Re: [tips] social psychology trade books; need recommendations for project
How about The Myth of Repressed Memory by Loftus Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Dec 29, 2009, at 2:15 PM, Traci Giuliano wrote: I'm always on the lookout for recent (or even not-so-recent trade books that I may have missed) for a project in which students read trade books written by social psychologists (or sometimes non social psychologists on social psychological topics) and develop useful applications based on the book for a class project. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd love to hear them. For reference, here is the list that I used last year: 1) Self insight (Dunning) 2) The mismeasure of women (Tavris) 3) The how of happiness (Lyubomirsky) 4) How we know what isn’t so (Gilovich) 5) Mindfulness (Langer) 6) Intuition (Myers) 7) Curse of the Self (Leary) 8) White bears (Wegner) 9) Strangers to ourselves (Wilson) 10) Making marriage work (Gottman) 11) The relationship cure (Gottman) 12) Opening up (Pennebaker) 13) Singled out (DePaulo) 14) Emotions revealed (Ekman) 15) Telling lies (Ekman) 16) Breaking Murphy’s Law (Segerstrom) 17) Survival of the prettiest (Etcoff) 18) Stumbling on Happiness (Gilbert) 19) American Paradox (Myers) 20) Meanings of Life (Baumeister) 21) The two sexes (Maccoby) 22) Why so slow? (Valian) 23) Everyday mind reading (Ickes) 24) Losing control (Baumeister) 25) Friendly letter to skeptics (Myers) 26) Mistakes were made (Tavris) 27) The cultural animal (Baumeister) Thanks!! -- Traci A. Giuliano Professor of Psychology John H. Duncan Chair Southwestern University Georgetown, TX 78626 office 512.863.1596 fax 512.863.1846 --- 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] The Token Economy comes to the iPhone
Having a problem raising your kids? iPhone to the rescue! Actually, it might be interesting to ask students if they can name what behavioral technique is at work here: http://bit.ly/tokenecon Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] List of Psychological Studies the Public Might Know
I'm putting together notes for an upcoming episode which I've decided would be on the idea of showing listeners that while they might first associate psychology with Freud and Pavlov, they really know (or at least are somewhat familiar with) more studies/concepts from our field than they realize. I scoured a few sources and come up with the list below, which was surprisingly longer than I thought it would be, but I may be stretching things in some cases as well as completely missing the obvious. If you could suggest an addition to the list that would be much appreciated. I'll post the complete list once I get everyone's feedback. Remember: these are not what we as teachers would consider important in the history of psychology - just events/ studies/concepts that the general public are probably somewhat familiar with in one way or another. Thanks for your feedback! The Technique of Correlation is developed 1890 Animal Intelligence (Law of Effect is developed) - Edward Thorndike - 1898 The Interpretation of Dreams Sigmund Freud 1900 Intelligence Test was published in France Alfred Binet 1905 Formula for the Intelligence Quotient William Stern 1912 Carl Jung develops Analytical Psychology (collective unconscious, archetypes, anima/animus) 1913 Conditioned Emotional Resposes - Watson and Rayner 1920 Rorshach's Inkblot Test 1921 Conditioned Reflexes - Pavlov 1927 Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence Test published 1939 The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defense - Anna Freud 1948 Childhood and Society (eight stages of psycho-social devel) - Erikson 1950 Client Centered Therapy 1951 Rapid Eye Movement (REM) discovered 1953 Motivation and Personality is Published (hierarchy of needs) - Maslow -1954 The Development of Object Concept (Piaget - object permanence, egocentrism) - 1954 Opinions and Social Pressure (Asch) - 1954 The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two (Miller)1956 The Natue of Love 1958 (Harlow's monkeys) Cognitive Dissonance1959 (Festinger's study) Imprinting is demonstrated 1961 (Lorenz) Transmission of Aggression Through Imitation of Aggressive Models 1961 (Bandura's Bobo Doll study) Systematic Desensitization (Wolpe) 1961 Thinking And Depression Beck, A. (1963). Behavioral Study of Obedience (Milgram) 1963 Human Sexual Response (Master's and Johnson) 1966 Teacher's Expectancies (Rosenthal and Jacobson) 1966 The Split Brain in Man (Sperry) 1967 Failure to Escape Traumatic Shock (Seligman)1967 Bystander Intervention (Latane and Darley) 1968 On Death and Dying (Kubler-Ross)1969 The Pathology of Imprisonment (Zimbardo)1972 On Being Sane in Insane Places (Rosenhan) 1973 Type A and B Personality1974 Leading Questions and the Eyewitness Report (Loftus)1975 Frames of Mind: the Theory of Multiple Intelligences1983 The Jigsaw Classroom1986 Emotional Intelligence concept - 1995 Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] List of Psychological Studies the Public Might Know
Annette, Thanks for your great list of commonly held beliefs. I've actually addressed a number of them in separate episodes - Interviewed Ken Steele on the Mozart Effect in episodes 59 and 61, addressed the lack of support for subliminal perception in episode 75, and interviewed Daniel Willingham on the learning styles myth in episode 90, but you've got some other good ones here. Regarding Scott Lillienfeld's book on 50 Myths: I'm one step ahead of you. I interviewed Scott just before the holidays about his book and as soon as things quiet down from the holidays I'll finish editing that episode. We talked about these myths from his book: the myth regarding not changing your first hunch on a multiple choice test the polygrah, the so-called lie detector test the myth of how men and women communicate differently handwriting analysis as well myths regarding the full moon, the concept of the representativeness, and naive realism The book is excellent and could provide much fodder for class discussion as well as a jumping off point for student research. Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Dec 27, 2009, at 10:10 AM, tay...@sandiego.edu wrote: I like your list and could probably add but this will already overwhelm folks who don't realize what they do know about psychology. Maybe I would add Donald Norman's books on using everyday things as a good example of how much cognitive psychologists have contributed to everyday life. What I would like to see you do is make sure you talk about whether or not the items on the list have evidence to support them. For example, it would be good to debunk the Rorschach (see lots of stuff written or edited by Scott Lilienfeld), the psychodynamic stuff in general, the uses and misuses of intelligence testing, the multiple intelligences stuff, the conflicting evidence on Kubler-Ross' formulation of grief stages, etc. And maybe a special episode on commonly believed in psychobabble! Here is a short list. *Sugar CAUSES hyperactivity in children. *Listening to Mozart will make you smarter. *Teaching babies sign language will make them smarter. *We all have a distinct learning style that is either visual, auditory or kinesthetic. *The right side of the brain is creative and emotional; the left side is rigid and logical. (or any other variety of popular but incorrect dichotomy) *Most people only use 10% of their brains. *Subliminal messages can be used to persuade others to purchase products. *Immediate contact between a mother and infant after birth is critical for bonding. *You can “spoil a baby if you respond to its demands too quickly. *The suicide rate is higher among adolescents than any other age group. *In criminal eyewitnesses, confidence is closely related to accuracy. *Hypnosis is ... fill in with any number of misconceptions. *Individuals commonly repress the memories of painful or traumatic experiences. *If you’re unsure of your answer while taking a test, it’s best to stick with your initial hunch. *The defining feature of dyslexia is seeing words backwards (e.g., “pal” instead of “lap”). *Individuals can learn information (e.g., new languages) while asleep. *It is generally better to express anger openly than to hold it in. *When it comes to communication styles, women talk more than men. (“Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus”). *People’s attitudes are highly predictive of their actual behaviors. *People’s responses to inkblots tell us a great deal about their personalities and propensities toward mental disorders. *“Psychological profiling” has been shown to be an effective means of identifying criminals. *A large proportion of criminals are acquitted on the basis of the insanity defense. *Clinical judgment and intuition are the best means of combining information to reach a diagnosis for a patient. *High self-esteem is necessary for high achievement. *Drug education programs (i.e., DARE) are effective in deterring drug use among teenagers. *Students have a good sense of how well they know class material. *Taste areas for sweet, sour, salty and bitter are well defined on the tongue. *Although one could study hard and do better in school, “intelligence” is mostly the result of heredity and genes. *Instinct determines many of our behaviors. *Vision depends on light waves that exit the eyes and hit objects in the environment. Actually, you could do a segment on Scott's book on 50 great myths. Maybe juxtapose it with the segment on how much more we know about real psychology than we think we do. 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: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:12:46 -0500 From: Britt, Michael michael.br
Re: [tips] Martin Bolt
