re: [tips] Trump responds to Jim Clark

[Beth]

Sadly, after 22 years on TIPS, I am done.  It was a wonderful resource, as it 
was intended, for many years.  Michael Sylvester started to make it strange and 
irrelevant and continually fought off any attempts to keep him on topic and 
away frim frivolous posts. Then it was often just a conversational joust 
between him, Chris Green and Mike Palij.  I am sorry to say that I feel it was 
ruined for me by many odd posts.  There were occasional good and interesting 
posts, but SELDOM were there any good interactions about actual "Teaching in 
Psychological Science."
Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, New Hampshire

Mike Palij  wrote:

>On Sun, 03 Jan 2016 17:03:33 -0800, Professor Dr. Michael Sylvester 
>wrote:
>>
>>All hypothetical
>>Donald:  at least I   believe in  God-the God of
>>money and the God of free helicopter rides.
>>Will be glad to fly you to Cyprus.Btw.are you not CanadianA?
>>Do not attempt to  cross border. You going back
>>
>>.Raoul  Castro: Nice to see a canadian Commie
>>Comrad in the group.However,I may start going
>>to church again.
>>
>>Pope Francis  was mad like hell   : Isn't  this
>> the   Canadian dude who is in the same category
>>as "Hitch" like in Christopher Hitchens?
>>Hitch  was the Devil's advocate  during Mother
>>Theresa canonization.
>>I   will not even take a selfie with him.But he  could
>>ride one of my Papal bulls in the Winnipeg rodeo
>>with Jerry Mahan.
>
>Yo Dick, I mean Donnie! How's it hanging?  Did ya read that
>hatchet job the NY Times did on you?  No?  See:
>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/03/us/politics/for-donald-trump-lessons-from-a-brothers-suffering.html?emc=edit_th_20160103&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=389166&_r=0
>
>The things they say about you and your brother Freddy!  Okay,
>so Freddy was a drunk and didn't live up to your and your Dad's
>expectations but, come on, ya got to admit you and your Dad
>did a dick move on Freddy and his family.  From the article:
>
>|In 1977, Donald asked Freddy to be the best man at his
>|first wedding, to the Czech model Ivana Winklmayr, an
>|honor Donald said he hoped would be "a good thing for him."
>|But the drinking continued, and four years later, Freddy was dead.
>|
>|Over the next decades, Donald put the Trump name on
>|skyscrapers, casinos and planes.
>|
>|In 1999, the family patriarch died, and 650 people, including
>|many real estate executives and politicians, crowded his funeral
>|at Marble Collegiate Church on Fifth Avenue.
>|
>|But the drama was hardly put to rest. Freddy's son, Fred III,
>|spoke at the funeral, and that night, his wife went into labor
>|with their son, who developed seizures that led to cerebral palsy.
>|The Trump family promised that it would take care of the medical bills.
>|
>|Then came the unveiling of Fred Sr.'s will, which Donald had
>|helped draft. It divided the bulk of the inheritance, at least
>|$20 million, among his children and their descendants,
>|"other than my son Fred C. Trump Jr."
>|
>|Freddy's children sued, claiming that an earlier version of the
>|will had entitled them to their father's share of the estate, but that
>|Donald and his siblings had used "undue influence" over their
>|grandfather, who had dementia, to cut them out.
>|
>|A week later, Mr. Trump retaliated by withdrawing the medical
>|benefits critical to his nephew's infant child.
>|
>|"I was angry because they sued," he explained during last week's
>|interview.
>|
>|At the time, he attributed their exclusion from the will to his father's
>|"tremendous dislike" for Freddy's ex-wife, Linda. She and Fred III
>|declined to comment on the dispute.
>
>Hey Donnie, you see the movie "Glen Gary Glenross"?  Remember
>the scene where Alec Baldwin comes in and humiliates the real estate
>salesmen/con men?  Remember when he pulls out two brass balls
>on a string and says:
>
>"It takes brass balls to sell real estate."?
>
>Well, Donnie, it must take titanium balls (or a titanium heart) to say
>you'll pay for your nephew's medical bills and then take it back.
>Sure, you ultimately made it right but, damn!, it took some kind of
>balls to do that to a kid and his family.
>
>Yeah, you're just the man the U.S. needs as President.
>
>-Mike Palij
>New York University
>m...@nyu.edu
>
>P.S. Do you think Hitch and Mother Theresa will let you be on their
>baseball team when you get to hell?
>
>
>
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Re: [tips] Interviews with My Lai Veterans

[Beth]

Thank you for that link.  I'm talking about obedience tomorrow and will show 
this unsettling clip. 
Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire 

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> On 11 Nov 2015, at 7:02 pm, Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. 
>  wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Several years ago, I asked if anyone knew where I could get a recording of a 
> Mike Wallace radio interview of a My Lai veteran done in (I think) 1969. I 
> still have not been able to find it.
> 
> But today, I found a short film (about 22 minutes) from 1970 of soldiers 
> interviewed about their participation in the My Lai "incident." The film won 
> an academy award (according to Wikipedia) and, unless I'm mistaken, is in the 
> public domain. Here is the description from the Internet Archive: 
> "Shows interviews with five American soldiers who are My Lai veterans about 
> what occurred there March 6, 1968, and how they feel about it"
> 
> Here is the information for anyone who wants to download the film (WARNING: 
> It is a very disturbing film):
> 
> Interviews with My Lai Veterans
> by Joseph Strick
> Published 1970
> https://archive.org/details/interviewswithmylaiveterans
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Re: [tips] Illusion?

[Beth]

Are we all too embarrassed?   Okay, I'll try to overcome pluralistic ignorance. 
 Don't see a figure-ground illusion. 
Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University 
New Hampshire 

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> On 7 Nov 2015, at 7:39 pm, Jim Matiya  wrote:
> 
>  
> 
> Has anyone on the list ever seen this illusion. A student submitted as a an 
> example...but I have never seen it before.  I am a little slow, can anyone 
> see the figure-ground illusion?
> 
> I have attached the picture
> 
> 
> 
> JIm
> retired from FGCU
> 
> Jim Matiya 
> 
> Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a 
> listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of 
> which have the potential to turn a life around...Leo Buscaglia
> 
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Re: [tips] #ThisPsychMajor Is Trending on Twitter

[Beth Benoit]

I noticed that one response was "...any imbicile can run for President..."
but since that poster didn't know how to spell "imbecile,"  I assume
he/she​ won't be running for President.

And another wrote "alright" - a particular headache of mine, spelling Nazi
that I am.

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Plymouth NH

On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 9:23 AM, Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. <
jeff.ric...@scottsdalecc.edu> wrote:

>
>
> On Oct 25, 2015, at 9:43 PM, Mike Palij  wrote:
>
> I'm not on Twitter so any reports about what discussion
> are going would be appreciated, especially if it is by students.
>
>
> Here are some of the comments:
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/5ee5fvtxawcf5o5/%23ThisPsychMajor%20hashtag%20on%20Twitter.pdf?dl=0
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Re: [tips] Little Albert: Before and After

[Beth Benoit]

Great videos, Jeff.  Thanks for sending them.  I'm starting on learning
today, so it's perfect timing.
Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, New Hampshire

On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 9:24 AM, Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. <
jeff.ric...@scottsdalecc.edu> wrote:

> Hi again,
>
> I’ve been editing films taken of famous (or infamous) learning
> experiments. In class, we’ve been discussing the Watson & Rayner (1920)
> study of “Little Albert.”  It’s been a while since I’ve read the criticisms
> of Watson’s experimental procedure, so I’ll need to go through those again.
> But one point I’ve been making is that Watson seemed unconcerned with
> making sure that the “stimuli” were presented in a uniform manner before
> and after the conditioning of Albert.
>
> Below are links to film clips of how he presented the white rat and the
> rabbit to Albert before and after the conditioning procedure. After the
> procedure, (a) Rayner seem to be throwing the rabbit at Albert, and (b)
> Watson keeps placing the rat on Albert’s body, which he did not do before
> the conditioning procedure—although to be sure of this, I’ll need to get
> the entire film (which Penn State is charging about $200 for )
>
> Rabbit Before and After:
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/po2uonqmtsybf67/Rabbit%20Before%20%26%20After.mp4?dl=0
> Rat Before and After:
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/exf8pky8vkkgzf8/Rat%20Before%20%26%20After.mp4?dl=0
>
> Best,
> Jeff
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Re: [tips] Addressing Student Questions in Introduction to Psychology

[Beth Benoit]

Scott,
Great resources.  And well researched.  Thank you for giving us those
questions and answers.
Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
 New Hampshire

On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 1:36 PM, Bill Southerly 
wrote:

>
>
> This is a forwarded message, so if you have questions contact Scott Freng
> (see contact information at the end of this note)
>
>
>
> If you do not teach Introduction to Psychology/General Psychology you can
> ignore this email and I apologize for any cross-listing.
>
>
>
> As an instructor of Introduction to Psychology/General Psychology, I
> frequently have students asking questions regarding the material that I do
> not feel confident to answer because the question is outside my area of
> expertise or the material is not sufficiently covered in my textbook.
> Unfortunately, I often lack adequate time to thoroughly review relevant
> literature and answer the question in a later class period. In an effort to
> create a resource for instructors of Introduction to Psychology
> experiencing similar difficulties we conducted two studies. In the two
> studies, we recruited instructors of Introduction to Psychology from this
> listserv and had them report students’ commonly asked questions posed in
> Introduction to Psychology. In addition, we had instructors identify
> student questions they would like more fully addressed. From this last
> survey, we identified three frequently chosen questions and with the
> cooperation of relevant experts, developed short and easily digestible
> answers to these questions.
>
>
>
> If you are interested in the questions identified and developed answers,
> you can access the document by going to this link.
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/48081498/FAQ%20project.docx
>
>
>
> I want to thank all the participants we recruited from this listserv for
> their participation.
>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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Re: [tips] Facebook and Variable Interval Schedules

[Beth Benoit]

I have a video of an interview of Skinner talking about variable ratio
schedules as being well exemplified by slot machines.  Wouldn't checking
for messages be the same thing?  Sometimes you get one, sometimes you
don't.  But not getting one doesn't make you less likely to check.  And
*sometimes* getting one makes you more likely to check.

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, New Hampshire

On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 6:35 PM, Michael Britt 
wrote:

>
>
>
>
> Parents know how hard it can be for kids to stay away from their social
> media connections - be it facebook, instagram or Snapchat.  As soon as my
> 15-year old gets out of swim practice it’s the first thing he does.  After
> all, there might be a message for him.  This would be variable interval
> reinforcement if I’m correct - he doesn’t have to actually do anything but
> a new message (reinforcer) might have arrived.
>
> It seems pretty darn powerful, which seems weird because I’ve always
> thought of variable interval reinforcers as weak.  Thoughts?
>
> Michael
>
> Michael A. Britt, Ph.D.
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Re: [tips] Seeing the Magic Eye Illusions

[Beth Benoit]

If you are farsighted or very nearsighted, it does make it harder, though
as Robin said, you can compensate by starting closer (or further).  Also,
if you have monovision contacts, it makes it tougher because one eye works
for distance and one for reading, so you don't have "true" bilateral vision.

I'm farsighted (made worse with age) and have also had monovision contacts,
so have worked with both of those scenarios.  But I've gotten Magic Eye to
work with patience.

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire

On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 6:56 PM, Musselman, Robin 
wrote:

>
> Actually, if you put your nose on the picture and then slowly move the
> picture away from your face this should be enough to relax the muscles in
> your eyes enough that you will be able to "see" the illusion,
>
> Robin
>
> Robin Musselman, EdD
> Professor
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> phone:  610-799-1531
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Re: [tips] Student excuses

[Beth Benoit]

Mine seem to always have a "personal issue."  Clearly, that covers anything
and everything.  I have a blanket two absences only rule.  They don't need
to tell me what their "personal issue" is (though they usually do, for some
reason...I guess hoping I'll extend the number of absences they're allowed,
though I almost never do) and I suggest they save those two for
emergencies.  If they miss a test (I give four throughout the semester),
they take a makeup on the day of the final.  ​

Beth Benoit

On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 6:42 PM, Tim Shearon 
wrote:

> Robin
> Mine seem to have hard disk crashes very frequently during the end of term
> (I've been putting warnings about backing up and keeping hard copies of
> each draft for some time). But is it just me or do more Grandfathers seem
> to be dying all of a sudden?
> Tim
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Robin Musselman [mailto:rmussel...@lccc.edu]
> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2015 4:38 PM
> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
> Subject: [tips] Student excuses
>
> Talking to a colleague today about student excuses and I mentioned that
> dead grandmothers have been replaced by.?
>
> I'm fairly certain the substitute was mentioned on this list, but I just
> can't remember. Anyone who can help me?
>
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Re: [tips] YouTube and Multiple Personality

[Beth]

Sorry about odd wording.  It's my phone's autospelling and I didn't notice it 
to correct.  :-(


Sent from my iPhone

> On 14 Apr 2015, at 10:30 am, Beth  wrote:
> 
>  
> 
> 
>  
> 
> 
>  
> 
> 
> I continue to show a 60 minutes segment about a woman in Appleton Wisconsin 
> and others who were diagnosed with MPD, and she referred to it, and her 
> psychiatrist, Kenneth Olson paid a $2.6 million  lawsuit. He convinced her 
> that she had 126 personalities, and performed an exorcism on her as well. It 
> would be laughable if it works so tragic. It is not available on YouTube, but 
> Here is a link that still has it:
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On 14 Apr 2015, at 10:21 am, Michael Britt  wrote:
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> 
>> Our field is (desperately) trying to “expunge” the idea of multiple 
>> personalities from the public consciousness, it’s obviously going to be an 
>> uphill battle.  I noticed that even a search of YouTube on “dissociative 
>> disorder” brings up a slew of popular videos (many old) on multiple 
>> personalities.  The video that I showed my students:
>> 
>> https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1085977368086270&fref=nf
>> 
>> is fascinating but probably not nearly so as the ones with the dramatic 
>> video of people supposedly having multiple personalities.  To the challenge 
>> remains: we need more videos on DID that clearly explain what we currently 
>> believe about this disorder and, preferably, in an interesting way.
>> 
>> Michael
>> 
>> Michael A. Britt, Ph.D.
>> mich...@thepsychfiles.com
>> http://www.ThePsychFiles.com
>> Twitter: @mbritt
>> 
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Re: [tips] YouTube and Multiple Personality

[Beth]

Sorry about sending without the link. My phone apparently has DI D. Here is the 
link:
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/mpd/

Beth Benoit 

Sent from my iPhone

> On 14 Apr 2015, at 10:21 am, Michael Britt  wrote:
> 
>  
> 
> 
>  
> 
> 
>  
> 
> 
> Our field is (desperately) trying to “expunge” the idea of multiple 
> personalities from the public consciousness, it’s obviously going to be an 
> uphill battle.  I noticed that even a search of YouTube on “dissociative 
> disorder” brings up a slew of popular videos (many old) on multiple 
> personalities.  The video that I showed my students:
> 
> https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1085977368086270&fref=nf
> 
> is fascinating but probably not nearly so as the ones with the dramatic video 
> of people supposedly having multiple personalities.  To the challenge 
> remains: we need more videos on DID that clearly explain what we currently 
> believe about this disorder and, preferably, in an interesting way.
> 
> Michael
> 
> Michael A. Britt, Ph.D.
> mich...@thepsychfiles.com
> http://www.ThePsychFiles.com
> Twitter: @mbritt
> 
> 
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Re: [tips] YouTube and Multiple Personality

[Beth]

I continue to show a 60 minutes segment about a woman in Appleton Wisconsin and 
others who were diagnosed with MPD, and she referred to it, and her 
psychiatrist, Kenneth Olson paid a $2.6 million  lawsuit. He convinced her that 
she had 126 personalities, and performed an exorcism on her as well. It would 
be laughable if it works so tragic. It is not available on YouTube, but Here is 
a link that still has it:

Sent from my iPhone

> On 14 Apr 2015, at 10:21 am, Michael Britt  wrote:
> 
>  
> 
> 
>  
> 
> 
>  
> 
> 
> Our field is (desperately) trying to “expunge” the idea of multiple 
> personalities from the public consciousness, it’s obviously going to be an 
> uphill battle.  I noticed that even a search of YouTube on “dissociative 
> disorder” brings up a slew of popular videos (many old) on multiple 
> personalities.  The video that I showed my students:
> 
> https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1085977368086270&fref=nf
> 
> is fascinating but probably not nearly so as the ones with the dramatic video 
> of people supposedly having multiple personalities.  To the challenge 
> remains: we need more videos on DID that clearly explain what we currently 
> believe about this disorder and, preferably, in an interesting way.
> 
> Michael
> 
> Michael A. Britt, Ph.D.
> mich...@thepsychfiles.com
> http://www.ThePsychFiles.com
> Twitter: @mbritt
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [tips] APA Style: Spaces between sentences

[Beth Benoit]

APA says one.  All touch typing courses taught us to use two.  My thumbs
will never be able to unlearn that double space after a sentence though.
Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire​

On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 4:47 PM, Wuensch, Karl L  wrote:

> One or two?
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[tips] Sensation and Perception and...Bill Clinton?

[Beth Benoit]

Here's an interesting tidbit about the portrait painter, Nelson Shanks, who
included a subtle judgment of ol' Bill in the National Gallery portrait:

http://happyplace.someecards.com/lewisnky/artist-reveals-that-portrait-of-bill-clinton-hanging-in-the-national-gallery-has-monica-lewinsky-reference/

Beth Benoit
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Re: [tips] Hey Guys! Stop Worrying!

[Beth Benoit]

Wait!!! "Mongoloids" and "Caucasoids" and "Negroids"?  Don't we have some
grievances with those terms?  I know that I do.

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Plymouth NH


On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 6:01 PM, Wuensch, Karl L  wrote:

>
>
>
>
>
>
>Who would have thought that the barnacles are such studs?
>
>
>
>   A friend just shared this:
> https://lesacreduprintemps19.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/an-examination-of-rushton_s-theory-of-differences-in-penis-length-and-circumference-and-r-k-life-history-theory-in-113-populations.pdf
>
>
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> [image: Karl L. Wuensch] <http://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/klw.htm>
>
> *From:* Carol DeVolder [mailto:devoldercar...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 03, 2015 5:03 PM
> *To:* Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
> *Subject:* Re: [tips] Hey Guys! Stop Worrying!
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> OMG---when I first read the abstract I thought the measurements were in
> inches. I was stunned. Conclude what you will...
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 2:31 PM, Mike Palij  wrote:
>
> A new research study/meta-analysis of, uh, y'know length, indicates
> that the "normal" length is likely less than what most think.  The research
> was published in the journal -- I kid you not -- BJU International,
> a Wiley journal.  For those who are curious, see:
> http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10./bju.13010/full
>
> The results section of the abstract make interesting reading but
> probably only if one is fluent in the metric system; quoting:
>
> |Results
> |
> |Nomograms for flaccid pendulous [n = 10 704, mean (sd) 9.16 (1.57) cm]
> |and stretched length [n = 14 160, mean (sd) 13.24 (1.89) cm], erect length
> |[n = 692, mean (sd) 13.12 (1.66) cm], flaccid circumference [n = 9407,
> |mean (sd) 9.31 (0.90) cm], and erect circumference [n = 381, mean (sd)
> |11.66 (1.10) cm] were constructed. Consistent and strongest significant
> |correlation was between flaccid stretched or erect length and height,
> |which ranged from r = 0.2 to 0.6. Limitations: relatively few erect
> |measurements were conducted in a clinical setting and the greatest
> |variability between studies was seen with flaccid stretched length.
>
> I'm sure that some Tipsters will be able to work in the above into their
> statistics classes. Possibly for the most interesting use of means and
> standard deviations.  There are a number of correlations reported
> between you-know-what and other body parts/variables but they
> are not consistent (sorry guys with big feet), but, clearly, more research
> needs to be done.
>
> Of course, such momentous results have caught the eye of the
> mass media and interest is rising.  See for example, the
> UK's Guardian:
>
> http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/mar/03/the-results-are-in-study-reveals-average-penis-size
> or the Times of India
>
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health/Are-you-worried-about-your-penis-size-Read-on/articleshow/46443857.cms
> and, for the metrically challenged, HuffPo:
>
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/03/average-penis-size-comprehensive-review_n_6791672.html
>
> Now, if anyone has taught a Sexuality and Behavior course, I think they
> won't be too surprised by these results.  However, anyone who gets
> their knowledge about other guys junk from porno will probably be
> surprised.
>
> Women, of course, know better, as Maria Muldaur has noted:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvrupRQD44I
>
> -Mike Palij
> New York University
> m...@nyu.edu
>
> P.S. And remember: if it ain't in the hips, it better be in the lips. ;-)
>
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Re: [tips] Hey Guys! Stop Worrying!

[Beth Benoit]

That's nothin'!  (So to speak.)

When I teach Human Sexuality, a study that always garners a lot of interest
(and hopefully is remembered) is one done at University of Georgia which
hypothesizes that men who are homophobic demonstrate sexual arousal when
viewing homosexual pornography.  (And so, can we conclude that men who are
homophobes are actually hiding their homosexual proclivities?)

I still haven't figured out how they got these guys to participate.  It was
portrayed rather graphically (no surprise:  it was an HBO production) in a
documentary called "Middle Sexes:  Redefining He and She."

