[tips] Psychology's problems
Ran across this article making the social media pages. Some good points, but there are many issues and takes on the replication and methodological issues that might be more insightful. I am wondering about any historical analyses that are being written? Also, are tipsters covering these issues in class? See: https://issuu.com/thepsychologist/docs/psy0516shop/c/spjbzw2 G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5=T=tips=48651 or send a blank email to leave-48651-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Cheating watches
Agree with Marie, but they are putting them on their laps and in the folds of clothes...smartphones or other material. Amazing how blatent the ads are. Students should have stronger orientation sessions about dishonesty/ethics/plagiarism, etc. I guess. - Original Message - From: "Marie Helweg-Larsen"To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Sent: Friday, March 25, 2016 2:06:23 PM Subject: RE:[tips] Cheating watches In any supervised testing situation it seems unlikely it would work for student to be searching for the right file/text and then reading the information (by staring at the watch). Also, lots of standard testing settings (e.g., the GRE) prohibit such devices. At best a gimmick, it seems. Marie Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Professor l Department of Psychology Chair, Health Studies Certificate Program Office hours Spring 2016: Monday and Thursday 3-4 PM, Tuesday 10-12, and by appointment Kaufman 168 l Dickinson College Phone 717.245.1562 l Fax 717.245.1971 http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html -Original Message- From: William Scott [mailto:wsc...@wooster.edu] Sent: Friday, March 25, 2016 10:54 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re:[tips] Cheating watches Interesting, and ironic that they seem worried about folks buying counterfeit versions of their watch. From: Miguel Roig Sent: Friday, March 25, 2016 7:42 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Cheating watches Is TIPS alive? I haven't seen a post in a while. Anyway, yesterday I learned about the existence of smart watches (available through Amazon!) that appear to be specifically designed to help students cheat during examinations. Here is the webpage for one of the companies that makes these watches, http://www.24kupi.com/. The videos are quite informative. Enjoy. Miguel ___ Miguel Roig, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology St. John's University 300 Howard Avenue Staten Island, New York 10301 Voice: (718) 390-4513 Fax: (718) 390-4347 E-mail: ro...@stjohns.edu http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~roigm http://orcid.org/-0001-5311-5651 On plagiarism and ethical writing: http://ori.dhhs.gov/education/products/plagiarism/ ___ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: wsc...@wooster.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13058.902daf6855267276c83a639cbb25165c=T=tips=48378 or send a blank email to leave-48378-13058.902daf6855267276c83a639cbb251...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: helw...@dickinson.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a4468797f=T=tips=48381 or send a blank email to leave-48381-13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a44687...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94b=T=tips=48384 or send a blank email to leave-48384-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5=T=tips=48386 or send a blank email to leave-48386-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Helping high school student with psychology project
I had student seek me out, and she had assignment to replicate soc psych study for science fair. Non-controversial topic? As it was part of class learning experience and not formal research, we did not go thru IRB. She ran procedure and treatment of participants by me and her highschool teacher. Was more of a demonstration than full research study. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU > On Jan 30, 2016, at 12:38 PM, Jim Clarkwrote: > > > > Hi > > I’ve had an inquiry from a high school student interested in doing a science > project on a psychological topic. I appreciate rules might be different in > USA and Canada, but does anyone have experience of the ethics involved with > HS students doing psychological studies? > > Thanks > Jim > > Jim Clark > Professor & Chair of Psychology > University of Winnipeg > 204-786-9757 > Room 4L41A (4th Floor Lockhart) > www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94b=T=tips=48022 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-48022-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5=T=tips=48023 or send a blank email to leave-48023-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Medalists
Wow! Thanks Tipsters! Quite a few and in other categories besides the Behavioral/Social sciences. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5=T=tips=47776 or send a blank email to leave-47776-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Science medalists?
I learned that Bandura is getting the national medal of scienceI Wonder how many psychologists have received this honor? G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5=T=tips=47772 or send a blank email to leave-47772-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Trump responds to Jim Clark
I will miss Beth. Best wishes! I just hang on for the rare relevant and useful teaching post. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU > On Jan 3, 2016, at 11:03 PM, Bethwrote: > > 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=todaysheadlines=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? >> >> >> >> >> --- >> You are currently subscribed to tips as: beth.ben...@gmail.com. >> To unsubscribe click here: >> http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72=T=tips=47736 >> or
[tips] Imax of brain?
I want to see if there is a good movie, Imax, 3D or otherwise, that might provide a valuable inner exploration of the brain. I want to try to urge the use a local planetarium's theatre projection system for such use. Any ideas? Thnx! G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5=T=tips=47361 or send a blank email to leave-47361-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] more junk science and what to do about it
What about the "big name" positive psychologists? It implies they were involved or consulting on this program? Do they make a few bucks for having their names and pictures used? However, I am not sure such issues are new or peculiar to Positive psychology, or that over-generalizing and making causal claims for correlational research is rare in our field. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU > On Nov 9, 2015, at 12:39 AM, Annette Taylorwrote: > > > A colleague sent me this link about a new program that will make you happy > and that it is "supported by science." > > http://my.happify.com/o/lp32/?fl=1===HRX4AZRF65=RON=300x250=SadBrain > > I decided to look up some of the books on which the website is based, on > Amazon, and peruse the reviews. I was flabbergasted when I saw that the book > Hardwiring Happiness had such high reviews: 66% of 279 reviews were for 5 > stars! So I thought Wow, let me read the 1 star reviews, must be some unhappy > few people out there: and there I found what I expected to find. The book > HUGELY oversells the power of imaging studies to promote conclusions that > cannot possibly be reached with such studies. We just covered Brainwashed in > my critical thinking seminar and it seems that most of what I could access in > this book for free on Amazon fell into exactly all the traps that Brainwashed > mentions. > > So how can they find so very many people to write such high praise for this > book? I'm flabbergasted. > > To quote from the Amazon cite: "Hardwiring Happiness lays out a simple method > that uses the hidden power of everyday experiences to build new neural > structures full of happiness, love, confidence, and peace." > > BTW no review in psycritiques > > Then we have this guy: Shawn Achor received a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard > University and a Master of Arts in Christian and Buddhist Ethics from Harvard > Divinity School to promote this website based on his best-selling and highly > (over???) rated book, Before Happiness. This is also not reviewed in > psycritiques but his previous book is, The Happiness Advantage, and it is > royally slammed for what it is: sham. Here are a few quotes: "Surely someone > the New York Times describes as “A big star . . . a world-famous expert” > (back cover blurb) would not mistake a largely correlational and unreplicated > body of research for causal mechanisms of critical business outcomes!" and > "Positive psychology is often criticized for rushing flimsy correlational > research to market and peddling it as causal truth (e.g., Lazarus, 2003). > Critics will find the apotheosis of their foil in this book...If Salvador > Dali had partnered with P. T. Barnum, they could hardly have produced a more > ludicrous, fantastical overstatement of what “more than a decade” of positive > psychology research has discovered." > > HOW DO WE COMBAT THIS? People are flocking to this junk and loving it and > spending lots of $$ on it. > > I am going to write a book...I am going to put in it every single bit of > "Influence" (see Ciadini's work) that I can. I will retire, finally > > Annette > > The rest of the positive psychology coaches promoting this website don't > deserve mention--all of these magic bullet, quick fix authors! Penn & Teller > have a fabulous bullshit! episode on self-helplessness. > > > > > > > > > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. > Visiting Professor, > Ashoka University, Delhi, India > annette.tay...@ashoka.edu.in > Professor, Psychological Sciences > University of San Diego > tay...@sandiego.edu > > > From: Annette Taylor > Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2015 3:53 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: RE: illusion > > Thanks to Miguel Roig who sent me the picture that immediately showed itself > to be a razor blade! I don't know if the image I am attaching here will show > up but turn it around by 90 degrees. Then imagine a bit of foreshortening and > a bit of converging lines at the distance so that the lower part seems to > have a larger end than the farther end. > > Annette > > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. > Visiting Professor, > Ashoka University, Delhi, India > annette.tay...@ashoka.edu.in > Professor, Psychological Sciences > University of San Diego > tay...@sandiego.edu > > > From: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) digest > [tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu] > Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2015 10:00 PM > To: tips digest recipients > Subject: tips digest: November 07, 2015 > > TIPS Digest for Saturday, November 07, 2015. > > 1. Illusion? > 2. Re: Illusion? > 3. Re: Illusion? > 4. Re: Illusion? > 5. RE: Illusion? > 6. RE: Illusion? > 7. Re: Illusion? > > -- > > Subject: Illusion? > From: Jim Matiya >
Re: [tips] Talk Therapy Found to Ease Schizophrenia
Thnx Chris. Fascinating article/study. Of course, the "talk therapy" was more than simple conversation but part of help with everyday tasks and focused problem-solving conversations that sound like skill-building and learning what they might actually Do to control symptoms. I imagine the general reader will read other things into the idea of "talk therapy." Some interesting material to share with classes as to treatments and types of skills needed by psych therapists. Gary - Original Message - From: "Christopher Green"To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 2:09:28 PM Subject: [tips] Talk Therapy Found to Ease Schizophrenia But will the insurance companies ever be convinced to cover long term talk therapy? Christopher Green shared with you: Talk Therapy Found to Ease Schizophrenia New York Times - John Kane, chairman of the psychiatry department at Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, who led a study on the treatment of schizophrenia. Credit Uli Seit for The New York Times Chris - Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 Canada chri...@yorku.ca --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94b=T=tips=47063 or send a blank email to leave-47063-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5=T=tips=47064 or send a blank email to leave-47064-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Cognitive Psych position
Tipsters: FYI, please help inform! Assistant Professor of Psychology SVSU invites applicants for a tenure-track assistant professor position to begin July 1, 2016. Applicants should have acquired their PhD by the time of appointment (ABD considered). The successful candidate will demonstrate excellence in teaching, expertise in cognitive psychology, and competence in experimental psychology. Candidates are expected to have an active research agenda to which undergraduates may contribute. Preference will be given to those who have experience teaching several of the following undergraduate courses: Cognitive Processes, Sensation and Perception, Experimental Design, Statistics, and General Psychology. The teaching load is 24 credit hours/year (12/12) at the undergraduate level, with opportunities to teach in specific areas of expertise. Other responsibilities include supervising undergraduate research/honors projects, academic service, and advising. For complete list of requirements, further information, and to apply for this position, please visit www.jobs.svsu.edu. Applicants must apply on-line. SVSU is an EO/AA employer. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5=T=tips=46661 or send a blank email to leave-46661-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Relevance of MarketingPap
I had not heard of Ritberger or her color analyses of personality. She has a sophisticated marketing scheme with blogs, websites, Facebook page,etc. you can check ritberger.com and other sites where her products, seminars,etc., are available. She describes herself as radio host, author and innovative leader in fields as personality behavioral psychology and behavioral medicine. She offers comforting phrases that are the fodder of shared Facebook posting. You too can become certified and licensed to present your own training seminars applying her color analyses to solve diverse social, personal, and organizational problems. One can certainly use such folks in class to teach critical thinking (e.g.,Barnum effect and hindsight fitting), and how quackery can develop a following, in Social Psych to discuss social influence and marketing, and in Clinical and Ethics classes to explore the marketing of treatments and services (as also the role of pseudoscience and quackery). In Personality classes her ideas might be explored and compared to several classic authors presented there. I would think she would be very successful, but it would be interesting to see some comparative data on such things. Would legitimate professional psychotherapists or popular psychologists be jealous of her success or marketing sophistication? Andask our classes, what's the harm? G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=45717 or send a blank email to leave-45717-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] AGT and hypnosis
Did anyone get student reactions regarding the start of America's Got Talent last nite, where one act involved hypnotizing Howie Mandel to get him to shake hands and thus overcome his germ phobia? G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=45061 or send a blank email to leave-45061-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Science funding?
With all the money spent on STEM and traditional science,(and military of course) when will people wake up to fact that it is knowledge of human behavior that should be priority. Solutions to Problems of the planet are tied to better understanding the depths of human psyche, not outer space. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=44530 or send a blank email to leave-44530-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Would you use a hen or a rooster for cock soup?
Sounds like a potential project to examine people's views about foods consumed and what they think the benefits are? Magical thinking (law of similarity?) abounds!! Of course, we must consult the food babe to know what to fear---probably some strange sounding stuff is in that soup lol. - Original Message - From: Carol DeVolder devoldercar...@gmail.com To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2015 11:49:59 AM Subject: [tips] Would you use a hen or a rooster for cock soup? Inquiring minds want to know: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/food-trends/hen-or-rooster---do-you-want-to-know-your-meats-gender/article1359695/ Many customers are starting to ask for male chickens, he says, because female birds are believed to have higher levels of naturally-occurring hormones, which some people want to avoid. But, according to associate professor Gregoy Bedecarrats of the University of Guelph’s Department of Animal and Poultry Science, the biological half-life of naturally-occurring hormones, such as estrogen, is fairly short. The likelihood of these hormones accumulating in the tissue or fat of the birds, then surviving the processing and cooking, is low and wouldn’t affect consumers’ health. While male birds may have slightly higher levels of testosterone and females could have minimally higher estrogen levels, broiler chickens, those typically found in grocery stores, reach only about seven weeks of age, so their hormone levels are low, Dr. Bedecarrats says. Hormones aside, however, there’s also a difference in the physical composition of male and female chickens, Mr. Gundy says. “Female chickens have more fat. Male chickens yield more protein, which means there’s actually more of the meat,” he says, noting that while he can’t distinguish any difference in taste, there is a difference in the way it feels in the mouth. “You know you have a big fatty steak, you can tell there’s that satiating fat going on? With a female chicken, you get more of that fatty flavour – not greasy, but you can just tell there’s more fat.” -- Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 563-333-6482 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=44281 or send a blank email to leave-44281-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=44282 or send a blank email to leave-44282-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] YouTube and Multiple Personality
Yes, I think DID has as much validity as MPD The reasons for the dissociations and behaviors can vary. And indeed, what people think of dissociation can vary. People can/do present themselves this way based largely on their ideas/beliefs about these disorders. In the 70s and 80s I thought these would be relatively rare and described them to classes as such. Then I met a few students who were being treated for MPD. They did seem to me, to be easily suggestible. I met a five-year old, skippy because he handed in a paper in my class. I am pretty easy as to how papers are constructed, but in those days I seemed to draw a line regarding use of crayon drawings. I had to have a talk with the student, and soon met her other characters/alters. She didn't describe major trauma, but rather a habit of fantasy and withdrawal that she acquired during mild stress/conflict. I only recall three alters. Of course, it was difficult to learn what what might actually have come from her life or her therapist's imagination. In either case, I indicated firmly that I would be teaching only her and that papers must be her responsibility. She had roommates who would look out for her when she became the wild, party typeat least that is what she said. I also asked her to write about her idea of the self as this was a Personality class. I asked also if I could share her account with other classes. She did well. Last I heard...this was late seventies, she had graduated and was completing Social Work program. The other student case was tied to a person making excuses for her class work and wanting to discuss her problems. She seemed more involved in justifying her DID/MPD diagnoses, seemed resentful about her health treatment, but had a scolding side/alter and sexy-sounding side, and implied she could bring more out. Here again, I tried to state strongly that she must pull all together as I would not tolerate separate work. I remember feeling as if she wanted to prove to me she could bring the others out so as to confirm her diagnosis to me. I felt I needed to not agree to such social/language games, but just be the prof. As a social psychologist, I tend to view many mental health diagnoses, once given, as involving ways patients/clients adapt to a social-political system of beliefs and norms that often shape the progression of symptoms presented. I am sure this is the case in other health arenas as well. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Apr 15, 2015, at 12:33 PM, Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. jeff.ric...@scottsdalecc.edu wrote: On Apr 15, 2015, at 5:02 AM, Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com wrote: I have spoken to a few clinicians who agree that while multiple personality disorder probably doesn’t exist MPD/DID undoubtedly “exists—that is, people exhibit the symptoms. The controversy has always been over how best to explain the development of this cluster of symptoms. , people do indeed “dissociate”. In one of the videos so far mentioned a clinician says that dissociation is similar to that experience we have when we are driving and we arrive somewhere but don’t know how we got there. In my classes, this is one area where I prefer to use the old psychoanalytic concept of levels of awareness or the more modern cognitive concept of automatic processes. I think of “highway hypnosis” as resulting from well-learned responses that have become “habitual. When our attention is focused on something else, habitual responses activated by the situation we are in take over. This may be thought of as occurring at the preconscious level (if we are using a Freudian approach) or automatic processing of information (if we are using a cognitive approach). I wish I had more time right now to discuss the nuances (e.g., Zajonc’s work)—maybe later. I studied the concept of dissociation for several years and I have to admit that I’ve never gained a clear understanding of it, perhaps because it’s been conceptualized in so many ways. Best, Jeff -- - Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Curriculum Vitae - Scottsdale Community College 9000 E. Chaparral Road Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 Office: SB-123 Phone: (480) 423-6213 Fax: (480) 423-6298 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=43923 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-43923-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here:
Re: [tips] Creator of Seven Up Has Died
Thanks Mike. I was just thinking about films/videos to present or discuss in my Social Psych class about social class and stratification. These issues usually are ignored in Psych classes and texts but overly stressed in Soc classes. Anyway, I vaguely recall this film and it might help get across the idea of how influential social class can be in shaping personality, styles of coping, and of course, opportunities of advancement and privilege. Have other tipsters had class discussions recently regarding how different social groups/classes might see and adapt differently to public assistance, authority, police, military, government, and see or not see privilege. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Apr 15, 2015, at 12:19 PM, Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu wrote: Before there was Richard Linklater's movie Boyhood (for those who are unfamiliar with this movie, see the Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyhood_%28film%29 ) which covered the 12 years of a boy growing up -- filmed over the actual 12 years -- there was the Up Series. The Up Series is a British documentary series that started with the film Seven Up which examined the lives of 14 seven year olds who belong to different class/SES levels. Since the first film in 1964, the children have been followed up every seven years to see where they were in their lives. The most recent film is 56 Up. The director Michael Apted is most commonly associated with the series because he took over directorial duties with the second film (7 Plus Seven) but the director of the first film was Canadian Paul Almond who recently died. The NY Times has an article on Almond's life and work, how he got the idea for Seven Up and why he was not directly involved in subsequent films. The NYT article can be accessed here: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/15/arts/television/paul-almond-the-director-of-seven-up-dies-at-83.html?emc=edit_th_20150415nl=todaysheadlinesnlid=389166_r=0 For a listing of the Paul Almond's work in movies and TV, see his IMDB listing: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0021975/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 Michael Apted did research for the Seven Up film and suggested that a follow-up series of documentary films be made. In addition to doing the Up Series, Apted has directed a variety of movies ranging from James Bond (The World is Not Enough) to one of the Narnia films (The Chronicles of Narnia:The Voyage of the Dawn Treader) to Dian Fossey's biography (Gorillas in the Mist) to several episodes of the Showtime series Masters of Sex. His list of films and TV shows are available on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm776/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 The Up Series is available in the U.S. and here is the link to its page on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Up-Tony-Walker/dp/B00CD6VY6S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1429112390sr=8-1keywords=7+up+apted -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=43921 or send a blank email to leave-43921-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=43936 or send a blank email to leave-43936-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Teaching Theories
Also, what do they need to know that might be warrantable, or reliable knowledge reflecting psych science? G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Mar 28, 2015, at 2:51 PM, Steven Hall mrstev...@gmail.com wrote: I am teaching Personality for the first time this semester at a rural community college. I asked similar questions about the value of spending a lot of time on older theories. The textbook I am using doesn’t help much, throwing in theory after theory in just one chapter. I would love to hear what some authors of textbooks think. What seems important to me at this point is: What do students need to know to be well-rounded? What do they need to know to understand themselves? What they need to know to understand the rest of the world? The history of personality is full of fascinating theories. To know a field it is useful to understand the origins, of course. Freudian, Jungian, and Object Relations theories still influence current thinking in therapy, policy, and public discourse. A historical overview is useful for seeing the range of aspects of personality, each one gets at a piece of the construct. Students begin to see all the various ways we can catalog individual difference. My personal take on what remains relevant follows: Cross-cultural views. Issues of generalizability. Views of the self. Situational/Interactionist views Mischel Humanistic/existential theories Allow a conversation about meaning and purpose and segue into Positive psychology constructs (Diener, Seligmann). Cognitive processes How we become who we are and how we understand ourselves and others. This can be broadened to include motivation and needs theories as well as Kahneman (fast and slow), Dweck (self-theories, mindset), Biology/evolution Brain structure, neurochemistry, behavioral genetics, temperament, mating behavior. Assessment What are the different ways we do this? What validity do they have? Trait: Big Five Is this really a theory of personality? Validity? It’s like prunes, “Is four enough, six too many?” (for those who don’t know this reference see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaD4qT_wNIk) How it is being used, Interpersonal perception testing. Finally discussing criteria for judging a theory help with critical thinking. Clinical value, Comprehensiveness, precision, etc. Steve Steven Hall Butte College Oroville, CA hal...@butte.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=43434 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-43434-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=43437 or send a blank email to leave-43437-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Sharing info Undergrad Mentorship?