I remember when I first started teaching in the early '90s I was provided by the publisher the instructor's manual by Martin Bolt. I found it to me a gold mine of classroom activities, tips and ideas to extend student learning beyond the book. I valued it so much that I asked for another copy - one for home and one for the office - so that I would never be without it. I always turned to Dr. Bolt's manual for ideas on how to make the lecture come to life. As Phil de Haan said in his speech for Dr. Bolt when he received the presidential award, he was a teacher's teacher. Michael Michael Britt On Dec 26, 2009, at 2:09 AM, Mike Palij wrote: On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:27:11 -0800, David Myers wrote: Dear teaching colleagues, I am so sad to report that my friend Martin Bolt, author of many instructional resources for the teaching of psychology over the last quarter century, died of cancer on Christmas morning, with his family gathered round. With gratitude for the generosity of his spirit and the excellence of his work, David Myers P.S. If perchance you have benefitted from his resources and might have a word of appreciation, I am collecting such to convey to his family . For those of you who, like me, were unfamiliar with Martin Bolt, here is a press release from Calvin College where Bolt taught: http://www.calvin.edu/news/2009-10/bolt/index-mbolt.html -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.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)
[tips] That darned ESP trick
A few days ago I asked how that trick by Copperfield was done (the one with the cards). Here's a related question: I thought that the reason why it worked was due to confirmation bias, but Riki Koenigsberg explained it as due to inattentional blindness (which I guess I'm not as familiar with): anyone want to settle this matter and let me know which one it is? Just curious. By the way, thanks to Jonathan Mueller, here is a link to the trick that should be safe: http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/esp2.html thanks, Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] LIttle Albert follow-up
Stephen, I've been in contact with Skip Beck the first author of the recent Albert article and he has no idea where the little came from. Stephen - you're answer sounds good to me. Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Dec 20, 2009, at 2:24 PM, sbl...@ubishops.ca wrote: [off-list] On 20 Dec 2009 at 12:29, Britt, Michael wrote: Good point Stephen. The link came from a trusted source on my end - but still, I'm not sure where that person got the original link. I'm afraid I live in fear of the evil Internet. Well, not really, but perhaps just a little paranoid. And while I've got you on the phone, I was wondering about my note about Little Albert, just a little disappointed that there were no follow-ups on that interesting question of yours. Did you get any other responses which predated Daniel and Eysenck? Regards Stephen --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Copperfield trick
Wow - I can't believe I didn't figure that one out (...looking for my embarrassed emoticon)! Good example of the confirmation bias too. Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Dec 20, 2009, at 9:25 AM, tay...@sandiego.edu wrote: Michael, we should let you figure this one out! Tsk tsk. It's very easy. None of the cards are the same suit and value throughout the game; they all look so similar that it's easy to be fooled. 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: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:11:56 -0500 From: Britt, Michael michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com Subject: [tips] Copperfield trick To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@acsun.frostburg.edu Does anyone know how this trick is done? Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] Now send it to some of your Friends, so they can have fun also. ! Windows 7: Unclutter your desktop. Learn more. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.427 / Virus Database: 270.14.111/2570 - Release Date: 12/17/09 08:30:00 = Vicky Kryoneris 516.921.3469 tel 516.521.0139 cell vicky...@optonline.net = --- 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] Copperfield trick
Good point Stephen. The link came from a trusted source on my end - but still, I'm not sure where that person got the original link. I should have found the trick on its original web site and then given everyone the link to that page. Hopefully no one was infected by this (I'll keep my fingers crossed and learn my lesson). Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Dec 20, 2009, at 11:23 AM, sbl...@ubishops.ca wrote: On 20 Dec 2009 at 8:11, Britt, Michael wrote: Does anyone know how this trick is done? Before I pass this clever presentation on, I'm wondering whether it could possibly be a means of spreading something malicious. Anyone know whether this should be a concern? Also, would it be safer to refer people to the originating website than as Michael sent it to us (presumably pasted into his post)? Worst case scenario: could we already all be infected? 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 --- --- 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] Helpful YouTube program
If you show YouTube videos in class but don't really want students to also see advertisements and who knows what else on the screen while you want them to focus on the video, I just found out about a nice little program called MiniTube that you might like. You install it on your desktop (Windows and Mac) and It's free and it let's you show videos on YouTube without all the distractions. Here's a screenshot of what it looks like: http://screencast.com/t/OTk2MGI1NTIt Could come in handy. Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Fwd: My Twelve Days of Tipsmas
Very funny Annette. I've been a member of TIPS since the late 90s and I hadn't seen this. Thanks for sharing it. Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Dec 17, 2009, at 6:43 PM, tay...@sandiego.edu wrote: Every year I like to dig this one out and laugh at it. Things haven't changed too, too much in 11 years! Thanks, Nancy. 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 --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) From: drna...@aol.com Date: December 14, 2001 5:38:49 PM EST To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences tips@acsun.frostburg.edu Subject: My Twelve Days of Tipsmas Reply-To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences tips@acsun.frostburg.edu I am in a self-promoting mood. Here again for you all is my 1998 12 days contribution. Those of you who are familiar with it can delete, those of you who are new to the list, I hope you enjoy it. On the first day of Tipsmas I posted to the list a view that got everyone pissed. On the second day of Tipsmas we posted to the list 2 quotes from Freud and a view that got everyone pissed On the third day of Tipsmas we posted to the list 3 wisecracks 2 quotes from Freud and a view that got everyone pissed On the fourth day of Tipsmas we posted to the list 4 complaints to Bill 3 wisecracks 2 quotes from Freud and a view that got everyone pissed On the fifth day of Tipsmas we posted to the list (real loud now) 5 RANDOM THOUGHTS 4 complaints to Bill 3 wisecracks 2 quotes from Freud and a view that got everyone pissed On the sixth day of Tipsmas, we posted to the list 6 critiques of Harris 5 RANDOM THOUGHTS! 4 complaints to Bill 3 wisecracks 2 quotes from Freud and a view. On the seventh day of Tipsmas we posted to the list 7 skeptics doubting 6 critiques of Harris 5 RANDOM THOUGHTS! 4 complaints to Bill 3 wisecracks 2 quotes from Freud and a view.. On the 8th day of Tipsmas we posted to the list 8 flames a raging 7 skeptics doubting 6 critiques of Harris 5 RANDOM THOUGHTS! 4 complaints to Bill 3 wisecracks 2 quotes from Freud and a view On the 9th day of Tipsmas we posted to the list 9 tests of blindsight 8 flames a raging 7 skeptics doubting 6 critiques of Harris 5 RANDOM THOUGHTS 4 complaints to Bill 3 wisecracks 2 quotes from Freud and a view On the 10th day of Tipsmas we posted to the list 10 student bloopers 9 tests of blindsight 8 flames a raging 7 skeptics doubting 6 critiques of Harris 5 RANDOM THOUGHTS 4 complaints to Bill 3 wisecracks 2 quotes from Freud and a view ... On the 11th day of Tipsmas we posted to the list 11 SET TIPS NO MAIL 10 student bloopers 9 tests of blindsight 8 flames a raging 7 skeptics doubting 6 critiques of Harris 5 RANDOM THOUGHTS! 4 complaints to Bill 3 wisecracks 2 quotes from Freud and a view ON THE TWELFTH DAY OF TIPSMAS WE POSTED TO THE LIST... 12 UNSUBSCRIBE TIPS 11 SET TIPS NO MAIL 10 student bloopers 9 tests of blindsight 8 flames a raging 7 skeptics doubting 6 critiques of Harris (big build up) 5 RANDOM THOUGHTS!!! 4 complaints to Bill (Tom?) 3 wisecracks 2 quotes from Freud and a song that got EVERYONE pissed. by Melucci 30 November 1998 Happy Sectarian Winter Holiday of your preference to all and to all a good night. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tay...@sandiego.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-98010-579473.ab90e5b774b93316ff71c0f1eba17...@acsun.frostburg.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Who put the Little in Little Albert?
I've been preparing an episode in which I'll be reviewing Hall Beck's recent article, Finding Little Albert which recently appeared in the American Psychologist and I asked Dr. Beck who is responsible inserting the word Little in front of Albert. His research didn't turn up an answer to this question. Anyone have any ideas on where the Little came from? Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Who put the BF in Skinner?
If I had a name like Burrhus I'd probably do the same thing. Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Dec 16, 2009, at 2:04 PM, Paul Brandon wrote: Besides, he never liked his given first name, and much preferred 'Fred'. Anecdote: I got this story from C. B. (Charlie) Ferster; one of Skinner's first grad students: Ferster (a frequent visitor at Skinner's home) once walked into Skinner's living room to find Skinner seated on a sofa with a sign around his neck saying FRED. On Dec 16, 2009, at 12:29 PM, Jim Dougan wrote: At 12:22 PM 12/16/2009, you wrote: I could swear that your students will not know.Btw,why is he the only behavioral scienist we address with his first two inititials? We do not say P Brandon,C Green, S Black,or C Hull,so why the BF Skinner? Was there a Jaywalking episode where Jay Leno asked people what the BF stands for in BF Skinner? I am told by my graduate advisor (F.K. McSweeney) that it is something of a Harvard tradition to publish that way. Herrnstein sometimes went as R.J. Herrnstein. Stevens went by S.S. Stevens, etc. They are respectively called Fran Dick and Smitty by friends - but they published using initials. Of course, Skinner's friends called him Fred so he does not break the pattern. Of course there is JER Staddon and MEP Seligman if we want to go to 3 initials. -- J.D. Dougan 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) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] A new Mozart effect...