Here's a link to the vey interesting study:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8772014

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Plymouth NH

On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 5:35 PM, Mike Palij  wrote:

> On Tue, 03 Mar 2015 14:09:16 -0800, Carol DeVolder wrote:
>
>> OMG---when I first read the abstract I thought the measurements
>> were in inches. I was stunned. Conclude what you will...
>>
>
> I conclude:
>
> (1) You're not Canadian. ;-)
>
> (2) Most males who made the same reading error are probably
> experiencing a severe episode of penile dysmorphic disorder
> and can't get the phrase "micro-penis" out of their head.
>
> (3) A couple of males who made the reading error are thinking
> "Hey, I'm just average!" ;-)
>
> I won't begin to imagine what female Tipsters thought when
> they made the reading error.  However, I suppose they might
> be asking "where did they get these participants?" ;-)
>
> -Mike Palij
> New York University
> m...@nyu.edu
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 2:31 PM, Mike Palij  wrote:
>
>  A new research study/meta-analysis of, uh, y'know length, indicates
>> that the "normal" length is likely less than what most think.  The
>> research
>> was published in the journal -- I kid you not -- BJU International,
>> a Wiley journal.  For those who are curious, see:
>> http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10./bju.13010/full
>>
>> The results section of the abstract make interesting reading but
>> probably only if one is fluent in the metric system; quoting:
>>
>> |Results
>> |
>> |Nomograms for flaccid pendulous [n = 10 704, mean (sd) 9.16 (1.57) cm]
>> |and stretched length [n = 14 160, mean (sd) 13.24 (1.89) cm], erect
>> length
>> |[n = 692, mean (sd) 13.12 (1.66) cm], flaccid circumference [n = 9407,
>> |mean (sd) 9.31 (0.90) cm], and erect circumference [n = 381, mean (sd)
>> |11.66 (1.10) cm] were constructed. Consistent and strongest significant
>> |correlation was between flaccid stretched or erect length and height,
>> |which ranged from r = 0.2 to 0.6. Limitations: relatively few erect
>> |measurements were conducted in a clinical setting and the greatest
>> |variability between studies was seen with flaccid stretched length.
>>
>> I'm sure that some Tipsters will be able to work in the above into their
>> statistics classes. Possibly for the most interesting use of means and
>> standard deviations.  There are a number of correlations reported
>> between you-know-what and other body parts/variables but they
>> are not consistent (sorry guys with big feet), but, clearly, more research
>> needs to be done.
>>
>> Of course, such momentous results have caught the eye of the
>> mass media and interest is rising.  See for example, the
>> UK's Guardian:
>> http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/mar/03/the-
>> results-are-in-study-reveals-average-penis-size
>> or the Times of India
>> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/
>> health-fitness/health/Are-you-worried-about-your-penis-size-
>> Read-on/articleshow/46443857.cms
>> and, for the metrically challenged, HuffPo:
>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/03/average-penis-size-
>> comprehensive-review_n_6791672.html
>>
>> Now, if anyone has taught a Sexuality and Behavior course, I think they
>> won't be too surprised by these results.  However, anyone who gets
>> their knowledge about other guys junk from porno will probably be
>> surprised.
>>
>> Women, of course, know better, as Maria Muldaur has noted:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvrupRQD44I
>>
>> -Mike Palij
>> New York University
>>
>> P.S. And remember: if it ain't in the hips, it better be in the lips. ;-)
>>
>
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Re: [tips] Oliver Sacks

[Beth Benoit]

Nick Nolte was born in 1941 and he remembers the food scarcity of WWII?  He
would have been four years old when it ended.  And he shoveled coal into
the furnace at night to keep the house warm?  At four years old??  I have a
granddaughter who is four, and trust me, she isn't going to remember
specifics of lard distribution and would never be capable of shoveling coal
into a furnace.

Maybe we have a different issue going on now.​  Memory?  Time to check in
with Elizabeth Loftus.

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Plymouth NH

On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 8:14 PM, Joan Warmbold  wrote:

>
>
> I also read the entire interview given by Nolte and I didn't see evidence
> of despair or lack of ego integrity either. Yes, he openly discusses the
> difficulties that have come his way as he ages, such as those infernal
> aches and pains, losing friends to illnesses and coming to terms with a
> less close relationship with his son who now has his own family.  But are
> not those the realities most people face as they age? On the other hand,
> his anecdote about attending his 50th HS reunion was sweetly amusing and
> upbeat.  As he said, at first you don't recognize anyone but the
> connections are still there and, naturally, he discovers he still was in
> love with his HS sweetheart.
>
> I feel Nick Nolte is remarkably authentic for a "Hollywood" actor.  We
> simply aren't accustomed to hearing a man express himself with such
> candor; i.e. he can cry everyday and he can laugh everyday.  To me, this
> is someone who is sharing with amazing frankness how he is in touch with
> the sadness as well as the goodness of life on a daily basis.  That's not
> despair but a honest expression of an emotional reality.  And he certainly
> is still deeply engaged in what life has to offer. Have many of us will be
> starring in a film along side Robert Redford when in our 70's? Just BTW, I
> would highly recommend a small jewel of a film Nolte starred in titled
> "Off the Black:"
>
> "Off the Black" is a coming-of-age story of teenager Dave Tibbel (Morgan)
> who copes with his own distant father (Timothy Hutton) by forming an
> unlikely friendship with a disheveled, irascible high school umpire, Ray
> Cooke (Nolte). As they grow more dependent on each other, Ray asks Dave to
> go to his 40th high school reunion and pretend to be his son, a benevolent
> act of deception that winds up opening unexpected dimensions in the two
> men.
>
> Read more: http://www.aceshowbiz.com/movie/off_the_black/#ixzz3SF0szUyh
>
> Joan
> jwarm...@oakton.edu
>
>
> > Now that I’ve had the time to read the entire article, I wouldn’t
> > agree that Nolte lacks ego integrity.  The article ends with this quote:
> >
> > You learn acceptance and humility. You learn how to find happiness on
> your
> > own terms. Just because I cry every day, doesn't mean I don't laugh every
> > day, too.
> >
> > Linda Tollefsrud
> > UW Colleges
> > Rice Lake, WI
> >
> > From: Beth Benoit [mailto:beth.ben...@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 4:31 PM
> > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
> > Subject: Re: [tips] Oliver Sacks
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > José Ferreira-Alves sent a link to the original interview with Nick Nolte
> > in GQ.
> >
> >
> http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-feed/2015/01/nick-nolte-interview.html?mbid=social_retweet
> >
> > Beth Benoit
> > Plymouth State University
> > Plymouth NH
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 9:56 AM, José Ferreira Alves
> > mailto:al...@psi.uminho.pt>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I agree fully with your interpretation, Beth.
> > I think your quote of Nick Nolte  as well all the paper of Sacks are
> > fabulous to teach Erikson Integrity vs despair elements
> > Best wishes
> > jose
> > ___
> > José Ferreira-Alves, PhD
> > Assistant Professor
> > School of Psychology
> > University of Minho
> > Campus de Gualtar
> > 4710-057 Braga
> > Portugal
> > Tel.cel. +351919378514
> > Tel. office: 253604233
> > Email: al...@psi.uminho.pt<mailto:al...@psi.uminho.pt>
> > http://escola.psi.uminho.pt/docentes_investigadores/falves.html
> > http://orcid.org/-0003-1967-0074
> > Skype name: feralves6180
> >
> > De: Beth Benoit
> > [mailto:beth.ben...@gmail.com<mailto:beth.ben...@gmail.com>]
> > Enviada: 19 de fevereiro de 2015 14:49
> > Para: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
>

Re: [tips] Oliver Sacks

[Beth Benoit]

*José Ferreira-Alves sent a link to the original interview with Nick Nolte
in GQ.  *


*http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-feed/2015/01/nick-nolte-interview.html?mbid=social_retweet
<http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-feed/2015/01/nick-nolte-interview.html?mbid=social_retweet>*

*Beth Benoit*
*Plymouth State University*
*Plymouth NH*

On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 9:56 AM, José Ferreira Alves 
wrote:

>
>
>
>
>
>
>  I agree fully with your interpretation, Beth.
>
> I think your quote of Nick Nolte  as well all the paper of Sacks are
> fabulous to teach Erikson Integrity vs despair elements
>
> Best wishes
>
> jose
>
> ___
>
> José Ferreira-Alves, PhD
>
> Assistant Professor
>
> School of Psychology
>
> University of Minho
>
> Campus de Gualtar
>
> 4710-057 Braga
>
> Portugal
>
> Tel.cel. +351919378514
>
> Tel. office: 253604233
>
> Email: al...@psi.uminho.pt
>
> http://escola.psi.uminho.pt/docentes_investigadores/falves.html
>
> http://orcid.org/-0003-1967-0074
>
> Skype name: feralves6180
>
>
>
> *De:* Beth Benoit [mailto:beth.ben...@gmail.com]
> *Enviada:* 19 de fevereiro de 2015 14:49
> *Para:* Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
> *Assunto:* Re: [tips] Oliver Sacks
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> Oliver Sacks continues to inspire and present a brave and beautiful
> attitude toward life.  Interesting contrast in this week's *The Week*,
> quoting from a boohooing GQ interview with Nick Nolte:
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> "Nick Nolte has found getting old to be a painful experience, said Davy
> Rothbart in *GQ.*  "I cry every day," says the actor, 74.  "It's nothing
> tragic or anything - it's just life.  I cry when I try to get out of bed,
> because I'm in my 70s and my body hurts like hell.  Once my joints are
> moving, I'm all right, but those are my first tears in the morning."
>  Nolte's acute sense of mortality is reinforced every time an old friend
> dies.  "That'll always bring on a good cry..."  But Nolte says that perhaps
> the most painful consequence of growing old is seeing your children become
> involved in their own lives and slowly drift away.  "My son is 28.  We've
> had a close relationship all my life, but now that he's gotten married and
> had his own family, he's much more secretive.  He'll say, 'That's none of
> your business, Dad.  Leave me alone.'  And that's a sad one - letting go of
> your children"
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> After reading the above I concluded that Sacks is a good example of ego
> integrity in Erikson's final psychosocial stage, while Nolte might be a
> pretty good example of the failure of it:  despair.
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> Beth Benoit
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> Sad news about Oliver Sacks; I had not known this.
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Re: [tips] Oliver Sacks

[Beth Benoit]

Oliver Sacks continues to inspire and present a brave and beautiful
attitude toward life.  Interesting contrast in this week's *The Week*,
quoting from a boohooing GQ interview with Nick Nolte:

"Nick Nolte has found getting old to be a painful experience, said Davy
Rothbart in *GQ.*  "I cry every day," says the actor, 74.  "It's nothing
tragic or anything - it's just life.  I cry when I try to get out of bed,
because I'm in my 70s and my body hurts like hell.  Once my joints are
moving, I'm all right, but those are my first tears in the morning."
 Nolte's acute sense of mortality is reinforced every time an old friend
dies.  "That'll always bring on a good cry..."  But Nolte says that perhaps
the most painful consequence of growing old is seeing your children become
involved in their own lives and slowly drift away.  "My son is 28.  We've
had a close relationship all my life, but now that he's gotten married and
had his own family, he's much more secretive.  He'll say, 'That's none of
your business, Dad.  Leave me alone.'  And that's a sad one - letting go of
your children"

After reading the above I concluded that Sacks is a good example of ego
integrity in Erikson's final psychosocial stage, while Nolte might be a
pretty good example of the failure of it:  despair.

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Plymouth NH

On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 7:17 AM, Lilienfeld, Scott O 
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Re: [tips] Icebergs redux

[Beth Benoit]

Great sleuthing, Sherlock!  I'm going to include that in future lectures.
I always slip in the point that the iceberg was probably not Freud's idea,
and I also include the tidbit about G. Stanley Hall hosting Freud's only
American visit when he spoke at Clark University in Worcester,
Massachusetts, since most of my students are familiar with Clark -
Worcester is "in the neighborhood" when you live in New England.  Now I
have another interesting bit.  Thanks!

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Plymouth NH

On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Christopher Green  wrote:

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> Dear TIPSters,
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> Many times the question of the origin of the iceberg metaphor for the
> relationship between the conscious and unconscious minds has come up on
> this list. It is generally agreed that, although it is often used in
> textbooks to explicate Freud’s theory of the unconscious, it was not used
> by Freud himself. Usually, someone finds the vaguely similar reference to
> icebergs in the work of Fechner, and suggests that this must be the source
> f the metaphor.
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> I was just reading through an 1898 article by G. Stanley Hall on the
> development of the sense of self, and I ran across the following passage:
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> The mistake of ego-theorists is akin to that of those who thought icebergs
> were best studied from above the surface and were moved by winds, when in
> fact about nine-tenths of their mass is submerged, and they follow the
> deeper and more constant oceanic currents, often in the teeth of gales,
> vitiating all the old aerodynamic equations (p. 393).
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> Considering that Hall was the man who (11 years later) would host Freud
> (and Jung) in America, and that he was one of the early American promoters
> of psychoanalysis (translating Freud’s “Origin and Development of
> Psychoanalysis,” and publishing it in his own *American Journal of
> Psychology *(before it was republished in book-form), it seem not
> impossible, that the association of the iceberg with the structure of
> (un)consciousness that we now find associated with Freud comes, originally,
> from Hall.
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> The full citation is:
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> G. Stanley Hall (1898). Some aspects of the early sense of self. *American
> Journal of Psychology, 9*, 351-395.
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> I have included the passage above in its original longer context below.
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> Chris
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> Christopher D Green
> Department of Psychology
> York University
> Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
> Canada
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> chri...@yorku.ca
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> When we are told that nothing but the soul can mirror it-self, that
> self-consciousness is the Bible of the psychologist, I reply that only a
> part of the soul is therein revealed; that personality has far deeper roots
> in unconsciousness; that the testimony of consciousness, wherein only a
> part of the soul content knows another part, can not express the most
> impor-tant elements; that all the processes in it are land-locked, as in an
> inland sea, far from the great ocean of life and mind, because thought must
> at best imitate sense, however dimly and remotely, and that consciousness
> is "not the creator or bearer of the ego-synthesis, but only one form of
> its expression." Even if we had a complete history of the consciousness of
> every member of the race, it would be a very incom-plete expression of the
> human soul, not only because con-sciousness is yet in its babyhood, and the
> best things are not revealed in it yet, but because from its very nature
> they never can be. We have sought the real ego in the intellect. It is not
> there, nor yet in the will, which is a far better expression of it than
> thought. Its nucleus is below the threshold of consciousness. The mistake
> of ego-theorists is akin to that of those who thought icebergs were best
> studied from above the surface and were moved by winds, when in fact about
> nine-tenths of their mass is submerged, and they follow the deeper and more
> constant oceanic currents, often in the teeth of gales, vitiating all the
> old aerodynamic equations. We must, therefore, without neglecting these
> older oracles, turn to a different source for real knowledge of the real
> self, viz.: the objective study of every phase and every growing stage of
> the psyche and of the soma in animals, savages, and children. Soul is
> vastly larger than consciousness, and the highest powers are those that
> spring from roots that start deepest down in the scale of life.
> Consciousness is as differ-ent from mind as froth is from beer, and the
> syllabub of some of its exploiters and "promotors" suggests the mediaeval
> barber's apprenticeship, which ended when the tyro could make two tierces
> of foam f

Re: [tips] Gender Roles in Homosexual Relationships

[Beth Benoit]

Thanks, Gary.  I "like" that Michael Britt gave me the opportunity to
present this interesting concept.  I hope I did it justice.

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Plymouth NH​

On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Gerald Peterson  wrote:

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> Great post Beth. Thanks. It has been a while since I taught such a class,
> but these are often questions that develop.  I am now covering this in my
> Soc. Psych class, but they are more timid.
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> TIPS needs facebook page...then I would just "like" Beth's post lol.
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> G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D
> Psychology@SVSU
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> On Feb 8, 2015, at 7:09 PM, Beth Benoit  wrote:
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> Sorry to be so late to respond to this thread but I just returned from a
> long weekend (and a drive through horrible weather) but returned safely to
> New Hampshire.  (Phew!)
>
> I have taught a course in Human Sexuality for a while, and offer this
> research...
>
> First, from the text I use (by Simon LeVay and Janice Baldwin, 2012):
>
> "During the 20th century, the diversity of gay people became much more
> apparent (Faderman, 1991; Chauncey, 1994).  To accommodate this
> recognition, a new idea took hold - that there are two kinds of lesbians
> and two kinds of gay men.  The two kinds of lesbians were called *butch *and
> *femme*:  The butch lesbians looked, dressed, and acted like men and took
> a dominant role in sex, while the femme lesbians were like heterosexual
> women and took a submissive role in sex.  A lesbian couple would consist of
> a butch-femme pair.  Similarly, gay men were thought to be of two kinds,
> sometimes referred to as tops and bottoms:  Tops were defined by a
> preference for the insertive role in anal intercourse and were relatively
> masculine and dominant generally, while bottoms preferred the receptive
> role and were more feminine.  With this thinking, lesbian and gay male
> relationships were "regularized."  Although they were same​-sex
> relationships, they mimicked heterosexual relationships in the sense that
> they were formed by the union of a more masculine-gendered and a more
> feminine-gendered partner.
>
> This general conception of gay sexuality persisted through the 1950s and
> was very much part of gay and lesbian culture.  According to an oral
> history of mid-2oth century lesbian life in Buffalo, New York, young,
> working-class women who entered the lesbian culture had to first figure out
> whether they were butch or femme.  After this fateful decision was made,
> all their relationships, social roles, and sexual behaviors were governed
> by their identity as one or the other (Kennedy & Davis, 1983).
>
> ​To some degree, this culture of complementary gender types still exists
> today.  The 10-year-old son of a lesbian couple living in Decatur, Georgia,
> put it this way:  "One of my moms id kind of like my dad, and my other mom
> is the girly mom" (Bagby, 2008).  But in general, today's gay and lesbian
> communities are characterized by a kaleidoscopic variety of "types" and a
> generally more playful attitude toward gender.  Self-identified butch and
> femme lesbians still exist, but the rules have loosened.  No one would be
> surprised to see two butch or two femme lesbians forming a couple, for
> example.
>
> In addition, the lesbian/straight and gay/straight dichotomies are
> themselves under siege, especially among women.  While some women remain
> out-and-out lesbians, others move fluidly between relationships with both
> men and women (Diamond, 2008).  Of course, one might call these women
> bisexuals...rather than lesbians.  However, they may reject any such labels
> themselves, preferring to define their sexual desires in terms of the
> specific people they are attracted to, rather than by overall classes of
> partners.​
> ​
> ​  This may help explain why over 2% of the women in the National Survey
> of Sexual Health and Behavior (NSSHB) survey...described themselves as
> "something else" rather than gay, bisexual, or straight.  Thus, they
> challenge the centrality of sexual orientation as we currently define it."​
>
> Some other thoughts on the subject were first offered by Donald McCreary
> in 1994.  (Rhoda Unger discusses his work in another text I've used when
> teaching Psychology of Women (the text is called *The Psychology of Women
> and Gender)*.  McCreary pointed out how men who appear "effeminate" are
> more likely to be perceived as gay, while women who have masculine traits
> may be less likely to be seen as gay.  I know this isn't exactly the point
> Michael was considering, but I always thought it was interesting,
> nonetheless.
>
> As you 

Re: [tips] Gender Roles in Homosexual Relationships

[Beth Benoit]

Sorry to be so late to respond to this thread but I just returned from a
long weekend (and a drive through horrible weather) but returned safely to
New Hampshire.  (Phew!)

I have taught a course in Human Sexuality for a while, and offer this
research...

First, from the text I use (by Simon LeVay and Janice Baldwin, 2012):

"During the 20th century, the diversity of gay people became much more
apparent (Faderman, 1991; Chauncey, 1994).  To accommodate this
recognition, a new idea took hold - that there are two kinds of lesbians
and two kinds of gay men.  The two kinds of lesbians were called *butch *and
*femme*:  The butch lesbians looked, dressed, and acted like men and took a
dominant role in sex, while the femme lesbians were like heterosexual women
and took a submissive role in sex.  A lesbian couple would consist of a
butch-femme pair.  Similarly, gay men were thought to be of two kinds,
sometimes referred to as tops and bottoms:  Tops were defined by a
preference for the insertive role in anal intercourse and were relatively
masculine and dominant generally, while bottoms preferred the receptive
role and were more feminine.  With this thinking, lesbian and gay male
relationships were "regularized."  Although they were same​-sex
relationships, they mimicked heterosexual relationships in the sense that
they were formed by the union of a more masculine-gendered and a more
feminine-gendered partner.

This general conception of gay sexuality persisted through the 1950s and
was very much part of gay and lesbian culture.  According to an oral
history of mid-2oth century lesbian life in Buffalo, New York, young,
working-class women who entered the lesbian culture had to first figure out
whether they were butch or femme.  After this fateful decision was made,
all their relationships, social roles, and sexual behaviors were governed
by their identity as one or the other (Kennedy & Davis, 1983).

​To some degree, this culture of complementary gender types still exists
today.  The 10-year-old son of a lesbian couple living in Decatur, Georgia,
put it this way:  "One of my moms id kind of like my dad, and my other mom
is the girly mom" (Bagby, 2008).  But in general, today's gay and lesbian
communities are characterized by a kaleidoscopic variety of "types" and a
generally more playful attitude toward gender.  Self-identified butch and
femme lesbians still exist, but the rules have loosened.  No one would be
surprised to see two butch or two femme lesbians forming a couple, for
example.

