[tips] Random Thought: Thirty Second Summary

[Louis Schmier]

Very early Sunday morning.  Sleepless leaving Traverse City.  Thoughts 
and
feelings are racing through my mind and heart.  In the plane somewhere over the 
East coast
heading for Jacksonville, rushing home before Kol Nidre.  Feeling heady after 
three
whirlwind days of the Lilly-North conference on collegiate teaching.  I really 
don't need
this flying metal cigar to feel high.  Susan, sitting next to me, her suitcase 
crammed
full with new delights, is delighted she raised the economy of Traverse City by 
at least
two points.  I had three days of non-stop, uplifting, and often intense, 
schmoozing and
education with new and old friends:  Todd, Deb, Sarah, Jim, Laurie, Gregg, Cal, 
Tamara,
Ann, Gail, Barbara, Corrine, Sherry, Lou, Chris, Crina, Nancy, Dan, Bettina, 
Joe.  And the
list goes on and on and on.   I owe them.  They replenished, renewed, 
revitalized, and
rewarded me.  The neat people at the Lilly conferences do that to me.  I'll 
probably still
be up there long after the plane has landed.  

How do I sum up such a satisfying, fulfilling, and certainly educating 
experience
in thirty seconds?  This way:  the more clearly we can focus our attention on 
the wonders
and realities of the students, the more we can cut through oblique and 
dehumanizing
perceptions and generalities and stereotypes of students, the more we can 
herald each
student as a sacred and noble and unique human being, the more we can focus on 
a faith and
hope and love for each student, the more we can cast a bright spotlight on their
"becoming," the more we can learn and accept and apply what is being learned 
about
learning, the less taste we'll have for negative and destructive weeding out.

Make it a good day.

  --Louis--


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[tips] Kitty Genovese/The Windy City

[Mike Palij]

On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:36:43 -0700, Michael Sylvester wrote:
>Ken,Jim:
>Are you trying to say that there were no bystanders' apathy because  two black 
>gangs were involved?  

According to Jim's statements, no.  As Jim says:

|They continued to swing their bats to chase others away.

If there was bystander apathy, there would be little need to chase
people away with bats.  

>Your posts are ridiculous. 

Please, Michael, you are in NO position to make such a statement.
Also, learn how to spell DOG.

>Are bystanders' apathy only reserved for white people?

Now you're just putting words into other people's posts.  No one
has ever claimed that it was only reserved for white people, only
whether bystander apathy is an appropriate characterization of the
situation being discussed.  Since you are not an expert on the
bystander research literature nor a researcher in this area, it seems
much more plausible that you have inappropriately applied this
concept to this situation.  Harold Takooshian of Fordham University
has recently written reviews of books the Genovese incident,
explaining what had happend, as well as analyses that attack the
concept of "bystand apathy" in general.  One place to start on this
is the PsycCritiques Blog which has a link to this book review:
http://psyccritiquesblog.apa.org/2009/04/what-is-the-value-of-the-genovese-parable.html
If you are really serious about this issue, you might want to contact
Harold and discuss it with him.  Contact info is provided on the
website below and don't use my name:
http://takooshian.socialpsychology.org/

>I saw the video too but the video did not capture folks who were 
>100 or 200 yards away.

How do you know who was 100 or 200 yards away?

>There were ordinary people around and this fact has been a matter 
>of discussion on the major news network.

Do not use news program chatter as the basis for understanding
what happened at an event -- I thought we had pretty well establish
that sources like this are often inaccurate, misleading, and reflect
a variety of biases, both cognitive and political.  If you're really 
serious about the event, get the police report for the event.  Interview
the people who were there.  Learn about the historical and cultural
context in which this attack took place.  This is hard work but
as scientists we should come to expect that obtaining valid knowledge
about a phenomenon involves hard work, dedication, and careful,
critical analysis.

That is, of course, if one isn't just make snap judgments about a event
from an armchair far from where the event took place and is really more
interested in BSing about the event than trying to understand it.

>Obviously you all know nothing about a black community.Gimme a break.
>Keep your eurocentric cognitive imperialistic analysis in the classrom.dude.

If I thought you were being serious, I would say you're being
extremely harsh here because (a) you really know the facts about the
situation you're referring to, (b) you are a priori assuming that your
"non-Eurocentric" perspective is the correct one to use in analyzing
this situation (a position you assert by fiat and not by research or
reasoned argument -- I await your manifesto supporting your perspective
to appear in Psychological Review where one and all will be able to
figure out what they hell you've been talking about all these years).

