Re: [tips] Student Question

nson" Reply-To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 14:20:37 -0400 To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Conversation: Student Question Subject: [tips] Student Question Does the size of the pituitary gland or thyroid gland differ b

[tips] Student Question

Does the size of the pituitary gland or thyroid gland differ between males & females? If so, can that difference partially explain the different behaviors we see in men & women? I realize that it won't be a complete explanation but we are in the biology chapter and hence thinking from a neuroscie

Re: [tips] ADHD and erectile dysfunction (student question)

I teach a human sexuality course, and while that has never come up (so to speak), I was curious to see what I could find. What I found answers your student's question through the back door: Childhood *ADHD* Predicts Risky *Sexual* Behavior in Young Adulthood.

[tips] ADHD and erectile dysfunction (student question)

Tipsizens, A question came up (pun intended) in class discussion about ADHD. A student asked if there's relationship between ADHD and erectile dysfunction. After clearing up confusion about "arousal" not being sexual arousal, the student wondered if men with unmedicated ADHD might lose "focus" d

[tips] Student question

On Apr 4, 2007, at 8:07 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since there is a pronounced primacy and recency effect for recalled items,does that mean that the items I got wrong on a test were situated in the middle of the chapters? I imagine the answer is "it would suggest so, but only if you mem

[tips] Re: Student question

ROTECTED] Original message >Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:57:08 -0800 (PST) >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [tips] Re: Student question >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" > >If you google, ramachandram phantom limb ,you will get

[tips] Re: Student question

message >Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:48:41 -0600 >From: "DeVolder Carol L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [tips] Student question >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" > > Dear TIPSters, > This morning a student asked me a qu

[tips] Re: Student question

Hi Carol, The research described in the abstracts below attempt to find/define activation correlates of phantom movement, pain, and telescoping perception. Hope this helps some. Sandra In a message dated 1/26/2007 12:52:37 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dear TI

[tips] Re: Student question

Hi I do not know whether that specific study has been done, but that is my understanding of the dominant explanation for the phenomenon of phantom limb (pain or otherwise). That is, it is not due to peripheral stimulation of nerve endings but to some central activation that would, presumably, be

[tips] Student question

Dear TIPSters, This morning a student asked me a question about phantom limbs that I am unsure of. The question was if, when a phantom "feels" pain, the corresponding area of the cortex lights up? Say for example, the phantom is an upper extremity--the right arm--and it experiences a sharp pain--ma

[tips] Re: student question about thalamus

ng in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: [tips] Re: student question about thalamus > > On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, Joan Warmbold went: > > > Related to the thalamus, I discuss with my students the common > > consequences if certain nerve centers are damaged. However, when

[tips] Re: student question about thalamus

On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, Joan Warmbold went: Related to the thalamus, I discuss with my students the common consequences if certain nerve centers are damaged. However, when asked what the consequences are for a person who has sever damage to their thalamus, I have no clear answer. And you shouldn'

[tips] Re: student question about thalamus

Related to the thalamus, I discuss with my students the common consequences if certain nerve centers are damaged. However, when asked what the consequences are for a person who has sever damage to their thalamus, I have no clear answer. Yes, I could google but wanted thoughts from this brilliant

[tips] Re: student question about abuse/positive parenting

Jean, I find this material interesting also,  but am leary of pop psych applications presented in the media.  I was merely wondering---since some of us are concerned about such matters, whether the parenting ideas are based on some sound psychological evidence perhaps even linked to actual develo

[tips] Re: student question about abuse/positive parenting

I'm a bit baffled at you post here Gary. Supernanny isn't using and/or recommending strategies on a "whim." She is helping parents to start using very well validated strategies of positive parenting that involve four major components: 1) Provide a dependable and reliable schedule and structure fo

[tips] Re: student question about thalamus

Actually, some information from olfaction does go through the thalamus. I'm not exactly sure what, but you do see research in the literature that suggests it does. At 10:59 AM 9/7/2006 -0600, you wrote: One of my intro students asked why the thalamus doesn t receive information regarding smel

[tips] Re: student question about thalamus

On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, Penley, Julie went: One of my intro students asked why the thalamus doesn't receive information regarding smell. I'm not having any luck generating an answer...can someone in TIPS-ville help me? Thank you! I think it's because the sense of smell is so ancient that it pred