In addition, the lesbian/straight and gay/straight dichotomies are
themselves under siege, especially among women.  While some women remain
out-and-out lesbians, others move fluidly between relationships with both
men and women (Diamond, 2008).  Of course, one might call these women
bisexuals...rather than lesbians.  However, they may reject any such labels
themselves, preferring to define their sexual desires in terms of the
specific people they are attracted to, rather than by overall classes of
partners.​
​
​  This may help explain why over 2% of the women in the National Survey of
Sexual Health and Behavior (NSSHB) survey...described themselves as
"something else" rather than gay, bisexual, or straight.  Thus, they
challenge the centrality of sexual orientation as we currently define it."​

Some other thoughts on the subject were first offered by Donald McCreary in
1994.  (Rhoda Unger discusses his work in another text I've used when
teaching Psychology of Women (the text is called *The Psychology of Women
and Gender)*.  McCreary pointed out how men who appear "effeminate" are
more likely to be perceived as gay, while women who have masculine traits
may be less likely to be seen as gay.  I know this isn't exactly the point
Michael was considering, but I always thought it was interesting,
nonetheless.

As you may have concluded from LeVay and Baldwin's description, the whole
concept of butch and femme is controversial, but still evolving.  There are
still strong butch movements (here's a newsletter that has much of
interest
 http://www.butchvoices.com/category/announcements/page/2/  ) and the idea
that using/thinking of gays as butch and/or femme is not totally
unacceptable to the gay community, nor is it necessarily outdated.

That said, I also want to stress that, as with any other person or group,
many understandably rebel against the idea that they be defined or labeled.

After pondering all of this, I wonder if another concept you might want to
consider, Michael, is why humans feel the need to categorize and break
groups down into subcategories.

Ah, I think I see another thread forming.  At least, in the old days, that
would have happened on TIPS.

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Plymouth NH

On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Michael Britt 
wrote:

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> Can anyone point me to research on the t

Re: [tips] Confirmation Bias

[Beth Benoit]

They're clearly not everywhere.  Our daughter lived in Boston and it was
interesting to look out the window in the middle of the night and see the
traffic light outside her window changing with nary a car in sight.

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire
​

On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 12:16 PM, Ken Steele  wrote:

> On 2/1/2015 11:50 AM, Paul C Bernhardt wrote:
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>> The wires do not sense pressure or weight. They sense metal. The
>> presence of metal above the loop changes the magnetic field induced by
>> the loop which changes its electrical properties. Those electrical
>> properties are sensed by the system in the traffic light control box and
>> used to time the changing of the light. Therefore, snow, plows, etc. are
>> unlikely to damage or change their operation.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induction_loop#Vehicle_detection
>>
>> Paul C Bernhardt
>> Associate Professor of Psychology
>> Frostburg State University
>> pcbernhardt☞frostburg.edu
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> As a frequent pedestrian, I am often waiting for a car to show up at an
> intersection so that the light will change.
>
> Ken
>
> 
> Kenneth M. Steele, Ph. D.steel...@appstate.edu
> Professor
> Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu
> Appalachian State University
> Boone, NC 28608
> USA
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Re: [tips] What Would Skinner Do?

[Beth Benoit]

What an interesting perspective, John.  Vermonters I know would love to
think of themselves as exemplary in this area.

(And now I'm going to be singing, "Oh, the farmers and the ranchers should
be friends!" from *Oklahoma* all day*.*)​

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Plymouth NH


On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 1:51 PM, John Kulig  wrote:

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> We should take an historic peek at the "farmers versus ranchers" conflict
> in the US (and then visit Vermont). I have heard it argued by evolutionary
> psychologists (I am not in a position to fully explain or defend ..) that
> ranchers have an "all or none" culture. You either hit it rich or flopped,
> with little incentive to co-operate. In farming societies everyone can get
> ahead if rules and boundaries are established, hence communal values. I
> have not studied this issue in detail, but I suspect the key difference is
> that cattle roam; hence no boundaries, rules, or statehood. In contrast,
> farm equipment and crops stay put; hence boundaries and neighbors. The
> difference lead to actual conflict in the US West.
>
> In New England, Vermont may be the most farm-like, and gave the US Senate
> its only socialist (Bernie). It is also home to Ben & Jerry ice cream which
> is known to donate heavily to liberal causes (before they sold out) and
> Cabot diary products which (the last I heard) is tied into a dairy
> co-operative. Now, what do we make of the fact that Bernie Sanders, Howard
> "scream" Dean (former governor) and Ben & Jerry are all transplanted New
> Yorkers (not from the Long Island potato farms)? And the fact that when I
> drive through I encounter  "Take Back Vermont!" on barns? Not sure. There
> are obviously many other factors e.g. less law and order presence in the US
> West versus Canada ..the proximity of Vermont to Canada, and so forth. And
> we are stereotyping countries and states .. there is much variability
> within each. In sync with the other comments, there is also a
> self-reliance streak in VT. It is the only US State I know of that was its
> own country, with their own laws and mint, in the aftermath of the US
> revolution. Seriously, Vermont is a cool place if you don't putting up with
> the transplanted New Yorkers :-)
>
>
> ==
> John W. Kulig, Ph.D.
> Professor of Psychology
> Coordinator, Psychology Honors
> Plymouth State University
> Plymouth NH 03264
> ==
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> *From: *"don allen" 
> *To: *"Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <
> tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu>
> *Sent: *Monday, January 12, 2015 1:12:58 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [tips] What Would Skinner Do?
>
> Hi Chris-
>
> I think that you've nailed this one nicely. When I had a farm in Ontario
> may years ago There was a strong culture of self-reliance. You were
> expected to be able to do all of the tasks by yourself. At the same time
> there was a strong sense of community support. If we head of a neighbour
> who needed help we all pitched in without hesitation. Of course, it's
> easier do do this in small communities where everyone knows everyone else.
> It's easier to ignore the needs of "Them" when you've never met them.
>
> -Don.
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Christopher Green" 
> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <
> tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2015 5:43:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [tips] What Would Skinner Do?
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> > On Jan 11, 2015, at 4:33 PM, Joan Warmbold  wrote:
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> > A more
> > unfortunate concern/question I have about the USA is why we fairly
> > consistently stand apart from other westernized nations in our
> > perspectives on taking care of the needy, whether it's in regard to
> caring
> > for the homeless, those in need of health care, etc.  Is it simply a
> > result of the powerful corporate lobbies or is more reflective of our
> > strong cultural support of individualism and that we each 'make our own
> > bed to sleep in,' so to speak.
>
>
> I think individualism is a laudable cultural attitude (not only of the US,
> but of many successful countries) but that it has been skillfully exploited
> by propagandists (corporate and otherwise) into a rigid ideology that is
> socially harmful when practiced without exception. Canadians, who have
> historically had to make their way through comparatively harsh weather,
> have long had a strong tradition self-reliance, but that was never seen as
> a justification for failing to help others who required it. T

[tips] a rehash of Jane Elliot's experiments

[Beth Benoit]

Huffington Post has an interesting article about the "brown eyes/blue eyes"
experiments.  (I didn't realize that Oprah had done an experiment with her
audience members, with Jane Elliott setting it up and guest-speaking.)

The article includes a present-day interview with Jane.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/02/jane-elliott-race-experiment-oprah-show_n_6396980.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg0063

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
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Re: [tips] Behaviorist Prof Urban Legend

[Beth Benoit]

That's the version I'd read in an Instructor's Resource Manual from one of
my first Intro courses 22 years ago.  I seem to recall there was a mention
of him reaching for the cords of a window shade and being positively
conditioned for it, but that's probably a Loftus-worthy false memory.
Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Plymouth NH

On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 5:43 PM, Christopher Green  wrote:

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>
>
>
>
>
> I had not heard that one, Jim. the version I heard was that when the
> professor (Skinner) moved one direction across the front of the room, the
> student would attend to him interestedly, and that when he moved the other
> direction they would look away, read newspapers, etc. by the end of the
> class, he was lecturing from one corner of the room. I have no idea whether
> it is actually true, or just a case of "I bet you could..." which gradually
> morphed into and "actually happened," as seems to be the case so often with
> urban legends.
>
> Chris
> ...
> Christopher D Green
> Department of Psychology
> York University
> Toronto, ON   M3J 1P3
>
> chri...@yorku.ca
> http://www.yorku.ca/christo
>
> On Jan 8, 2015, at 3:09 PM, Jim Matiya  wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> That goes back many years ago...I seem to recall when the prof would bring
> his hand closer to the front chest area, the students would write more and
> more notes (do student still take notes today?). Then they began to
> "condition" more whenever he began to move his hand toward the opening of
> his shirt (read writing  copious more notes...or at least appear to take
> more notes). The students got the prof to put his hand into his shirt
> (read, write more notes) Then after a few more classes, the students had
> conditioned him to walk in front of class and begin lecturing with his hand
> inside his shirt with a more or less Napoleon "look."
>
> Is it true or not? Chris Green would know more than I about history
>
>
> Jim
>
> Jim Matiya
>
> Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a
> listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of
> which have the potential to turn a life around...Leo Buscaglia
>
>
> > Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2015 11:22:06 -0500
> > From: steel...@appstate.edu
> > To: tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu
> > Subject: Re: [tips] Behaviorist Prof Urban Legend
> >
> >
> > I do a variation of that story in my class on shaping. I have the
> > class discover a reinforcer that works with me, which turns out
> > to be their attentive looking and smiling. Then I take them
> > through the steps of shaping me to move to the side of the room
> > and turn off a light with my nose.
> >
> > ---
> > Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. steel...@appstate.edu
> > Professor
> > Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu
> > Appalachian State University
> > Boone, NC 28608
> > USA
> > ---
> >
> >
> > On 1/8/2015 10:58 AM, Rick Froman wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I am preparing to teach Theories of Learning this semester and I
> > > remembered the story told during my graduate training about a
> > > professor being shaped by students to lecture toward the corner
> > > of the room. They evidently paid close attention or performed
> > > some other reinforcing stimulus whenever the professor moved in a
> > > certain direction until he was actually lecturing to the wall.
> > >
> > > It sounds like a clear urban legend (of the hoist of his own
> > > petard type) and Snopes
> > > <http://snopes.com/college/pranks/trained.asp> classifies it as a
> > > legend (of unverifiable nature) and concludes that, “Many people
> > > claim to have been in a class where such training took place (or
> > > to know someone who was); undoubtedly a few attempts have
> > > actually been made.”
> > >
> > > However, it appears from this site
> > > <http://hv.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=00C0Tw>
> > > that the anecdote actually may be sourced to none other than B.
> > > F. Skinner himself. It is funny that the version I remember was
> > > the one described by Carl Rogers on that site: a behaviorist
> > > professor being manipulated by his students. In fact, according
> > > to Skinner, the classroom version of the story involved
> > > behaviorist students training a humanist professor and 

Re: [tips] So I'm going to be a woman...

[Beth Benoit]

For a little more fun about men, high heels, and such, here's Gene
Weingarten (I'm a huge fan...he's funny and clever) from *Washington Post
Magazine*:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/gene-weingarten-heel-boy/2014/12/04/655fe2de-74dd-11e4-bd1b-03009bd3e984_story.html

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Plymouth NH

On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 5:51 PM, Joan Warmbold  wrote:

> Housework in high heels--is this from an episode of "Leave It to Beaver??"
>
> Joan
> jwarm...@oakton.edu
>
> > Adds a whole new meaning to ‘break a leg’!
> >
> > On Jan 1, 2015, at 6:14 PM, Michael Britt 
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I am going to play the lead in the musical La Cage Aux Folles this
> >> spring, which means I’ll be wearing high heals, wigs, dresses, fake
> >> boobs and lots of makeup.  I expect I'll be gaining a new empathy and
> >> respect for what women go through on a daily basis.  I mean, do you know
> >> how hard it is to do housework in high heels?  I didn't know until
> >> recently...
> >>
> >> Any research on cross-dressing come to anyone's mind?  I might as well
> >> make this a learning experience.  What is it about women's clothing that
> >> some men find so appealing?
> >>
> >>
> >> Michael A. Britt, Ph.D.
> >
> > Paul Brandon
> > 10 Crown Hill Lane
> > Mankato, MN 56001
> > pkbra...@hickorytech.net
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Re: [tips] "Dude....this is a study on learning and punishment"

[Beth]

Bahahaha!  Made my day!
Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
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> On 22 Dec 2014, at 11:20 am, Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. 
>  wrote:
> 
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> 
> 
> 
>> On Dec 21, 2014, Christopher D Green   wrote:
>> 
>> I apologize. I didn’t realize you had a personal anecdote on your side. 
> 
> I've got an idea that I'm sure will work based on the effectiveness of 
> electric fences for cattle and other live stock from wandering off (I grew up 
> in what was then a rural part of Illinois). My recommendation would be to 
> attach one end of the wire to a power source and the other end to the floor 
> of the subway car--making sure, of course, that the wires run across the 
> edges of the seats. Then, when passengers knees "wander" beyond the seat edge 
> and their feet are on the floor, sans shoes and socks (the city will need to 
> pass a law requiring them to remove their shoes and socks), they get a shock.
> 
> And just to bring a little psychology into this, the shocks should start at 
> 15 V and be increased by that amount for each transgression. In fact, we can 
> use some other features from those experiments. For example, when "electric 
> seat fences" are first introduced on subway cars, the MTA might want to hire 
> actors to "manspread" repeatedly on purpose until they're screaming in agony. 
> I even would recommend that this be taken one step further: have some actors 
> make so many mistakes that eventually they appear to have been killed (make 
> sure to add a little smoke and the smell of burned flesh: little things like 
> that would be extremely important, I would argue).
> 
> I'll bet we'll get most of those rudely splaying men to sit like proper young 
> ladies in short order, especially once pictures of the smoking "corpses" hit 
> the front page of the NY Post.
> 
> Best,
> Jeff
> 
> P.S. I'm so glad that I live in Arizona, where rude people can strap on a 
> Glock, and no one would even consider asking them to sit properly.
> -- 
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Re: [tips] "Dude...."

[Beth Benoit]

Seriously, Dude?  I'm tall and I've managed to sit comfortably (and without
"muscular cramping in fairly short order") without performing whatever the
female equivalent of manspreading would be.  (In an earlier era, that was
referred to as "ladylike.")

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, New Hampshire

On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Christopher Green 
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>
>
>
> It is easy, because it isn’t a psychological problem (despite the various
> nasty hypotheses that are commonly put forward by those inconvenienced by
> the problem). It is, instead, straightforwardly physiological. Seats are
> almost always built too short for most men (in order to comfortably
> accommodate shorter people). That causes the knees to fall outwards, unless
> they are consciously held together at every moment, which leads to muscular
> cramping in fairly short order. If seats were a couple of inches taller,
> the feet would just touch the ground, and the knees wouldn’t drop to the
> sides. (Of course, shorter people would then have the problem of their feet
> not quite touching the ground.) There is no public service campaign that is
> going solve this problem.  It is exactly tantamount to the problem of most
> seats being too narrow to accommodate any but the thinest people.
>
> Chris
> …..
> Christopher D Green
> Department of Psychology
> York University
> Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
> Canada
>
> chri...@yorku.ca
> http://www.yorku.ca/christo
> ...
>
> On Dec 21, 2014, at 10:47 AM, Beth Benoit  wrote:
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>
>
> I hesitate to put the title of the whole article in the subject line for
> fear of it hitting everyone's spam filter, but this article about
> "manspreading" on the subways of NYC on the front page of The New York
> Times today caught my attention.  ("Manspreading" is the unlovely practice
> of men sitting with their legs in a wide V shape, thus taking up two spaces
> on the subway.)
>
> The thought occurred to me that putting up posters asking men to be more
> considerate of their fellow passengers might not be the most effective way
> to get men to stop doing this.
>
> So, fellow TIPSters, in the name of psychological science, can we think of
> a way to help the M.T.A. effectively fight manspreading?
>
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/nyregion/a-scourge-is-spreading-mtas-cure-dude-close-your-legs.html?_r=0
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> Plymouth State University
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Re: [tips] "Dude...."

[Beth Benoit]

How about including a cartoon of a pig, wearing a suit, but with
man-proportioned legs "manspreading," and nasty little trotters showing?
>From social psychology and I/O psychology, we have a pretty good idea that
making a behavior look foolish or embarrassing can be a good way to get it
to stop.  (Remember this one?)

Or this one?


Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, New Hampshire

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>
>
> I hesitate to put the title of the whole article in the subject line for
> fear of it hitting everyone's spam filter, but this article about
> "manspreading" on the subways of NYC on the front page of The New York
> Times today caught my attention.  ("Manspreading" is the unlovely practice
> of men sitting with their legs in a wide V shape, thus taking up two spaces
> on the subway.)
>
> The thought occurred to me that putting up posters asking men to be more
> considerate of their fellow passengers might not be the most effective way
> to get men to stop doing this.
>
> So, fellow TIPSters, in the name of psychological science, can we think of
> a way to help the M.T.A. effectively fight manspreading?
>
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/nyregion/a-scourge-is-spreading-mtas-cure-dude-close-your-legs.html?_r=0
>
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[tips] "Dude...."

[Beth Benoit]

I hesitate to put the title of the whole article in the subject line for
fear of it hitting everyone's spam filter, but this article about
"manspreading" on the subways of NYC on the front page of The New York
Times today caught my attention.  ("Manspreading" is the unlovely practice
of men sitting with their legs in a wide V shape, thus taking up two spaces
on the subway.)

The thought occurred to me that putting up posters asking men to be more
considerate of their fellow passengers might not be the most effective way
to get men to stop doing this.

So, fellow TIPSters, in the name of psychological science, can we think of
a way to help the M.T.A. effectively fight manspreading?

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/nyregion/a-scourge-is-spreading-mtas-cure-dude-close-your-legs.html?_r=0

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
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Re: [tips] quick question about wipe-off markers

[Beth Benoit]

We use EXPO​ dry erase markers.  Staples, Amazon...they're everywhere.
Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Plymouth NH

On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 8:32 PM, Carol DeVolder 
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> What is the name of the white board markers that people love so much? I
> believe they must be ordered from somewhere outside the US.
> Thanks,
> Carol
>
> --
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> Professor of Psychology
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[tips] "Crowd Control" on TV tonight - behavior modification

[Beth Benoit]

This looks like it has possible implications for classroom discussion.  It
starts tonight on National Geographic Channel, and here's a link for
information:

http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Daniel-Pink-to-Host-Nat-Geo-Channels-New-Hidden-Camera-Series-CROWD-CONTROL-1124-20141121

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Plymouth State University
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Re: [tips] Sybil in Times

[Beth Benoit]

Perfect timing, Jim.  I'm covering Abnormal tomorrow in my Intro to Psych
class and I'm going to show this clip.
Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire

On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 6:34 AM, Jim Clark  wrote:

> A piece on Sybil in nytimes with some video clips.
>
>
> http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/11/24/us/debate-persists-over-diagnosing-mental-health-disorders-long-after-sybil.html?_r=0&referrer=
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Re: [tips] Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Science

[Beth]

Zainab, Zeinab and Zeenat aren't the same.  Just because they all begin with Z? 
 I think we have to recognize that we may have some stereotypical prejudices 
based on our inability to easily recognize foreign words. We need to remember 
the problem of outgroup homogeneity bias. People in non-English cultures may 
think John, Jon, Jan are indistinguishable.  

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire 

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> On 13 Nov 2014, at 2:19 pm, Bourgeois, Dr. Martin  wrote:
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> Th 
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> 
> Fascinating. I looked at the editorial board, and was struck by a question: 
> what are the odds of a board with ten members having three people with the 
> following first names: 
> 
> Dr. Zainab Fotowwat Zadeh, Institute of Professional Psychology, Bahria 
> University, Pakistan. 
> Dr. Zeenat Ismail, Institute of Business Administration Karachi, Pakistan. 
> Dr. Zeinab Mihandoost, Azad University of Ilam, Iran. 
> 
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> Professor 
> Department of Psychology
> Florida Gulf Coast University
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> Dear Tipsters,
>  
> As a couple of people have pointed out, this journal is on the Beale list. 
> For many of these journals, refereeing/reviewing is minimal and they 
> essentially publish what they receive (when the fee is paid). I was caught in 
> one of these situations a couple of years ago. I still like the paper that 
> was written but I doubt very much if it is will be read or cited much (except 
> of course by me).
>  
> If you have not yet sent payment, you may wish to be very cautious about 
> going ahead. In case the journal does have some standards you might at least 
> make some more enquiries. For example, for a couple of cases, for journals 
> that I had doubts about I contacted someone on the editorial board because 
> they were listed as being in a psychology department in the U.S. (many of the 
> people on these board are at little-known institutions in other countries). 
> In one case the person said that they were indeed on the board and were OK 
> with it. In the other case the person did not know that she was on the board. 
> Indeed, she was supposedly the editor!
>  
> Sincerely,
>  
> Stuart
>  
>  
> ___
>"Floreat Labore"
>  
>   
> "Recti cultus pectora roborant"
>  
> Stuart J. McKelvie, Ph.D., Phone: 819 822 9600 x 2402
> Department of Psychology, Fax: 819 822 9661
> Bishop's University,
> 2600 rue College,
> Sherbrooke,
> Québec J1M 1Z7,
> Canada.
>  
> E-mail: stuart.mckel...@ubishops.ca (or smcke...@ubishops.ca)
>  
> Bishop's University Psychology Department Web Page:
> http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy   
>  
>  Floreat Labore"
>  
>  
>  
> 
> ___
>  
>  
>  
> From: Christopher Green [mailto:chri...@yorku.ca] 
> Sent: November 10, 2014 9:31 AM
> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
> Subject: Re: [tips] Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Science
>  
>  
> 
>  
>  
> 
>  
>  
> 
>  
> Yes, that publisher is on Jeff Beall's list of predatory publishers. 
> http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/ 
>  
> Chris
> ...
> Christopher D Green
> Department of Psychology
> York University
> Toronto, ON   M3J 1P3
>  
> chri...@yorku.ca
> http://www.yorku.ca/christo
> 
> On Nov 10, 2014, at 8:53 AM, David Kreiner  wrote:
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Has anyone heard of or had any experien

Re: [tips] Idea for a Psych Experiment

[Beth Benoit]

I sent this on to one of the younger members of our faculty, and here's her
reply:

"The only problem is that song has been wildly popular since it was
featured in the movie "Pitch Perfect" (where they sang in glee-club style
and the lyrics are more easily decipherable). I love the concept, though,
because I'm always messing up the lyrics to songs.​"

Geez, she's way too "hip" for my current musical knowledge.  But I
suggested that it could be done when a brand-new song comes out, or even an
older one like "Louie, Louie."  Remember everyone claiming they "knew" what
the "real" words were??  This generation would be unlikely to have heard
it...