Some of our students have developed an undergrad mentorship program to motivate, advise, and guide new Psych majors through our program. The department is supporting this new program which we see as complementing larger, university retention efforts. My question for Tipsters: other colleagues may have an interest in such a program. We are just initiating the program and have no data or assessment on it yet, but are there forums, blogs, journals, newsletters where we could share the outline of the program with other Psych faculty at undergrad institutions? I am thinking of having the students craft a brief note or description of the program. If it had been implemented for a while and was evaluated, I could see a brief article in the Teaching of Psych journal, but we are not ready for that. Any ideas as to places to send such an account? G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=43093 or send a blank email to leave-43093-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Neurobabble and Eminem
This might be fun neurobabble to share in class. Is it psychology? Is it explanatory? Is it neuro-psychohistory i.e. Hindsight and non-falsifiable)? Do we learn something new? http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2015/03/eminem_probably_has_a_small_do.html#incart_gallery G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=42481 or send a blank email to leave-42481-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Erikson the Oliver Sachs discussion
I agree. There are many personality folks that may have had historical influences, but whose ideas are refuted or simply not relevant in contemporary work, that I would rather not cover. It IS fun for many to cover I suppose, once they have lecture/lessons prepared on Jung and others. I love Adler, Sullivan and Horney in my Personality class, butexcept for historical relevance, I'm not sure they represent current theoretical development. But waitI am not sure there has been theoretical advancement in the field lol. I guess it begs the question as to who and what we cover and why. Gee, does anyone take the Psych GRE anymore? If these folks are covered there, well my goodness, who are we to disagree lol. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Feb 21, 2015, at 10:04 AM, Annette Taylor tay...@sandiego.edu wrote: Well, I'm feeling pestiferous today, second post of the day and one to stir the pot. The discussion over the great loss of Oliver Sachs brings home to me the waste of time in teaching Erikson, particularly in intro psych where there is no time to deconstruct and critically examine properly. Clearly one can see whatever conflicts one wants to depending on one's predisposition to see it and the same stage could be applied across any age groups, really. There are elements of all of the so-called stages at every age--especially when a 70-year old is stuck in the conflict attributed to the 30-year old. I'm waiting for convincing evidence for why I want to teach this old and tired and poorly empirically-supported overall information, instead of bringing in more modern developmental theories. Except that every standardized test seems to LOVE to ask one or two multiple choice questions to see who has properly memorized ages and stages. Sigh. And that is what I teach in intro psych: planning to take the GRE at some point? Cram this the night before. Then forget it. To quote a(n in)famous tipster: give me something to change my mind. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110-2492 tay...@sandiego.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=42197 or send a blank email to leave-42197-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=42200 or send a blank email to leave-42200-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Old ideas in psych/Erikson
Jeff Ricker noted: I've been looking at the issue of Erikson's relevance to contemporary work for the past hour and must tentatively disagree with Gary's claim. Yes, even Erikson criticized his own work after his retirement and seemed unsure whether research in this area could ever be scientific. Nevertheless, he seemed to believe that the assumptions and general principles that formed the foundation of his thinking were valid. MY RESPONSE: I think it was good that Erikson recognized problems with the scientific value of his ideas. I always felt they were interesting, but just not as theoretically useful, but the Barnum-like way they are described in Psych texts is also problem. Text authors seem to revel in the vagueness, and everyone looks for confirmation in anecdotal accounts while finding, events to fit the theory in hindsight. I think the same problems are reinforced in educating health professionals...they are told such unsupported ideas are relevant, and taught to look for ways to fit his(and other) ideas to cases. Again, such ideas are comfortable frameworks that are thus made to feel important and relevant. This leads such folks to feel they have knowledge to sharewhether it is evidenced based or not. Thus, notions like Kubler-Ross's stages of dying, and similar (or, even more pseudoscientific) views become required lore in the socialization/training of health professionals. What is seen as important, and what is actually efficacious in practice may be different. However, it is warming a few degrees here, and I am becoming less curmudgeonly, so I will defer to those with more expertise in developmental science ;-) --- JEFF NOTED And his ideas about and theories of fundamental developmental challenges seem to still be important in areas like nursing, social work, and counseling psychology. I noticed that this may be especially true in the care and treatment of geriatric patients, which is the issue that gave rise to this thread. Perhaps someone with expertise in this broad area could expound on this a bit. YES, AGREE... G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=42205 or send a blank email to leave-42205-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Gender Roles in Homosexual Relationships
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. TIPS needs facebook page...then I would just like Beth's post lol. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Feb 8, 2015, at 7:09 PM, Beth Benoit beth.ben...@gmail.com wrote: 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
[tips] Cognitive Psych position
Tipsters, FYI and helpful distribution: Assistant Professor of Psychology SVSU invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position to begin July 1, 2015. The successful candidate will demonstrate excellence in teaching, expertise in cognitive psychology, and competence in experimental psychology. Candidates are expected to have an active research agenda to which undergraduates may contribute. Candidates should be prepared and willing to teach undergraduate courses such as Cognitive Processes, Sensation and Perception, Experimental Design, Statistics, and General Psychology, as well as courses in their specific areas of expertise. The teaching load is 24 credit hours/year (12/12) at the undergraduate level. Other responsibilities include supervising undergraduate research/honors projects, academic service, and advising. For complete list of requirements, further information, and to apply for this position, please visit www.jobs.svsu.edu. Applicants must apply on-line. SVSU is an EO/AA employer. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=40811 or send a blank email to leave-40811-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Psych science.?
The key I think is replication and more skeptical and cautious reviews of the studies. I also have started to discuss differences between what Psych profs teach; correlation isn't causation, beware overgeneralization, the importance of replication, stat significance doesn't mean practical worth or importance, and how they violate these in their published research or public statements. Students enjoy pointing out to me how psych authors routinely describe findings as significant and imply more than statistical relevance to this word when discussing their findings. Just need more humility in research? However, the trends or opportunity for public marketing of our images, research, and products would seem to be inherently opposed to such scientific humility. Not an uncommon or new tension for scholar/professional paths. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Nov 18, 2014, at 8:20 AM, Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com wrote: This is so discouraging. Eye opening perhaps, but discouraging. I remember well the nursing home study and I always thought positively of it. I have two parents in their 90s and I know they are frustrated by their lack of independence and the loss of control over their lives. But as I reflect on all this I had to ask myself, Why would I think that the participants in Langer's study would lead healthier, longer lives simply because of their ability to take care of a plant? Given how complex humans are, and how complex life is, why would I think that a simple “intervention” like giving people control over a plant would have such powerful effects? Maybe because I wanted to believe…. As for this counterclockwise “study”…oh boy..at least it is indeed an excellent point about how eminence doesn’t necessarily mean credible. I am additionally discouraged because I recently finished reading a published article which appeared to have been carefully carried out (and which was filled with all manor of impressive advanced statistical techniques) but in the end all they really found were essentially correlations. I kept going back to my underlined sentences and I still couldn’t figure out why this study was important enough to publish. The hypotheses and the conclusions were “tortured” into giving up some kind of “significance”. I need some cheering up: can anyone point to a recently published article they think was interesting and credibly carried out? Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: @mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=40276 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-40276-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=40277 or send a blank email to leave-40277-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Psych science.?
Perhaps, another Psychologist I must use to illustrate the violation of scientific and ethical principles? http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/eminent-harvard-psychologist-mother-of-positive-psychology-new-age-quack/?utm_source=rssutm_medium=rssutm_campaign=eminent-harvard-psychologist-mother-of-positive-psychology-new-age-quack G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=40251 or send a blank email to leave-40251-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Spurious Correlations
Thanks! I am just introducing correlational methods...good timing! G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Oct 9, 2014, at 9:23 PM, Carol DeVolder devoldercar...@gmail.com wrote: Perhaps others are familiar with this site, but I wasn't. It's a fun collection of spurious correlations. Good for examples in class. http://tylervigen.com/ Carol -- Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 563-333-6482 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=39053 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-39053-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=39059 or send a blank email to leave-39059-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] History System
I defer to Chris but... I taught the class for ages, but no longer. It is still called History and Systems here. I don't think there is much in the name, and no colleague has mentioned this new trend. I am older and out of touch with pop trends in psych ha. I think systems or schools of thought is still fine. Should we start a discussion about the mis-use or understanding psychologists have regarding what counts as a scientific theory? The class today (we have two faculty who do it most) may involve more emphasis on cross-cultural issues and the nasty way Western psychologists ignored non-western epistemological views, or a more traditional perspective emphasizing historical/philosophical perspectives. Regardless, students are expected to participate in discussions and produce a paper looking at current psych topics/theories, and show integration with the historical/philosophical background for such. I haven't seen the latest reviews of our class but it appears to serve the function of a capstone class as we wish regardless of who is teaching the class. My area of emphasis is Social-Personality and I have taught the Personality class most of my teaching career. I am now on a reduced load approaching retirement, and that was one class I was happy to give up. I would love to teach a class with emphasis on current theoretical ideas and research. However, the class we have is the old-fashioned perspectives that go from Freud to humanistic ideas, Cattell and Eysenck and trait views, then near the end, Skinner, Rotter and Bandura. The scientific utility of these perspectives vary considerably. I do stress also, what I think Mike P. noted, Skinnerian views of personality might question the common way personality has been conceptualized. I would love some effort to alter the usual psych curriculum and develop a class with some appreciation of historical contributions, but with emphasis on what might be actually going on in the field. And so it goes... - Original Message - From: Annette Taylor tay...@sandiego.edu To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2014 11:24:49 AM Subject: [tips] History System The response from my department has been: a rose by any other name I argue that it's not the same and would like more input from the list for this topic that omitting systems is a significant departure. I have some ideas but they are probably not sufficiently strong to sway the rose by any other name folks. Finally another colleague asked me to ask the list about theories of personality. It is currently taught, pretty much, as the history of the theories of personality with an extremely strong emphasis on psychodynamic and humanistic approaches. Are there no 21st century theories? Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110-2492 tay...@sandiego.edu Subject: Re: History Systems From: Christopher Green chri...@yorku.ca Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 15:39:20 -0400 One other thought: no one in the know uses history and systems anymore. That was a phrase popularized in the 1950s (though it may date back to the 1930s) that marks a course as one that hasn't been rethought in a very long time. Plain history of psychology (or sometimes history theory, which was a 1980s phenomenon) signals a more contemporary approach. Chris - Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 Canada chri...@yorku.ca --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=38515 or send a blank email to leave-38515-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=38523 or send a blank email to leave-38523-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] History Systems
Here it is an upper level, capstone class for seniors ready to graduate. Here, the student must apply for admission to this class. I think the intention is to revisit or provide discussion of historical context and classical philos perspectives. The idea is to provide a framework that integrates the diverse classes and perspectives the student has encountered. It also serves to stimulate more mature discussion of historical and epistemological issues. I think personally, there is no reason why students could not be given some historical context earlier, except for the level of discussion and work expected. - Original Message - From: Lisa Gassin lgas...@olivet.edu To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 1:01:44 PM Subject: [tips] History Systems Hello, All- I have History Systems as a new prep this year, so I have been checking out the syllabi on the Division 2 website and visiting a variety of schools' websites to see where it falls in their curriculum. I notice that almost always, it looks as if it is an upper division, if not actually senior level, course. For some reason, we have it as a 200-level (sophomore) course. I'm not sure what the rationale was for putting it at the 200-level, but for those of you who teach it as upper division, do you have a sense of why it is taught there and not earlier? If so, please share : ). If your school offers it as lower-division, what are the reasons for that? We are re-visiting our curriculum in general this year, so your comments may help with some decision-making about the class' placement. Thanks! Lisa Gassin Elizabeth (Lisa) A. Gassin, Ph.D., LPC Professor of Psychology Olivet Nazarene University 1 University Avenue Bourbonnais, IL 60914 Tel: (815) 928-5569 Fax: (815) 928-5571 This message is from the Department of Behavioral Sciences at Olivet Nazarene University and is intended only for the recipient to whom it is addressed. This message and attachments may contain confidential or privileged information (including FERPA-protected information) and are intended solely for the use of the recipient noted above. Please do not share or forward this e-mail without the permission of the sender. If you are not the proper addressee, please do not review, disclose, copy, distribute or use the contents of this message; please destroy the message immediately and notify me at 815-928-5569 or lgas...@olivet.edu. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=38484 or send a blank email to leave-38484-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=38487 or send a blank email to leave-38487-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Intro textbooks
I do explore/think about this as I am teaching a required class for prospective majors that uses K. Stanovich's text Thinking Straight About Psychology. In his preface he goes over similar problems we all encounter when dealing with students who completed Gen. Psych. They still believe Freud was the father of Psych, and still maintain many popular misconceptions/myths such as memory as tape recording, schizophrenia as multiple personalities, even ten percent myth. Many recall nothing (assuming it was covered) about scientific principles or basic methods. Most still think psychologists are all like Dr. Phil, and that clinical/mental health interests define the field. I personally don't think it's the text really, but the approach and perspective taken by the instructor. Just one view... G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Sep 5, 2014, at 1:42 PM, Annette Taylor tay...@sandiego.edu wrote: Many questions have arisen recently on the other teaching list about intro textbooks. I have not recommended any to anyone because I am sort of floundering with my own musings on this topic of what is going on in the intro textbook domain. I remember my intro textbook I used in college in 1969 (gasp!) and I still have my high school text book from around 1967... VERY MUCH of what was in those text books is what is in modern textbooks--and not a whole lot more beyond the 1970's/1980's in terms of how psychologists THINK :( I am beginning to bothered by the notion that much of what we are teaching in intro seems to me to be a history of the overview of the field of psychology rather than a brief overview and into the current state of affairs. In addition I think that history is a bit revisionist. I mean was Freud EVER a central figure for PSYCHOLOGISTS? Not psychiatrists or clinicians--and my impression is that even at that time experimental psychology was a much larger field than clinical. Yet the way most intro psych texts portray this it seems that clinical psychology and Freud and psychoanalysis DOMINATED the 1930's-1950's. See the developmental and personality and therapy chapters! But those texts from the late 60's were completely focused on the current state of affairs of their time. It's very sad for me to think that most chapters on developmental, in intro have massive amounts of memorizable factoids on Piaget, Erikson, Freud, but little if nothing on important later theorists such as Bronfenbrenner and other modern developmental researchers who are doing good, quality work. The old stuff can now be nicely compartmentalized for easy memorization of facts but I'm not sure it teaches students how to think about the field. Same for Personality. That has to be the worst offender in modern intro textbooks with very little about the newest work that is being done--and admittedly this is an area with less newer work than some other areas. Even cognitive, my area, is better than most but still has little to nothing on neural network explanations of cognitive phenomena. The focus still seems to be on c. 1970's information processing. I wonder if anyone on this list has been thinking about this. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110-2492 tay...@sandiego.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=38219 or send a blank email to leave-38219-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=38221 or send a blank email to leave-38221-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Biological/Physiological Psychology Behavioral Neuroscience
