RE: [tips] External reviewers for our undergraduate program?

[Frantz, Sue]

The Society for the Teaching of Psychology (APA Div 2), in cooperation
with APA's Education Directorate, offers a Department Consulting Service
that does program reviews.  See
http://teachpsych.org/otrp/deptconsult.php.

 

Sue

 

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[tips] Simulated hallucinations

[Frantz, Sue]

Hi all,

 

Here are simulated visual and auditory hallucinations produced by
Janssen Pharmaceuticals:
http://www.janssen.com/janssen/mindstorm_video.html 

 

Note that this video was apparently made for use in a workshop, thus the
reference to olfactory hallucinations and flagging a facilitator if one
is bothered by the experience.

 

Thanks to the Teaching High Psych Blog for the link:
http://teachinghighschoolpsychology.blogspot.com/2009/12/mindstorm-and-s
chizophrenia.html

 

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RE: [tips] H.M. online

[Frantz, Sue]

You can get a little more information about what they're doing and why here: 
http://thebrainobservatory.ucsd.edu/hmblog/?cat=17 

Note particularly in the "Not-So-White-Matter" post the use of gelatin 
(although it doesn't penetrate the tissue).  

Sue


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[tips] HM brain dissection: Live, 8am PT

[Frantz, Sue]

Hi all,

 

You can watch HM's brain being thin-sliced, happening live:
http://thebrainobservatory.ucsd.edu/hm_live.php 

 

They started yesterday, reaching the corpus callosum.  They plan to
resume at 8am PT today.

 

(Thanks to the Teaching High School Psych blog for the announcement:
http://teachinghighschoolpsychology.blogspot.com/2009/12/live-hms-brain-
being-dissected.html) 

 

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RE: [tips] nifty psych gift

[Frantz, Sue]

Guess where your friends and family fall on the Kinsey Scale, and get them a 
t-shirt.  http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/services/scale_tshirt.html 

That couldn't possibly go wrong.

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[tips] Book group: The College Fear Factor

[Frantz, Sue]

Hi all,

 

Last week Chris Green pointed us to the new book, The College Fear
Factor.

 

"Despite best intentions, today's first-generation college students and
their professors 'misunderstand and ultimately fail one another' in the
classroom, according to a new scholarly work on community college
pedagogy," begins the Inside Higher Education review of Rebecca Cox's
book, The College Fear Factor
(http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/18/fearfactor). 

 

Through interviewing community college students it became clear to Cox
that student expectations of college didn't always match the
expectations of their instructors.  Additionally, students were scared -
scared that their beliefs that they didn't belong in college would be
confirmed.  

 

While the author's focus is on community college students, I suspect
what she reports applies to students throughout higher education. 

 

The book is available here:
http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/COXCOL.html  or through Amazon:
http://bit.ly/3SsFll 

 

Interested in discussing this book?  We'll meet in an Elluminate room
the second Wednesday of the next 8 months.  

 

To use Elluminate, all you need is a Java-enabled browser.  A microphone
would be really nice to have, but it's not essential. (Cheap microphones
work fine.)  If you're interested in participating, drop me an email
off-list (sfra...@highline.edu).

 

 

SCHEDULE

The 2nd Wednesday of the month

7pm ET/4pm PT

 

Dec 9 -- Chapter 1

Jan 13 -- Chapter 2

Feb 10 -- Chapter 3

Mar 10 -- Chapter 4

Apr 14 -- Chapter 5

May 12 -- Chapter 6

Jun 9 -- Chapter 7

Jul 14 -- Chapter 8

 

 

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RE: [tips] Student Comment that Made Me Smile

[Frantz, Sue]

Dave: Open the pod bay doors, HAL
HAL: I'm sorry, Dave.  I'm afraid I can't do that.



-Original Message-
From: Bill Southerly [mailto:bsouthe...@frostburg.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 1:23 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: [tips] Student Comment that Made Me Smile

In my research methods class I am having a student redo their reference 
page since it was submitted originally as a bibliography.  There are 
several sample papers a student is to compare their work to before 
submitting it and of course the discussions on the topic held in class. 
  In any case, when it was resubmitted it was still a bibliography and I

responded as such to the student and asked her to redo and to be sure 
to look at the sample papers.  Here is her reply to my second request.

"My computer did it like that so I thought it was right but if you 
would like me to do the reference page over I will."

Technology has finally taken over!

Bill

Bill Southerly, PhD
Department of Psychology
Frostburg State University
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[tips] Book Group: Undergraduate Education in Psychology

[Frantz, Sue]

Hi all,

 

The Undergraduate Education in Psychology book group met last month to
discuss chapter 1.  After introductions, the group discussed our general
observations and thoughts regarding the chapter. In order to achieve
psychological literacy, students must be prepared to do the work, and
psychology courses must be well-taught. What does a well-taught course
look like? How do we educate people as to what psychology is and is not?
What should we teach in Intro Psych, the only psychology course most
students will ever take?  

 

Would you like to join us for the live discussion of chapter 2?  We meet
online the third Wednesday of the month at 7pm ET/4pm PT.  All you need
is a Java-enabled browser.  A microphone would be a nice addition - it's
easier to talk than type.  We use Elluminate.  Email me off-list for the
link: sfra...@highline.edu

 

If you can't make the live discussions but would still like to discuss
the book (one chapter each month), you're welcome to join our Google
Group for asynchronous discussion:
http://groups.google.com/group/undergradpsych  To join, you'll need to
'apply for membership.' The threshold for membership is pretty low; I
just need to believe you're human.  =)

 

Don't have the book yet?  Order it here:
http://books.apa.org/books.cfm?id=4316115&toc=yes 

 

If you have any questions, drop me an email.

 

Best,
Sue

 

 

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[tips] "Scared of flying? Press the fear iButton"

[Frantz, Sue]

An article from Tuesday's Reuters: "Scared of flying?  Press the fear
iButton"  

 

http://bit.ly/3GZpQf 

"Long-haul airline Virgin Atlantic Airways has launched an application,
or app, for its Flying Without Fear course which boasts a success rate
of over 98 percent."

98%?  Really?

"The airline developed the app with Mental Workout, a company developing
software to help people resolve issues and increase mental
performance... The Flying Without Fear app has an introduction by
Branson, a video-based in-flight explanation of a flight, frequently
asked questions, relaxation exercises and a fear attack button for
emergencies with breathing exercises."

 

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RE: [tips] Personality tests

[Frantz, Sue]

Just what I was looking for.  Thanks!

They're now here: http://teachpsych.pbworks.com/Personality 

Sue


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[tips] Personality tests

[Frantz, Sue]

Hi all,

 

At the most recent Best Practices conference, there was mention of a
website that's a repository for validated personality tests.  I'm almost
certain it was in Laura King's presentation, but I'm not finding it in
my notes, nor is her presentation one of the ones available on the Best
Practices website.  Does anyone happen to have it?  It's something like
ipcio.com... but I know that's not it.

 

Help?

Sue

 

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[tips] FW: presenter on interview methodology

[Frantz, Sue]

TIPSters,

 

Are you or anyone you know versed in this type of methodology?

 

Would you be willing to be beamed into a meeting via microphone and
webcam to discuss it?

 

Email me (sfra...@highline.edu) off list.


Sue

 

 

From: Peyton, James 
Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 2:00 PM
To: Frantz, Sue
Subject: presenter on interview methodology

 

Hi Sue,

I'm working with a cohort of faculty and staff here at Highline who are
working on their Ph.D. research proposals. We're looking for someone who
could talk through an example of survey research based on interviews.
Their projects all have significant qualitative components, so hearing
an experienced researcher go over a real life example of research
questions, analytical framework, interviewing, and some analysis would
be great.

 

At this stage, the cohort would really be helped by hearing from someone
who can de-mystify the interviewing process - and give some
"lessons-learned" about interviewing.

 

Any suggestions you may have would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks.

-James

 

 

James Peyton
Economic Development Programs Coordinator
Economics Instructor 11-1
Highline Community College
Des Moines WA 98198-9800
email: jpey...@highline.edu
tel. 206-878-3710 x4885

 


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[tips] Controversial topics

[Frantz, Sue]

Speaking of Psychology Today, Dana Dunn (STP President-Elect) recently began 
authoring a Psychology Today blog: 
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/head-the-class/. In his most recent post, 
he discusses the difficulties of teaching difficult topics, referencing the 
most recent Best Practices Conference.  

As the discussion around the concept of 'psychological literacy' heats up, what 
responsibility do psychology instructors, especially instructors of Intro 
Psych, have to discuss controversial topics?  If we avoid the topics, are we 
doing a disservice to our students and the community at large?

Sue


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[tips] New STP Resource: Teaching of Psych Wiki

[Frantz, Sue]

Announcing a new Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) resource!

 

The Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology (OTRP) presents the
Teaching of Psychology wiki: http://teachpsych.pbworks.com/ 

 

This resource was originally slated for an early 2010 release, but given
the state of the APA style manual, we chose to roll it out early.  Look
for the "APA Style Manual" link on the main page for related resources.

 

In the spirit of reciprocity, we ask that if you take something from the
site that you leave something for others.  Everyone can view the pages,
but you can only write to it if you have an actual human approve you.
(The conditions for approval are easily met:  'Yes, you look like a
human, too.')  Once you're approved, the wiki is yours to edit. 

 

Please be sure to abide by copyright laws.

 

Looking forward to seeing you there!
Sue

 

 

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RE: [tips] response to Ed Callen

[Frantz, Sue]

I, too, have been on this list for 15 years, and I'm not going anywhere.
This community has been too valuable to me.  

 

For those of you who lean toward public protests, I've set up a poll on
the TIPS subscribers page
(http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/tips/index.htm
<http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/tips/index.htm> ) where you are
welcome to vote on whether M.S. should be retained or removed from TIPS.
I'm not saying that the voting will have any impact one way or another,
but raw numbers are easier to see, for everybody here, than speculation.

 

For those who are more likely to protest in a less public manner, here
again are the instructions for setting up filters in Outlook.  If you
use a different email system and would like assistance, you are welcome
to email me off-list.

 

Best,

Sue

 

From: Frantz, Sue [mailto:sfra...@highline.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 9:34 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)



Hi all,

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

My best,

Sue

 

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APA's p...@cc Committee <http://www.apa.org/ed/pcue/ptatcchome.html>  

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RE: [tips] A slew of student questions

[Frantz, Sue]

> (1) Are there gender differences in the numbers of rods and cones in the 
> retina?

For interesting coverage of the evolution of color vision in primates, see this 
Scientific American article from April 2009: 
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=evolution-of-primate-color-vision
 

The short version is that vision for blue is carried on chromosome 7 and vision 
for red and green is carried on X.  This is the pattern seen in Old World 
primates (gibbons, chimps, gorillas, humans).  Interestingly, only about 1/3 of 
New World primates (marmosets, tamarins, squirrel monkeys) -- females only -- 
have trichromatic vision. 

New World primates have 3 alleles in the gene pool: red, green, and one in 
between.  If one X gets one and the other X gets a different one, then the 
primate has trichromatic vision. In Old World primates it appears that a 
recombination error put red and green together instead of one or the other, 
thus one X chromosome carries both red and green instead of one or the other.