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire

On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 10:30 AM, Michael Britt 
wrote:

>
>
>
>
>
>
> What do you think of this idea for a simple psych experiment: we all know
> how hard it is at times to understand the lyrics of a song, however, it can
> be easier to understand the lyrics when we know the title of the song or
> the context of the song (the song is about “love" or the song is about
> “Loss”, etc.).  Since my kids force me to listen to their music over and
> over again, here’s a song in which the lyrics (to me at least) are nearly
> impossible to understand.  I had to “google” them to figure it out - it’s
> called “Titanium”.
>
> An excerpt of the song can be found here in iTunes:
> https://soundcloud.com/thepsychfiles/anonymous-song-excerpt
>
> However, I have pulled out 3 seconds of the song in which the singer sings
> these words, “ghost town and haunted love”.  She sings them, in my opinion,
> so lazily that you can’t figure out what she’s saying.
>
> The 3 second segment can be heard here:
> https://soundcloud.com/thepsychfiles/anonymous-song-excerpt
>
> So there’s the study:
>
>
>1. Recruit participants who have never heard this song
>2. Randomly assign one group of subjects to listen to the 3 second
>segment and don’t tell them anything about what the song is about. Ask them
>to write down what they think the lyrics are
>3. The second group of subjects listens to the same 3 second segment,
>but you tell them that the song is about halloween.
>4. Dependent variable: since the participants' responses are open
>ended, experimenters will have to code the responses as to "degree of
>correctness” to the actual lyric.
>
>
> Hopefully, the “priming” of the word “halloween” will provide a context
> for correctly interpreting the lyrics.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Michael
>
> Michael A. Britt, Ph.D.
> mich...@thepsychfiles.com
> http://www.ThePsychFiles.com
> Twitter: @mbritt
>
>
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Re: [tips] Robert P Lanza

[Beth Benoit]

Of course this isn't the actual journal article, but does this help?

http://www.robertlanza.com/lanza-skinners-work-on-symbolic-communication-featured-in-new-york-times/

On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Ken Steele  wrote:

>
> A long time ago...a very long time ago
>
> Robert P. Lanza posted the availability of a piece about his work in
> Skinner's lab on the self-awareness and symbolic communication studies. I
> requested a copy and now I can't find it.
>
> I tried searching for his post in the mail archives without luck.  I tried
> the usual databases, Psychinfo, JSTOR, Academic Onefile--without luck.  I
> would email him but he has become such a famous person that he doesn't list
> a direct email address and I refuse to register with the Huffington Post to
> get an email forwarded to him.
>
> Does anyone remember the article, the title of the article, or where it
> appeared?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken
>
> 
> Kenneth M. Steele, Ph. D.steel...@appstate.edu
> Professor
> Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu
> Appalachian State University
> Boone, NC 28608
> USA
> 
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[tips] classroom exercise for Human Development

[Beth Benoit]

Several years ago (2009, to be exact), I offered this to TIPS.  I was
thinking that since we seem to have new people, it might be time to offer
it again.  It's from *Freakonomics*, by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner,
and students seem to find many of the points interesting and surprising.

​I give out copies of the first document and have them break up into small
groups of about four or five and come to conclusions about which - if any -
of the points in the handout have ​
​
​a strong correlation with academic test scores in kids.  Then they share
the conclusions their groups reached.

After I tell them which do and which don't, I give them a printout of the
answers - also posted here.

All information is well cited, so I don't think copying should be a problem.

Beth Benoit

Plymouth State University

Plymouth, New Hampshire​

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Description: MS-Word document


Do Perfect Parents - answers.doc
Description: MS-Word document

[tips] requiring students to watch a video outside of class

[Beth Benoit]

Do any of you have experience with *requiring* students to watch a video on
their own and then be responsible for its content?

Does it work?  Is it a good idea?

I'm very enamored of "The Ghost in Your Genes" about epigenetics, for
example, but it's almost an hour long.  Should I spend a whole hour in
class showing this? Another important video is "Evolution:  Why Sex?"

 Have any of you found that requiring your students to watch videos on
their own (and be responsible for their contents) works?

So many of the videos I feel are important are now available online -
mostly on youtube.  (Not like the past when our VHS tapes were so
valuable!)  So should we spend time in class showing things our students
can easily access themselves?

I think this is a new concern.  (Happy to see your input, Sue Frantz! What
say you? [She is the GURU of computer access!])  Might this be the
equivalent of expecting students to spend time also reading their textbooks?

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, New Hampshire

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Re: [tips] Donating old texts

[Beth Benoit]

David Thomas posted this last March.  I don't know if there is still a
collection going on, but you might contact him:

Tipsters

Last month I sent out the request below for psychology textbooks (1999 or
later) to donate to the psychology program at Hawassa University in Ethiopia
.

So far we have received over 100 books but are still looking for more! It
only costs a few dollars to send one of those free books you received from
the publisher. We'll even put a sticker in it that identifies you as the
donor.

We are collecting books until March 31. Please distribute this email to
your colleagues.

Thanks for your help!

david thomas

David G. Thomas, Ph.D.
Professor & Associate Head
Department of Psychology
405-744-7078
david.tho...@okstate.edu​

On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 3:22 PM, David T Wasieleski 
wrote:

>
>
>
>
>
>
>  Does anyone have contact for the organization to which we can donate old
> Intro texts for students in need. A faculty member here was asking about
> it. Thanks.
>
>
>
> David Wasieleski, Ph.D.
> Professor
>
> Department of Psychology and Counseling
>
> Valdosta State University
>
> Valdosta, GA 31698
>
> 229-333-5620
>
>
>
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Re: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent

[Beth Benoit]

So do you require that students take all four tests before they can drop
one?  THat's a good solution to my previous dilemma.

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Plymouth NH


On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 7:08 PM, Dr. Bob Wildblood  wrote:

>
>
>
>
>
>
> I use the same technique as Raechel.  My final is a cumulative final based
> on the information of the entire course.  If a student is satisfied with
> their grade based on the 4 tests given during the semester, they can skip
> the final.  If they want to try to improve their grade, the final will
> replace the lowest grade they earned during the semester.  It has relieved
> a lot of headaches and pleas for mercy from the students in the classes I
> teach.
>
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: Raechel Soicher 
> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) <
> tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu>
> Sent: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 18:48:17 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Re: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I just allow my students to drop a test grade. That way I don't have to
> decide if an excuse is legitimate or not. I give four exams, counting the
> final, and the end result is usually that the good students don't have to
> take the final exam (and can leave
> for home earlier, which they appreciate). It's worked very well for me.
>
> Raechel
>
>
> On Sep 5, 2014, at 4:11 PM, "Helweg-Larsen, Marie" 
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I teach at a small liberal arts college and although I’m sure students
> have lied to me in the past I do not experience these situations very
> often. If students
> have a legitimate reason to not take an exam (usually illness) I simple
> arrange for them to take it within a week. So my students would not gain
> anything by making a more elaborate (untrue) excuse. I find it easier to
> assume that the student is telling the
> truth.
>
> Of course it is against our community disciplinary code to lie to a
> professor and on a small campus it is easy to be found out (I might see
> them in town or
> on campus at night when they were supposed to be at a funeral in another
> state).
>
> Marie
>
>
>
>
>
> *Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D.*
> Professor l Department of Psychology
>
> Chair, Health Studies Certificate Program
>
> Office hours Fall 2014: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 10:30-11:30
>
> Kaufman 168 l Dickinson College
>
> Phone 717.245.1562 l Fax 717.245.1971
>
> http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html
>
>
>
> *From:* Christopher Green [mailto:chri...@yorku.ca ]
>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 03, 2014 7:35 PM
> *To:* Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
> *Subject:* Re: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> And let us not forget Mike Adams' classic: "The dead grandmother/exam
> syndrome and the potential downfall of American society."
>
>
>
> http://www.math.toronto.edu/mpugh/DeadGrandmother.pdf
>
> -
>
> Christopher D. Green
>
> Department of Psychology
>
> York University
>
> Toronto, ON M6C 1G4
>
> Canada
>
>
>
> chri...@yorku.ca
>
>
>
> On Sep 3, 2014, at 4:39 PM, Jeffry Ricker 
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I have required proof of the death of a family member for a long time now.
> I do this because, years ago, a student told me that he had missed a test
> in my class because his grandmother had died; and then several weeks later,
> in another
> instructor's class, he missed a test because (he told the instructor) that
> grandmother died! Apparently, she rose from the dead after the first
> funeral, only to die a short time later. The poor lady!
>
>
>
> Caron, Whitbourne, & Halgin (1992) looked at fraudulent versus
> "legitimate" excuse-making, and found no difference in the frequency of
> these among college students. One difference they did find, however, "is
> the greater number of fraudulent
> excuses claiming that there was a family emergency" (p. 91). On the other
> hand, legitimate excuses were more likely than fraudulent ones to involve
> the death of a grandparent. Go figure.
>
>
>
> I seem to remember another paper, mentioned on TIPS a long time ago,
> showing that grandparents are more likely to die just before test days. Is
> this a false memory?
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
> Reference
>
> Caron, M. D., Whitbourne, S. K., & Halgin, R. P. (1992). Fraudulent excuse
> making among college students. Teaching of Psychology, 19, 90-93
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 

Re: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent

[Beth Benoit]

I tried that for a couple of semesters but found that if students were
satisfied with their first three tests, they SKIPPED the final fourth of
the class, skipped the fourth test and then the final.  How did you get
around that?

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Plymouth NH


On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 6:48 PM, Raechel Soicher <
raechel.soic...@sfcollege.edu> wrote:

>
>
>
>
>
>
> I just allow my students to drop a test grade. That way I don't have to
> decide if an excuse is legitimate or not. I give four exams, counting the
> final, and the end result is usually that the good students don't have to
> take the final exam (and can leave for home earlier, which they
> appreciate). It's worked very well for me.
>
>  Raechel
>
> On Sep 5, 2014, at 4:11 PM, "Helweg-Larsen, Marie" 
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>  I teach at a small liberal arts college and although I’m sure students
> have lied to me in the past I do not experience these situations very
> often. If students have a legitimate reason to not take an exam (usually
> illness) I simple arrange for them to take it within a week. So my students
> would not gain anything by making a more elaborate (untrue) excuse. I find
> it easier to assume that the student is telling the truth.
>
> Of course it is against our community disciplinary code to lie to a
> professor and on a small campus it is easy to be found out (I might see
> them in town or on campus at night when they were supposed to be at a
> funeral in another state).
>
> Marie
>
>
>
>
>
> *Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D.*
> Professor l Department of Psychology
>
> Chair, Health Studies Certificate Program
>
> Office hours Fall 2014: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 10:30-11:30
>
> Kaufman 168 l Dickinson College
>
> Phone 717.245.1562 l Fax 717.245.1971
>
> http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html
>
>
>
> *From:* Christopher Green [mailto:chri...@yorku.ca ]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 03, 2014 7:35 PM
> *To:* Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
> *Subject:* Re: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> And let us not forget Mike Adams' classic: "The dead grandmother/exam
> syndrome and the potential downfall of American society."
>
>
>
> http://www.math.toronto.edu/mpugh/DeadGrandmother.pdf
>
> -
>
> Christopher D. Green
>
> Department of Psychology
>
> York University
>
> Toronto, ON M6C 1G4
>
> Canada
>
>
>
> chri...@yorku.ca
>
>
> On Sep 3, 2014, at 4:39 PM, Jeffry Ricker 
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I have required proof of the death of a family member for a long time now.
> I do this because, years ago, a student told me that he had missed a test
> in my class because his grandmother had died; and then several weeks later,
> in another instructor's class, he missed a test because (he told the
> instructor) that grandmother died! Apparently, she rose from the dead after
> the first funeral, only to die a short time later. The poor lady!
>
>
>
> Caron, Whitbourne, & Halgin (1992) looked at fraudulent versus
> "legitimate" excuse-making, and found no difference in the frequency of
> these among college students. One difference they did find, however, "is
> the greater number of fraudulent excuses claiming that there was a family
> emergency" (p. 91). On the other hand, legitimate excuses were more likely
> than fraudulent ones to involve the death of a grandparent. Go figure.
>
>
>
> I seem to remember another paper, mentioned on TIPS a long time ago,
> showing that grandparents are more likely to die just before test days. Is
> this a false memory?
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
> Reference
>
> Caron, M. D., Whitbourne, S. K., & Halgin, R. P. (1992). Fraudulent excuse
> making among college students. Teaching of Psychology, 19, 90-93
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 5:49 AM, Beth Benoit  wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Claudia and others,
>
> I didn't receive Nancy Melucci's initial post either, but read it at the
> bottom of Tim's reply.  I don't recall this happening before, so hope it's
> just a quirk.  Or maybe that's what happened to two previous posts of mine
> that got no replies?
>
> Beth Benoit
>
> Plymouth State University
>
> New Hampshire
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 11:51 PM, Claudia Stanny  wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Nancy,
>
>
>
> Given your institution's policies, you had no c

[tips] scheduling makeup exams

[Beth Benoit]

There has been some interesting discussion about deceased grandparents,
missing tests and how makeups should/should not be handled.

We've discussed makeup tests in the past on TIPS, but it's been a while and
we do seem to have some new people.  When it was previously discussed I
offered something I picked up at an APA poster session some years ago.  The
poster discussed a paper that was done about how best to handle makeup
tests, and the conclusion of the author was that it worked well for both
students and instructors to give all makeup tests - regardless of reason -
on the day of the final exam. So that's what I've been doing and I don't
have to waste any time weeding through whether or not a students reasons
for missing are valid.   (Sadly, and with much embarrassment, I have lost
the name of the presenter so can't give credit.)

Here's how I go about it:  I have the student take the final exam (my
university typically allows 2 1/2 hours, which is much, much more than is
ever needed for my final exams), and after the student has completed the
exam, I give him/her a sheet with questions (different from the original
test which was missed) for each test that was given.  I usually have about
ten essay questions for each test.  The student then answers questions for
the test(s) missed.

My experience has been that the makeup tests tend to follow about the same
grade pattern the student has had, so there doesn't seem to be any
particular advantage or disadvantage to doing it this way.  It also saves
me the time it takes to schedule and supervise a separate time for a makeup
test after every test.

Incidentally, I continue to see some kind of "this might be phishing" or
something like that or my posts, as well as others who use gmail.  I
haven't figured out how to get around it, and hope that I haven't lost too
much by people who are leery of opening an email from me.  I'm toying with
the idea of removing my TIPS gmail address and using my school email
address.  Perhaps that will solve the problem.  Any other advice?  (I love
my gmail and it's faster than my school address.)

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Plymouth NH

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Re: [tips] The season of the deceased grandparent

[Beth Benoit]

Claudia and others,
I didn't receive Nancy Melucci's initial post either, but read it at the
bottom of Tim's reply.  I don't recall this happening before, so hope it's
just a quirk.  Or maybe that's what happened to two previous posts of mine
that got no replies?
Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire


On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 11:51 PM, Claudia Stanny  wrote:

>
>
>
>
>
> Nancy,
>
> Given your institution's policies, you had no choice but to drop her if
> she did not show up. I expect she had the same experience in multiple
> classes if she was out of town for a funeral, which probably adds to her
> stress but should send her a clear message that this is what happens at
> this institution.
>
> Now if yours was the only class she missed and was dropped from, that
> raises a new set of questions, doesn't it? If she were out of town,
> wouldn't she have missed multiple classes?  Just asking. . . .
>
>
> I think you were most kind and generous to offer to reinstate her. But I
> know how rigid the rules about attendance can be at two-year institutions.
> I learned recently that in Florida, students who miss more than a certain
> number of classes must be withdrawn by the instructor, even if the student
> is doing well in the class. Something about the regulations related to
> financial aid awards at 2-year schools.  (The four-year schools don't have
> this policy, so it came as quite a surprise to me when this matter came up
> in a faculty development activity that involved multiple people from 2-year
> schools.)
>
> Perhaps if you had reinforced the message that this was not entirely your
> decision by telling her you would *attempt* to get her reinstated,
> assuming you could persuade the registrar or whoever to accept her
> documentation, you might have gotten a less hostile response. (And it would
> have saved you some additional grief if your attempts to reinstate her hit
> a bureaucratic wall.) But I wouldn't guarantee that!  :-)
>
>
> Claudia
>
> BTW
>
> Anyone else on TIPS not getting all of the messages?
> I received Tim's response but never saw Nancy's question. I even looked in
> my spam filter. And no, I do not have a special filter set for Nancy!  :-)
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _
>
> Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D.
> Director
> Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment
> University of West Florida
> Pensacola, FL  32514
>
> Phone:   (850) 857-6355 (direct) or  473-7435 (CUTLA)
>
> csta...@uwf.edu
>
> CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/offices/cutla/ <http://uwf.edu/cutla/>
> Personal Web Pages: http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 10:05 PM, Tim Shearon 
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  Nancy
>>
>> Short version- you are doing the right thing and it’s her environmental
>> factors and lack of self-reflection that lead to her response. (I.e., it’s
>> her – not you)
>>
>>
>>
>> Long version:  I’ve had exactly the same thing happen – even getting
>> abuse from a parent for being “heartless in their time of need”. My
>> syllabus stated that if you must miss you MUST notify me at the earliest
>> possible time (she waited a week and a half). And it clearly stated that if
>> you have to miss an exam due to an emergency you will not be allowed to
>> make it up if you wait past the day of the exam to notify me- for any
>> reason. Because I believed her but was trying to remain fair to the other
>> students, I emailed her that she could give me a name and town and I’d be
>> happy to just look it up in lieu of actually asking her to print the
>> obituary out. She replied that I was being cruel. I did not take the bait
>> but explained that I was being fair to the others and going beyond the
>> syllabus to accommodate her. That’s when her dad emailed and voice mailed
>> me to tell me what a cad I was and “how would you feel”? Still didn’t
>> defend myself but called him to explain the situation. He finally said, “I
>> guess we all get a bit testy at these times.” Grief. Assuming she’s being
>> honest and not deflecting at being pushed to defend an untruth, I think you
>> are being fair and she’s grieving but not reflecting on her behavior enough
>> to recognize that her emotions come largely from that and not from you. You
>> are, I think, being fair with her.
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>
>>
>> ___
>>
>> Timothy O. Shearon, PhD
>>
>> Professor, Department of Psychology
>>
>> The Co

Re: [tips] Ape language

[Beth Benoit]

That was a fascinating article, Carol.  I have talked about Koko when
covering language in my Intro course, and was interested to read about the
controversy about just how much Koko actually does accurately use and
understand sign.  I always felt, too, that there is a *lot* of
anthropomorphizing going on there.  (And what's with all the nipple stuff?
That was just kinda weird.)