I am surprised there hasn't been more reactions/discussion here regarding this issue. The issue seems clearly relevant to History Systems type classes, debate about subject matter of psychology, and the place of biological reductionism in psych programs. Here, while most of us value the neuroscience view and encourage our students working/researching in behavioral neuroscience, many also question whether the students are missing a psychological perspective in such work. Is there a distinct psychological view that should be conveyed in a psych curriculum that differs from the neurobiological approach? Are biological/physio psychologists actually doing psychological study? Why? Because they give emphases (sometimes) to behavior? Aren't biologists studying behavior and function as well? So are they then also doing psychology? Does a psychologist look at behavior differently? Do psychological explanations/theory differ from the neurobiological types of ideas? Is it the molar-molecular dimension that is key, or is it that a psychological account of presumed mental and/or experiential processes must be central? Is this an ages-old historical issue regarding what is a defining issue for the field? Or perhaps, Is the very idea of a psych viewpoint bankrupt or simply irrelevant in this age of trending neuroscience? Some might agree with Annette that perhaps the difference between Biological Psychologist and Behavioral Neuroscientist is just a change in word usage. Others might argue neither are psychologists!? G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Aug 21, 2014, at 3:23 PM, Annette Taylor tay...@sandiego.edu wrote: Words change...usage changes...but people sometimes have a hard time changing. We currently have a search underway for a biological psychologist. It would seem that the concept of a biological psychologist is outdated and that the proper search might be for a behavioral neuroscientist. But there are people in our department who insist that the perspectives are different and that we really want a biological psychologist--someone trained in a psychology department and not someone trained for example, in a biology department or even an interdisciplinary department. Someone whose focus is primarily on behavior--not necessarily human--but definitely behavior and not something like the molecular level. So a person could study learning and memory at a more global behavioral level or at a finer tuned level in terms of brain structures, or a even finer tuned level yet at the molecular level. I think that the argument among some (I don't have this perspective so I'm trying to be fair to those who do) is that is that once you get down to cellular levels and below you are no longer a biological psychologist. Is there any sense among tipsters as to any real difference in what a traditional biological psychologist might bring to a department as opposed to a behavioral neuroscientist? We are at a crucial growth junction having initiated a program in behavioral neuroscience to complement our program in psychological science. The feeling among some is that the biological psychologist would be better serve the general psychological science program in the sense of preparing students who want to go into areas such as human relations/business or into law school or even into clinical areas with less than a PhD--i.e., areas that need a fundamental understanding of brain/behavior relationships, but not so finely tuned to the cellular levels and below. I'd appreciate some feedback as to where the field is going. (It seems to be that interdisciplinary neuroscience is the direction but I could be wrong on that. I'm not sure how to best research this objectively in some way other than looking at the job postings at APA and APS and counting the numbers of descriptors used. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110-2492 tay...@sandiego.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=38031 or send a blank email to leave-38031-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=38042 or send a blank email to leave-38042-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Biological/Physiological Psychology Behavioral Neuroscience
Thanks Chris! Really appreciate the historical context. Alas yes, I revealed my age and long-ago teaching load by using the old language. We are in the process of revamping the class and always updating. I agree, it does feel like a clash or accommodation of different cultures! G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Aug 22, 2014, at 10:49 AM, Christopher Green chri...@yorku.ca wrote: Ooo! Something I know a little about. First off, Gary NO ONE says history and systems anymore. Sure fire way to reveal that you haven't revised your history and systems course in about 25 years. :-) Second, this debate has roots right to the very start of psychology. When Wundt et al. started doing physiological psychology (as he called it) in the 1870s, many physiologists (the term biologistwasn't really used much until later) claimed that the new discipline was really just a part of physiology (which had a certain plausibility, seeing as Wundt had literally taken the instruments from the physiology lab he worked in (Helmholtz's) and started using them to answer questions about the speed of thought). As psychologists began to develop their disciplinary rhetoric (boundary work, as historians of science like to call it), the response that emerged was that, although psychologists used many of the same instruments as physiologists, the object of their study was consciousness itself rather than its physiological underpinnings. Consciousness was not part of the physiologists' domain. Although momentarily sufficient to keep the dogs at bay, the consciousness tactic became increasingly problematic, especially after William James' 1904 article Does Consciousness Exist? If consciousness were so problematic that it could not effectively serve as psychology's defining concept, what was going to keep psychology from slipping (back?) into physiology? The answer to this crisis, as we all know, came about a decade later with John B Watson declared that behaviorwould be psychology's new core concept. This worked reasonably well, except that there were lots of biologists (as they now began to call themselves) who did work on (at least the most basic aspects of) behavior. Especially when the ethologists appeared on the US scene, around World War II, it created a bit of panic among those who thought that only psychologists did (could do?) behavior. It is no accident that, not long after, psychologists started talking a lot about cognition (though this is a complicated story with many diverse sources all converging in the US during the 1950s). To return to the question at hand, my understanding of the term biological psychologyis that it is much broader than behavioral neuroscientist. Biological psychologists look(ed) at (the psychological effects of) physiological mechanisms beyond the boundaries of the neurological; glandular and hormonal, for instance. So the two terms are not co-extensive. (Although there are biological psychologists still around, I'm not sure the extent to which *new* scientists using that particular label are still being produced. An academic career can take 40 years or more, and lots of people are not much interested in the massive retooling required to re-identify with a new group once their careers are well underway.) In any case, it is not really about definitions of the words. It is about the cultures of two groups of people. Behavioral neuroscience has developed its own distinct disciplinary culture (drawn more, I think, from neuroscience than from older forms of psychology) that probably make the two groups different in terms of both the scientific traditions they draw on and the problems they see as being central to their areas. My several-more-than-2-cents, Chris .. Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo On Aug 22, 2014, at 9:33 AM, Gerald Peterson peter...@svsu.edu wrote: I am surprised there hasn't been more reactions/discussion here regarding this issue. The issue seems clearly relevant to History Systems type classes, debate about subject matter of psychology, and the place of biological reductionism in psych programs. Here, while most of us value the neuroscience view and encourage our students working/researching in behavioral neuroscience, many also question whether the students are missing a psychological perspective in such work. Is there a distinct psychological view that should be conveyed in a psych curriculum that differs from the neurobiological approach? Are biological/physio psychologists actually doing psychological study? Why? Because they give emphases (sometimes) to behavior? Aren't biologists studying behavior and function as well? So are they then also doing psychology? Does a psychologist look at behavior differently? Do psychological
Re: [tips] Biological/Physiological Psychology Behavioral Neuroscience
Carol, I thought the FUN group sounded interesting. I asked a psych colleague here in the college of Health and Human Services if he was familiar with it. Gulphe is Jeffrey Smith, and he wrote back quickly. He is the current president of Fun and attended the summer conference of FUN with one of our biology faculty and also one of our clinical neuropsych faculty. And so it goes G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Aug 22, 2014, at 2:25 PM, Carol DeVolder devoldercar...@gmail.com wrote: My take on this is that biological psychology or physiological psychology as a fairly broad term that encompasses most species; behavioral neuroscience (or more simply neuroscience) does this as well, however the term is simply a sexier version. This (or these) discipline(s) study everything from cell bio (e.g., neurotransmitters, glia, neurocytology) with a definite biochemistry underpinning. Neuropsychology, on the other hand, involves the relationship between biological mechanisms and human behaviors (for the most part). Language in primates, affect in human and non-human animals, neural plasticity, recovery of function--all are part of this, but the emphasis is on people. An offshoot of this is the APA division 40, Clinical Neuropsychology. Personally, I think much of it has to do with the attractiveness of saying I am a neuroscientist rather than I am a biopsychologist. Both may mean the same, but one sounds a whole lot jazzier than the other. My department is crafting an advertisement for a new position--coming soon--and we have been wrestling with this type of wording. Some schools have interdisciplinary neuroscience majors that emphasize philosophy as well, with courses like philosophy of the mind, and consciousness. We are a department that deals with people, we don't have space for animal labs, and our students who go to grad school tend to go on to programs either in clinical psychology, physical therapy, or allied health fields. Our position will reflect our emphasis on the psychology part of it. A helpful organization is Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience (FUN), and Annette, you may find some help with your question within that organization http://www.funfaculty.org/drupal/ Happy Friday! Carol (undercover--AKA, Carol) On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Annette Taylor tay...@sandiego.edu wrote: Words change...usage changes...but people sometimes have a hard time changing. We currently have a search underway for a biological psychologist. It would seem that the concept of a biological psychologist is outdated and that the proper search might be for a behavioral neuroscientist. But there are people in our department who insist that the perspectives are different and that we really want a biological psychologist--someone trained in a psychology department and not someone trained for example, in a biology department or even an interdisciplinary department. Someone whose focus is primarily on behavior--not necessarily human--but definitely behavior and not something like the molecular level. So a person could study learning and memory at a more global behavioral level or at a finer tuned level in terms of brain structures, or a even finer tuned level yet at the molecular level. I think that the argument among some (I don't have this perspective so I'm trying to be fair to those who do) is that is that once you get down to cellular levels and below you are no longer a biological psychologist. Is there any sense among tipsters as to any real difference in what a traditional biological psychologist might bring to a department as opposed to a behavioral neuroscientist? We are at a crucial growth junction having initiated a program in behavioral neuroscience to complement our program in psychological science. The feeling among some is that the biological psychologist would be better serve the general psychological science program in the sense of preparing students who want to go into areas such as human relations/business or into law school or even into clinical areas with less than a PhD--i.e., areas that need a fundamental understanding of brain/behavior relationships, but not so finely tuned to the cellular levels and below. I'd appreciate some feedback as to where the field is going. (It seems to be that interdisciplinary neuroscience is the direction but I could be wrong on that. I'm not sure how to best research this objectively in some way other than looking at the job postings at APA and APS and counting the numbers of descriptors used. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110-2492 tay...@sandiego.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: devoldercar...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here:
Re: [tips] Naturalism Observation: A Rat In The Wild
Just the old-timers and the frequent flyers left ha. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Aug 20, 2014, at 8:40 PM, Beth beth.ben...@gmail.com wrote: 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 jwarm...@oakton.edu 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 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: jwarm...@oakton.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=49240.d374d0c18780e492c3d2e63f91752d0dn=Tl=tipso=38001 or send a blank email to leave-38001-49240.d374d0c18780e492c3d2e63f91752...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: beth.ben...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72n=Tl=tipso=38003 or send a blank email to leave-38003-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=38006 or send a blank email to leave-38006-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=38012 or send a blank email to leave-38012-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Spot the confounds
I noticed also that people were milling around while the subject made public choices!? Demand character can be added to issues to discuss if showing this in class. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Jun 24, 2014, at 3:12 PM, Musselman, Robin rmussel...@lccc.edu wro I would think it would be fairly easy to put together a video presentation using the same person - in the three conditions that Mike describes and then you could also vary the position of the three twins. Robin Robin Musselman, EdD Professor Lehigh Carbon Community College Schnecksville, PA 18078 phone: 610-799-1531 email: rmussel...@lccc.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=37259 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-37259-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=37260 or send a blank email to leave-37260-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Spot the confounds
Thanks Miguel and Mike. Sure is a cluttered page, but it might indeed be useful to help students understand confounds and other control issues. I still find many of our senior psych students consider any bias or control problem as a confound, and I am always looking for ways to help them differentiate these problems. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Jun 23, 2014, at 10:14 AM, Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu wrote: On Mon, 23 Jun 2014 06:13:28 -0700, Miguel Roig wrote: I saw this video on FB, http://www.lifebuzz.com/chewing-gum/#!2ytsL , which portrays an 'experiment' in which one member of a set of twins chewed gum and viewers rated both twins on a variety of traits and characteristics. I thought the video might be useful for teaching about confounds, balancing conditions, etc. One obvious problem is the control condition used. Instead of thinking of the manipulation as being chewing gum vs not chewing gum consider animacy/activity vs inactivity. Assuming that people are more sensitive to animacy/activity than inactivity and that people may associate a more positive response to activity, then the results are not surprising. If I remember correctly, sentences with active agents (animacy) are processed differently from sentences where the agents in the sentence are not engaged in obvious activity. In any event, I think the more proper control is to have the other twin doing something with their face, say, making positive faces (smiling), negative faces (frowns), and neutral (expressionless like the controls in the video). So, if we can get triplets, we can have three conditions: (1) chewing gum (2) neutral (no facial movement) (2) different emotional expression Anybody want to write a grant proposal? ;-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=37238 or send a blank email to leave-37238-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=37243 or send a blank email to leave-37243-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Four-fold table?
I teach a gateway class for Psych majors to prep them for our research methods classes. Early in the term,after discussing everyday reasoning problems such as the confirmation and hindsight biases, I have been introducing the idea of a four-fold (2X2) table to aid their thinking about more adequate tests of popular ideas. The table encourages them to think about control or comparison conditions, and gently preps them for later discussion of variables and levels for same. AnywayI think I picked this idea up from some intro text, likely Scott Lilienfeld's, but I cannot find or recall the source. Does anyone do anything similar, or recall where use of a four-fold table for such teaching purposes may have come from? G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=36446 or send a blank email to leave-36446-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] chicken, Fox News, and correlations
Yes, but repeated measures experiment. Haven't checked actual report either, but it might be interesting example of demand character and imitation? Incautiously hyped by author in that Medical News link. Hmmm. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On May 1, 2014, at 3:30 PM, Carol DeVolder devoldercar...@gmail.com wrote: With respect to drawing causation from correlation, one of my students pointed this out to me. Apparently, if you want to create aggressive children, give 'em their meat still on the bone... I've been unable to find the actual article (I haven't tried very hard though), but here is a story from Medical News Today: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/276052.php and here's how Fox News reported it: http://foxnewsinsider.com/2014/04/29/eating-chicken-bone-makes-kids-more-aggressive-study-shows Carol -- Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 563-333-6482 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=36444 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-36444-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=36447 or send a blank email to leave-36447-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Four-fold table?
