RE: [tips] the 27th and 28th victims in Newtown
Beth and others- Thanks for your caring thoughts re: the family's losses. I fear also that many of us are living in the 1950s in terms of understanding human behavior- not least of all those reporting the news- but more, I fear our legislators are as well. It seems likely we'll get another easy answer that does nothing to help those with mental problems. There are so many tragedies here! Stay close to those you love and I hope you all have a very happy Holidays (and a Merry Christmas tomorrow - if you are so inclined). :) 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: Beth Benoit [beth.ben...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 24, 2012 9:23 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] the 27th and 28th victims in Newtown I am also very annoyed by people saying there must have been something the parents - particularly the mother - were doing wrong to make Adam behave as he did. It sounds like the mother was known to be a caring, kind and generous person. NOT someone with a lack of affect, isolation and withdrawal of attention, lack of meaningful supervision, etc. We know a lot about behavior and mental illness that don't have causes rooted in the person's homelife. In hindsight, of course, the gun ownership was a bad thing, but reading about the boy's extreme social withdrawal, it may have been the only thing she could do with him that he enjoyed doing with her - going to a shooting range. And knowing how socially withdrawn he was, the idea of him going out and doing what he did probably never occurred to her. Whatever the background information, I'm still stunned that so many people still sound like we're living in the 1950's, when everything was Mommy's fault. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Carol DeVolder devoldercar...@gmail.commailto:devoldercar...@gmail.com wrote: But still, to Beth's point, a mother and her son were also lost. The son--to what terrible cause? The mother, simply by being. There are people who will miss them. At the least, a father, brother, son. As terrible as it is for the 26 others, and it IS unimaginably terrible--it is also terrible for the shooter's family. They must be having a very hard time in the face of unspeakable guilt (which is probably quite unwarrented but there anyway). There were 28 losses to mourn. Carol On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Paul Brandon pkbra...@hickorytech.netmailto:pkbra...@hickorytech.net wrote: You might also discuss why a hundred times as many people are killed in car crashes as in plane crashes, but plane crashes get more publicity. On Dec 24, 2012, at 8:26 AM, Mike Palij wrote: Cullen's main point is that in situations like Columbine and Newtown, most of the initial information about what happened is just wrong. As the Guardian article above points out, journalistic rules get tossed and gossip serves as news. What actually happened in Columbine or Newtown or Aurora or other places involving gun violence takes a long time to figure out as well as getting the details right. But an infotainment-driven news media has no patience for such things because it works in news cycles, that is, limited time periods that can be devoted to one story until the next big story appears. In my methods class, I point out that when an airplane crashes the National Transportation Safety Board (in the U.S.) it usually take 18-24 months for them to conduct an investigation, reach conclusions, and present their report for why the crash occurred. Sometimes the reasons are clear, sometimes no definitive conclusion can be reached, and all the other incidents fall somewhere in between. But the news media may only spend a couple or few days on a plain crash, depending upon spectacular or newsworthy it is considered, and people will learn and remember what they heard on these broadcasts and NOT on the report that is issued maybe two years later. People will think that they know what happened but this is just the illusion of knowledge. We should not be surprised that similar things happen to other big news stories like mass shootings. People have their own lives to live and unless they are directly involved in the incidents will not really care to get the story straight (i.e., do the hard work of following up what is learned and ultimately concluded). Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.netmailto:pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as:
RE: [tips] Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
All Paul- that is true. As would measures other than self-report. Yes, I suspect this is a much more difficult question to answer than the anecdotes I've seen. I realize that I have not reviewed the literature and it is very far removed from my area. So I would be very interested to hear what the data suggest (and/or some reporting of studies done more carefully as I'm assuming there must be). Should I say hoping, rather than assuming? Is there, perhaps, a good review article etc. that someone could post for those of us regularly teaching Gen Psych? Best on your upcoming weekends! 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 -Original Message- From: Paul Brandon [mailto:pkbra...@hickorytech.net] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 11:53 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Depending, of course, on the definition of 'treatment resistant'. The time course of effect of the treatment would be relevant here. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=21182 or send a blank email to leave-21182-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Chocolate-loving countries produce more nobel laureates
Rick wrote: It appears to me that possibly the author of the research could have benefitted from a few more chocolate bars before writing this interpretation of the findings: “It seems most likely that in a dose-dependent way, chocolate intake provides the abundant fertile ground needed for the sprouting of Nobel laureates.” It does? Rick- Not so obvious to me either. Perhaps I'm chocolate deprived (I'll endeavor to fix that!). Or I wonder if they might have been eating too much chocolate- perhaps chocolate cross contaminated with something that produces . . . insights? Have a great weekend all! 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 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=21062 or send a blank email to leave-21062-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Status of SPSS
Robin We decided last year that the changes in what is supported by the new owner, in tech-support provided, and in pricing structure that we could not justify continuing to use SPSS. It was partly a financial decision but the drop in concern and increased troubles with reinstalling it on new computers (when old ones were taken out of service) were putting increasing stress on our IT resources. We also anticipated the drop in publisher support for a variety of reasons. Our students are now using several packages and concentrating on using R and macros in Excel to teach stats in our research methods sequence. 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: Musselman, Robin [rmussel...@lccc.edu] Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 8:32 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Status of SPSS This semester we have had quite a to-do about getting SPSS for our students in their statistics and methods classes. It appears that first Pearson and now Cengage has cut their relationship with SPSS. As a community college, obviously we need to teach what the transfer institutions are asking us to teach and up until now it has been SPSS. We are wondering if these changes in terms of getting student editions will have any impact on the use of SPSS at four year colleges/universities. Any thoughts? Robin Robin Musselman, EdD Professor Past President, Psi Beta Kno Educator Advisory Board Lehigh Carbon Community College Schnecksville, PA 18078 phone: 610-799-1531tel:610-799-1531 email: rmussel...@lccc.edumailto:rmussel...@lccc.edu Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the individual to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use or disclosure of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete the original message. Your compliance is appreciated. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edumailto:tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177an=Tl=tipso=20658 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-20658-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-20658-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=20663 or send a blank email to leave-20663-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Wetakeyourclass
Apparently some folks are appalled that this website isn't trustworthy! Here is a quote from a website: (not edited) I found this site online and spoke with 2 people on there chat. I was assured my test was going to get done after paying them $80.00. Come 10 PM last night, I get the run around that its being worked on. Well, deadline hits, and no test is complete. I lost 200 points on my class now because of these scammers. Stay aware, beware, they are in the business to SCREW YOU! There was a rebuttal (from ?) basically claiming this was a reputation management scam- I would presume from a competitor (which only deepens the intrigue, I suppose. I'll be honest that my first thought was check this on Snopes.com. Of course there's this take on that: http://xkcd.com/250/ I'm starting to think I'm sleep deprived - this is all rather surreal! 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: Ken Steele [steel...@appstate.edu] Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 3:49 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Wetakeyourclass On 9/12/2012 3:55 PM, MiguelRoig wrote about: http://www.wetakeyourclass.com/ -- I say this is the next logical step. http://www.i_take_my_tests_for_my_students_for_lotsa_money --- Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. steel...@appstate.edu Professor Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 USA --- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177an=Tl=tipso=20369 or send a blank email to leave-20369-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=20379 or send a blank email to leave-20379-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Wetakeyourclass
Paul got to my complaint first! Honest- I didn't copy! ___ 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: Paul C Bernhardt [pcbernha...@frostburg.edu] Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 6:25 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Wetakeyourclass It isn't all just groovy in WeTakeYourClass-land… apparently there is at least one unsatisfied customer: http://www.ripoffreport.com/wetakeyourclass-com/tutoring/wetakeyourclass-com-wetakeyou-65dd1.htm Paul On Sep 12, 2012, at 8:11 PM, Ken Steele wrote: Dang! Always a step behind. Ken --- Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. steel...@appstate.edu Professor Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 USA --- On 9/12/2012 6:17 PM, Mark Casteel wrote: Ken, how is the next logical step? You mean to say you don't already do this? How do you think I was able to afford my summer vacation? ;) *** Mark A. Casteel, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Penn State York 1031 Edgecomb Avenue York, PA 17403 (717) 771-4028 -Original Message- From: Ken Steele [mailto:steel...@appstate.edu] Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 5:49 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Wetakeyourclass On 9/12/2012 3:55 PM, MiguelRoig wrote about: http://www.wetakeyourclass.com/ -- I say this is the next logical step. http://www.i_take_my_tests_for_my_students_for_lotsa_money --- Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. steel...@appstate.edu Professor Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 USA --- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: pcbernha...@frostburg.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003n=Tl=tipso=20375 or send a blank email to leave-20375-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@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=20376 or send a blank email to leave-20376-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=20381 or send a blank email to leave-20381-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Ever Worry About Your Letters of Recommendation?
Chris I completely agree with your assessment of the base-rates of such events and with the reason why some folks felt it necessary to bring weapons to rallies in an attempt to provoke the secret service (which, I might add, borders on stupidity on several fronts). I would question the memory of anyone attending those rallies with loaded automatic weapons. I don't have such a memory. My memory is of people attending with handguns (holstered- is my memory) and with some long arms displayed- also I do remember more than once seeing an AR type rifle. But it isn't possible to tell that they are loaded or not without specifically checking the chamber (thus the rule of assuming they are when handling them). It isn't possible either to look at an AR style weapon and easily tell if it is automatic or semi-automatic. I realize that I might be picking nits to some folks but the phrasing of some of those things is quite important for political reasons on either side of the gun issue. 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: Christopher Green [chri...@yorku.ca] Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 8:24 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Ever Worry About Your Letters of Recommendation? On 2012-08-11, at 7:53 AM, Michael Palij wrote: But why should we be concerned about such issues, right? These events (i.e., mass murders by graduate students) are rare events, so we can treat the probability of any our students potentially being a criminal or a mass murders as essentially zero, right? To be statistically serious for a moment, it is an event that has such a low base rate that one would almost certainly commit a false positive were one to go out on a limb and predict such a thing, no matter how bizarrely a student (or any other human was acting (short of walking into a crowded building with loaded guns -- and even then, remember the guys during the last presidential election campaign who attended Obama rallies with loaded automatic weapons strapped to their backs with the aim not of killing, but of provoking the secret service into action in order to somehow prove that Obama's ultimate aims was to confiscate everyone's fire arms?) Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada chri...@yorku.camailto:chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ == --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edumailto:tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177an=Tl=tipso=19657 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-19657-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-19657-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=19668 or send a blank email to leave-19668-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Ever Worry About Your Letters of Recommendation?
Chris Of course I should have added that it isn't clear whose memory is flawed- could just as likely be mine. :) So I did a *little* checking online and found one direct reference to a loaded weapon (a glock at a rally and the wearer was quoted as saying it was loaded though I didn't find anything but that second-hand report) and I did find one AR carrying spectator. The reporter stated it was loaded (I didn't see any evidence that it was or wasn't- the memory that it was strapped to his back was correct, btw). I'm not sure where the determination of it being an AR-15 came from (or if it was just the term the reporter knew). From the grainy footage and my own limited knowledge I couldn't tell which variant of an AR it was but it seemed to be that type of gun. 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: Shearon, Tim [tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu] Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 4:08 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Ever Worry About Your Letters of Recommendation? Chris I completely agree with your assessment of the base-rates of such events and with the reason why some folks felt it necessary to bring weapons to rallies in an attempt to provoke the secret service (which, I might add, borders on stupidity on several fronts). I would question the memory of anyone attending those rallies with loaded automatic weapons. I don't have such a memory. My memory is of people attending with handguns (holstered- is my memory) and with some long arms displayed- also I do remember more than once seeing an AR type rifle. But it isn't possible to tell that they are loaded or not without specifically checking the chamber (thus the rule of assuming they are when handling them). It isn't possible either to look at an AR style weapon and easily tell if it is automatic or semi-automatic. I realize that I might be picking nits to some folks but the phrasing of some of those things is quite important for political reasons on either side of the gun issue. 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: Christopher Green [chri...@yorku.ca] Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 8:24 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Ever Worry About Your Letters of Recommendation? On 2012-08-11, at 7:53 AM, Michael Palij wrote: But why should we be concerned about such issues, right? These events (i.e., mass murders by graduate students) are rare events, so we can treat the probability of any our students potentially being a criminal or a mass murders as essentially zero, right? To be statistically serious for a moment, it is an event that has such a low base rate that one would almost certainly commit a false positive were one to go out on a limb and predict such a thing, no matter how bizarrely a student (or any other human was acting (short of walking into a crowded building with loaded guns -- and even then, remember the guys during the last presidential election campaign who attended Obama rallies with loaded automatic weapons strapped to their backs with the aim not of killing, but of provoking the secret service into action in order to somehow prove that Obama's ultimate aims was to confiscate everyone's fire arms?) Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada chri...@yorku.camailto:chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ == --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edumailto:tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177an=Tl=tipso=19657 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-19657-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-19657-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=19668 or send a blank email to leave-19668-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id
RE: [tips] NPR says...