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire


On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Carol DeVolder 
wrote:

>
>
>
>
>
> This is an interesting article from the Slate about ape language. I read
> it rather quickly, but it seems to be fair treatment of the topic.
>
>
> http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/08/koko_kanzi_and_ape_language_research_criticism_of_working_conditions_and.single.html
>
>
> cd
> --
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Re: [tips] Naturalism Observation: A Rat In The Wild

[Beth Benoit]

Since she responded to my email, I assume she's not going undercover and is
okay with me forwarding her email:  ;-)

devoldercar...@gmail.com


On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 8:43 PM, Joan Warmbold  wrote:

> Think it's been a slow summer Beth, really.  I would wait until the Fall
> to make any dire predictions.  BTW, can anyone give me a contact for Carol
> DeVolder.  We exchanged a few emails but now I've lost track of them and
> wish to send her an article.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Joan
>
> PS I think the rat had a "desire to belong," or a crush on that guy.
>
> > Looks like a Norway rat.  They're the big sewer/city rats.  Doubt that
> > he/she had any intentional conditioning. The high sensation-seeking
> sounds
> > like a possibility though.  You'd probably have to have that trait to
> > survive in NYC.  Right, Mike?
> >
> > BTW, are we down to about six on TIPS now?  :-(
> >
> > Beth Benoit
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On 20 Aug 2014, at 06:20 pm, "Joan Warmbold" 
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hey, maybe it's a lonely rat, though on the NYC subways that does seem
> >> somewhat improbable.  Or maybe we might have a high sensation seeking
> >> rat
> >> with a love for taking risks.  Or maybe it was a domesticated rat at
> >> some
> >> point and enjoys the company of humans.  Or maybe he has past
> >> experiences
> >> of being fed by HS's!  OR . . .
> >>
> >>
> >> Joan
> >> jwarm...@oakton.edu
> >>
> >>> And by "The Wild" I mean the NYC subways.  See:
> >>>
> http://gothamist.com/2014/08/19/watch_this_rat_run_on_subway_platfo.php?utm_source=Gothamist+Daily
> >>>
> >>> It is unclear what the reinforcement is for this behavior but clearly
> >>> it is not attention.
> >>>
> >>> -Mike Palij
> >>> New York University
> >>> m...@nyu.eu
> >>>
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Re: [tips] Naturalism Observation: A Rat In The Wild

[Beth]

Looks like a Norway rat.  They're the big sewer/city rats.  Doubt that he/she 
had any intentional conditioning. The high sensation-seeking sounds like a 
possibility though.  You'd probably have to have that trait to survive in NYC.  
Right, Mike?

BTW, are we down to about six on TIPS now?  :-(

Beth Benoit 

Sent from my iPhone

> On 20 Aug 2014, at 06:20 pm, "Joan Warmbold"  wrote:
> 
> Hey, maybe it's a lonely rat, though on the NYC subways that does seem
> somewhat improbable.  Or maybe we might have a high sensation seeking rat
> with a love for taking risks.  Or maybe it was a domesticated rat at some
> point and enjoys the company of humans.  Or maybe he has past experiences
> of being fed by HS's!  OR . . .
> 
> 
> Joan
> jwarm...@oakton.edu
> 
>> And by "The Wild" I mean the NYC subways.  See:
>> http://gothamist.com/2014/08/19/watch_this_rat_run_on_subway_platfo.php?utm_source=Gothamist+Daily
>> 
>> It is unclear what the reinforcement is for this behavior but clearly
>> it is not attention.
>> 
>> -Mike Palij
>> New York University
>> m...@nyu.eu
>> 
>> 
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[tips] I promise I'm not spamming or phishing or whatever

[Beth Benoit]

Every time I send an email, it shows up with this message that it may not
be from me.  I saw no responses to my request for lifespan development
ideas and got no responses so I'm wondering if TIPS persons were afraid to
open.  Or has our group gotten so small because of so many people leaving?
 I seem to see about three people now.  Ah, I miss the old days

Anyhow,I don't know if this warning thing is a gmail thing.  I saw one
other person with a gmail account whose message came with the same
warning

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[tips] suggestions for Lifespan Development?

[Beth Benoit]

​I'm taking over a class in Lifespan Development for a colleague who died
unexpectedly, so I have to get going on planning.  I've taught this class
before, but am aiming for paper topics that are a little different from the
usual.

One idea I had sprang from an article in the New York Times Magazine on
Sunday about the somewhat puzzling thrill for kids of watching videos on
"unboxing":  videos that typically show a pair of hands opening up cans of
PlayDoh, Disney toys, etc.  Just putting in the word "unboxing" on
youtube.com pulled up 23,700,000 results.  One of the most popular,
particularly among toddlers such as the author's, is a video of a Peruvian
woman's hands called “Play Doh Chef Cookie Monster Letter Lunch Learn the
ABC Alphabet With Cookie Monster Play Dough
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKSGkdat7mk>,” has logged some 40 million
hits.  (I cut and pasted the article below, since previous attempts to just
include a link didn't allow some to access the story.)

Anyhow, my idea is to have students suggest not only differences between
"now toys" and "previous decades toys," which, I fear, would just result in
30 papers about how now kids have computer games, but rather to point out
what developmentalists might say - both pro and con - about them in the
past and in the future.

Anybody have any other suggestions that their students have done that
seemed to work well?

Thanks!
Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, NH

  Magazine
<http://www.nytimes.com/pages/magazine/index.html> |*​*​NYT Now A Mother’s
Journey Through the Unnerving Universe of ‘Unboxing’ Videos

AUG. 15, 2014
Inside


 Photo
  Credit Illustration by Tom Gauld

By MIREILLE SILCOFF


A few months ago, I exchanged emails with a woman who told me her name was
Melissa Lima. She said she was 21, a native of Brazil who now lived in
Westchester County, N.Y., and that she was childless, because, after all,
she was only 21.

I got in touch with her because I was looking for the person known to
millions of toddlers and their parents as DisneyCollector, a YouTube user
famous for taking Play-Doh sets, Disney toys (of course) and other simple,
often chintzy playthings out of their packaging in short self-produced
videos in which we see only her hands. She wrote that before her days as an
online sensation, she worked as a waitress and a babysitter. Today she
exclusively produces online video content.



   
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/27/magazine/why-jack-bauer-is-to-blame-for-bonkers-tv.html>

Her most popular clip to date has the abstruse but keyword-dense title
“Angry Birds Toy Surprise Jake and the Never Land Pirates Disney Pixar Cars
2 Easter Egg SpongeBob.” At last check, it had garnered more than 90
million hits. To put that into perspective: It’s as if every child under
age 5 in the United States has seen it. Four times. This past July,
DisneyCollector’s YouTube channel became the most-watched one in the United
States.
DisneyCollector's most popular video, “Angry Birds Toy Surprise Jake
and the Never Land Pirates Disney Pixar Cars 2 Easter Egg SpongeBob.”

I can think of few things more damaging to the self-esteem of the
40-something parent still trying to hang onto thin tendrils of cultural
currency than to look at something your 2-year-old is watching and be
utterly baffled. Of course, I first discovered the world of DisneyCollector
through my daughter, who was born in 2011. Her obsession with these videos
suggested to me some kind of deep neurological massaging, as if my child’s
developing brain had a keyhole opening that lay in wait only for a faceless
woman with a South American accent and brightly manicured nails removing
letter-shaped Play-Doh molds from their packaging.

Clearly my kid wasn’t the only one. Her favorite video, with its Escher
staircase of a title, “Play Doh Chef Cookie Monster Letter Lunch Learn the
ABC Alphabet With Cookie Monster Play Dough
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKSGkdat7mk>,” has logged some 40 million
hits.

“Wouldn’t you rather watch a real Cookie Monster video?” I asked, after
first watching it.

“No, no, Mommy,” my daughter said. “I like the toy. I like the hands on the
toy.”

“Why?”

“Because I like it. A lot.”

*And so, the* concerned parent researches. It didn’t take long to learn
that DisneyCollector is actually working within an enormous growing culture
for opening newly purchased items on camera. According to data from Social
Blade, a YouTube data-analysis site, DisneyCollector could be raking in
between $2 million and $13 million a year in advertising. She is very
likely the most successful auteur of unboxing videos, a type of clip — part
Consumer Reports and part Christmas morning — that has been steadily
spreading across YouTube for several years.

Unboxing is not so much a craze anymore as a genre — a manifestation of a
new world of consumer expression. 

Re: [tips] A Humorous Take on the Freudian Defense Mechanisms

[Beth Benoit]

Michael,
THat's one of the best ever.  Hilarious!
Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire


On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 8:35 PM, Michael Britt 
wrote:

>
>
>
>
>
>
> Well, hopefully a humorous way for students to identify the defense
> mechanisms...
>
>
> http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2014/08/ep-224-video-if-freud-worked-tech-support/
>
> Michael
>
> Michael A. Britt, Ph.D.
> mich...@thepsychfiles.com
> http://www.ThePsychFiles.com
> Twitter: @mbritt
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[tips] Religious children struggle separating fact from fiction

[Beth Benoit]

"The ability of young children to distinguish fact from fiction varies
considerably with exposure to religion, two new studies have found.
Children who did not attend parochial (religious) schools or church were
significantly better at identifying characters in religious or fantasy
stories as pretend than those who did. The studies have been published
in *Cognitive
Science* <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10./cogs.12138/abstract>."

Read more at
http://www.iflscience.com/brain/religious-children-struggle-separate-fact-fiction#saBtcrJOemkjj1hh.99

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Re: [tips] Leonardo da Vinci Was Wrong! It is a Boomerang!

[Beth Benoit]

I show both those photos in my Human Sexuality course, and ask students
first what da Vinci got wrong.  They never seem to see the "straight organ"
(I used a euphemism here to avoid spam filters) but they do notice that
there's a rather puzzling tube connecting the woman's nipple to her uterus.
 (In the photo shown in the article, the outline of the woman seems to be
airbrushed out, but if you look to the left of the man [with the long hair]
you can just make out the rather puzzling connector.

Pek Van Andel's work with MRI imaging, further studied by Jing Deng in
London, is humorously described by Mary Roach in her truly fun book, *Bonk.*
In the chapter about it, she also describes how she sort of cajoled her
husband into participating.  Here's a short and interesting article about
it that she wrote for *The Guardian*:

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/may/31/scienceandnature.familyandrelationships

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Plymouth NH



On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Mike Palij  wrote:

>
>
>
>
>
>
> Okay, so it is summer and one needs a hook to get people to
> read articles because it's supposed to be a time of lazy leisure.
> So, what better hook can one have than reviewing how Leonardo
> de Vinci imagine what goes on internally (biologically not mentally)
> during sexual intercourse (Spiderman hooks are for kids, m'kay?).
> So, back on July 1, 2014, The Scientist website published this
> little article on da Vinci and how MRI imaging of people, well,
> y'know, shows that da Vinci was wrong.
>
> If anyone is every at a loss for an example of how falsification
> works in science, remember this; see:
>
> http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/40267/title/Imaging-Intercourse--1493/
>
> And the 1999 paper that reported research can be accessed
> here:
> http://www.bmj.com/content/319/7225/1596
>
> Warning: Depending up your attitude about such things and your
> ability to read MRI images, this article may contain "dirty pictures',
> depending upon how literal/metaphorical you are.
>
> NOTE: Given that the Scientist article is writing about a research
> article published in 1999 just goes to show that writing about sex
> never grows old. ;-)
>
> -Mike Palij
> New York University
> m...@nyu.edu
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Re: [tips] plagiarism tutorials

[Beth Benoit]

I have required that my students take the Indiana tutorial.
https://www.indiana.edu/~istd/   It's excellent and very challenging.  And
it's not just the same ten examples that must be assessed.  So if a student
fails it the first time, going back to retake it will have different
exercises.  For my online courses, I require them to copy and paste the
certificate that indicates they've successfully completed the tutorial.

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire


On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 6:17 AM, Miguel Roig  wrote:

> I haven't reviewed student plagiarism training modules in a while, but one
> that I always liked is the U of Indiana's tutorial. In addition to covering
> the basics and testing the student, you can get a certificate indicating
> that students have successfully completed it:
> https://www.indiana.edu/~istd/. If you have access to CITI training,
> https://www.citiprogram.org/, their plagiarism training is pretty good
> too (hell, I wrote it!), but it was kind of designed for graduate students
> in the biomedical sciences.
>
> Miguel
>
> 
> From: Annette Taylor [tay...@sandiego.edu]
> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 11:18 PM
> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
> Subject: [tips] plagiarism tutorials
>
> I have a summer research student who is just not "getting it" about
> citations and paraphrasing. She doesn't mean to do it badly but she just
> can't seem to get it right. She has written some informal papers for me
> this summer and continues to do it badly; I will talk to her tomorrow
> because maybe she thought that these were less formal papers and didn't
> need to conform to the rules.
>
> At any rate I wanted her to do a tutorial. I used a plagiarism tutorial in
> the past that I cannot locate right now.
>
> There are probably new ones out there.
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>
> Annette
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Re: [tips] Why such animosities between groups with much in common?

[Beth Benoit]

Dave,
Loved the phrase "twinge of kinship" regarding even silly things such as
sharing a coin toss or even the last digits of their driver's licenses.
Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
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> In case any might be interested . . . some brief reflections on the social
> psychology of rivalries that range from the violent (Sunni v. Shia) to the
> playful (sports rivalries):
>
> http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/07/iraq-sunni-shia-divide-108530.html?hp=l5#.U7oIAbHCdQI
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[tips] for Child Psych.

[Beth Benoit]

The following appeared in The Boston Globe Magazine on Sunday, and I
thought it had some relevance as an anecdote for some Piaget concepts,
though I'm not sure I can figure how many in the Concrete Operational Stage
might apply.  Perhaps: a lack of logic (since the child is only 10),
hypothetical thinking not yet developed, beginnings of inductive reasoning
(but not yet fully developed):

*In the 1990s, I was managing an international project for my company.  I
had occasion to send an engineer to Tokyo for three months to assist a
Japanese contractor with technical specs.  He and his two sons were big
hockey fans, and the Bruins were in the playoffs during his time away.  He
called home one Saturday night.  When he explained to his 10-year-old son
that it was already Sunday morning in Japan, his son immediately asked,
"Who won the hockey game?"*
*- Joe Sullivan, Braintree, MA*

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[tips] recent post sent by me is not spam or fish

[Beth Benoit]

When my message showed up at my own account, it said it may not have been
sent by me. It was! I promise!  So don't be afraid to open it.  If it's too
late and you already deleted it, here's a repeat (and I hope it's not cited
as bad as well!):

This looks like a great resource.  Note that it's from Linda Walsh.  Linda
used to be on TIPS but I haven't seen anything from her since 2009, so I
fear she may have been one of the many who left a few years ago. (I almost
did too, but chose instead to block posts from one individual, though they
still manage to sneak through whenever the same two people respond...)

Anyhow, I see that there are four things that specifically refer to
psychology and a lot of other things that look very interesting as well.
 Hope it's helpful:

http://www.uni.edu/walsh/blindresources.html

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Re: [tips] memory training for the blind

[Beth Benoit]

This looks like a great resource.  Note that it's from Linda Walsh.  Linda
used to be on TIPS but I haven't seen anything from her since 2009, so I
fear she may have been one of the many who left a few years ago. (I almost
did too, but chose instead to block posts from one individual, though they
still manage to sneak through whenever the same two people respond...)

Anyhow, I see that there are four things that specifically refer to
psychology and a lot of other things that look very interesting as well.
 Hope it's helpful:

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Re: [tips] Males Have [Insert Name] And Females Have [Insert Name] Outer Reproductive Organs

[Beth Benoit]

Hi Mike,
I figured out your reasoning for the subject line.  "Fer shure" it would
have ended up in everybody's spam filter.
Beth Benoit

On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 3:10 PM, Mike Palij  wrote:

> On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 11:29:30 -0700, Beth Benoit wrote:
>
>> I teach a course in Human Sexuality, and on the first day of class I ask
>> students what is the name for the outer reproductive organs of males and
>> females.  Everybody knows "penis" for males, but everybody thinks that
>> "vagina" is the name for the female outer reproductive organs.  Nope, it's
>> *not* "vagina."  The vagina is located *inside* the body.  The outer part
>>
>> is known, collectively, as the "vulva."
>>
>
> I concede the point.
>
>
> Of course, these cave-dwelling insects do appear to have the opposite of
>> what's expected, but if you're talking about "outer" organs, it's "penis"
>> and "vulva."
>>
>
> Well, my main concern when writing the subject line and content
> was avoiding any word that might cause the message to be blocked. :-)
>
>
> -Mike Palij
> New York University
> m...@nyu.edu
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 2:00 PM, Mike Palij  wrote:
>
> Males that have vaginas and females that have penises have been
>> discovered in an insect species.  See:
>> http://www.livescience.com/44906-female-insect-with-penis-found.html
>> Perhaps the most astounding statement in the above article is:
>>
>> |During copulation, which lasts a whopping 40 to 70 hours, the |females
>> insert their gynosomes into the male organs. The intricate |female organs
>> collect sperm capsules from the males.
>>
>> Going 40-70 hours at a time?  How many times in a lifetime do
>> they do this?
>>
>> The original journal article can be accessed here:
>> http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822%2814%2900314-5
>> Warning:  Graphic image of bug-on-bug action
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Re: [tips] Males Have [Insert Name] And Females Have [Insert Name] Outer Reproductive Organs

[Beth Benoit]

I teach a course in Human Sexuality, and on the first day of class I ask
students what is the name for the outer reproductive organs of males and
females.  Everybody knows "penis" for males, but everybody thinks that
"vagina" is the name for the female outer reproductive organs.  Nope, it's
*not* "vagina."  The vagina is located *inside* the body.  The outer part
is known, collectively, as the "vulva."

Of course, these cave-dwelling insects do appear to have the opposite of
what's expected, but if you're talking about "outer" organs, it's "penis"
and "vulva."

Beth Benoit


On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 2:00 PM, Mike Palij  wrote:

> Males that have vaginas and females that have penises have been
> discovered in an insect species.  See:
> http://www.livescience.com/44906-female-insect-with-penis-found.html
> Perhaps the most astounding statement in the above article is:
>
> |During copulation, which lasts a whopping 40 to 70 hours, the |females
> insert their gynosomes into the male organs. The intricate |female organs
> collect sperm capsules from the males.
>
> Going 40-70 hours at a time?  How many times in a lifetime do
> they do this?
>
> The original journal article can be accessed here:
> http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822%2814%2900314-5
> Warning:  Graphic image of bug-on-bug action
>
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> New York University
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Re: [tips] Psychology and Politics

[Beth Benoit]

Michael alerted me back channel that not many from TIPS have responded.  I
think this is an interesting bit of news:  i.e., are psychology profs more
likely to be liberal or conservative.

What say you, colleagues?

I'm quite liberal.  Anyone else willing to admit to one side or the other?

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, New Hampshire


On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Michael Britt wrote:

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>
>
>
>
>
> After reading articles like this one:
>
> "...90.6 percent of social and personality psychologists describe
> themselves as liberal on social issues (compared with 3.9 percent who
> describe themselves as conservative), and 63.2 percent describe themselves
> as liberal on economic issues (compared with 10.3 percent who describe
> themselves as conservative)."
>
>
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jarryd-willis/polarized-psychology-is-science-devalued-in-a-divided-society_b_4839207.html
>
> one of my Psych Files facebook members asks, "Are most psychologists
> liberal?  Does the liberal mindset affect the way Psychology is understood
> and even taught?".  Good questions.  Are we all mostly liberal?
>
> Michael A. Britt, Ph.D.
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Re: [tips] Tom Friedman

[Beth Benoit]

Wow, tough crowd...

I always thought
Thomas
Friedman was a
* journalist*, not a social scientist.  If he wants to write about an
interview with a Google rep, I'm interested.

As for Sam Biddle, who critiqued the Friedman article, and whose blog was
posted by Chris Green:  well, that's what
Biddle
does:  rips apart anyone who writes about social media - or maybe anything.
 Some might see that as a fun job.  I'm sure sometimes he's right on.  But
calling Tom Friedman "town idiot"and "simpleton" just seems juvenile
, n
ot to mention calling Friedman "a fleshy white chamber of half-baked ideas,
the Steve Jobs of simpletons. And boy, is this simpleminded techie
travelogue ever half-baked..."

Really?  Do we have to give this guy coverage?

Here's from Sam Biddle's blog:

"
If anything, one of the most striking things about tech today is the
ear-popping dearth of creative, new ideas. But it makes sense that Friedman
would enjoy his two day jaunt through various tech offices--the man is sort
of a walking startup, a fleshy white chamber of half-baked ideas, the Steve
Jobs of simpletons. And boy, is this simpleminded techie travelogue ever
half-baked: I think Thomas Friedman just chatted with some CEOs for about
15 minutes each and then went back to his hotel.
"


"Ear-popping dearth of creative, new ideas..."?  Is he actually writing
about Google and "tech today"?

I think I like Thomas Friedman even more than I did before.

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Plymouth NH


On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 3:19 PM, Paul Brandon 
wrote:
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>
>
>
>
>
>
> Sounds like Friedman got a nice song and dance from the Google rep.
> From what I understand, Google's current business model is not to grow by
hiring, but rather to hoover up smaller, younger companies that appear to
be developing promising products.  You might call it the 'black hole'
theory of growth.
>
> As for Tom Friedman, it's incumbent on him to support his statements
about Google by more than an interview with a Google rep.
> Having followed Friedman's writing for lo these many years, my personal
opinion is that he's an example of someone who established a reputation for
expertise in one field (foreign policy) who's using that to sell himself as
an expert in other fields (in this case economics).  It can be
embarrassing, since his columns often appear on the same page as those of a
real economist.
>
> On Feb 23, 2014, at 11:29 AM, Paul C Bernhardt wrote:
>
> The response boils down to saying: Friedman is wrong.
>
> But, he provides no substantial support for his argument.
>
> Paul
>
> On Feb 23, 2014, at 11:31 AM, Christopher Green wrote:
>
>
> A tart response to the first article in Friedman's Google-love series.
>
http://valleywag.gawker.com/thomas-friedman-visited-silicon-valley-and-is-wrong-abo-1524409444
>
> Chris
> ...
> Christopher D Green
> Department of Psychology
> York University
> Toronto, ON M6C 1G4
>
> chri...@yorku.ca
> http://www.yorku.ca/christo
>
> On Feb 23, 2014, at 9:10 AM, Louis Eugene Schmier 
wrote:
>
>
> Read Tom Friedman's OpEd piece in today's NY Times.  It's a must read.
 You can pull it up at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/opinion/sunday/friedman-how-to-get-a-job-at-google.html?hp&rref=opinion
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Re: [tips] Classical versus Vicarious Conditioning of Phobias

[Beth Benoit]

Mike,
Remember how many people were afraid to go into the ocean after seeing
"Jaws"?  I think the shower scene in "Psycho" had the potential to be a
pretty powerful stimulus.