If you are being serious, please realize that statements like the ones
you've made here have no more validity than the ones made by current
protesters against U.S. health reform, such as, death panels are gonna
get your gramma, government health care is socialism, and President
Obama is somehow Hitler.  Or, in another context, the U.S. Census
will be conducted only to identify those people (i.e., political and
religious conservatives, libertarians, etc.) who will ultimately rounded
up and put into concentration camps and ultimately to their deaths.

If you are just kidding, please put an appropriate emoticon (e.g., :-) )
so that we know we shouldn't take what you say seriously.  So much
of your writing leave people wondering whether or not you are being
serious.  Especially about training doors.

-Mike Palij
New York University
m...@nyu.edu




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Re: [tips] Kitty Genovese/The Windy City

[Paul Brandon]

Mike--
Your post is ridiculous.
Go back and read what Ken and Jim actually said.
The situation was dangerous.
The proper assessment is fear, not apathy; there is a difference.
Plenty of people called 911; they were just understandably reluctant  
to enter a war zone.
And how much time have YOU spent living in a black community in Chicago?
Please spare us your Daytonacentric analyses ;-)

On Sep 29, 2009, at 11:36 PM, michael sylvester wrote:

>
> Ken,Jim:
> Are you trying to say that there were no bystanders' apathy  
> because  two black gangs were
> involved?  Your posts are ridiculous. Are bystanders' apathy only  
> reserved for white people?
> I saw the video too but the video did not capture folks who were  
> 100 or 200 yards away.
> There were ordinary people around and this fact has been a matter  
> of discussion on the major news network.Obviously you all know  
> nothing about a black community.Gimme a break.
> Keep your eurocentric cognitive imperialistic analysis in the  
> classrom.dude.
>
> Michael Sylvester,PhD
> Daytona Beach,Florida

Paul Brandon
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
Minnesota State University, Mankato
paul.bran...@mnsu.edu


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RE: [tips] Kitty Genovese/The Windy City

[Jim Matiya]

Once again, we are subjected to Michaels' words that spread hurt, 
disappointment, and degrade a person. He has done this consistently over the 
past several years because he does not agree with another person's post. Just 
last week, several women objected to his reference of women as "chicks." 

 

Michael, you know nothing about who I am, where I have lived and my 
experiences. Yet, you feel you have the right to criticize me and others, 
because of their race, because of their posts (too many references, too many 
examples), because of their sexuality.

 

Here is the link to the complete video taken by a student at Fenger High 
School. Watch it and make your own decisions. Be careful, it is difficult to 
watch. At 42 seconds into the video, Derrion Albert is hit with a board. I do 
not know what people 100-200 yards were doing. The video does not show that.

 

http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/weis_three_suspects

 

I love TIPS and I enjoy all the wonderful people who contribute different ideas 
and strategies. Michaels' words are mean and degrading. I do not deserve to be 
spoken to in such a tone nor do the others. Last year a psychologist left the 
list-serv because of his posts. I don't want to do that, but I am considering 
it.


JIm

 

Jim Matiya 
Florida Gulf Coast University
jmat...@fgcu.edu
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From: msylves...@copper.net
To: tips@acsun.frostburg.edu
Subject: [tips] Kitty Genovese/The Windy City
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:36:25 -0400









Ken,Jim:
Are you trying to say that there were no bystanders' apathy because  two black 
gangs were
involved?  Your posts are ridiculous. Are bystanders' apathy only reserved for 
white people?
I saw the video too but the video did not capture folks who were 100 or 200 
yards away.
There were ordinary people around and this fact has been a matter of discussion 
on the major news network.Obviously you all know nothing about a black 
community.Gimme a break.
Keep your eurocentric cognitive imperialistic analysis in the classrom.dude.
 
Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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[tips] Derrion Albert video footage

[Jim Matiya]

Fox news just changed the page. Go below the video box where three videos can 
be viewed. Go the first posted video which is the raw footage. Do not watch the 
news reports, 2C watch the raw footage.



Jim Matiya 
Florida Gulf Coast University
jmat...@fgcu.edu
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[tips] Using filters in Outlook to delete unwanted messages

[Frantz, Sue]

Hi all,

 

There's no need to leave the list because of one person.

 

If you have Outlook, here's how you can use filters to delete messages
before you even see them. 

 

1.   In the top menu, select "Tools" then "Rules and Alerts."
Select "New Rule."  In the "Start from a blank rule" section, choose
"Check messages when they arrive." Click "Next."