If you get the article from Academic Search Complete, you get this side note 
which Michael Smith alluded to: "Some women have four types of visual pigments 
instead of three. The fourth pigment resulted from a mutation in one of the 
longer-wavelength X-linked pigment genes and is known to shift the spectral 
sensitivity of the retina. Whether this shift actually creates the ability to 
perceive a broader range of hues is under active investigation. Thus far color 
vision testing has not produced consistent evidence for tetrachromatic vision, 
and humans who have this ability--if they exist--would not necessarily be aware 
of their visual anomaly."


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RE: [tips] Recent Research using Classical Conditioning?

[Frantz, Sue]

I was at the Best Practices conference this weekend.  Laura King, the
final speaker of the conference, cited this study:

Watanabe, H. & Mizunami, M. (2007). Pavlov's cockroach: Classical
conditioning of salivation in an insect. PLoSOne.
(http://bit.ly/4mEZPl)

Sue

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RE: [tips] TIPS Subscribers List

[Frantz, Sue]

I knew I was forgetting something.  The list is here:
http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/tips/index.htm 

 

***

 

Hi all,

 

It occurred to me that I haven't updated the TIPS subscribers list in
awhile.  

 

If you have changes, send them to me off-list.

 

If you'd like to be added, send me (also off-list):

 

Your name

Your affiliation

Your affiliation's address

Your email address

Your web address or, if you'd don't have a web address, your
department's web address

A photo you'd like me to use (or point me to where I can find one, say,
your web site or your department web site)

 

 

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[tips] TIPS Subscribers List

[Frantz, Sue]

Hi all,

 

It occurred to me that I haven't updated the TIPS subscribers list in
awhile.  

 

If you have changes, send them to me off-list.

 

If you'd like to be added, send me (also off-list):

 

Your name

Your affiliation

Your affiliation's address

Your email address

Your web address or, if you'd don't have a web address, your
department's web address

A photo you'd like me to use (or point me to where I can find one, say,
your web site or your department web site)

 

 

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Highline Community College
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RE: [tips] using clickers in class

[Frantz, Sue]

iClicker collected a series of essays from faculty in different areas as
to how they use them:
http://www.iclicker.com/dnn/UserCommunity/FacultyCaseStudies/tabid/168/D
efault.aspx 

 

A few years ago I did a presentation on my campus on using clickers.  I
revised the PowerPoint so it makes sense if you're viewing it without
me.  http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/ClickerIdeas.ppt  [Note: I
don't have a link to this presentation on my website.  Some of the
graphics come from an earlier edition of Myers, Psychology. Some of the
demos come from Martin Bolt's IRM for Myers, Psychology.

 

Sue

 

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From: Claudia Stanny [mailto:csta...@uwf.edu] 
Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 7:54 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: [tips] using clickers in class

 

 

Does anyone on the list use personal response devices (AKA "clickers")
in their classes?

 

If you use these, what types of clicker questions or clicker activities
do you use?

 

My campus adopted a standard clicker and is encouraging use of these to
increase student engagement in classes.

I'm interested in compiling examples of interesting ways to use this
technology to improve student learning.

 

For those who have done similar activities using a show of hands instead
of clickers, what are the advantages and disadvantages of each
approach?(outside the obvious advantage of cheap and low-tech for the
show of hands technique)

 

Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D.

Director, Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment


Associate Professor, Psychology

University of West Florida

Pensacola, FL  32514 - 5751

 

Phone:   (850) 857-6355 or  473-7435

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[tips] Using filters in Outlook to delete unwanted messages

[Frantz, Sue]

Hi all,

 

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

 

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

 

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



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



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



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

 

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

 

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

 

My best,

Sue

 

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[tips] Northwest Teaching of Psychology Conference reminder: Oct 23rd

[Frantz, Sue]

Reminder: *The last day for early registration is a postmark by tomorrow
(Sept 30).*

 

 

Northwest Teaching of Psychology Conference

 

Friday, October 23rd

 

 

On the Highline Community College campus near Seattle in Des Moines, WA

 

 

Registration postmarked on or before September 30th: $30

 

 

NWToP emphasizes sessions that provide content or techniques you can use
in your classroom this term and opportunities to network and share ideas
with colleagues.  All for an affordable price.

 

 

Our speakers:

 

 

DANA DUNN: Experiential Approaches to Teaching Research Methods in
Introductory Psychology 

 

TRACY ZINN: You Mean I'm Not Perfect?: Why Failure Should Be Embraced


 

DIANE FINLEY: Follow the Yellow Brick Road: The Pleasures, Pitfalls and
Promises of the Online Environment
 

 

 

 

Please visit our website (http://www.kvalley.com/nwtop) for the full

conference schedule and to download the registration form.  

 

I hope to see you there!

Sue

 

 

NWToP is provided with support from the Association for Psychological

Science and Worth Publishers.  

 

 

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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
  

 

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RE: [tips] Psychological research involving food

[Frantz, Sue]

There's all of Linda Bartoshuk's work on taste.  

For example: http://www.pbs.org/safarchive/3_ask/archive/qna/3294_peppers.html 


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RE: [tips] Do you remember this cartoon?

[Frantz, Sue]

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.


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-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


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[tips] Garrison Keillor Explains What A Stroke Feels Like

[Frantz, Sue]

This is a short 2-minute video.

 

"It's numb, as if you'd been to the dentist and had 4 martinis. And you
feel this odd disconnect."

 

   

nprnews   Garrison Keillor Explains What A
Stroke Feels Like http://su.pr/1E3dUb
Fri, Sep 18 12:00:27 
from Su.pr   

 


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[tips] Book group invitation: Undergraduate Education in Psychology

[Frantz, Sue]

Greetings!

 

Are you interested in discussing the future of undergraduate education
in psychology?  

 

In the summer of 2008, 80+ psychology faculty got together to figure out
where undergraduate psych education is and where it's going.  The
results of their efforts are now available in this just-published book:

 

Halpern, D.H. (Ed.) (2009). Undergraduate education in psychology: A
blueprint for the future of the discipline
 . Washington, D.C.: APA. 

 

"This book examines recent changes in our undergraduate students and
faculty; in our knowledge about how people learn; in our understanding
of diversity; and in our beliefs about what our students need to know to
be psychologically literate citizens of the world, caring family
members, and productive workers who can meet today's challenges. With
practical recommendations in every chapter, this book will help teachers
and administrators design the most effective undergraduate psychology
programs using the best modes of teaching for the coming decades."

 

Let's get together to talk about it!  Each month we'll take a chapter
and discuss our thoughts, our observations, what it means for us as
psychology faculty, and what it means for our students.  (Click here to
order it: http://books.apa.org/books.cfm?id=4316115.)  

 

This book group will meet via Elluminate web conference on the 3rd
Wednesday of the month beginning with chapter 1 on October 21st , 7pm
ET/4pm PT.  The full schedule is given below.  Even if you can't make it
to all of the sessions, you're welcome to attend whichever ones you can.

 

Some of the people who participated in the writing of the book will be
present for the discussions.

 

The book has 10 chapters and is 232 pages long.  That makes the reading
schedule pretty light!

 

To use Elluminate, all you need is a Java-enabled browser and a computer
speaker that works.  While Elluminate has a chat box, a microphone would
be a nice addition.  You get extra points if you have a web cam!  If
you're not familiar with Elluminate but want to see what it's like, take
the 5-10 minute orientation:
http://www.elluminate.com/support/orientation95/index.jsp 

 

If you're interested in participating or if you have questions, drop me
an email at sfra...@highline.edu.  

 

I hope to see you there!
Sue

 

FULL SCHEDULE

The3rd Wednesday of the month

7pm ET/4pm PT

 

Oct 21 -- Chapter 1

Nov 18 -- Chapter 2

Dec 16 -- Chapter 3

Jan 20 -- Chapter 4

Feb 17 -- Chapter 5

Mar 17 -- Chapter 6

Apr 21 -- Chapter 7

May 19 -- Chapter 8

Jun 16 -- Chapter 9

Jul 21 -- Chapter 10

 

 

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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
  

 

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[tips] Answers to Life?019s Worries, in 3-Minute "Speed Shrinking" Sessions - NYTimes.com

[Frantz, Sue]

Just like speed dating, you get 3 minutes with a psychiatrist or
psychologist before moving on to the next one.

 

People looking for a quick fix?  Or a good way to shop for a new
therapist?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/nyregion/31therapy.html 

 

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

Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology, Associate Director 

Project Syllabus   

APA Division 2: Society for the Teaching of Psychology
  

 

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RE: [tips] Northwest Teaching of Psychology Conference, Oct 23rd

[Frantz, Sue]

Annette (and everyone else),

My Technology for Educator's blog can be found here:
http://sfrantz.wordpress.com/

If you don't want to keep checking that site to see if there's something
new, add it to your RSS feed reader.  Don't know what an RSS feed reader
is let alone why it's helpful, see this blog post:
http://sfrantz.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/here-comes-the-news/ 

As for in-class voting, for something a little fancier than colored
cards but just as cheap (for classes of 32 students or less), try
PollEverywhere: http://www.polleverywhere.com/.  Students use their cell
phones (via text message) or laptops to vote.  Create your questions at
PollEverywhere and then copy the slide into your PowerPoint
presentation.  You'll need a live internet connection in your classroom
for it to work, but the results are instantaneous.  (This will be
featured in an upcoming blog post.)

Sue





-Original Message-
From: tay...@sandiego.edu [mailto:tay...@sandiego.edu] 
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 2:40 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: Re: [tips] Northwest Teaching of Psychology Conference, Oct
23rd

Sue, I was going to ask you backchannel but maybe others want to know.

Can you please tell us again your blog url for the all the tech stuff
you've been putting up?

I am using my own in-class response system. It is called, colored cards
with the letters A B C D glued to popsicle sticks. LOL. But it works
great for less than $5 for the whole classroom.

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

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[tips] Northwest Teaching of Psychology Conference, Oct 23rd

[Frantz, Sue]

Announcing...

 

Northwest Teaching of Psychology Conference

Friday, October 23rd

 

On the Highline Community College campus near Seattle in Des Moines, WA

 

Registration postmarked on or before September 30th: $30

 

NWToP emphasizes sessions that provide content or techniques you can use
in your classroom this term and opportunities to network and share ideas
with colleagues.  All for an affordable price.

 

Our speakers:

 

DANA DUNN: Experiential Approaches to Teaching Research Methods in
Introductory Psychology  
TRACY ZINN: You Mean I'm Not Perfect?: Why Failure Should Be Embraced
 
DIANE FINLEY: Follow the Yellow Brick Road: The Pleasures, Pitfalls and
Promises of the Online Environment
 

 

Please visit our website (http://www.kvalley.com/nwtop) for the full
conference schedule and to download the registration form.  

 

I hope to see you there!
Sue

 

NWToP is provided with support from the Association for Psychological
Science and Worth Publishers.  

 

 

--
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   

 

 


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[tips] Placebos getting stronger?

[Frantz, Sue]

Through the Improbable Research blog comes this article from Wired,
"Placebos Are Getting More Effective. Drugmakers Are Desperate to Know
Why."
http://www.wired.com/medtech/drugs/magazine/17-09/ff_placebo_effect?curr
entPage=all 

 

An excerpt:

Some products that have been on the market for decades, like Prozac, are
faltering in more recent follow-up tests. In many cases, these are the
compounds that, in the late '90s, made Big Pharma more profitable than
Big Oil. But if these same drugs were vetted now, the FDA might not
approve some of them. Two comprehensive analyses of antidepressant
trials have uncovered a dramatic increase in placebo response since the
1980s. One estimated that the so-called effect size (a measure of
statistical significance) in placebo groups had nearly doubled over that
time.