If she does some more research on toxoplasmosis, she'll be trying to get you to eliminate vegetables from her diet as well. :) 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: devoldercar...@gmail.com [devoldercar...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2012 1:13 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] NPR says... My dog tipped me off to this. She's lobbying to get rid of the cat. A Parasite Carried By Cats Could Increase Suicide Risk by Jon Hamiltonhttp://www.npr.org/people/2100615/jon-hamilton 05:28 pm [http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2012/07/02/catlady_wide.jpg?t=1341259577s=4] Hans Martens/iStockphoto.comhttp://www.hansmartens.com What's the link between cats and madness? There's fresh evidence that cats can be a threat to your mental health. To be fair, it's not kitties themselves that are the problem, but a parasite they carry called Toxoplasma gondiihttp://www.cdc.gov/parasites/toxoplasmosis/gen_info/faqs.html. A study of more than 45,000 Danish women found that those infected with this feline parasite were 1.5 times more likely to attempt suicide than women who weren't infected. That's not a huge increase, but it's probably too big to have been caused by chance, says Teodor Postolachehttp://medschool.umaryland.edu/facultyresearchprofile/viewprofile.aspx?id=7394, a University of Maryland psychiatrist and senior author of the paperhttp://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1206779, which was published in the Archives of General Psychiatry. Still, the absolute risk of suicide remains very small. Fewer than 1,000 of the women attempted any sort of self-directed violence during the 30-year study span. And just seven committed suicide. But this isn't the first time T. gondii infection, or toxoplasmosis, has been associated with behavioral changes in people, Postolache says. Previous studies have shown links to schizophreniahttp://schizophreniabulletin.oxfordjournals.org/content/38/3/642.abstract%29, bipolar disorder, and even the chance that a person will get in an automobile accidenthttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/9/72/. Related NPR Stories Invasion Of The Mind-Controlling Zombie Parasiteshttp://www.npr.org/2011/10/30/141832947/invasion-of-the-mind-controlling-parasites?ps=rs Oct. 30, 2011 Eat Your Worms: The Upside Of Parasiteshttp://www.npr.org/2010/12/02/131753267/eat-your-worms-the-upside-of-parasites?ps=rs Dec. 2, 2010 Research Links Parasite In Cats To Mental Illnesseshttp://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127955946ps=rs June 19, 2010 The T. gondii parasite lives in the intestines of cats. Cat owners can become infected when they change a litter box, Postolache says. But he says people are more likely to be infected when they eat vegetables or meat that are raw or undercooked. People should not give their cats away because of this study, Postolache says. Scientists still aren't sure how the parasite affects a person's brain, he says. But in rodents, it causes cysts to form in areas of the brain involved in behavior. A study of rats also found that infection caused them to lose their fear of catshttp://www.pnas.org/content/104/15/6442.short and become attracted to the odor of cat urine. That behavioral change would increase the chance that a rat would be eaten by a cat — allowing the parasite to get into the cat's intestine, which is the only place it can reproduce sexually. The parasite doesn't benefit much from infecting a human, since cats don't eat people very often. So humans are probably just collateral damage from the parasites' effort to infect smaller animals, says Robert Yolkenhttp://www.hopkinschildrens.org/robert-yolken-md.aspx, an infectious disease expert at Johns Hopkins University. Yolken says he owns two cats and that the benefits outweigh the risks. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edumailto:tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177an=Tl=tipso=18889 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-18889-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-18889-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=18898 or send a blank email to leave-18898-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] TIPS belated birthday
Bill Many thanks- Your hard work is much appreciated- TIPS is still a kind of special place. Notes from TIPS are usually a bit of respite in the midst of everything else in my inbox! :) 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 On 6/2/2012 12:26 PM, Bill Southerly wrote: Since I had internet access issues yesterday I was not able to send this out on the proper date. Yesterday, June 1 marked the 20th anniversary for TIPS! Not sure how many more years TIPS will survive, particularly as I approach retirement, but I am proud that we have lasted this long. Thanks to each of you and to those that no longer belong for all of your contributions over the years. Bill Southerly --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177an=Tl=tipso=18130 or send a blank email to leave-18130-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=18136 or send a blank email to leave-18136-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Curious about exam construction
Stuart said: To put this another way, why is randomizing questions a good thing? My hunch is that if students benefit by seeing connections among questions, then that is a good thing! I agree (without much direct evidence, I am aware). When I give cumulative exams the mean is almost always lower than the exam scores taken before so making it even lower by reordering the questions makes me a bit uneasy. Besides, I do see exams as a teaching exercise as much as an evaluation. Something that gets them to make the connections seems to me to be a benefit - I WANT them to be making those connections. I wonder if by placing the questions in random order (huh?) that we are not actually contributing to them making incorrect connections based on what is brought to mind by the earlier and surrounding questions. Honestly, on some exams I actually note the beginning of each chapter's material and encourage them to use the surrounding questions to think back to their study place and related cues, etc. I'm not sure why we would want to purposely lower scores- why do we not see that as a form of interference? :) Perhaps I am getting soft? (My grades don't usually say so- although my Intro to Neuropsychology class this term. . . h.) Hope everyone has a great Sunday evening! 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 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=17666 or send a blank email to leave-17666-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Negative reinforcement at your fingertips
Michael That depends on which company you are referring to and the target behavior. I think the Kindle folks (i.e., Amazon) are trying to encourage you to buy the Kindle WITH the ads. If you are looking at it the way you mentioned I don't think it is any kind of reinforcement. This is a one trial event, I think. They may be trying to increase the sales of Kindles (to a group of folks) by offering them cheaper OR by making the more expensive one more attractive but that isn't really something you can reinforce since it is an extremely low probability event- you do it once I would think. 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: Michael Britt [mich...@thepsychfiles.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 7:07 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) 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: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177an=Tl=tipso=16860 or send a blank email to leave-16860-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=16876 or send a blank email to leave-16876-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Negative reinforcement at your fingertips
Michael Can you say confabulation!?! I was reading something about Kindle's (and an app) and then read your question- wasn't that a clever response - just combine two questions into one and save an email- of course, it makes no sense to anyone who reads it but hey. . . :) 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: Shearon, Tim [tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu] Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 6:20 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Negative reinforcement at your fingertips Michael That depends on which company you are referring to and the target behavior. I think the Kindle folks (i.e., Amazon) are trying to encourage you to buy the Kindle WITH the ads. If you are looking at it the way you mentioned I don't think it is any kind of reinforcement. This is a one trial event, I think. They may be trying to increase the sales of Kindles (to a group of folks) by offering them cheaper OR by making the more expensive one more attractive but that isn't really something you can reinforce since it is an extremely low probability event- you do it once I would think. 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: Michael Britt [mich...@thepsychfiles.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 7:07 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) 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: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177an=Tl=tipso=16860 or send a blank email to leave-16860-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=16876 or send a blank email to leave-16876-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=16877 or send a blank email to leave-16877-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] What Are You Going To Do When Your Students Bring This To Class?
Y'all That's interesting. My first thought was of faculty meetings. 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: Michael Palij [m...@nyu.edu] Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2012 10:43 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Michael Palij Subject: [tips] What Are You Going To Do When Your Students Bring This To Class? See: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/03/japanese-speech-jamming-gun/ Read the article and watch the video -- it ends with a student zapping a boring teacher. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.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=16425 or send a blank email to leave-16425-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=16430 or send a blank email to leave-16430-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Funny take on the rat maze
Paul Brandon asked: I wonder if anyone else on this group has actually run a rat in a maze. - Paul Absolutely- a bunch of times. Honestly don't remember the exact parameters- we must have had smarter rats or simpler mazes. :) 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: Brandon, Paul K [paul.bran...@mnsu.edu] Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 8:40 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Funny take on the rat maze Funny! I wonder if anyone else on this group has actually run a rat in a maze. I remember doing it my first year in grad school back in the dawn of history; took me a month to bring the rats UP TO chance level performance ;-) On Jan 16, 2012, at 8:54 AM, Michael Britt wrote: --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=15355 or send a blank email to leave-15355-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] The popularity of the Glock
All I think Mike is correct but only to a point. The need certainly existed and the police were surely receptive. But I think for us to say we really know why the Glock succeeded, as for any other invention, would likely result in untestable and over-simplified explanations. If we could predict such things, or even explain them, we'd be quite wealthy, certainly. (I belive Bertrand Russell offered something similar in terms of solipsism). :) Surely there are multiple reasons why the Glock succeeded- but I have serious doubts that a very large one, in addition to the name choice and the timings, wasn't that as a gun it was quite a good one. :) Not to mention all the free publicity they got when folks started all those rumors about being able to go right past a metal detector without triggering it (ridiculous assertion as the barrel, upper/slide, springs, magazine, and other parts of the gun were not plastic). Just my two-cents. 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: John Kulig [ku...@mail.plymouth.edu] Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 1:26 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] The popularity of the Glock Like Mike P, I assume its popularity is due to its technical qualities, including it's polymer (plastic) construction which appears to make it more reliable and durable that other guns. The plastic also protects it from extreme temperature changes and caustic liquids (according to the Wikipedia entry which Mike P supplies). But _perhaps_ the name pops up more in writing because of its sound qualities. I know absolutely nothing about guns but I have heard about Glocks through spy/detective/mystery novels. That fact made me notice a poster about Glocks on the wall of the local police station (cub scout field trip). Would a mystery writer mention the name of a gun if it had more vowels? Even then, not sure, a case can be made that realistic details are what make a novel work ... I believe Glock was Austrian, and if I am not mistaken many guns are from eastern europe. Speaking of sound qualities, I always thought Wolf Blitzer had an unfair advantage doing war coverage I mean, can you devise a better name for war coverage?? Dickens (i.e. Ebeneezer Scrooge) couldn't have done better ... == John W. Kulig, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Coordinator, University Honors Plymouth State University Plymouth NH 03264 == From: Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 3:05:19 PM Subject: Re: [tips] The popularity of the Glock I won't argue that the Glock is popular because of its capabilities as a handgun, but humor me here MIke. Might it's success, or perhaps the fact that non-gun owners like myself have even heard of it, have something to do with the name? I contacted the author of Word Hero and asked him his thoughts about the word Glock. His response: Sound symbolism is a concept from the field of linguistics. Glock is practically an onomatopoeia: the name evokes locking and loading, or the sound a bullet makes as it enters the chamber. From a branding standpoint, it says German, which continues to connote high quality. As Spock might say, Interesting. Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Jan 12, 2012, at 12:55 PM, Michael Palij wrote: On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:09:20 -0800, Michael Britt wrote: I was listening to the radio the other day and they were talking about how a pistol called the Clock [sic] has become extremely popular in the US. I don't know a thing about guns, but I have heard of the Glock. As it happens, I've been reading a very interesting book called Word Hero and I just finished your section on the idea of Sound Symbolism and I was wondering as I listened to the interview if one of the reasons why the Glock was popular was because of this word's ability to, as the author says, evoke a mood or attitude because of the sound of the word and how saying the word forces your mouth into certain shapes. Glock has a hard G and a K and the middle part forces you to really open your mouth (which, the author claims, makes things sound large). Ah, no. When you finish with Word Hero, take a look at Paul Barrett's book Glock, an excerpt of which is available on the Daily Beast website; see: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/01/07/glock-by-paul-barrett-interview-and-except.html Long story short on why the Glock became the most popular
RE:[tips] Pets
Karl- thanks for sharing that! It's very interesting footage. Perhaps also of interest in terms of its anthropomorphic narration. Kidnapping? I believe the term for stealing dogs is dognapping. ;) However, part of the definition of both nappings includes the demand for a ransom for return and this is pretty clearly something more interesting, I think. 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: Thursday, December 15, 2011 9:44 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Pets And some baboons take dogs as pets. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2lSZPTa3hofeature=youtu.be Cheers, Karl L. Wuensch --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=14907 or send a blank email to leave-14907-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE:[tips] Psychology Major/Department Student Survey
Doug If you get several back channel, could you compile and make those available? It would be much appreciated- that's also our next step. Have a great Saturday! 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: Peterson, Douglas (USD) [doug.peter...@usd.edu] Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 9:25 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Psychology Major/Department Student Survey My department is developing an annual student survey as part of our assessment plan. Does anyone have student surveys pertaining to the department or to the major that you are willing to share? Doug Peterson Associate Professor Department of Psychology The University of South Dakota Vermillion SD 57069 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177an=Tl=tipso=14822 or send a blank email to leave-14822-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=14830 or send a blank email to leave-14830-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Record Skipping- answer to my question
Michael and All I've thoroughly enjoyed this discussion as well and got several examples for the topic to use in classes. But I failed to provide an answer to a question I'd asked which had to do with the original title to Rocky Raccoon. My memory is from a class in a different life as a musician (as an undergraduate- well over 5 years ago- snicker) but I did check this online as best I could- the title was originally, Rocky Sassoon but was changed when they thought it didn't sound very cowboy-ish. :) Tim Shearon, The College of Idaho tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu -Original Message- From: Michael Britt [mailto:mich...@thepsychfiles.com] Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 5:20 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Record Skipping memories I enjoyed the back-and-forth regarding memories for record skipping (and for the sense that a particular song ought to follow another, but doesn't because of shuffling), but did we ever get to the root of the phenomenon? It sounds like these kinds of memories are explained by: Association Expectation Encoding The only issue I have with encoding is that I assume that the song was encoded with a skip in it. I suppose that after listening to a song many, many times with the skip the song-with-skip replaces the song-without-skip memory. Anyway, interesting conversation. Michael (Britt - nothing really multicultural about me, just a middle-aged, slightly balding white guy) --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177an=Tl=tipso=14542 or send a blank email to leave-14542-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=14552 or send a blank email to leave-14552-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Memory for Record Skipping
Carol and David, et al Trivia!! Without looking it up. . . What was Rocky Raccoon's original name in the song? :) (I think being a music major may have messed with my brain in some good ways). Tim From: David Hogberg [mailto:dhogb...@albion.edu] Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 4:38 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Memory for Record Skipping Carol et al.: I've greatly enjoyed your thread concerning very special memories of how songs are supposed to sound as they shift to the next LP band during play. In that I'm a wee tad older than many/most of you, I have many more LP band-shift memories than do the rest of you. Perhaps the Beatles (because I played the albums so frequently) provide the best examples of anticipatory conditioning or so I guess that's what it is. To this day, one of my favorite quotable lyrics from the Beatles is also a part of Rocky Racoon, i.e., Her name was McGill, but she called herself Lil, but everyone knew her as Nancy. Doggone, they were good! D On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Carol DeVolder devoldercar...@gmail.commailto:devoldercar...@gmail.com wrote: I experience this--and with a Beatles song, too! Rocky Raccoon fell back in his room only to fi...ble. I doubt that will ever leave my head! I also played albums over and over, and now I use shuffle on my iPod, and the order always trips me up--I expect to hear certain songs after others. Carol On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Michael mich...@thepsychfiles.commailto:mich...@thepsychfiles.com wrote: When I was young we played vinyl records which after many plays would skip. Like many people, I was a big fan of the Beatles, so I'll use them as an example. Now that I've been buying Beatles music, I often find when I play their songs I get to certain places in the music and I EXPECT it to skip, or at least I have a very clear memory that the song used to skip at exactly this point. Not sure where this fits into psychology other than memory in a broad sense, but I thought I'd throw it out there. Other people experienced this? Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. Host of The Psych Files podcast http://www.thepsychfiles.com mich...@thepsychfiles.commailto:mich...@thepsychfiles.com --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: devoldercar...@gmail.commailto:devoldercar...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=177920.a45340211ac7929163a021623341n=Tl=tipso=14447 or send a blank email to leave-14447-177920.a45340211ac7929163a021623...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-14447-177920.a45340211ac7929163a021623...@fsulist.frostburg.edu -- Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 563-333-6482tel:563-333-6482 This e-mail might be confidential, so please don't share it. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: dhogb...@albion.edumailto:dhogb...@albion.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13152.d92d7ec47187a662aacda2d4b4c7628en=Tl=tipso=14448 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-14448-13152.d92d7ec47187a662aacda2d4b4c76...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-14448-13152.d92d7ec47187a662aacda2d4b4c76...@fsulist.frostburg.edu -- David K. Hogberg, PhD Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Department of Psychological Science Albion College Albion MI 49224 Tel: 517/629-4834 (Home and mobile) --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edumailto:tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177an=Tl=tipso=14471 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-14471-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-14471-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=14472 or send a blank email to leave-14472-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Penn State abuse...not bystander apathy
Don I could not agree more. McQueary has stated to friends that he did intervene- now that is hearsay but it is being reported. Just like the other stuff that is from an unnamed source close to the investigation who was not authorized to speak publically. I'm wondering why any of us actually put much credence in leaks from unnamed sources when we so carefully and explicitly expect our students to learn and practice critical thinking. (Grumbling is one of my talents!!) What is being alleged is indeed tragic and monstrously so. . . if it is true (perhaps some know more than others but most of what is being reported is directly from the prosecutor and/or sports reporters- at least what I have seen/heard from my too busy cocoon of office to home and back!). I honestly think there are enough documented cases of bystander apathy (and pluralistic ignorance, etc.) without resorting to ones that are speculative. Just my 2-cents though. Tim ___ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Co-Chair and Professor of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edumailto:tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu From: don allen [mailto:dap...@shaw.ca] Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 12:00 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Penn State abuse...not bystander apathy It is, of course, possible that he didn't intervene because it wasn't a rape. Sandusky claims that they were just horsing around. The media have clearly convicted the coach but I prefer to wait for the court to make a determination. -Don. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=14190 or send a blank email to leave-14190-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
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: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=14052 or send a blank email to leave-14052-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE:[tips] A Thought for the Day
Annette Someone had that posted on FB yesterday and it made me laugh out loud! Thanks Tim ___ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Co-Chair and Professor of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edumailto:tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu From: Annette Taylor [mailto:tay...@sandiego.edu] Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 11:20 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] FW: A Thought for the Day I hope this works as an attachment, if not it will be hard to send. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 tay...@sandiego.edumailto:tay...@sandiego.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edumailto:tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177an=Tl=tipso=13961 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-13961-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-13961-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=13967 or send a blank email to leave-13967-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Does College Kill Interest in Science?
To no one in particular- All these long lines and extra spaces- it's just too difficult. I give up and am becoming a humanities major. :) Seriously, I can't help but think there is an opportunity to fall back on some data. But, I don't think it's College science per se but poor teaching of science and what we are asking them to give up to study. (Really- video games are more interesting than most of our classes!). I hope we all have a great weekend and watch a little football (or read a good novel) and go back Monday and start again. It was a very long week. 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 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=13906 or send a blank email to leave-13906-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE:[tips] Those MLB Necklaces and NFL Armbands
Don't forget about the holograms! http://www.powerbalance.com/PB-products 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: Annette Taylor [tay...@sandiego.edu] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 7:08 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Those MLB Necklaces and NFL Armbands Geez Louise. So, I've been watching the baseball world series and wondering about those necklaces the players are wearing so I looked it up online. I mean, Thank GOD that Al Gore invented the internet or I'd just go on being dumb...but maybe not as dumb as those athletically talented players in the world series. So apparently the bands have liquid titanium poured into them during manufacture and this assures optimal performance by enhancing electron flow through the player's body, reducing muscle stress, and maximizing performance. Some players have more than one and YOU TOO can buy one on the official MLB website for only $50 plus shipping and handling. You can read about it here: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/22/sports/baseball/22shea.html and here: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2010/11/01/athletic-rope-necklaces-medicine-fashion-statement-1450413663/ And I guess I'm a bit behind the times because the first article is from 2005! Where have I been all this time? So, I'm reading this to my husband who reminds me that I had asked him about those arm bands that NFL players wear...well, guess what? Now at least the NFL players are not quite as gullible...but, not much better. You can read about it here: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=719552 haha, they're for decoration. If you wear white, it makes your arms look bigger and it makes you look faster because the flashing white catches your eye. Depending on where on your arm you put them, they'll add size to your arms (optical illusion). that's about it. Black arm bands don't really add or take away from your size or speed but they're a good decoration. Just another way for Under Armour to make a buck. and here: http://www.kentucky.com/2008/09/24/534460/armbands-are-decorations-for-football.html And again, that last one is from 2008, so where have I been hiding my head all this time? Sigh. I'm sure there's a critical thinking teaching moment here some place. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 tay...@sandiego.edumailto:tay...@sandiego.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edumailto:tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177an=Tl=tipso=13714 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-13714-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-13714-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=13721 or send a blank email to leave-13721-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Request for social psychology book suggestions- fairly urgent
Esteemed members of TIPS I could use your help with social psychology books for our library. Short version of the story is, I was informed today that my department have not spent their library budget for this year and today is the deadline. I would like to ask for your help as we have a position in social psychology which is going to be a new hire for us. Thus our library will likely be found somewhat wanting by our new faculty member. In order to address this could you send me (back channel is fine) a list of must have social psychology related books that might help them. There will be some funds available next year also but I figured why not get a head start! Anything that you think you would or have ordered that would be helpful for, say, term papers and research projects in social would be welcome. Thanks much, Tim Shearon ___ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Co-Chair and Professor of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edumailto:tshea...@collegeofidaho.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=13644 or send a blank email to leave-13644-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Types of brain scans
Also, the resolution of CT scans is variable. How much detail is dependent partly on what is being looked at/for and the computer program that determines the output but it is generally true that most of the time they will order MRI for the increased structural detail- but that depends somewhat on the weighting of the scan. For some really good examples of relative scan results I'd suggest looking at the primer (first link) at the Whole Brain Atlas. http://www.med.harvard.edu/aanlib/ This online library is full of scans which are quite revealing of the differences between MRI and SPEC or PET scans but is old enough that the fMRI is noticeably absent. You might also find the information at the Human Brain Atlas at Michigan State to be quite good. Main website is: https://www.msu.edu/~brains/brains/human/index.html and there are some really interesting movies on the site at: https://www.msu.edu/~brains/brains/human/index.html#Anchor-Quicktim-228 Some students find the movies a bit troubling due to the facial detail. 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: Brandon, Paul K [mailto:paul.bran...@mnsu.edu] Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 8:55 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Types of brain scans I believe that PET is X-ray (building up a three dimensional image using 'slices') while fMRI (functional MRI or magnetic resonance imaging) uses magnets to stimulate emissions from the brain structure. Since the actual images depend on the computer processing program that generates them, I'm not sure if they can easily be distinguished unless you know which brain structures each is best at delineating. On Oct 24, 2011, at 8:28 AM, Michael Britt wrote: Excellent sources Scott - thank you. So I'll add these key points as differences between fMRI and PET: * PET: adv: patient can move during the scan, disadv: expensive and invasive (injection of radioactive isotope) * fMRI: adv: higher resolution than PET, non-invasive, disadv: patient cannot move during the scanning process It sounds like it would be too difficult (and not necessary) for our students to be able to tell the difference between an image of an fMRI scan and a PET scan. Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.commailto:mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.comhttp://www.ThePsychFiles.com/ Twitter: mbritt On Oct 24, 2011, at 9:03 AM, Lilienfeld, Scott O wrote: Michael - Actually, lots of accessible discussions of this issue are available on the web. Here are two, but there are many others: http://www.brainybehavior.com/blog/2007/07/pet-scans-and-fmri-compared/ http://users.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/~stuart/thesis/chapter_3/section3_1.html ...Scott Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D. Department of Psychology, Room 473 Emory University 36 Eagle Row, Atlanta, Georgia 30322 slil...@emory.edumailto:slil...@emory.edu; 404-727-1125 From: Michael Britt [mailto:mich...@thepsychfiles.com] Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 8:38 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Types of brain scans Since my experience with brain scans is limited, can someone tell me if I have the following correct: * CT scan: uses xrays, the scan is good for revealing the structure of the ear perhaps, but very little detail of the brain * MRI: uses magnets, reveals more detail of the brain's structure * fMRI: also using magnets, but reveals the activity of the neurons in the brain by detecting changes in oxygen in the blood (oxygen used by active neurons) * PET: requires the injection of a radioactive substance that contains glutamate, detects activity in the brain via neurons using up the glutamate Question: fMRI and PET scans look very similar. How can students tell them apart? When is one of these scans preferred over the other? --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177an=Tl=tipso=13630 or send a blank email to leave-13630-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=13649 or send a blank email to leave-13649-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Social Psychology Position
Assistant Professor of Social Psychology The College of Idaho invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in social psychology, beginning in August 2012. Ph.D. required. Teaching duties will include a broad range of Psychology courses, such as: Social Psychology, Research Methods, General, and other courses in the candidate's specialty. Ability to teach Applied Statistics is desirable. Teaching load is 3-1-3, including an imaginative/immersive course in Winter Term. Beyond teaching, faculty members at the College are expected to be engaged in advising, community and professional service, and scholarship. A statement of teaching philosophy and research interests should accompany a CV, teaching evaluations, evidence of scholarship, graduate transcripts, and three letters of recommendation. At least one letter should address teaching. Commitment to undergraduate liberal arts education is expected. The College of Idaho is the oldest institution of higher education in Idaho. Our beautiful historic campus is conveniently located just 24 miles west of Boise, in close proximity to world-class outdoor recreation. The College is a selective, residential, liberal arts institution of approximately 1000 students and emphasizes excellence in teaching, small classes, collaborative research with students, and collegial relationships among faculty. Description of our major: http://www.collegeofidaho.edu/media/PEAK_Guide/program.asp?program=Psychologytype=major and minor: http://www.collegeofidaho.edu/media/PEAK_Guide/program.asp?program=Psychologytype=minor College web-page: http://www.collegeofidaho.edu/default.asp Please submit materials via email to h...@collegeofidaho.edu Subject: Psychology Search. Review of applications will begin November 15th. EO/AAE. Disclaimer The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by faculty / staff assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and/or skills required of all personnel so classified. ___ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Co-Chair and Professor of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: tshea...@collegeofidaho.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=13427 or send a blank email to leave-13427-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE:[tips] NYTimes.com: You Love Your iPhone. Literally.
But it has to be true. They used neuro-imaging! Tim ___ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Co- Chair and 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: Rick Froman [rfro...@jbu.edu] Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 9:14 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE:[tips] NYTimes.com: You Love Your iPhone. Literally. Yes, its pretty much as good as you might imagine: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/opinion/you-love-your-iphone-literally.html Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 rfro...@jbu.edumailto:rfro...@jbu.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=13078 or send a blank email to leave-13078-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=13081 or send a blank email to leave-13081-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Neutrino no-no
Of course, this could be an idea planted by the Higgs-Boson particle to mislead us (or did we just loose the little whippersnapper!). Tim ___ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Chair and Professor of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu -Original Message- From: Rick Froman [mailto:rfro...@jbu.edu] Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 7:49 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Neutrino no-no CERN gives a joke and CERN takes away: http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/cern-higgs-boson-god-particle-likely-does-not-exist/ Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 rfro...@jbu.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=12973 or send a blank email to leave-12973-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Neutrino no-no (Was: Maybe Bem was right?)
Wasn't it:, Laughter and the bartender said No faster than light neutrinos in here! A neutrino walks into a bar and says, Hey, can I get a beer? A guy says, You want to hear a joke about neutrinos? ___ 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: Michael Scoles [micha...@uca.edu] Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 9:23 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Neutrino no-no (Was: Maybe Bem was right?) and the bartender said No faster than light neutrinos in here! A neutrino walks into a bar and says, Hey, can I get a beer? Michael T. Scoles, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Counseling University of Central Arkansas Conway, AR 72035 501-450-5418 sbl...@ubishops.ca 9/24/2011 2:16 PM I leave the final word on the matter to a Canadian commentator, only he said it in 1923 (http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poet/39.html ): There was a young lady named Bright Whose speed was far faster than light; She set out one day, In a relative way And returned on the previous night. A.H. Reginald Buller, anonymous in _Punch_ (Dec. 19, 1923): 591. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edumailto:tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177an=Tl=tipso=12943 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-12943-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-12943-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=12949 or send a blank email to leave-12949-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] crawling ability and reading
Carol and others Time for an old guy moment. I distinctly remember that this was a belief (and I know of no data beyond what's been mentioned) that was around around the 60s - 70s. I'd put it closer to urban myth than anything else. I actually tried to do a paper on this as an undergrad. The myth, so far as I could ascertain, was that this came from children injured in automobile accidents (before seat belts, so the story went). When they had hip or pelvis fractures they were frequently given a cast from below the ribs to below the knees (that part is true to some degree). I first heard this story when a family member was given an alternative treatment because, according to the physician, such casting lead to reading difficulties and other school problems. I didn't know enough at the time (I think I was about 10) to ask for sources. :) But in college I followed this up and attempted to find medical or psychological studies to back it up. I could find nothing save a few intuitions published as letters (and I can find no current reference to them). I'd put it in the realm of urban myth save any data (one physician told me at the time of my paper attempt that there were no new data because of people using seat belts and later child seats). The other way this is presented sometimes is children who walk before crawling are damaged in the same way. Wish I had something more. 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 On Jul 9, 2011, at 10:19 AM, Carol DeVolder wrote: Hi, A student recently e-mailed me and asked a question that I can't answer. He wrote that his mother adamantly claims there is a strong correlation between infants' crawling and their eventual reading ability and he says their isn't. He said he has done some searching of the literature and has found nothing and asked if I know of any evidence to which he could turn; but, since this isn't my area I wonder if any developmental psychology experts could offer suggestions. Thanks from me and from my student, Carol _.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._ ~ all you can take with you is that which you've given away ~ ~ teaching learning developmental psychology ~ ~ http://www.DevPsy.org ~ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177an=Tl=tipso=11355 or send a blank email to leave-11355-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=11360 or send a blank email to leave-11360-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] A Zen approach to Osama
Oh, dear. Perhaps you might wish to rethink posting that. At least to clarify your meaning? 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: michael sylvester [msylves...@copper.net] Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 8:18 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] A Zen approach to Osama If thou encounter Osama in the house,KILL HIM! Michael --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edumailto:tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177an=Tl=tipso=10492 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-10492-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-10492-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=10506 or send a blank email to leave-10506-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE:[tips] Another Neuroscience Oscar
Thanks, Scott- Very interesting article. ___ 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: Lilienfeld, Scott O [slil...@emory.edu] Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2011 7:58 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Another Neuroscience Oscar Hi All - Thought some of you might be amused by this story...I was (ironically, I'd seen the media write-up of the study a couple of days ago, but hadn't bothered to look at the name of the third author): http://mindhacks.com/2011/04/10/the-oscar-for-best-neuroscience-research-goes-to/ ...Scott Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D. Professor Department of Psychology Emory University Atlanta, Georgia 30322 slil...@emory.edu This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177an=Tl=tipso=9930 or send a blank email to leave-9930-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=9939 or send a blank email to leave-9939-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] orientation to major
All We considered such an orientation course. But we thought it was too much a skills course and wondered exactly what we'd be teaching and how in the world we'd assess it. Then there is the issue of being one of the top three majors (which due to our slow policies on new positions has resulted in our having the highest ration of campus of majors to faculty- i.e., who wants to teach this without compensation). So we settled (maybe not the right word) for a course called Introduction to Psychological Science. In that course we included some content on a) interacting with your faculty and other psychological professionals, b) how to get involved in internships and research, and c) understanding that psychology is a science and those practicing the craft are scientific practitioners. I can't tell you if it has helped very much in terms of etiquette yet as we only offered this course for the first time this term. (We completely revised our major at the same time that our College revised it's general curriculum- smart huh!?!?) We also decided, after much weeping and gnashing of teeth, that we'd include some common features on syllabi in the department. Things like ADA, the College honor code, a description of plagiarism, etc. But we also agreed to put some common sections that would remain open to the personality of the instructor - like personal introduction, course policies, etc. For example, I never allow/encourage first name use by first or second year students but often allow it with students who are TAs or working with me in the lab. The faculty member who teaches clinically related courses has never, to my knowledge told anyone to call him anything else besides his first name- which, of course, has lead to the students deciding to refer to him only by his last name. ___ 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: roig-rear...@comcast.net [roig-rear...@comcast.net] Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 1:47 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] orientation to major Me too, as our department is currently considering such a course. Miguel - Original Message - From: Carol DeVolder devoldercar...@gmail.com To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 3:16:32 PM Subject: Re: [tips] orientation to major I would appreciate reading responses to Annette's question too. Carol On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Annette Taylor tay...@sandiego.edumailto:tay...@sandiego.edu wrote: Do any of your psychology programs have a course that orients students to the psychology major as a whole? At some institutions this is a sort of omnibus course that allows students, as soon as they declare a major, to prepare a program of study that will maximize their immediate and long term goals, with a fail safe in there someplace in case plans change. Some look at how to maximize psych goals in terms of core requirements. As well, it seems to often times be a combination careers course combined with an orientation to psychology as a science, with some information literacy components, APA style components, graduate school preparation components and others. If your department or program does, (or if you know about institutions that have such as program) can you please tell me about it, or better yet, send me a syllabus. There is only one on project syllabus for the course taught by Drew Appleby at Indiana Purdue. There are also a couple of careers courses but I am more interested in an omnibus course such as the one at Indiana. Thanks Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 tay...@sandiego.edumailto:tay...@sandiego.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edumailto:tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177an=Tl=tipso=9582 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-9582-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-9582-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=9585 or send a blank email to leave-9585-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE:[tips] Discrimination against conservatives (again)
Interesting. Though I find his math rather puzzling. I try to read with an open mind and some of what he says is interesting and thought provoking. But the article said: In a 2007 study of both elite and non-elite universities, Dr. Gross and Dr. Simmons reported that nearly 80 percent of psychology professors are Democrats, outnumbering Republicans by nearly 12 to 1. Wouldn't 80% be 4 to 1? Am I missing something? And before that he is quoted as having said: “But when we find out that conservatives are underrepresented among us by a factor of more than 100, suddenly everyone finds it quite easy to generate alternate explanations.” A factor of 100? But it's 80% and 12 to 1? Ok- I still like the idea for provoking discussion but I'd find it easier to follow if the numbers were a bit more consistent. Back to work. 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: Helweg-Larsen, Marie [helw...@dickinson.edu] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 3:18 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Discrimination against conservatives (again) An interesting article in the New York Times describing a talk at the SPSP conference by Jonathan Haidt (U of Virginia). http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/science/08tier.html The comments are fascinating. http://community.nytimes.com/comments/www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/science/08tier.html Are conservatives discriminated against in academic? Discuss. Marie Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS), +45 2065 1360 Dickinson College (on leave 2010/2011) http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edumailto:tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177an=Tl=tipso=8595 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-8595-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-8595-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=8602 or send a blank email to leave-8602-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE:[tips] Discrimination against conservatives (again)
Puzzling a bit more the 12 to 1 *could* make sense. If it is 80% democratic and most of the remaining 20% are independent/libertarian/other leaving only 7% or so as Republican then that's 80 to 7 or (drum roll. . . . ) about 11 to 1. Seriously. Back to the grind. :) Oh, and I'm one of those socially more liberal and fiscally more conservative and, yes, it leads to some interesting discussions but I've never felt discriminated against. (Please don't hate me!) ;) 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: Shearon, Tim [tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 11:55 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE:[tips] Discrimination against conservatives (again) Interesting. Though I find his math rather puzzling. I try to read with an open mind and some of what he says is interesting and thought provoking. But the article said: In a 2007 study of both elite and non-elite universities, Dr. Gross and Dr. Simmons reported that nearly 80 percent of psychology professors are Democrats, outnumbering Republicans by nearly 12 to 1. Wouldn't 80% be 4 to 1? Am I missing something? And before that he is quoted as having said: “But when we find out that conservatives are underrepresented among us by a factor of more than 100, suddenly everyone finds it quite easy to generate alternate explanations.” A factor of 100? But it's 80% and 12 to 1? Ok- I still like the idea for provoking discussion but I'd find it easier to follow if the numbers were a bit more consistent. Back to work. 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: Helweg-Larsen, Marie [helw...@dickinson.edu] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 3:18 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Discrimination against conservatives (again) An interesting article in the New York Times describing a talk at the SPSP conference by Jonathan Haidt (U of Virginia). http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/science/08tier.html The comments are fascinating. http://community.nytimes.com/comments/www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/science/08tier.html Are conservatives discriminated against in academic? Discuss. Marie Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS), +45 2065 1360 Dickinson College (on leave 2010/2011) http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edumailto:tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177an=Tl=tipso=8595 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-8595-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-8595-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=8602 or send a blank email to leave-8602-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=8603 or send a blank email to leave-8603-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Stimulus generalization? Couldn't resist
Michael said: Some burglars in Central Florida came across an urn at a home. . . But see Snopes.com: http://www.snopes.com/horrors/cannibal/cocaine.asp Funny though- likely the next Cohen brother's movie? :) 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 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=8035 or send a blank email to leave-8035-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Psychologist on BEM on Morning Television
Dr Hartstein. Here is a bit of her bio from her web-page: Dr. Hartstein received her BA from George Washington University in Washington, DC before earning her MA in Dance/Movement Therapy from Hahnemann University in Philadelphia. She worked as an Allied Therapist on two adolescent inpatient units, creating and implementing group therapy programs, before returning to Yeshiva University to complete her doctorate in School-Child Clinical Psychology. Dr. Hartstein works with children, adolescents and their families who have a wide range of psychological diagnoses. She has received intensive training in adolescent suicide assessment and has specialized in this population for several years, using a variety of treatment approaches, including Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Dr. Hartstein has published and presented on teen-related issues, and has been asked to speak as an expert on a variety of psychological issues in print and on television and radio. From what I could tell it was a PsyD. I hope it doesn't reflect on her actual training that we take a leap of faith about research being valid and right. Surely this is the ambling of a web-writer- the has been asked to speak as an expert sounds more like a role one would play as opposed to . . . oh, never mind. 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: Joan Warmbold [jwarm...@oakton.edu] Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 7:12 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Psychologist on BEM on Morning Television I hope folks contact the CBS Morning Show about their concerns regarding Ms. Hartstein's unacceptable reflections and comments regarding the scientific study of ESP. Joan Joan Warmbold Boggs jwarm...@oakton.edumailto:jwarm...@oakton.edu Rick Froman wrote: I guess she is a regular contributor on the CBS Morning Show. http://www.drjen.com/Dr._Jen/About_Dr._Jen.html Rick --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=8014 or send a blank email to leave-8014-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE:[tips] online masters
Annette Is she familiar with the Uniformed Services University? I don't know that they have an online program but she might research their faculty (research interests, I mean) and contact someone there who may have contacts where she is. I just wrote a letter of recommendation for one of our students who is in the Navy- we had an Air Force PhD through one of these programs and he's done extremely well since obtaining his degree. 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: Annette Taylor [tay...@sandiego.edu] Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 9:57 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] online masters Calling on more tipster wisdom: Another question from my Navy student: she asked me if there are online master's level psych programs that she could do while in the military, that might enhance her chances of getting into a doctoral program once she finishes with the Navy. I know zero about online master's programs, probably for the good reason that in general these seem to be frowned upon so I haven't bothered to learn how to educate myself about them. But her circumstance is a bit unusual. I told her I didn't think so but would check with a wider audience. Do any of you know anything such programs? If any of you are on admissions committees for doctoral programs, especially clinical, do you think this is a good idea given her circumstances? A bad idea? Makes no difference one way or another? Doing real research is nearly impossible for her right now. I know that is the best advice for her. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 tay...@sandiego.edumailto:tay...@sandiego.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edumailto:tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177an=Tl=tipso=7776 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-7776-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-7776-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=7779 or send a blank email to leave-7779-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE:[tips] Holiday Fun
A new version of Penguin sliding. Just make sure to choose the Play Game button toward the bottom right of the inner window- do NOT choose the Start button (which is a trick to get you to the home page for the games). It is actually a Start Playing Games Now button. 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: Annette Taylor [tay...@sandiego.edu] Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 10:22 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Holiday Fun In years gone by someone on tips used to send out a link to a game where we could play batting the penguin. I can't find that link, but here is another good bit of fun if you are horribly tired of grading papers and want any old excuse to stop for a moment. http://tinyurl.com/2cz4c56 Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 tay...@sandiego.edumailto:tay...@sandiego.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edumailto:tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177an=Tl=tipso=7179 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-7179-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-7179-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=7182 or send a blank email to leave-7182-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] A brilliant discovery
It seems to matter which this edge you do third and which fourth. And to think my time used to be spent wondering which section of the Appalachian Trail I'd hike the weekend after finals. . . 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: Annette Taylor [tay...@sandiego.edu] Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 5:16 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] A brilliant discovery Very good Allen! I've been using this technique and my sheets still come out looking halfway between the one on the right and the one on the left; of course I don't have such a large accomodating table to work with, only the top of the washer/dryer with the lids all closed ;) of course, this IS psychology related, right? Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 tay...@sandiego.edu From: Allen Esterson [allenester...@compuserve.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 3:25 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] A brilliant discovery A useful tip: http://kottke.org/10/12/how-to-fold-a-fitted-sheet Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tay...@sandiego.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a21b0n=Tl=tipso=7055 or send a blank email to leave-7055-13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a2...@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=7056 or send a blank email to leave-7056-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=7061 or send a blank email to leave-7061-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Need ideas for intro psych lab section
Traci A. Giuliano asked: If anyone has a syllabus and/or specific activities you'd be willing to share (or good resources to point me to), I'd really appreciate it!! Traci The company that produces E-Prime experimental programming software has a product called Psych Mate which has a suite of 30 classic experiments that are priced reasonably (they have a few pricing schemes including the students buying them (similar to a text purchase) or a site license ($20.00 for each activation key and 35.00 each station for the CD and text). It presents a variety of research experiences for each student including the data for their results and automatically submits their data for the class etc. One nice feature I think is that the student kit (CD/activation/book) is usable for a year or up to 5 classes within a year (I believe it is 365 days from activation but I'm not completely sure). http://www.pstnet.com/software.cfm?ID=54 That might be a bit expensive to add to your textbook (depending on policies, current text, etc.) for a single unit lab but it isn't terribly out of line with some lab fees and could be coordinated with other courses to spread it out a bit. There are also free online experiments through Ole Miss. http://www.psych.uni.edu/psychexps/ This one is free and you the student's data is uploaded to their site and they can then look at the results. I've used this one a bunch in a variety of classes from General to research methods. It has a bit of a learning curve but the only problems we've encountered are a) the first download of a required macromedia plug-in can cause a bit of an issue if student's can't download software- we always did that for the computers in the lab and it isn't an issue on their own computer (which means, of course, they can do the experiment in a variety of settings which has advantages and disadvantages!) b) the occasional busy internet issues that are always present. Mostly it has been trouble free for us. Hope some of that helps. Tim Shearon ___ 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 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6933 or send a blank email to leave-6933-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Need ideas for intro psych lab section
Oh, dear! the student's data is uploaded. . . EDIT: the student's data are uploaded. . . I've not been well. :) Everyone have a great Friday of classes and a restful weekend (or a glass of wine with your finals grading if you are that far along!). 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 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6934 or send a blank email to leave-6934-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] was: Need ideas for intro psych lab section
Yikes- my third post today. Paul You are correct that the is/are choice is different depending on the placement of the apostrophe. Which means I may have made one or the other error -either student's data are or students' data is would be incorrect depending on the circumstance- I actually meant, students' data are. At least in this case my most egregious error would only provoke folks (my spouse, for example) who are data are sensitive. :) She'd argue that even if you meant the data from a single student, unless it is a single data point it 'are data'. (She uses that to help students remember that data are plural and datum is singular). So I guess technically the sentence could read, student's datum is. Ahh, cold medication and sleep deprivation. Best. Tim -Original Message- From: Paul C Bernhardt [mailto:pcbernha...@frostburg.edu] Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 10:49 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Need ideas for intro psych lab section I think the student's data is uploaded and the students' data are uploaded are both correct, though the latter is probably a more accurate reflection of what would be done for a class. Note the position of the possessive apostrophe. Paul C. Bernhardt Department of Psychology Frostburg State University Frostburg, Maryland --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6940 or send a blank email to leave-6940-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Condolences to the Family of John Serafin
Tipsters: I also only knew John from this list. I send my most heartfelt condolences to the family and friends. John's obituary can be found at the link below (you have to click on the name on that page and the obituary and a link to leave a condolence appear in a separate window). http://www.jpaulmccrackenfuneralchapel.com/obituaries.php 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 From: Serafin, John [john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu] Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 6:17 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] To Tipsters in Stockbridge,Mass John V. Serafin, Ph.D., 58, of Ligonier, died Sunday evening, Nov. 21, 2010, at his home. He was born Oct. 22, 1952, in Garden City, Mich., a son of the late John J. and Lillian Bach Serafin. John earned his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. He was a highly respected professor of psychology and statistics at St. Vincent College for more than 30 years. While at St. Vincent, he twice served as department chairperson and served twice as president of the Faculty Senate. He was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church. He is survived by his loving wife of 36 years, Carol A. (Brand) Serafin; two daughters, Janet (Talmadge) Dowling, of Pittsburgh, and Laura J. Serafin, of Philadelphia; a brother, Raymond (Ann) Serafin, of Ferndale, Mich.; half brother, Bill (Sandra) Serafin, of Navarre, Fla.; a niece and a nephew. Also surviving are his wife's family, with whom he was very close: his mother-in-law, Merlene Brand, and brothers-in-law, Thomas (Judy), Paul (Jeanne), James (Dawn) and David (Patricia) Brand. John's friends and family will gather together from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the J. PAUL McCRACKEN FUNERAL CHAPEL AND CREMATORY INC., 144 E. Main St., Ligonier. A blessing service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the funeral chapel, followed by the funeral Mass at 11 a.m. in Holy Trinity Catholic Church with Archabbot Douglas Nowicki, OSB, Monsignor William G. Charnoki, PA, and the Rev. Vernon Holtz, OSB, concelebrating. A vigil for the deceased will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral chapel. Contributions may be made in John's memory to Partners In Progress, c/o 329 N. Fairfield St., Ligonier, PA 15658. To sign the online guest book or to send condolences to the family, please visit www.jpaulmccrackenfuneralchapel.com http://www.jpaulmccrackenfuneralchapel.com . -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 john.sera...@email.stvincent.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=6756 or send a blank email to leave-6756-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Girls and Horses - Archetype?
Michael: For the sake of parsimony *and* the aforementioned likelihood of harming someone's enjoyment needlessly, I would stick with a behavioristic explanation. Mildly ironic? :) I might add that it is one of the few sports where those who are less strong and more empathic can equal or exceed the accomplishments of those who are stronger and less sensitive - thus may be more rewarding or reinforcing for some than for others (Not even getting to the complexities of male and female developmental differences, anthropological and cultural issues, etc.). I think it is more likely that one can find a parsimonious explanation by looking to the effects environmental variables (e.g., parents and their expectations) rather than attempting to explain it based on far more complex phenomena. (Also, is this backed up by data that females are more involved with horses or are we speaking purely from anecdote? I honestly do not have a clue on that. Apologies if this is more terse than I intended- I recognize that most of what's been said is light-banter - this was constructed rather quickly and I hope does not reflect a dismissive tone). :) 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: Alejandro Franco [alejandro.franc...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2010 1:53 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Girls and Horses - Archetype? Hi Michael: Bruno Bettleheim wrote this in his book: The uses of enchantment: the meaning and importance of Fairy Tales (1975). p. 56-57 (you can find it in Amazon.com). Many girls of an older age group are deeply involved with horses; they play with toy horses and spin elaborate fantasies around them. When they get older and have the opportunity, their lives seem to rotate around real horses, which they take excellent care of and seem inseparable from. Psychoanalytic investigation has revealed that overinvolvement in and with horses can stand for many different emotional needs which the girl is trying to satisfy. For example, by controlling this powerful animal she can come to feel that she is controlling the male, or the sexually animalistic, within herself. Imagine what it would do to a girl's enjoyment of riding, to her self-respect, if she were made conscious of this desire which she is acting out in riding. She would be devastated -robbed of a harmless and enjoyable sublimation, and reduced in her own eyes to a bad person. At the same time, she would be hard-pressed to find an equally suitable outlet for such inner pressures, and therefore might not be able to master them. Now you can add this explanation to the Jungian one :) Alejandro --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=5941 or send a blank email to leave-5941-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Prezi
David That's a good synopsis! I'm also working on some presentations for neuroanatomy, psychopharmaology, etc. I tried it in other classes and didn't like it. BTW- our library staff absolutely loves Prezi! I'm thinking that relates to the same non-linearity of the task (they are often presenting to 1st year classes on how to do library searches). So for those teaching Research Methods it is a good tool for design and searches. Tim Shearon ___ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor, Department of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu -Original Message- From: David Wheeler, Ph.D. [mailto:d...@relaxnow.org] Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 11:11 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Prezi I too have tried Prezi but do not use on a regular basis. I is definitely NOT a replacement for PowerPoint. If you just want to save money, use OpenOffice.org for free. Prezi works best with concepts that are naturally hierarchical and spatial. I am working on a Prezi for Neuroanatomy. It could work well with geography or history (using time-line as organizing structure). So, it is not a replacement for PowerPoint. It is has a different purpose. PowerPoint is linear. Prezi is based on cognitive maps. =David Wheeler, Ph.D. Robert Morris University @DavidWheelerPhD --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=5686 or send a blank email to leave-5686-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] How many deaths do you think it will take?
Annette Perhaps. The vast majority of my friends also coped with teasing and bullying at some level. But I did have a friend who committed suicide and I've known a student who did- sadly both those instances barely made the local news as folks tended to think such things were 'family issues'. It seems to me that most students today, ours at least, are resilient to some pretty awful treatment by their peers/caretakers and handle it pretty much the same as we did- I have to wonder though if our definition of what is news has an effect in some ways. It seems to my likely biased memory that if someone's sexual orientation or character became an issue with friends etc. it spread through gossip but it did so without the immediacy or impact of the internet - thus one could retreat from it a bit easier- I don't know what the comparison to the teasing etc. we took as kids would be to having video posted for all to see. It is also true that some of us are just plain more resilient than others and, I think, our support (and our perception of support) has a lot to do with that. Having watched this play out over and over in our students (my 21st year here) I'm always struck by the unfortunate circumstances that there often is support for such struggles but only after one discovers/admits/etc. who they are . At any rate it is very truly sad. Tim _ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor of Psychology The College of Idaho 2112 Cleveland Blvd Caldwell, ID 83605 teaching: Bio and neuropsychology, general, psychopharmacology tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu From: Annette Taylor [mailto:tay...@sandiego.edu] Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 9:48 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] How many deaths do you think it will take? But I also wonder what is going on with resiliency in our kids. Kids have always been bullied. We used to say as kids, sticks and stones can break my bones but names will never hurt me. I grew up in an immigrant family in a highly segregated neighborhood in Chicago. It was tough. No one committed suicide. We were a tough, resilient lot and carried it through life. I have to wonder if there is a cohort effect going on here. I'm not sure but this is not do much about instituting safeguards as much as about how do we instill resiliency in kids. Annette Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=5472 or send a blank email to leave-5472-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] 41?
Mike said: I think I can come up with about a dozen or so sex acts off the top of my head U. Well. . . . I um. . . . (Apologies in advance). Seriously, I did pass the article onto one of the members of the department. 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 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=5394 or send a blank email to leave-5394-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] 41?
Back at me: I did pass the article onto one of the members of the department. on to, Tim. Not onto. Duh! ___ 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: Shearon, Tim [tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu] Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 10:59 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] 41? Mike said: I think I can come up with about a dozen or so sex acts off the top of my head U. Well. . . . I um. . . . (Apologies in advance). Seriously, I did pass the article onto one of the members of the department. 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 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177an=Tl=tipso=5394 or send a blank email to leave-5394-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=5395 or send a blank email to leave-5395-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] video of crime and line up
Karl Thank you for the good example. I do understand what you are saying but I don't see the situations as very similar. (Perhaps my question was phrased unclearly). Here is the text from the task: Can you identify the bomber on the roof from the lineup? Click on the number of the lineup member you identified. Assuming my response to the first question was yes (it was), there is a direct and misleading implication to that instruction following that question- that I did, in fact, identify one of these as the bomber- I didn't think any of them even resembled what I remembered. I just showed this to some members of a class (in forensic psychology) who all responded, It wasn't any of those. What do I do now? (done individually not as a group). I suppose that some would go ahead and pick the closest match of those offered but this technique, as applied, would seem to me to eliminate the most plausible and correct response which is, I don't recognize any of those six. I do see the point in the kind of choice example you provided. But, and this might be just me, I'd phrase the question, Which of the following is more likely the case? (But that may make it obvious that my research experience was primarily with rats but included hamsters, dogs, monkeys and apes- with a horse study thrown in). :) Tim -Original Message- From: Wuensch, Karl L [mailto:wuens...@ecu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 10:44 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] video of crime and line up Your subject has just watched a video of an apparently angry person. You ask the subject: Which of the following is true: A: He is just a hostile person. B: Most people would express anger in this situation. Psych researchers often force choices like this, not providing an option like I'd suspend judgment until I knew more about him. Cheers, Karl W. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=5064 or send a blank email to leave-5064-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Professor fired.
Didn't have time to verify beyond two sources. The University is also stating that he's been suspended twice before for inappropriate conduct. And termination wasn't just for those comments. From Gainesville.com An accompanying investigation found that he behaved inappropriately toward female students and made a mockery of the sexual harassment lesson, with one witness claiming he made an inappropriate comment about how Latin American women dress. Food and resource economic Chairman Ray Huffaker wrote in the termination letter that Taylor previously had been suspended twice for inappropriate interactions with female students, most recently in 2008, and warned that any remotely similar incidents would result in him being fired. A grievance is being filed. He's claiming academic freedom and free speech is being violated. Stay tuned. . . 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: michael sylvester [msylves...@copper.net] Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 11:13 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Professor fired. It just came over my local news channel that a prof at one of Forida's universities has been fired for stating that latina women dress more provocatively than other women.He was accused of being insensitive to cultural differences.Although it could be noted that latinas may have a different perspective on fashion and presentation of self in everyday social and public appearances,this should not be construed as provocative intent.The Mexican reporter who interviewed football players in the locker room did not deserve the comments hurled at her. Maybe we can get some coments from Miguel, Alejandro Franco ,Jose Alves,and the tipster at Cukegio de Maya(Morales) about the dress paradigm of latina women and if it is meant to be provacative. Shakira.Estefan,and Ja Lo come to mind. And has there been a comparison and contrast of latinas with the other co-eds in your classes? Michael omnicentric Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edumailto:tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177an=Tl=tipso=5035 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-5035-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-5035-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=5037 or send a blank email to leave-5037-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Galileo Was Wrong?
Mike- There's not much doubt you are correct about his bishop! From the Wikipedia site on Sungenis: He also directed him to stop using the word Catholic in his organization's name.[] Sungenis has stated that he will only comply with Bishop Rhoades' directive to stop writing about Jews and Judaism if he is forced to do so under the aegis of a canonical trial.[] I do remember that he is of interest to the Southern Poverty Law Center for his anti-Semitism. He claims to be anti-Zionist but not anti-Semitic. (Don't think *too long* about that one!). So I think we don't need to fear the Catholic Church reversing it's position on Galileo any time soon. :) As to whether this is the next step after creationism, I don't know what to think. I'd like to say this appears to be a nut case with a few zealots interested in following. On the other hand that is exactly what I thought about creationism. Tim _ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor of Psychology The College of Idaho 2112 Cleveland Blvd Caldwell, ID 83605 teaching: Bio and neuropsychology, general, psychopharmacology tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu -Original Message- From: Mike Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 3:01 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Mike Palij Subject: RE: [tips] Galileo Was Wrong? Note that the first author on the book that Marc Carter refers to is Robert Sungenis who is also the first speaker listed on the ad that Chris Green linked to. There is a Wikipedia entry on him (yada-yada) which provide some background information but does not seem to explain much; see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sungenis I suspect that Sungenis' bishop is not happy about his use of the word Catholic in advertising the conference. There is a website that seems to be associated with Sungenis' position but several attempts to reach it only produced a bandwidth exceeded error (i.e., too many people trying to access the site). You might have more luck: http://www.galileowaswrong.com/ -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:35:40 -0700, Marc Carter wrote: Umm, I don't think so: http://www.amazon.com/Galileo-Was-Wrong-Church-Right/dp/0977964000/ref=sr_1_1?s=booksie=UTF8qid=1284489296sr=1-1 But I wish it were... -Original Message- On Tuesday, September 14, 2010 1:24 PM, Jim Dougan wrote: Seriously - this is a joke, right? At 01:04 PM 9/14/2010, Chris Green wrote: Creationism was only the beginning... :-( Announcement for Galileo Was Wrong: The Church Was Right First Annual Catholic Conference on Geocentrism --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177an=Tl=tipso=4809 or send a blank email to leave-4809-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=4810 or send a blank email to leave-4810-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Textbook rentals?
Bob- Out campus has a BN bookstore so we will have rentals this year. We are given the choice to have our texts available or not within the program. I tend to allow the students to decide though I send out notes to my classes with my thoughts on the idea. One of those thoughts is that I don't support any particular method of text acquisition. My own method was to buy them and hold them. Much the same as you report, I still have my intro book from 1972! My message is primarily that they buy their own copy (or somehow have a physical copy!) and that they use it in the recommended manner (taking notes, reading actively, asking questions, actively engaging the text. . . ). But given that the average student today seems to buy the text and sell it back at the end of the term I don't really see that the rental idea is such a problem. A few bookstores will even give more buy back credit or cash if the book is pristine! From that standpoint, I'd rather them rent since it doesn't matter if they mark it up. Tim ___ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chair 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: Dr. Bob Wildblood [drb...@rcn.com] Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 12:53 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Textbook rentals? I don't know about today, but when I was a student at Purdue University from 1964 - 1970, both Southworth's and University Book Store had a policy of buy a new book pay full price. Turn it in at the end of the semester and get 50% back. They then sold used books at 75% of the new book price and again, turned in they gave 50% of the price paid. I didn't turn many books back except those that were for courses that I decided were only required for the degree outside of psychology courses, and I kept a lot of those as well. I still have on my shelf a couple of those books including a very early edition of Hall Lindzey's _Theories of Personality_ . --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3739 or send a blank email to leave-3739-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Michelangelo painting
Claudia, et al Same here on the neuroanatomy. I still have a similar experience when teaching basic neuroanatomy. I see structures in clouds, patterns on the floor, etc. I think it's sort of a visual set that you get into when staring at those slides for a period of time. Tim From: Claudia Stanny [mailto:csta...@uwf.edu] Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 8:51 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Michelangelo painting I saw this story in the New York Times a few days ago. I've seen some fuzzy anatomical slides in many a colloquium, so perhaps those who are accustomed to finding structures in fuzzy masses, this might make more sense than it does to me. :-) I'm leaning toward the interpreting clouds model, myself. I'm interested to learn of the reactions of others. Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. Director, Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Associate Professor, Psychology University of West Florida 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514 - 5751 Phone: (850) 857-6355 or 473-7435 csta...@uwf.edumailto:csta...@uwf.edu CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/cutla/ Personal Web Pages: http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Lilienfeld, Scott O slil...@emory.edumailto:slil...@emory.edu wrote: Hi All - Just saw this story this A.M., although have yet to read the original paper. A fascinating historical discovery by two neurosurgeons or a case of pareidolia? You make the call (will be especially interested to hear what the neuroanatomy mavens on TIPS think). ...Scott http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/28/michelangelo-hid-brainstem-in-sistine-chapel-study-says/?hpt=Mid Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D. Professor Editor, Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice Department of Psychology, Room 473 Psychology and Interdisciplinary Sciences (PAIS) Emory University 36 Eagle Row Atlanta, Georgia 30322 slil...@emory.edumailto:slil...@emory.edu (404) 727-1125 Psychology Today Blog: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-skeptical-psychologist 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-140513111X.html Scientific American Mind: Facts and Fictions in Mental Health Column: http://www.scientificamerican.com/sciammind/ The Master in the Art of Living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation, his love and his intellectual passions. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence in whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him - he is always doing both. - Zen Buddhist text (slightly modified) This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: csta...@uwf.edumailto:csta...@uwf.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d550n=Tl=tipso=3358 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-3358-13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-3358-13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edumailto:tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177an=Tl=tipso=3361 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-3361-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-3361-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=3368 or send a blank email to leave-3368-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Deep in the Heart of Texas - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com
Stuart wrote: Fish goes on to make the specific point that leaving students confused, taking them down paths with no ending (or dead ends), leaving them puzzled etc. may nevertheless have planted seeds that grow later. Stuart, I tend to agree with you, I think. :) I have often stated that I am responsible to confuse and befuddle students. *As one step along a path*!! In other words, I have no problem beginning with what the text says and asking challenging questions to probe for confusion and, perhaps, even to introduce a bit. But the point is not to confuse but to move beyond that confusion. Or, put another way, to allow the students to work through the confusion to a higher level of understanding or mastery of the material. That's what I often attempt and usually it works (sometimes, I have to stop and back up and try again!- faces are pretty good indicators when I've left them confused or not taken them where I want them to go. Frequent quizzing is better.). Occasionally students don't get it or want only that linear and clear path but for the most part I get a good response from asking tough questions. It doesn't always work though. One student asked, Why do you always ask us questions you know we don't know the answer to?- that kind of a response is pretty rare though. Of course, that may have to do with the course- I am certainly more willing to prod and probe for understanding in an upper division course (300 or 400 level) than intro or a 200 level class. (And I do realize that I teach a slightly more motivated group of students than many do and my usual techniques might not work on a lot of campuses!) Then you asked: Finally, can a student (or anyone) distinguish Fish-like “planned confusion” with real confusion induced by instructor incompetence? Of course. Just ask those who are happy leaving their students confused. Tim ___ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chair 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 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3232 or send a blank email to leave-3232-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] belated response to critique of Susan Clancy book
Scott Give it a 3! (That really is an interesting distribution!) Tim -Original Message- From: Lilienfeld, Scott O [mailto:slil...@emory.edu] Customer Reviews 13 Reviews 5 star: (7) 4 star: (0) 3 star: (0) 2 star: (0) 1 star: (6) Maybe I'll post my rebuttal of the reviewer of Clancy's book to Amazon.com. I'll think about it Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D. Professor Editor, Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice Department of Psychology, Room 473 Psychology and Interdisciplinary Sciences (PAIS) Emory University 36 Eagle Row Atlanta, Georgia 30322 slil...@emory.edu (404) 727-1125 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=2332 or send a blank email to leave-2332-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Why Powerpoint Is Evil: Military Version
Michael and Rick I have also been very impressed by several presentations recently which used Prezi. One was a faculty member and two others were by people applying for an assistant librarian position. Then I saw two students do presentations with it in a class recently and was very impressed. They all said there was a short learning curve but were all willing to help me learn (when I get a bit of free time, ha!). I'm looking for online or text training/instruction for it - perhaps if any of us find anything helpful we could post it to tips? :) The lack of printing seems a big drawback- I'm glad you mentioned that, Rick. Tim -Original Message- From: Michael Britt [mailto:mich...@thepsychfiles.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 8:57 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Why Powerpoint Is Evil: Military Version Good point Rick. I really want to love Prezi in part because it is a welcome alternative to PowerPoint, but there is a bit of a learning curve to it and, as you say, you can't get - yet - any easily printed notes or slides from it. Still, worth checking into if you want to try something different. Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=2247 or send a blank email to leave-2247-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE:[tips] [tips]Another correlation interpreted. . .
So you run a study and correlate coffee consumption with type 2 diabetes. You find a correlation between time of consumption and type-2 diabetes and what do they report? Real Age reported on their website that: In a study of women, having black decaf or regular coffee with lunch seemed to reduce diabetes risk better than having the brew at other times of the day. Pretty clearly a causal interpretation. Lest you hope this is just the realage.com interpretation, here is some of what they reported the study's authors had to say, The researchers weren't exactly sure why lunchtime coffee seemed to have the most favorable effect on diabetes risk, but they suspect that chlorogenic acids in coffee may somehow slow down glucose absorption from the small intestine into the blood stream. And that effect may have been especially helpful for the women in the study, because lunch tended to be their largest meal of the day. http://www.realage.com/tips/the-coffee-hour-thats-best-for-blood-sugar I verified that this same interpretation is quickly spreading through the internets! :) Tim _ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chairperson of Psychology The College of Idaho 2112 Cleveland Blvd Caldwell, ID 83605 teaching: Bio and neuropsychology, history and systems, general, psychopharmacology tshea...@collegeofidaho.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=2102 or send a blank email to leave-2102-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: RE:[tips] [tips]Another correlation interpreted. . .
I forgot to include the actual reference! Sartorelli, D. S. et al. (2010) Differential effects of coffee on the risk of type 2 diabetes according to meal consumption in a French cohort of women: the E3N/EPIC cohort study., American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Apr;91(4):1002-1012. Tim -Original Message- From: Shearon, Tim [mailto:tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu] Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 3:39 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE:[tips] [tips]Another correlation interpreted. . . So you run a study and correlate coffee consumption with type 2 diabetes. You find a correlation between time of consumption and type-2 diabetes and what do they report? Real Age reported on their website that: In a study of women, having black decaf or regular coffee with lunch seemed to reduce diabetes risk better than having the brew at other times of the day. Pretty clearly a causal interpretation. Lest you hope this is just the realage.com interpretation, here is some of what they reported the study's authors had to say, The researchers weren't exactly sure why lunchtime coffee seemed to have the most favorable effect on diabetes risk, but they suspect that chlorogenic acids in coffee may somehow slow down glucose absorption from the small intestine into the blood stream. And that effect may have been especially helpful for the women in the study, because lunch tended to be their largest meal of the day. http://www.realage.com/tips/the-coffee-hour-thats-best-for-blood-sugar I verified that this same interpretation is quickly spreading through the internets! :) Tim _ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chairperson of Psychology The College of Idaho 2112 Cleveland Blvd Caldwell, ID 83605 teaching: Bio and neuropsychology, history and systems, general, psychopharmacology tshea...@collegeofidaho.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=2102 or send a blank email to leave-2102-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=2103 or send a blank email to leave-2103-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Psychology and Military in News Again
Bill Scott said: I don't think these troops grew up a[s] psychopaths, but they are acting as such in their occupations. Do we want this to be the result of our boot camps and on the job training? Are we providing the proper discriminative stimuli Bill, I was mostly following you up to that point. But you went on to say, to make sure that our trained psychopaths know the difference between their job and their home? We obviously can't teach them to discriminate between cameras and guns. Given the video and what it shows, I do understand your frustration. What we see is completely unacceptable and even, it seems likely, criminal. On the other hand, what evidence is there that these particular individuals are not exceptional (exceptionally bad examples!). In other words, what is the evidence that military training begins with normal folk (non-psychopaths) and creates them. It would seem logical to me that a normal young person trained by the military would be a normal person with military training (allowing also for issues of the effects of the horrors of what the soldiers, etc. experience). It seems especially problematic to assume that these individuals were not somehow damaged before their military training given that the military is voluntary. One might easily imagine factors that would pre-dispose such flawed personalities to choose to join the military. It is troubling, of course, that the military doesn't understand this or, at least, doesn't appear to from what we see here- perhaps the issue is how someone with those tendencies would be allowed to receive the training and be allowed to wear the uniform for our nation. I know many soldiers, life-timers who are now retired, and etc. and I find very few to be classifiable as anything other than kind and caring people- that would include my father, my step-son, and many of my neighbors and friends. As unacceptable as this video and what it depicts is, I don't accept the characterization I seem to perceive that all who've served us should be characterized by the actions of these. . . words fail me. Have a good weekend. Tim _ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chairperson of Psychology The College of Idaho 2112 Cleveland Blvd Caldwell, ID 83605 teaching: Bio and neuropsychology, history and systems, general, psychopharmacology tshea...@collegeofidaho.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=1876 or send a blank email to leave-1876-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] graduate program admissions
- Original Message - I had a student who is truly a top student--she has a great gpa (3.87), has good GREs (in the 600 range each), has had extensive research experience . . . Annette I'd also say the student contacting them first is most appropriate. I did that with my program of choice and after several conversations (before email- I'm OLD!) I decided to reapply and got in. (So it used to work, at least!) We have a very good record of getting students into their programs of choice. Part of that is we have a fabulous person in our continuing education office who works very hard with most of our students on their personal statements. We have been told repeatedly that our students stand out due to this factor. I'd urge her to reapply and not settle as I suspect you are already doing. I'd also urge her to contact faculty at those institutions she is truly interested in and have email/verbal communication established *before* she sends her application. We always urge our graduates to do that and it seems to help. To be honest, the ones who ignore our advice (WHAT?!?!) do not do as well- but that could be due to other factors! Tim Shearon _ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chairperson of Psychology The College of Idaho 2112 Cleveland Blvd Caldwell, ID 83605 teaching: Bio and neuropsychology, history and systems, general, psychopharmacology tshea...@collegeofidaho.edumailto:tshea...@collegeofidaho.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=1380 or send a blank email to leave-1380-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Brainy birdbrains beat Let's Make a Deal
Rick said: After searching the entire article for the word, 'mathematician', I found that it appears only in the title, intro, discussion and references. [ ] I am glad I showed some uncharacteristic restraint and didn't send this to my mathematics colleague before reading it. Rick- I was thinking the same thing about the article. It appears, on scanning it, that they may have used a bit of spin- mathematicians sounds better than undergraduate mathematics majors. :) Tim _ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chairperson of Psychology The College of Idaho 2112 Cleveland Blvd Caldwell, ID 83605 teaching: Bio and neuropsychology, history and systems, general, psychopharmacology tshea...@collegeofidaho.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=1362 or send a blank email to leave-1362-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Are parachutes effective?
John I wonder- it is an empirical question though (leave me out of the participant pool!). Perhaps if folks believed that they could do something (they can) to minimize the damage they might try harder (flap their arms, spread out more, etc). I do agree that the motivation isn't likely stronger! But belief and placebo have surprised us before (I hope that a degree of seriousness is perceived in conjunction with a bit of tongue inserted firmly in cheek). :) Likely, speculation is all we can have here though as I'm pretty sure that our IRB won't approve this experiment. Tim -Original Message- From: Serafin, John [mailto:john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu] Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:01 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Are parachutes effective? I imagine that, in contrast to some of the other research recently discussed here, the placebo effect might not be getting stronger in this field of research? John -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 john.sera...@email.stvincent.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=1319 or send a blank email to leave-1319-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] I need a break...