2.   Check the option, "From people or distribution list."  Notice
that this has been added to the  box at the bottom of the screen.  In
that box, click on "people or distribution list."  In the "From" box,
type in the email address of the person you'd like to delete.  



3.   Click "OK" then "Next."  Now check "Delete it." 



4.   Click "Next," then add an exception if you'd like.  Then "Next"
again. Click "Finish" and you're done.

 

If you'd like to delete replies to that person's messages, create a new
rule like you did in step 1.  In step 2, select "with specific words in
the body." In the box at the bottom of the screen, click "specific
words" and type in the person's email address or name, depending on how
much you want to filter. As long as people respond with the poster's
header included in the email, the email address will filter that message
out.  If responders delete the header, then only the person's name will
delete those messages.  In any case, you'll have less to delete
manually.  

 

As a side note, I use a filter to move TIPS and other listserv messages
out of my inbox and into their own folders.  I also have email messages
sent just to me show up in a color other than black. That makes it
easier to sort the wheat from the chaff.

 

My best,

Sue

 

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Highline Community College
Psychology, CoordinatorDes Moines, WA
206.878.3710 x3404  sfra...@highline.edu

Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology, Associate Director 

Project Syllabus   

APA Division 2: Society for the Teaching of Psychology
  

 

APA's p...@cc Committee   

 

 

 

 

 


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Re: [tips] Kitty Genovese/The Windy City

[Beth Benoit]

Jim,I hope you won't leave TIPS.  You add a lot to our group.

Beth Benoit
Granite State College
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire

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[tips] Surprises and the brain

[michael sylvester]

I am one of those individuals that strongly believe that complexity,novelty,and 
surprises are good for the brain and is a corollary adjunct to brain 
development.Tipsters appear to be very tight and rigid in their mindsets.I 
often wonder if tipsters ever consider that some of the terms
that I interject and which seems out of place (like chick) are used to surprise 
and to evke a reaction and could be brushed off.When I attended Gannon 
University in Erie,Pa as an undergrad I had a prof John J. Fleming who would 
write words on the board such as sh-t
and other words which would surprise the brain but we all reacted.I swithced my 
major from French to Psychology because he was an excellent professor.
It is obvious that I do not follow the accepted eurocentric paradugm and 
eurocentric consensus.
So tipsters lighten up.Be surprised and move on.And to Mike P,I know how to 
spell dog.I did not proof read the post before I clicked on the send button. 
You continue to remain obstinate and obdurate in pointing to that typo.Tipsters 
have a penchant for picking outi nsignificant factors in my posts instead of 
the whole gestalt comprehensive analysis. But I still proclaim myself as the 
only divergent and creative thinker on Tips( References available on request

Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
   "If two people always agree,one of them is unnecessary."
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[tips] info: Green,Matiya

[michael sylvester]

Is the D in Chris' middle initial stand for Darwin?
And who is Jim Matiya? where has he lived?

Michael

(Not necessarily mid-week humor)
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[tips] Two questions

[DeVolder Carol L]

Hi,
I have two questions, but I want to conserve my posts just in case I
have something really important to say...
The first question has to do with face recognition. I have a group of
students who want to manipulate context and look at face recognition,
but they've been having trouble finding existing stimuli. Can anyone
give me a quick suggestion that I can pass on to them?

My second question is very trivial and if you have to choose, the first
question is the one for which I really want the answer. I have noticed
that sometimes people with GPS units in their cars name them. I find
this quirky and interesting, and I wonder how many people do that. If
you are one of them, please let me know off-list. Mine is named Sybil.
:-)

Thanks,
Carol





Carol DeVolder, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Chair, Department of Psychology
St. Ambrose University
Davenport, Iowa  52803

phone: 563-333-6482
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Re: [tips] Surprises and the brain

[kulig]

Michael
I agree with one thing you said. I always thought you said things to get a rise 
from all of us. Some of the posts have sparked discussion that have been 
interesting. Other times people just get p. o. ed. I agree that we have a 
choice as to whether to respond or delete. But there is a difference between 
trying to get a rise and being a divergent thinker. And I KNOW there a lot of 
creative and divergent thinkers on tips. 

In graduate school I studied habituation of attentional responses to novelty. 
After a few repetitions of a novel stimulus we habituate. I suspect the novelty 
on certain topics (such as eurocentrism) has run its course. 

But ultimately we are all individually responsible for responding or reacting 
or ignoring. 

Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device from U.S. Cellular

-Original Message-
From: "michael sylvester" 

Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:12:02 
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: [tips] Surprises and the brain


I am one of those individuals that strongly believe that complexity,novelty,and 
surprises are good for the brain and is a corollary adjunct to brain 
development.Tipsters appear to be very tight and rigid in their mindsets.I 
often wonder if tipsters ever consider that some of the terms
that I interject and which seems out of place (like chick) are used to surprise 
and to evke a reaction and could be brushed off.When I attended Gannon 
University in Erie,Pa as an undergrad I had a prof John J. Fleming who would 
write words on the board such as sh-t
and other words which would surprise the brain but we all reacted.I swithced my 
major from French to Psychology because he was an excellent professor.
It is obvious that I do not follow the accepted eurocentric paradugm and 
eurocentric consensus.
So tipsters lighten up.Be surprised and move on.And to Mike P,I know how to 
spell dog.I did not proof read the post before I clicked on the send button. 
You continue to remain obstinate and obdurate in pointing to that typo.Tipsters 
have a penchant for picking outi nsignificant factors in my posts instead of 
the whole gestalt comprehensive analysis. But I still proclaim myself as the 
only divergent and creative thinker on Tips( References available on request

Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
   "If two people always agree,one of them is unnecessary."
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Re: [tips] Two questions

[Ken Steele]

DeVolder Carol L wrote:



The first question has to do with face recognition. I have a group of 
students who want to manipulate context and look at face recognition, 
but they’ve been having trouble finding existing stimuli. Can anyone 
give me a quick suggestion that I can pass on to them?


There are a bunch of face databases available.  Here is one link 
to a list of face databases:


http://web.mit.edu/emeyers/www/face_databases.html


My second question is very trivial and if you have to choose, the first 
question is the one for which I really want the answer. I have noticed 
that sometimes people with GPS units in their cars name them. I find 
this quirky and interesting, and I wonder how many people do that. If 
you are one of them, please let me know off-list. Mine is named Sybil. J




I don't have a GPS device and I don't give names to the devices I 
work with. I do call them names on occasion.



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Re: [tips] Two questions about sleep and dreams

[Joan Warmbold]

I have always thought that the only dreams we remember are those that wake
us up and then we think about, at least enough to get elements into our
LTM.  Is this valid?

Also, it would seem logical that the minimal amount of time we spend in
deep sleep as well as the fact that it's spread out during our first two
cycles could be supported by the evolutionary psychology.  That is, in
"days of yore," in order to survive a night's sleep with dangerous
predators nearby, we could ill-afford to spend too much time during one
cycle in this comatose state.  Also, could not the same evolutionary
explanation be used to explain why our brain returns to the very active
REM state at the end of each cycle, thereby making us more able to be
aroused if danger is lurking?

I ask the latter as during one of my classes when we were discussing the
hypotheses concerning the purpose of REM (e.g., activation-synthesis), I
concluded that we still don't have closure on precisely why our brain
returns to this very active REM brain state at the end of every sleep
cycle.  One of my students mentioned the survival mechanism for returning
to REM so frequently during an average night's sleep and I was intrigued
with his question and would appreciate comments/reactions.

Joan
jwarm...@oakton.edu



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Re: [tips] Two questions

[Serafin, John]

Carol,

Hope nobody minds, but I'll respond on list, even though I can only contribute 
to the so-called trivial question (sorry). My GPS system is named Lucy (think 
evolution). Sybil is a great name...wish I had thought of that! But a broader 
question: do all GPS systems have a female voice? That's all I ever recall 
hearing. And, just to make this even more relevant to TIPS, I seem to recall 
running across a study or two that compared males & females in terms of how 
they give directions (males more likely to use directional terms like north, 
females more likely to refer to landmarks on the route). I wonder if Garmin et 
al. have taken that into account in programming their systems.


John
--
John Serafin
Psychology Department
Saint Vincent College
Latrobe, PA 15650
john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu




From: DeVolder Carol L 
Reply-To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" 

Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:21:47 -0400
To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" 
Conversation: Two questions
Subject: [tips] Two questions

My second question is very trivial and if you have to choose, the first 
question is the one for which I really want the answer. I have noticed that 
sometimes people with GPS units in their cars name them. I find this quirky and 
interesting, and I wonder how many people do that. If you are one of them, 
please let me know off-list. Mine is named Sybil. :)

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[tips] GPS voices

[Helweg-Larsen, Marie]

