[tips] A Critical Election

2008-08-19 Thread Mike Palij
No, not that one, this one: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0819.html#article Now THAT was an experiment on obedience to authority. Perhaps a good exercise would be to try to explain how/why a person could get 90% of a large population to vote for him and whether this is

[tips] Stormy Tuesday(photo)

2008-08-19 Thread Msylvester
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2008-08-19 Thread Msylvester
Why am I the only one posting photos on Tips? Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

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2008-08-19 Thread Jim Matiya
Michael, Quit being so negative...:) Jim Jim Matiya Florida Gulf Coast University [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contributor, for Karen Huffman's Psychology in Action, Video Guest Lecturettes John Wiley and Sons. Using David Myers' texts for AP Psychology? Go to

[tips] Sundowning

2008-08-19 Thread Rob Weisskirch
Does anyone know the actual causes of sundowning behavior among the elderly? Is it neurotransmitter related? Thanks, Rob Rob Weisskirch, MSW. Ph.D. Associate Professor of Human Development Certified Family Life Educator Liberal Studies Department California State University, Monterey Bay 100

Re: [tips] Sundowning

2008-08-19 Thread Michael Britt
I must admit I've never heard of the term sundowning. Can you explain? Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Aug 19, 2008, at 11:49 AM, Rob Weisskirch wrote: Does anyone know the actual causes of sundowning behavior among the elderly? Is it neurotransmitter related? Thanks, Rob Rob

Re: [tips] Sundowning

2008-08-19 Thread Mike Palij
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:18:35 -0700, Michael Britt wrote: I must admit I've never heard of the term sundowning. Can you explain? On Aug 19, 2008, at 11:49 AM, Rob Weisskirch wrote: Does anyone know the actual causes of sundowning behavior among the elderly? Is it neurotransmitter related?

[tips] Teaching Resources for Developmental Psychology Related Fields

2008-08-19 Thread K. H. Grobman, Ph. D.
Hi Everyone, The website DevPsy.org has resources for teaching and learning about Developmental Psychology. Over the last year I prepared the biggest revision since starting the site in 2003. Please stop by. The number of lessons doubled including, for example, a magic trick

RE: [tips] Sundowning

2008-08-19 Thread Shearon, Tim
Text from: http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.med.57.071604.141451; The full text is available at that address, in html and pdf, I believe. The late afternoon/evening exacerbation of behavioral symptoms in dementia has been recognized by clinicians for 60 years.

Re: [tips] Sundowning

2008-08-19 Thread Paul Brandon
So, does this have any applicability to individuals WITHOUT dementia? I've heard it applied to the elderly in general. On Aug 19, 2008, at 12:10 PM, Shearon, Tim wrote: Text from: http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/ annurev.med.57.071604.141451 The full text is available at

[tips] AHP most popular in Gen. Psych.

2008-08-19 Thread Christopher D. Green
I was very pleased to discover that, according this webpage, the blog that my PhD student Jeremy Burman and I have been writing for the past year or so is now the most popular blog in the category General Psychology: http://www.universityreviewsonline.com/2005/10/top-100-mental.html The blog

[tips] TIPsters seen at APA

2008-08-19 Thread David Epstein
I've been meaning to mention that I greatly enjoyed presentations by Chris Green and Sue Frantz at APA last week. (Chris, I was the person who was yakking about Digital Object Identifiers at the end of the session.) Thanks to Sue, I now know what a clicker does. --David Epstein [EMAIL

RE: [tips] Sundowning- off list

2008-08-19 Thread Shearon, Tim
Paul Lots of symptoms/signs get extended beyond specific and proper use so I'd imagine that happens with this term too. Without presence of dementia I'd tend to call that fatigue. In this case what I know of it is reading relating to family issues- it is, of course, relevant to several areas

Re: [tips] Sundowning

2008-08-19 Thread Christopher D. Green
Michael Britt wrote: I must admit I've never heard of the term sundowning. Can you explain? Relatively temporary periods of confusion and dementia. Chris == On Aug 19, 2008, at 11:49 AM, Rob Weisskirch wrote: Does anyone know the actual causes of sundowning behavior

Re: [tips] Sundowning- off list

2008-08-19 Thread Paul Brandon
Time-- Thanks. I did a quick lit search and didn't find anything outside of dementia populations. On Aug 19, 2008, at 12:47 PM, Shearon, Tim wrote: Paul Lots of symptoms/signs get extended beyond specific and proper use so I'd imagine that happens with this term too. Without presence

[tips] The wisdom of college presidents

2008-08-19 Thread Msylvester
Some college presidents in the U.S want the drinkong age lowered to 18,They rationalize that students are not likely to binge if the drinking age is 18,They draw on cross-cultural data that Europeans who can drink at a lower age do not seem to have problems with teen drinking. WElcome to

Re: [tips] Regression/SPSS question

2008-08-19 Thread Jim Clark
Hi This is far from being a simple question given the Within-S aspect of the continuous variable. If there are relatively few levels of the continuous variable (or the values can be reduced without losing info, producing empty cells, etc.) then GLM or MANOVA with partitioning of the

Re: [tips] TIPsters seen at APA

2008-08-19 Thread Christopher D. Green
David Epstein wrote: I've been meaning to mention that I greatly enjoyed presentations by Chris Green and Sue Frantz at APA last week. (Chris, I was the person who was yakking about Digital Object Identifiers at the end of the session.) I think you scared them. :-) (I set 'em up. You knock

RE: [tips] TIPsters seen at APA

2008-08-19 Thread FRANTZ, SUE
And if we would have had another hour, you could have seen clickers put to better use. They served our purpose for the time we had. =) Good to finally meet you David! I'm now very sorry I missed Chris' talk... Digital Object Identifiers. Sounds like it's right up my alley. =) Sue

[tips] DimDim and web-based instruction

2008-08-19 Thread David Campbell
On my campus, Moodle is the supported software system for delivering course content. Moodle works fine for asynchronous communications like uploaded lectures, course handouts, tests, and bulletin-board discussion. But real-time class sessions are limited to a weak chat feature and wiki

RE: [tips] DimDim and web-based instruction

2008-08-19 Thread Gaft, Sam
Nicenet.org. Supported by the Searle Center for teaching and learning at Northwestern University. I have each of my classes signed up to a unique password protected site. I post all documents in the document folder. There is a link site. A communcations link that allows privacy unless the writer

[tips] Inquiry

2008-08-19 Thread Wweiten
Greetings! I have an inquiry from a student that has me stymied. I have no clue how to reply. I am hoping that someone on the list might have some relevant experience. The student will be in a seminar that I teach at UNLV for our grad students who are teaching introductory psychology for

RE: [tips] Inquiry

2008-08-19 Thread beth benoit
What a challenge for all of us who agonize over little things like the wording of our syllabi and how to handle recalcitrant students! My hat is off to this woman. I recently talked to a young man who was in a Business Administration course at Harvard and had a professor who was legally

[tips] Software for Emeritus Faculty

2008-08-19 Thread Wuensch, Karl L
Those of you who happen to know whether or not your university provides emeritus faculty with statistical software (such as Minitab, SPSS, SAS), please let me know. I am struggling with this issue at my institution. It seems that some vendors do not want to include emeritus faculty in

RE: [tips] Software for Emeritus Faculty

2008-08-19 Thread nwzabak
Try lime wire -Original Message- From: Wuensch, Karl L [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 9:31 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Software for Emeritus Faculty Those of you who happen to know whether or not your university