Dear Colleagues,
I've pasted my commentary regarding the 2007 Resolution below. As many
of you know, I was involved in the writing of the 2006 Resolution and
initially was involved also in work on the 2007 Resolution (otherwise
known as the Substitute Motion).
Please feel free to contact me i
This reminds me of the Olds/Milner experiments where rats would cross an electrical grid in order to get brain stimulation.Addicts will try just as hard to get their rewards despite pre- and-post painful factors.Michael Sylvester,PhDDaytona Beach,Florida--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:From: [EMAIL PR
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/29/1514245
Here's a story on Mary Pipher's returning of her Presidential Citation
from APA as reported by Democracy Now by (of course), Amy Goodman.
Joan
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Harper's take on the APA torture debate:
> http://www.harpers.org/archiv
OK, very sad. Curious if anyone knows if APS had taken any official
position on this issue? I have to admit I'm now quite proud to be a
member of APS as opposed to the APA. But then the APA didn't want me as I
don't have a PhD (classic, ABD). Right from the get-go, APS decided to
have no concer
Rick,
The leading explanation for the mechanism for why stereotype threat leads to
lower performance is one of ego-depletion. That is, "the increased concern
created by the threat imposes an additional psychological burden to the task,
which, in turn, reduces an individual's ability to perfor
Um, just thinking you have the foundation for some terrific research
studies, don't you think? All we ask is that you invite us to join in as
you proposing incredibly intriguing hypotheses. BTW, you have some
bright, inquisitive students--lucky you.
Joan
> My Testing students today wondered if
My Testing students today wondered if stereotype threat could be turned
around to boost scores of those who stereotypically do better on some
types of tests (or if invoking stereotypes only leads to deficits)? For
example, if a test of verbal skills was introduced as a test of spatial
reasoning, mi
Thanks for the feedback. I did ask them why they didn't like to read.
I jokingly asked them if college made them not like reading and several
(5 or so) were nodding their heads in agreement.
Your assessment of teacher ed is on track. My colleague somewhat
humorously calls that elem. ed major
Geez, no one responded since yesterday. OK, I'll do it.
First of all, I don't think your experience is NOT very unusual. My youngest
child is a 19-year old college sophomore and I would say that is pretty typical
of him and his group. He wouldn't be caught dead raising his hand, publicly in
cla
Good points Mike. I find it interesting how people, their work and
their ideas are represented in the popular media. Recently, there was
news about research that created a kind of out-of-the-body experience
and these folks were apparently neuroscientists. Is this work
psychology, S&P, cognitive
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On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:57:28 -0400, Christopher D. Green wrote:
> Gerd Gigerenzer makes the New York Times.
> (They call him a social psychologist, but I've always thought of him as
> a cognitivist and statistician.)
> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/28/science/28conv.h
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