Hi John
My Garmin has many different voices in different languages and both a male and 
female option (so you can get an Australian male or female, a British male or 
female, etc). The voices you chose in the setup have a name (e.g., Gary is the 
American male). As far as I can tell (without a systematic examination) what 
they say is exactly the same.
In the text-to-voice option the street names are actually pronounced (the voice 
says "make a left at Washington Street" instead of "make a left at the next 
street). It is always very amusing when the software struggles with those 
street names in Europe (get the US voice to pronounce the Danish street 
names!). Sometimes it just gives up and spells it! Must be some interesting 
algorithms.
Marie



Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D.
Department Chair and Associate Professor of Psychology
Kaufman 168, Dickinson College
Carlisle, PA 17013, office (717) 245-1562, fax (717) 245-1971
Office hours: Mon/Thur 3-4, Tues 10:30-11:30
http://www.dickinson.edu/departments/psych/helwegm



-Original Message-
From: Serafin, John [mailto:john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 4:54 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: Re: [tips] Two questions

Carol,

Hope nobody minds, but I'll respond on list, even though I can only contribute 
to the so-called trivial question (sorry). My GPS system is named Lucy (think 
evolution). Sybil is a great name...wish I had thought of that! But a broader 
question: do all GPS systems have a female voice? That's all I ever recall 
hearing. And, just to make this even more relevant to TIPS, I seem to recall 
running across a study or two that compared males & females in terms of how 
they give directions (males more likely to use directional terms like north, 
females more likely to refer to landmarks on the route). I wonder if Garmin et 
al. have taken that into account in programming their systems.


John
--
John Serafin
Psychology Department
Saint Vincent College
Latrobe, PA 15650
john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu




From: DeVolder Carol L 
Reply-To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" 

Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:21:47 -0400
To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" 
Conversation: Two questions
Subject: [tips] Two questions

My second question is very trivial and if you have to choose, the first 
question is the one for which I really want the answer. I have noticed that 
sometimes people with GPS units in their cars name them. I find this quirky and 
interesting, and I wonder how many people do that. If you are one of them, 
please let me know off-list. Mine is named Sybil. :)

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Re: [tips] Two questions about sleep and dreams

[taylor]

There seems to be a burgeoning of interest in lucid dreaming. 
Here is the wikipedia definition:
A lucid dream is a dream in which the sleeper is aware that he or she is 
dreaming. When the dreamer is lucid, he or she can actively participate in and 
often manipulate the imaginary experiences in the dream environment. Lucid 
dreams can seem extremely real and vivid depending on a person's level of 
self-awareness during the lucid dream.[1]

There are lots of references and other information as a good point of departure.

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: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:07:50 -0500 (CDT)
>From: "Joan Warmbold"   
>Subject: Re: [tips] Two questions about sleep and dreams  
>To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" 
>
>I have always thought that the only dreams we remember are those that wake
>us up and then we think about, at least enough to get elements into our
>LTM.  Is this valid?
>
>Also, it would seem logical that the minimal amount of time we spend in
>deep sleep as well as the fact that it's spread out during our first two
>cycles could be supported by the evolutionary psychology.  That is, in
>"days of yore," in order to survive a night's sleep with dangerous
>predators nearby, we could ill-afford to spend too much time during one
>cycle in this comatose state.  Also, could not the same evolutionary
>explanation be used to explain why our brain returns to the very active
>REM state at the end of each cycle, thereby making us more able to be
>aroused if danger is lurking?
>
>I ask the latter as during one of my classes when we were discussing the
>hypotheses concerning the purpose of REM (e.g., activation-synthesis), I
>concluded that we still don't have closure on precisely why our brain
>returns to this very active REM brain state at the end of every sleep
>cycle.  One of my students mentioned the survival mechanism for returning
>to REM so frequently during an average night's sleep and I was intrigued
>with his question and would appreciate comments/reactions.
>
>Joan
>jwarm...@oakton.edu
>
>
>
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>
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Re: [tips] Kitty Genovese/The Windy City

[Bill Southerly]

FYI,

This matter is being addressed.