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, New Hampshire


On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 5:08 PM, Mike Palij  wrote:

> I readily admit that I know little about "vicarious classical conditioning"
> but would like to raise the following points:
>
> (1) Not to berate Jeffry Ricker, but outside of anecdotes has anyone
> ever shown that watching the shower scene from Psycho in fact produces
> shower phobias, especially in people without pre-existing anxiety, fear,
> or phobia (or psychotic) tendencies?  I'd just like to know there is actual
> data on this and the results have been replicable.
>
> (2) It should be fairly obvious to everyone, I think, that the situation
> described below is a case of observational learning and, depending
> upon how radical a behaviorist one, neither operant conditioning or
> classical conditioning can explain any subsequent responses a person
> or animal might make because (a) the observer makes no response
> that can be involved in conditioning (I understand that the observer
> may have a fear response or anxiety response but it is unlikely to be
> as strong if they were in the actual situation; talking from experience,
> there is a big difference in watching someone point a gun at someone
> else and having them point it at you) and (b) there is the implicit
> assumption
> that a mental representation of cs-us-ur set of relationships is created
> and
> activates the equivalent neural mechanisms in the observer (assuming
> the us-ur relationship is a reflex). I think we are way beyond conditioning
> at this point.
>
> (3) From a couple of the references I've read on the internet, it seems
> best to describe this type of observation learning as an instance of
> associative learning that transcends either operant or classical
> conditioning,
> that is if one still want to maintain a conditioning account in contrast
> to a more general cognitive process.  I think we are beyond even
> second-order classical conditioning
>
> (4)  Can someone explain in conditioning terms how one trial learning
> occurs with the shower scene?  I understand how one trial learning
> can occur in the Garcia taste aversion conditioning studies but I am at
> a loss to understand what mechanism would cause a phobic response
> to taking showers from watching the scene in "Psycho".
>
> Again, I readily admit to being unfamiliar with this phenomenon, so I
> may be completely off in my comments above.  Nonetheless, it seems
> that the usual conditioning paradigms do not readily account for this
> (especially if one is a Skinnerian; I think it is even beyond the
> informational
> approach described by Rescorla)
>
> -Mike Palij
> New York University
> m...@nyu.edu
>
>
> -   Original Message   ---
>
> On Sat, 08 Feb 2014 11:16:29 -0800, Paul Brandon wrote:
> The best answer is probably yes.
> As usual, both operant and classical conditioning functions are involved.
> I'm not sure how a phobia differs from an avoidance response maintained by
> a
> conditioned or unconditioned stimulus.
> The main question would be the function of the mother's fear response to
> the
> child.
> Does a mother's fear stimulate fear in a child without any prior
> conditioning
> history?
> If so, than it is an unconditioned stimulus, and the child's fear is an
> unconditioned response to it.
> The phobic stimulus (talking about a shower or a snake, or a snake in the
> shower for that matter) then becomes a conditioned stimulus, and avoiding
> it a
> negatively reinforced operant response.
> The details of the mother/child relationship are the prior conditioning
> history
> that makes the mother's response an effective stimulus for the child's
> behavior.
>
>
> On Feb 8, 2014, at 12:34 PM, Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. wrote:
>
>  Hi all,
>>
>> When I was a child, I remember my mother telling me about a friend of hers
>> who developed a "shower phobia" after watching Hitchcock's Psycho. (By
>> today's standards, the scene is quite tame, but it was terrifying to many
>> people at the time the movie was released.) It seems obvious that the
>> woman's
>> shower phobia developed through vicarious conditioning.
>>
>> A "textbook example" of vicarious conditioning I have often seen is the
>> development of an animal phobia (usually a snake or cockroach) in a child
>> after seeing his/her mother express extreme fear upon coming into contact
>&g

Re: [tips] Classical versus Vicarious Conditioning of Phobias

[Beth Benoit]

Jeff,
I use that example all the time to describe how common phobias sometimes
arise.  I never thought to use it as an example of conditioning, but I
think I will now.  I'm wondering if we could use it as an example of how
more than one type of conditioning may take place in the same situation.

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire


On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. <
jeff.ric...@scottsdalecc.edu> wrote:

>
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> When I was a child, I remember my mother telling me about a friend of hers
> who developed a "shower phobia" after watching Hitchcock's Psycho. (By
> today's standards, the scene is quite tame, but it was terrifying to many
> people at the time the movie was released.) It seems obvious that the
> woman's shower phobia developed through vicarious conditioning.
>
> A "textbook example" of vicarious conditioning I have often seen is the
> development of an animal phobia (usually a snake or cockroach) in a child
> after seeing his/her mother express extreme fear upon coming into contact
> with that animal. I wonder, however, if classical conditioning is the
> better way of describing the situation. That is, the mother's expression of
> terror represents a UCS for the child because of the strong emotional bond
> between them. It is not simply the degree of "empathy" the child feels for
> another that leads to the conditioning of the fear response: the expression
> of fear in a parent might be seen as a more direct indication of danger
> because of the parent-child relationship.
>
> I hope I'm communicating this in a way that makes sense. If so, what are
> your thoughts on this: is it better conceptualized as vicarious or
> classical conditioning?
>
> Best,
> Jeff
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Re: [tips] so how cold was it? The Waffle House Index

[Beth Benoit]

Wikipedia has an entry about it, probably containing more information than
you really even want or certainly need:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_House_Index

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Plymouth NH


On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 4:06 PM, rfro...@jbu.edu  wrote:

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> Are you making this post from a booth in a Waffle House or did you just
> happen to have that figure handy (or find it on the Waffle House website)?
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> Rick
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> *From:* Bourgeois, Dr. Martin [mailto:mbour...@fgcu.edu]
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> I would argue that it's a true ratio scale. There are, according to the
> official Waffle House menu, over 1,572,864 ways to order hash browns. The
> true zero point would be if the Waffle House were closed due to weather.
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Re: [tips] Which of us gets the most snow?

[Beth Benoit]

That's so cool.  I went to a calculator showing F and C, and saw that it is
so cool how it just so happens that the two 40s coincide.  Interesting,
David Hogberg.  Thanks.  Our interesting finding for the day.


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>> The real test of toughness is who gets the most cold!   Especially with
>> wind chill … we’re down in the -40s (centigrade) today.
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>> Jim
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>> *Jim Clark*
>>
>> Professor & Chair of Psychology
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>> *From:* Wuensch, Karl L [mailto:wuens...@ecu.edu]
>> *Sent:* Monday, January 27, 2014 3:21 PM
>> *To:* Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
>> *Subject:* [tips] Which of us gets the most snow?
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Re: [tips] Which of us gets the most snow?

[Beth Benoit]

Hmmm...speaking from the vantage point of another school that gets a lot of
snow (Plymouth State University in Plymouth, New Hampshire), I'd suggest
"toughness" might be measured by whether or not school is called off when
it snows.  (Of course, it must also be a huge safety burden by The
Deciders, since if there are any accidents on the way to class, heads
typically roll.)

We have a daughter who lives near Phoenix, and they call off school if it
*rains*.  I kid you not.

Beth Benoit


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>
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> Jim
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> *Jim Clark*
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> Professor & Chair of Psychology
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> 204-786-9757
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> 4L41A
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> *From:* Wuensch, Karl L [mailto:wuens...@ecu.edu]
> *Sent:* Monday, January 27, 2014 3:21 PM
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Re: [tips] Brazilian "Phineas Gage"

[Beth Benoit]

I haven't seen my post about Stephen Black's post:.

Just in case, here's my previous post:

Geez, Chris, don't you read the Brazilian news?

Actually, Stephen Black reported it in July.  I couldn't find anything
since then:
 sbl...@ubishops.ca
via<http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1311182&ctx=mail>
 fsulist.frostburg.edu  7/9/12
 to Teaching
6:48 PM (4 minutes ago)
Amazingly, so far it appears he has escaped without the
still-controversial changes in personality and behaviour which
allegedly afflicted poor Phineas. But it may be too soon to say.

In particular, check out the remarkable CT scan for Mr. Lopez (which
Phineas never got for suffering his injury a century-and-a-half too
early).

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/19/spear_through_head/

For comparison, what Phineas received is illustrated here:
http://snipurl.com/248uo1z

The news article is also notable for two bits of advice to which we
should pay attention.  If you have to have a spear go through your
head, this is the way to do it. And for God's sake, don't try to pull
it out yourself.

Stephen

Stephen L. Black, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology, Emeritus
Bishop's University
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 7:08 PM, Beth Benoit  wrote:

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> Here's an interesting follow-up:
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> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2190864/Yasser-Lopez-Teens-skull-brain-pierced-fishing-spear--survived.html
>
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> On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 6:53 PM, Beth Benoit wrote:
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>>
>>
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>>
>> Geez, Chris, don't you read the Brazilian news?
>>
>> Actually, Stephen Black reported it in July.  I couldn't find anything
>> since then:
>> sbl...@ubishops.ca 
>> via<http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1311182&ctx=mail>
>>  fsulist.frostburg.edu
>> 7/9/12
>>  to Teaching
>>  6:48 PM (4 minutes ago)
>> Amazingly, so far it appears he has escaped without the
>> still-controversial changes in personality and behaviour which
>> allegedly afflicted poor Phineas. But it may be too soon to say.
>>
>> In particular, check out the remarkable CT scan for Mr. Lopez (which
>> Phineas never got for suffering his injury a century-and-a-half too
>> early).
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/19/spear_through_head/
>>
>> For comparison, what Phineas received is illustrated here:
>> http://snipurl.com/248uo1z
>>
>> The news article is also notable for two bits of advice to which we
>> should pay attention.  If you have to have a spear go through your
>> head, this is the way to do it. And for God's sake, don't try to pull
>> it out yourself.
>>
>> Stephen
>> 
>> Stephen L. Black, Ph.D.
>> Professor of Psychology, Emeritus
>> Bishop's University
>> Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
>> e-mail:  sblack at ubishops.ca
>> -
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 6:48 PM, Christopher Green wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 14, 2014, at 5:52 PM, Jim Clark  wrote:
>>> Does anyone know whether psychological reports were done on the
>>> Brazilian worker who had an iron bar go through his frontal lobe (it
>>> appears from pictures) in almost the same manner as Phineas Gage, although
>>> the bar fell from above rather than being driven through by explosion?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> When who where?
>>> Chris
>>> ...
>>> Christopher D Green
>>> Department of Psychology
>>> York University
>>> Toronto, ON M6C 1G4
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Re: [tips] Brazilian "Phineas Gage"

[Beth Benoit]

Here's an interesting follow-up:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2190864/Yasser-Lopez-Teens-skull-brain-pierced-fishing-spear--survived.html


On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 6:53 PM, Beth Benoit  wrote:

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>
>
>
>
> Geez, Chris, don't you read the Brazilian news?
>
> Actually, Stephen Black reported it in July.  I couldn't find anything
> since then:
> sbl...@ubishops.ca 
> via<http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1311182&ctx=mail>
>  fsulist.frostburg.edu
> 7/9/12
>  to Teaching
>  6:48 PM (4 minutes ago)
> Amazingly, so far it appears he has escaped without the
> still-controversial changes in personality and behaviour which
> allegedly afflicted poor Phineas. But it may be too soon to say.
>
> In particular, check out the remarkable CT scan for Mr. Lopez (which
> Phineas never got for suffering his injury a century-and-a-half too
> early).
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/19/spear_through_head/
>
> For comparison, what Phineas received is illustrated here:
> http://snipurl.com/248uo1z
>
> The news article is also notable for two bits of advice to which we
> should pay attention.  If you have to have a spear go through your
> head, this is the way to do it. And for God's sake, don't try to pull
> it out yourself.
>
> Stephen
> 
> Stephen L. Black, Ph.D.
> Professor of Psychology, Emeritus
> Bishop's University
> Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
> e-mail:  sblack at ubishops.ca
> -
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 6:48 PM, Christopher Green wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jan 14, 2014, at 5:52 PM, Jim Clark  wrote:
>> Does anyone know whether psychological reports were done on the Brazilian
>> worker who had an iron bar go through his frontal lobe (it appears from
>> pictures) in almost the same manner as Phineas Gage, although the bar fell
>> from above rather than being driven through by explosion?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> When who where?
>> Chris
>> ...
>> Christopher D Green
>> Department of Psychology
>> York University
>> Toronto, ON M6C 1G4
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Re: [tips] Brazilian "Phineas Gage"

[Beth Benoit]

Geez, Chris, don't you read the Brazilian news?

Actually, Stephen Black reported it in July.  I couldn't find anything
since then:
sbl...@ubishops.ca
via
 fsulist.frostburg.edu
7/9/12
 to Teaching
 6:48 PM (4 minutes ago)
Amazingly, so far it appears he has escaped without the
still-controversial changes in personality and behaviour which
allegedly afflicted poor Phineas. But it may be too soon to say.

In particular, check out the remarkable CT scan for Mr. Lopez (which
Phineas never got for suffering his injury a century-and-a-half too
early).

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/19/spear_through_head/

For comparison, what Phineas received is illustrated here:
http://snipurl.com/248uo1z

The news article is also notable for two bits of advice to which we
should pay attention.  If you have to have a spear go through your
head, this is the way to do it. And for God's sake, don't try to pull
it out yourself.

Stephen

Stephen L. Black, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology, Emeritus
Bishop's University
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
e-mail:  sblack at ubishops.ca
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On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 6:48 PM, Christopher Green  wrote:

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>
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>
> On Jan 14, 2014, at 5:52 PM, Jim Clark  wrote:
> Does anyone know whether psychological reports were done on the Brazilian
> worker who had an iron bar go through his frontal lobe (it appears from
> pictures) in almost the same manner as Phineas Gage, although the bar fell
> from above rather than being driven through by explosion?
>
>
>
>
> When who where?
> Chris
> ...
> Christopher D Green
> Department of Psychology
> York University
> Toronto, ON M6C 1G4
>
> chri...@yorku.ca
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Re: [tips] Introduction

[Beth Benoit]

Welcome to TIPS, Joanna.  I hope you find us a helpful resource.  Always
nice to get some new blood!


On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Primus, Joanna
wrote:

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>  Hello fellow TIPSters!
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> Intro through Capstone level courses online for several years.  I’m excited
> to be a part of this listserv and will surely have many questions!
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> I worked at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology for 6 years in
> various library-related positions, and while doing that, obtained a Master
> of Arts in Psychology with a Generalist focus. I would like to go back to
> school to be certified in clinical mental health at some point.
>
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> My question for the group:  I’m reading books about teaching your first
> Psychology 101 class and getting some good tips, but wondered if anyone had
> a few words of wisdom, or things they wished they would’ve known going in
> the first time.
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> Cheers and have a happy and safe holiday!
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[tips] grade inflation at Harvard and other places

[Beth Benoit]

I recall that we discussed grade inflation on TIPS a while ago.  This
article appeared in today's Boston Globe.
Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire

Harvard, other schools still fighting grade inflation
By Marcella Bombardieri <http://www.bostonglobe.com/staff/bombardieri> Save

Harvard College is facing a new round of disapproval, and even ridicule,
from some educators following news that the most common grade awarded is an
A, more than a decade after professors pledged to combat grade inflation.

Critics say that making top grades the norm cheapens the hard work of the
best students and reinforces the deluded self-regard of many members of the
millennial generation.

Yet Harvard has illustrious company among universities struggling with how
to turn the tide on several decades of rising marks.

Princeton University is reconsidering the grading crackdown it instituted
nine years ago, amid concerns that tougher grades are hurting Princeton
graduates’ prospects for jobs and graduate school. At Yale College, where
62 percent of grades are in the A range, proposals to curb grade inflation
are in doubt following student protests and faculty concern.

Continue reading
below<http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/12/05/with-its-most-common-grade-harvard-earns-disapproval-but-has-company/kCeheDYfuDjSRcM1sVljfK/story.html?s_campaign=email_BG_TodaysHeadline#skip-target>
Related

   - 12/4: Harvard professor raises grade inflation
concerns<http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/12/03/harvard-professor-raises-concerns-about-grade-inflation/McZHfRZ2RxpoP5Xvwged1N/story.html>

Grade inflation is a problem far beyond the Ivy League, although perhaps
not quite as much of a problem, according to Arthur Levine, an education
scholar. For his book “Generation on a Tightrope,” Levine, president of the
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, found in a national survey
that 41 percent of students had grade point averages of A-minus or higher
in 2009, compared to just 7 percent in 1969.

“Harvard is leading the nation once again,” Levine said Wednesday, with
considerable irony. “This is a generation which has grown up without
skinning their knees. They’ve all won awards: best trombone player born on
April 25. They’re used to having approbation.

“Given inflated self-esteem, it’s not a good thing to give them high
grades, because it only encourages a false sense of what they can and
cannot do,” he said.

After a Boston Globe analysis in 2001 found that an astonishing 91 percent
of Harvard College students were graduating with honors, officials released
data showing that 48.5 percent of grades were A’s and A-minuses, compared
to 33.2 percent who received those marks in 1985.

In response to the uproar that followed, the faculty capped honors — summa,
magna, and cum laude — at 60 percent. They also pledged to award more B’s,
a largely self-policing policy, but deans said they would notify department
chairman when professors were unusually lenient or stringent. For several
years, Harvard officials published annual grade statistics showing that
grades were creeping upward.

In response to a professor’s question at Tuesday’s meeting of the Faculty
of Arts and Sciences, Jay M. Harris, dean of undergraduate education, said
that the median grade awarded to undergraduates is an A-
minus, while the most frequently awarded grade is an A. The news was first
reported by The Harvard Crimson, the student newspaper.

Harvey C. Mansfield, a government professor who raised the issue, described
an “embarrassed silence” at the meeting, where neither President Drew Faust
nor the deans present commented on the issue. “Essentially, they’ve given
up on it,” said Mansfield, who has long railed against grade inflation.

Still, Mansfield said, he was cheered that he received e-mails from members
of the faculty council who suggested they may review the issue, asking him
to write a memo to put it on their agenda.

Harris did not respond to messages Wednesday, and Harvard spokesman Jeff
Neal would not comment beyond a statement saying that faculty members have
elevated the importance of teaching. “We watch and review trends in grading
across Harvard College, but we are most interested in helping our students
learn and learn well,” he said.

The Crimson editorialized Wednesday against any rigid grading policy,
suggesting that rising grades are “due in part to the rising quality of the
undergraduates themselves.”

Many professors are relatively sanguine about grade inflation. Harry Lewis,
former dean of Harvard College, wrote in his 2006 book, “Excellence without
a Soul,” that grades are meant to be a motivational device to help students
learn and should not be seen mainly as credentials for external consumption.

“The pressure for ‘meaningful’ and stiff grading is anti-educational,” he
wrote, noting that handwringing at Harvard about too many A’s dates to at
least 1894.

A few universities emphasize strict gr

Re: [tips] not necessarily psychology but teaching related

[Beth Benoit]

Here's an interesting article from the ever-helpful site at Indiana.  (I've
posted several times about my use of their tutorial test [free!] that
students must take and pass to indicate that they understand what
constitutes plagiarism and that they'll be responsible for it if any is
foundhere's that website again:
https://www.indiana.edu/~tedfrick/plagiarism/   )

Anyhow, here's the article I found, which credits Yale as being first to
use a grading system to differentiate students.
http://www.indiana.edu/~educy520/sec6342/week_07/durm93.pdf

However, it seems that a scale of descriptive adjectives was used ("Optimi,
Second Optimi..."), while the 4.0 scale was used at Yale beginning in 1813.

The article states that the first numerical scale was used at Harvard, and
included a scale of 20 (not 4).  No mention of Scotland!

Lots more interesting stuff in the article.  Thanks for bringing up an
interesting discussion point, John.

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, NH




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> Some time ago I recall reading something to the effect that our
> 90/80/70/60 ABCD grading scheme originated with Scottish instructors who
> brought it across the Atlantic in colonial times but I have not been able
> to verify this or locate where I saw that. Does anybody know? When you
> search online you get blogs like:
> http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?t=587049
>
> I talk about the issue of putting letter grades on numeric scales in my
> measurement class after going over correction for guessing formulas,
> optimal difficulty schemes (e.g. 62% = optimal for 4 choice multiple
> choice, half way between chance and perfect) and so forth. I have tried
> over the years to do grades as T scores, Z scores, and other schemes but
> the 90/80/70 scheme seems so strongly engrained (here, at least) that I
> have given up and say "add 8 points" to your grade and make sure the final
> result is consist with my judgment.
>
> JK
>
> ==
> John W. Kulig, Ph.D.
> Professor of Psychology
> Coordinator, Psychology Honors
> Plymouth State University
> Plymouth NH 03264
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Re: [tips] Think we can recruit Angela Duckworth?