It's not that the old meds are getting weaker, drug developers say. It's
as if the placebo effect is somehow getting stronger.

Additionally the article provides a nice history and overview of the
modern placebo effect as well as some current applications, such as this
(ethically suspect) one.

 

One recent afternoon in [Fabrizio Benedetti's] lab [at the University of
Turin], a young soccer player grimaced with exertion while doing leg
curls on a weight machine. Benedetti and his colleagues were exploring
the potential of using Pavlovian conditioning to give athletes a
competitive edge undetectable by anti-doping authorities. A player would
receive doses of a performance-enhancing drug for weeks and then a jolt
of placebo just before competition.

 

 

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

Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology, Associate Director 

Project Syllabus   

APA Division 2: Society for the Teaching of Psychology
  

 

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[tips] Psychology and global climate change

[Frantz, Sue]

Hi all,

 

Last year APA created a task force whose goal was to "describes the
contributions of psychological research to an understanding of
psychological dimensions of global climate change, provides research
recommendations, and proposes policies for APA to assist psychologists'
engagement with this issue."

 

They just finished their report, and it is available for viewing here:
http://www.apa.org/science/climate-change/ 

 

In short, they addressed these 6 questions:

 

How do people understand the risks imposed by climate change?

What are the human behavioral contributions to climate change and the
psychological and contextual drivers of these contributions?

What are the psychosocial impacts of climate change?

How do people adapt to and cope with the perceived threat and unfolding
impacts of climate change?

Which psychological barriers limit climate change action?

How can psychologists assist in limiting climate change?


Is anyone interested in brainstorming ways some of the findings in this
report could be incorporated into an Intro Psych course?  

 

Given that your institution may have a civic responsibility-related
student learning outcome or standard, any suggestions on how the impact
of incorporating this content could be assessed?

 

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!
Sue

 

 

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

Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology, Associate Director 

Project Syllabus   

APA Division 2: Society for the Teaching of Psychology
  

 

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[tips] APA Speaker Network-- A great tool for teachers

[Frantz, Sue]

Something else for those who are interested...

 

Sue

 

 

From: Annoucement list for the Committee of Psych. Teachers at Community
Colleges. [mailto:pta...@lists.apa.org] On Behalf Of Boenau, Martha
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 9:49 AM
To: pta...@lists.apa.org
Subject: [PTATCC] APA Speaker Network-- A great tool for teachers

 

 

 

Hello Colleagues,

 

I hope that everyone had a great summer.  As you prepare to return to
the classrooms for fall I would like to draw your attention to the APA
Expanded Speaker Network for 2009.

 

Creating the network has been a project headed by Harold Takooshian at
Fordham University, Rivka Meir and myself.   APA's Committee on
Division-APA Relations (CODAPAR) initially funded creating the network,
but more recently with the current economy Harold and Rivka have
contributed much of their own time to build the network.

 

In 2007 the network was first launched with a list of 193 fellows of APA
in zip-code order -- so U.S. schools, corporations, and community groups
can easily find a willing expert speaker in their own area. In August
2009, the second edition was launched at APA in Toronto, expanded to
include four sponsoring divisions, 212 APA Fellows ready not only to
speak on their topics of expertise, but also to:

 

   - consult with the media

   - advise students or colleagues

   - possibly host a visit by a student group to their lab or clinic.

 

I hope that you will bookmark the URL pointing to the network
http://web.mac.com/rvelayo//Div52Announcements/Speakers_files/Speakers%2
87-26-09%29.pdf
  and utilize it often.

 

Please address any questions to either myself, Ronald G. Shapiro
(drronshap...@gmail.com), Rivka B. Meir (winsucc...@aol.com) or Harold
Takooshian (tako...@aol.com). If you discover any errors or bad email
addresses in the directory (other than that my own email is in need of
correction) please let me know so that I can address the problem
immediately.

 

Many thanks.

 

Ron

 

Dr. Ronald G. Shapiro

Independent Consultant in Human Factors, Learning and Human Resources

My SpeakerSite Profile is:

http://speakersite.com/profile/DrRonaldGShapiro

My Google Profile is:

http://www.google.com/profiles/DrRonShapiro

drronshapiro1...@sigmaxi.net

(401) 272 4664

 


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[tips] Please disseminate a call for volunteer psychologists

[Frantz, Sue]

For those who are interested...

Sue

From: Annoucement list for the Committee of Psych. Teachers at Community
Colleges. [mailto:pta...@lists.apa.org] On Behalf Of Boenau, Martha
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 9:06 AM
To: pta...@lists.apa.org
Subject: [PTATCC] Please disseminate a call for volunteer psychologists

 

Dear Colleagues: 

On behalf of the AAAS Science and Human Rights Program (SHRP) I am
writing to introduce you to one of our newest initiatives and to request
your assistance in identifying volunteer psychologists. 

In October 2008 we unveiled "On-call" Scientists
 , an SHRP initiative
which aims to expand pro bono science in the service of human rights by
connecting scientists, health professionals and engineers interested in
volunteering their skills and knowledge with human rights organizations
in need of scientific expertise. Over 250 volunteers from around the
world have signed-up, and requests for volunteers from human rights
organizations are also starting to come in. Indeed, we currently have
one specific request for which volunteer psychologists are needed. 

A highly-regarded human rights organization, Physicians for Human
Rights, has submitted a request for board certified and state licensed
psychologists to document evidence of torture and other abuse for men
and women fleeing persecution in their home countries and seeking asylum
in the United States. This information may be submitted to the federal
government in support of the asylees' application. For these purposes,
it would be particularly useful, though not imperative, for the
volunteers to be able to speak French, Spanish and/or other foreign
languages.

If you or someone you know is suitably qualified and would like to
volunteer with our "On-call" Scientists program and/or contribute to the
specific project outlined above, please complete a 'Become a Volunteer
 ' form or contact us at onc...@aaas.org  .


Yours sincerely,

Jessica Wyndham

Project Director

Science and Human Rights Program (SHRP)
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1200 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005 USA
Ph +1 202 326 6796
Fax +1 202 289 4950
onc...@aaas.org 
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RE: [tips] itunes to ppt

[Frantz, Sue]

What's the file extension?  If it's M4P, which most iTunes files are, then 
PowerPoint can't read it.  It needs to be converted to MP3 or WAV (or something 
similar). There are a bunch of audio converters online.  Let me know if you 
need a recommendation.  

Alternatively (i.e., what I'd do), go to the SciAm 60 Second Psych site 
(http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcasts.cfm?id=60-second-psych) and 
download the files as MP3s.

Lastly, the audio file needs to be in the same folder as your PowerPoint file.  
It's goofy, I know, but that's how it works.  

Sue


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[tips] lost-hiker déjà vu

[Frantz, Sue]

In this NY Times article, researchers discover that "lost-hiker déjà vu" does 
exist.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/science/21circles.html.

An excerpt:

Dr. Souman, who studies multisensory perception, and his colleagues tracked the 
movements of volunteers sent into the wilds of a German forest and the desert 
sands of Tunisia. As long as the sun or moon 

  was out, the volunteers were able to walk in a straight line, more or less. 
But on cloudy days or when there was no moon, they looped back on themselves, 
often several times.

Under those conditions, Dr. Souman said, the brain appears to be lacking a 
fundamental visual cue to help make sense of the jumble of other data it is 
receiving.

"The brain has different sources of information for almost everything," said 
Dr. Souman, who admitted to having walked in circles for hours once in the 
urban jungle that is Istanbul. There is a complicated interplay of different 
senses, he said. Those cues - images flowing over the retina, the sense of 
acceleration or turning in the inner ear, even how the muscles and bones are 
moving - are combined in the brain to give a sense of where the body is going.

"But all those information sources are kind of relative," Dr. Souman said. 
"They don't tell you you are moving in the same direction as an hour ago."

For that, a view of the sun or moon or a prominent landmark like a distant 
mountaintop seems necessary. "You need those kinds of absolute cues," he said.

 

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

Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology, Associate Director 

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APA Division 2: Society for the Teaching of Psychology 
  

 

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[tips] Buenos Aires boasts waiters with impressive memories | Education | The Guardian

[Frantz, Sue]

The good folks at Improbable Research report on a study on the memory of
Buenos Aires waiters. 

'"Typical Buenos Aires senior waiters memorise all orders from clients
and take the orders, without written support, of as many as 10 persons
per table. They also deliver the order to each and every one of the
customers who ordered it without asking or checking.'"

Researchers put some waiters to the test. Waiters took drink orders for
8 patrons and did well delivering the drinks to the correct patron.
Later the patrons ordered another round of drinks. But this time, after
their order was taken, patrons changed seats.  Only one of the nine
waiters performed flawlessly.  All but the last waiter were using
location as part of their memory strategy.  The last had spent years
working cocktail parties where people frequently changed location, so he
doesn't have location in his repertoire. 

"In preparing their study, Bekinschtein, Cardozo and Manes discovered a
published account of a remarkable waiter who had trained himself to
'recall as many as 20 dinner orders, categorise the food (meat or
starch) and link it to the location in the table. He also used acronyms
and words to encode salad dressing, and visualised cooking temperature
for each customer's meat and linked it to the position on the table.'"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/aug/18/improbable-research-arge
ntinian-waiters 

 

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

Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology, Associate Director 

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[tips] Rock Band: The Beatles (psych-related content)

[Frantz, Sue]

For Beatles fans, fans of Rock Band, or instructors who have students
who are either or both.

 

This NY Times article (While My Guitar Gently Beeps) provides a nice
overview of the music genre of video games, the making of the Beatles
for Rock Band game (to be released 09/09/09), and, in the excerpt below,
some reaction to the genre.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/magazine/16beatles-t.html 

A psychology-related excerpt:

The hostility that people have toward Rock Band and Guitar Hero, she
adds, is an expression of schizophonic anxiety - "schizophonia" being
the composer R. Murray Schafer's word for the split between music and
its source, first coined 40 years ago to explain why an earlier
generation was deeply troubled by the advent of recorded music. The way
people came to terms with the phenomenon of recording, Miller explains,
"was to create these really sharp distinctions between the live and the
recorded. So we know what's live, and it has its particular value and
authenticity; and we know what's recorded, and it also eventually has
its particular value and authenticity." Music gaming disturbs people
because it upends those distinctions by adding to recorded music "this
component of physical bodily performance that we think of as being a
hallmark of liveness." 

Scorn for music gaming is thus related to scorn for lip synching.
Miller, who identifies the games as "rock drag," says it's no
coincidence that so much of the online vitriol takes the form of
homophobic slurs, or that Guitar Hero was mocked by "South Park" as
Guitar Queer-o. "I want to be careful not to drag us too deep into the
valley of queer theory," she said, before going on to explain that the
hatred of Rock Band likely has something to do with people using their
bodies in a way that fails to match expectations - they're obviously not
playing music, but it sure looks and sounds as if they are - and doing
so in a way that is simultaneously tongue-in-cheek and sincere. For the
Beatles to embrace this transgressive and supposedly juvenile and nerdy
medium in such a public way is "a benediction" that only history's most
important rock group could give, Miller says. "I fully expect it may
help me get more grants."

 

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

Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology, Associate Director 

Project Syllabus   

APA Division 2: Society for the Teaching of Psychology
  

 

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[tips] Ludy Benjamin resigns from APA

[Frantz, Sue]

*


APA: Ludy Benjamin resigns over AHAP, torture


August 17th, 2009 by Jeremy Burman 

 

Breaking news: Ludy Benjamin Jr.
  has resigned from the
American Psychological Association.

