I think critical thinking is evidenced most clearly when we look critically at
research that supports our own biases. It is easy to find flaws in research
that violates our cherished assumptions. We tend to be friendlier with research
that supports them. That is why I would think it is
Male bowerbirds just can't abide red. So in this clever, clever
new experiment , Keagy et al (2009) annoyed them by placing
red objects in their nests. Only some objects were harder to
remove than others (a test of bowerbird braininess--an IQ test
for birds, the Stanford-Birdet).
They then
I agree with Rick Froman. Some writers have referred to this phenomenon as
belief bias, viz., the tendency to accept results more readily if they square
with our a priori hypotheses. I would argue that we need to warn our students
against this all-too-natural bias (to which we're probably all
I rather liked the term - I think if we called more things off the wall
terms like this, more students would get into science.
sbl...@ubishops.ca wrote:
Male bowerbirds just can't abide red. So in this clever, clever
new experiment , Keagy et al (2009) annoyed them by placing
red objects
Yes, I remember about the tape. And I believe 'circumstantial'
evidence can also be sufficient for convictions.
But I would say a 12 year prison term is getting off lightly
considering that she participated in (or was the instigator) in the
abduction, rape and slaughter of 3 young girls one of
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A curious article in the in Washington Post about how Colleges,
as we currently know them with buildings and campuses, may
be gone in 10 to 20 years as online courses serve as inexpensive
alternatives; see:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/11/AR2009091104312_pf.html
I use the Open Courseware videos, but not in the manner the creators may
have intended for them.
I pick a segment of a course to show as a sample of an instructor
teaching and then do a role-play activity on conducting a classroom peer
observation and providing feedback to the instructor.
H, Psychology seems to be strangely unrepresented at MIT. Anyone know why?
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Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:08:04 -0400
From: Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu
Subject: [tips] Are We All Doomed?
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@acsun.frostburg.edu
Cc: Mike
Psychology is there. It contributes to the program in the Department
of Brain and Cognitive Studies. The word 'psychology' is not used
in any of the course titles/description I could find at the
undergraduate level. Instead, titles emphasizing functions/behaviors
are found: vision,
This story was on national news earlier in the but National
Geograhic provides a summary; see:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/090916-color-blind-gene-monkeys.html
The article that the news story is based on was published
in Nature, (subscribers have full access to the report):
On 16 Sep 2009 at 13:04, Michael Smith wrote:
However, that doesn't answer my main question as to whether there is a
bias in the legal system and society in general that women are
considered less capable of vile acts than men, and why this might be
Because it's true?
Stephen
Mike:
I am yawning and make that a BIG YAWN (sorry for the excessive
noise).
Here is the mistaken assertion from the editorial...
Both newspapers and universities have traditionally relied on
selling hard-to-come-by information.
You can walk into any chain bookstore and buy a copy of the
Well no actually. In a previous life I spent about ten years as a prison
psychologist. I worked in both male and female federal and provincial
correctional centres so I have a fair amount of experience to draw on. I can
assure you that women have committed acts that were as heinous (and more)
Well, yes actually. According to Bureau of Justice stats for the period
1993-1997:
Women committed 9% of homicides, 2% of sexual assaults, 7% of armed robberies,
11% of aggravated assaults, and 18% of simple assaults. No matter how heinous
the acts you saw may have been, women are far less
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MIke Smith asked whether there was a bias in the legal system
that women were less capable of vile acts than men. I said
Because it's true?
On 16 Sep 2009 at 21:27, Don Allen wrote:
Well no actually. In a previous life I spent about ten years as a
prison psychologist. I worked in both male
Well, it might be useful to seperate a couple of different factors:
(1) There is the question of whether women are capable *at all*
of a certain type of crime, for example, for whatever reason, they
are incapable of commiting homicides. The fact that women *do*
commit homicides falsifies the
I have to agree with Mike Palij (this is getting to be a habit) that
women may operate differently (may tend to prefer poison for example)
and crime statistics may beg the question a little.
So for example, women may be more the instigator/orchestrator in the
Bernardo or Garrido case (for
In 2007, 9% of the US's (enormous) prison population was female:
http://hdrstats.undp.org/indicators/266.html
It may not be the case that no women commit heinous crimes. It is
certainly the case that they do it at a much lower rate than men.
Regards,
Chris Green
York U.
Toronto
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