[tips] AP IMPACT: Alternative medicine goes mainstream - Yahoo! News

2009-06-07 Thread Christopher D. Green
As the evidence piles up against almost all "alternative" medicines, manufacturers and retailers cry all the way to the bank. http://tinyurl.com/l8gnrt Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 chri...@yorku.ca

RE: [tips] Do Tipsters Blush?

2009-06-07 Thread DeVolder Carol L
I can read minds, but what I read often makes me blush, especially if it's...oh never mind. Carol PS: I generally blush vigorously, and actually have when I've posted something I ended up thinking was inappropriate. Carol L. DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Psychol

Re: [tips] New cheating technique: the corrupted file

2009-06-07 Thread Rikikoenig
I do the same and state in my syllabus that I will accept no excuses for the submission being late so they should plan ahead. But I also tell them to make sure they have their own hard copy backup in case something happens to mine, or, if it is on computer, that they have a backup copy e

RE: [tips] Cross-cultural for Tipsters (2)

2009-06-07 Thread Stuart McKelvie
Dear Annette, That was the message MS sent, although he did say he would reduce the mark for cheating. I guess that was in the past or it could perhaps apply to exams where people may try to copy and claim they were "sharing". I think that the skill required to write a paper or research repor

RE: [tips] Cross-cultural for Tipsters (2)

2009-06-07 Thread taylor
So let me see if I have this right: one way to limit plagiarism is to stop assigning papers that would typically result in the best kinds of student development? Well, that's an original solution--or not a very well thought through one. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psych

Re: [tips] Do Tipsters Blush?

2009-06-07 Thread Mike Palij
On Sun, 07 Jun 2009 03:20:48 -0700 Allen Esterson >On 6Jun09 Mike Palij suggested: >>Then again, as good scientists, the most parsimonious position >>would be that Tipsters don't blush because we have no evidence >>that they do. > >I'm not sure if Mike is being serious here, Maybe... ;-) >but I

Re: [tips] New cheating technique: the corrupted file

2009-06-07 Thread Gerald Peterson
I know I am way behind in experiencing these hi tech approaches. I never have these problems as I specifically state that all final/major papers can only be handed in as paper copies. It's amazing how well the technology works that way. I do look at drafts as attachments, etc, but do not acc

RE: [tips] Cross-cultural for Tipsters (2)

2009-06-07 Thread Stuart McKelvie
Dear Michael, You wrote: I make certain assumptions in the ckassroom and some are 1)students will seek help and co-operate with other students 2)students will not turn in original work 3) students whose original language is not English are probably turn in papers re Psychology that are

Re: [tips] Cross-cultural for Tipsters (2)

2009-06-07 Thread michael sylvester
- Original Message - From: Stuart McKelvie To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 10:20 AM Subject: RE: [tips] Cross-cultural for Tipsters (2) Dear Michael, You make a good case for arguing that behaviours may be perceived

Re: [tips] Cross-cultural for Tipsters (2)

2009-06-07 Thread rogoway
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RE: [tips] Cross-cultural for Tipsters (2)

2009-06-07 Thread Stuart McKelvie
Dear Michael, You make a good case for arguing that behaviours may be perceived differently in different cultures. Such information may help us understand these behaviours in different situations. But here is the nub of my question: If you were teaching a class and found people in a c

Re:[tips] New cheating technique: the corrupted file

2009-06-07 Thread Amadio, Dean
There's a simple solution to this: tell students if they try to get an assignment to you some other way rather than in person and you don't get it or can't read it, it's late or you've never received it. I have gotten corrupted files, files no software would read, papers under my door which myst

Re: [tips] Do Tipsters Blush?

2009-06-07 Thread Allen Esterson
���On 6Jun09 Mike Palij suggested: >Then again, as good scientists, the most parsimonious position >would be that Tipsters don't blush because we have no evidence >that they do. I'm not sure if Mike is being serious here, but I'd say that the most parsimonious position is that there is no evidenc