Thanks Scott... I skimmed your intro text and didn't see it but will check again. Also have used Gilovich (1991) so probably derived use from both. Just saw your use again, but this time searched Great Fourfold Table of Life lol. Well, of course. Cheers, Gary G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On May 1, 2014, at 4:20 PM, Lilienfeld, Scott O slil...@emory.edu wrote: Hi Gary: We do discuss in our Intro Psychology text, but a bunch of other sources discuss the concept of the fourfold table as well. Among others, Tom Gilovich's (1991)'s superb How we know what isn't so is an excellent source in this regard for teaching purposes. All the best...Scott Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D. Professor Department of Psychology, Emory University Atlanta, Georgia 30322 -Original Message- From: Gerald Peterson [mailto:peter...@svsu.edu] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 3:48 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Four-fold table? I teach a gateway class for Psych majors to prep them for our research methods classes. Early in the term,after discussing everyday reasoning problems such as the confirmation and hindsight biases, I have been introducing the idea of a four-fold (2X2) table to aid their thinking about more adequate tests of popular ideas. The table encourages them to think about control or comparison conditions, and gently preps them for later discussion of variables and levels for same. AnywayI think I picked this idea up from some intro text, likely Scott Lilienfeld's, but I cannot find or recall the source. Does anyone do anything similar, or recall where use of a four-fold table for such teaching purposes may have come from? G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: slil...@emory.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13509.d0999cebc8f4ed4eb54d5317367e9b2fn=Tl=tipso=36446 or send a blank email to leave-36446-13509.d0999cebc8f4ed4eb54d5317367e9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=36448 or send a blank email to leave-36448-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=36449 or send a blank email to leave-36449-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young
As has already been mentioned...just a fair review of the project, design, controls, etc. Try to emphasize a good review of the literature and exploring alternative ideas. It would be cool to have several copies of the paperback 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology by Scott Lilienfeld et al to give to some of the teachers or students interested in Psych. This myth is discussed on pp. 92-96. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Mar 28, 2014, at 9:50 AM, drnanjo drna...@aol.com wrote: I am about to embark on a day of volunteer judging of science fair projects for the Los Angeles Unified School District. I've previewed the 20 or so projects to which I am assigned. One of them claims to confirm the existence of learning styles. We don't hold kids to the same standards, I understand. I don't want to obnoxiously squash the research aspirations of budding young, enthusiastic scientists. Any suggestions for how I both assess the work fairly and gently challenge the presenter to reconsider this idea? I am worried I will come across as a kind of brute I'll deal with my fellow judges as adults, since I anticipate more receptivity among the HS Teachers. Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College Long Beach CA -Original Message- From: Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Tue, Mar 25, 2014 2:47 pm Subject: [tips] Power YouTube Search Tips for Topics on Psychology In the latest episode of my podcast I show viewers how to find quality psychology videos from credible sources as well as how you can use a cool tool called IFTTT.com to email you (or even call you on your cell phone if you are that...enthusiastic) whenever one of these sources either creates a new video on a specific topic in psychology or adds a good video to one of their playlists. I think it could very useful for students looking for good resources for their projects of papers. It's also part of what I'll be presenting at next month's Farmingdale Teachers of Psychology conference: http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2014/03/ep-216-video-youtube-power-search-tips/ Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: @mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: drna...@aol.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b878n=Tl=tipso=35535 or send a blank email to leave-35535-12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=35599 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-35599-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=35608 or send a blank email to leave-35608-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young
Yes, a post it note (kinesthetic and visual style) or insert a clicker that makes a noise on that page (auditory) to remember lol. - Original Message - From: Paul C Bernhardt pcbernha...@frostburg.edu To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 1:20:25 PM Subject: Re: [tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young Put a post-it note on that page, sticking out the top of the book… just in case. Paul On Mar 28, 2014, at 1:02 PM, Gerald Peterson wrote: As has already been mentioned...just a fair review of the project, design, controls, etc. Try to emphasize a good review of the literature and exploring alternative ideas. It would be cool to have several copies of the paperback 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology by Scott Lilienfeld et al to give to some of the teachers or students interested in Psych. This myth is discussed on pp. 92-96. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Mar 28, 2014, at 9:50 AM, drnanjo drna...@aol.commailto:drna...@aol.com wrote: I am about to embark on a day of volunteer judging of science fair projects for the Los Angeles Unified School District. I've previewed the 20 or so projects to which I am assigned. One of them claims to confirm the existence of learning styles. We don't hold kids to the same standards, I understand. I don't want to obnoxiously squash the research aspirations of budding young, enthusiastic scientists. Any suggestions for how I both assess the work fairly and gently challenge the presenter to reconsider this idea? I am worried I will come across as a kind of brute I'll deal with my fellow judges as adults, since I anticipate more receptivity among the HS Teachers. Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College Long Beach CA -Original Message- From: Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.commailto:mich...@thepsychfiles.com To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Tue, Mar 25, 2014 2:47 pm Subject: [tips] Power YouTube Search Tips for Topics on Psychology In the latest episode of my podcast I show viewers how to find quality psychology videos from credible sources as well as how you can use a cool tool called IFTTT.comhttp://IFTTT.com/ to email you (or even call you on your cell phone if you are that...enthusiastic) whenever one of these sources either creates a new video on a specific topic in psychology or adds a good video to one of their playlists. I think it could very useful for students looking for good resources for their projects of papers. It's also part of what I'll be presenting at next month's Farmingdale Teachers of Psychology conference: http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2014/03/ep-216-video-youtube-power-search-tips/ Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.commailto:mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.comhttp://www.ThePsychFiles.com/ Twitter: @mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: drna...@aol.commailto:drna...@aol.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b878n=Tl=tipso=35535 or send a blank email to leave-35535-12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-35535-12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edumailto:peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=35599 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-35599-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-35599-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: pcbernha...@frostburg.edumailto:pcbernha...@frostburg.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003n=Tl=tipso=35608 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-35608-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-35608-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=35609 or send a blank email to leave-35609-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=35611 or send a blank email to leave-35611-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Psychology and Politics
What has become of the moderate Republicans? I think liberal- progressive values simply fit reality best . G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Mar 1, 2014, at 9:48 PM, Dr. Bob Wildblood drb...@rcn.com wrote: I must confess that I am about as liberal as anyone can be. Once asked by one of my students, Why are you a Republican? I had to honestly reply Because there isn't a viable Socialist in the United States. I'm also known for my very pro left leaning Facebook postings and my rips on Tea Party posts. - Original Message - From: Beth Benoit beth.ben...@gmail.com To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Sat, 01 Mar 2014 19:46:43 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: [tips] Psychology and Politics 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 mich...@thepsychfiles.com wrote: 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. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: @mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: beth.ben...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72n=Tl=tipso=35019 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-35019-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: drb...@rcn.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13185.d5346723901d967ccc167929e2ee94adn=Tl=tipso=35036 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-35036-13185.d5346723901d967ccc167929e2ee9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=35042 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-35042-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=35046 or send a blank email to leave-35046-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Classical versus Vicarious Conditioning of Phobias
I never viewed vicarious as necessarily conceptually distinct from operant or classical. Thus, if the mom's facial expression functions as UCS then I called it classical vicarious conditioning. Of course, in a natural setting operant is also involved as the child's resulting expression of fear to same or similar stimuli in such contexts may be family-reinforced. - Original Message - From: Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. jeff.ric...@scottsdalecc.edu To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Saturday, February 8, 2014 1:34:49 PM Subject: [tips] Classical versus Vicarious Conditioning of Phobias 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 -- - Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology http://sccpsy101.com/curriculum-vitae/ - Scottsdale Community College 9000 E. Chaparral Road Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 Office: SB-123 Phone: (480) 423-6213 Fax: (480) 423-6298 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=34043 or send a blank email to leave-34043-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=34047 or send a blank email to leave-34047-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] While we are on the topic of Skinner
It appeared fine here. Enjoyed the reference too...and the picture. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Jan 17, 2014, at 10:53 AM, Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. jeff.ric...@scottsdalecc.edu wrote: I'm going to try this again because it seems that my email consisted of a bunch of mish-mosh. The joke already is ruined. I just want to see if the same thing happens again. Jeff Hi again, I just finished reading one of the papers referred to in this thread (Epstein Joker, 2007), in which the authors quoted Skinner's opening remarks at a 1962 debate between Rogers and Skinner: I was just reminded of a story that I once heard about Carl Rogers, and I will tell it now in hope to confirm or have him deny it Carl Rogers was never much of a duck hunter, but he was persuaded upon one occasion to go duck hunting. He and some friends went into a blind and sat through a dreary cold early dawn, and no ducks arrived until the very end of the time when shooting was possible. Finally, one lone duck came in, and his friends allowed him to shoot, and he did. At the same time, along the shore a few hundred yards away, another man shot at the same duck. The duck fell, plop. Dr. Rogers got out of the blind and started toward the duck. The other man got out of his blind and started toward the same duck. They arrived at the same moment. Dr. Rogers turned to him and said, ‘‘You feel that this is your duck.’’ [Much laughter] The reason that I was reminded of that story was that the end of it is that Dr. Rogers brought the duck home. [Much laughter] (pp. 49-50) Quite an amusing anecdote, I think. Not so amusing was what happened just moments after Skinner finished his story, when Rogers beat the crap out of Skinner (see picture): fight.png REFERENCE Epstein, R., Joker, V. R. (2007). A threshold theory of the humor response. The Behavior Analyst, 30, 49-58. -- - Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology http://sccpsy101.com/curriculum-vitae/ - Scottsdale Community College 9000 E. Chaparral Road Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 Office: SB-123 Phone: (480) 423-6213 Fax: (480) 423-6298 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=32835 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-32835-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=32836 or send a blank email to leave-32836-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Why is this Funny?
I think the switch from car to multiplication is not central, but rather the context of it being the nerd's idea of vandalismand the incongruous/minimalist expression of vandalism as small writing. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Dec 7, 2013, at 2:54 PM, Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com wrote: I can't seem to get something funny out of my mind and I was wondering if anyone on TIPS and a thought about this. Recently I featured this funny Vine video on my podcast: https://vine.co/v/hOjHxFjDznT I talked about the video in terms of stereotypes, but I keep wondering why the 4x4=16 part is funny. The only concept that came to mind is that of perceptual set. I remember some study where participants are shown a series of pictures of rabbits and then are shown the duck/rabbit illusion. In this case, they see the rabbit easily because as I understand it the researchers have created through the repeated presentations of the rabbit pictures an expectation or a perceptual set for rabbits. So here's what I've been thinking: we're all pretty much used to seeing 4x4 on a blackboard as a multiplication question. When you see 4x4 on a car you used to thinking of it in terms of four by four and not in terms of multiplication. So is the video funny because it forces us to change our way of thinking? It forces us to think of something we typically think of in one way, in another way. But I’m still left with this question: why does sudden switching of perspective make us laugh? Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: @mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=31083 or send a blank email to leave-31083-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=31084 or send a blank email to leave-31084-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] How One Instructor Got Students to Pay Attention to Class Rules | Inside Higher Ed
Ahhh yes, what we won't try to make it entertaining (for us too) and to grab their attention. I did a rap (once), sing the Freud song when covering Personality, and do magic tricks in all classes. Key issue is that class policy. Make it clear and apply consistently. I have reduced absences, very few make-ups and rare to no cellphone interruptions. Don't think I want to try to rap anymore, but the pink hat? H G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Dec 6, 2013, at 10:03 AM, Christopher Green chri...@yorku.ca wrote Those of you who are terribly concerned about students showing up to every class, doing so on time, and not browsing or texting during class: You may wish to consider this approach to informing them of the rules. (Be sure to bring your pink hat) http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/12/06/how-one-instructor-got-students-pay-attention-class-rules Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ = --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=31052 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-31052-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=31057 or send a blank email to leave-31057-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] PLOS ONE: Daily Online Testing in Large Classes: Boosting College Performance while Reducing Achievement Gaps
I am a fan of more frequent testing, but what do folks think about the authors' contortions and post hoc fishing to find that their daily quiz class was comparatively better? If regular testing and retesting is effective, it ought to be easier to show greater comprehension and mastery of the material at the end of the term. If the daily quizzes are short with MC type questions, could students later show their learning on a full exam, with short answer and fill-in questions? I think varied daily testing and retesting would better promote transfer. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Nov 21, 2013, at 9:12 PM, Christopher Green chri...@yorku.ca wrote: As though you didn't have enough people telling you how to teach already. Still, interesting finding. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0079774?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+plosone%2FPLoSONE+%28PLOS+ONE+Alerts%3A+New+Articles%29 Chris ... Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=30349 or send a blank email to leave-30349-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=30378 or send a blank email to leave-30378-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Funny Example of Extinction
Elephant in the room? Of course the muddiness of such concepts says nothing about the scientific/theoretical value of Behaviorism? I always found them to have a kind of practical value G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Oct 25, 2013, at 10:55 AM, Paul Brandon pkbra...@hickorytech.net wrote: When this behaviorist taught schedules of reinforcement, I characterized them as a factor involved in the nature of multiply determined behavior (e.g., one can see evidence of the effects of both interval and ratio contingencies in the behavior of catching a bus (or a bass ;-)). Similarly -- pure fixed schedules are uncommon in the real world (and hard to achieve even in the lab!). So again, it's a question of do we see the post reinforcement pauses characteristic of fixed schedules, accompanied by a fairly narrow range of variation, or is the response rate even enough to characterize the example as a variable schedule. And one can see the effects of an operant contingency even if the details are too messy to ascribe a specific schedule. The most one may be able to determine as a response rate differential. And of course teaching ALL the schedules of reinforcement would be a graduate seminar starting with Ferster and Skinner (1957) updated by the subsequent literature. ALL science involves simplification; isolating variables. The identification of the Higgs Boson is the ultimate simplification. And finally, simplification becomes oversimplification when relevant variables are left out without being identified; misinformation when inaccurate predictions result. And the above is an oversimplification, but not misinformation ;-) On Oct 25, 2013, at 8:39 AM, Mike Palij wrote: I always cringe when someone suggests a real life example of operant conditioning because life is not a Skinner box where the Grand Researcher maintains a particular schedule of reinforcement for specific behaviors or chains of behaviors. Trying to explain why a behavior occurs or is maintained requires one to know *all* of the schedules of reinforcement that are operating and in real life these schedules can be quite complex, possibly with concurrent schedules with variable modes (i.e., ratio and interval) of reinforcement. I can understand why some people might want to oversimplify situations and to present it as a simple example but this would be misleading. I suggest taking at look at the following article for an example of the issues involved: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1901/jeab.1992.57-317/abstract And one can get the article here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1323233/pdf/jeabehav00010-0080.pdf I leave it to Tipsters to decide when oversimplification becomes misinformation. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu -Original Message- On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 05:51:00 -0700, Rick Froman wrote: I agree but I would choose to take the illustration a bit further, even for intro students, to note that what might be intended as extinction can, when it fails, produce a more extinction-resistant strain of reinforcement. Rick Proverbs 14:15 A simple man believes anything, but a prudent man gives thought to his steps. -Original Message- From: Michael Britt [mailto:mich...@thepsychfiles.com] Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 7:14 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Funny Example of Extinction It seems that whenever a post appears on TIPS about behavioral principles - such as my own regarding the Family Guy YouTube video - there is a back and forth about which aspect of behavioral theory the idea represents. It makes you want to not post anything on TIPS that is behaviorally related just to avoid these kinds of back and forths in which, in the end, it's hard to know what to think anymore (I'm sure there's an example of a behavioral principle at work right there - but I don't want to go into that). So let me ask this: can we agree that the video (http://youtu.be/aOLxQGLJouI) could be used in an introductory psychology class as an example of how a mother who wants to take a nap is attempting to extinguish her child's interruption behavior by not responding to it (i.e, reinforcing it)? Yes, her attempt fails in the end when she clearly and understandably loses patience with the child, but that just shows how difficult the extinction process can be. Could the video serve as a (funny) illustration of the extinction process? Remember - we're talking about introductory psychology students - many of whom will not go on to become psychology majors. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here:
Re: [tips] New? Course