In addition to his well-known and long-standing scholarly involvement in
the Society for the History of Psychology  ,
for which he was recognized as a Fellow
  in 1981, he has also shaped the
last quarter-century of several APA divisions: Teaching (Division 2),
for which he was recognized as a Fellow in 1982; General Psychology
(Div. 1) and Psychology of Women (Div. 35) in 1990; and Experimental
Psychology (Div. 3) in 1997. 

His presence will surely be missed.

But the reasons for his resignation run deeper than the recent cuts
  made to the Archives of the History
of American Psychology  .
In a note sent to the listserv of the Society for the History of
Psychology, he explained: 

I began thinking about resigning when APA Council 
began passing resolutions on the involvement of psychologists in torture
and interrogations that were opposite to positions taken by other
national associations in health care and public welfare.

Click for the rest: http://ahp.apps01.yorku.ca/?p=748 

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[tips] Sleep deprivation and Friends

[Frantz, Sue]

What happens when you stay awake for 84 hours watching the sitcom,
Friends?  Nausea and hallucinations.  

 

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/08/06/Man-watches-84-straight-hours-of-
Friends/UPI-30151249602608/

 

If you need to see his pictures and a brief trip down Friends memory
lane in his log: http://friends-a-thon.com/ 

 

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[tips] STP suite & APA programming

[Frantz, Sue]

>From STP: 

 

We would like you all who are at the APA Convention in Toronto to know
that the STP Hospitality Suite is at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in
room 175 on the 8th floor. The schedule of Suite events is posted at
http://www.teachpsych.org/conferences/apa/apaprogram.php as is the full
Divisional program.

 

We look forward to seeing you there.

 

 

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RE:[tips] Adjunct Faculty Resource Manual

[Frantz, Sue]

The dead link is my fault.  I requested a change to the manual, and when
the change was made, they renamed the file.  Here is the new direct
link: 

 

http://www.apa.org/ed/pcue/ptcc-adjunct-faculty-resource-manual2.pdf

 

Sorry!
Sue

 

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[tips] Adjunct Faculty Resource Manual

[Frantz, Sue]

A resource for your adjuncts.  (Use this link to go directly to the
manual:
http://www.apa.org/ed/pcue/ptcc-adjunct-faculty-resource-manual.pdf) 

 

Sue

 



 

The p...@cc Committee is pleased to share a new resource for teachers of
psychology at community colleges.   The Adjunct Faculty Resource Manual
is now available on the p...@cc web site at
http://www.apa.org/ed/pcue/ptatcchome.html
 

 

Special thanks to Susan K. "Skip" Pollock, PhD, past Chair, for her
leadership and tireless efforts to advance this project and many others!


 

 

 

Martha Boenau | Associate Director, Office of Precollege and
Undergraduate Programs
Education Directorate
American Psychological Association   
750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242 
Tel: (202) 336-6140  |  Fax: (202) 336-5962 
email: mboe...@apa.org | www.apa.org

 


 

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[tips] Going to Toronto?

[Frantz, Sue]

Hi all,

 

Are you going to APA in Toronto?  

 

The Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology (OTRP, a product of
Division 2: Society for the Teaching of Psychology) invites you to join
us for either or both of the following sessions.

 

Saturday, August 8

11am - 11:50am

STP suite, Fairmont Royal York Hotel (room location TBA)

 

If you are currently or have been an OTRP (including Project Syllabus)
reviewer, have ever submitted materials to OTRP for review, or have used
OTRP resources, you are invited to join us for an open discussion of
OTRP.

 

 

Saturday, August 8

12pm - 12:50pm

STP suite, Fairmont Royal York Hotel (room location TBA)

 

OTRP has been discussing the value and feasibility of a Teaching of
Psychology wiki where psychology instructors can share teaching tips,
examples, videos, classroom assessments, etc.  If this idea interests
you, please join us for this discussion.  

 

Hope to see you in Toronto!
Sue

 

 

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[tips] iPhone happiness research

[Frantz, Sue]

No, not whether you're happy with your iPhone, but using your iPhone to
track your happiness... which may or may not be related to owning an
iPhone.

 

http://www.trackyourhappiness.org/

"Track Your Happiness.org is a new scientific research project that aims
to use modern technology to help answer this age-old question. Using
this site in conjunction with your iPhone, you can systematically track
your happiness and find out what factors - for you personally - are
associated with greater happiness. Your responses, along with those from
other users of trackyourhappiness.org, will also help us learn more
about the causes and correlates of happiness. 

"Track Your Happiness.org was created as part of Matt Killingsworth
 's doctoral research at Harvard
University  . This research is
approved by the Harvard University Committee for the Use of Human
Subjects. Matt works in the lab of Daniel Gilbert
 ." 

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[tips] Call for Human Rights Syllabi

[Frantz, Sue]

Does anyone have a syllabus that fits the description below?  If so,
consider sending it to SHRP at s...@aaas.org.  Then if you are so
inclined, consider sending it to me (sfra...@highline.edu) for review
and possible inclusion in the Project Syllabus database
(http://teachpsych.org/otrp/syllabi/syllabi.php). 

 

My best,

Sue

  

 

***

 

Dear Colleagues, 

We write to ask your assistance in identifying university and college
syllabi on science and human rights from any and all disciplines (eg
health, engineering, anthropology).

 

With the permission of their authors, these syllabi will be posted
online as part of a database of science and human rights resources being
created by the Education and Information Resources working group of the
AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition. 

Examples of the types of syllabi we seek include: Health and Human
Rights  ,
Anthropology and Human Rights
 , Science in the Service of Human Rights
 .

 

We look forward to receiving your syllabi and suggestions for inclusion.
In the meantime, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to
contact us.

 

Kind regards,

 

SHRP Staff 

 

Science and Human Rights Program
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1200 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005 USA
Ph +1 202 326 6796
Fax +1 202 289 4950
s...@aaas.org 
http://shr.aaas.org/ 

 

 


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[tips] Rock Band & the waterfall illusion

[Frantz, Sue]

We recently added Rock Band 2 to our Wii collection.  Dennis Goff is
partially to blame, although he doesn't know it.  

 

In Rock Band, the notes move toward you as you plunk them out on a (toy)
guitar or drums (drum pads).  (See
http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/885/885168/rock-band-2
-tba-20080629094115965_640w.jpg for a picture of what the screen looks
like.)

 

My partner was first to notice the illusion.  After playing a song, she
looked at the wall, and said, "The wall looks like it's moving!"  

 

Sure enough.  Rock Band produces a wonderful waterfall illusion.  If you
don't have Rock Band, you can experience the illusion here:
http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/mot_adapt/index.html 

 

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Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology, Associate Director 

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RE: [tips] Sue Frantz' blog

[Frantz, Sue]

Thanks Beth, Mike, and Carol!  I've been having a lot of fun with it,
and I'm glad to hear that you're finding it useful!  

 

I've had less time lately to write, but I have a number of tech tools in
the queue.  Hopefully once we get on the other side of the APA
convention I can give you a little burst of posts before you head back
to classes this fall.  My next two posts will probably be about add-ins
for Outlook that help manage email better: Xobni and SimplyFile.  

 

Thanks again!

Sue

 

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[tips] Chest/chest

[Frantz, Sue]

Hi all,
 
Need an example of perception?
 
Courtesy of Awkward Family Photos.  (NOT my story.)
 
"When I was pregnant with my first child, my Grandma passed away. I didn't have 
anything to wear to the funeral, so I had to settle on a low-cut maternity 
blouse that made my breasts look enormous and made me very self-conscious. 
After the funeral, one of my aunts approached me and in front of the entire 
family, loudly announced: 'You are getting a fabulous chest!!!' I turned six 
shades of red and blurted out defensively, 'I can't help it. Since I've been 
pregnant, I've gone up a couple of cup sizes.' She was actually referring to a 
chest of drawers that I had unknowingly inheritedum...yeah...very awkward." 
(http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/2009/07/14/awkward-family-story-the-funeral/)
 
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http://teachpsych.org/otrp/syllabi/syllabi.php 
 

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[tips] brain t-shirt

[Frantz, Sue]

Hi all,

 

A colleague (Thanks Michele!) informed me that today's Woot.com t-shirt
is a brain map: http://shirt.woot.com/.  They post a new t-shirt each
day.  At the end of each day they move the shirts to the "day of
reckoning area": http://shirt.woot.com/Blog/?cat=reckoning 

So, if you read this email later than Tuesday, look for it there.

 

T-shirts of the day are $10.  After today it's $15.

 

Another psychology-relevant shirt. This one for discussion of the value
of operant conditioning:

Some Motivation Required -- http://shirt.woot.com/friends.aspx?k=8168 

 

Sue

 

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[tips] Top 10 Reasons Why The BMI Is Bogus : NPR

[Frantz, Sue]

Some years ago (5? 10? 15?) Stephen Black offered his thoughts on the
uselessness of the BMI (my paraphrase).  

 

Here are the "Top 10 Reasons Why the BMI Is Bogus" according to "Weekend
Edition math guy Keith Devlin."

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106268439&sc=fb&cc=
fp  

 

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RE: [tips] Mandatory IPhones

[Frantz, Sue]

Source?  Are you sure it's not just the iPod?

 

 

 

From: michael sylvester [mailto:msylves...@copper.net] 
Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 3:02 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: [tips] Mandatory IPhones

 

 

University of Florida will require  students to have IPhones in the
coming Fall.I guess the admin thinks that students will not miss
lectures. Does York U have such a requirement?

 

Michael Sylvester,PhD

Deep down in Florida

 

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RE: Fwd: RE: [tips] Change or Die: Scholarly E-Mail Lists, Once Vibrant, Fight for Relevance

[Frantz, Sue]

In terms of permanent record storage (or at least as permanent as we can get), 
nothing will beat the printed, as in hard-copy, word.  (Although an argument 
can be made for the oral tradition.)

Having said that, while I like the idea of a TIPS archive, I've rarely made use 
of it. For me, the value of TIPS lies in the sense of community that it brings, 
not the list of books someone posted 3 years ago. If I want that list of books, 
it's not only easier to ask for that list again, but I may also get additional 
book recommendations with more recent publication dates as well as the benefit 
of hearing from people who have joined the list in the last 3 years.  

For me, TIPS is like a bar.  I'll sit over here and listen in on this 
conversation for awhile.  Then I'll move over there and listen to that 
conversation.  (I learned a long time ago that I don't have to pay attention to 
every conversation.) Then I'll go have a beer. (With this list, that often 
helps.)  In a bar there might be a conversation I wish I could record, but for 
the most part I'm happy with jotting down a couple helpful tips on a napkin 
(serviette for those who have a different definition of napkin).  

Changing communication tools and the lack of technological compatibility among 
tools doesn't bother me if the goal is to create and maintain a community.

My 3-post limit for the day, 
Sue

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[tips] Ning.com

[Frantz, Sue]

I'm also a proponent of Ning.com.  

The advantage of an email list is that many of us still live in email.  TIPS 
comes to us. With a social networking site, like Ning, one needs to go to that 
site.  Although if you use an RSS feed reader, you can have Ning send you 
updates when something new appears.

If there's enough interest in trying out Ning to see if it's something that 
would work, I'd be happy to set it up.  

