RE: [tips] Tipster of the week

Carol- aren't you the first "repeater" tipster? :) Michael- that might set a record for the most GIFs on one email! :) Tim ___ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chair Department of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: tshea...@collegeofidaho.ed

[tips] APS and Teaching Institute: Submission Deadline January 20

Tipsters, I hope everyone is having a great start of the spring semester! I wanted to send a little reminder that the APS submission deadline is looming--January 20th! I'd love to have more Teaching Institute posters, but there are also theme programs accepting lots of poste

[tips] Layperson's Guide to Schizophrenia - Correction

I'm sure I speak for lots of us on TIPS who are grateful to finally be shown how to get tinyurl to work. I thought it was some magical, secret web knowledge, only accessible to La Crema (ha ha, that's actually my favorite wine, but I think sounds more hip than "c*rème de la crèm**e*

Re: [tips] Layperson's Guide to Schizophrenia - Correction

On 13 Jan 2009 at 12:52, Mike Palij wrote: > > To create a Tinyurl, simply go to http://tinyurl.com and > enter the long URL in the box/window. Yes. Works great. But don't forget that you don't have to type in separately each letter and number of that long, long url into the box/window. Go to

Re: [tips] Faculty Pay 'by Applause Meter'

It is Tipsters's upbringing in the Eurocentric paradigm that contributes to the diminuitive social skills in the classroom.The Eurocentric paradigm involves excessive cerebral activities that suppress social skills in the classroom which can only be faked to a certain limit.Our students are c

[tips] looking for some software

Hello fellow TIPsters: I am planning on adding a new element to my Research Methods course, involving naturalistic observation. I'd like my students to be able to record the duration of behavioral events while viewing videotaped naturalistic behaviors--animals in the zoo, birds on my feeder, ki

Re: [tips] Faculty Pay 'by Applause Meter'

Some good points-- and interestingly, we get back to even Robin's post about the unlikeable employee. Many fascinating and valuable folks in a university are a bit irritable, lack social skills, can be very creative and productive in research or other scholarly activities, but not always easy

re: [tips] Unlikable people in the workplace

Just a short response to support Mike on some of his comments. One major reaction I also had is that if this woman is so aware of her unappealing traits then she also would make a great candidate for a behavioral therapist who could help her improve her social skills. She could actually LEARN to

Re: [tips] Faculty Pay 'by Applause Meter'

Annette, I agree that teacher popularity is heavily influenced by social skills. But I generally believe these skills can be developed and applied where appropriate. Smiling, looking a student in the eye, responding in a supportive manner, and acting generally "approachable" are intentional beh

Re: [tips] Unlikable people in the workplace

Hi 1. People should be evaluated on their job performance, not on their personality (unless relevant to their work). Of course the notions of "team player" and "respectful workplace" turn this on its head, perhaps exacerbating problems for people like this woman. I could care less about whet

Re: [tips] Faculty Pay 'by Applause Meter'

Isn't most education subsidized by the government? If so, then students actually only pay part of the salary.   I don't think anyone claimed student evaluations do not matter, only that they should not be considered the whole picture. As a simple example, what about the other two "pillars" of pr

Re: [tips] Faculty Pay 'by Applause Meter'

Student evaluations matter.They are the ones paying your salary. Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] Faculty Pay 'by Applause Meter'

We're back to considering easy and difficult personalities, as in the previous discussion we've been having. Popularity is largely a function of social skills and let's face it, by the time people get to teaching age, they either have them or they don't; and even if they don't I don't believe th

[tips] Faculty Pay 'by Applause Meter'

Jerry Becker has alerted the Math-Teach list to a recent report by Scott Jaschik (2008) in "Inside Higher Ed" with the provocative title "Faculty Pay 'by Applause Meter'." To access the article simply click on . Any reactions? Richard

RE: [tips] Unlikable people in the workplace

Great email Mike. My reading of the post was that because this pertains to a work situation (as opposed to personal or educational) the most important is to focus on the work that this person must perform. Does she do it well (by her own admission perhaps not) and does her behavior interfere wit

Re: [tips] Directional hypotheses (was ANOVA question)

By the way, lest anyone be confused by my post, I am not a promoter of Therapeutic Touch or similar. It is entirely bogus in my view. We were just surprised that the findings did not represent the detection rate of hands that would be expected due to normal sensing of the warmth of hands at a dist

re: [tips] Unlikable people in the workplace

On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:59:19 -0800, Robin Abrahams wrote: >TIPSters-- >I got a fascinating letter for my advice column, which I've posted on >my blog along with some commentary. The url is here >(http://tinyurl.com/7g8h7h ); I'll also post the text after this short >message. > >The woman who wr

[tips] Unlikable people in the workplace

TIPSters-- I got a fascinating letter for my advice column, which I've posted on my blog along with some commentary. The url is here (http://tinyurl.com/7g8h7h); I'll also post the text after this short message. The woman who wrote me has ADHD, depression, and anxiety. She knows she is "unlik