[tips] Galton in the NYTimes

[John Kulig]

Not much most haven't heard before, but well written, and has a few references 
to find more information on some of his more famous projects - the weather map, 
the "beauty map" and so forth, at the end ...

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/08/the-human-phenome-project/?hp

==
John W. Kulig 
Professor of Psychology 
Plymouth State University 
Plymouth NH 03264 

GALILEO GALILEI:
I do not feel obligated to believe that the same God who has endowed us with 
sense, reasons, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.




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Re:[tips] Educating Physicians: A Call for Reform of Medical School and Residency #2

[Richard Hake]

Some subscribers to the TIPS and AERA_TEP_SIG128-FORUM might be 
interested in a recent post "Re: Educating Physicians: A Call for 
Reform of Medical School and Residency" [Hake (2010)].  The abstract 
reads:

*
ABSTRACT: Cooke, Irby, & O'Brien (2010) in "Educating Physicians: A 
Call for Reform of Medical School and Residency" wrote: "The current 
blueprint for medical education in North America was articulated in 
1910 by Abraham Flexner. . . .

Yet during the past century, the practice of medicine and its 
scientific, pharmacological and technological foundations have been 
transformed. Now medical education in the United States is at a 
crossroads: those who teach medical students and residents must 
choose whether to continue in the direction established over a 
hundred years ago or to take a fundamentally different course, guided 
by contemporary innovation and new understanding about how people 
learn. . . . . .

In our review and observation of medical education, we were as well 
influenced by research in the learning sciences and medical 
education. Much of this research has been distilled in 'How People 
Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School' (Bransford, Brown, & 
Cocking, 1999) for the National Academy of Sciences."
*

To access the complete 7 kB post please click on .

Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands
President, PEdants for Definitive Academic References which Recognize the
   Invention of the Internet (PEDARRII)







REFERENCES [Tiny URL's courtesy .]
Cooke, M., D.M. Irby, & B.C. O'Brien. 2010.  Forward by Lee S. 
Shulman. "Educating Physicians: A Call for Reform of Medical School 
and Residency." Jossey-Bass, publisher's information at 
http://tinyurl.com/2cwtg45 . Amazon.com information at 
http://tinyurl.com/288m2ag. Note the searchable "Look Inside" feature.

Hake, R.R. 2010. "Re: Educating Physicians: A Call for Reform of 
Medical School and Residency #2," online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives 
at   . Post of 9 Jun 2010 06:25:32 -0700 
to AERA-L, DrEd, and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete 
post are being distributed to various discussion lists and are also 
online at 

 
with a provision for comments.

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Re: [tips] Academic freedom and political views

[Brandon, Paul K]

Likewise--

I'd say it's most likely a case of self-selection.
Academics appeals more to those of a liberal outlook; business appeals more to 
those of a conservative persuasion.
Who knows about libertarians ;-)  ?

Fill in your own speculations about why this is so (we're psychologists, after 
all).

On May 21, 2010, at 7:44 AM, Jim Dougan wrote:



A few days ago, someone posted a question about why university faculty are so 
liberal.  There were some interesting responses.  I have been thinking about 
this for a long time, and eventually I want to write something on the subject 
for my blog.

I have a question for all of you, as a non-random sample of academics:

Conservatives like to claim that universities are liberal because they 
discriminate against conservatives in hiring, promotion, and tenure.  For 
example, they claim that qualified faculty members are denied tenure on the 
basis of their political beliefs.

In my 20+ years as a faculty member, I have never seen that happen.  Sure - I 
have seen some questionable tenure decisions - I suspect we all have - but I 
have never seen anyone denied tenure or promotion because of their political 
views.

I am curious - have any of you seen such things occur?

-- Jim Dougan


Paul Brandon
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
Minnesota State University, Mankato
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Re: [tips] Why are most academics liberal? (was Re: Consider Plan C: Go Gangster )

[Brandon, Paul K]

Or at least between conservatism and scores on intelligence tests.

On May 17, 2010, at 12:58 PM, Jim Clark wrote:

> Hi
> 
> Following article includes quite a bit on correlates of conservatism.
> 
> Stankov, L. (2009), Conservatism and cognitive ability. Intelligence, 37(3), 
> 294-304.
> 
> One point is the negative correlation between conservatism and intelligence, 
> which (one expects or at least hopes) would have some relevance to presence 
> of liberals in academia.  It is important to keep in mind, as with all 
> inter-group comparisons, that average differences do not preclude the 
> possibility of bright conservatives and dull liberals.
> 
> I had ignored Scott's earlier admonition about liberal bias and political 
> views (I believe we were talking about health care at the time) because of 
> concerns about starting / perpetuating a politicized discussion.  A charge of 
> bias is, of course, a two-edged sword in that it can cut both ways.  But 
> perhaps it is a worthwhile discussion to have here ... to ask ourselves 
> whether it is possible to arrive at rational positions on controversial 
> topics despite our personal biases?  I like to think that this is what the 
> scientific approach strives for and has some success at achieving, rather 
> than biases always leaving us victim to our ideological worldviews.  
> Admittedly on some topics and with some people, science and reason face an 
> uphill battle!
> 
> Take care
> Jim

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


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Re: [tips] Why are most academics liberal? (was Re: Consider Plan C: Go Gangster )

[Jim Clark]

Hi

Well, if we're going to be precise, let's say "between measures of / self 
reports of conservatiism and scores on intelligence tests."  Unless the 
implication is that somehow intelligence tests have less foundation as 
indicators of intelligence than operationalizations of conservatism have as 
indicators of the underlying construct of conservatism?  On the intelligence 
side, I feel comfortable the APA task force position is a good summary of much 
literature, including the well-established correlation between intelligence 
test scores and how much schooling one achieves (which is the connection I saw 
between intelligence or iq and presence of liberals in academia).  See:

http://www.lrainc.com/swtaboo/taboos/apa_01.html

I'm not sure what evidence there is for the quality of measurement on the 
conservatism side, although I suspect that self-reports are reasonably good 
proxies.

Take care
Jim


James M. Clark
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204-786-9757
204-774-4134 Fax
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>>> "Brandon, Paul K"  09-Jun-10 6:02:46 PM >>>
Or at least between conservatism and scores on intelligence tests.

On May 17, 2010, at 12:58 PM, Jim Clark wrote:

> Hi
> 
> Following article includes quite a bit on correlates of conservatism.
> 
> Stankov, L. (2009), Conservatism and cognitive ability. Intelligence, 37(3), 
> 294-304.
> 
> One point is the negative correlation between conservatism and intelligence, 
> which (one expects or at least hopes) would have some relevance to presence 
> of liberals in academia.  It is important to keep in mind, as with all 
> inter-group comparisons, that average differences do not preclude the 
> possibility of bright conservatives and dull liberals.
> 
> I had ignored Scott's earlier admonition about liberal bias and political 
> views (I believe we were talking about health care at the time) because of 
> concerns about starting / perpetuating a politicized discussion.  A charge of 
> bias is, of course, a two-edged sword in that it can cut both ways.  But 
> perhaps it is a worthwhile discussion to have here ... to ask ourselves 
> whether it is possible to arrive at rational positions on controversial 
> topics despite our personal biases?  I like to think that this is what the 
> scientific approach strives for and has some success at achieving, rather 
> than biases always leaving us victim to our ideological worldviews.  
> Admittedly on some topics and with some people, science and reason face an 
> uphill battle!
> 
> Take care
> Jim

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


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[tips] Sensation and Perception/Lipstick

[michael sylvester]

Why is lipstick viewed as sexy on a woman's  lips,but that same lipstick on a 
glass of wine she has imbibed is viewed as a dirty glass?
Of course not to mention the perception of lipstick on a man's collar.

Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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Re: [tips] Sensation and Perception/Lipstick

[peterson]

 
GPeterson


On Jun 9, 2010, at 9:18 PM, "michael sylvester"  wrote:

>  
> 
> 
> Why is lipstick viewed as sexy on a woman's  lips,but that same lipstick on a 
> glass of wine she has imbibed is viewed as a dirty glass?
> Of course not to mention the perception of lipstick on a man's collar.
>  
> Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD
> Daytona Beach,Florida
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