[Beth Benoit]

Here's a TED talk given by Angela Duckworth:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaeFnxSfSC4

Beth Benoit
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> replace the hemorrhaging.)  I'm thrilled for her success.
>
>
> http://www.thedp.com/article/2013/09/psychology-prof-named-a-macarthur-genius
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[tips] Think we can recruit Angela Duckworth?

[Beth Benoit]

Wouldn't we love to have her on TIPS?  (We could use some new blood to
replace the hemorrhaging.)  I'm thrilled for her success.

http://www.thedp.com/article/2013/09/psychology-prof-named-a-macarthur-genius

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[tips] IgNobel Prizes for 2013

[Beth Benoit]

I probably have a minor reputation for being the spelling guru on TIPS, but
in this case, I want to point out an error that fails to take into account
the title's clever origin.

I'm referring to a recent post about the 2013 IgNobel prize.  (The poster
called it IgNoble - a mistake that I recall he has made in the past.)

The beauty of the clever name is that it's a nod to the Swedish Nobel
Prize.  But as the IgNobel website points out (http://www.improbable.com/ig/)
its purpose is to make people laugh, and then think, and there are a lot of
laughs and enthusiasm at this hugely popular venue, as can be seen in the
video of the ceremony at the website.  One of my favorites is the tradition
of a little girl, dubbed "Miss Sweetie-Poo" who comes out as soon as an
acceptance speech runs longer than a couple of minutes.  She says, over and
over, "I'm BORED.  Please stop."  (Don't we wish we could bring her along
for some meetings?)

TIPSters may also recall a bit of history: our own Robin Abrahams is in on
the whole farce, along with her husband Marc, who originated the IgNobel.
 I don't know if Robin (also known for her popular column, Miss Conduct, in
Boston Globe Magazine) is a member of TIPS anymore.  Our numbers have
either undergone a mass exodus, or our members have been
uncharacteristically mum in the last few months.  I know I've been
struggling with an inclination to resign from TIPS, but so far have
resisted the temptation.

Welcome to a new semester.  May TIPS have a rebirth of intelligent,
well-considered, helpful and kind posts.

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire


On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Mike Palij  wrote:

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>
> Er, I mean the winners of the 2013 IgNoble prize have been announced!
> Such an august event (or it a September event?) has been noted in the
> popular media and here is one account:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24061992
>
> Funniest bits in the above article are on how drinking makes a person
> perceive themselves as more attractive and on penile amputations and
> ducks (you'll have to read the article).
>
> For those who are original source purists, here is a link to the IgNobel
> website where more information and video of the ceremony can be
> obtained:
> http://www.improbable.com/ig/2013/
>
> NOTE: Look at the bottom of the page for info on the IgNoble
> lectures to be presented at MIT this Saturday, Sept 14, 1pm.
>
> By the way, I still think that the greatest scientific contribution that
> has won an Ignoble prize is the garment that can be used as gas
> mask.  See the photo at the top of this page:
> http://www.improbable.com/ig/winners/
> And here (though you might want to be alone when you do):
> http://ebbra.com/
>
> -Mike Palij
> New York University
> m...@nyu.edu
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Re: [tips] Education isn't about teaching facts (yes, we know)

[Beth Benoit]

Whoops...thought you were referring to the author.  My bad.
Beth Benoit


On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Beth Benoit  wrote:

> Dan Brown isn't a college dropout.  He graduated from Amherst in 1986.
>
> Beth Benoit
> Plymouth State University
> New Hampshire
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 3:21 PM, MiguelRoig  wrote:
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>> I recently saw college drop-out Dan Brown's video at a conference and the
>> audience seemed divided as to the usefulness of his rather convincing
>> message that we need to change institutional education:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P2PGGeTOA4. He ends by saying "the world
>> is changing, and if you don't change with it, the world will decide that it
>> doesn't need you" and as the MOOC revolution is taking hold, one begins to
>> wonder.
>>
>> See also:
>> http://stayoutofschool.com/2011/05/dan-browns-open-letter-to-educators/
>>
>> Miguel
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Re: [tips] Education isn't about teaching facts (yes, we know)

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Dan Brown isn't a college dropout.  He graduated from Amherst in 1986.

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire


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> I recently saw college drop-out Dan Brown's video at a conference and the
> audience seemed divided as to the usefulness of his rather convincing
> message that we need to change institutional education:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P2PGGeTOA4. He ends by saying "the world
> is changing, and if you don't change with it, the world will decide that it
> doesn't need you" and as the MOOC revolution is taking hold, one begins to
> wonder.
>
> See also:
> http://stayoutofschool.com/2011/05/dan-browns-open-letter-to-educators/
>
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[tips] texting humor

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Hi TIPSters,
I just put this on my Moodle page and thought others might enjoy.
Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
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Re: [tips] Evolution of Two Brains in Homo sapiens

[Beth Benoit]

Ha ha...should have known you'd pick up on it.  Sorry!

On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 5:24 PM, Ken Steele  wrote:

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> Of course I meant Yin and Yang.
>
> Or did I?
>
> Truly, I am rereading the Illuminatus Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert
> Anton Wilson.  It is a trippy experience.
>
> Ken
>
>
>
> On 7/23/2013 5:18 PM, Ken Steele wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> We can think of this answer as a ying and yang response.  On the
>> one hand you have the rational brain. But to keep the Cosmos in
>> balance then you must develop an irrational brain which
>> encourages the opposite type of behavior.
>>
>> On the other hand, you may conclude that I have been watching too
>> many kung-fu retribution movies during the summer.
>>
>> Experts may agree.
>>
>> Ken
>>
>>
>> On 7/23/2013 12:19 PM, Wuensch, Karl L wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Quiz Question:  Among apes, it is humans who have evolved the
>>> longest and thickest penises.  The human penis is, on average,
>>> over four times longer than that of the silverback gorilla.
>>> Evolutionary zoologists have hypothesized that humans have
>>> evolved penises much larger than those of gorillas because:
>>>
>>> 15% of the class selection this answer:  Evolution of superior
>>> intelligence was more strongly selected in humans than in
>>> gorillas.  As a result of this natural selection, men evolved two
>>> brains, one in the head and the other in the penis.  Penile
>>> length and girth enlarged to accommodate the second brain.
>>>
>>> Karl W.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
> --
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Re: [tips] Evolution of Two Brains in Homo sapiens

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Maybe too many kung-fu movies indeed?  It's "yin and yang."  ;-)

Beth Benoit
Granite State College
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire

On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 5:18 PM, Ken Steele  wrote:

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>
> We can think of this answer as a ying and yang response.  On the one hand
> you have the rational brain. But to keep the Cosmos in balance then you
> must develop an irrational brain which encourages the opposite type of
> behavior.
>
> On the other hand, you may conclude that I have been watching too many
> kung-fu retribution movies during the summer.
>
> Experts may agree.
>
> Ken
>
>
> On 7/23/2013 12:19 PM, Wuensch, Karl L wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> Quiz Question:  Among apes, it is humans who have evolved the
>> longest and thickest penises.  The human penis is, on average,
>> over four times longer than that of the silverback gorilla.
>> Evolutionary zoologists have hypothesized that humans have
>> evolved penises much larger than those of gorillas because:
>>
>> 15% of the class selection this answer:  Evolution of superior
>> intelligence was more strongly selected in humans than in
>> gorillas.  As a result of this natural selection, men evolved two
>> brains, one in the head and the other in the penis.  Penile
>> length and girth enlarged to accommodate the second brain.
>>
>> Karl W.
>>
>>
>>
>>
> --
> --**--**---
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Re: [tips] dissociative fugue vs. multiple personalities

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Nadean Cool, a nurse's aide in WIsconsin, and also a patient diagnosed with
DID, who ultimately concluded that her "false memories" had been implanted,
has been mentioned on TIPS before.  She and others were the topic of a 60
Minutes episode which I've shown in class many times.  Students are usually
stunned and enlightened..
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7380095n

Her case is also mentioned in an article by Elizabeth Loftus:
http://faculty.washington.edu/eloftus/Articles/sciam.htm

Neadean Cool ultimately got a $2.4 million settlement against Kenneth
Olson, the Wisconsin psychiatrist who diagnosed her.  According to the
internet, he's now practicing in Bozeman, Montana:
http://bpsmontana.com/who-we-are.html

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire



On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Michael Palij  wrote:

> I would like to point out that the the article Joan links to below
> is somewhat misleading.  Bob Rieber who is briefly mentioned
> in the article was the first person to identify Sybil as a fraud.
> Quoting from the NYT article:
>
> |The same year that her identity was revealed, Robert Rieber,
> |a psychologist at John Jay, presented a paper at the American
> |Psychological Association in which he accused Mason’s doctor
> |of a “fraudulent construction of a multiple personality,” based
> |on tape-recordings that Schreiber had given him. “It is clear from
> |Wilbur’s own words that she was not exploring the truth but rather
> |planting the truth as she wanted it to be,” Rieber wrote.
>
> If the above was all you knew of Bob's role, you would have
> thought he never wrote about his discovery and his argument
> that Sybil was a fraud.  But in point of fact, Bob published several
> papers, the I believe is this:
>
> Robert W. Rieber (1999). Hypnosis, false memory and multiple
> personality: a trinity of affinity. History of Psychiatry, 10: 003-11,
> doi:10.1177/0957154X9901003701
> http://hpy.sagepub.com/content/10/37/003.short
>
> Of direct relevance to Tipsters, is another article that he wrote with
> some Fordham colleagues (NOTE: Bob left John Jay College-CUNY
> and is presently part of the faculty at Fordham):
>
> Rieber, Robert W., Takooshian, Harold, & Iglesias, Humberto. (2002).
> The Case of Sybil in the Teaching of Psychology.
> Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless, 11(4), 355-360.
> http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1016888128990
> http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1016888128990#
>
> Bob even wrote a book about MPD with material on Sybil:
> Rieber, Robert (2010). The Bifurcation of the Self: The History and Theory
> of Dissociation and Its Disorders. New York: Springer.
> More info on books.google.com:
>
> http://books.google.com/books?id=da8RkgAACAAJ&dq=Robert+Rieber&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fsHpUcHsHtX54APv3IDwDA&ved=0CFIQ6AEwBw
>
> Bob tends to write a lot and a search of scholar.google.com for
> "Rieber" and "Sybil" will turn up additional articles/publications
> as well as responses by others to his writing.
>
> So, I thank Joan for point out the NYT article but I do want to
> point out that one of our own has covered similar ground earlier
> and, perhaps, more extensively.  Indeed, it would be interesting
> to compare how Debbie Nathan's book -- which is excerpted in
> the article (the book title is "“Sybil Exposed: The Extraordinary
> Story Behind the Famous Multiple Personality Case”) -- compares
> to what Bob has written.
>
> -Mike Palij
> New York University
> m...@nyu.edu
>
> P.S. Bob used to be the editor of the "Journal of Psycholinguistic
> Research" where I had a couple of publications under his editorship.
>
> -  Original Message  --
> Joan Warmbold Fri, 19 Jul 2013 15:00:30 -0700
>
> A very relevant issue is an article in the NYT's about the book, Sybil
> Exposed, about the research revealing how totally inaccurate diagnosis of
> Sybil as having multiple personality was as well as the extremely
> unethical means used by her therapist to produce a great but totally false
> case study.  Basically the diagnosis was of the therapist's making.  The
> article in the NYT's about this book, Sybil Exposed, is terrific as is the
> book itself.
>
>
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/16/magazine/a-girl-not-named-sybil.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
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> Just this summer I had a student tell me she wrote an entire paper about
> Sybil, believing it was fact not fiction. And the paper was for a high
> school psychology class.  Concerning to me.
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Re: [tips] Negative Reinforcement

[Beth Benoit]

Here's a Washington Post story with the quote near the end of the story:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/07/19/obama-on-trayvon-martin-historical-context-important/

Beth Benoit
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> On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Wuensch, Karl L wrote:
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>> Obama just incorrectly used the term "negative reinforcement."
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>> Cheers,
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>> Earth<http://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/Earth.htm>
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[tips] "Support Our Troops" bumper stickers

[Beth Benoit]

Giving thanks to our military on Memorial Day reminds me of my aversion to
the yellow "Support Our Troops" bumper stickers in the U.S.Who DOESN'T
support the soldiers themselves?  If you are not in favor of invading a
country with warlike intentions, does that also mean you don't support our
troops?  We may not all support the momentum that has sent our troops
wherever they are ordered to go, but is there anyone who doesn't want them
all to come home safely?

Years ago, when the war centered on "looking for weapons of mass
destruction," I had a bumper sticker that said:  "Support Our Troops.
 Bring Them Home."  Someone thoughtfully scrawled "TRAITOR" across it with
a Magic Marker.

Sadly, those yellow ribbon bumper stickers seem to have become icons that
just indicate that the driver is a politically conservative person.

Beth Benoit
Granite State College
Plymouth State University
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Re: [tips] power point help

[Beth Benoit]

Carol,
I love PowerPoint, but always create my own, try to insert humor, keep them
brief - as Joe Friday used to say, "Stick to the facts, ma'am!" - and work
to keep them current.

A couple of bonuses are:  they help me keep on topic (I have a tendency to
digress onto favorite side topics) and they give me an excuse to cut off
those occasional students (thankfully, I don't have many) who want to go on
and on off topic.  I just pull up the next slide and say (sweetly) that we
need to get back on track.

Is there any particular topic you're looking for, Carol?  I have my own
PowerPoints for just about every Intro, Social, Child, Human Dev. topic and
would be happy to share.  I also put them on Moodle when teaching in the
classroom (at Plymouth State) and in my online classes (at Granite State).
 I used to print them out and hand out to students, but with Moodle, it's
now up to the students to use them in any way that works for them.  Saves
on paper, especially in the larger Intro classes.

Surely there are a few of us who remember Joe Friday - dum, da-dum DUM -
from "Dragnet."

Beth Benoit
Granite State College
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire


On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Carol DeVolder wrote:

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>
> Dear TIPSters,
> I will try to be more specific and less vague this time. I find myself
> needing to create a set of Power Point slides to correspond with a book
> chapter. The problem is, I hate Power Point, and I generally avoid if if I
> can; unfortunately, I can't avoid it in this situation. Does anyone have a
> particularly good set of slides he or she would be willing to share with me
> so I have an example of what good ones should look like? Barring that, does
> anyone have any how-to tips or resources to point me toward?
> Thanks,
> Carol
>
>
>
> --
> Carol DeVolder, Ph.D.
> Professor of Psychology
> St. Ambrose University
> 518 West Locust Street
> Davenport, Iowa  52803
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[tips] Monkey see, Monkey do

[Beth Benoit]

An article in the NYTimes from April 26th reported on a study
published in *Science
*about Vervet monkeys who were trained to eat only pink-dyed or blue-dyed
corn and shun other colors.  But when they were moved in with monkeys who
were trained to eat other colors only, they began eating the previously
shunned color - and now rejecting their previous choice.

The author points out that humans have similar cultural shifts such as
having a multicourse sit-down lunch and a glass of wine if in Paris, but
maybe a sandwich and a Snapple to go "back home."

Cool stuff for social psychology courses perhaps:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/26/science/science-study-shows-monkeys-pick-up-social-cues.html?_r=0

Beth Benoit
Granite State College
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire

Monkeys Are Adept at Picking Up Social Cues, Research Shows

*Even Monkeys Learn to Eat Local:* A new study on groups of vervet monkeys
suggests that social learning may have a greater influence on behavior
development than previously thought.
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cultural shifts. Monkeys, and apparently several other species, do, too.

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they act in when-in-Rome fashion.

Wild Vervet monkeys, trained to eat only pink-dyed or blue-dyed corn and
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versa.

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animals, like humans, learn socially?

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Schaik, an evolutionary anthropologist at the University of Zurich who was
not involved in the study. “But if you define culture as socially
transmitted knowledge, skills and information, it turns out we see some of
that in animals. Now this experiment comes along and I must say it really
blew me away.”

He added: “Imagine you’ve just learned to eat pink corn and for a while
blue corn was really bad, but then you move to an area where it’s the
opposite and basically you wipe your slate

Re: [tips] APA style question

[Beth Benoit]

As far as websites, here's from Purdue's trust OWL site:
Nonperiodical Web Document, Web Page, or Report

List as much of the following information as possible (you sometimes have
to hunt around to find the information; don't be lazy. If there is a page
like http://www.somesite.com/somepage.htm, and somepage.htm doesn't have
the information you're looking for, move up the URL to
http://www.somesite.com/):

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of document.
Retrieved from http://Web address



Angeli, E., Wagner, J., Lawrick, E., Moore, K., Anderson, M., Soderland,
L., & Brizee, A. (2010, May 5). General format. Retrieved from
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

*NOTE*: When an Internet document is more than one Web page, provide a URL
that links to the home page or entry page for the document. Also, if there
isn't a date available for the document use (n.d.) for no date.
Beth Benoit
Granite State College
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire


On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 4:36 PM, rfro...@jbu.edu  wrote:

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>
>
>
>
> I don’t believe the APA has chimed in on any of those questions and
> probably a recent dictionary (APA suggests Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate
> Dictionary) would be best for such questions. For example, it may have been
> AP (Associated Press) who recently mandated that e-mail should now be
> spelled email.  
>
> ** **
>
> As to your specific terms, looking at a dictionary Web site indicates that
> “Website” can be one word but it seems the two word arrangement is still
> preferred. Web page is two words. I believe “Web” modifying page or site is
> upper case and if you talk about the Web, as a proper noun, it would be
> capitalized. Certainly the World Wide Web is capitalized (does anyone still
> call it that?).  I got most of this info from:
> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/website. Also, I just violated
> one of APA’s rules which is not to put a period after a Web site name
> (probably because of what it can do to a hyperlink). In fact, they instruct
> authors to revise a sentence so that the URL doesn’t end the sentence.
>
> ** **
>
> Rick
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> Dr. Rick Froman, Chair
>
> Division of Humanities and Social Sciences 
>
> Professor of Psychology 
>
> Box 3519
>
> John Brown University 
>
> 2000 W. University Siloam Springs, AR  72761 
>
> rfro...@jbu.edu 
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> (479) 524-7295
>
> http://bit.ly/DrFroman 
>
> ** **
>
> * *
>
> * *
>
> *From:* Claudia Stanny [mailto:csta...@uwf.edu]
> *Sent:* Monday, April 08, 2013 3:04 PM
> *To:* Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
> *Subject:* [tips] APA style question
>
> ** **
>
>  APA style mavens:
>
> What is the current APA preference for references to the web, web pages,
> websites, etc?
>
> One word or two?
>
> Capitalization of web (Web): yes or no?
>
> ** **
>
> I found a page on the APA site that was not internally consistent on these
> matters (I am shocked; SHOCKED!) . . . so, moot point? Do whatever I like?
>  The APA manual appears to be silent on the matter of web content.
>
> ** **
>
> I've been working with my staff to embark on a massive migration of the
> CUTLA web site (Web site?) to CMS management later this summer.  We are
> developing a style manual for the site to guide the rebuild.  I'd like the
> manual to be consistent with APA style.
>
> ** **
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> ** **
>
> Anybody with suggestions on making a site user-friendly for navigation is
> welcome to chime in on these matters, too!
>
> ** **
>
> Claudia
> 
>
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>
> Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D.
> Director
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> Associate Professor
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Re:[tips] April Fool from Google

[Beth Benoit]

Oh, sorry Mike Palij!  I missed your post.  You posted that two hours ago.
Beth Benoit


On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Beth Benoit  wrote:

> I love Google.  Hysterical:
>
> http://www.google.com/landing/nose/
>
> Beth Benoit
> Granite State College
> Plymouth State University
> New Hampshire
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[tips] April Fool from Google

[Beth Benoit]

I love Google.  Hysterical:

http://www.google.com/landing/nose/

Beth Benoit
Granite State College
Plymouth State University
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[tips] conspiracy theorists

[Beth Benoit]

Sadly, here's what may be the latest in the conspiracy theorist scenario -
this from a tenured  professor at a taxpayer-funded university, Florida
Atlantic University:

http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/15/newtown-harassed-by-conspiracy-theorists/?hpt=ac_t5

My TIPS query (and I'm not sure we've ever addressed this) is:  What GIVES
with conspiracy theorists?  Especially those with apparent credentials,
such as those of James Tracy.  What might be the motivation?  What might be
underlying problems - if any - for these people?  Just need for attention?
 BIRGing?

Obviously, there's always the possibility that conspiracy theorists are
correct.  (Naturally, that's their belief.)

Beth Benoit
Granite State College
Plymouth State University
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Re: [tips] I've Seen The Future, And You're Not In It

[Beth Benoit]

The online psychology courses at Granite State College are extremely
popular, as are other online courses.  (GSC also has "regular" classes.)
 Plymouth State University also offers online courses and I believe they're
popular there as well.

Before anticipating the death knell, I suggest we keep in mind that the
students who want to get away from home, hang out with people their own
age, etc., aren't the only students out there.  "Nontraditional" students
are a huge population.