Just as a 'by the way' since we're discussing alternative modes of 
communication the Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology (OTRP, the 
resources wing of Div 2 - STP) has been discussing the value of creating a 
teaching of psych wiki where resources like videos, classroom demos and 
activities, assignments, student learning assessment tools, etc. could be 
stored.  If you'd like to be part of the discussions around that, please drop 
me an email off-list (sfra...@highline.edu).

My best,
Sue


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RE: [tips] anosmia

[Frantz, Sue]

I had a student who also lost her sense of smell following a head
injury.  In addition to choosing what to eat based on temperature and
texture, she said that she spent more time doing laundry, a concern
expressed by someone else in the article.  (She couldn't apply the sniff
test to determine if something could be worn again.)

 

One summer, about 10 years ago, I was in my office on campus after the
custodial staff had just cleaned the carpets using bleach.  I had been
there 4 hours or so when I left for lunch.  When I got in my truck I
suddenly smelled something dead.  It was to my left, so I figured that
an animal had somehow crawled into my truck door and died. (Don't ask me
how that could happen, but I didn't have a lot of other hypotheses.)
Within 5 minutes the smell was gone.  (The dead animal, just as
mysteriously, had apparently fallen out of my door as I drove down the
highway.)  

 

I was back on campus an hour later, this time in the library, talking
with a colleague.  Suddenly, there was the dead-animal smell again,
again to my left.  Now I think it's me - that I really need a shower...
because I had apparently, again mysteriously, unknowingly smeared a dead
animal on the left side of my body.  (I also learned that it's difficult
to ask a colleague, "Do I smell like a dead animal?")

 

When the smell disappeared 10 minutes later, I decided that I was
experiencing an olfactory hallucination.  

 

The next morning when I woke up, I again had the dead-animal smell off
to my left, but it was much fainter than the day before.  After a few
minutes it was gone, never to reappear.  

 

I decided that the smell of the bleach had an undesirable effect on my
olfactory receptors.  But the experience gave me a whole new
appreciation for the importance of our senses in general and smell in
particular.

 

Sue

 

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APA Division 2: Society for the Teaching of Psychology
  

 

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From: Helweg-Larsen, Marie [mailto:helw...@dickinson.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 11:40 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: RE: [tips] anosmia

 

 

Here it is:

http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/07/taking-scent-for-granted.html


Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D.
Department Chair and Associate Professor of Psychology
Kaufman 168, Dickinson College
Carlisle, PA 17013, office (717) 245-1562, fax (717) 245-1971
http://www.dickinson.edu/departments/psych/helwegm



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[tips] TweetPsych

[Frantz, Sue]

For the those who use Twitter: http://tweetpsych.com/ 

 

"TweetPsych uses two linguistic analysis algorithms (RID and LIWC) to
build a psychological profile of a person based on the content of their
tweets. The service analyzes your last 1000 tweets and works best on
users who have posted more than 1000 updates. It also works best on
accounts that are operated by a single user and use Twitter in a
conversational manner, rather than simply a content distribution
platform."

 

I doubt they've done validity studies, but it's an interesting idea...
if one does not go beyond the data.  

 

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[tips] Facial recognition & gaming

[Frantz, Sue]

Hi all,

 

Microsoft has developed a prototype for a new XBOX game interface:

 

"During the demonstration, British developer Peter Molyneux showed how
Natal could not only recognise faces, it could recognise facial
expressions to determine what mood a player was in and react
accordingly."

 

ELISA for XBOX anyone?

 

Full article here: http://bit.ly/19acce  

 

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Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology, Associate Director 

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[tips] p...@cc Committee Elections: A call for nominations

[Frantz, Sue]

A call for nominations and a personal statement from current p...@cc committee 
member, Nancy Schaab.

 

***

 

The APA Committee of Psychology Teachers at Community Colleges has put out the 
following call for nominations:

Consider serving on the APA Committee of Psychology Teachers at Community 
Colleges (p...@cc) Committee! The p...@cc Committee consists of six members 
whose mission is to: 

§  Promote, within the two-year college community, the highest professional 
standards for teaching of psychology as a scientific discipline; 

§  Cultivate a professional identity with the discipline of psychology among 
psychology teachers at community colleges; 

§  Develop leadership qualities among psychology teachers at community colleges 
and increase their participation and representation in professional psychology 
activities and organizations; 

§  Establish and maintain communication with all groups involved in the 
teaching of psychology and with the greater psychological community; and 

§  Encourage psychological research on teaching and learning at community 
colleges for the purpose of giving students the best possible educational 
opportunities. 

The members of p...@cc will elect two new members who will join the committee 
in January 2010 for 3-year terms of office. The p...@cc Committee meets twice a 
year in Washington, DC.  APA covers travel and accommodation expenses.
 
Consider self-nominating for a position on the p...@cc Committee or nominate a 
colleague who would make a positive impact.  Candidates must be current members 
of p...@cc. Nominations are due by June 1, 2009.

Nominees for the 2009 p...@cc election must submit the following 
materials/documents: curriculum vitae, brief personal statement, and a photo. 
Please send to p...@cc Elections, APA Education Directorate, 750 First Street, 
NE, Washington, DC  20002-4242. Please send electronic files of nomination 
materials to Martha Boenau  .

I would like to take this opportunity to add a personal perspective to serving 
on the committee. I was elected to the committee in 2007; this is my third and 
final year serving on the p...@cc committee. It has been an amazingly rewarding 
experience. I feel that I have had the opportunity to address the needs of 
community college faculty within APA, as well as provide useful tools and 
information to psychology teachers at community colleges. 

p...@cc is definitely a working committee; the Consolidated Meetings in 
Washington, D.C. consist of 2 all-day meetings and 1 half-day meeting. APA does 
an excellent job of scheduling the meetings (and providing opportunities to go 
to the best restaurants in D.C.!). In our most recent Consolidated Meeting, the 
major topic of discussion was the results of the p...@cc survey of community 
college faculty. In past meetings, the Committee finalized the Adjunct Faculty 
Handbook and worked on the final revisions of the IRB Guide. Both documents 
provide useful resources to community colleges. 

The Committee also has dedicated hours of programming at the APA Convention. 
Committee members coordinate and participate in convention programming. The 
sessions for the 2009 Convention in Toronto include:

p...@cc Invited Address 

Session Chair: Nancy Schaab, Delta College 
Presenter: Cynthia Lightfoot, The Pennsylvania State University, Layin' down 
an' bein' grown:  Identity Talk of Teen Mothers

p...@cc Invited Address: The Diane Halpern Lecture 

Session Chair: Salvador Macias, University of South Carolina Sumter 
Presenter: Scott Plous, Wesleyan University, Unforgettable Lessons: 
Award-Winning Examples of Action Teaching

p...@cc Symposium on The State of Psychology at Community Colleges

Session Chair: Larry Venuk, Naugatuck Valley Community College 
Presenters:
Salvador Macias, University of South Carolina Sumter 
Vincent Granito, Lorain County Community College 

p...@cc Symposium on Engaging the Non-Traditional Student 

Session Chair: Julie Penley, El Paso Community College 
Presenters: 
Robert Abel, Jr., Nevada State College, High school students in higher 
education: Working with dual credit students 
Sue Frantz, Highline Community College, Age Matters: Older Students in the 
Classroom
Julie Penley, El Paso Community College, Military veterans in the classroom:  
Considerations for teaching and learning 

p...@cc and Psi Beta session on Innovations in Teaching at the Community 
College 

Session Chair: Wynn Call, Mesa Community College 
Presenters: 
Valerie Smith, Collin County Community College, Enriching student learning 
through service learning
Scott Hollenback, Waubonsee Community College, Clickers in the classroom 
Larry Venuk, Naugatuck Valley Community College, Incorporating Students into 
the History of Psychology

p...@cc and Psi Beta Reception and Awards Ceremony and Reception 

Session Chair: Julie Penley, El Paso Community College

I encourage you to consider serving on the p...@cc Commi

RE: [tips] $ex Education the Old Fashioned Way: Through Cell Phone

[Frantz, Sue]

I did a stint with ChaCha (http://www.chacha.com/, text any question to 242-242 
or leave a message at 1-800-2-ChaCha), and I got a lot of sex-related and 
relationship-related questions.  In other words, kids (and adults) have already 
discovered a hotline.  Visit the ChaCha website to see questions that are being 
asked right now (and their answers) or you can view questions (and answers) by 
category.  This site is ripe for anyone interested in doing cultural research.
 
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From: Mike Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu]
Sent: Sun 5/3/2009 5:22 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Cc: Mike Palij
Subject: [tips] $ex Education the Old Fashioned Way: Through Cell Phone



An article in today's NY Times tells about a program that answer
teen's questions about sexual issues in North Carolina (the Times
says that NC schools must teach an abstience-only curriculum;
it is ulikely that a teen will get an answer in such a curriculum
to the the question"If u have sex underwater do u need a condom?")
see:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/fashion/03sexed.html?th&emc=th

Related website addresses are provided as well.

-Mike Palij
New York University
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RE: [tips] Get together in KC

[Frantz, Sue]

I'll be there and will try extra hard to not be ill the night of the
dinner.

 

Sue

 

 

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Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 7:57 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: [tips] Get together in KC

 





Hi all,

 

Putting out a call to find out which TIPS folk will be working at the AP
Reading in Kansas City this year. We had a pretty good dinner in 2008.

 

I will be driving to KC arriving late on 6/8.

 

If you will be there, let me know and provide the easiest contact info
(I am online all the time, even during the reading) so we can plan
another chow down during that week.

 

Look forward to seeing you all,

 

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Long Beach City College

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RE: [tips] Not Sure What's At Work Here

[Frantz, Sue]

I talk about scripts as a kind of schema. 

I'll always remember the first time I visited a warehouse-type grocery store 
where you had to bag your own groceries.  The cashier and I stood there looking 
at each other, each wondering when the other was going to start bagging.

I also remember when our local Wendy's fast-food restaurant didn't have garbage 
cans.  Instead they had someone bus the tables.  Invariably someone would stand 
up with tray in hand and scan for the garbage can -- and look confused when 
they couldn't find any.  

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-Original Message-
From: Michael Britt [mailto:michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 10:02 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: [tips] Not Sure What's At Work Here

Yesterday I went into the Apple store to pick up a few gadgets and I
thought the store looked a little sparse. Something was missing but I
couldn't figure out what it was.

Then I figured it out: I picked up a few things and then went looking for
the checkout counter.  Couldn't find it.  How about a cash register?
Nope.  Apparently Apple has decided that we don't need those things.  I
have to admit I felt a little lost.

Since you can check out with any of the sales people anywhere in the store
using a portable "register", Apple apparently feels there's no need for an
actual physical counter.  The sales guy admitted that most people feel
uncomfortable with this arrangement.  Many customers go looking for any
counter that looks like it might be a checkout counter and they stand in
front of it.  Also, it was the sales guy's opinion that people feel
comfortable knowing that they have a place in line.

Not sure where this behavior fits: social norms? situational norms?

Michael
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[tips] Mental set example

[Frantz, Sue]

In this 911 call the caller tries to solve an old problem (unlocking the
car door) by using what has worked in the past.  But it's not working.
Fortunately the 911 operator comes to the rescue.  
 
http://failblog.org/2009/04/22/locked-in-fail/
 
 


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[tips] Obit: Freud's grandson

[Frantz, Sue]

"Sir Clement Freud  ,
who has died suddenly aged 84, was one of those rare characters who
managed to excel in several spheres: caterer, theatre club owner,
journalist, broadcaster and politician. These diverse activities were
underpinned by one of the distinctive personalities of the age,
lugubrious but engaging."

