One of the most effective demos I have used is the social trap exercise. I
learned about it from one of the listserves (Sorry, I don't remember whose
idea it was) and I do it after I teach about social traps.
You offer to pay $20 to those students who write down $20 or $1 to those who
writ
My kids' favorite priming demonstration:
Say "silk" five times fast.
Now, what do cows drink?
Michael T. Scoles, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology & Counseling
University of Central Arkansas
Conway, AR 72035
501-450-5418
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Sorry for my response to entire list. Haven' done that in quite a while.
>>> "David Hogberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 06/03/07 6:52 PM >>>
Sue: Note the 20% in pctg grades from hs to first yr coll/univ. Note: That's
"on average," some may experience a smaller drop.
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To illustrate priming (this is from an activity in the david myers insructor guide), write the following words on the bulletin board (or bring them up one bullet point at a time on power point) and the class is to then shout out the word I've put up/writtenSoakFolkOakPolk and then immediately ask,
Jessica,
Hi. You can find a lot of social psych activities at the Resources for the
Teaching of Social Psychology site I created at
http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/crow/
I also invite you to subscribe to the free, monthly e-mail newsletter I send
out to accompany the site in whic
On Sun, 3 Jun 2007, DeVolder Carol L went:
I'm selecting my book for Behavioral Neuroscience, an upper-level
course, and as I look at some of the old standards, I find myself
wondering if there is really any difference between the ones for
"behavioral neuroscience" compared to the ones for "biop
Sue: Note the 20% in pctg grades from hs to first yr coll/univ. Note: That's
"on average," some may experience a smaller drop. Do well. d
>>> "Jim Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 06/03/07 6:09 PM >>>
Hi
A month or so I gave a short presentation here on our Course Comparison Index,
which in
Haven't taught social psych. for a while, but one I remember:
To illustrate the contrast effect, bring three buckets or big bowls of water -
one cold, one hot and one room temperature.
I would have a couple of students come up and put one hand in each of the two
buckets holding cold and hot wat
Hello All,
I have searched the internet for class activities to use in my social
psychology class. I am writing to the list to see if any of you may have
suggestions on activities you use in your classes. I am looking for applied
learning examples, either in-class activities or homework assig
Hi,
I'm pretty sure I've asked this question before, but as my bookstore is
breathing down my neck I find myself having to make a decision. I'm selecting
my book for Behavioral Neuroscience, an upper-level course, and as I look at
some of the old standards, I find myself wondering if there is r
Hi
A month or so I gave a short presentation here on our Course Comparison Index,
which in principle allows our Academic Standards Committee to monitor and
control grade inflation. I found a number of interesting facts relevant to the
discussion of HS gpas, such as the approximately 20% drop i
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Did I miss something? What is the context for your comment? Who is the
Dean Chris is responding to and what had he said?
Riki Koenigsberg
Somehow a discussion we were a having on the Cheiron (history of social
science) list about Dean Keith Simonton's statistical w
Did I miss something? What is the context for your comment? Who is the Dean
Chris is responding to and what had he said?
Riki Koenigsberg
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Amy- If you go to myspace.com you will see a "log-in" box toward the middle of
the screen on the right. If you look beside it (left) there are a number of
links (text) and one says, "Grade My Prof." I think you have to log-in to see
them (actually, I'm not sure about that). I've been a "user" fo
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On Jun 3, 2007, at 11:57 AM, Beth Benoit wrote:
Peter,
I'd say, "No worries" about your typo. The sense of your post made
it obvious what you intended to write.
Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Granite State College
New Hampshire
Thank you, Beth.
Peter
Peter Harzem, B.Sc.(Lond.), Ph.D.(
I meant to include a link to the methodology and data that support the "1/3"
statistic:
http://normes.uark.edu/performance/gradeinflate.html
Michael T. Scoles, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology & Counseling
University of Central Arkansas
Conway, AR 72035
501-450-5418
>>> "Horton, Joseph J.
In Arkansas, approximately 1/3 of students who take the ACT in high school, and
who have high school GPAs of 3.0 and above, require remedial classes if they
enter college.
These classes do not count toward graduation, and parents and state tax dollars
pay the bill. One state legislator asked m
Peter,
I'd say, "No worries" about your typo. The sense of your post made it obvious
what you intended to write.
Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Granite State College
New Hampshire
- Original Message -
From: Harzem Peter
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
S
Hello, everyone,
I wasn't aware that students rated professors on myspace. I don't have a
myspace page, and I'm not clear on where students would post comments about
professors on myspace. Is there a page for the school? Is this happening
on your personal myspace page?
Thanks,
Amy
Amy H
Oooops! Awful typo! Please see below:
On Jun 3, 2007, at 11:07 AM, Harzem Peter wrote:
On Jun 3, 2007, at 12:21 AM, Christopher D. Green wrote:
Dear Dean,
I am afraid that you have fundamentally misrepresented (and
perhaps misapprehend) my objection. It is easy to dismiss your
critics a
On Jun 3, 2007, at 12:21 AM, Christopher D. Green wrote:
Dear Dean,
I am afraid that you have fundamentally misrepresented (and
perhaps misapprehend) my objection. It is easy to dismiss your
critics as incomprehending, fuzzy-thinking humanists. I am not
here, however, to defend qualitativ
On Jun 3, 2007, at 7:42 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Beat ya! One of our local San Diego Unified School District high
schools had 35 a few years ago! They all had a perfect GPA and
couldn't whittle it down in terms of other activities and so gave
it to them all!
Did they check spelling and
Beat ya! One of our local San Diego Unified School District high schools had 35
a few years ago! They all had a perfect GPA and couldn't whittle it down in
terms of other activities and so gave it to them all!
Annette
Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
University of San Die
It is nothing that we do not know, but this article is interesting. One of the
schools has 16 valedictorians!
http://tinyurl.com/yueyg4
Joe
Joseph J. Horton Ph. D.
Box 3077
Grove City College
Grove City, PA 16127
724-458-2004
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In God we trust. All others must bring data.
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