Bill
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On Sep 30, 2009, at 12:01 PM, Jim Matiya wrote:

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>  Once again, we are subjected to Michaels' words that spread hurt, 
> disappointment, and degrade a person. He has done this consistently 
> over the past several years because he does not agree with another 
> person's post. Just last week, several women objected to his reference 
> of women as "chicks."
>   
>  Michael, you know nothing about who I am, where I have lived and my 
> experiences. Yet, you feel you have the right to criticize me and 
> others, because of their race, because of their posts (too many 
> references, too many examples), because of their sexuality.
>   
>  Here is the link to the complete video taken by a student at Fenger 
> High School. Watch it and make your own decisions. Be careful, it is 
> difficult to watch. At 42 seconds into the video, Derrion Albert is 
> hit with a board. I do not know what people 100-200 yards were doing. 
> The video does not show that.
>   
> http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/weis_three_suspects
>   
>  I love TIPS and I enjoy all the wonderful people who 
> contribute different ideas and strategies. Michaels' words are mean 
> and degrading. I do not deserve to be spoken to in such a tone nor do 
> the others. Last year a psychologist left the list-serv because of his 
> posts. I don't want to do that, but I am considering it.
>
> JIm
>   
> Jim Matiya 
> Florida Gulf Coast University
> jmat...@fgcu.edu
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>  From: msylves...@copper.net
> To: tips@acsun.frostburg.edu
> Subject: [tips] Kitty Genovese/The Windy City
> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:36:25 -0400
>
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>
>
> Ken,Jim:
> Are you trying to say that there were no bystanders' apathy because  
> two black gangs were
> involved?  Your posts are ridiculous. Are bystanders' apathy only 
> reserved for white people?
> I saw the video too but the video did not capture folks who were 100 
> or 200 yards away.
> There were ordinary people around and this fact has been a matter of 
> discussion on the major news network.Obviously you all know nothing 
> about a black community.Gimme a break.
> Keep your eurocentric cognitive imperialistic analysis in the 
> classrom.dude.
>  
> Michael Sylvester,PhD
> Daytona Beach,Florida
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Re: [tips] GPS voices

[Serafin, John]

Oh, thanks for that info. Obviously I have not explored my Garmin system 
enough. But the default (at least here in the US) does appear to be a female 
voice.

I'm going to contact you off-list on another issue. I believe that you may have 
taught my daughter at Dickinson!

John
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John Serafin
Psychology Department
Saint Vincent College
Latrobe, PA 15650
john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu




From: "Helweg-Larsen, Marie" 
Reply-To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" 

Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:04:09 -0400
To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" 
Conversation: GPS voices
Subject: [tips] GPS voices

Hi John
My Garmin has many different voices in different languages and both a male and 
female option (so you can get an Australian male or female, a British male or 
female, etc). The voices you chose in the setup have a name (e.g., Gary is the 
American male). As far as I can tell (without a systematic examination) what 
they say is exactly the same.
In the text-to-voice option the street names are actually pronounced (the voice 
says "make a left at Washington Street" instead of "make a left at the next 
street). It is always very amusing when the software struggles with those 
street names in Europe (get the US voice to pronounce the Danish street 
names!). Sometimes it just gives up and spells it! Must be some interesting 
algorithms.
Marie



Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D.
Department Chair and Associate Professor of Psychology
Kaufman 168, Dickinson College
Carlisle, PA 17013, office (717) 245-1562, fax (717) 245-1971
Office hours: Mon/Thur 3-4, Tues 10:30-11:30

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Re:[tips] Football players, concussions and early onset of Alzheimer's

[Joan Warmbold]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/sports/football/30dementia.html?em

Amazing how long it has taken for a study to be conducted and acknowledged
by the NFL that reveals the relationship between concussions and early
cognitive impairments of professional football players.  I happen to enjoy
watching football but I do experience some guilt as how can I deny that my
enjoyment comes at the expense of the players' future health and
well-being.  Most of us were shocked when we learned as youngsters about
the infamous and very popular Roman spectator sport involving bloody and
"barbaric" between Gladiators.  Is it fair to call the sport of football
relatively barbaric?  I have provided an intriguing article below about
the celebrity status of Gladiators and how some participants actually
volunteered in order to gain status and regard.  Consider how analogous
this is to the motivation for guys to play football at all levels in
academia.

http://ancienthistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_roman_gladiator

Joan
jwarm...@oakton.edu


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[tips] Brain Game

[Joan Warmbold]

Some of you have asked for more specifics regarding the activity where
students are given various neurological symptoms and then are asked to
identify and locate the area of the brain that is most likely involved.  I
will provide more detail but it could be improved upon, as I certainly
plan on doing.
___
Each item provides an image of the left cerebral hemisphere, right
cerebral hemisphere and cross-sectional perspective of the brain.  As is
made clear, they will use the cross-sectional image if a sub-cortical
nerve center or the left or right hemisphere if as area of the cerebral
cortex is relevant.

