On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:33:56 -0700, Bill Southerly wrote:
We need to get back to discussing issues more directly related to
the teaching of psychology.
Those of you that have been on this list for awhile know that I
don't often make statements like this but it looks like we are starting
to
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My favorite is still Mynatt Doherty's _Understanding Human Behavior_
-- especially the first edition.
But as far as I know, I'm the only person in the world who likes that
text. I like it because it has small, focused chapters centered around
empirical generalizations, and the chapters
MIKE PALIK: Students, under pressure to get gainful employment
after their school experience (in order to pay back student loans, etc),
will recognize that certain fields allow them to succeed (i.e., at the very
least get a job, at best make fabulous amounts of money and living a very
With regard to the nol. 2 point...is there evidence that the undergrad
population has really been that much of a problem? Or is this more a
reflection of the political / historical context of psych? Gary
Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology
Saginaw Valley State University
I like it, but just haven't used it yet. Gary
Marc Carter marc.car...@bakeru.edu 3/27/2009 10:15 AM
My favorite is still Mynatt Doherty's _Understanding Human Behavior_ --
especially the first edition.
But as far as I know, I'm the only person in the world who likes that text. I
like
Interesting article on the front page of the Chronicle this week
called, Falling Behind? Try Shame, Fear, and Greed. Basically the
idea is that people are trying to motivate themselves by taking a
contract out on themselves on a site called, StickK (http://www.stickk.com/
). Despite the
Mike has dropped the guantlet:
So, which intro psych textbook do people think is best and why?
I use a fellow-tipster's (Nancy Melucci) text entitled, Psychology the Easy
Way for three reasons:
(1) It costs $15 to the students--they don't have to take an extra part time
job to pay for the
I appreciate the props
Nancy M.
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In a message dated 3/27/2009 8:10:34 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
tay...@sandiego.edu writes:
Mike has dropped the guantlet:
So, which intro psych textbook do people think is
A student recently brought the following article her attention and she wanted
to hear what tipsters would have to say about this. Although she teaches
biopsych searching some of the facts in this article appears to be impossible
for her.
This is from msn.com:
Yes -- avoidance behavior.
An old behavioral technique also mentioned by Thaler and Sunstein in
Nudge.
On Mar 27, 2009, at 10:03 AM, Michael Britt wrote:
Interesting article on the front page of the Chronicle this week
called, Falling Behind? Try Shame, Fear, and Greed. Basically the
idea
-Original Message-
From: Michael Britt [mailto:michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com]
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 10:03 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: [tips] Motivation by Shame
[snip]
Sounds like simple negative reinforcement?
Wouldn't that depend
Thanks, Annette--I have an exam to write and you've given me a new
distractor (like I needed help...). I've decided to change professions
and become a Chromotherapist, specializing as a Color Intuitive. It
should help as I deal with Indigo Children...
Here's the scary (but tiny) URL:
Yes, good point Marc: it does depend on how you phrase it. Are you
trying to eat less (in which case you're trying to stop the behavior
of eating), in which case if you contract to donate to a cause you
don't believe in then you're using negative punishment, or does your
contact have you
The effect of color of a space on any performance variable has found
precious little space in the scholarly psychology literature, excepting its
use as 'cultural codes' for wayfinding and safety. Quoting Bell, Greene,
Fisher, and Baum (2001), Popular articles abound, but there is very little
Is there any way to determine if this lack of findings is due to the file
cabinet effect (nonsignificant effects not being published) in which case we
might conclude that further research would be unprofitable and just conclude
that there is no evidence supporting the environmental effect of
I had a strange experience in my undergraduate statistics class
this week. I was lecturing and noticed that a student was busy
thumb-typing on something that looked like a really thin
tablet computer. Ultimately my curiousity got the best of me
and I asked the student what was the device. Turns
So, which intro psych textbook do people think is best and why?
We switch Intro to Psych books every 2 years and we change them every 2
years whether we like them or not (everyone in our dept. must use the same
book). I have had the pleasure (?) of leading the group to pick the Intro
text
On 27 Mar 2009 at 12:02, Paul C Bernhardt wrote:
The effect of color of a space on any performance variable has found
precious little space in the scholarly psychology literature, excepting
its use as 'cultural codes' for wayfinding and safety. Quoting Bell,
Greene, Fisher, and Baum (2001),
tay...@sandiego.edu wrote:
According to psychologists, red can increase blood circulation and body
temperature, which can boost workout efficiency. Light waves enter the eye
and are converted to electrical impulses in the brain, explains environmental
psychologist David Alan Kopec
Indeed.
Thanks, Stephen. I finally have a review of previous research with a real
theoretical base to provide all of those undergrad researchers who want to test
a hypothesis about the effects of color. I will leave it to the Canadian and
British tipsters to test hypotheses related to colour.
Rick
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