in January and those born in December can be quite noticeable. I'd be a little surprised, however, if this continued on into the elite levels as strongly as is claimed for
Re: [tips] using Outliers in the classroom
Is this an effect--or rather an association? Also, stat. significance simply means that it is not likely chance, not that it absolutely could not be due to chance. Gary Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. Professor, Psychology Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI 48710 989-964-4491 peter...@svsu.edu Beth Benoit bethben...@metrocast.net 1/6/2009 1:59 pm Annette,Interesting! Gladwell was talking about Canadian hockey teams though. I suspect that Malcolm is right, and there is an effect across the board, but perhaps not as robust as he suggests except in specific teams. More to ponder Beth Benoit Granite State College New Hampshire On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 1:39 PM, tay...@sandiego.edu wrote: I must have nothing else to do today because I decided to print out all the NHL rosters. Here is what I found: 205/682 players are listed with birth dates in JanFebMar. A chi-square analysis suggests this is significant at less than .01 and hence could not have occurred by chance. Of course, the same holds true for a comparison of players who list their home towns in North America (where presumably the elite teams are decided by birth dates, versus those whose home towns are outside North America (the VAST majority from former Soviet Union or Scandinavian countries--don't know what to think about Korea or Brazil, except these kids must have lived elsewhere) and for whom I don't know if the birthdate thing holds true where the figures are: North American born JanFebMar=142 North American born AMJJASOND = 339 outside NA born JanFebMar = 63 outside NA born AMJJASOND = 138 Now this all gets more dramatic if you look at top and bottom 4 teams in the current (midseason just about) standing: Top 4 teams: San Jose, Boston, Detroit, Washington: JFM = 39 players rest = 63 players So 38%, or more than the expected 33.3% Bottom 4 teams: Islanders, Atlanta, Tampa Bay, Ottawa JFM = 29 players rest = 72 players So 32%, or slightly less than the expected 33.3% So, Beth, maybe overall there is something to Gladwell's hypothese--although I do like your caveat to check things out :) Annette Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 tay...@sandiego.edu Original message Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 09:59:34 -0500 From: Dennis Goff dg...@randolphcollege.edu Subject: RE: [tips] using Outliers in the classroom To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@acsun.frostburg.edu Similar results have been found for US soccer players in the Olympic Development Program. The effect might only hold for male athletes though. I remember seeing a similar result for professional players in Europe. I am working from home today and don't have access to the references. I think that a search for birth date and elite athlete on Google Scholar will find some of that research. Best Dennis -Original Message- From: beth.ben...@gmail.com on behalf of Beth Benoit Sent: Tue 1/6/2009 9:30 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] using Outliers in the classroom What a perfect follow-up study, Jim. Interesting thought that older players (January - June birthdates) continue to play minor hockey till a later age than do the younger players (July - December birthdates) who tend to drop out of the sport. Hmmm...do you think this is a good subject pool though? It was only one hockey program, one season, almost 25 years ago: METHOD Subjects The team rosters of all players registered in the hockey program of the Edmonton Minor Hockey Association for the 1983-84 season comprised the sample for this study. Beth Benoit Granite State College New Hampshire On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Jim Clark j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca wrote: Hi Here's a nice study with data. http://www.socialproblemindex.ualberta.ca/RelAgeMinorHockeyCJBS.pdf Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca Department of Psychology University of Winnipeg Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 CANADA Christopher D. Green chri...@yorku.ca 05-Jan-09 6:30 PM Beth Benoit wrote: The section I'm considering using is the claim that Canadian ice hockey players are more likely to be born in the first few months of the calendar year. I'll probably follow the same method as above, breaking students into groups to examine the roster I'll hand out, then giving them Gladwell's explanation. I'd also be interested in thoughts from our Canadian brethren about the concept of early birthdates being helpful to hockey success. Stephen, Chris? Funny, I had just heard this claim over Christmas from a relative of mine. She said that something like half of NHLers are born in the first three or four months of the year. But for
[tips] Lie to Me
For those who get TV's Fox channel... I've been watching the ads for the new show Lie to Me beginning January 21st and wondering if it was based on Paul Ekman's work. It is. http://www.paulekman.com/ please, please, please be a good program -- Sue Frantz Highline Community College Psychology, CoordinatorDes Moines, WA 206.878.3710 x3404 sfra...@highline.edu mailto:sfra...@highline.edu http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/ http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/ -- APA Division 2: Society for the Teaching of Psychology http://teachpsych.org/ http://teachpsych.org/ Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology, Associate Director Project Syllabus http://teachpsych.org/otrp/syllabi/syllabi.php http://teachpsych.org/otrp/syllabi/syllabi.php --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
RE: [tips] Lie to Me
I was wondering the same. Jim Matiya Florida Gulf Coast University jmat...@fgcu.edu Contributor, for Karen Huffman's Psychology in Action, Video Guest Lecturettes John Wiley and Sons. 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 Subject: [tips] Lie to MeDate: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 16:05:05 -0800From: sfra...@highline.eduto: tips@acsun.frostburg.edu For those who get TV’s Fox channel… I’ve been watching the ads for the new show “Lie to Me” beginning January 21st and wondering if it was based on Paul Ekman’s work. It is. http://www.paulekman.com/ please, please, please be a good program --Sue Frantz Highline Community CollegePsychology, CoordinatorDes Moines, WA206.878.3710 x3404 sfra...@highline.eduhttp://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/--APA Division 2: Society for the Teaching of Psychology http://teachpsych.org/ Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology, Associate Director Project Syllabus http://teachpsych.org/otrp/syllabi/syllabi.php ---To make changes to your subscription contact:Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Extinction