1. Julia had a brain infection and a high fever at age 2.  By age 10 she
began having spells of terrible fright, sometimes accompanied by
aggression. Locate her brain lesion on one of the following diagrams:
(locate amygdala on cross-sectional diagram)

2. John received a head injury in an automobile accident several months
ago.  For a while he had a great deal of motor paralysis on the left side
of his body, but most of this paralysis has abated.  He now only
experiences a mild paralysis of his left hand.  Show the probably location
of the damage causing this paralysis (motor cortex in right hemisphere).

3. An astronaut reported seeing mysterious flashes of light during one of
the shuttle missions.  The visual display results from high energy
particles penetrating through this portion of his brain (occipital lobe of
either of the cerebral hemispheres).

4. After an apparent overdose of drugs and alcohol, Karen Quinlan stopped
breathing for several minutes, incurring extensive brain damage.  She
recovered her ability to breath but remained in a very prolonged and deep
coma, remaining in a fetal position with no response to outside stimuli
for over 11 years.  What part of her brain was damaged that prevented her
from regaining consciousness?  (Pons in brain stem)

5. Mary has epileptic seizures that involve the sensation of something
touching her right leg.  This information gives the neurologist (and you!)
a clue as to the area of her brain that is experiencing spontaneous
seizures.  Where is her epileptic activity likely to be occurring?
(parietal lobe in the left cerebral hemisphere)

6.  Harry is a 53 year old man who suffered a stroke that left him with
the inability to speak.  He can still understand others when they are
talking with him but cannot produce any words, regardless of how much he
tries.  The stroke cut blood supply and therefore damaged what area of his
brain?  (Broca's area in his left hemisphere)

7. Henry had a rare and sever form of epilepsy that could not be
controlled by sedatives.  Therefore, his neurologist decided to perform
surgery that effectively stopped his seizures without interfering with his
functioning.  However, when in a laboratory setting, he is unable to name
common objects that are placed in his left hand, hidden from view. 
Indicate the location of the surgical lesion.  (corpus callosum in
cross-sectional image; why?--right hemisphere can't inform left hemisphere
about what object is in his right hand so left hemisphere can't "name" the
object.)


8. During Jim's brain surgery to remove scarred tissue, the surgeon
stimulated a part of his brain with an electrode that resulted in Jim
hearing music.  Where was the electrode placed?

9. Due to anoxia during birth, Kevin has cerebral palsy, which results in
rather uncoordinated and jerky movements.  His brain damage is probably
located here:  (cerebellum--cross-sectional image)

10. The character, Lenny, from the classic film, "Memento," was assaulted
during a drug bust and now is unable to form new memories.  He remembers
his name, his former job as well as the deep love he felt for his now
deceased wife.  What part of his brain was damaged as a result of the
physical assault?  (hippocampus: cross-sectional image)

11.  One of Oliver Sacks case studies, Dr. P, shows a severe deficit in
recognizing three dimensional objects. He has started to "talk to door
knobs . . . and pats the tops of fire hydrants as if they were children." 
When Sacks shows him a glove, he has no recognition of what it is but can
describe its parts as 'a continuous surface infolded on itself . . with
five outpouchings.'  They discovered that a tumor is developing in what
area of his brain?  (occipital lobe in right hemisphere)


There are many other possibilities and clearly this can be adapted
relative to the knowledge base of the students.

Joan
jwarm...@oakton.edu


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Re: [tips] Football players, concussions and early onset of Alzheimer's

[Paul Brandon]

Some specifics from the article:

"Sean Morey, an Arizona Cardinals player who has been vocal in  
supporting research in this area, said: “This is about more than us —  
it’s about the high school kid in 2011 who might not die on the field  
because he ignored the risks of concussions.”"

"The Michigan researchers found that 6.1 percent of players age 50  
and above reported that they had received a dementia-related  
diagnosis, five times higher than the cited national average, 1.2  
percent. Players ages 30 through 49 showed a rate of 1.9 percent, or  
19 times that of the national average, 0.1 percent."

and

"So the Michigan findings suggest that although 50 N.F.L. retirees  
would be expected to have dementia or memory-related disease, the  
actual number could be more like 300. This would not prove causation  
in any individual case, but it would support a connection between pro  
football careers and heightened prevalence of later-life cognitive  
decline that the league has long disputed."

I'd be curious about the relative dementia incidence rates of former  
high school football and hockey players compared to the pro's and to  
the population in general.
Were the increased dementia incidence cited in this (as yet  
unreviewed and unpublished) article due to injuries as pro's, or  
earlier high school injuries.
I've read that concussion rates are higher in high school athletes  
than in pro's (less training, more blind aggression).