Oh no. They're bckkk! Ken Steele - where are you? Thanks Rick. I'll have to dig into this one just for the fun of it. Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:33 AM, Rick Froman wrote: ...on weight of pre-term infants. The abstract is here: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/peds.2009-0990v1?papetoc and the pdf of the article is here: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/peds.2009-0990v1 Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 rfro...@jbu.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)
[tips] It's that time again - Dancing Psychologists!
I always get a smile out of this Elf Yourself tool. I hope you get a smile to. There are 4 famous psychologists in this quick video. Can your students identify them all? http://bit.ly/psychelves Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] It's that time again - Dancing Psychologists!
Oops - you're right Chris. My mistake. There's only 3. Or perhaps it's a trick question we teachers are so often accused of creating.? Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Dec 8, 2009, at 9:28 AM, Christopher D. Green wrote: Four? I only see three people. Is one hiding in the tree? :-) Chris Green York U. Toronto Britt, Michael wrote: I always get a smile out of this Elf Yourself tool. I hope you get a smile to. There are 4 famous psychologists in this quick video. Can your students identify them all? http://bit.ly/psychelves Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- 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] Metabolically Expensive
I'm editing an interview with David Buss right now for an upcoming episode. I asked him to respond to all the criticisms that have surfaced lately in the press (i.e., Barbara Ehrenreich) and I think he does a great job of doing so. I like the way he refers to pregnancy as metabolically expensive for females. That got a smile from my wife. Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Thoughts/opinions on Integral Theory
Someone asked me what I thought about Ken Wilber and Integral Theory. I have to admit that I've never heard of it. After a quick check online my first impression is that his ideas are either new agey or just more philosophical than psychological. I've never seen him mentioned in any psych texts. Anyone familiar with his ideas? Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Music Therapy Requirements?
Last year I interviewed music therapist Kamile Geist from Ohio University. She says in the interview that anyone who wants to contact her to talk about the field of music therapy can certainly do so. Might send your student to her. Here's the link: http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2008/05/episode-56-what-is-music-therapy/ Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Dec 2, 2009, at 4:24 PM, Wehlburg, Catherine wrote: Fellow TIPsters, An undergraduate student (majoring in music composition) and taking my general psychology course, has decided that he is interested in learning more about becoming a music therapist. Are there programs for this? Licensing requirements? Any insight that you have that I can share with my student would be much appreciated. Thank you! --Catherine ** Catherine M. Wehlburg, Ph.D. Assistant Provost for Institutional Effectiveness TCU Box 297098 -- Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX 76129 Phone: (817) 257-5298 Fax: (817) 257-7173 Email: c.wehlb...@tcu.edu Website: www.assessment.tcu.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] The 51st Great Myth?
Yes, I saw the mini-myths in the book - wedged in between the chapters. Looks like you've got enough for a volume 2 here. By the way, you mentioned in a previous TIPS post that the Associated Press had contacted you about Rom Houben and the possible facilitated communication issue. Any follow-up on that? Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Nov 27, 2009, at 1:13 PM, Lilienfeld, Scott O wrote: Many thanks for the kind words, Michael. Actually, we do address this myth on p. 44 of our myths book in our end-of-chapter mythlets (or perhaps we should call them mini-myths?). CheersScott Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D. Professor Editor, Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice Department of Psychology, Room 473 Psychology and Interdisciplinary Sciences (PAIS) Emory University 36 Eagle Row Atlanta, Georgia 30322 slil...@emory.edu (404) 727-1125 Psychology Today Blog: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-skeptical-psychologist 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-140513111X.html Scientific American Mind: Facts and Fictions in Mental Health Column: http://www.scientificamerican.com/sciammind/ The Master in the Art of Living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation, his love and his intellectual passions. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence in whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him - he is always doing both. - Zen Buddhist text (slightly modified) -Original Message- From: Britt, Michael [mailto:michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com] Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 9:02 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] The 51st Great Myth? Lately I've been reading Scott Lillienfeld's great book on myths and this has perhaps primed me into thinking a lot about myths. So as I lie on the couch after today's turkey dinner thinking that the L- tryptophan was making me sleepy, I had a faint memory of hearing that there was perhaps nothing to this belief? Does anyone know if that's so? Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com twitter: mbritt --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). --- 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] The 51st Great Myth?
Lately I've been reading Scott Lillienfeld's great book on myths and this has perhaps primed me into thinking a lot about myths. So as I lie on the couch after today's turkey dinner thinking that the L- tryptophan was making me sleepy, I had a faint memory of hearing that there was perhaps nothing to this belief? Does anyone know if that's so? Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com twitter: mbritt --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] facilitated communication?
This really needs to be exposed. I've been asked to do an episode on facilitated communication. Looks like it's time to get crackin' on it. Thanks for passing this along Carol, Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Nov 24, 2009, at 3:48 PM, DeVolder Carol L wrote: Might be worth a discussion in class: http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/783-this-cruel-farce-has-to-stop.html http://tinyurl.com/yaa4voc Carol Carol L. DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 Phone: 563-333-6482 e-mail: devoldercar...@sau.edu web: http://web.sau.edu/psychology/psychfaculty/cdevolder.htm The contents of this message are confidential and may not be shared with anyone without permission of the sender. --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)winmail.dat --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Where Were You On This Date 46 Years Ago?
I thought that I heard something about there being recent research on flashbulb memories which indicated that people were nearly as accurate with these types of memories as they thought they were. Don't remember the reference right now. I'll see if I can dig it up. Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Nov 22, 2009, at 10:32 AM, roig-rear...@comcast.net wrote: Upon hearing of president Kennedy's assassination, I had a reaction similar to Mike's. I was 6 years old and playing with my plastic WWII toy soldiers in our living room/dining room floor in Cuba. My mother was in the kitchen and our front door was open. Suddenly, our next door neighbor, a member of the CDR (Committee for the Defense of the Revolution, a neighborhood spying group) barges in, all excited hollering mataron a Kennedy, mataron a Kennedy! (Kennedy has been killed). I remember my mother reacting with her typical surprise N!. Like Mike I did not understand the significance of the event, but I guess that, based in part on the ensuing conversation between them and the several Ay Dios mio (oh my God!) uttered by my mother conveyed to me that the news was not good. Keep in mind that about a year and a half earlier the Bay of Pigs invasion had taken place and that was the basis for another flashbulb memory of mine. Man-o-man, it was early morning and we woke up to the sound of what we thought was thunder; my mother got up to close the windows and realized that the thunder was the sound of cannon fire and screamed something about being invaded. Planes had been flying nearby and we could hear the distant sound of machine gun strafing. We lived about 10 miles from a military air base. Of course, I have to wonder how much of the above is a mere reconstruction. ;-) Miguel - Original Message - From: Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@acsun.frostburg.edu Cc: Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 9:17:10 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [tips] Where Were You On This Date 46 Years Ago? My own memory for when I heard about the Kennedy assasination is as follows: I was in the fourth grade in Catholic grade school and it was a sunny afternoon. The nun who was our teacher had been called away from class and we fidgeted, talked to each other, and fooled around until she came back. She had a very serious look on her face and she spoke in a low voice, almost a whisper. She told us that the president had been shot. I don't remember whether she said whether he had died or not. My own reaction was I didn't understand what this meant but I knew that it was not good. I don't remember much else from that afternoon nor do I remember whether I actually saw Oswald being shot on TV a couple of days later. I don't remember many details but I do remember the sadness and sense of loss that other displayed and which I eventually took on. It would take a while for me to figure out what this all meant. --- 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] If Hermann Ebbinghaus Twittered
You know, I didn't get this at first. Now I do :) Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Nov 21, 2009, at 8:29 AM, roig-rear...@comcast.net wrote: I agree with much of Michael's position on Ebbinghaus' possible tweets, except for his actual message, which I suspect would have been something like: bes dek fel gup huf jeik mek meun pon daus dor gim ke4k be4p bCn hes. ;-) Miguel So his tweet would actually have looked something like this: #psychology #memory #nonsense #forgetcurve #histofpsych @wjames @titch @gfech Psyc has long past, but shrt hstry. And his twitter name might have been: memoryguy --- 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] If Watson Twittered
Here's what I guess he might have twittered one lazy afternoon: giv me 12 infants my own wrld 2 bring them up in I'll take 1 at random train him 2 be dr, lawyr, rtist, merchant-chief, beggar or thief. Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] If Freud Twittered
How about this one: If Freud twittered: The gr8 question Iv not bn able 2 answer, despite my 30yrs of research in2 the feminine soul: 'What does a woman wnt?' Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com twitter: mbritt --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Behaviorism's Dark Side (Humorous...)
Put this in the Now look what you've gone and done department: here's what (could) happen when you teach pigeons to peck at buttons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEjUAnPc2VA Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Famous Narcissists?