Beth Benoit
Granite State College
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire


On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 8:43 AM, MiguelRoig  wrote:

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>
>
>
>
>
> Ken, at St. John's U., a primarily commuter, urban university, enrollments
> in on-line classes have been steadily increasing and are projected to
> continue increasing in the foreseeable future. My sense is that the spread
> of  'study abroad' programs has also helped in this regard.
>
> Miguel
>
> --
> *From: *"Ken Steele" 
>
> *To: *"Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <
> tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, March 12, 2013 8:33:35 AM
> *Subject: *Re: [tips] I've Seen The Future, And You're Not In It
>
>
> On 3/12/2013 7:56 AM, Mike Palij wrote:
> >
> > Bottom line, there will be superstar teachers, MOOCs, and
> > reconceptualization of what teachers do and what students will
> > be.  The metaphor being used is that educational change will
> > come like an avalanche, that is, they say that an avalanche seem
> > to be solidly in place until it falls -- change is dramatic and
> > unexpected and that is what will happen in higher education.
> >
> >
> > -Mike Palij
> > New York University
> > m...@nyu.edu
> >
> >
>
> I have been involved with many attempts to develop distance ed,
> on-line, hybrid, and other non-traditional courses. Most have
> been failures. Our bottom line is that the majority of our
> students are traditional students and they want to live away from
> home, hang out with other people of the same age, engage in lots
> of questionable activities, and otherwise have a good time on
> their way to a degree.  Doing the on-line route is about as
> appealing to them as a plate of old steamed broccoli.
>
> Ken
>
>
> --
> ---
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> Department of Psychology  http://www.psych.appstate.edu
> Appalachian State University
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Re: [tips] A TIPS-vention in NYC

[Beth Benoit]

Hey, easy there, Killer!  Boston is awesome.  No "eews" allowed.  You're
not just saying that because of the Red Sox/Yankees war, are you?

Beth Benoit
Granite State College
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire

On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Mike Palij  wrote:

> On Tue, 05 Mar 2013 07:45:44 -0800, Marie Helweg-Larsen wrote:
>
>> Oh I was at EPA too. Sorry I missed you all.
>>
>
> Well, no one mentioned going to EPA last week and I was lucky
> to run into Miguel and Chris at my talk (I had wanted to go Chris'
> talk and some other presentations but got sidetracked by other
> obligations).
>
>
>  There is always next year
>>
>
> Eew!  Boston!  Does anyone want to have a picnic at William James
> gravesite? see:
> http://www.atlasobscura.com/**places/graves-henry-william-**james<http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/graves-henry-william-james>
> Here is the gravesite's location relative to the EPA hotel:
> https://maps.google.com/maps?**num=100&hl=en&lr=&safe=images&**
> q=%22william+james%22+grave&**ie=UTF-8&ei=hGA2UZrMOcb00QG1-**
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>
>
>  (now that I've been elected to the EPA Board of Directors).
>>
>
> Well, I'm glad that my vote won you the seat. ;-)
>
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Re: [tips] best way to reinforce marking?

[Beth Benoit]

My first read is that of a known top student.  That determines the bar of
what's possible, though I make a mental note that this may be unrealistic.
 (Maybe a #2 and #3 student as well.) If top students seem to have missed a
point/idea/concept, then I place the blame at my feet.  Then I slog through
the rest, occasionally interspersing with another known good student (to
cheer me up).  If my journey through all the tests has indicated a large
number of mistakes on any particular question, I go back through the papers
and adjust the points I previously deducted, even if Student 1, 2 and 3 got
it right.

Occasionally I pass back papers with red marks indicating points deducted,
then crossed out and changed.  Students never complain if they got more
points in my reassessment.

But key for me is hanging on to those excellent/good students for reference
(and to induce endorphins).

Beth Benoit
Granite State College
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire

On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. <
jeff.ric...@scottsdalecc.edu> wrote:

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>
>
>
>
> On Feb 24, 2013, at 11:02 AM, Jim Clark wrote:
>
> One of the (subjective) changes with age is the increasing challenge of
> maintaining persistent marking behavior.  It seems to me that I use to be
> able to mark for longer periods of time when younger.
> As a result, one explores ways to keep on task ... sub-piles, breaks,
> posting to tips, ...
> Any other strategies that people have found effective?
>
>
> I keep the papers on the floor next to me--in a place where, if I don't
> finish marking them quickly, my dogs eventually will exhibit their own
> brand of marking behavior. It seems to keep me on task: I hate to hand back
> moist, smelly papers.
>
> Best,
> Jeff
>
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Re: [tips] Inattention blindness in radiologists

[Beth Benoit]

Well, my husband, a non-radiologist but retired orthopedic surgeon saw it
right away.  He's good with X-rays, even those not of bones, and carefully
studied the X-ray for about 10 seconds and said, "What's with the little
gorilla on top?"  So perhaps he would have been an outlier in the original
study of non-radiologists.  He was VERY skeptical of the numbers for
radiologists and non-radiologists when I told him about the study.

Beth Benoit
Granite State College
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire

On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Christopher Green  wrote:

>
>
>
>
>
>
> a) I wonder if 20 vs 24 is a significant difference. Since there's no
> variance in the second group, I guess we'll never know.
> b) Mike, it would be pretty funny if you could show that people see the
> face of Jesus in toast, etc. but don't see it when its really there.
>
> Chris
>   ---
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> York University
> Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
> Canada
>
> chri...@yorku.ca
> http://www.yorku.ca/christo/
> =
>
> On 2013-02-14, at 5:39 PM, Mike Palij wrote:
>
> On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:38:37 -0800, Stuart McKelvie wrote:
>
> Dear TIPSTERS,
>
>
> I held back on this until I had some facts.
>
> The immediate question that came to mind was "If 83% of radiologists did
> not see the gorilla, what was the rate for non-radiologists?"
>
>
> That is, was there a control group.
>
>
> Excellent point.
>
> Dr. Drew has kindly supplied me with a preprint of his manuscript and here
> are the facts:
>
>
> Of 24 radiologists, 20 failed to detect the gorilla.
>
> Of 24 non-radiologists, 24 failed to detect the gorilla.
>
>
> Now that puts a different spin on what I have heard all over the media.
>
>
> Okay, with all due respect and stuff, but does anyone doubt
> someone is going to replicate this study but instead of a gorilla,
> its the face of Jesus.  If people can find it on a grilled cheese
> sandwich, who knows where else they'll find it.
>
> In addition, you can compare Christians vs. Non-Christians.
>
> As usual, anyone who actually does this, I want a co-authorship.
> I think. ;-)
>
> -Mike Palij
> New York University
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Re: [tips] Inattention blindness in radiologists

[Beth Benoit]

That's awesome, Miguel.  Thanks for sharing it with us.
Beth Benoit
Granite State College
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire  (still digging out!)

On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 12:46 PM, MiguelRoig  wrote:

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>
>
>
>
>
> Can you spot the gorilla in this lung scan? Eighty three percent of
> radiologists in this study can't ... and we all know why!  ;-)
>
>
> http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/02/11/171409656/why-even-radiologists-can-miss-a-gorilla-hiding-in-plain-sight
> .
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> Miguel
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Re: [tips] A Request

[Beth Benoit]

Michael,
I'm sorry that some are unappreciative.  The harsh comments that can be
posted without any personal interaction is, in my opinion, the biggest
downside to online courses as well.  Since you never actually "see" the
person, it frees them to say things they'd probably never say to your face.

I know you knock yourself out to bring psychology to the world and it's
just unfair that people can grumble and make nasty comments.  Especially
about a HUGE expenditure like $2.99!!!

I'll download and comment away!

Beth Benoit
Granite State College
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire

On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Michael Britt wrote:

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>
>
>
>
>
> Fellow tipsters,
>
> As most of you know, in addition to hosting The Psych Files podcast I sell
> psychology-related apps on the iTunes and Google app store.  While overall
> the apps are well reviewed, recently I've received some negative reviews
> and I was wondering if any of you would be willing to help out.  There are
> number of misperceptions regarding apps that are related to some psychology
> concepts  that, if you will, I'd like to point out:
>
>
>1. *Availability heuristic*: many of us have heard of one or two
>people who have received a lot of media attention from their apps and there
>is now a perception that app builders must be rich.  Believe me, I am not
>getting rich from my apps.  On the contrary, in a good month, the sales of
>my apps help to pay for the hosting costs of my website.  Some game
>companies may be getting rich, but the average developer like me is not.
>2. *Anchoring*: As you probably know, Apple has set up the app store
>such that we have come to expect most songs and apps to cost around 99
>cents.  As a result, app developers like myself must price their apps
>around this same very small amount of money.  I've been told that my apps,
>most of which sell for $2.99 are "too expensive".  One reviewer who was
>hoping that my app would do things I simply cannot make it do, said that my
>app was a "HUGE" waste of money.  2.99 (about the cost of 1 slice of pizza)
>= "huge" because most apps are free or 99 cents.  Apple takes 30% of every
>app sale, and when you add in the fee that Apple charges simply to be
>allowed to submit apps to their store every year, I wind up making perhaps
>that $1.70/app.   My PsychGuide app (which consists of information about
>the field of psychology in general) is free.
>
>
> I'm not selling some silly and unreliable "personality tests" app.  The
> PsycExplorer app contains psychology news from the most credible sources I
> can find on the web and I personally choose all the video and audio that
> appear in the app to make sure that they properly represent our field.
>  Psyc Test Hero is a test review app in which I try to give students brief
> audio definitions and concept maps for major topics in psychology.  I can't
> begin to count the hours I put into these apps.  Any help you can provide
> is much appreciated.
>
> If you have a moment, please provide a review (or simply read an existing
> review and click Yes or No next to "Was this review helpful?") for any of
> my apps you might be familiar with:
>
> Apple apps:
>
> http://itunes.com/apps/thepsychfiles
>
> or for the Android apps:
>
> Psyc Test Hero (tablets):
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.thepsychfiles.herotab
>
> Psyc Test Hero (Android phones):
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.thepsychfiles.heroiphoneV2
>
> I appreciate your help,
>
> Michael
>
>
>  Michael A. Britt, Ph.D.
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Re: [tips] Would You Take S#!t From Anybody?

[Beth Benoit]

Mike,
I know it's pretty hard to resist the temptation to make scatological jokes
about this, but believe me, people with severe Crohn's and ulcerative
colitis who are undergoing this treatment get very tired of it. Also, you
misread the cause of the illness:  it's not always a result of taking
antibiotics but from *Clostridium difficile* infections that aren't cured
by antibiotics. If you are terribly sick all the time, wasting away,
occasionally having "accidents" in public and feel you'd rather die than
continue to live like that, you'll try anything rather than endure a
helpless and hopeless chronic inflammatory disease.  As disgusting as it
may sound to the uninitiated, it's beginning to get a decent track record,
as the article stated.

Proctologists and gastroenterologists endure a lifetime of childish jokes
like this, but point out that the gut is a fascinating thing to study and
marvel at it.

I suggest that on a professional website like ours, we don't need to make
juvenile jokes about this, and might consider empathy for people who will
potentially profit from this treatment.

Beth Benoit
Granite State College
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire

On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 8:43 AM, Mike Palij  wrote:

> Some new medical research shows that for people with gastrointestinal
> illness arising from the use of antibiotics appear to do much better after
> a
> "fecal transplant".
>
> I kid you not.
>
> The NY Times has an article that provides a popular media account of
> the research and can be accessed here:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/**01/17/health/disgusting-maybe-**
> but-treatment-works-study-**finds.html?_r=0&pagewanted=all<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/17/health/disgusting-maybe-but-treatment-works-study-finds.html?_r=0&pagewanted=all>
>
> There are various ways that the "transplant" can be done, including an
> old Chinese method.  All I'm saying is that at lunch, avoid the yellow
> soup and the chocolate milk.
>
> The research article was published in the New England Journal of Medicine
> and the publisher has made access to the article free; see:
> http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/**10.1056/NEJMoa1205037<http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa1205037>
>
> As with most medical procedures, don't try this at home unless you're
> under medical supervision.
>
> -Mike Palij
> New York University
> m...@nyu.edu
>
> P.S. For some reason this reminds me of the British movie "Layer Cake"
> in which Daniel Craig starred before he became the new James Bond.
> There's a scene between Craig and Michael Gambon (who played
> Dumbledore in the Harry Potter movies) where Gambon explain the
> facts of life to Craig (well, the facts of life as a senior gangster see
> them
> and tries to impress them into a younger gangster).  Recent Ph.D.s desiring
> an academic career might benefit from viewing this scene (the movie
> is actually quite good for a British crime/drug deal gone wrong genre
> piece).
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[tips] Christian perspective of psychology???

[Beth Benoit]

I'm kind of *verklempt *here:

http://www.christianpost.com/news/author-aims-to-equip-hs-students-with-psychology-from-christian-perspective-88006/

Any input from others who can gather their thoughts more coherently than I
seem to be able to do?

(As a recent Zits cartoon said, "I think I hear a glass of wine calling
me.")

Beth Benoit
Granite State College
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire

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Re: [tips] the 27th and 28th victims in Newtown

[Beth Benoit]

I am also very annoyed by people saying there *must *have been something
the parents - particularly the mother - were doing wrong to make Adam
behave as he did.  It sounds like the mother was known to be a caring, kind
and generous person.  NOT someone with a lack of affect, isolation and
withdrawal of attention, lack of meaningful supervision, etc.  We know a
lot about behavior and mental illness that don't have causes rooted in the
person's homelife.

In hindsight, of course, the gun ownership was a bad thing, but reading
about the boy's extreme social withdrawal, it may have been the *only* thing
she could do with him that he enjoyed doing with her - going to a shooting
range.  And knowing how socially withdrawn he was, the idea of him going
out and doing what he did probably never occurred to her.

Whatever the background information, I'm still stunned that so many people
still sound like we're living in the 1950's, when everything was Mommy's
fault.

Beth Benoit
Granite State College
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire

On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Carol DeVolder
wrote:

>
>
>
>
>
> But still, to Beth's point, a mother and her son were also lost. The
> son--to what terrible cause? The mother, simply by being. There are people
> who will miss them. At the least, a father, brother, son. As terrible as it
> is for the 26 others, and it IS  unimaginably terrible--it is also terrible
> for the shooter's family. They must be having a very hard time in the face
> of unspeakable guilt (which is probably quite unwarrented but there
> anyway). There were 28 losses to mourn.
>
> Carol
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Paul Brandon wrote:
>
>> You might also discuss why a hundred times as many people are killed in
>> car crashes as in plane crashes, but plane crashes get more publicity.
>>
>> On Dec 24, 2012, at 8:26 AM, Mike Palij wrote:
>>
>> > Cullen's main point is that in situations like Columbine and Newtown,
>> most
>> > of the initial information about what happened is just wrong.  As the
>> Guardian
>> > article above points out, journalistic rules get tossed and "gossip"
>> serves as
>> > "news". What actually happened in Columbine or Newtown or Aurora or
>> > other places involving gun violence takes a long time to figure out as
>> well
>> > as getting the details right.  But an "infotainment"-driven news media
>>  has
>> > no patience for such things because it works in "news cycles", that is,
>> limited
>> > time periods that can be devoted to one story until the next big story
>> appears.
>> >
>> > In my methods class, I point out that when an airplane crashes the
>> National
>> > Transportation Safety Board (in the U.S.) it usually take 18-24 months
>> for
>> > them to conduct an investigation, reach conclusions, and present their
>> report
>> > for why the crash occurred.  Sometimes the reasons are clear, sometimes
>> no
>> > definitive conclusion can be reached, and all the other incidents fall
>> somewhere
>> > in between.  But the news media may only spend a couple or few days on
>> > a plain crash, depending upon spectacular or newsworthy it is
>> considered,
>> > and people will learn and remember what they heard on these broadcasts
>> and
>> > NOT on the report that is issued maybe two years later.  People will
>> think that
>> > they know what happened but this is just the illusion of knowledge.  We
>> should
>> > not be surprised that similar things happen to other big news stories
>> like mass
>> > shootings.  People have their own lives to live and unless they are
>> directly
>> > involved in the incidents will not really care to get the story
>> straight (i.e., do
>> > the hard work of following up what is learned and ultimately concluded).
>>
>> Paul Brandon
>> Emeritus Professor of Psychology
>> Minnesota State University, Mankato
>> pkbra...@hickorytech.net
>>
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Re: [tips] Are You Going To Party Like It's 2012?

[Beth Benoit]

Or an error may have been made in their calculations:
[image:
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/576279_478658808866863_1607502840_n.jpg]
Beth Benoit
Granite State College
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire

On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 5:31 PM, Mike Palij  wrote:

> For those of you who have been too busy giving/grading
> exams/papers/whatever and have forgotten that the Mayans
> have prophesized that the world will end tomorrow, Friday,
> December 21, 2012, well, here's you reminder to drop
> everything and party like it's the end of the world!
>
> Here are some things to do before the Big Finish arrives:
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/**blogs/compost/wp/2012/12/10/**
> 12-things-to-do-before-the-**mayan-apocalypse/<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2012/12/10/12-things-to-do-before-the-mayan-apocalypse/>
>
> If anyone challenges you about the likelihood of the end
> of the world, show them this:
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/**blogs/compost/wp/2012/12/20/**
> signs-the-mayan-apocalypse-**might-still-be-coming/<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2012/12/20/signs-the-mayan-apocalypse-might-still-be-coming/>
> Beat Reason for the apocalypse: Donald Trump is still alive and doing well.
>
> So, if you going to get to partying, having wild unprotected sex with
> mysterious strangers, and driving without a designated driver, better do so
> quickly.  It's already December 21 in Australia and New Zealand
> and they're still here; see:
> http://news.cnet.com/8301-**17938_105-57560285-1/mayan-**
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[tips] Tragedies and helpers

[Beth Benoit]

In the wake of the horrible tragedy of Newtown, Connecticut, I've searched
for some help we can offer as psychologists, but can't improve on this:
Beth Benoit
Granite State College
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire

Mister Rogers and Newtown: Quote and image goes viral
By Maura 
Judkis<http://www.washingtonpost.com/maura-judkis/2011/03/04/gIQAUSQrnO_page.html>

*“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother
would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are
helping.’ To this day, especially in times of ‘disaster,’ I remember my
mother’s words, and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still
so many helpers - so many caring people in this world.” — Mister Rogers*


The image of Mister Rogers that went viral, along with a quote from the
children’s television host, after the Newtown shootings. (Jim Judkis)

As America reeled from the news of the shootings at Sandy Hook, parents
looked for a way to explain the unexplainable to their children. But they
also needed an explanation for themselves — someone to help process the
magnitude of what it means to live in a world where 20 children can be
gunned down amid storybooks and crayons.

That person was — and will always be — Fred Rogers, known to children
everywhere as Mister Rogers. After 170 Million Americans for Public
Broadcasting <http://www.facebook.com/170Million> shared the children’s
television host’s quote about helpers, along with an image of a tiny boy
cradling Mister Rogers’ face in his hands, each looking lovingly into each
other’s eyes, it began to go viral on
Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=447203981994488&set=a.160250927356463.28026.150720154976207&type=1&theater>.
As of this writing, it has been “liked” more than 48,000 times, and shared
more than 88,000 times. It has more than 1,500 comments, many of which echo
this sentiment, expressed by Dianne Quigley: “WE can be the helpers...by
creating a fabric of love, generosity, understanding and compassion. Smile
and help someone today.”

Rogers’ quote and the image even closed Sunday’s edition of “Meet the
Press<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/50214941/ns/meet_the_press-transcripts/t/december-dannel-malloy-michael-bloomberg-dianne-feinstein-bill-bennett-david-brooks-randi-weingarten-tom-ridge-michael-eric-dyson-pete-williams/#.UM9KCKzYGSr>.”
David Gregory offered a prayer for the families affected: “May God give you
strength and at least you can know there is a country full of helpers here
to catch you when you feel like falling.”

Mister 
Rogers<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/mister-rogers-and-me-documentary-honors-childrens-entertainer-on-his-birthday/2012/03/20/gIQAPwhiPS_blog.html>
spent
his whole life as one of the most prominent of those helpers. My father
knows — he’s the one who took the photo.

My dad, Jim Judkis <http://jimjudkis.com/index.html>, took photos for
Mister Rogers for nearly 25 years until the TV host’s death in 2003. This
image came from their very first session together in 1978, a shoot for
People magazine. It was taken at what was then called the Memorial Home for
Crippled Children, now renamed The Children’s
Institute<http://www.amazingkids.org/>,
in Pittsburgh, where Rogers’ show was filmed. The viral image on Facebook
cropped out some children in wheelchairs; the full image appears above.

Rogers was visiting the school to spend some time with the children, and my
dad remembers the kids’ first encounter with him.

“This boy immediately went right up to him and held out his hands to touch
him, and he said ‘*Mister Rogers!*’ In total awe. *Total* awe. And that was
the moment of the photo,” said Judkis. “I think it shows the pure
attraction, the love ... it’s like he’s seeing God, touching God.”

If Mister Rogers were still alive, Judkis is sure that he would be doing
anything he could to help the children of Newtown. “In my opinion, Fred is
close to a saint,” he said.

“There’s a real connection happening in that photo, and a helper is someone
who really connects,” said Judkis. “Those were very brilliant words that he
said, and the picture of Fred personifies the words.”

When my dad was told that the quote and his image had gone viral, he
considered the two to be a perfect match. He was grateful that the words
and photo could bring people comfort.

“I think that the power comes in the pure simplistic power of a black and
white image. Photography has this ability to crystallize the infinite, in a
way,” he said. “I think it went viral because ... it focuses on the
positive. It’s a way of leading you out of the bad towards the good.”

By Maura 
Judkis<http://www.washingtonpost.com/maura-judkis/2011/03/04/gIQAUSQrnO_page.html>
  |  12:46 PM ET, 12/17/2012

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