I would also be interested. We don't have such a class but have discussed it. We encourage students to seek advice from faculty and attend various seminars given on such topics by admissions and our university's Career/Planning Placement Office. In addition, the Psych department holds an annual Career/Grad school preparation seminar every Fall (this week actually). We have alumni talk, guest speakers, and faculty present info on their areas or careers. We provide handouts on careers, what our graduates do, etc. I typically coordinate and emcee, and try to leave time for student questions at the end. It is usually well attended and students appreciate it, but it is not required and does require student initiative. Take stock of what/where your students go after graduation?! G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Oct 14, 2013, at 4:22 PM, Joel S. Freund jsfre...@uark.edu wrote: Our department is working on developing a new (for us) course to cover those topics all of get asked, including: What can I do with my degree in Psychology? What graduate programs are there? How do I go about applying to graduate school? What do I need to apply? What careers are available? and most of the others you can think of. We are thinking about a 2-credit course required of all majors, to be taken sometime before the senior year. If any of you have such courses, I would appreciate any syllabi, information, etc. that will help use avoid the pitfalls. We are particularly looking to have the course be an one-line course, so any help or sage advice (don’t do it?) along those lines would be extremely useful. Thank you in advance for all your wise counsel, Joel Joel S. Freund, Ph. D. Department of Psychological Science 216 Memorial Hall Fayetteville, AR 72701-1201 (479) 575-4256 (Ph)(479) 521-5672 (Fax) --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=28724 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-28724-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=28725 or send a blank email to leave-28725-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] On The Dangers of Pseudoscience
Good article that could be a beginning for class discussion on the dangers of pseudoscience. I teach a class on scientific foundations of psych for majors and we explore such issues. It might be useful too in the capstone history and systems classes where upper level students could examine the demarcation issue in relation to phrenology, personality tests, thought field therapies, Freudian contributions, etc. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Oct 11, 2013, at 11:32 AM, Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu wrote: Some might be interested in an opinion piece in the NY Times The Stone column by Massimo Pigliucci and Maarten Bourdry on the dangers and costs of pseudoscience; see: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/10/the-dangers-of-pseudoscience/?_r=0 Some of the comments, however, are really weird. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=28661 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-28661-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=28667 or send a blank email to leave-28667-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Clinical position
Assistant Professor of Psychology SVSU invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position to begin July 1, 2014. We seek applicants with a degree in clinical, counseling, or community psychology from an APA-accredited doctoral program in psychology. The successful candidate will demonstrate excellence in teaching, expertise in clinical psychology, a familiarity with various clinical approaches, have an active research program to which undergraduates may contribute, and a willingness to teach undergraduate courses such as Personality, Abnormal Psychology, Interviewing, Psychoanalytic Theory, Psychological Assessment, General Psychology and courses in areas of their expertise. The teaching load is 24 hours per year (12/12) at the undergraduate level. Other responsibilities include supervising undergraduate research/honors projects, academic service, and advising. A limited private practice is possible. Please submit cover letter, resume and contact information for three references online at https://jobopportunities.svsu.edu. Applicants must apply online. Letters may be directed to Marie Cassar, Department of Psychology, Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, MI 48710. Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI 48710 989-964-4491 peter...@svsu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=27443 or send a blank email to leave-27443-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] testing
Sounds like a very tragic end of term. I have had to deal with deaths due to car accidents/texting, and am having increasing issues with social anxiety/stress responses in recent years. Many tipsters must be ending things up? and are busy with final exams. I have ended over a week ago(I am teaching half-time now to prep for retirement), attended graduation, starting yard/garden work, doing an online MOOC? class at MSU, and catching up with some fun reading. Other than dealing with weird Michigan spring (hail, snow and rain on Mothers day),I am enjoying a break from classes. Gary Peterson Psych at SVSU - Original Message - From: Annette Taylor tay...@sandiego.edu To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 9:27:12 AM Subject: RE:[tips] testing This has been a particularly hard semester! But not with things that I need to seek help for from TiPS. We had 4 student suicides this semester. I don't think we have had 4 total during the previous 23 years that I have been here. This was really rough. The first announcement about the sad and sudden passing of a student left me wondering if it had been a car accident, or a sudden bursting of an aneurysm. But more than one? more than two? No, it turns out that these beautiful, bright, young people took their lives. Very sad. It was only after the third that the word spread--can't stop social media--about the suicides. This is one time that social media truly has a negative effect. I recall Cialdini's writing in Influence about how there has been a concentrated move by news media to suppress stories of suicides because they then tend to come in clusters--perhaps some element of social comparison at work. At any rate, give the local news media their due, there has been nothing in the local news about these. But social media has been busy and finally the school paper had a special story last week with an emphasis on healing and where to get help and how to pick out warning signs, etc. I thought it was well-written. In the last month I've had students take a one to two week leave-of-absence to go home to see their psychologists. In the previous 23 years I don't remember once having a student bring me a note from their psychologist about their fragile condition. I have had the occasional student with various problems, but this was unusual. Then, we have finals starting on Thursday and I've had 5 emails asking me what's on the final! Well, if they had come to class, if they had asked their friends, if they had asked classmates for notes from the days they missed...then they would have known that there are multiple study guides posted on blackboard...yes, I am one of those easy teachers who posts study guides (honestly, they are so lame...mostly a list of terms from each chapter but students seem to find those so helpful; I mean, all they would have to do is type up a list of terms in bold font in either the text or on their ppt slides, the latter also posted to blackboard. But students find them very helpful.). Then there are still unreturned midterm exams for at least 7 students--very unusual at my school--these are students who have not been back to class since the last midterm. I have 79 students in various classes this semester (yes, we are a small, private, liberal arts school so we cap at 25 to 30 per section), so almost 10% have not been in class for at least 2 weeks. I don't have an attendance policy. Some of those are the ones who emailed me about what's on the final? And if you are wondering whether in this fragile climate I gave sweet answers, the answer is NO! I was pretty blunt. Read the syllabus, everything you need to know is in blackboard. Come to class once in a while. Read the syllabus; it advises you to get notes from 2 classmates if you must miss a class. Ok, I try to diffuse it with humor, and then I gave them all the info they need to know. I'm grumpy...but I'm going to the Kings game tonight :) Woo hoo, first Stanley Cup play-off game. Don't ask what the tickets cost...I'm sure it will be a priceless experience (we just talked about subjective utility in cognitive class :). APS next week; AP readings a week after that, and then a little time off :) to catch up on other commitments. I wonder why tips has been so silent... ;) Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 tay...@sandiego.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=25511 or send a blank email to leave-25511-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here:
[tips] General principles?
What counts as a general principle that we might expect students to know and be able to use? Are they the result of meta-analyses and convergent evidence? Are they established relationships? Are they, more typically, recurrent topics/ideas popular with textbook authors? Or...Of course, they may often be simply ideas or conclusions we construct from the lessons/lectures we present during a particular term. In my Social Psych class I have students develop proposals to resolve social/community problems and I always hope they will be able to utilize key research findings/principles in the text,. If students in a behavior modification class want to develop a project, I assume knowledge of learning principles would be of use. In a Human Factors class where students might design an instrument cluster, I assume there would be key sensory/perceptual principles employed. Is this really the case? Are these comparable? Should we expect transfer, or at least application across problems in these areas? G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=25285 or send a blank email to leave-25285-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Interesting ADHD and sleep
Fascinating ideas. The ADHD behaviors presented are pretty broad, and certainly sleep problems can contribute to many cognitive/attentional problems (a general principle?), so it would be surprising if there weren't some association. As he notes, we really need research, but there are many obstacles to developing such research programs. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Apr 29, 2013, at 9:45 AM, Paul C Bernhardt pcbernha...@frostburg.edu wrote: I found this New York Times article very interesting. All correlational, of course, but intriguing studies showing that sleep deficits in children and adults are associated with ADHD behaviors in both in a large number of cases. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/opinion/sunday/diagnosing-the-wrong-deficit.html?utm_source=feedly_r=1; Paul --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=25284 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-25284-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=25287 or send a blank email to leave-25287-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Brain games TV
Are people watching the Brain Games series on National Geographic? Some classic sensory-perceptual and cognitive illusions, typically presented in Gen Psych classes are shown. Should make for nice discussion and demos in class. It is Interesting that the psychologists mentioned are not called psychologists but just visual, sensory, or motion scientists, or science writers. The viewing public is not led to see this as involving psychological science. Our students may know this stuff is covered in Psych 100, but of course still believe it is not really psychology like Freud or mental health issues. Now and then the episodes do refer to psychological effects or the demos as based on psych research, but this is rare. Anyway, the demos are cool. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=25298 or send a blank email to leave-25298-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Student resistance to some ideas?
They also tell me they do better in all their other classes but mine. They tend to exaggerate, but superficial, passing acquaintance with the material is typical in some classes. On the plus side, I had a few students recently tell me they appreciated the depth of understanding I expect. They mentioned not ever being challenged in their other classes. Last semester I had (a few) students mad at me because I urged them to raise their level of study and become super psych students. The class this term seemed motivated and eager to meet the challenges together. And so it goes... G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Apr 28, 2013, at 8:16 PM, Tim Shearon tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu wrote: Karl Resistant? Were you going for understatement of the decade. :) Invariably when I invite students in after they have successfully failed the first test (or the first two, or . . . ) they explain to me study habits which pretty much equate to my own habits watching TV. I turn the TV on, watch the program, then move on to the next or turn it off- that's pretty much what they report doing with their books except I don't go to as many parties! I had a student tell me the other day they didn't see why they needed to study stuff we went over in class (all the while trying to explain why my tests were tricky). Sigh. Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more. . .. Sorry- I'm teaching an extra class this term and not my usual optimistic self. I fear I'm becoming the department curmudgeon lately! :) (LATELY?!?! - shouted from the back of the room!) Tim ___ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor, Department of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and systems You can't teach an old dogma new tricks. Dorothy Parker From: Wuensch, Karl L [wuens...@ecu.edu] Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 3:40 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Student resistance to some ideas? I keep telling my students that they should spend two hours working on the course outside of class for every one hour in class. They are highly resistant to this idea. :-) Cheers, Karl L. Wuensch -Original Message- From: Jim Clark [mailto:j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca] Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 1:21 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Student resistance to some ideas? Hi In my culture and psych course, I spend some time on the idea that (at least in modern times) overt discrimination tends to be observed mostly under ambiguous situations (e.g., poking studies, ignoring evidence showing innocence in mock trials, ...). Nonetheless, when I ask students on tests whether discrimination in favor of white versus non-white applicants is more likely when a. both have strong qualifications b. both have moderate qualifications c. both have weak qualifications d. all of the above Students overwhelmingly choose d. all of the above, even when I occasionally mention casually in class something very close to this scenario. Is there something wrong with the question? Do people have other examples where students appear resistant to acceptance of some taught idea? Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor Chair of Psychology j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca Room 4L41A 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax Dept of Psychology, U of Winnipeg 515 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3B 0R4 CANADA --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: wuens...@ecu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13060.c78b93d4d09ef6235e9d494b3534420en=Tl=tipso=25246 or send a blank email to leave-25246-13060.c78b93d4d09ef6235e9d494b35344...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177an=Tl=tipso=25268 or send a blank email to leave-25268-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=25271 or send a blank email to leave-25271-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=25272 or send a blank email to leave-25272-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Polling...
I still emphasize this in my classes. I do not like significance used without statistical before, as I find this soon leads to such statements, and other, unwarranted inferences. However, other colleagues and editors apparently feel that the context of such use (results sections, etc.) is sufficient justification. We recently had our annual departmental poster session where students presented their research and almost all posters did not make any such qualifications in their use of significant findings. Of course, a highly significant observation eh? - Original Message - From: Marc Carter marc.car...@bakeru.edu To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 2:03:04 PM Subject: [tips] Polling... Hi, All -- A poll: Am I being too picky about the use of the phrase, highly significant (or something similar) when it's used to describe a very low-probability result? It sort of drives me crazy; all I can hear is my graduate math stats teacher threatening to kill us if we ever said something like that. I still read it in papers and it's like fingernails on a chalkboard. But perhaps I should just chill out? What do you think? m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=25137 or send a blank email to leave-25137-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=25142 or send a blank email to leave-25142-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] search for new clinical Ph.Ds
Thanks to all those responding to my inquiry about the challenges of hiring new clinical faculty. I think TIPS folks raised some valuable points and issues the search committee here can discuss. We might highlight our area and community more and outline better the possibilities of clinical work. However, we also must hire an academic/scholar/teacher/researcher who will give priority to that role. I suppose this is a challenge whenever looking for folks trained in applied areas and having attractive outside opportunities. Anyway, thanks again to those who responded. Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI 48710 989-964-4491 peter...@svsu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=24767 or send a blank email to leave-24767-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] clinical Ph.Ds?
Have a question about new clinical Ph.Ds. We have been advertising this year for someone in clinical psych who can come aboard our undergrad program here. It is a teaching/research university but there is not the high pressure that others face for grants and publications. We have had a lot of trouble just getting qualified, new Ph.D. clinical folks to apply and I am wondering if this is peculiar to us or if others have had similar problems. Are new clinical Ph.Ds not interested in academic positions at all these days? Maybe the practice opportunities are much more attractive? We have advertised in the usual places but maybe there other places to put the ad than the chronicle and apa and aps publications? Any suggestions will be appreciated. Our applicants are totally off base (not clinical, etc.) and/or we have fewer new ph.d. clinicians applying. I wish this were an April first joke, but it is just a real challenge in building our program. Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI 48710 989-964-4491 peter...@svsu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=24693 or send a blank email to leave-24693-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] To Good Ole Boys in Tipsville
Yeah, how about foggy mountain breakdownDixie Darlin? Down the Road? Gary So this raises the question: What is (are) your favorite song(s) to play? And, for bonus psychological relevance, why? 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 (479) 524-7295 http://www.jbu.edu/majors/psychology/faculty/?faculty_profile_id=3836 From: Pollak, Edward (Retired) [mailto:epol...@wcupa.edu] Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 10:11 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] To Good Ole Boys in Tipsville As luck would have it, I recently returned Florida, having been on a bluegrass cruise to the Bahamas. (Really.) And aside from having no interest in watching auto racing, I have even less interest in playing Dueling Banjos. One can't play a bar gig without someone calling for the band to play that tune. That's usually right before some drunk calls out for you to play Tocky Rop (sic). Ed Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Psychology West Chester University of Pennsylvania http://home.comcast.net/~epollak/ Husband, father, grandfather, bluegrass fiddler, banjoist biopsychologist... in approximate order of importance --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu . To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=23902 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-23902-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu So this raises the question: What is (are) your favorite song(s) to play? And, for bonus psychological relevance, why? 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.edumailto:rfro...@jbu.edu (479) 524-7295 http://www.jbu.edu/majors/psychology/faculty/?faculty_profile_id=3836 From: Pollak, Edward (Retired) [mailto:epol...@wcupa.edu] Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 10:11 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] To Good Ole Boys in Tipsville As luck would have it, I recently returned Florida, having been on a bluegrass cruise to the Bahamas. (Really.) And aside from having no interest in watching auto racing, I have even less interest in playing Dueling Banjos. One can't play a bar gig without someone calling for the band to play that tune. That's usually right before some drunk calls out for you to play Tocky Rop (sic). Ed Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Psychology West Chester University of Pennsylvania http://home.comcast.net/~epollak/ Husband, father, grandfather, bluegrass fiddler, banjoist biopsychologist... in approximate order of importance --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=23902 or send a blank email to leave-23902-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=23903 or send a blank email to leave-23903-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Houdini horse?
Okay, not exactly Clever Hans, but still cleverly shaped behavior. I am not sure what kind of locks they are talking about here either. http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2013/02/houdini_horse_from_midland_is.html#incart_river G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=23754 or send a blank email to leave-23754-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] A Request
The online world seems to encourage thoughtless reactions and knee-jerk responses. Whether on iTunes, blogs, social media, etc. people love having a say, but seldom take the time to control their emotionalism. It encourages the anal expulsive, just as in the early days of email and listserves. Some interesting social psych there. I hope your apps are being used and incorporated in class work. I have urged our majors to check them out, and will ask they give thoughtful feedback. Gary 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: 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. 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. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=23563 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-23563-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=23566 or send a blank email to leave-23566-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Color question
Ok, I will try! Need to open bottle...any particular wine/quality? May need bottle while I wait for dried up residue. Starting G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Feb 1, 2013, at 2:18 PM, Marc Carter marc.car...@bakeru.edu wrote: Hi, all -- Although this is not directly teaching-related, it will be the next time I teach color vision. I have dried-up wine residue in the bottom of a glass, left from the night before. It's purple. I put water in the glass to rinse it, and the water has a purple tint. I pour this into a white enamel sink. It's *blue*. The sink is as far as I can see not yellowish -- it really looks white. Any ideas on why this happens? Anyone care to try to replicate this and report back? Thanks, m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=23413 or send a blank email to leave-23413-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=23414 or send a blank email to leave-23414-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] clinical psych listserve?