In my next episode I plan to discuss the study that was published last year on the topic of how narcissism can be detected by looking at Facebook pages. Since I'm going to talk about narcissism in general, and I assume that many of your do in your classes on this topic, here's my question: I'd like to refer to someone that just about everyone would know and just about everyone would agree is a narcissist. Who would make for a good example? Oh yes, it would be better if this person were dead. ;) Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Public domain images of psych equipment/laboratory
Does anyone know where I can get pictures of lab equipment used in psychological experiments? Public domain preferred so that I can use it on my web site. Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Verbal and Nonverbal communication on Comedy Central
There was a very funny sketch on the Nov 4th episode of the Daily Show. Aside from being funny, it might have some connections to verbal and nonverbal communication. To see it you have to sit through a 30 sec commercial and then skip to about 5minutes in. Worth it. Might also be good for critical thinking and the media. http://bit.ly/1q4fLN Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Rich media?
I would guess that she's talking about sites or tools that combine text, images, video, etc. If that's the case, then I highly recommend: Sprout (www.sproutbuilder.com), an online tool which allows users to combine various forms of media SlideRocket (http://www.sliderocket.com) - an online alternative to PowerPoint Voicethread (http://voicethread.com) enables students to discuss images and video presentations Timerliner XE (http://www.tomsnyder.com/timelinerxe/) - great timeline creation tool in which you can embed photos, video, etc. Sounds like fun Beth. Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com On Nov 12, 2009, at 5:19 PM, Jim Matiya wrote: Hi Beth, What is Rich media? jim 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 From: beth.ben...@gmail.com Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:48:35 -0500 Subject: [tips] Rich media? To: tips@acsun.frostburg.edu My college is having a workshop to encourage us to use rich media for our online courses and has asked us to bring anything we could or do use. Do any of you have any suggestions for things I can bring to the workshop? I know Sue Frantz and Michael Britt have many, many offerings. But where should I start? I'm planning an intro course in the spring, so it would be a great place for rich media. Suggestions appreciated! Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire --- 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] Rich media?
Sue, Excellent suggestion regarding WebNotes. I needed this a couple weeks ago but couldn't think of the name! Neat little tool. Michael The Psych Files podcast http://www.ThePsychFiles.com On Nov 12, 2009, at 7:42 PM, Frantz, Sue wrote: “I know Sue Frantz and Michael Britt have many, many offerings. But…” Does this mean you don’t want my suggestions? =) I don’t know which of these are rich media and which are merely social media. (Is social media a kind of rich media?) I’ll let you, the reader, sort it out. The webconferencing tool Annette referred to is Elluminate. Not free. But there are some free options. DimDim is the one that most closely mirrors Elluminate. There are a couple online whiteboards that are good: Scriblink and Dabbleboard. If you want a quick and easy way to collaborate just on text, in real time, try Etherpad. I would also recommend looking at social bookmarking services, such as Delcious (share your bookmarks), Diigo (share your annotated bookmarks; can create a ‘closed’ class for this), and WebNotes (annotate websites and share with people who don’t have WebNotes). A clicker alternative is PollEverywhere, where students use their cell phones (or internet-connected computers) to ‘click’ in. Free for up to 32 students at a time, I think. Standard text messaging rates apply. The easiest-to-use stand-alone wiki software is PBWorks. Highly recommended. That’s what we’re using for the new STP wiki. For collaboration, Google Docs and Zoho are good options. If students are working on a group paper, you can see who edited what and when. For sharing files, my personal favorite is DropBox. For in the classroom, I use Classroom Presenter instead of PowerPoint. CP Is a free product from the Univ. of Washington. They designed it for Tablet PCs, but works with any PC. If you’re connected to a network and students have laptops connected to the same network, they see your slides on their computers. They can type notes on the slide. The very cool feature is that students can type stuff on a slide, then with the click of a button, send the slide to you in real time. You can then look through, and display to the class the ones you want. CP also has built-in ‘clicker’ functionality. [Combine CP with a Wii remote and infrared light pen to create a smartboard: http://sfrantz.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/the-smartboard-alternative-for-40/ ] Diane Finley spoke at NWToP, and she suggested using Audacity to audio record feedback to students instead of typing/writing comments. Save it as an MP3 and email it to your student. I’ve attached the handout I created for a poster at the most recent APA convention. Most of what I written here is in that handout. -- Sue Frantz 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 --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) Web 2.0 Handout.pdf --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] More fun with Correlations
I couldn't help but have some more fun with our favorite topic - correlations. If you've got a few minutes for a hopefully humorous look at the topic: http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2009/11/episode-109-correlation-and-causation/ Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] hard studying
Cognitive psychologist Daniel Willingham has a great article on this topic on his web site: http://www.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/winter03-04/cognitive.html Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com On Nov 7, 2009, at 3:30 AM, Allen Esterson wrote: ¨¨¨On 6 November 2009 Steven Specht wrote: I spend some time explaining to students that as part of studying they should practice the task that they will be asked to perform... I'm reminded of the old joke about the stranger to New York asking someone How do I get to Carnegie Hall?: Practise, practise, practise. P.S. Does the following say something about modern educational standards?: Practise / Practice: ...If you are not sure about what a verb or noun is, it might be safer to just use the spelling practice, as many Americans do! Reference: Practise / Practice In many parts of the English speaking world (UK, Ireland, Australia, Canada, and South Africa) âpracticeâ is the noun, âpractiseâ the verb. However, in the U.S.A the spelling âpracticeâ is more often used for both the noun and the verb. Contrary to popular belief a significant minority of the American population also observe the distinction. If you are not sure about what a verb or noun is, it might be safer to just use the spelling practice, as many Americans do! http://www.world-english.org/practise_practice.htm Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London http://www.esterson.org -- Steven Specht sspe...@utica.edu Subject: Re: hard studying Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:35:26 -0500 I spend some time explaining to students that as part of studying they should practice the task that they will be asked to perform on exams... that is, writing. This sometimes puzzles students. I further explain that if the coach wants you to improve your free throws in basketball, she doesn't have you read about it or necessarily look at others doing the task; but requires YOU to practice the task-- tossing up some basketballs. I get frustrated when students (esp. psychology majors) think that looking over notes or the text is a way to prepare to write responses. I implore them to practice writing responses to hypothetical questions as part of their studying so that they are rehearsing the task expected of them (and it won't be the first time they think about writing a response). Specht, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Psychology Utica College Utica, NY 13502 --- 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] History of Psych Timeline
Hi everybody, I decided to put together a history of psychology timeline for an episode of my podcast. Can't figure out why I haven't done this before. I taught Hist of Psych so I've got some notes and texts to to dig through in preparation, but I was wondering if anyone in tips land could help out. Perhaps someone has a timeline already? I'd like to integrate major world events with major events, important names, etc. in the timeline, as well as adding in some public domain images, things like that. There are a couple very cool timeline programs out there, such as Timerliner XE (http://www.tomsnyder.com/timelinerxe/) and even a 3D one that I'm itching to try out (http://www.beedocs.com/index.php ). As always, I'm happy to share the fruits of this effort with everyone. Appreciate it, Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Memory research
Does anyone have a reference for those memory studies in which a) subjects were given a list of things to memorize in a short period of time and b) some subjects had a list of things that all belonged to a group (like animals or pointed objects) and c) subjects were asked if they saw an object which belonged to the group, but which was not actually on the list and finally, d) subjects claimed to have seen the object in the list? Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Listening to some great Psych Newsletters
I don't know if everyone on TIPS also subscribes to Jonathan Mueller's Teaching Social Psych newsletter, but I do and I always find great articles there. Also, if you don't already subscribe to Marianne Miserandino's excellent Personality Pedagogy newsletter, then I recommend that one also. I always find links to interesting articles in these newsletters and I plan to listen to several of them this week. Listen? you say? Well, I find that sometimes it's just easier to listen to a text-to- speech version of an article while on the way to work. There are a number of ways to do this, but I put together this quick Jing video to show how I do this using an inexpensive program called Textcast: http://screencast.com/t/Ivg1Ia9Q2 Could also be helpful to students too I think. Thanks again to Jonathan and Marianne for the newsletters : Teaching Social Psych newsletter: https://lists.noctrl.edu/sympa/info/socialpsy-teach Personality Pedagogy newsletter: http://www.arcadia.edu/forms/pp_registration.asp Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Ghost in the brain
