Re: [tips] What Academics Are Writing About These Days...
Well, if there was an AHA! moment, at least we know it originated near your right ear...ehsort of. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/08/books/08creative.html :-) --Mike On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu wrote: On Mon, 10 May 2010 12:18:19 -0700, Christopher D. Green wrote: Allen is perhaps exempt, given his background, but it seems to me that psychologists complaining about the turgidity of other scholars' prose is a very dangerous game to be play. If anyone is guilty of intentionally making relatively simple ideas seem complicated by giving them inordinately arcane labels in order to render them scientific, it is psychologists. Chris paints, I think, with a very wide brush and very broad strokes. I hazard that the philosophers come in first when it comes to using arcane or even mundane terms in ways that are simply uninterpretable. For fun and giggles, see the following student article on the rehabilitated Nazi Martin Heidegger; see: http://www.thecrimson.com/column/the-f-word/article/2010/4/27/being-nussbaum-butler-academic/ Favorite line: |Encountering impossible semantic permutations of the word “being”—capitalized |and uncapitalized, infinitive and participle, singular and plural—I took to narrating |the most esoteric examples aloud. What else could I do with a phrase like “Being |means the Being of beings”? And how about this conclusion: |In the end, beyond elucidating the question of being, Heidegger taught me that |all academic disciplines are forms of gibberish—specialized lexicons that must |be mastered before they can glean any insights. Each is comical in its own way, |whether through overzealous use of the word “being” or too much C++. Note: the article gets extra point for links to the Postmodern Generator and the Bad Writing Contest websites. My personal (anti-)favorite has always been the behaviorists' penchant for using perseverate whne they mean simply to repeat or continue. Ah, come on, stop beating up on the behaviorists. Everyone knows that you have to go to the phenomenologists in order to get authenic gibberish. ;-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fbn=Tl=tipso=2568 or send a blank email to leave-2568-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=2575 or send a blank email to leave-2575-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Whatever happened to pilot studies?
I don't know about Chris,Mike,Stephen,Bill,John,Scott,Peter,Paul, and Mary, but I think most labs run pilot studies...it's just not called that. Nor is it especially demarcated with the PI proclaiming... Very well,beginthe Pilot Study! Rather, one takes a boo at the data for the first few subjects and see if it's generally in line with expectations of the hypothesis. This has the generally beneficial effect of reminding hier scientist to plug in the recording device before subjecting the paid subject (often nowadays, potentially paid millions might be a better statement) to 2 hours of a learning protocol ! :-) --Mike On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 8:45 PM, michael sylvester msylves...@copper.net wrote: I could bet that Chris,Mike,Stephen,Paul,Bill,John,and Scott(the -out-of-office reply dude) never run a pilot study but there was a time when advisors and research supervisors would always recommend to run a pilot before undertaking some research,thesis,or dissertation.As a matter of fact Murray Sidman in a work titled Tactics in Scientific Research seemed to have recommended doing pilot studies.Although there are many reasons given to running a pilot,such as methodologicaland other issues,it does appear that the procedure was frowned upon. I think that the major criticism was that a pilot study was still a valid experiment-so in some sense one was performing two experiments.The other criticism was probably philosophical: entering research with preliminary projected results is really not cool from a scientific perspective. One thing I would say about the animal pilot studies-it tells us which animals are likely to die and that is a no no for statistical analysis.Just curious what would have happened if Milgram and Rosenhan(Tipsters' favorite punching bag) had run a pilot. In a theoretical psychology state of mind. Michael omnicentric Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fbn=Tl=tipso=2551 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-2551-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=2576 or send a blank email to leave-2576-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Freud's Birthday
Here are the lyrics to Dr. Freud that I remember Pete Seeger doing in the early 60s. You can even get it for your ringtone at http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/song-midis/Dr._Freud.htm DR. FREUD (David Lazar) Oh, it happened in Vienna, not so very long ago, When not too many folks were getting sick That a starving young physician tried to better his position By discovering what made his patients tick Oh, Dr. Freud, oh, Dr. Freud How I wish that you'd been otherwise employed For the set of circumstances sure enhances the finances Of the followers of Dr Sigmund Freud. He forgot about sclerosis, but invented the psychosis And a hundred ways that sex could be enjoyed He adopted as his credo, Down repression, up libido And that was the start of Dr.Sigmund Freud. Now he analyzed the dreams of the teens and libertines And he substituted monologues for pills He drew crowds just like Wells Sadler, when along came Jung Adler Who said, By God, there's gold in them thar ills They encountered no resistance when they served as Freud's assistants As with Ego and with Id, they deftly toyed And instead of toting bedpans, they bore analytic deadpans Those ambitious doctors, Adler, Jung, and Freud Now the big three have departed not so the cult they started It's been carried on by many a goodly band And to trauma, shock, and more shock, someone went and added Rorshach Now the thing has got completely out of hand Now old men with double chinseys and a million would be Kinseys Will discuss it at the drop of a repression I wouldn't be complaining, but for all the dough I'm paying To lie on someone's couch and say confession Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. Department of Psychology West Chester University of Pennsylvania Husband, father, grandfather, biopsychologist, bluegrass fiddler.. in approximate order of importance. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=2577 or send a blank email to leave-2577-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] What Academics Are Writing About These Days...
On Tue, 11 May 2010 00:56:52 -0700, Michael Smith wrote: Well, if there was an AHA! moment, at least we know it originated near your right ear...ehsort of. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/08/books/08creative.html So, which is worse: rank neuroscience research or research on creativity? In cognitive psychology courses that I teach, I point out that the theory and tasks often used in creativity research might be fun things to do in the lab but are severely lacking in ecological validity and provide no real insight into what is consider truly creative by a society at any particular time. Indeed, it is the artful formulaic social artefacts that are often seen as pleasing, widely popular, and creative, especially in popular culture where re-imagining of old franchises in movies like Star Trek, the Jason Bourne character, Batman and numerous comic book characters that constitute a large part of contemporary U.S. movie making serve as example of successful acts of creation. In this sense, Avatar trumps The Hurt Locker even though the latter may be seen as more creative artistically (Avatar is more of a technical achievement) but financially lacking in return. Avatar wins because it made the most money not because it was the more creative work. A good example from the movies about creativity in the movies is Robert Altman's film The Player which pokes fun at a number of Hollywood film convention (including the Hollywood happy ending) as well as showing in its film within a film how an original story is converted into a commercially viable movie (with the persons with the original idea for the movie becoming corrupted in the process of producing a successful product). Altman was a wise movie-maker and used a number of traditional conventions from the crime/mystery genre to subvert the film (e.g., the film has a happy ending but only if one isn't too morally particular). Additional examples includes how source materials had to be changed in order to make movies more successful but less creative. In the movie Forrest Gump there is a particular characterization of Forrest presented but one that clashes with the character in the novel who spent time as a wrestler (The Dunce) who wore diapers in his matches. Which treatment is more creative? Which is safer? In the movie The Natural Robert Redford plays the ball player Roy Hobbes who astounds in the feel good walk-off home run that wins the National League pennant for the New York Knights. But read the summary of Bernard Malamud's novel The Natural here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Natural And compare it to the film version here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Natural_%28film%29 It should be clear why the movie version of the The Natural would turn out to be successful but is a less creative work. Creativity is truly a difficult concept to pin down because of its dependence on different values (e.g., artistry, technical prowese, insight, commercial return, etc.) which will vary across time and places. Vincent van Gogh is a great example of an artist who's work was not thought of too highly during his life but after his death his work is seen as being great and influences the work of many artists; see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Gogh So, how can it be that something not be thought of as creative or valuable at one point in time become seen as immensely creative and of tremendous value at another time? Is being creative and producing creative works something that can be easily recognized and appreciated without knowledge of the values driving the creation of the work and the social context it is being produced in? I don't think so. Creativity is a very slippery concept and perhaps psychological research on it has only trivialized our understanding of it.. Or not. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=2579 or send a blank email to leave-2579-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] What Academics Are Writing About These Days...
Mike Palij wrote: So, how can it be that something not be thought of as creative orvaluable at one point in time become seen as immensely creative and of tremendous value at another time? Is being creative and producing creative works something that can be easily recognized and appreciated without knowledge of the values driving the creation of the work and the social context it is being produced in? I don't think so. Charles Babbage comes immediately to (my) mind. Most people (even among scientists and mathematicians) didn't get the potential value of his Difference Engine (a big mechanical calculator) or Analytical Engine (a mechanical computer), but ~150 years later, it was hard to imagine the world without (electronic versions of) them. (Of course, the fact that he never managed to build either of them didn't help matters.) Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ == --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=2586 or send a blank email to leave-2586-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Human sexuality/Auctioning virginity
It appears that authorities 'down under' (no pun intended) did not go for the idea of Aussie women auctioning their virginity and threatened to charge promoters for prostitution.The promoters have decided to film that documentary to Las Vegas.The virgins will keep ninety percent of the bid and ten percent is donated to a worthy cause. I just hope that whatever happens in Vegas,stays in Vegas. Michael omnicentric Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=2588 or send a blank email to leave-2588-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