Hi all, we are preparing ad for clinical position and I was wonderingIsn't there a clinical psych listserve? Div. 21? Do you have to be a member there to post? Anyone know an email/contact address? Thnx! I am apa member but not Div. 21. Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI 48710 989-964-4491 peter...@svsu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=23365 or send a blank email to leave-23365-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] clinical position at SVSU
FYI: Assistant Professor of Psychology Saginaw Valley State University invites applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level to begin Fall, 2013. We seek applicants trained in APA-accredited, clinical psychology Ph.D. programs. The area of specialization is open. The successful candidate will demonstrate expertise in clinical psychology, a familiarity with various clinical approaches, and have a willingness to teach undergraduate courses such as Personality, Abnormal Psychology, Interviewing, Psychoanalytic Theory, Psychological Assessment and courses in areas of their expertise. Other responsibilities include supervising undergraduate research/honors projects, academic service, and advising. Required qualifications are a completed Ph.D. by July 1, 2013, demonstrated excellence in teaching, an active research program to which undergraduates could contribute, and a willingness to teach 24 credit hours per year (12 hours per semester) at the undergraduate level. A limited outside private practice is possible, if desired. SVSU is a regional state university with an enrollment of approximately 10,000 undergraduates and a strong emphasis on excellence in teaching. SVSU is located in mid-Michigan with immediate access to the Great Lakes and all-season outdoor sports and activities. For more information about SVSU visit our website at www.svsu.edu. For full consideration, please submit a letter of interest, resume and contact information of three professional references. Applicants must apply online at https://jobopportunities.svsu.edu. Letters may be directed to Marie Cassar, Department of Psychology, 156 Brown Hall, Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, MI 48710. Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI 48710 989-964-4491 peter...@svsu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=23366 or send a blank email to leave-23366-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Sleight of hand
Thanks! It is good magic and funny. I don't see mental illness tho?! Just clown-like and goofy as funny things happen. But then, perhaps that WOULD describe a very human response to a world that seems suddenly crazy. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Jan 18, 2013, at 9:09 AM, MiguelRoig miguelr...@comcast.net wrote: This video could be relevant to coverage of sensation and perception. It is of a magician who appears 'mentally disturbed' while engaging in some really dexterous sleight of hand (and head?). It's very entertaining: http://www.wimp.com/impressivehand/ Miguel --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=23138 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-23138-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=23139 or send a blank email to leave-23139-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Top 10 Reasons Research needed to determine Efficacy
I emphasize the problems of confirmation biases, post hoc fallacies, illusory correlations, and self-serving biases as promoting the overconfidence typically seen when treatment advocates are not concerned about systematically assessing efficacy. I stress the idea of control/comparison groups and predictive hypotheses to help overcome (some of) these biases. Thus, students can see one major problem was not thinking/noticing conditions where people did NOT improve, or those that improved WITHOUT treatment (I have them think of this four-fold table). Also good opportunity to discuss problems with naive observation/intuition and personal experiences versus systematic and controlled tests of our ideas. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Jan 12, 2013, at 12:17 PM, Jim Clark j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca wrote: Hi I'm curious what people would identify as among the top 10 (or 5 or whatever) reasons that we need research to determine the efficacy of treatments for psychological disorders. I'm thinking of an exercise were students try to explain why people once believed in ineffective and even harmful treatments (e.g., bloodletting), setting the stage for understanding the need for well designed research. Or if people know of a concise statement of these, that would be great as well. Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor Chair of Psychology j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca Room 4L41A 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax Dept of Psychology, U of Winnipeg 515 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3B 0R4 CANADA --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=22843 or send a blank email to leave-22843-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu Jim Clark.vcf --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=22845 or send a blank email to leave-22845-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Which university majors lie most?
Ok, coolnow what is the instrumental variable analysis they refer to as proving causality for those lying econ folks? Maybe some type of partial, slippery regression analysis? G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Dec 22, 2012, at 2:42 PM, Christopher Green chri...@yorku.ca wrote: You'll be glad to learn that psych majors are NOT the biggest liars, but they're still worse than lawyers. http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/12/research-says-studying-economics-turns-you-into-a-liar/266423/ Happy holidays! Chris ... Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=22510 or send a blank email to leave-22510-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=22511 or send a blank email to leave-22511-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Random Thought: Seeing/Listen/Teaching, II
Yes, I agree it is behavior under stimulus control...we shouldn't ignore the existential grounding. The let's just care, etc. response is itself an approach, and an ideologically loaded assumptive framework that would be rejected by the Master. But then the master asked for words of relevance and rejects them all. I agree that a correct response is grounded praxis; deal with the given. Like the master dealing with his/her students openly, and honestly, and sharing presumptive ideas about each other's role, he embraces and even laughs at their common humanityand flunks their asses when they don't measure up to standards set by their relationship. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Dec 11, 2012, at 9:25 AM, Michael Palij m...@nyu.edu wrote: Sometimes no response is just no response. Especially if one isn't really paying attention but making believe that one is. What assumptions does a master make about the disciples behavior in the story below and how does anyone truly know what is in another's heart? If all we have is behavior, any assertions about internal states are mere speculation. See Skinner. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- Original Message --- On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:49:43 -0800, Louis E. Schmier wrote: A Zen master held up a flower for his disciples to see and asked them to say one word of relevance--just one word--about it. The disciples vied with each other to outdo each other to come up with something profound as a demonstration of their insight and the extent of his learning. They offered names, symbols, emotions, descriptions, caricatures, metaphors, images, analogies. One disciple said nothing. He just looked intensely at the flower, nodded, and smiled. And, the master nodded in return as he, too, smiled, for that disciple was the most learned of all the disciples. And, do you understand why the silent, smiling disciple was the more learned? The others were naming, typecasting, labeling, judging, choosing, selecting, limiting, grading, rating. Each word they threw into the ring carried with it a host of perceptions, presumptions, assumptions, and expectations. They were making choices between like and dislike, good and bad, ordinary and extraordinary, right and wrong, perfect and imperfect. Every word they threw out had everything to do about them. Every word they threw out had nothing to do with the flower. The silent disciple knew what the Master had held up was just is, a living entity, and nothing else. What matters is that something is and what it is, not what it is called or what people believe about it. He was echoing Shakespeare who has Juliet saying, Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What's Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot, nor arm, nor face, nor any other part belonging to a man. O, be some other name! What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. We look at something and say, This is a flower; we give it a name, This is a rose; we endow it with qualities, How beautiful or It smells delicious. But, is it a flower? Is it a rose? Is it beautiful and delicious? And that becomes our reality. But, who says all this? And, why? Sounds like a bunch of silliness, doesn't it. Let me make a tad more complicated. Take another something that is. We call it a dandelion and it conjures up inferior images compared to those generated by rose. Is it inferior to a rose? Or have we placed them into separate, separated, limiting, graded categories which we invented according to our likes and dislikes? But, what is a dandelion and what do say about it? Find it in a manicured lawn and we angrily condemned it as a pernicious weed; put it in the hands of a child and we delight in it as a plaything; and, see it in a forest clearing, we swoon over it as a pretty wild flower. It is all of these things and it is none of them. Are we, then, merely expressing our selective, judgmental tastes, or as John Locke said, impositions of the mind of man on Nature in a quest for intelligible order? In reality is what we call flower simply something that is, simply intricate and complex, miraculous, without the confining, valuations, definitions, and names imposed by us? Perception doesn't change circumstances, it changes the meaning of the facts to us. Our perceptions are the result of our dominant experiences and memories, feelings and thoughts that have created our presumptions, assumptions, and expectations which, in turn, show up in our mental, emotional, and physical actions. Now, replace flower, or better yet, dandelion with student. See how student morphs when we say jock, Greek, honors, non-traditional, or probation. What is our reality. What is that person's reality? Does labelling each person prevent us from
Re: [tips] Where have all the tipsters gone?
Some of us oldsters are still around. I still enjoy helping others but often do it off list now. If I still have questions or info to share I will post, and so I still find those that remain a valuable resource. I find that I have already posted on issues that recur and so will sit back and let others respond in most cases. Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI 48710 989-964-4491 peter...@svsu.edu - Original Message - From: Annette Taylor tay...@sandiego.edu To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 9:20:02 AM Subject: [tips] Where have all the tipsters gone? I have wondered over the years where all the tipsters have gone off to. If I had to guess, I would guess that most of us who have lasted are folks who are older, who remember the days when tips was the only show in town and we all attended, religiously. Perhaps a bit of nostalgia and perhaps a bit of tolerance for posts that annoy us. For example, there is one blogger type whose posts I find very informative and another whose posts lead me to hit the delete key immediately. But I welcome having the ability to make the decision, as neither is allowed to post on some other lists because otherwise I would not have learned and grown from the one I whose posts resonate with me. My first teaching list was a research methods list started by Earl Babbie, I believe, and which has since disappeared. TIPS was the second and I believe I have been a tipster since the beginning, although I don't know if it's checkable or that it matters much. It was just so wonderful to make this group of friends. And there are tipsters that I wonder if they are still OK because I know they are older and they stop posting for long periods of time, and I have never seen a posting from them on another teaching list. (Anyone heard from Allen E. lately?) We never meet these people, but when they pass away there is a small empty space left in cyber space. I just wonder if the younger folks prefer the oversight of other lists, and if so, why. For me, that would be a fascinating study. Also, whether it is an age-related difference, both in terms of age chronologically and professionally. We sometimes get into minor cat fights on this list and it might be something that busy people, unless it's a topic they feel strongly about, might not appreciate. I appreciate the underlying search for information, the logic of the arguments, and sometimes even the content. But I am getting ready to retire so I might see these qualities in a different light than someone who needs the widest net for an immediate small problem: i.e., which textbook should I use for blah blah class? That said, I wonder if younger/newer/busier folks actually like the restriction of having a monitored list? Personally, I dislike it and although I am also on that other psych teaching list, I don't reply as often, or post as many queries because of the extra step to oversee my postings. I just dislike it. Again, I do wonder how much of that is age-related. However, the down side of a small list is that sometimes I get no responses at all on this list. Anyway, psychology related, and perhaps teaching related in terms of engagement issues: what makes one list more popular than another? What can we learn from how the lists have developed relative to how we teach? Where have all the tipsters gone? Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 tay...@sandiego.edu From: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) digest [tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu] Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 8:00 PM To: tips digest recipients Subject: tips digest: November 11, 2012 Subject: Re: A recommendation for unique TIPS posters From: Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. jeff.ric...@scottsdalecc.edu Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 11:25:36 -0700 On Nov 11, 2012, at 8:29 AM, Paul C Bernhardt wrote: If your goal is to influence, if your goal is to hear from like minded or different minded persons, if your goal is to start conversations, blogging and micro-blogging are both better suited than an old-school email list that has only a few dozen members. I agree. On the other hand, long-time members have an affection for this place that is difficult to resist; and old-timers who post their blog-like pieces here may not want feedback from anyone but the 'cyber-friends' they have developed on this list. TIPS is a very unique place and it's hard to believe that it's still going strong--not like the old days, where there might be 90+ messages each day (perhaps it only seemed to be that many messages), but still quite active. Blogging can be fun, though; and for me, it's another way to keep learning about this extremely
Re: [tips] AP Classes are a Scam
I have had AP students not do well in Gen Psych, but some have done well. This author sounds like he is bothered by many aspects of the system, and I have no familiarity with the AP system and how it is being gamed by those involved. I have wondered how a highschool teacher can adequately do a class that is supposed to be college level given the political realities; pressures from officials and parents, time, needed depth, inadequate support, equipment, prep, etc., that is typical of highschoolsand higher highschools called colleges. I will watch for responses from those more acquainted with the issues. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Oct 19, 2012, at 4:02 PM, drnanjo drna...@aol.com wrote: http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/10/ap-classes-are-a-scam/263456/ Sharing this because a few of my fellow TIPsters are veteran readers. Wondering what they (and other not AP-affiliated Tipsters) think about this. Happy approximately mid-semester to you and yours... Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College et alia --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=21184 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-21184-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=21185 or send a blank email to leave-21185-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Stats software in grad school..
Agree ... it involves lots of separate instruction. This is one reason why we developed separate class for computer use as companion to our research methods class. Students take Stats, after or with a required Sci Foundation class that reviews major methods supposedly covered in Intro Psych. Then they take Experimental Psych along with the Computer class. We had emphasized SAS, but are now giving them SPSS. ALL of these should be stressing apa format also. After this sequence, they may then take lab classes (requiring all of above) where they work further on class activities/projects involving research design, stats, and apa write-up specific to areas. Sounds good ? but, still, it is the special student who becomes really well versed in SPSS, and goes on to do indep research with faculty. Such folks should be able to handle and learn more in grad programIF they can get in any these days ha. Anyway, just one effort to deal with covering stats programs. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Aug 8, 2012, at 11:23 PM, Paul C Bernhardt pcbernha...@frostburg.edu wrote: This is my opinion, also. Using SPSS, or any other program, with all our undergraduates is generally not a good idea. The reason that I feel that way is that I have plenty to do to teach them how to understand concepts and context. I'm also usually teaching them how to write in APA style. So, if I add to that a statistics package, I have to teach them how to use that package. That is a lot of time spent trying to metaphorically teach the student how to start and put into first gear a high performance race car when all they really need to know is how to drive a regular road car with a manual transmission and then write an accurate description of that process. I don't want to teach fewer research/statistical concepts and less about writing just to teach about software that does what they learn from their book how to do by hand. If the student is outstanding enough to be going to a Ph.D. or Masters with thesis program, the student is clever enough to learn SPSS in the instruction they get in graduate school. I know that we did special instruction in its use because that was my TA position for two semesters, teaching how to use SPSS and BMDP. Paul On Aug 8, 2012, at 9:13 PM, Michael Scoles wrote: When I was in graduate school, folks from the clinical wing would suck it up and come visit with us rat runners with the following question (stated in different ways). I've got the printout from BMDP from my dissertation data. Do any of you people down here know what it means. I resist using SPSS to teach statistics until the most advanced graduate courses. If they can perform simple computations on a calculator, and more complex ones with the help of Excel, they might have a chance of understanding what those SPSS outputs mean. Michael T. Scoles, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Counseling University of Central Arkansas Conway, AR 72035 501-450-5418 Marc Carter marc.car...@bakeru.edu 6/6/2012 12:35 PM Hi, All -- A little unscientific poll for you. We consider our program to be a grad-school-prep program, and have been doing pretty heavy instruction in SPSS, thinking that when the students get to grad school that's the package they're most likely to encounter. That was certainly my experience a few years ago, but I'm wondering if we're thinking right, today. Should we move to a different stats package, or is SPSS still pretty common. Since IBM bought it it's gone through some changes and seemed headed much more toward business applications, but this last year they seemed to realize that schools were a large part of their clientele, and have made pricing a little more reasonable (although still hideously expensive). Here the departments that want that package buy it (IT decided to cut its budget by pushing things off onto departments), and so I want to do right by my students, but have to think thrifty. So, the poll: for those of you who work in departments that have grad programs, what stats software packages are available to your students? Thanks! m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately
Re: [tips] Interesting Graphs And Graphing
But in classes where the average grade is silver? Lol. Yes, vey interesting. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Aug 9, 2012, at 10:17 AM, Michael Palij m...@nyu.edu wrote: On Thu, 09 Aug 2012 06:00:55 -0700, Paul C Bernhardt wrote: I hear prettier pictures won't make psychology a science…. LOL! Well, maybe, maybe not. Though it might be useful in other ways. The clearest analogy to the Olympics medals by country is grades by student. If one translates medals into grade components, then one can get a picture of where everyone in a class stands relative to each other. Just a thought. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu On Aug 9, 2012, at 8:38 AM, Michael Palij wrote: Seems to me that it might be useful in representing some things in psychology. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=19600 or send a blank email to leave-19600-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=19603 or send a blank email to leave-19603-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] The Dark Life of Killer Kittys
And then the cats and doggies come home to kisses and licking of owners' faces ugh ha! G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Aug 8, 2012, at 10:48 AM, Claudia Stanny csta...@uwf.edu wrote: I can vouch for the cat philandering. My old cat was quite the cat about town and I could frequently find him lounging in the driveway of a house on the next block (with their two big German shepherds, no less!). All the neighbors knew him. I suspected him of dining out at the home of a man several blocks away (who also did a French cooking show on local TV and wrote a food column for the newspaper). I spotted him sauntering out of that driveway a few times on my way home from work! BTW that cat specialized in squirrels. A study in England many years ago (featured in an old Nova program, I think) asked cat owners to document the gifts their cats brought home to them (which the researchers collected regularly in little baggies). The haul was impressive, both in number and variety. Cats are predators. What a surprise. Now, when will we have the doggie cams that show Fido rolling in something unmentionable and smelly, upending trash cans, chasing cars, kitties, and little children? :-) I did get a kick about the risky behavior. How pervasive are these gender differences? :-) Claudia --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=19565 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-19565-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=19566 or send a blank email to leave-19566-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] USA TODAY: Report: UNC athletes took suspect classes
I bet they learned something tho ;-) Check out this article that I saw in USA TODAY's iPad application. Report: UNC athletes took suspect classes http://usat.ly/LhvlpO To view the story, click the link or paste it into your browser. To learn more about USA TODAY for iPad and download, visit: http://usatoday.com/ipad/ G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=18358 or send a blank email to leave-18358-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] The real thing?!