 

 (http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/apr/16/clement-freud-obituary)

 

 

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[tips] Technology for Educators: New blog

[Frantz, Sue]

Colleagues, who may or may not be interested,

 

I've started a blog called "Technology for Educators" --
http://sfrantz.wordpress.com/.   I'll be writing about technology as it
applies to, well, education.  Mostly I'm looking at different tools that
may benefit educators.  In my first few blogs I cover Google Reader,
EtherPad, Scriblink, and Classroom Presenter.  My target audience is
those who might like to try something new every now and again.

 

I hope you find something interesting there.

 

My best,

Sue

 

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RE: [tips] MIT Faculty Open-Access Policy

[Frantz, Sue]

"The open-access movement aims to put peer-reviewed research and literature on 
the internet for free and remove most copyright restrictions."

If an MIT faculty member publishes in a peer-reviewed journal, MIT can make 
that article available for free.  Make as many copies as you'd like.  Use it 
however you'd like (as long as you don't sell it for profit).  For free.


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-Original Message-
From: tay...@sandiego.edu [mailto:tay...@sandiego.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 1:00 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: Re: [tips] MIT Faculty Open-Access Policy

I don't understand the implications. Plain English please.

Annette

Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
University of San Diego
5998 Alcala Park
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619-260-4006
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>Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 10:33:38 -0700
>From: "Frantz, Sue"   
>Subject: [tips] MIT Faculty Open-Access Policy  
>To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" 
>
>   "Passed by Unanimous of the Faculty, March 18, 2009
>
>   "The Faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of
>   Technology is committed to disseminating the fruits
>   of its research and scholarship as widely as
>   possible. In keeping with that commitment, the
>   Faculty adopts the following policy: Each Faculty
>   member grants to the Massachusetts Institute of
>   Technology nonexclusive permission to make available
>   his or her scholarly articles and to exercise the
>   copyright in those articles for the purpose of open
>   dissemination. In legal terms, each Faculty member
>   grants to MIT a nonexclusive, irrevocable, paid-up,
>   worldwide license to exercise any and all rights
>   under copyright relating to each of his or her
>   scholarly articles, in any medium, provided that the
>   articles are not sold for a profit, and to authorize
>   others to do the same. The policy will apply to all
>   scholarly articles written while the person is a
>   member of the Faculty except for any articles
>   completed before the adoption of this policy and any
>   articles for which the Faculty member entered into
>   an incompatible licensing or assignment agreement
>   before the adoption of this policy. The Provost or
>   Provost's designate will waive application of the
>   policy for a particular article upon written
>   notification by the author, who informs MIT of the
>   reason." (Full article here: http://bit.ly/uWlsO)
>
>
>
>   Are any of your colleges or universities taking such
>   a stand?
>
>
>
>   Sue
>
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>
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[tips] MIT Faculty Open-Access Policy

[Frantz, Sue]

"Passed by Unanimous of the Faculty, March 18, 2009 

"The Faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is committed
to disseminating the fruits of its research and scholarship as widely as
possible. In keeping with that commitment, the Faculty adopts the
following policy: Each Faculty member grants to the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology nonexclusive permission to make available his or
her scholarly articles and to exercise the copyright in those articles
for the purpose of open dissemination. In legal terms, each Faculty
member grants to MIT a nonexclusive, irrevocable, paid-up, worldwide
license to exercise any and all rights under copyright relating to each
of his or her scholarly articles, in any medium, provided that the
articles are not sold for a profit, and to authorize others to do the
same. The policy will apply to all scholarly articles written while the
person is a member of the Faculty except for any articles completed
before the adoption of this policy and any articles for which the
Faculty member entered into an incompatible licensing or assignment
agreement before the adoption of this policy. The Provost or Provost's
designate will waive application of the policy for a particular article
upon written notification by the author, who informs MIT of the reason."
(Full article here: http://bit.ly/uWlsO)

 

Are any of your colleges or universities taking such a stand?

 

Sue

 

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RE: [tips] Rick Steves: Travel guru reports on a little psychology

[Frantz, Sue]

I wonder if watching this video that shows the sheer volume of air
traffic over North America at any given moment has any impact on base
rate estimates:
http://www.aaronkoblin.com/work/flightpatterns/FPWeb_Final_3.mov 

The middle segment provides an interesting way to visually depict data.

Sue


-Original Message-
From: Ken Steele [mailto:steel...@appstate.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 4:23 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: Re: [tips] Rick Steves: Travel guru reports on a little
psychology


I agree with Rick that there are two aspects to this calculation 
when you are trying to describe whether a greater fear of flying 
is irrational.  The personal base rate of driving relative to 
flying would suggest that driving is a safer activity in that we 
have more experience of safe driving trips.  The lack of 
knowledge of the base rate of trips in the air would contribute 
to this fear.

But here is the question for me.  Assume that people don't know 
the actual number of flights per day and underestimate that 
value.  If they base their decision on that underestimate, are 
they being irrational?  Or are they being rational, but working 
with incorrect assumptions about the data?

Ken

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[tips] Rick Steves: Travel guru reports on a little psychology

[Frantz, Sue]

Rick Steves, best known for his PBS travel shows wrote this in a recent
blog.


**


Bungled Risk Assessment and Tragic Road Trips




Having a daughter studying at Georgetown means I have a steady stream of
interesting reading coming into my email box. Jackie loves studying in
Washington DC. Here's an excerpt from something Jackie just sent that is
thought-provoking: 

This is from her psychology textbook, Psychology: A Concise
Introduction, Second Edition by Richard A. Griggs: 

"Availability in memory also plays a key role in what is termed a dread
risk. A dread risk is a low-probability, high-damage event in which many
people are killed at one point in time. Not only is there direct damage
in the event, but there is secondary indirect damage mediated through
how we psychologically react to the event. A good example is our
reaction to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Fearing dying in
a terrorist airplane crash because the September 11 events were so
prominent in our memories, we reduced our air travel and increased our
automobile travel, leading to a significantly great number of fatal
traffic accidents than usual. It is estimated that about 1,600 more
people needlessly died in these traffic accidents (Gigerenzer, 2006).
These lives could have been saved had we not reacted to the dread risk
as we did. We just do not seem to realize that it is far safer to fly
than to drive. National Safety Council data reveal that you are 37 times
more likely to die in a vehicle accident than on a commercial flight." 

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RE: [tips] external reviewers

[Frantz, Sue]

Division 2 (Society for Teaching of Psychology) does this: 
http://teachpsych.org/otrp/deptconsult.php

Sue

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-Original Message-
From: Patrick Dolan [mailto:pdo...@drew.edu] 
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 1:38 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: [tips] external reviewers

Hi folks- next year my dept. is due for an external review. Does the APA or 
some other organization maintain lists of people interested/eligible to serve 
in this role?

Thanks!
Patrick




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[tips] Project Syllabus: Call for Syllabi

[Frantz, Sue]

Project Syllabus: Call for Syllabi

With your courses, do you incorporate wikis, blogs, social networking, social 
bookmarking, or other social media?  Do you integrate diversity issues?  Does 
your course have a service learning component?  Are you teaching online or 
hybrid courses?  

Consider submitting your syllabus for peer review and possible inclusion in the 
Project Syllabus database (http://teachpsych.org/otrp/syllabi/syllabi.php).  
For you assignments, if you distribute separate handouts, consider appending 
them to your syllabus for the purpose of review.  If your syllabus is added to 
the database, instructors will find those instructions very helpful.

All psychology courses are welcome, undergraduate and graduate.

The rubric used by the Project Syllabus reviewers is now available for download 
on our site.  You are welcome to use this to review your own syllabi whether or 
not you decide to submit a syllabus for peer review.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to contact me off-list.

My best,
Sue

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RE: [tips] [tips]Regression to the mean (was Bogus treatments)

[Frantz, Sue]

Oops! Mea culpa on regression to the mean.  =(

Sue


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RE: [tips] Bogus treatments

[Frantz, Sue]

Of course you'll always find someone who will believe that something works, 
even in the face of solid double-blind testing.  (See my favorite example of 
believe perseverance: 
http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/ideomotor.html.)

For regression to the mean, how about vitamin C to cure colds?  
(http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/cold-remedies/ID00036)  Everyone starts out 
with a cold, a day or two into it they start drinking lots of orange juice, and 
a few days later they feel better... which likely would have been the case 
anyway, but they credit the orange juice.
 
Or maybe I'm not understanding the approach you're taking, Michael.  Do you 
want an obvious, extreme example so your listeners can see the value in the 
method without having to battle through their own assumptions?  And then you'll 
ask them to apply the method to things about which they may have strong beliefs?

Sue

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RE: [tips] Bogus treatments

[Frantz, Sue]

Michael,

How about therapeutic touch?   
http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/tt.html 

I particularly like this one because a 9 year old was 2nd author on the JAMA 
article (April 1, 1998): http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/279/13/1005 

Sue


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[tips] Lie to Me

[Frantz, Sue]

For those who get TV's Fox channel...  I've been watching the ads for
the new show "Lie to Me" beginning January 21st and wondering if it was
based on Paul Ekman's work.  It is.  http://www.paulekman.com/  

 



 

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RE: [tips] longevity thoughts

[Frantz, Sue]

I joined TIPS in the summer of 1994.  I remember I was teaching part-time for 3 
different colleges in eastern Kansas.  That fall I got my first full-time job 
in southern New Mexico where I was the psych department. I can't overstate the 
value TIPS had for me then -- you were my virtual department. Today?  You're 
my... quirky department. =)


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[tips] Exams as revenue generators

[Frantz, Sue]

As most of us watch our budgets being cut...

>From the News of the Weird 
>(http://www.newsoftheweird.com/archive/nw081214.html): 

"When the Poway Unified School District near San Diego cut teachers' printing 
budgets this year, some handout-intensive instructors had to dip into their own 
pockets to keep their students supplied. Calculus teacher Tom Farber decided in 
September to sell ad space on page one of his exams, at $10 for a quiz and up 
to $30 on the semester final. As of November, he told the San Diego 
Union-Tribune, only parent-sponsored inspirational messages have been bought, 
but he said he would welcome certain retailers' ads. [San Diego Union-Tribune, 
11-22-08]"


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RE: [tips] Vending Machine for Crows

[Frantz, Sue]

You can see Josh Klein talk about his vending machine for crows -- and see 
Betty the Crow make a tool to retrieve food -- and watch a crow use cars as a 
nutcracker: 
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/joshua_klein_on_the_intelligence_of_crows.html


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RE: [tips] Best Practices

[Frantz, Sue]

For any department doing a review, a must read is this article, which might be 
the one Marc was thinking of: 

Dunn, D.S., McCarthy, M., Baker, S., Halonen, J.S., & Hill, G.W. (2007). 
Quality benchmarks in undergraduate psychology programs. American Psychologist, 
62, 650-670.

The Society for the Teaching of Psychology also offers consultants for 
department reviews.  See this website for more information: 
http://teachpsych.org/otrp/deptconsult.php.  

Also, the book from the Puget Sound conference on undergraduate psychology 
education, Blueprint for the Future, is on track to be published in 2009.  See 
this article for a preview: 
http://www.apa.org/monitor/2008/09/undergraduate.html.  Email me off list if 
you're interested in hearing more about what this group has put together. 