Yes -- almost as effective as a bullet in the head. But since the side effects of punishment include conditioned emotional effects and avoidance behaviors, I'm not sure what the point is. Punishment would be the best available intervention only within a limited range of life threatening situations that couldn't be addressed by restructuring the environment. Remember that in practice punishment is almost inevitably paired with negative reinforcement (doing something that escapes or avoids the punisher) so that pure punishment is very hard to implement (to put it bluntly). It's more than just ethics. On Jan 6, 2009, at 6:01 PM, Michael Smith wrote: Yes. But what I was interested in is the stopping of behavior. If we ignore any side effects including physical maiming if appropriate for the punishment and we don't care about the individual, which is more effective. So. more from a theoretical perspective. What would eliminate a behavior most effectively (again we don't care about side effects or the individual concerned) postitive punishment delivered immediately and as severely as possible, or reinforcement of an incompatible behavior (or not rewarding the un-desired behavior). I would imagine it would be positive punishment. So that extinction being more effective must be a qualified statement. Would others agree with this theoretical perspective that positive punishment would be optimal (although ethically untenable)? --Mike --- On Tue, 1/6/09, Paul Brandon paul.bran...@mnsu.edu wrote: From: Paul Brandon paul.bran...@mnsu.edu Subject: Re: [tips] Extinction To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@acsun.frostburg.edu Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 7:57 AM But then we must deal with punishment's side effects. It's still not optimal. The best alternative when available is the reinforcement of alternative (and incompatible where possible) behavior. This reallocates reinforcement (which we assume is occurring as a consequence of the behavior we're trying to eliminate) rather than simply removing or competing with it. Makes better ecological sense. On Jan 5, 2009, at 11:53 PM, Michael Smith wrote: With regard to the note on extinction. With 121 posts since the last time I logged on, I must admit I didn't read a lot of them. But somehwere in the feeding frenzy thread about M. Sylvester someone mentioned using extinction rather than punishment because it has been shown to be more effective. Would it be fair to say that extinction is more effective than punishment because we can't ethically use punishment optimally? That is, immediate and as severe as possible? Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Lie to Me
I wasn't horribly impressed with the youtube promo clip attached to his website :( If you look at his products he's pitching and go to: http://www.mettonline.com/ where there are some pretty outrageous claims made, to wit: It’s a scientific fact… Did you know that people can’t totally conceal their emotions? Or fake what they are feeling? Microexpressions give them away. Now you can use the only training method scientifically proven to teach you to see what you’ve been missing. And Try METT Now! It only takes about an hour to learn the scientifically proven method that the U.S. Government, Fortune 500 companies and medical professionals are already using every day. You can recognize the emotions concealed in microexpressions. Click here to demo METT now. My red alerts are going off like mad! Scientifically PROVEN? There are very good reasons why traditional lie detector/polygraph devices don't work including sociopathy. I can't see how this program will see through that! So the full program costs $69, for one hour of training, but hey, short on time, you can buy Mett Lite and only pay $49 or 40 minutes of training! You can buy all of the pictures he's ever used for researchfor $175. Seminars to learn to communicate your own emotions better start at only $395. Here's a bit more About the Paul Ekman Group: The Paul Ekman Group combines state-of-the-art behavioral science with real world practical experience to provide unique training in the fields of facial expression, gesture, nonverbal behavior, emotion and deception. State-of-the-art behavioral science? And finally, the coup-de-grace: Paul Ekman is developing an online training program that will allow people to determine their Emotional Profile -which will assist in improving their Emotional Balance. Expected in early 2009. Why does this sound like so much psychobabble to me? I respected this man and I am so disappointed to see the direction he has gone in. Sold out. I don't know why this bothers me so much. I guess if you have something you can sucker people into buying and can figure the going rate that people are willing to spend, you should go for it. It's the capitalist way. Sadly, Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 tay...@sandiego.edu Original message Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 16:05:05 -0800 From: Frantz, Sue sfra...@highline.edu Subject: [tips] Lie to Me To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@acsun.frostburg.edu For those who get TV's Fox channel... I've been watching the ads for the new show Lie to Me beginning January 21st and wondering if it was based on Paul Ekman's work. It is. http://www.paulekman.com/ please, please, please be a good program -- Sue Frantz Highline Community College Psychology, CoordinatorDes Moines, WA 206.878.3710 x3404 sfra...@highline.edu http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/ -- APA Division 2: Society for the Teaching of Psychology http://teachpsych.org/ Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology, Associate Director Project Syllabus http://teachpsych.org/otrp/syllabi/syllabi.php --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Intro texts/the dest and worse
IMHO The best: Allen and Santrock/the definitive intro text and cross-cultural imports(.Allen is African-American) Rodney Plotnick The worse: Lahey Myers My favorite Experimental procedure texts are Claude Bernard (Experimental Medicine) and Murray Sidman (Tactics in Scientific research) My favorite text on color perception is the one edited by Ron Blue,Christopher Green,Stephen Black,Mike Pale and Carol De Velvet Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida no matter how beautiful the strategies,it helps to take a look at the results. Winston Churchill --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] erratum: : the best not dest
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