Allan, I'm afraid you're way off there. That's not an arrow sticking out of the back of the image. It is obviously an umbrella and this is clearly not a ghost but rather it is Mary Poppins. Really! I don't see how anyone can see anything different! ;) Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com On Nov 1, 2009, at 3:15 AM, Allen Esterson wrote: Neurologist Joshua Klein: To me it looked like a ghost. That's exactly what I thought it was. At first I was thinking, Is this the angel of death? http://tinyurl.com/yjcoxmm I can discern a shadow image of a crouching dog to the left of the ghost. There is an arrow apparently sticking out of the middle of its back, but no doubt that's an accidental artefact of the imaging process. Allen E. - From: sbl...@ubishops.ca Subject:Ghost in the brain Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:43:28 -0400 Another illustration of our infinite capacity to find order in disorder: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2009/10/ghost_in_the_brain_an _appariti.html or http://tinyurl.com/yjcoxmm (about that for you alone. The (thwarted) intent was to not clutter up the list, so of course that's what I did. Fortunately, there was nothing juicy there, and I resolved not to send yet another e-mail explaining it, but it can piggy-back here. Reminds me to be more careful). 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 --- 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] Seligman's Explanatory Style
One of my favorite theories (which has now found a home in the positive psychology movement) is Seligman's ideas regarding the effects of your explanatory style (especially in your reaction to negative events) on your mood. In the early days he talked about a negative style as one that is Internal (I'm stupid!), Stable (I'll never get this!) and Global (I'm going to fail at other things as well!). Recently in his more popular books I see that he has changed these terms to Personal, Persistent and Pervasive. Whatever you call them, I rather like the whole theory and certainly think it's worth teaching at the introductory level. I checked a couple of intro books and to my surprise I found very little in-depth coverage of these ideas. I found explanatory style covered briefly in the Personality chapter, and then in the Stress chapters of two other intro books. Too bad - for such a useful theory. Why do you think it doesn't get more exposure? Too much material to cover in one book I suppose. Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Scary experiments
Based upon what I found after a careful review of the recent Milgram replication study (and other pubs), it is not true that participants claimed they were traumatized for life. Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com On Oct 30, 2009, at 4:23 PM, Rick Froman wrote: I think the debunking Stephen is asking about involved claims made on the 25 Scariest site including this sentence about the Milgram study: Later, many participants claimed they were traumatized for life after discovering that they were capable of such inhumane behavior. My understanding is that that did not happen. Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Professor of Psychology Box 3055 John Brown University 2000 W. University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 rfro...@jbu.edu (479)524-7295 http://tinyurl.com/DrFroman -Original Message- From: sbl...@ubishops.ca [mailto:sbl...@ubishops.ca] Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 3:20 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Scary experiments On 30 Oct 2009 at 15:41, Jim Clark wrote: Hi Here's a link to the 25 scary experiments, courtesy of Jeff Ricker on PESTs, and my comment on the examples. ricopa.edu 30-Oct-09 12:21 PM http://io9.com/5390389/25-of-the-scariest-science-experiments-ever-conducted I was just going to complain that the author of that website, Annalee Newitz, ripped off The Chronicle of Higher Education. Oops! It seems the CHE got it from that website. What I clicked on on the Chronicle site took me to her website but I didn't notice. Good thing I didn't leave a nasty comment for Annalee. Jim also said: claims about at least some of the examples have been debunked: e.g., Milgram experiment as noted by one commenter I thought that Milgram held up pretty well despite difficulties in repeating it for ethical reasons. Perhaps Jim could elaborate on this debunking. 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 --- --- 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] Feedback on Psychology Today
If you're looking for articles that critically examine popular topics, you might try Skeptic or The Skeptical Inquirer magazines. I always check those two magazines to see get their point of view. Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com On Oct 27, 2009, at 10:26 AM, tay...@sandiego.edu wrote: I tried to find the issue on line so I could see the articles for myself in the latest issue, but the online issue must be one back, which is extremely unusual in my experience, with commercial magazines. None of the articles in the September issue even vague alluded to any topics you mentioned. And I guess that says it all. Commercial magazines. I read a couple of the articles in the latest online issue and they were very poor in quality. There were no direct references to any scientific studies published in reputable journals. The test that one article did was to state, a study found... Even ladies' magazines do better than that! I'd be extremely cautious. Ever since Psych Today was sold by the APA to a commercial enterprise the quality of information has been based on how well the issues will sell and not on any other primary standard. Everything else is secondary. Sales are number one. That doesn't mean that a quality piece doesn't get published; but quality of evidence is not what drives the publication. In addition, anything that relates human behavior to astrology cannot be anything other than entertainment given the widespread knowledge that that is the best anyone can do with astrology. There is a great Penn Teller BullShit episode on astrology--if you surf the Showtime website it might even be online. They have very many clips online from the show. I use several in class. 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, 27 Oct 2009 08:13:19 -0400 From: James K. Denson james.den...@vbschools.com Subject: [tips] Feedback on Psychology Today To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@acsun.frostburg.edu I am asking for feedback from the experts on the research/teaching value of Psychology today. This month's issue had, (in my humble High School Psychology teacher opinion), great articles on sleep disorders and personality traits correlated with astrological signs. I know in the past many professionals have dismissed the research in this publication. Can any of you help me here? On the surface this seems to be good information that I can share with my students. Thanks in advance for your assistance. J. Kevin Denson AP Psychology Teacher Social Studies Department Chair Kempsville High School 5194 Chief Trail Virginia Beach, VA 23464 james.den...@vbschools.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] Schizophrenic or manic-depressive
I will add my vote of agreement to Ed and Don. These posts are inappropriate and waste everyone's precious time. If you can't keep your posts at a professional level then you don't belong on this list. Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com On Oct 20, 2009, at 8:21 AM, Steven Specht wrote: I concur. I wouldn't allow this in my classroom for more than two sessions (it's disruptive... I don't see it as being related to free speech at this point). On Oct 20, 2009, at 7:52 PM, Don Allen wrote: Thanks Ed- I second the request. There has to be a limit to this inane trolling. Mischaracterizing people with mental illness does not belong on a listserve like TIPS. -Don. - Original Message - From: Ed Callen Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 4:26 pm Subject: RE: [tips] Schizophrenic or manic-depressive To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Please, please, please Bill, TIPS moderator, see this as one last example of why this guy needs to be removed from this list. I know the current extinction strategy is in place, and I know Bill's comittment over the years to free speech, but there is no real value of this person to the teaching of psychology list, other than bringing up controversial issues to respond to. I have seen this and been part of this list since it began, and more good people have left the list because of him that have joined, and I have resisted responding, but there is so much good a list like this can do to have someone who has time on his hands ruin. We all know I think that his examples of questions A student asked me this... another faculty member did this... are all made up. We saw earlier that his adjunct status to a bunch of colleges was not true or exaggerated, so come on. We've got great people on this list with great minds and ideas, let's bring it to that level, rather than have it whither because of someone who is interested, imho, of reading his own posts and responses. This is the only list of its kind in our field, and I've hated to see it continue to deteriorate. From: michael sylvester [mailto:msylves...@copper.net] Sent: Tue 10/20/2009 6:59 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Schizophrenic or manic-depressive I am trying to decide who I should have as a condo guest for the upcoming holiday season. If I get the schizophrenic,that person would probably look at the ocean for 8 hours and would not interrupt my day to day activities.On the other hand,if I get the manic-depressive,I would be forced to sing Handel's Messiah a couple of times and then imitate the hounds of Baskerville. Which one of these would generate more complaints from my Home owners association? Michaelomnicentric Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) Don Allen, Retired Formerly with: Dept. of Psychology Langara College 100 W. 49th Ave. Vancouver, B.C. Canada V5Y 2Z6 Phone: 604-733-0039 --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) Steven M. Specht, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Psychology Utica College Utica, NY 13502 (315) 792-3171 The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. Martin Luther King Jr. --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Recent Research using Classical Conditioning?
Dear Tipsters, I haven't done an episode on classical conditioning so I'm looking around to see if there has been anything interesting on the topic. Just wondering if anyone had heard of any neat applications of classical conditioning in recent research? Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Recent Research using Classical Conditioning?