Raises some interesting questions that ought to be answered -- I'm  
more concerned about hundreds of thousands of former high school  
footballers than a few thousand well compensated pro's.

On Sep 30, 2009, at 7:08 PM, Joan Warmbold wrote:

> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/sports/football/30dementia.html?em
>
> Amazing how long it has taken for a study to be conducted and  
> acknowledged
> by the NFL that reveals the relationship between concussions and early
> cognitive impairments of professional football players.

Paul Brandon
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
Minnesota State University, Mankato
paul.bran...@mnsu.edu


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Re: [tips] Two questions about sleep and dreams

[Dr. Bob Wildblood]

Joan Warmbold wrote:
>
>I have always thought that the only dreams we remember are those that wake
>us up and then we think about, at least enough to get elements into our
>LTM.  Is this valid?

As you know, the whole idea of what dreams are/mean/or the purpose thereof is a 
topic of debate.  I have worked with dreams (yes, I admit that I follow the 
Jungian approach to dream analysis from time to time if my client wants to deal 
with it) and everything that I have read suggests strongly that the dream out 
of which you wake, is the one most likely to be remembered - particularly if 
you review it immediately after waking.  That's one of the reasons that those 
who want to work with their dreams are asked to keep a journal at their bedside 
and to write about it as soon as they wake up.  It makes sense that this kind 
of action would increase the retention of dream content based on what we know 
about rehearsal and retention of information.

Bob

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RE: [tips] Football players, concussions and early onset of Alzheimer's

[Claudia Stanny]

Sorry I don't have cites for this, but patients who have closed head injuries 
(e.g., in auto accidents) are typically warned by their physicians of an 
increased risk of Alzheimer's as well as other problems (many develop seizure 
disorders). Given that a concussion is a mild-to-severe closed head injury, the 
increased risk might be present in players of sports that have high rates of 
concussions.

Other sports that involve blows to the head have long been are associated with 
dementias (if not Alzheimer's per se).
Boxing is the classic example.

I wonder if anyone has looked at soccer players (all those head butts to balls).
Soccer players claim they learn a technique that protects them from injury from 
this move, but I have a nephew who was a highly skilled soccer player before an 
auto accident that left him with a severe closed head injury. He had to give up 
soccer after his injury because when he tried to play and bounced a ball off 
his head, he had immediate problems - severe headaches and set-backs in his 
progress toward recovering speech and memory skills lost as a result of his 
brain injury. N of 1, but a pretty striking case.

Another population worth following with respect to this pattern is Gulf War 
veterans who experience closed-head injuries related to the percussive blast 
created by roadside explosive devices. I wonder what the pattern of dementias 
will look like in this group compared to non-injured vets and non-vet age-mates.

Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D.  
Director, Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment
Associate Professor, Psychology
University of West Florida
Pensacola, FL  32514 - 5751

Phone:   (850) 857-6355 or (850) 473-7435 
e-mail:  csta...@uwf.edu


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RE: [tips] Two questions

[Rick Froman]

I have a TomTom and we can download all kinds of voices including celebrity 
voices. Most of them (even the non-celebrity ones) come with names. My favorite 
is Mr. T. He calls me "fool" a lot but he has a heart of gold underneath (and 
even around his neck come to think of it).

Rick

Dr. Rick Froman, Chair
Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
John Brown University
Siloam Springs, AR  72761
rfro...@jbu.edu

From: Serafin, John [john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 3:53 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: Re: [tips] Two questions

Carol,

Hope nobody minds, but I'll respond on list, even though I can only contribute 
to the so-called trivial question (sorry). My GPS system is named Lucy (think 
evolution). Sybil is a great name...wish I had thought of that! But a broader 
question: do all GPS systems have a female voice? That's all I ever recall 
hearing. And, just to make this even more relevant to TIPS, I seem to recall 
running across a study or two that compared males & females in terms of how 
they give directions (males more likely to use directional terms like north, 
females more likely to refer to landmarks on the route). I wonder if Garmin et 
al. have taken that into account in programming their systems.


John
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John Serafin
Psychology Department
Saint Vincent College
Latrobe, PA 15650
john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu




From: DeVolder Carol L 
Reply-To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" 

Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:21:47 -0400
To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" 
Conversation: Two questions
Subject: [tips] Two questions

My second question is very trivial and if you have to choose, the first 
question is the one for which I really want the answer. I have noticed that 
sometimes people with GPS units in their cars name them. I find this quirky and 
interesting, and I wonder how many people do that. If you are one of them, 
please let me know off-list. Mine is named Sybil. :)

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