Showing off his psychic prowess... http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1209017--luminato-mentalist-banachek-predicts-star-front-page-10-days-in-advance G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=18321 or send a blank email to leave-18321-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] The Psi-chology of Darryl Bem
He does a super show. We managed to have him visit us a few years ago and I did his Intro, but this was before his current Project Alpha show, which sounds fascinating! Would be a good show for a History and Systems class? G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Jun 9, 2012, at 4:45 PM, Christopher Green chri...@yorku.ca wrote: Y''know, guys, the BemBash-alooza is getting a little methinks-thou-doth-protest-too-much-ish now. On related, but not so personal note, I went to see the mentalist who goes by the stage name Banachek last night. He was originally trained, as a teenager, by James Randi to fool psychologists at Washington U. who were conducting scientific investigations of psi phenomena into believing he was the real deal. It worked; they certified him. Then Randi and he (and one other plant) held a press conference to expose what they had done. Banachek's current show, Project Alpha, is all about deconstructing telepathy. He demonstrates a bunch of classic telepathy and telekinesis phenomena, showing them to be tricks. He also does the famous 19th-century Spirit Cabinet, Uri Geller-style fork-bending/breaking, and a past-lives regression (with two audience members who say they believe in past lives). His ongoing commentary includes mentions of a bunch of philosophers and psychologists who tried to deomonstrate psi phenomena, such as Henry Sidgwick, Gestalt psychologist Wolfgang Metzger, Duke psychologist Karl Zener (who invented the psi cards with the circle, square, star, plus, wavy lines). No mention of William James though. He does all of this so apparently effortlessly that some True Believers have claimed he is deluded about not having true psychical powers. :-) All in all, a very entertaining evening. Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ == On 2012-06-09, at 3:54 PM, Paul C Bernhardt wrote: Do we know exactly when Bem did the studies that were published in JPSP? If he'd been doing studies for decades he could eventually have gathered enough type 1 errors to result in the publication we saw in JPSP. Paul On Jun 9, 2012, at 2:23 PM, Michael Palij wrote: Just another comment on the above: Bem has a website which can be accessed at: http://dbem.ws/ On it, Bem has a list of his publications, organized chronologically and in other groups. If one examines the chronological list, Bem's first publication involving PSI don't appear until 1990; see: http://dbem.ws/pubs.html#1990 He does have an 1989 book review of a book on parapsychology but nothing on parapsychology or the ganzfeld experiments before that (it appears the first ganzfeld experiment paper was published in 1994). So, if Bem was doing PSI work circa 1978-1982, why was he in the closet, so to speak, about his work in parapsychology? What happened around 1990 to make Bem go off the rails? --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: chri...@yorku.ca. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92n=Tl=tipso=18295 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-18295-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=18296 or send a blank email to leave-18296-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=18299 or send a blank email to leave-18299-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] oh, dear...
Gee, what kiljoys...they want us to stick to a stated method and not change as results come in?! How un-Bem like! There goes our precognitive powers lol! G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Jun 7, 2012, at 8:06 PM, Beth Benoit beth.ben...@gmail.com wrote: ...just as we were beginning to get some street cred (or thought we were?) comes this article from The Globe and Mail with the headline: Psychologists use murky research methods, survey finds http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/psychologists-use-murky-research-methods-survey-finds/article4240290/?cmpid=rss1 I know that quite a few (that's you, John K.!) are going to be upset about this. As an undergrad English major, can I also criticize the awkward wording in the headline? Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=18239 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-18239-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=18240 or send a blank email to leave-18240-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Happy Birthday TIPS
Thanks Bill! It has been an informative and entertaining resource...for twenty of my 35+ years of academic work. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=18138 or send a blank email to leave-18138-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Dissociative Identity Q
Discussing mpd or dissociative identity disorder recently...clinicians on TIPS probably encounter many pop ideas or urban legends about this diagnosis. The question that arose is whether you can give a sleeping pill to such a person and have it not affect one personality; presumably the one not given the pill. Does anyone know of evidence/study regarding this question? My first impulse is to check snopes and explore sources. Perhaps it came from clinical anecdotes? G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=17969 or send a blank email to leave-17969-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Dissociative Identity Q
Thanks Max and Stephen! Yes, I doubt the multiples would be able to respond differentially to an actual, strong sleeping pill. I didn't find this idea mentioned on snopes, but after asking my friend again, I think it came from the TV show Matlock. Andy Griffith plays a lawyer (Matlock) who discovers someone whose alter commits murder. Matlock tells the jury that he has learned there is evidence (studies) showing that the person could be affected by the sleeping pill while the alter is not. So...clearly no actual evidence for such an idea. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On May 22, 2012, at 2:54 PM, sbl...@ubishops.ca wrote: On 22 May 2012 at 12:05, Maxwell Gwynn wrote, in response to Gerald Peterson: ...an active drug such as a sleeping pill would surely have the same physiological effect on the person, independent of which personality was being enacted snip This would make an excellent empirical study. I agree with both points. Multiple personalities are unquestionably a phenomenon of social construction or role-playing and have no real physiological basis. So whether you have one or a thousand multiple personalities, or alters of Satan and God, of dogs, cats, lobsters, and stuffed animals - even of people thousands of years old or from another dimension (1), a sleeping pill is gonna zap 'em every one at one go. Still, if someone did give such a person a sleeping pill and God went to sleep while Satan stayed awake, we'd have to revise that assertion, wouldn't we? Which leads me to segue to a topic I was planning to post about anyway: words of wisdom from the late, great physicist Richard Feynman, If it disagrees with experiment, it's wrong. See him explain the essence of science in 63 seconds in his own imimitable way, here: http://snipurl.com/23mltse Feynman: gone, but not forgotten. Stephen 1. Piper, A. (1998). Multiple Personality Disorder: Witchcraft Survives in the Twentieth Century. http://snipurl.com/23mm6h2 Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca - --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=17972 or send a blank email to leave-17972-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=17973 or send a blank email to leave-17973-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Pay and publish
I think it is more important to examine the peer review process involved. Are reviewers independent, qualified, and face no pressure to accept unsatisfactory articles? Reputation of Psych journals varies, is subjective, and is no guarantee of quality or scientific rigor (witness JPSP and Recent Bem article). G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=17696 or send a blank email to leave-17696-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Curious about exam construction
I never have followed any order...just put them in order I create them. Over time, after using variations of same exam, then order may get mixed up. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On May 4, 2012, at 4:35 PM, Carol DeVolder devoldercar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, As I sit here trying to do anything but grade or write exams, a thought occurred to me. Often, when one constructs an exam over several chapters, the questions are mixed up so that those over the same chapter aren't grouped together. Is this really necessary? It seems that it merely serves to add one more layer of confusion to the process. Or am I the only one who does this? Carol -- Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 563-333-6482 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=17629 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-17629-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=17631 or send a blank email to leave-17631-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Interview with Stuart Ritchie
I have an intuitive sense as to what will happen ;-) Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI 48710 989-964-4491 peter...@svsu.edu - Original Message - From: Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 11:03:52 AM Subject: [tips] Interview with Stuart Ritchie I'm going to be interviewing Stuart Ritchie - lead author of the recent failed replication of the Bem study. In addition to reviewing the Bem study and then discussing Ritchie's replication are there any other questions you'd like me to ask? I was also thinking of asking him about his experiences with JPSP. I understand that JPSP wouldn't review his study since it was a replication. I'd like to hear what Ritchie has to say about that. Anything else? Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=16982 or send a blank email to leave-16982-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=16990 or send a blank email to leave-16990-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Negative reinforcement at your fingertips
Yes, neg reinforcement to buy full app. When free or less costly app is downloaded, the ads can be/assumed by marketers? to be, aversive. So I got punished for buying or downloading such apps in the first place. Hence, many will now attempt to avoid such downloads? Now, to remove that aversiveness, I can buy full app which can be negatively reinforcing, but.assuming my use/assessment of the app has stronger positive reinforcement. Often the apps have not only ads, but levels and more expanded versions that one must also pay for. Is that anticipation of positive reinforcement? Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI 48710 989-964-4491 peter...@svsu.edu - Original Message - From: Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 9:07:48 AM Subject: [tips] Negative reinforcement at your fingertips Okay here we go - a topic we all know and have grown to hate, but what the heck - once more unto the breech dear friends... You know those apps or computer programs you can download for free but which contain advertising? I'm going to suggest that this is negative reinforcement at work: the company is trying to get you to do X (buy the paid version without the ads) in order to avoid Y (having to see the ads). Any takers? Have I got this right? Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=16860 or send a blank email to leave-16860-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=16873 or send a blank email to leave-16873-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] How to Get the Most Out of Studying: A Video Series
I would also be interested in learning if people have used those videos. They are nicely done. I would guess that many of us have indeed lectured on these topics, conducted Seminars for new students covering these issues, and even developed class activities and demonstrations. I have, and still do. In addition I put together a study booklet highlighting such issues. The material in the videos is well presented, but the motivation to actually implement new study strategies and learn how to learn is still a challenge. It takes a lot of effort and insight to overcome poor habits that have been reinforced in less challenging courses. Each class session, as implied by Professor Chew, needs to be an orientation to deeper learning. In the end however, taking advantage of such opportunities requires some personal responsibility. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Mar 18, 2012, at 7:11 PM, Jeffry Ricker, PhD drjeffryric...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I don't know if this has been mentioned on TIPS before, so please forgive me if it has. Stephen Chew, professor and chair of the psychology department at Samford University, has produced a video series titled How to Get the Most Out of Studying: http://www.samford.edu/how-to-study/ Here is a summary of each video: Video 1: Beliefs That Make You Fail…Or Succeed. The first video examines common mistaken beliefs students often possess that undermine their learning. The video tries to correct those misconceptions with accurate beliefs about learning. Video 2: What Students Should Understand About How People Learn. The second video introduces a simple but powerful theory of memory, Levels of Processing, that can help students improve their study. Video 3: Cognitive Principles for Optimizing Learning. The third video operationalizes the concept of level of processing into four principles that students can use to develop effective study strategies. Video 4: Putting the Principles for Optimizing Learning into Practice. The fourth video applies the principles of deep processing to common study situations, including note taking and highlighting while reading. Video 5: I Blew the Exam, Now What? This video addresses what students should and should not do when they earn a bad grade on an exam. I've only just begun looking at them. Has anyone used these videos to help students learn how to study better? If so, did they seem to be effective? Best, Jeff -- - Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. SCC: Professor of Psychology MCCCD: General Studies Faculty Representative PSY 101 Website: http://sccpsy101.wordpress.com/ - Scottsdale Community College 9000 E. Chaparral Road Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 Office: SB-123 Phone: (480) 423-6213 Fax: (480) 423-6298 -- - Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. SCC: Professor of Psychology MCCCD: General Studies Faculty Representative PSY 101 Website: http://sccpsy101.wordpress.com/ - Scottsdale Community College 9000 E. Chaparral Road Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 Office: SB-123 Phone: (480) 423-6213 Fax: (480) 423-6298 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=16799 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-16799-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=16803 or send a blank email to leave-16803-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] What's that called?
Offhand, there are several factors that might promote a minority view becoming effective in countering a majority group opinion; such as credibility, idiosyncrasy credit, consistency, etc. OR...you might be referring to resistance to group pressure, and factors that reduce group conformity impactsometimes described as the Stonewall Jackson effect. he is supposed to have said, one man with courage makes a majority. I am not sure it is an established, reliable principle, but I typically discuss this when speaking about group pressure, conformity, and factors that may lessen impact of perceived group consensus. I am sure many of us can attest to the effects of both minority opinions as well as the role of the lone dissenter on academic committees. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Mar 11, 2012, at 1:30 PM, Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com wrote: What's the psychological principle called when one person breaks off from the group and the other group members start to follow this dissenter? Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=16608 or send a blank email to leave-16608-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=16609 or send a blank email to leave-16609-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] depression as crutch
Might the relevant issue be self-presentation and investigation of social reinforcement? G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Mar 8, 2012, at 9:33 AM, Beth Benoit beth.ben...@gmail.com wrote: Steven, Might your student want to add bipolar disorder to this project? I am seeing more cases of people talking openly about my bipolar and using it publicly. I've been thinking for a while that depression is less likely to garner sympathy than the newer, sexier diagnosis of bipolar disorder. Honestly, I'm dumbfounded by this. I'm beginning to wonder if bipolar is the new ADHD of young adulthood. (Not that it is related to ADHD, but that it may be overdiagnosed, as is considered with ADHD.) I can't think of any keywords to use for searches, but I'm thinking... Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 7:44 AM, Steven Specht sspe...@utica.edu wrote: Dear TIPSters, I have a student interested in learning about individuals who might use depression as a crutch. That is, who may or may not be depressed, but who use the symptomatology as a means of identity or avoidance. I don't even know if this is making sense. She (and I) are having trouble thinking of how one might search for such information (i.e., appropriate search terms). Can anyone help? Thanks in advance. -Steven Steven M. Specht, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Department of Psychology Utica College Utica, NY 13502 (315) 792-3171 monkeybrain-collagist.blogspot.com The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. Martin Luther King Jr. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: beth.ben...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72n=Tl=tipso=16537 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-16537-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=16540 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-16540-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=16542 or send a blank email to leave-16542-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] using customer data to change customer behavior
Thanks Carol. I often talk about this in Soc Psych, and it is indeed relevant in other classes. I think there are some nice work/career opportunities for our students here that do not require more than masters degree. Relevance to issues of health as well. Of course, ethical issues also need to be explored! G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Feb 26, 2012, at 11:23 AM, Carol DeVolder devoldercar...@gmail.com wrote: This is a fascinating article from last week's New York Times magazine. It has application for a number of different types of psych courses. I plan to use it for my students who are working on a behavior change project, but I can think of other places it would work as well. It's about how companies (the example in the piece is Target) collect and use all kinds of information on its customers and then use that to target(I suppose the pun is intentional) them with ads and offers. I found it really interesting and thought maybe others would too. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/magazine/shopping-habits.html?_r=1pagewanted=all Carol -- Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 563-333-6482 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=16280 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-16280-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=16281 or send a blank email to leave-16281-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Does Your Physician Lie To You?
