Re: [tips] Profs who marry students

2008-07-22 Thread Sandy Price
In a talk that Zimbardo gave to MISTOP at COD in Illinois some years ago he said that Ms. Maslach, then a graduate student, visited the site and her observations about what was going on led him to close down the site. Sandra Price retired high school psychology teacher now living in France Gaft

Re: [tips] Profs who marry students

2008-07-22 Thread Sandy Price
In a talk that Zimbardo gave to MISTOP at COD in Illinois some years ago he said that Christine, then a graduate student, visited the site and her observations about what was going on led him to close down the site. Sandra Price retired high school psychology teacher now living in France Gaft,

RE: [tips] Profs who marry students

2008-07-22 Thread Gaft, Sam
Really? I learned it was because one of the prisoners "finked" to Phil that they were planning a jail break. While he was meeting with the school safety officials to prevent the breakout and protect the community from rampaging psy majors) he became aware that he was no longer the objective obse

Re: [tips] Profs who marry students

2008-07-22 Thread mrsteve2u
Michael, All the participants in the prison study were male. Zimbardo's second wife is Christina Maslach who was a grad student helping with the study. She was the one who got him to stop the study. Steve Steven Hall Butte Community College CSU-Chico -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: [tips] Profs who marry students

2008-07-22 Thread Rick Froman
Only recently in California would Zimbardo have been able to legally marry any of the participants of the Stanford Prison study. Christina Maslach, his wife, did visit the study and evidently pointed out to him the ethical issues and suggested he shut it down early which he did after six days of

[tips] 1 yr. developmental position

2008-07-22 Thread Linda Walsh
The DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY at THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA, invites applications for a temporary one-year assistant professor position in DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY to begin August 18, 2008. UNI is one of three state-supported universities in Iowa. Enrollment is approximately 12,600 studen

[tips] Profs who marry students

2008-07-22 Thread Msylvester
Are there any statistics on what discipline profs tend to marry students? I have known of many psychology profs in that situation. All the wives got A grades. Btw,did Zimbardo marry one of the subjects in that prison study? Would this be a reverse Stockholm syndrome? Michael Sylvester,PhD Dayt

RE: [tips] What good are the fine arts?

2008-07-22 Thread Mike Palij
On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:28:35 -0700, Turner, G. Marc wrote: >Mike Palij wrote: >> (e.g., what is a nonparametric t-test?) > >It actually seems to be "common" in biostats and, from what little I >know, is an alternative name for the Fisher-Pitman permutation test. I don't believe that they were refe

Re: [tips] What good are the fine arts?

2008-07-22 Thread Christopher D. Green
Well, Mike, this study seems to have pushed some of your "buttons." No one ever said that this study was the final word on the matter, and the methodological questions you raise are valid, but I hardly think they undermine continued serious investigation of the question. To my mind, the value o

RE: [tips] What good are the fine arts?

2008-07-22 Thread Turner, G. Marc
Mike Palij wrote: > (e.g., what is a nonparametric t-test?) It actually seems to be "common" in biostats and, from what little I know, is an alternative name for the Fisher-Pitman permutation test. It's one of those things that I've been meaning to find out more about, but haven't had a chance

[tips] info: little people/midgets

2008-07-22 Thread Msylvester
Are midget students viewed as special needs students? Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

[tips] Random Thought: How dare we!

2008-07-22 Thread Louis Schmier
I interrupt my series on teaching with passion with an important reflection. I was in this South Georgia sweating and whiffing by my flower garden when my cell phone rang. It did not take long before I was listening with intense ears to an harangue, gentle in tone but not in meaning,

Re: [tips] What good are the fine arts?

2008-07-22 Thread Msylvester
Christopher DCan you imagine a graduation ceremony without that marching music? Btw,what favorite piece of music was played when Wundt graduated? Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

re: [tips] What good are the fine arts?

2008-07-22 Thread Mike Palij
On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:50:04 -0700, Christopher D. Green wrote: >Scientists often deride fine arts education as being "fluffy" (or >worse). Harvard medical school has found out differently. From >today's Inside Higher Ed: > >"At a time when medical schools worry about their students' declining >pow

RE: [tips] What good are the fine arts?

2008-07-22 Thread Rick Froman
I am a fan of the fine arts and humanities and their relevance in undergraduate education so I was hoping to find that this would provide evidence of a measurable effect of a general course in art appreciation on a specific outcome. However, what the paragraph below doesn't mention is that the

Re: [tips] What good are the fine arts?

2008-07-22 Thread Drnanjo
Over the course of my adult life I have been consistently amused by the pervasive and short-sighted notion that some how areas of knowledge either conflict with each other or exist in separate little vacuum-packed compartments. I think to some extent "artists" are more guilty of repudiating

[tips] What good are the fine arts?

2008-07-22 Thread Christopher D. Green
Scientists often deride fine arts education as being "fluffy" (or worse). Harvard medical school has found out differently. From today's Inside Higher Ed: "At a time when medical schools worry about their students' declining powers of observation, art may turn things around. Researchers at Bri