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[tips] Sunny von Bulow obituary

[Frantz, Sue]

Sunny von Bülow has died. Can you believe it's been 28 years since she was 
found unconscious?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/3660291/Sunny-von-Blow.html
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[tips] Looking for article

[Frantz, Sue]

Hi all,

 

Anyone have a copy of or access to this article: 

 

McNeil, B. J., Pauker, S. G., Sox, H. C., & Tversky, A. (1982). On the
elicitation of preferences for alternative therapies. New England
Journal of Medicine, 306, 1259-1262.

 

Any help is much appreciated!
Sue

 

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RE: [tips] State stats: Correlations

[Frantz, Sue]

They're comparing "voted for Obama" in '08 with "voted for Bush" in '04.
You can see where they get their data here:
http://statestats.appspot.com/?q=_metricinfo_

Sue


-Original Message-
From: William Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 6:33 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: Re: [tips] State stats: Correlations

This site is fascinating, but there is something fishy about it. There
is a category for "voted for Obama" that seems highly negatively
correlated with "voted for Bush". But wasn't McCain Obama's opponent?
I'd like to know how this was constructed.

Bill Scott


>>> "Frantz, Sue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/04/08 9:41 PM >>>
http://statestats.appspot.com/ 

Put in a term that people might search for using Google, and this tool
will give you a ranking of US states by how popular that search term is
in that state.  And then it will correlate that search ranking with 21
different variables, such as longevity, obesity, and unemployment.



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[tips] State stats: Correlations

[Frantz, Sue]

http://statestats.appspot.com/ 

Put in a term that people might search for using Google, and this tool will 
give you a ranking of US states by how popular that search term is in that 
state.  And then it will correlate that search ranking with 21 different 
variables, such as longevity, obesity, and unemployment.

For example, Jessica Simpson is searched for most in PA, LA, WV and MS and 
least in AK and HI.  That state ranking correlates with state rankings for 
obesity (.65), infant mortality (.5) and high school graduates (-.65).  

Interestingly, there is no correlation between the state ranking for seaching 
for 'suicide' and the state ranking for actual suicides.

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RE: [tips] One for the Guinness book

[Frantz, Sue]

I deduced the number.  I noticed the symbol used to denote the deceased, and I 
searched the PDF for that symbol.  It returned 26 entries, but 3 of those 
referenced a note that said that that symbol denoted the deceased.  So, that 
left 23.  No, I did NOT look through all 2000+ authors. =)

As for what Michael would say, "You have reached the phone of Sue Frantz, who 
is too busy deleting TIPS messages to take your call..."



-Original Message-
From: DeVolder Carol L [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 9:55 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: RE: [tips] One for the Guinness book

OK, did you actually COUNT the number of authors who are deceased? If so, would 
you like to help me with my end-of-semester grading? :) And what would Michael 
say on your answering machine--"send me something?"


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From: Frantz, Sue [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wed 12/3/2008 8:28 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: RE: [tips] One for the Guinness book
 
Stephen, I thought we decided years ago that you and I are closet reference 
librarians. 

Did you notice that 23 of the authors are dead?

But I love the idea of Michael S. on my home answering machine!  (I listen to 
Wait Wait Don't Tell Me on the elliptical every week.)

So... since APA is in Toronto next year, any chance you'll have dinner with us, 
Stephen?

Planning ahead,
Sue

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-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 9:08 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: RE: [tips] One for the Guinness book

On 3 Dec 2008 at 14:25, Frantz, Sue wrote:

> I'm going with 2512 authors.  
> 
> Aleph et al. 2006. Precision electroweak measurements on the Z
> resonance. Physics Reports, 427[5-6]: 257-454.
> 
> There are 14 pages of authors... listed in Appendix A. With 2,512
> authors, chances are good that you know one!
> 
> You can read the paper here: http://tinyurl.com/6n64b5  

Wow! You're good, Sue. I never thought anyone would come up with that 
one.  My only complaint is that your tinyurl takes me to the 
ScienceDirect login page, and reading it there isn't possible without 
coughing up $$$.

Try this instead: 
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/hep-ex/pdf/0509/0509008v3.pdf 

and then skip to p. 227 and keep going to p. 245.  Count 'em and be 
amazed.

Interested parties might also try:

King, C. (2007). Multiauthor papers redux: a new peek at new peaks. 
_Science Watch_, Nov-Dec. Available on-line (no $$$ needed) at:
http://scientific.thomsonreuters.com/m/pdfs/klnl/8428096/swmultiauthor.pdf

and the letter-to-the-editor which inspired this post:

Sekercioglu, C. (2008). Quantifying coauthor contributions. _Science_ 
322, p. 371.

So we have a winner. As prize I was going to suggest a week in Toronto, 
with second place getting two weeks in Toronto, but this was not a 
popular choice.  So I suggest instead Michael Sylvester on your home 
answering machine. Please contact him for further information.

Stephen

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RE: [tips] One for the Guinness book

[Frantz, Sue]

Stephen, I thought we decided years ago that you and I are closet reference 
librarians. 

Did you notice that 23 of the authors are dead?

But I love the idea of Michael S. on my home answering machine!  (I listen to 
Wait Wait Don't Tell Me on the elliptical every week.)

So... since APA is in Toronto next year, any chance you'll have dinner with us, 
Stephen?

Planning ahead,
Sue

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-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 9:08 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: RE: [tips] One for the Guinness book

On 3 Dec 2008 at 14:25, Frantz, Sue wrote:

> I'm going with 2512 authors.  
> 
> Aleph et al. 2006. Precision electroweak measurements on the Z
> resonance. Physics Reports, 427[5-6]: 257-454.
> 
> There are 14 pages of authors... listed in Appendix A. With 2,512
> authors, chances are good that you know one!
> 
> You can read the paper here: http://tinyurl.com/6n64b5  

Wow! You're good, Sue. I never thought anyone would come up with that 
one.  My only complaint is that your tinyurl takes me to the 
ScienceDirect login page, and reading it there isn't possible without 
coughing up $$$.

Try this instead: 
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/hep-ex/pdf/0509/0509008v3.pdf 

and then skip to p. 227 and keep going to p. 245.  Count 'em and be 
amazed.

Interested parties might also try:

King, C. (2007). Multiauthor papers redux: a new peek at new peaks. 
_Science Watch_, Nov-Dec. Available on-line (no $$$ needed) at:
http://scientific.thomsonreuters.com/m/pdfs/klnl/8428096/swmultiauthor.pdf

and the letter-to-the-editor which inspired this post:

Sekercioglu, C. (2008). Quantifying coauthor contributions. _Science_ 
322, p. 371.

So we have a winner. As prize I was going to suggest a week in Toronto, 
with second place getting two weeks in Toronto, but this was not a 
popular choice.  So I suggest instead Michael Sylvester on your home 
answering machine. Please contact him for further information.

Stephen

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RE: [tips] One for the Guinness book

[Frantz, Sue]

I'm going with 2512 authors.  

Aleph et al. 2006. Precision electroweak measurements on the Z
resonance. Physics Reports, 427[5-6]: 257-454.

There are 14 pages of authors... listed in Appendix A. With 2,512
authors, chances are good that you know one!

You can read the paper here: http://tinyurl.com/6n64b5  



-Original Message-
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Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 4:53 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: [tips] One for the Guinness book

Test your knowledge of science trivia:

What is the current world record (or so it's claimed) for the number of 
authors on a single scientific paper?

If you prefer multiple-choice:

Is it:

a)  between 100 to 500 authors
b)  500 to 1000 authors
c)  1000 to 2000
d)  2000 to 4000
e) more than 4000

and don't try any fribbled bregs or cluss-prags on me. 

For extra points, state the exact number of authors . For extra extra 
points, identify the study.  If you want still more, you'll have to list

the authors.

Reply to the list, not to me. Michael S. will provide a suitable award 
for the winner. Not legal in the province of Quebec.

Stephen
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[tips] Netflix Prize

[Frantz, Sue]

Hi all,

Netflix is offering a million dollars to the person or persons who can improve 
their prediction system by 10% so they can better recommend movies that 
customers will like.  This is really a psychology problem, not a computer 
problem.  Anyone want to take crack at it?  I nominate Stephen Black to put 
together the team that will represent TIPS.  Although, the article does say 
that a 'trained psychologist' is one of the top ten competitors.  Someone on 
this list?  Fess up.  

Link to NY Times article below.  

Or go directly to the Netflix Prize site: http://www.netflixprize.com/ 

If the winner comes to a member of TIPS, I'd like a small 2% finders fee.  
(Just wanted to get that in writing.)


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Sent: Fri 11/28/2008 7:21 PM
Subject: NYTimes.com: If You Liked This, You're Sure to Love That


  
   
 

MAGAZINE   | November 23, 2008 
The Screens Issue:  If You Liked This, You're Sure to Love That 
By CLIVE THOMPSON 
Basement hackers and amateur mathematicians are competing to improve the 
program that Netflix uses to recommend DVDs - and to win $1 million in the 
process. 


  
 
1. Holiday Books: 100 Notable Books of 2008 
2. The Evidence Gap: The Minimal Impact of a Big Hypertension Study 
3. Grandma's on the Computer Screen 
4. In Lean Times, Online Coupons Are Catching On 
5. Op-Ed Columnist: Lest We Forget 

»  Go to Complete List 
 


Advertisement

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People's Choice Award at Toronto Int'l Film Festival 2008. Now Playing in 
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RE: [tips] Candy on the table study?

[Frantz, Sue]

Are you thinking of the Stanford Marshmallow Study?
 
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/244/4907/933
 
 
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[tips] STP Facebook group

[Frantz, Sue]

Hi all,

My apologies for the forward from PsycTeach, but... for your information.

Sue


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From: Society for Teaching of Psychology Discussion List 

STP now has a Facebook group!  If you would like to join, while you are in 
Facebook, simply do a Search for the group "Society for the Teaching of 
Psychology."  The group is open, so feel free to invite fellow STPers or 
potential STPers to join, discuss, and post items of interest. 

(If you are not on Facebook and would like to be, simply go to 
www.facebook.com and you can easily sign up and create a profile.)

Suzie Baker
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[tips] Charter for Compassion

[Frantz, Sue]

Hi all,

 

In March, Karen Armstrong made her TED Prize wish:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/speakers/karen_armstrong.html


Her wish was for a Charter for Compassion where all the world's
religions come together for peace. 


It's now time to start writing (http://charterforcompassion.com/).
"People of all nations, all faiths, all backgrounds, are invited to
contribute. By recognizing that the Golden Rule is fundamental to all
world religions, the Charter for Compassion can inspire people to think
differently about religion. This Charter is being created in a
collaborative project by people from all over the world. It will be
completed in 2009. Use this site to offer language you'd like to see
included. Or inspire others by sharing your own story of compassion."


This could provide for some interesting class discussion in social psych
or the social psych section of intro.  Or, if you have a class wiki or
use other collaboration tools, students could write their own charter.  

 

Sue

 

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[Frantz, Sue]

How about extra credit for reading newspaper stories where people are
being given reward points for eating vegetables?

 

http://www.startribune.com/world/34279464.html?elr=KArks:DCiUBcy7hUiacyK
UU

 

or

 

http://tinyurl.com/63peel 

 

 

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From: Steven Specht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 1:20 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: Re: [tips] academic entitlement

 

Michael, 

Although I agree with your sentiment, should we require them to eat
vegetables and read the newspaper too? For extra credit? 

-S 

 

 


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RE: [tips] Sarah Palin on genetics research

[FRANTZ, SUE]

All of them?  =)

Sue

-Original Message-
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Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 8:12 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: RE: [tips] Sarah Palin on genetics research

Guess it's a good thing I'M not running for Vice President.  But I CAN tell
you which newspapers I read regularly.
Beth Benoit

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Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 8:08 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: RE: [tips] Sarah Palin on genetics research

Actually it was going to France:
http://max.omb.gov/earmarks-public/earmarks/earmark_210622.html.

Rick

Dr. Rick Froman, Chair
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Proverbs 14:15 "A simple man believes anything, but a prudent man gives
thought to his steps."

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Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 7:01 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: RE: [tips] Sarah Palin on genetics research

It also might be worth noting that "earmark money" from the US wouldn't be
likely to go to scientific research in Paris.  (Or, "Paris, France," as
Sarah felt it important to note.  As though listeners might be thinking the
research to which she was referring took place in Paris, Arkansas; Paris,
Idaho; Paris, Illinois; Paris, Kentucky; Paris,  Missouri; Paris, South
Carolina; Paris, Tennessee or Paris, Texas.  I kid you not.  Wink, wink.)

Beth Benoit
Granite State College
New Hampshire

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Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 7:25 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: RE: [tips] Sarah Palin on genetics research

Does it matter that the research she referred to was not basic research
using fruit flies as a model but agricultural industry research trying to
determine how to kill fruit flies? And that funding for research that goes
through the peer review process through NIH or other science agencies
doesn't end up in the list of earmarks sponsored by specific congresspersons
to benefit their own constituents? I think the Aplysia has taught us many
great things about habituation and desensitization but that doesn't mean I
think my congressman should give the fishing industry money to eradicate
them.

Rick

Dr. Rick Froman, Chair
Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
John Brown University
Siloam Springs, AR  72761
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 3:19 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: [tips] Sarah Palin on genetics research

"Where does a lot of that earmark money end up anyway? [...] You´ve heard
about some of these pet projects they really don´t make a whole lot of
sense and sometimes these dollars go to projects that have little or
nothing to do with the public good. Things like fruit fly research in
Paris, France. I kid you not. "

But see http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/24/palin-fruit-flies/

and also

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/10/sarah_palin_ignorant_and_antis.
php ( or http://tinyurl.com/5lowwr )

No word on what she thinks about research in psychology.

Stephen


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[FRANTZ, SUE]

You can access the TIPS archives here: 
http://www.mail-archive.com/tips@acsun.frostburg.edu/

I have a link to it from the TIPS page here: 
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-Original Message-
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Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 6:32 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: [tips] How to search the tips forum?

I'm not sure how to do this - where do you go and how do you search  
previous posts on the forum (assuming you can do this)?

Thanks,

Michael

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[FRANTZ, SUE]

I don't use Google Reader per se for my courses, but I do include a couple 
feeds (PsycPORT news and We're Only Human) on my website: 
http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/#links and I beam my Del.icio.us 
bookmarks to my Intro Psych page: 
http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/syllabi/psych100.htm 

I also maintain a ning.com social networking site for former students that 
includes feeds from my Del.icio.us bookmarks, We're Only Human, PsycPORT news, 
and PsycCRITIQUES.

I use Google Reader for my own personal use.  Here are my Psych-related feeds.

STP News (http://teachpsych.org/news/news.xml)
PsyBlog (http://feeds.feedburner.com/PsychologyBlog)
PsycCRITIQUES Blog (http://psyccritiquesblog.apa.org/rss.xml)
We're Only Human (http://www.psychologicalscience.org/onlyhuman/atom.xml)
SciAm - Alzheimer's (http://rss.sciam.com/sciam/topic/alzheimers-disease)
SciAm - Mental Health (http://rss.sciam.com/sciam/topic/mental-health)
SciAm - Neurological Disorders 
(http://rss.sciam.com/sciam/topic/neurological-disorders)
SciAm - The Senses (http://rss.sciam.com/sciam/topic/the-senses)
SciAm - Thought and Cognition 
(http://rss.sciam.com/sciam/topic/thought-and-cognition)
SciAm - Addiction (http://rss.sciam.com/sciam/topic/addiction)
SciAm - Mind and Brain (http://rss.sciam.com/sciam/mind-and-brain)



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[tips] "elevator psychology"

[FRANTZ, SUE]

This Candid Camera video just surfaced on Digg.

http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/165244/Elevator-Psychology.html?rh=173711

In this segment, the subject steps into an elevator, and 3 people step in 
behind him, all facing the back wall. Stick around to the end of the clip for 
the variation.  


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[tips] Old news is new again

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Why It's Hard to Change People's Minds

"A new study shows that after being exposed to information contradicting their 
ideas, most people still cling to their prejudices."

http://www.alternet.org/story/101973/why_it%27s_hard_to_change_people%27s_minds/

How many years have we been covering this in Intro Psych?


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RE: [tips] Second Life?

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Some of the Psych faculty at James Madison have used Second Life (SL)
for both online and face-to-face courses.  At the most recent Best
Practices conference, Suzie Baker and Monica Reis-Bergan presented on
it.  Suzie also did a presentation on SL at APA.  I'm certain either of
them would be happy to talk with you more about it.

 

If I were teaching online, and if I already had students using SL, I'd
hold some office hours there.  If it's not an environment you or your
students already spend time in, I don't think the learning curve would
be worth it for you.  If your campus is using SL a lot, and most of your
students are familiar with it, it's probably worth a look.  

 

I don't know what kind of tech support your institution has for SL, but
if they can help you set up video, I think it would be great to invite
students in for a video and live discussion.  

 

If you're looking for ideas, here are a number of uses for SL in
education: http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/educationaluses 

 

I was at one workshop where the presenter talked about a colleague who
sent her students into an SL dance club dressed as Kool-Aid guy. After
continually bumping into people, they were thrown out.  Each talked
about their experience as being the 'other'.  

 

But a word of caution.  The SL program takes a lot of oomph to run, and
it's not terribly stable on either of my laptops. I can usually stave
off program crashes if I'm careful.  My office desktop lacks the video
card to run it.  In other words, not all students may have the computing
power to handle SL.  If you do anything, I would suggest not making it a
requirement.

 

Sue

 

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From: beth benoit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 10:12 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: [tips] Second Life?

 

 

Does anyone use, or have any experience with a program called Second
Life?  It's a virtual environment with some academic uses.  The IT
person just emailed me to ask if I might want to use it for my online
classes.  It's been mentioned in passing on TIPS a couple of times, but
no one has given any details about whether it's been useful.  I'm not
even knowledgeable enough about it yet to understand quite how it works,
but I'm looking into it.

 

Here's the address:

 

secondlife.com

 

Beth Benoit

Granite State College

New Hampshire

 

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RE: [tips] Fox news

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Oops.  Meant to send this to someone else - who is not even on TIPS! 

 

 

From: FRANTZ, SUE [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 7:22 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: [tips] Fox news

 

 

Gotta love Fox News.  "Split."  Right.

 

http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Nearly_unanimous_vote_for_Obama

 

 

 

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[tips] Fox news

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Gotta love Fox News.  "Split."  Right.

 

http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Nearly_unanimous_vote_for_Obama

 

 


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[tips] "What is mind?" lecture

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Hi all,

 

I just received word of this upcoming presentation from a colleague in
biology:

 

http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/hl/ 

The 2008 Holiday Lectures on Science

What is mind? 

Can molecular biology help us understand mental function ? 

Eric R. Kandel, M.D.
  and Thomas
M. Jessell, Ph.D.
 of
Columbia University will help us understand how the nervous system turns
an idea into action-from the complex processing that takes place in the
brain to the direct marching orders the spinal cord gives to the
muscles. Modern neuroscience equates mind with the organ we call the
brain, an astounding network more than 100 billion neurons connected in
a vast complicated web. The presenters will help us puzzle out how the
brain is organized and identify the seat of human memory. The question
of understanding how the brain functions is rivaled by the question of
how such a complex network of cells develops in the first place. 

Click here to view lecture summaries
  of the 2008
Holiday Lectures.

Live Webcast
December 4, 2008: Lectures 1 & 2
December 5, 2008: Lectures 3 & 4
10:00 a.m. ET & 10:00 a.m. PT
www.holidaylectures.org

On-Demand Webcast
Available December 9, 2008
www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/lectures

ResearchChannel Broadcast
Spring 2009

Free on DVD
Spring 2009
catalog.hhmi.org 

 

 

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[tips] Annenberg Videos Free

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Hi all,

I missed when this happened, but the following Annenberg videos are now 
available for free (with free registration) in streaming video:

The Brain: Teaching Modules (1997)
The Mind: Teaching Modules (1999)
Discovering Psychology: Updated Edition (1990, 2001)
The World of Abnormal Psychology (1992)
The Whole Child: A Caregiver's Guide to the First Five Years (1998)

This link will take you to "The Brain" series.  Links to the others are in a 
box on the right.
http://www.learner.org/resources/series142.html


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RE: [tips] Gay/Lesbian Students in a large lecture human sexuality class

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Interesting question Nancy...

 

Since I'm not in your class, I can't really comment on what you are or
are not doing - or even that it's you -- that's prompted that response.


 

If it were me, I'd leave 10 minutes at the end of class one day and tell
students that I'd like to get some feedback on how the class is going.
Could I have 5 or 6 volunteers?   Show of hands, please.  Dismiss
everyone else, and just at the front of the room, ask them how the class
is going.  Then pick out a couple things, including this one, to ask
them about.  The focus should be on what's going well and what you can
do to make the class better.  

 

I had a colleague who did this about every week, but if memory serves,
he met with the students for a few minutes after class.  As the semester
progressed, he met with the students less frequently, because the
students had less to say as their issues were adequately addressed.

 

For instance, you may discover that it's not you but the textbook... and
that may be a reflection on the research.  The vast majority of the
research has been with other-sex relationships.  And that's
understandable - there are more of them, thus easier to find.  And,
frankly, probably easier to fund.  John Gottman who has done a ton of
research on relationships reports having done one longitudinal study on
same-sex couples on his website, albeit an interesting one, and it's not
yet published: http://www.gottman.com/research/projects/gaylesbian/.   

 

If the issue is the lack of research found in the textbook, then there's
fodder for an interesting classroom presentation or small group
discussion.

 

Sue

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 10:18 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: [tips] Gay/Lesbian Students in a large lecture human sexuality
class

 

Hi,

I teach a 90 student human sexuality class. This (the large size) is not
my idea and not at all ideal. I don't think a human sexuality class in
psychology (as opposed to health) should be so large - it makes
discussion difficult. But this is administration's call and of course it
saves money not to run two concurrent small sections.

Needless to say, I understand the environment may be daunting for
students who are sexual minorities. The discussion skews toward
male-female, heterosexual themes (as they compromise the majority of
enrolled students). I do offer a wide variety of topics and themes in
videos and guest speakers including GLBT materials. 

 For the second time in 2 years I have been informed by other students
that there are gay/lesbian students who feel "left out" of the
discussion. As I DO make comments and interjections trying to (to the
best of my limited ability) introduce the perspective of
homosexuals/bisexuals into discussions (I am straight, and I feel as if
I may not be able to accurately portray those views). I am anxious and
unsure of what else to do. 

I would appreciate suggestions, if I am guilty of running a
"heterosexist" class on how to help these students feel more included.
Or, other perspectives if perhaps (as I've wondered) they should speak
out and claim some turf if they want to be heard (as I have made it
clear I am there to help all students speak about their experiences if
they so choose to do).

Nancy Melucci
Long Beach City College



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