Michael, There are lots of good examples of conditioning in our daily lives that are always interesting to hear about on this list, but in this case I'm rather more interested in recent research - and a study that most people would find interesting to hear about (not always easy to find) Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com On Oct 18, 2009, at 2:53 PM, michael sylvester wrote: Must the recent application come from published research? what about recent applications in current events? Michaelomnicentric Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida - Original Message - From: Britt, Michael To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 12:17 PM Subject: [tips] Recent Research using Classical Conditioning? Dear Tipsters, I haven't done an episode on classical conditioning so I'm looking around to see if there has been anything interesting on the topic. Just wondering if anyone had heard of any neat applications of classical conditioning in recent research? 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] *Nature* on APA and clinical psychology
I just finished reading the Nature article on psychotherapy and here's my 2 cents: I taught Research Methods and Statistics for psychology majors for many years and as all know, students loathed the idea of taking the course. They considered themselves people people and not scientists. All teachers of methods and stats grapple with this issue. But I'll leave this aside for a moment and address this issue instead: have you read a scientific article from a psychology journal recently? Thank god we're starting to get past the passive voice and third person writing style (but only starting) which makes such articles so unnecessarily difficult and boring to read. But even if you can get past the dry, boring writing in the Intro and Methods section, then you have to deal with the Results section. Forget about the relatively straightforward t-test or anova. Today's articles are filled with lengthy explanations of the most detailed statistical procedures imaginable (Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Average anyone?). I taught stats for many years and took a multivariate stats class in grad school and I can only begin to understand the typical results section of some of these articles. And we expect people-people to connect with (or even want to read) a typical scientific article in our field? When are we going to make psychological research more digestible for the average practitioner? Maybe there is such a journal and I haven't heard of it? Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com On Oct 15, 2009, at 9:04 AM, Christopher D. Green wrote: Allen Esterson wrote: Clinical psychology at least has its roots in experimentation, Hmm. I wonder what you mean by that. There are many roots to what has become clinical psychology, but the tap root (if I may extend the metaphor) was a group of Boston physicians and neurologists working with the Emmanuel Movement, a group of Boston clergy (one of whom had been a student in Wundt's Leipzig lab) holding private spiritual sessions (some talk, some prayer, probably some lingering Mesmerism) with some of their congregation (see, e.g., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Movement) . The movement quickly spread to several other eastern US cities, but eventually drew so much professional criticism that the physicians and neurologists were forced to drop out and denounce it. Still, the idea of talk therapy had been ignited. A few years later, in 1909, Freud made his famous visit to Clark U. The best historical account of these events is probably given in Eric Caplan's book _Mind Games_ (U. Cal, 1998). Eugene Taylor has written about them as well (most accessibly in 2000, Psychotherapeutics and the Problematic Origins of¨ Clinical Psychology in America, American Psychologist,¨ 55 (9), 1029-1033). The traditional story of Lightner Witmer having founded clinical psychology is based on a misunderstanding of what he meant by that phrase. What he invented in Philadelphia in the mid-1890s was much more the basis of school psychology than of modern clinical psychology. Regards, 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)
Re: [tips] Concept Map on Sexual Orientation
Cheryl, I read the article by Carroll. He makes a very interesting point. I should point this out when I record the episode - which I plan to do this weekend. If I have this right, what Carroll is saying is that in these kinds of studies where researchers are looking for some physiological difference between men and women (and homosexuals) when they find a difference that aligns with cultural stereotypes they are not as objective in their conclusions (nor do they follow up with continued research) as one would want them to be. Do I have that right? Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com On Oct 8, 2009, at 8:38 PM, Rickabaugh, Cheryl wrote: Hi, Michael. I'm impressed w/your concept map. At least at this writing (who knows w/reviews), I simply cover the numerous physiological correlates of sexual orientation w/a brief listing of findings, emphasizing that they are simply correlates and that the pattern does not seem to be consistent in terms of gender (lesbians versus gay men) and ethnicity. My favorite reference is: Carroll, M. P. (1998). But fingerprints don’t lie, eh? Prevailing gender ideologies and scientific knowledge. *Psychology of Women Quarterly, 22*, 739-749. Cheryl R. --- Cheryl A. Rickabaugh, Ph.D. Professor and Department Chair Department of Psychology University of Redlands Redlands, CA 92373-0999 Voice: 909.748.8671 Fax: 909.335.5305 -Original Message- From: Britt, Michael [mailto:michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com] Sent: Thu 10/8/2009 5:20 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Concept Map on Sexual Orientation I didn't see that in my reading, but I'll check out the reference you have below. I think the whole idea of measuring body differences until you come up with something significant seems like a questionable research strategy. I also found one study that concluded that homosexual men have larger penises than heteros: The relation between sexual orientation and penile size, Anthony F Bogaert; Scott Hershlberger, Archives of Sexual Behavior; Jun 1999; 28. I'm not sure whether to mention this finding. It was only one study and the topic of sexual orientation is controversial enough. I don't knowthoughts? Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com On Oct 8, 2009, at 1:47 PM, Mark A. Casteel wrote: Hi Michel. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that the index finger/ring finger ratio idea only seems to hold for white homosexuals (interesting). Source: Dennis McFadden, Ph.D.,1 , 6 John C. Loehlin, Ph.D.,1 S. Marc Breedlove, Ph.D.,2 Richard A. Lippa, Ph.D.,3 John T. Manning, Ph.D.,4 and Qazi Rahman, Ph.D. (2005) Archives of Sexual Behavior, 34, 341-356. At 12:38 PM 10/8/2009, you wrote: I'm putting together my notes for an upcoming episode on the origins of sexual orientation. The topic, of course, is huge, but I'm going to try to provide a general overview of the various explanations - nature/nurture and in between - for sexual orientation. I've got my notes in a concept map which is starting to get out of hand. Any thoughts/input/feedback appreciated (especially if anything really important is missing). Here's the link to the map: http://bit.ly/sexualorientation Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) * Mark A. Casteel, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Penn State York 1031 Edgecomb Ave. York, PA 17403 (717) 771-4028 * --- 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) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Concept Map on Sexual Orientation
I'm putting together my notes for an upcoming episode on the origins of sexual orientation. The topic, of course, is huge, but I'm going to try to provide a general overview of the various explanations - nature/nurture and in between - for sexual orientation. I've got my notes in a concept map which is starting to get out of hand. Any thoughts/input/feedback appreciated (especially if anything really important is missing). Here's the link to the map: http://bit.ly/sexualorientation Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Concept Map on Sexual Orientation
Thanks Beth. I tried to be thorough. When it came to a point where the next article or chapter started repeating what the previous article/chapter said, then I knew it was time to stop and get feedback. Quite a fascinating topic. Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com On Oct 8, 2009, at 4:09 PM, Beth Benoit wrote: Michael, That's beautiful. Very thorough! Beth Benoit On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Britt, Michael michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com wrote: I'm putting together my notes for an upcoming episode on the origins of sexual orientation. The topic, of course, is huge, but I'm going to try to provide a general overview of the various explanations - nature/nurture and in between - for sexual orientation. I've got my notes in a concept map which is starting to get out of hand. Any thoughts/input/feedback appreciated (especially if anything really important is missing). Here's the link to the map: http://bit.ly/sexualorientation 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] Concept Map on Sexual Orientation
I didn't see that in my reading, but I'll check out the reference you have below. I think the whole idea of measuring body differences until you come up with something significant seems like a questionable research strategy. I also found one study that concluded that homosexual men have larger penises than heteros: The relation between sexual orientation and penile size, Anthony F Bogaert; Scott Hershlberger, Archives of Sexual Behavior; Jun 1999; 28. I'm not sure whether to mention this finding. It was only one study and the topic of sexual orientation is controversial enough. I don't knowthoughts? Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com On Oct 8, 2009, at 1:47 PM, Mark A. Casteel wrote: Hi Michel. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that the index finger/ring finger ratio idea only seems to hold for white homosexuals (interesting). Source: Dennis McFadden, Ph.D.,1 , 6 John C. Loehlin, Ph.D.,1 S. Marc Breedlove, Ph.D.,2 Richard A. Lippa, Ph.D.,3 John T. Manning, Ph.D.,4 and Qazi Rahman, Ph.D. (2005) Archives of Sexual Behavior, 34, 341-356. At 12:38 PM 10/8/2009, you wrote: I'm putting together my notes for an upcoming episode on the origins of sexual orientation. The topic, of course, is huge, but I'm going to try to provide a general overview of the various explanations - nature/nurture and in between - for sexual orientation. I've got my notes in a concept map which is starting to get out of hand. Any thoughts/input/feedback appreciated (especially if anything really important is missing). Here's the link to the map: http://bit.ly/sexualorientation Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) * Mark A. Casteel, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Penn State York 1031 Edgecomb Ave. York, PA 17403 (717) 771-4028 * --- 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] Psychological research involving food
Thanks to everyone for their suggestions regarding resesarch on food. Here's a list of most of them: the delay of gratification studies with kids marshmallows (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7LN96jEXHcfeature=popular ) Stanley Schachter's studies on the effects of external cues on eating the recent aggression studies where the dependent variable is how much hot sauce people measure out to give to someone who hates hot sauce popcorn (thanks Michelle for the pdf) Mindless Eating Older work where foods were colored and shaped in various ways--- purple mashed potatoes, etc and this presumably affected taste Paul Rozin and others' work on disgust Zellner has done a lot of research looking at food preferences in humans using food Linda Bartoshuk's work on taste (http://www.pbs.org/safarchive/3_ask/archive/qna/3294_peppers.html ) There was the study (perhaps someone can help with me tha author) in which bowls of soup were rigged to automatically refill in order to see whether participants used their own feeling of fullness, or the height of the soup in the bowl, as the cue to stop eating Why We Eat What We Eat by Elizabeth Capaldi article from the Chicago Tribune about food and experiments (thanks to Jim Matiya) false memory and food As always, TIPS is a great resource. Deb - I'd love to take a look at your syllabus on the psych of food. Thanks everyone! Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com On Sep 24, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Deborah S Briihl wrote: There is a ton of research - I can forward you my syllabus on the psych of food if you want. Britt, Michael wrote: I'm noodling with an idea and I was wondering if anyone in tips land can help. Do you recall any research studies involving food in any way? Thanks, Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) -- Deb Dr. Deborah S. Briihl Dept. of Psychology and Counseling Valdosta State University 229-333-5994 dbri...@valdosta.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)
[tips] Psychological research involving food
I'm noodling with an idea and I was wondering if anyone in tips land can help. Do you recall any research studies involving food in any way? Thanks, Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Psychological research involving food
Thanks everybody for all the suggestions. I'm still checking them all out. And by the way, my use of the word noodling was an unintentional pun on my part. Leave it up to Gary to notice it. PS: I can't believe I didn't think of the infamous marshmallow study! Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com On Sep 24, 2009, at 9:34 AM, Gerald Peterson wrote: You are noodling over food? I am sure TIPS can provide a feast of possible references you may find to your taste. GP Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI 48710 989-964-4491 peter...@svsu.edu - Original Message - From: Michael Britt michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@acsun.frostburg.edu Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 9:07:10 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [tips] Psychological research involving food I'm noodling with an idea and I was wondering if anyone in tips land can help. Do you recall any research studies involving food in any way? Thanks, 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] Do you remember this cartoon?