OMG, you mean my chiropractitioner, acupuncturist, and all those doctors in bed with big Pharma, are now equivalent to my life coach-positive-thinking-psychic-spiritual-counseling, tai chi psychologist?! Only if they don't believe the lies? G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Feb 8, 2012, at 7:27 PM, Michael Palij m...@nyu.edu wrote: There is a story making the rounds in the mass media about a survey of physicians and their interactions with patients. Some physicians apparently don't provide complete information or may even say untrue things. One popular media source is this article in the Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/study-some-doctors-not-always-honest-with-patients-shading-prognosis-not-revealing-errors/2012/02/08/gIQA32VOzQ_story.html A quote from the WP post may interest some Tipsters: |Doctors prescribe placebos sometimes, and telling the patient could |negate chances of the fake treatment helping, he noted. Sometimes |they exaggerate a health finding to shock the patient into shaping up. The survey of physicians is reported in the journal Health Affairs which can be accessed here: http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/31/2/383.abstract NOTE: your institution will have to have subscription for you to access the article. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=15944 or send a blank email to leave-15944-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=15947 or send a blank email to leave-15947-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Research on the nocebo effect
I recently read the account of sudden death, presumably associated with sleep paralysis of the Hmong who emigrated to the U.S. Some have thought of this account as illustrating a nocebo effect of cultural belief. BTW, it was a fascinating look at sleep paralysis and states of sleep that might enrich lectures/discussion in Gen. Psych. Check Amazon for: Sleep Paralysis: Nightmares, Nocebos, and the Mind-Body Connection by Shelley Adler PS: I didn't find her argument regarding the role of cultural belief to be as strong as the title might suggest. Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI 48710 989-964-4491 peter...@svsu.edu - Original Message - From: Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 2:11:15 PM Subject: [tips] Research on the nocebo effect I've recently heard about the nocebo effect - the opposite of the placebo effect in which people get physically worse if they, for example, believe that they will or have been told they will get sick. Is there any good research on this topic? Thanks, Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=15794 or send a blank email to leave-15794-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=15798 or send a blank email to leave-15798-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] The blank space in replies to TIPS posts
I didnt see a space from David or from Rick..using my iPad. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Jan 29, 2012, at 3:25 PM, Rick Froman rfro...@jbu.edu wrote: David can see it but his configuration didn't produce the space when he replied. I am using my iPhone to send this through my college outlook account. I think it will produce the space. Rick Rick Froman rfro...@jbu.edu On Jan 29, 2012, at 2:18 PM, David Epstein da...@neverdave.com wrote: I see the extra space that Jeff sees, and I'm using Pine on a Unix shell account. --David Epstein da...@neverdave.com --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: rfro...@jbu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5f8an=Tl=tipso=15733 or send a blank email to leave-15733-13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=15735 or send a blank email to leave-15735-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=15736 or send a blank email to leave-15736-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] One-year temp position
FYI: PSYCHOLOGY The Department of Psychology at Saginaw Valley State University invites applications for a one- year temporary faculty position starting Fall 2012. Applicants should have the ability to teach undergraduate courses in introductory psychology, personality and abnormal psychology. The teaching responsibilities will total approximately 12 contact hours per semester. Ph. D. or ABD required with a concentration in Clinical or Personality preferred. For more information about SVSU, visit our website at www.svsu.edu. Interested individuals must apply online at http://svsu.edu/hr/employment/. Questions regarding the position should be directed to Dr. Marie Cassar (mtcas...@svsu.edu). Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI 48710 989-964-4491 peter...@svsu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=15634 or send a blank email to leave-15634-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Teaching Abroad
Bon voyage Annette! You will be great, and I am sure will have a lot of interesting academic and other adventures! Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI 48710 989-964-4491 peter...@svsu.edu - Original Message - From: Annette Taylor tay...@sandiego.edu To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 1:23:00 PM Subject: [tips] Teaching Abroad My ship sets sail on Monday for semester at sea. If any of you have taught in similar situations or abroad for a whole semester and have some last minute advice, I would love to hear it. I am a nervous WRECK today! I think the schedule is extremely demanding--3 courses, 2 of which were new preps for me, but not a stretch. The biggest challenge is a special topics course: Culture in Personality Development. When I was first given a previous syllabus it was just a stock child development course. So I built from there. But the dean is an English prof and I can't seem to get through to him that this is not a standard course offering. They want the global aspect (culture in...) for a course that combines two areas, personality and development. I think I have it handled nicely now. At least I feel confident about it. But I have felt challenged--in a good way! The biggest added challenge: each course has 2 mandatory field trips in foreign ports. I have to lead students on assignments I have never used before (I never do field trips in my classes except for intro psych), in places I have never been before, where people speak languages I don't speak! Have I mentioned that I am nervous wreck today in thinking about all of this? I finally came up with ideas that are not ideal but don't require any oral communication with residents, etc. Of course, I did get grief from the UVa IRB because we are going to do observations of children's attachment and temperament behaviors, strictly as a classroom exercise, but they wanted to run me through the IRB wringer--I successfully convinced them we are not doing research. On top of that all of the faculty must lead small groups on global common readings--things I personally have minimal interest in, and readings I disagree with completely after reading them. Boy, oh, boy. Should be fun ;) Anyway, I look forward to snorkeling in Dominca in a few days :) Yeah! Spending several days at an ecoresort in the Amazon in two weeks...I'll keep you all posted on teaching-related topics. You'll have to friend me on facebook to know more. Annette ps : And then there was packing to live on board ship for 15 weeks and fitting it into two suitcases (I never had the experience of living on campus and moving in and out every 15 weeks), getting all the visas (10), vaccinations/immunizations (can we say pin cushion/basic training?), money exchange, closing down the house, suspending utilities and deliveries, filing income tax extension, paying property taxes due in April, getting my medical forms completed which got rejected 3 times, filling prescriptions for 120 days (my health plan won't cover that long). Oh my! Have I mentioned that all of this has made me a tad nervous--I've been practicing being seasick (read that as nervous/upset stomach, big time!). On the plus side, only about half of what could go wrong did go wrong (e.g., big time rash from yellow fever shot; 5 months advance HOA condo fees lost in the mail)), so that's a plus :) haha , cup half full. Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 tay...@sandiego.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu . To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=15313 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-15313-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=15315 or send a blank email to leave-15315-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Very cool Essay grading tool
Looks useful, and yes, an APA style version would be great. I think we could think of alternative ways to do similar things...other ways to get a simple program to do this. Cost will be high and continual tho...$10 a month?! Out of a school teacher's own pocket, in addition to the school supplies many K-12eachers are shelling out already? G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Jan 6, 2012, at 7:42 AM, Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com wrote: I don't know about you, but I spent many tiring hours correcting papers and while this is all part of the job, here's a tool that is pretty darn neat. Just discovered it this morning. It doesn't grade papers, but it makes grading them easier and it collects some useful information as you use it. It's clearly designed for high school English, but don't you wish there was an APA-style version of this?Check it out here: http://www.essaytagger.com/ I don't have any affiliation with it - just thought it was neat. Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=15133 or send a blank email to leave-15133-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=15134 or send a blank email to leave-15134-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] psychology and powerpoint
Beth noted: As with any technological tool, PowerPoint can make a lecture awful, but it can also enhance a lecture. I do a few things: 1. I always print out the PP slides to give to the students (in handout format, three slides per page, double-sided). This gives them room to write extra notes, but also frees them from frantically and laboriously copying the notes I project. [I agree and have done the same...but giving them the notes means we have given more written material...they want that BECAUSE they do not know how to take notes and think about what is being said. So now they are even more passive? I am not sure how helpful it is as Reading Comprehension is also low. To do any real study, they would still have to understand what is on the handout and how it relates to what was said/demonstrated in class. If tests merely require regurgitation of such slides/handouts, then fine, but not if they are expected to understand, recognize examples, illustrations, etc.] 2. I use them to stay on task, but also find them useful when I have a student who may be pulling the lecture astray. (We all have them once in a while.) I just click to the next slide and it pulls attention toward the new topic. [Yes, I also find them useful for ME as I go over key points. I would like them to be using it as outline and filling in information as they listen to what I emphasize, but that is not easy for them to do..they have learned only to frantically copy, not think about what is being said...and taking meaningful notes seems to be a lost art.] 3. I try to use as many of the bells and whistles as I can, such as embedding youtube clips, videos, diagrams, etc., but most importantly, I try to put only a few points on each slide and lecture from there, rather than load the slide up and just read them. (Shudder) [I will also do demos and ask the class for examples..when I do this, I take down the slide or cover it, but again we must remember to remind them the demo or clip, etc., fits in with the outline or answers a key point from the outline. What I have been doing a little more is to put questions on the slide or outline, use fill in the blank and then they must answer question or have fill-in FROM listening or watching me.] Students invariably write in my student evals that they appreciate the PowerPoints. Happily, the Tweet that Michael saw couldn't be from one of my students, since my classes are only on Tuesdays and Thursdays. ;-) Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu . To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=14316 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-14316-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=14318 or send a blank email to leave-14318-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Psychology images in the public domain
Thanks for the suggestions Rene! I had not taken enough time to do the search and searched for lab and psych, but these specific topics might be better. I specifically wanted to AVOID the clinical stereotypes about Psych. Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI 48710 989-964-4491 peter...@svsu.edu - Original Message - From: Rene Verry rve...@mail.millikin.edu To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Cc: Rene Verry rve...@mail.millikin.edu Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 3:36:12 PM Subject: Re: [tips] Psychology images in the public domain Gary, For self-evident photos, why not look for some of persons doing the Stroop task, a rat swimming in a water maze with someone timing it, an animal in an operant chamber pressing lever or keys in a discrimination task, someone administering an IQ or other type of test, a person with a human taking EEG or an animal receiving EBS or generating evoked potentials to a stimulus, babies in a car seat engaged in a habituation or gaze test to some stimulus, etc. I would google clip art images using specific terms (e.g., Stroop clip art photos). When I did so, I found lots of free photos of babies wired with electrodes for an EEG, rats humans in mazes, Stroop testing hope this helps and gets you started. rene Dr. Rene Verry Ph.D. Experimental Psychology Learning Research Specialist ACT/SAT/GRE Site Supervisor Office of Student Success Staley Library Room 14D Millikin University 1184 W Main Decatur, IL 62522 217-424-6398 rve...@millikin.edu To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hands, and eternity in an hour. William Blake CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message along with any included attachments may contain information that is confidential and privileged. Unless you are the addressee (or authorized to receive for the addressee,) you may not use, copy, or disclose to anyone any information contained in this message. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and immediately delete the message and any attachments. Thank you for your cooperation. Gerald Peterson peter...@svsu.edu 11/10/2011 2:11 PM I was doing a presentation to new students and looking for images that might depict the scientific aspect of psychology. What sources do we have for those kinds of images? What would they be? I thought maybe some folks in a sleep lab? Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI 48710 989-964-4491 peter...@svsu.edu - Original Message - From: Tim Shearon tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 2:48:53 PM Subject: RE: [tips] Psychology images in the public domain Michael- I don't have any images but I had a student do a presentation in our capstone course on this (she had images) and she stated that there were many available online (Google Scholar). She did warn the members of the class who searched to make sure they used a) use Google Scholar, b) use Thematic Apperception Test as the search and not TAT images as that results in a rather different set of images altogether! Tim ___ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Co-Chair and Professor of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu -Original Message- From: Michael Britt [mailto:mich...@thepsychfiles.com] Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 11:47 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Psychology images in the public domain Does anyone know of a good website where I can find psychology images (famous people for example) that are in the public domain? Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177an=Tl=tipso=14048 or send a blank email to leave-14048-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=14052 or send a blank email to leave-14052-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: rve...@mail.millikin.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13488.a5a0902ee31d6265b026c53ea428d284n=Tl=tipso=14055 or send a blank email to leave-14055-13488.a5a0902ee31d6265b026c53ea428d...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed
Re: [tips] images of psych as science
I am still searching, but it is not easy finding a depiction that conveys clearly that essential view. I have found some collages that might be useful, tho perhaps confusing. Animal research is limited in psych, and while I feel it is valuable, political and cultural pressures are curtailing that, I fearDon't want to open up this can of worms... Many students in my Psych 100 are leary of animal use in research I have found some cool clip art graphics, and will go with EEG type photos for future presentations. I also think the photos on creating illusory hand sensations might be neat (Ramachandrian work?). G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Nov 10, 2011, at 5:50 PM, Annette Taylor tay...@sandiego.edu wrote: That seems a bit cliched in the sense that what psychological scientists do is so varied. I think about a dozen different images would be better ;) How about something from animal studies, from imaging studies, something from survey studies, memory studies, RT button pressing in front of a computer monitor; children observed through a 2-way mirror; sitting face to face with someone (lots of research goes on that way); how about a hand in a bucket of ice water? You get the idea. There are all kinds. Of course most of these are cliched as well. But fundamentally for me, what makes psychology a science is the philosophy that underlies the research--it is driven by hypothesis testing and controlled methods. That's hard to depict in an image! Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 tay...@sandiego.edu From: Gerald Peterson [peter...@svsu.edu] Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 12:11 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Psychology images in the public domain I was doing a presentation to new students and looking for images that might depict the scientific aspect of psychology. What sources do we have for those kinds of images? What would they be? I thought maybe some folks in a sleep lab? Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI 48710 989-964-4491 peter...@svsu.edu - Original Message - From: Tim Shearon tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 2:48:53 PM Subject: RE: [tips] Psychology images in the public domain Michael- I don't have any images but I had a student do a presentation in our capstone course on this (she had images) and she stated that there were many available online (Google Scholar). She did warn the members of the class who searched to make sure they used a) use Google Scholar, b) use Thematic Apperception Test as the search and not TAT images as that results in a rather different set of images altogether! Tim ___ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Co-Chair and Professor of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu -Original Message- From: Michael Britt [mailto:mich...@thepsychfiles.com] Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 11:47 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Psychology images in the public domain Does anyone know of a good website where I can find psychology images (famous people for example) that are in the public domain? Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177an=Tl=tipso=14048 or send a blank email to leave-14048-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=14052 or send a blank email to leave-14052-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tay...@sandiego.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a21b0n=Tl=tipso=14055 or send a blank email to leave-14055-13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a2...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=14063 or send a blank email to leave-14063-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http
Re: [tips] Building a new psych iPad app
I didn't see anything yet, but think it's a cool idea Michael! G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU Gary's iPad On Oct 15, 2011, at 3:51 PM, Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com wrote: I'm working on an iPad version of a psych test prep tool I created a few years ago. Not positive what I'll call it yet, but here's what it looks like online: http://www.ThePsychFiles.com/mappr The iPad version will look much nicer (hired a graphic designer because I can't draw to save my life). I'm planning on adding more topics, images, animations and a little more fun to the iPad version. I think it's a nice prep tool for AP and Intro Psych college students. I've put a good deal of work into it over the years. If you're interested feel free to get in touch. I can send you an early build. Right now it's iPad only, but coming soon to iPhone and Android (once I teach myself how to do that, but I feel positive about this). Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=13453 or send a blank email to leave-13453-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=13456 or send a blank email to leave-13456-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Need an example of the need for human factors research?
Righty tighty, lefty looseyseems fine to me ;-) G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Oct 14, 2011, at 1:14 PM, Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com wrote: This is a great site Paul thanks. I've got a car in which you turn the key to the left to unlock it. To me, you should turn your key to the right to unlock your car. I've owned this car for 6 years and still haven't gotten this action down pat. Guess that could reflect something about me Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Oct 14, 2011, at 12:55 PM, Paul C Bernhardt wrote: This site has many examples that I use in my I/O class. And, my house has light switches in all kinds of terrible places (like the back wall of a closet, so you have to reach through the hanging clothing to get to the switch for the closet light). http://www.baddesigns.com/ Paul C. Bernhardt Department of Psychology Frostburg State University Frostburg, Maryland -Original Message- From: Rick Froman [mailto:rfro...@jbu.edu] Sent: Fri 10/14/2011 12:13 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Need an example of the need for human factors research? I recommend that we get that bathroom door button a little further from the rudder button. http://www.reuters.com/video/2011/09/30/japanese-airline-ana-apologises-for-plan?videoId=222108745videoChannel=2602 Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Box 3055 x7295 rfro...@jbu.edu http://bit.ly/DrFroman Proverbs 14:15 A simple man believes anything, but a prudent man gives thought to his steps. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: pcbernha...@frostburg.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003n=Tl=tipso=13418 or send a blank email to leave-13418-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958f69n=Tl=tipso=13420 or send a blank email to leave-13420-13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958...@fsulist.frostburg.eduwinmail.dat --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=13421 or send a blank email to leave-13421-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=13423 or send a blank email to leave-13423-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Need an example of the need for human factors research?
Fun site that mentions the failure to follow human factor principles. Where are they? Next to each example should be a note about what psych law or principle was violated. Is there a list of established laws and principles in this field? They probably just mean 'common sense' and user-friendly ideas eh? On a related note, do TIPS folks encounter many/any students interested in this area? I am hosting our annual Grad School/Career Prep seminar next week and I try to encourage students to appreciate the wide range of Psychology career options. Gary G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Oct 14, 2011, at 12:57 PM, Paul C Bernhardt pcbernha...@frostburg.edu wrote: This site has many examples that I use in my I/O class. And, my house has light switches in all kinds of terrible places (like the back wall of a closet, so you have to reach through the hanging clothing to get to the switch for the closet light). http://www.baddesigns.com/ Paul C. Bernhardt Department of Psychology Frostburg State University Frostburg, Maryland -Original Message- From: Rick Froman [mailto:rfro...@jbu.edu] Sent: Fri 10/14/2011 12:13 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Need an example of the need for human factors research? I recommend that we get that bathroom door button a little further from the rudder button. http://www.reuters.com/video/2011/09/30/japanese-airline-ana-apologises-for-plan?videoId=222108745videoChannel=2602 Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Box 3055 x7295 rfro...@jbu.edu http://bit.ly/DrFroman Proverbs 14:15 A simple man believes anything, but a prudent man gives thought to his steps. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: pcbernha...@frostburg.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003n=Tl=tipso=13418 or send a blank email to leave-13418-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94bn=Tl=tipso=13420 or send a blank email to leave-13420-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\fromtext \deff0{\fonttbl {\f0\fswiss Arial;} {\f1\fmodern Courier New;} {\f2\fnil\fcharset2 Symbol;} {\f3\fmodern\fcharset0 Courier New;}} {\colortbl\red0\green0\blue0;\red0\green0\blue255;} \uc1\pard\plain\deftab360 \f0\fs20 This site has many examples that I use in my I/O class. And, my house has light switches in all kinds of terrible places (like the back wall of a closet, so you have to reach through the hanging clothing to get to the switch for the closet light).\par \par http://www.baddesigns.com/\par \par Paul C. Bernhardt\par Department of Psychology\par Frostburg State University\par Frostburg, Maryland\par \par \par \par -Original Message-\par From: Rick Froman [mailto:rfro...@jbu.edu]\par Sent: Fri 10/14/2011 12:13 PM\par To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)\par Subject: [tips] Need an example of the need for human factors research?\par \par I recommend that we get that bathroom door button a little further from the rudder button.\par \par http://www.reuters.com/video/2011/09/30/japanese-airline-ana-apologises-for-plan?videoId=222108745videoChannel=2602\par \par Rick\par \par Dr. Rick Froman, Chair\par Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Box 3055\par x7295\par rfro...@jbu.edu\par http://bit.ly/DrFroman\par \par Proverbs 14:15 A simple man believes anything, but a prudent man gives thought to his steps.\par \par \par ---\par You are currently subscribed to tips as: pcbernha...@frostburg.edu.\par To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003n=Tl=tipso=13418\par or send a blank email to leave-13418-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu\par \par } --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=13424 or send a blank email to leave-13424-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu