[tips] RE: Book on university teaching

2006-08-13 Thread Christopher D. Green
Louis Schmier wrote: I'll get back to you, Christopher, after I finish reading it. So far, I see that his style certainly isn't that of mine and he is more, as you rightly say, the traditional "professor of history" in his pedagogical approach while in my modern history classes I go beyond h

[tips] Re: info:Wundt/Ethology

2006-08-13 Thread Shearon, Tim
Scott- Sorry to see you go! But isn't the article you linked to just debunking the part of the 100th monkey notion where a claim of "psychic" transmission of the phenomenon? I.e., isn't there more evidence for the transmission of the phenomenon within troops? (Way! outside my area of expertise s

[tips] Re: info:Wundt/Ethology

2006-08-13 Thread Jim Matiya
Hey Scott, I have always enjoyed reading your posts. Take care and hopefully you'll be back... Jim Jim Matiya Moraine Valley Community College [EMAIL PROTECTED] New webpage: http://online.morainevalley.edu/WebSupported/JimMatiya/ 2003 Moffett Memorial Teaching Excellence Award of the Society fo

[tips] Re: info:Wundt/Ethology

2006-08-13 Thread Paul Brandon
At 3:18 PM -0400 8/13/06, Scott Lilienfeld wrote: Also please see: http://skepdic.com/monkey.html I don't see anything in this article contradicting the basic observation that macaques acquired the behavior of washing sweet potatoes by observing other monkeys; this is simple imitation, not

[tips] RE: Book on university teaching

2006-08-13 Thread Louis Schmier
I'll get back to you, Christopher, after I finish reading it. So far, I see that his style certainly isn't that of mine and he is more, as you rightly say, the traditional "professor of history" in his pedagogical approach while in my modern history classes I go beyond history and am more the w

[tips] Re: info:Wundt/Ethology

2006-08-13 Thread Scott Lilienfeld
Also please see: http://skepdic.com/monkey.html and the several Skeptical Inquirer articles that have been written debunking this phenomenon. Due to numerous work-related (over)commitments, I'll be taking an extended sabbatical from the TIPS list for a while. But I've enjoyed being a m

[tips] Re: info:Wundt/Ethology

2006-08-13 Thread Allen Esterson
On 13 August Michael Sylvester wrote: >Please note that although I do not recall sources, other >tipsters have provided the sources to validate my pronouncements. I’d love to see the statistics to show just how often this has happened. >Let me assure you that I spent years in ethological studies

[tips] Re: info:Wundt/Ethology

2006-08-13 Thread Michael Sylvester
  - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 12:31 PM Subject: [tips] Re: info:Wundt/Ethology In a message dated 8/13/2006 12:16:23 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTE

[tips] Re: info:Wundt/Ethology

2006-08-13 Thread Rikikoenig
In a message dated 8/13/2006 12:16:23 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In terms of the ethological findings,some distinction must be made between serendipitous findings (stick in ants nest) and well intentioned movements. There is a Goodall segment in The Brain o

[tips] Re: info:Wundt/Ethology

2006-08-13 Thread Michael Sylvester
- Original Message - From: "Allen Esterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 5:44 AM Subject: [tips] Re: info:Wundt On August 12 Micheal Sylvester wrote This is not necessarily related to the current debate, but

[tips] Book on university teaching

2006-08-13 Thread Christopher D. Green
I'm currently about halfway through reading a fun and interesting book that I would like to share with the rest of you. It is a part diary of, part reflection on, the teaching of a Modern American History course by a professor at Emory University titled, _I'm the Teacher, You're the Student_. I

[tips] Re: Guardian Unlimited | Comment is free | Henry Porter: The land of the free - but free speech is a rare commodity

2006-08-13 Thread Christopher D. Green
Allen Esterson wrote: On 12 August 2006 Tamara Hoffman wrote in relation to Henry Porter’s Guardian article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1843718,00.html Very important to research the sources, their point of view, and then come to conclusions before accepting all commen

[tips] Re: The land of the free - but free speech is a rare commodity

2006-08-13 Thread Mike Palij
On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 22:48:17 -0400, "Christopher D. Green" wrote: > Did you know that a professor in Chicago was fired because one of his > *students* asked a question about Palestinian rights in his classroom? I > didn't catch this item in the US Press. Was it reported? > http://www.guardian.co.uk

[tips] Re: Guardian Unlimited | Comment is free | Henry Porter: The land of the free - but free speech is a rare commodity

2006-08-13 Thread Allen Esterson
On 12 August 2006 Tamara Hoffman wrote in relation to Henry Porter’s Guardian article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1843718,00.html >Very important to research the sources, their point of view, >and then come to conclusions before accepting all comments as fact. >The author of

[tips] Re: info:Wundt

2006-08-13 Thread Allen Esterson
On August 12 Micheal Sylvester wrote >This is not necessarily related to the current debate, but >I read somewhere that Wundt was interested in Cross-cultural >psychology. In fact the source hinted that he could be considered >the first cross-cultural psychologist.I do not read German >but any el