Just use a program like Snagit for PC (http://www.techsmith.com/) or Snapz Pro for Mac (http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/). You can capture the cartoon from the screen (at any size you like) as a jpg and then do whatever you want with it on your computer. Michael On Sep 22, 2009, at 9:55 AM, Frantz, Sue wrote: I'm not advocating violating copyright law, but merely giving instruction on how to use some features of your computer for whatever use you'd like. On the top right of your keyboard is a Print Screen key. It's probably abbreviated, something like PRTSC. Hitting that key will copy everything that's on your screen exactly as you see it. But it won't look like anything has happened. Go to PowerPoint (or whatever program you're using and paste. Then crop the image so that you only show the part you'd like. Tip. If you are using Firefox, CTRL+ (that's the CTRL key and the + key at the same time) will zoom in the page. CTRL- will zoom back out. CTRL-0 (CTRL and 0) will return the page to normal. -- Sue Frantz 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 -Original Message- From: tay...@sandiego.edu [mailto:tay...@sandiego.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 6:34 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Do you remember this cartoon? The problem with New Yorker cartoons is that I can't figure out a way to copy and paste into an overhead for class. They are copyright protected to a degree I have not found in other places. Is there a trick I don't know about? 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 --- 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] Politician's Wives
It seems to me that as much as people are talking about Elliot Spitzer these days, many people are talking just as much about the fact that his wife was standing by his side when he apologized and resigned. The women I know have strong negative feelings about this and they all say that they wouldn't have stood next to him. His wife looked pretty bad. Is this just another example of how our culture expects women to support their man, or is there some other psychology going on here? Michael Michael Britt Host of The Psych Files www.thepsychfiles.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
[tips] Samaritan study follow-ups
I've always been a big fan of the study From Jerusalem to Jericho... samaritan study and I was thinking of doing a podcast episode on it. That study was done in '73 and I've got a follow-up article that was published in '75 (by Greenwald, Does the Good Samaritan Parable Increase Helping?). I just want to make sure I've covered all the bases. Does anyone know of any other follow-up articles or studies that were done on this study? Appreciate the help, Michael Michael Britt Host of The Psych Files www.thepsychfiles.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [tips] Psychological theories that are well known but useless and vice versa
Kahneman and Tversky - why didn't I think of that? Very useful ideas. Now there's an excellent example of should be more well known Thanks Tim. Michael On Feb 16, 2008, at 10:24 PM, Shearon, Tim wrote: In the not well known but should be: Kahneman and Tversky (heuristics, spent costs, etc) Post-decision dissonance (other cognitive dissonance effects) A lot of things in I/O psychology --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [tips] Psychological theories that are well known but useless and vice ve...
Nancy, I assumed Gary wanted to put Groupthink and the Zimbardo prison studies in the useful but not well known category. Gary - what were you thinking here? Michael Michael Britt www.thepsychfiles.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Feb 16, 2008, at 10:55 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Groupthink and the Zimbardo prison study come most readily to mind. Gary OK...are these useless? Because they are well knownbut I would beg to differ about their uselessness, especially since we've seen the dynamics illustrated by both at work in government and foreign policy decisions over the past 10 years or so. Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College Long Beach CA Delicious ideas to please the pickiest eaters. Watch the video on AOL Living. --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [tips] Psychological theories that are well known but useless and vice versa
Stephen, You've given us a lot to chew on here. I'm not at all familiar with Judith Rich Harris. Guess I've got some reading to do. Your nomination of overjustification theory is very interesting. It certainly gets a lot of press from the textbooks. Not only that, but also a front page story in this week's Education Week newspaper (Feb 13, 2008, vol 27 No. 23): Promises of Money Meant to Heighten Student Motivation. After describing the different incentive programs that many schools are turning to, the writer of the article quotes Alfie Kohn (described as an education writer) who states that, Unfortuntately, the available research unequivocally shows that dangling incentives in front of kids isn't just ineffective, but actually counterproductive. This debate is as old as the hills and perhaps that's because it is often presented in a black-and-white manner. I think the issue here has many subtleties. A couple years ago I used a text called Looking in Classrooms for my Educational Psych class and I thought Good and Brophy had an excellent chapter on these subtleties. I'd recommend that chapter to anyone who wants to get his/her class into this debate. However, it wasn't really my desire to get sidetracked on this topic. Still, an interesting choice. I'll take a look into Judith Harris' work. Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Feb 17, 2008, at 4:05 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In that category of well-known but useless, I'd nominate overjustification theory, the idea that reinforcing someone (especially a child) for carrying out a task decreases intrinsic motivation to perform the task, that token rewards leads to token learning. Names such as Deci and Leeper figure prominently here. The idea that rewards impair learning has been enthusiastically taken up by the educational establishment who use it to warn of the supposed dangers of reinforcement in the classroom. But it just ain't necessarily so. Judith Rich Harris. Her first crack at a theory of child development, initially in her prize-winning 1995 Psych Review paper, and then in her 1998 book The Nurture Assumption was called Group Socialization Theory. She assembled extensive evidence in support of the proposition that the shared family environment, particular the contribution of the parents, was only of limited importance to the development of the adult personality. Genetics and the peer group counted for much more. --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [tips] TIPS Member Listing
Yes, I saw that too. Interesting. I wonder what that's about? Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Feb 13, 2008, at 1:15 PM, Rick Froman wrote: What's with the huge East Coast bias of TIPS? Rick Rick Froman [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 10:33 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] TIPS Member Listing Sue, I love this new version of your page listing TIPS' members. Thank you very much for taking the time to construct such an attractive and useful resource. Miguel -- Original message -- From: FRANTZ, SUE [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi all, This is my semiannual announcement for additions (including photos), removals, and changes to the TIPS Member Listing at: http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/tips For new members, this is an announcement of the listing's existence. =) If you're accustomed to visiting the page, be prepared. I've made a major change. In the process, I've updated several dead links. If I've inadvertently changed something I shouldn't have -- or even deleted you -- please let me know. Email me off list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sue -- Sue Frantz Highline Community College PsychologyDes Moines, WA 206.878.3710 x3404[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
[tips] Morton Hunt
I was reading over a section of Hunt's book: The Story of Psychology and really enjoying it (again). I haven't been able to find a website for him. Does anyone know how I might contact him? Michael Michael Britt Host of The Psych Files www.thepsychfiles.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [tips] Morton Hunt
Wow. That's an interesting - and scary - service. Yes, I found his address and phone number and all (and according to this site, he appears to be 87 years old). Geez...and all I wanted to do was send him an email to tell him how much I like his book. Michael Michael Britt Host of The Psych Files www.thepsychfiles.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Jan 17, 2008, at 1:32 PM, FRANTZ, SUE wrote: on Hunt, Gladwyne, PA --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
[tips] Purpose and longevity
I wonder if anyone would be able to steer me in the right direction. I was reading an article in National Geographic about the factors that enable some people to live very long lives. Besides exercise and eating right of course, the article mentions that some of these people have very strong religious beliefs (perhaps more generally, they have a strong sense of purpose). The article made me think of Rollo May, but beyond that, does anyone know of any research on this link between a sense of purpose and a long life? Michael Michael Britt Host of The Psych Files www.thepsychfiles.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
[tips] Mashups and psychological research
I've been doing a little noodling with mashups lately and I put together a video some tipsters might find interesting. In case you aren't familiar with mashups, the idea is that they allow you to combine different websites and information sources in ways that are most useful to you. In the video I show how RSS works, and then show you a yahoo pipe I made that mashes up a whole bunch of psychology blogs with flickr and the yahoo search engine. The mashup allows you to search on any term in all of these sources at once, so that you can get the latest talk about your topic (from the blogs), images on your topic (from flickr) and your typical search engine results on the topic. Pretty neat I think. Here's the link, link me know what you think: http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2007/12/22/mashups-and-psychological- research/ Michael Michael Britt Host of The Psych Files www.thepsychfiles.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---
Re: [tips] 7 Medical Myths Even Doctors Believe - Yahoo! News
Chris, Interesting mythbusting, but I thought that there was something to that turkey making you drowsy issue. You mean it's not true that l- tryptophan has something to do with that? I thought it did. Michael Michael Britt Host of The Psych Files www.thepsychfiles.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Dec 21, 2007, at 10:15 AM, Christopher D. Green wrote: Your holiday mythbusting: We do NOT use only 10 percent of our brains. You should NOT drink at least eight glasses of water a day. Fingernails and hair do NOT grow after death. Shaved hair does NOT grow back faster, coarser or darker. Reading in dim light does NOT ruin your eyesight. Eating turkey does NOT make you drowsy. Mobile phones are NOT dangerous in hospitals (though they are still annoying). http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20071221/sc_livescience/ 7medicalmythsevendoctorsbelieve Happy holidays! -- Chris Green York U. Toronto, Canada --- ---
Re: [tips] teaching resources - online video
Excellent resources here Jon. Thanks so much. I signed up for your newsletter.' Michael Britt Host of The Psych Files www.thepsychfiles.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---
Re: [tips] Recommendations for a low level stats/methods text with case studies?