Stuart said: However, we have an obligation to offer our teaching services to students who want to be there and have paid to be there. Unless one is personally ill, I cannot see why we would not just buckle down and rise to the occasion. There could be students in the class who had similar feelings but dragged themselves out anyway. Stuart et al I couldn't agree more with what you said here but I'd add one more thing. We are not necessarily the best instrument for measuring the effects of what we have said. I can name specific instances where I was on for a discussion or lecture only to have the students email me with question after question- this wasn't clear- I was confused by what you said about X- that kind of thing. Or even having something appear on post-course evaluations to the effect that- The course was mostly good but what happened to you on that day- I didn't understand anything you were talking about! I've also had days when I was exhausted, frustrated, whatever and did the best I could. Or days when the computer and projector didn't work or the network was down and my notes, video, etc were absent so I winged it (while giving it my best shot or being Nike-ish). On multiple occasions I had that happen and had both the experience of having a student follow me out and say, Wow. You looked tired today. and having one say then and/or later, That lecture changed my perspective on things or something of the sort. I prepare the best I can, take care of myself the best I can and deliver the lecture the best I can everyday. But you don't know how it will be received. That is my humble opinion on bad days. I attended a lecture on the liberal arts last year where a philosophy professor said something that sticks with me. Each day as I walk in to my class I stop outside the door and say to myself, 'This is important'. I think his wise words sum up my philosophy on this issue quite well. Tim _ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chairperson of Psychology The College of Idaho 2112 Cleveland Blvd Caldwell, ID 83605 teaching: Bio and neuropsychology, history and systems, general, psychopharmacology tshea...@collegeofidaho.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=1092 or send a blank email to leave-1092-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] I need a break...
Carol There was an original question? :) We did stray a bit, didn't we! Ok, here are a few of my strategies (and I'll also start with a short explanation). I too am tenured, department chair, but also swamped with committee assignments (tenure and promotions, advising task force, etc). And yes that means sometimes I am a) not as prepared as I want or b) distracted by some emergency (or perceived emergency). Here are a few of the things I do 1) I set-aside the half-hour before every class - I close my door and I don't answer knocks OR the phone. I just look back over the notes I've prepared (powerpoint, whatever). This is just to focus and I find that no matter how prepared I am I do better if I'm focused rather than, say, going directly from a meeting into the classroom. It isn't easy sometimes but with my colleagues help I can enforce that very consistently. 2) If I'm just not ready or not feeling that I am- I get out one of the exercises books like Benjamin's Favorite Activities or the APA Activities series. I might peruse the OTRP teach resources (http://teachpsych.org/otrp/resources/resources.php?category=Research%20and%20Teaching) and/or the APS teaching resources (http://psych.hanover.edu/APS/teaching.html) There are others. My thinking here is based on how I write. I generally read something that is well written before I write so I think going to something well taught is more likely to spur me on to doing something of higher quality for the class. :) Ok. Truth is I'm a ham. And I generally have the benefit of teaching courses that I'm most prepared for which likely minimizes the harm if I'm not so prepared (which I do try to minimize!). So I'm pretty good at working from the textbook or a powerpoint and delivering a workable lecture even if I wasn't on or as prepared as I'd optimally want to be. Hope that helps. Tim _ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chairperson of Psychology The College of Idaho 2112 Cleveland Blvd Caldwell, ID 83605 teaching: Bio and neuropsychology, history and systems, general, psychopharmacology tshea...@collegeofidaho.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=1096 or send a blank email to leave-1096-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] DSM V
Thanks, Chris! This really sparked a good discussion in psychopharmacology today! Back to latent schizophrenia?! (etc.) That is indeed disturbing. Nice to see we are learning so much from past mistakes. What is next? They were creepy syndrome? Tim ___ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chair 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: Christopher D. Green [chri...@yorku.ca] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 10:04 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] DSM V Two interesting notes here. First, Ed Shorter isn't just a psychiatrist but one of the most influential historians of psychiatry around. His historiographic commitments are rather, uh, conventional, but he knows as much as anyone about nearly everything. Second, this article is a sample of the new Wall Street Journal, which was recently purchased by Rupert Murdoch who aims to use it to kill the New York Times, which he despises: http://nymag.com/news/media/64305/ Chris Green York U. Toronto == Horton, Joseph J. wrote: The Wall Street Journal offered an interesting perspective on DSM V from the perspective of a psychiatrist. http://tinyurl.com/yh5ah47 Two paragraphs from the column: To flip through the latest draft of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, in the works for seven years now, is to see the discipline's floundering writ large. Psychiatry seems to have lost its way in a forest of poorly verified diagnoses and ineffectual medications. Patients who seek psychiatric help today for mood disorders stand a good chance of being diagnosed with a disease that doesn't exist and treated with a medication little more effective than a placebo. * * * A new problem is the extension of schizophrenia to a larger population, with psychosis risk syndrome. Even if you aren't floridly psychotic with hallucinations and delusions, eccentric behavior can nonetheless awaken the suspicion that you might someday become psychotic. Let's say you have disorganized speech. This would apply to about half of my students. Pour on the Seroquel for psychosis risk syndrome! Joe Joseph J. Horton, Ph. D. Box 3077 Grove City College Grove City, PA 16127 724-458-2004 jjhor...@gcc.edumailto:jjhor...@gcc.edu In God we trust, all others must bring data. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: chri...@yorku.camailto:chri...@yorku.ca. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13132.a868d710aa4ef67a68807ce4fe8bd0dan=Tl=tipso=1012 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-1012-13132.a868d710aa4ef67a68807ce4fe8bd...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-1012-13132.a868d710aa4ef67a68807ce4fe8bd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 chri...@yorku.camailto:chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ == --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edumailto:tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177an=Tl=tipso=1026 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-1026-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-1026-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=1045 or send a blank email to leave-1045-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Great Question about REM
Gary Perhaps. But I can state unequivocally that, in fact, sometimes students do fall out of their chairs when sleeping in class. And, yes. I did laugh too! Tim ___ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chair 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: Gerald Peterson [peter...@svsu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 8:03 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Great Question about REM Could this help explain also why students in lecture classes don't fall out of their chairs when sleeping? Just learning some fascinating things on TIPS ;-) Gary 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: roig-rear...@comcast.net To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 9:58:19 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [tips] Great Question about REM I'm kind of enjoying this thread and thank all of you for your thoughtful contributions. But, what about birds? I understand that birds' toes naturally curl in their 'relaxed' position, which is why you see them curled up when one finds them dead. So, I guess that the natural grip of the branch is what one of the reasons why they don't fall when they are in REM. If that is so, how do they keep themselves balanced? Miguel - Original Message - From: Edward Pollak epol...@wcupa.edu To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 9:24:31 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re:[tips] Great Question about REM john.serafin wrote Eye movements are not controlled by autonomic systems. The poster may have been thinking about functions like pupil dilation/contraction, which are, in fact, controlled by parasympathetic system. But movements of the eye are under separate control. John is absolutely correct. And this is the precise reason that sleepwalking onlky occurs in non-REM but sleeptalking occurs in both REM non-REM. During REM there are inhibitory messages sent from the hindbrain to the spinal motor neurons. But speech is controlled by crainial, not spinal nerves. Then he wrote .. describing the effect as motor paralysis is probably an overstatement. Brainstem areas, during REM, inhibit motor neurons in the spinal cord. That does not necessarily imply total paralysis. That is al so true. During REM, the major postural muscles exhibit a flaccid paralysis but during REM there are frequent small muscle movements. Then he asked, Some species sleep standing up. Why don't they flop over and fall down when they enter REM? Clearly, natural selection favors neurological mechanisms that are adaptive during REM. As Carol pointed out for bovines, this usually means causing the knees to be locked but it probably also means inhibiting descending excitatory messages from the brain to the large postural muscles but without the dramatic loss of muscle tone seen in e.g., primates, felids, canids, etc.). Another great example would be the sloth that sleeps while hanging upside down from a branch. Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. Department of Psychology West Chester University of Pennsylvania Husband, father, grandfather, biopsychologist, bluegrass fiddler.. in approximate order of importance. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: roig-rear...@comcast.net . To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c74en=Tl=tipso=830 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-830-13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c...@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=831 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-831-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@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=833 or send a blank email to leave-833-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=844 or send a blank email to
RE: [tips] Neuroscientist ETC. Part 2: Things Only Get Weirder
Paul I think they meant hit as in shot successfully vs. shot-at-and-missed. :) The discrepancy seems to be between some officers involved in the '86 incident and the man who was chief at that time- the then DA is now an elected official and has not responded to requests for information so far as I know. The official report and the former chief's memory says that she shot her brother once while asking something like, How do you unload this thing- implying that it was an accident. The officers remember that she shot him in during an argument, that she emptied the shotgun of 3 rounds, that she ran from the scene and pointed the gun at at least one witness, and so forth. The chief from '86 also stated that the fact that her mother was on some official board with the police force had no bearing on the outcome as the decision to not press charges was strictly a decision made by the DA based on a lack of evidence. He stated, check the record. The records have disappeared, apparently. Tim ___ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chair 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: Paul Brandon [paul.bran...@mnsu.edu] Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:34 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Neuroscientist ETC. Part 2: Things Only Get Weirder Let's see So first she hit him with the shot gun, and then shot him three times? On Feb 13, 2010, at 5:15 PM, Mike Palij wrote: --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=619 or send a blank email to leave-619-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Neuroscientist Denied Tenure Goes On Shooting Spree
Has anyone seen the report that the accused shooter accidentally killed her brother in 1986? The officers reports don't quite match what the chief of police remembers (three shots vs one shot, for example) and, gasp, they've lost the records. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35372168/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts Read on! Tim ___ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chair 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: drna...@aol.com [drna...@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 3:19 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Neuroscientist Denied Tenure Goes On Shooting Spree There IS research that suggests that media publicity for these events generates copy cat activity. At least dating back to Monroe's suicide. That is not to imply that this is the only cause. I meant that the touch of narcissistic entitlement that I think characterizes our culture, plus the vicarious reinforcement provided by multiple examples of media publicity, probably interact with predisposing tendencies - the people already had the tendency - suicidal/homicidal, also drugs such as alcohol, cocaine and meth, it's probably complex and hard to anticipate. Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College LB, CA -Original Message- From: Helweg-Larsen, Marie helw...@dickinson.edu To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Sat, Feb 13, 2010 12:20 pm Subject: RE: [tips] Neuroscientist Denied Tenure Goes On Shooting Spree Does anyone know any of the research on what characterizes such violent revenge mass murders? Is it really that a moment of revenge and media attention is thought to be worth a life in prison (or death). If you get fired you could also be upset and then get a different job?! Marie Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Department Chair and Associate Professor of Psychology Kaufman 168, Dickinson College Carlisle, PA 17013 Office: (717) 245-1562, Fax: (717) 245-1971 http://www.dickinson.edu/departments/psych/helwegm/ From: drna...@aol.com [mailto:drna...@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:38 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Neuroscientist Denied Tenure Goes On Shooting Spree Individualism and collectivism both have good and bad sides. The bad side of the American brand of individualism is the narcissistic rage and attention-seeking that generates these mass shooting crimes. A combination of a kind of misinterpretation of the declaration of independence…the right to pursue happiness becomes the right to be happy and get one’s way – to never be seriously frustrated. And then the media orgy that typically follows these events ensures that the person – male or female – is (in) famous for quite some time. Like the guy who shot the women at the gym earlier this year. I am not even sure that the guns are the issue – doesn’t Canada have similarly lax gun laws, and much less gun crime? Please correct me if I am wrong. I am sure someone will…. Nancy M. LBCC et alia -Original Message- From: tay...@sandiego.edu To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Sat, Feb 13, 2010 7:38 am Subject: Re: [tips] Neuroscientist Denied Tenure Goes On Shooting Spree I think in general people talk about what is a man's crime and what is a woman's crime. I think the whole bloody mess that results from shooting has more to do with avoiding using guns in general, than the ease of pulling a trigger. Similarly, you seldom see women taking up hunting. Hardly anyone hunts in the US exclusively to get food for themselves or their family. So why aren't women joining the men, or going out on their own? A girls' weekend out hunting. It's so inconsistent with expectation it's almost fodder for comdey. You just never hear about it. Messy and bloody and yucky. So here is the bigger psychological question, are women raised to not like blood and gore, or is there some biological predisposition to avoid blood and gore? Hence women will prefer the cleaner ways of doing away with people, such as poison. I'm not counting suicide in here because women clearly do shoot themselves, but the premise is that they will not be around to deal with or see the resulting mess. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 tay...@sandiego.edu Original message Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:53:39 -0500 From: Ken Steele steel...@appstate.edu Subject: Re: [tips] Neuroscientist Denied Tenure
