In a message dated 12/13/2002 3:06:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
But I think they are responding to contingencies - to faculty who have
passed them along, to getting good grades for slipshod projects, to always
being saving from bad consequences. They are using confirmati
But I think they are responding to contingencies - to faculty who have
passed them along, to getting good grades for slipshod projects, to always
being saving from bad consequences. They are using confirmation bias,
focusing on the contingencies that worked out well for them and ignoring
or treati
In a message dated 12/12/2002 12:13:49 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>that if a human organism is expected to be controlled by the
>contingencies in effect, he/she must understand the contingencies
>and the relationship between their behavior and its consequences. I
>am n
At 11:48 AM -0500 12/12/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It is a given
that if a human organism is expected to be controlled by the
contingencies in effect, he/she must understand the contingencies
and the relationship between their behavior and its consequences. I
am not convinced that that is th
It is a given that if a human organism is expected to be controlled by the contingencies in effect, he/she must understand the contingencies and the relationship between their behavior and its consequences. I am not convinced that that is the case with many of my students.
Their behavioral history
At 7:35 AM -0500 12/3/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What is a PSI unit/ master system?
Verrry briefly:
Material is divided into brief sequential units.
Students work on a unit until they master it at an 'A' level of
comprehension, then move on to the next unit.
Grades are based on the number of
What is a PSI unit/ master system?
Riki Koenigsberg, PhD
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At 11:07 AM -0600 12/2/02, Paul Brandon wrote:
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>2. We can rely on natural contingencies -- those inherent in the behavior itself and
>not requiring someone's planned intervention. Again, there are two categories:
> a. Making attending reinforcing in its own right
> (lecture
As a behaviorist, I'm struck by how much of this thread is concerned
with how to coerce/compel attendance vs. a functional analysis of
attendance requirements.
We (in these United States) require attendance in elementary and
secondary schools because an educated populace is regarded as a
publi
I use a combination of reward and punishment in my syllabus.
Here are the relevant sections of the syllabus:
===(From Pg 2)
Attendance
Attendance is essential to successful college work. Just as it is
impossible to learn to drive without ever entering an automobile, so it
is i
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From: Hetzel, Rod [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 7:28 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Subject: behaviorism and attendance
Hi TIPSters:
I'm in the process of developing syllabi for next semester and wanted to
raise once again the issue of attendance polici
Hi Rod:
What a sad student culture! I feel badly for you and for the students!
I think your efforts might be better directed towards some administrative
contact with interested students who would like to see better attendance, as it
can enhance their own education to have classmates there willi
"Hetzel, Rod" wrote:
> I'm in the process of developing syllabi for next semester and wanted to
> raise once again the issue of attendance policies. In my previous
> academic position I never had much difficulty with classroom attendance.
Obvioualy, I cannot speak to the culture at your institut
Here is the attendance policy that I use in my History of Psych class. I
use a points given method. Students get index cards at the beginning of
the semester that they must pick up before each class (that is how I take
attendance - card not picked up, person not present). If the person
participate
Rod wrote:
I've pasted a copy of my attendance policy below. I would like to switch to a policy
that doesn't deduct points for being absent. That seems awfully parental to me and
not something that optimally prepares students for the adult world that awaits them
after graduation. I'm thinking
Hi
On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Hetzel, Rod wrote:
> I've pasted a copy of my attendance policy below. I would like to
> switch to a policy that doesn't deduct points for being absent. That
> seems awfully parental to me and not something that optimally prepares
> students for the adult world that awaits
Hi TIPSters:
I'm in the process of developing syllabi for next semester and wanted to
raise once again the issue of attendance policies. In my previous
academic position I never had much difficulty with classroom attendance.
In fact, I never made attendance mandatory for students. I simply told
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