JIm, I've always been partial to An Introduction to Statistics and Research Methods: Becoming a Psychological Detective by Davis and Smith (Prentice Hall). It doesn't contain any case studies, but the authors have a good writing style. Michael Michael Britt www.thepsychfiles.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Dec 4, 2007, at 2:11 PM, Jim Dougan wrote: TIPsters, I have agreed (perhaps against my better judgement) to teach a low- level stats plus methods course - essentially for Psych minors who have up until now been taking our regular two-course stats/ methods sequence. I am looking for a low-level combined stats/methods text, preferably with case studies. Alternatively, I could use a stand- alone case study book (similar to the old Johnson and Solso text - now out of print). Any recommendations? -- Jim Dougan --- ---
[tips] Article on Kitty Genovese in American Psychologist
I just wanted to thank those on the list - especially to Annette Taylor and Blaine Peden - who alerted us to the article in the September issue of American Psychologist which reported not just the facts behind the Kitty Genovese case, but also the implications of this study on the research (or lack thereof) on the influence of groups on individual helping behavior. In case you're going over this topic now or soon, below is a link to my latest podcast episode in which I review some of the major findings of this article and then talk briefly about the influence of this parable. There are also some web links on my site for further research on this topic. It's probably too late in the semester now, but this article would have made for a great student paper or presentation. Maybe next semester. Anyway, thanks again. Here's the link: http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2007/11/25/episode-36-the-myth-of-the- kitty-genovese-story/ Michael Michael Britt Host of The Psych Files www.thepsychfiles.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---
Re: [tips] faculty reading for pleasure? Would you Kindle?
I bought one of these ebook readers a few years ago and it was okay. A little heavy so hard to read in bed. The kindle looks lighter. But $400! No way. I agree that Amazon needs to sell this cheaper and charge a little more for the ebooks themselves. Much too expensive. Michael Psychology In Everyday Life www.thepsychfiles.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Michael Britt Host of The Psych Files www.thepsychfiles.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Nov 20, 2007, at 11:23 AM, Marc Carter wrote: I read a lot on my Palm Pilot; I got it when I was living in New York and had a two-hour (each way) commute on trains and subways and busses, and have used it ever since. I can carry about War and Peace, The Brothers Karamazov, an unabridged dictionary, and a ton of other books along with email, a web browser (if there's a wifi hotspot nearby), and a tiny Scrabble game. I am *never* bored m -- There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about. -- Margaret Wheatley -Original Message- From: Dennis Goff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 10:16 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] faculty reading for pleasure? Would you Kindle? I am with you on this Ken. I do have a stack of books that need to be read both at home (mostly fiction) and here in the office. The Kindle would make it more comfortable to carry both stacks around with me, especially if I could load my textbooks there too. But I want to try one of these things for a while before someone spends $400 dollars on it. Dennis Dennis M. Goff Chair, Department of Psychology Professor of Psychology Randolph College (Founded as Randolph-Macon Woman's College in 1891) Lynchburg VA 24503 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Ken Steele [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 10:55 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] faculty reading for pleasure? Would you Kindle? Jeff Bezos, of Amazon.com fame, has introduced a new e-book, Kindle. How many readers on the list are tempted? I would like to try one for a day. But $400 and then you still need to buy the books! I don't think it will make my Christmas list. Ken --- Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 USA --- --- --- --- ---
Re: [tips] podcasts in psychology
...and if you don't mind, I'd like to give - I know, another - plug for my podcast, The Psych Files. I just released another video episode, this one on the Gestalt principles of perception and I think it really came out well (in my own humble opinion of course). After the recent stories about people seeing the Virgin Mary in a lemon slice and a swastika made by buildings seen from the air, I just couldn't resist. Also, did you know that scientists have found another face on Mars? Here's the link: http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2007/10/02/episode-31-lemon-slices-and-a- new-face-on-mars-gestalt-principles-at-work/ Michael Michael Britt Host of The Psych Files www.thepsychfiles.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Oct 2, 2007, at 11:35 AM, Miguel Roig wrote: Hey folks, I found the following site that features podcasts on psychology material that may be suitable for intro. students. I listen to the one on classical conditioning and reinforcement and thought they were really good as introductory or review material http://www.podcastdirectory.com/podcasts/13898 Miguel ---
[tips] Psychology and Pavarotti
As we all know, The King of the High C's died recently and I'm planning on doing a podcast episode which is somewhat related to him. One of the reasons I recently asked people on this list about visualization techniques is that I was planning on focusing on the visualization techniques that singers are often given by their teachers to help them relax and focus while singing. I was talking about this with a friend and he said that what always perplexed him about singers is that they seem to disembody their voices by referring to their voice as the voice or the gift. Why is that? He asked. Frankly, I don't know. It's an interesting observation though. Any thoughts on this? I don't know if there's an interesting psychological answer or perspective on the tendency for singers to do this, but before dismissing it I thought I'd ask this list. I wonder if other talented people do this as well. Do baseball pitchers refer to their pitching arm as The Arm. Any thoughts? If so, why would this be? Thanks, Michael Michael Britt Host of The Psych Files www.thepsychfiles.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---
Re: [tips] Effectiveness of visualization techniques?
Thanks so much to everyone for all these suggestions for sources on visualization. Great leads! Thanks all. Michael Michael Britt Host of The Psych Files www.thepsychfiles.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sep 16, 2007, at 7:40 PM, Jim Clark wrote: Hi Stuart's description of how he remembered lines for a play reminded me that there is a literature on the subject of such learning. It does overlap somewhat with the issue of mental practice and it is quite clear that imagery and other kinds of concretization enhances such cognitive skills. See http://www.memory-key.com/Seniors/senior_research_training.htm#Actors http://undergrad.ahs.uwaterloo.ca/~clintner/ science_behind_memorizing_script.htm Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] Stuart McKelvie [EMAIL PROTECTED] 16-Sep-07 11:08:54 AM Dear Tipsters, Further to Jim's citation of Alan Paivio there is a vast literature on the effects of mental practice (usually visual imagery) on performance. For an easy-to-read summary see the texts by Wann or Cox (listed below). Meta analyses have been conducted in the 1980s and 1990s and show that mental practice can enhance performance under certain conditions. To quote Driskell et al. (1994) the effectiveness of mental practice was moderated by the type of task, the retention interval between practice and performance, and the length or duration of the mental practice intervention. I have cited some other articles below but hope you will excuse a personal anecdote. I had a part in a play a couple of years ago and found that I had difficulty learning lines. In the end I mastered them and can report that I engaged in many private visual rehearsals of the scenes, including actions, in order to make the dialogue meaningful and to link it to other events(deep processing). Usually I imagined myself from the first person point of view (internal imagery). Internal vs external imagery has itself been a topic of debate in the visual imagery literature. Sincerely, Stuart References Tests Cox, R. H. (2007). Sport psychology, 6th ed. Boston: McGraw Hill Wann, D. L. (1997). Sport psychology. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. Meta Analyses Feltz, D. L., Landers, D. M. (1983). The effects of mental practice on motor skill learning and performance.: A meta-analysis. Journal of Sport Psychology, 5, 25-57. Driskell, J. E., Copper, C., Moran, A. (1994). Does mental practice enhance performance? Journal of Applied Psychology, 79, 481-492. Other Grouis, G. (1992). The effect of mental practice on diving performance. International Journal of Sport Psychologyu, 23, 60-69. ___ Stuart J. McKelvie, Ph.D., Phone: (819)822-9600, Extension 2402 Department of Psychology, Fax: (819)822-9661 Bishop's University, 2600 College Street, Sherbrooke (Borough of Lennoxville), Qušbec J1M 0C8, Canada. E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bishop's University Psychology Department Web Page: http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy ___ -Original Message- From: Jim Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: September 15, 2007 5:14 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Effectiveness of visualization techniques? Hi Allan Paivio, proponent of dual-coding theory, summarized some of the potential benefits of mental practice (imagery) and (I think) some findings up to 1985. See reference below. There are numerous studies of this question, so you should be able to find more recent examples of actual research and review articles with a literature search. If memory serves correct, the effectiveness of imagery for actual skill development depends on such factors as the nature of the activity (e.g., substantial cognitive demands or not), level of training of practitioner (complete novice or some experience), and the like. Paivio, A. (1985). Cognitive and motivational functions of imagery in human performance. Canadian Journal of Applied Sport Sciences, 10, 22S-28S. Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 15-Sep-07 6:58:59 AM Does anyone know of any studies that have been done to determine whether or not visualization techniques actually work? For example, if baseball players visualize themselves hitting the ball, or public speakers visualize their speech going really well - that type of thing. Michael www.thepsychfiles.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- --- --- --- ---
