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2006-11-30 Thread Allen Esterson
On 29 November Michael Sylvester wrote: My question: list five psychosexual stages Student's answer: openness, conscientiousness, experience, agreeableness, neuroticism What would be really interesting is for Michael to tell us what *his* answer is. So let's hear it, Michael. Allen Esterson

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2006-11-30 Thread Don Allen
An even more important question is, Why would anyone continue to teach this crap?. -Don. Allen Esterson wrote: On 29 November Michael Sylvester wrote: My question: list five psychosexual stages Student's answer: openness, conscientiousness, experience, agreeableness, neuroticism

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2006-11-30 Thread Robin Abrahams
Because it's an important contribution that psychology made to the culture at large, and understanding many of the intellectual and artistic trends of the 20th century is not possible without some background in psychoanalytic theory. Psychology is not *just* a science. --- Don Allen [EMAIL

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2006-11-29 Thread Christopher D. Green
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My question: list five psychosexual stages? Student's answer: openness,conscientiousness,experience,agreeableness, neuroticism. Is that in the order which one progresses? From openness to neuroticism? Give the student and A. :-) Chris --

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2006-11-29 Thread Christopher D. Green
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My question: list five psychosexual stages? Student's answer: openness,conscientiousness,experience,agreeableness, neuroticism. Is that in the order which one progresses? From openness to neuroticism? Give the student an A. :-) Chris --

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2006-11-29 Thread Steven Specht
Nip/Tuck? On Nov 29, 2006, at 10:10 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My question: list five psychosexual stages? Student's answer: openness,conscientiousness,experience,agreeableness, neuroticism. Where have I seen this before? Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida ---

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2006-11-29 Thread Maxwell Gwynn
Michael: Those are the Big Five personality factors as measured by, among other inventories, the NEO-PI-R. -Max Gwynn Maxwell Gwynn, PhD Undergraduate Advisor Department of Psychology Wilfrid Laurier University 75 University Avenue West Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5 Canada (519) 884-0710 ext

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2006-10-31 Thread Steven Specht
(TIPS) Subject: [tips] Re: student's answer At 5:18 PM -0500 10/29/06, Michael Sylvester wrote: My test item: Give an example of negative reinforcement Student wrote removing a guitar from its case. Negative reinforcement is defined as increasing the frequency of a behavior by removing something

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2006-10-31 Thread Rick Froman
- From: Paul Brandon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 8:52 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Re: student's answer At 5:18 PM -0500 10/29/06, Michael Sylvester wrote: My test item: Give an example of negative reinforcement Student wrote

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2006-10-31 Thread Steven Specht
] Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 8:52 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Re: student's answer At 5:18 PM -0500 10/29/06, Michael Sylvester wrote: My test item: Give an example of negative reinforcement Student wrote removing a guitar from its case. Negative

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2006-10-31 Thread David Hogberg
: [tips] Re: student's answer At 5:18 PM -0500 10/29/06, Michael Sylvester wrote: My test item: Give an example of negative reinforcement Student wrote removing a guitar from its case. Negative reinforcement is defined as increasing the frequency of a behavior by removing something from

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2006-10-31 Thread msylvester
Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Negative reinforcement is defined as increasing the frequency of a behavior by removing something from the behaving organism's environment. It is diametrically opposite from punishment (which decreases the frequency of a behavior by adding

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2006-10-31 Thread Paul Brandon
At 5:33 PM + 10/31/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is my understanding that there is positive punishment where something is added and negative punishment where something is removed. So Paul's argument that punishment involves add-ons may only be partially correct. This answer is correct.

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2006-10-31 Thread David Hogberg
- From: Steven Specht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 10:28 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Re: student's answer Could it be used as negative reinforcement if it stopped? Couldn't resist that one. ;-) On Oct 31, 2006, at 11:24

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2006-10-30 Thread Michael Sylvester
- Original Message - From: Sandy Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@acsun.frostburg.edu Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 12:48 AM Subject: [tips] Re: student's answer Had there been a discussion in class or in the text about what happens

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2006-10-30 Thread Dean Amadio
I guess I would want to clarify what he means (i.e., who is being reinforced and what is the unpleasant stimuli being removed?). The other day I had a student try to convince me that giving a child dessert was an unpleasant for the child. This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

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2006-10-29 Thread Sandy Price
Had there been a discussion in class or in the text about what happens when a bad player/singer removes a guitar from a case and is about to perform? Sandra Price Retired in France Michael Sylvester wrote: My test item: Give an example of negative reinforcement Student wrote removing a