[tips] Views: A Defense of the Lecture - Inside Higher Ed

2009-11-20 Thread Christopher D. Green
Maybe lectures aren't so bad after all, says this writer. Maybe they are better pitched (than discussion) at the typical level of student reading abilities. http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2009/11/20/kotsko Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON

[tips] If Watson Twittered

2009-11-20 Thread Britt, Michael
Here's what I guess he might have twittered one lazy afternoon: giv me 12 infants & my own wrld 2 bring them up in I'll take 1 at random & train him 2 be dr, lawyr, rtist, merchant-chief, beggar or thief. Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com --- To mak

[tips] If Freud Twittered

2009-11-20 Thread Britt, Michael
How about this one: If Freud twittered: The gr8 question Iv not bn able 2 answer, despite my 30yrs of research in2 the feminine soul: 'What does a woman wnt?'" Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com twitter: mbritt --- To make changes to your subscription c

[tips] if Dr. Phil Twittered

2009-11-20 Thread William Scott
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[tips] If Hermann Ebbinghaus Twittered

2009-11-20 Thread Michael Britt
Any finally, because it's Friday and my brain is burnt out, here's what I believe Ebbinghaus might have tweeted: Psychology has a long past, but only a short history. Of course, he would have wanted to make sure that the tweet was found if anyone searched twitter for anything relating to psy

RE: [tips] If Watson Twittered

2009-11-20 Thread Tracy Zinn
Of course, this doesn't include the follow up statement that most people don't know about"Of course, I'm exaggerating". ** Tracy E. Zinn, Ph.D. Associate Professor MSC 7704 Miller Hall Room 1171 (Lab room 1209) Department of Psychology James Mad

Re: [tips] Views: A Defense of the Lecture - Inside Higher Ed

2009-11-20 Thread Paul Brandon
But of course this means that the ideal (live) lecture is too far ahead fo half the students and too far behind for the other half. On Nov 20, 2009, at 6:49 AM, Christopher D. Green wrote: > > > > Maybe lectures aren't so bad after all, says this writer. Maybe > they are better pitched (than

[tips] meta analysis

2009-11-20 Thread John Kulig
Forgot who requested it, but believe someone asked about a brief but real article that used meta-analysis a few days ago. Just off the press in "Perspectives on psychological science" vol 4 (6), p. 578 - 586 is Lac & Crano's "Monitoring Matters" that looked at 17 studies, all on parental monit

Re: [tips] If Watson Twittered

2009-11-20 Thread Christopher D. Green
Rosalie, u r 4 me! Chris Green = Tracy Zinn wrote: Of course, this doesn't include the follow up statement that most people don't know about"Of course, I'm exaggerating". ** Tracy E. Zinn, Ph.D. Associate Professor MSC 7704 Mille

Re: [tips] nature versus nurture: more general discussion

2009-11-20 Thread Ken Steele
sbl...@ubishops.ca wrote: For IQ, the figure for heritability is generally found to be higher, typically in the 0.70 range, although there is a wide range of estimates. In school-aged children, while they are still at home, the figure is lower, and there is a clear shared environment effect.

RE: [tips] meta analysis

2009-11-20 Thread Rick Froman
Would this be a meta-analysis of nothing but flawed studies of the impact of parents on adolescent behaviors that don't take into account the impact of genetics? Or are these not studies of behavioral effects conducted within the last 20 years? Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanitie

Re: [tips] meta analysis

2009-11-20 Thread sblack
On 20 Nov 2009 at 17:40, Rick Froman wrote, in relation to Lae and Crano's (2009) meta-analysis of parental monitoring of marijuana use: > Would this be a meta-analysis of nothing but flawed studies > of the impact of parents on adolescent behaviors > that don't take into account the impact of g

[tips] Views: A Defense of the Lecture - Inside Higher Ed

2009-11-20 Thread Pollak, Edward
Thanks for that, Chris. I LOVED it. My favorite part was "...and unless we want to cultivate students who believe that their every utterance is intrinsically worthwhile due to their precious snowflake-hood, it would probably be good to get them to a point where their confidence is earned, w