[tips] student question about thalamus

One of my intro students asked why the thalamus doesn’t receive information regarding smell.  I’m not having any luck generating an answer…can someone in TIPS-ville help me?  Thank you! Julie   Julie A. Penley, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology El Paso Community College PO Box

[tips] Re: student question about abuse

Awesome supernannies are cool, but is there any substantive psychological research on parenting that might be brought in to such classes?  Indeed, do you skeptically/scientifically evaluate the whimsies of such super nannies and bring these out for class discussion?  Just some ideas.Gary    

[tips] Re: student question about abuse

Can't resist a plug here folks for including a segment on parenting when covering child development in your 101 or child psychology classes. Most of our students will be parents tho' for most of them it's the farthest thing from their mind--and I address that. I feel this segment of my classes ve

[tips] Re: student question about abuse

Judith Rich Harris would argue that it's not ok to abuse your kids because it makes home life unpleasant at the current time, but that abuse would have no lasting impact on adult personality or functioning. Genes and peers would "matter more." I would refer you to some early point-counterpoints i

[tips] Re: student question about abuse

On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Dr. Tasha Howe went: The data show that about 1/3 of people who are abused or neglected by their parents end up abusing or neglecting their own children. Is there evidence, e.g. from studies of twins reared apart, that their earlier victimization at home is a major _cause_

[tips] student question about abuse

The data show that about 1/3 of people who are abused or neglected by their parents end up abusing or neglecting their own children. The majority of people who harm their children were harmed themselves as children but looking at it the other way, most children who are harmed do NOT grow up to ha

[tips] Re: Non-student question

sage From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: tips@acsun.frostburg.edu Subject: RE: [tips] Re: Non-student question Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 07:47:13 -0500 >h..perhaps as scientists we should design a study to address >this >question? > >First, we need an operational definition of "

[tips] Re: Non-student question

Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: tips@acsun.frostburg.edu Subject: RE: [tips] Re: Non-student question Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 07:47:13 -0500 >h..perhaps as scientists we should design a study to address >this >question? > >First, we need an operati

[tips] Re: Non-student question

h..perhaps as scientists we should design a study to address this question? First, we need an operational definition of "curse" - why don't you work on that one and get back to us Michael? At 07:27 AM 5/9/2006, you wrote: Is there a curse on the Kennedys or is this a case of reckless

[tips] Non-student question

Is there a curse on the Kennedys or is this a case of reckless genes? Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english

Re: Student Question on Acoustic Coding in LTM

Hi On Fri, 11 Feb 2005, Rick Froman wrote: > In discussing how release from proactive interference provides evidence > that semantic coding is used in STM, I doubt that it does indicate the use of semantic coding in STM. It may instead illustrate the contamination of STM tasks by LTM until pro

Re: Student Question on Acoustic Coding in LTM

While I am sure there is evidence for acoustic coding in LTM, I'm just not having it come to mind immediately, I know that there is other evidence that those sensory impressions become perceptions and are coded in some other way-- Bever & Chiarello as early as the 1970's had good evidence that mu

Student Question on Acoustic Coding in LTM

In discussing how release from proactive interference provides evidence that semantic coding is used in STM, the question came up if, although LTM mainly uses semantic coding, it must not also use acoustic coding for some tasks like recognizing a song or a friend's voice. However, the evidence see

Re: student question: Broca's & Wernicke's Areas

In a message dated 2/9/05 11:15:18 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A side question: a few years ago I read about research that suggestedthat there are some fundamental differences between ASL and "ordinary"languages, such that people who grow up speaking ASL exclus

RE: student question: Broca's & Wernicke's Areas

Marc Carter asked "A side question: .[snip] that people who grow up speaking ASL exclusively tend not to read at the usual (age, peer, etc.) level. ASL is far more spatial than spoken (or written) language, and something about that spatial character generates differences in the way language

RE: student question: Broca's & Wernicke's Areas

I have had that opportunity ... unfortunately. Over 25 years ago while in college, a Cuban friend who was already quite fluent in English either developed an aneurysm which eventually burst or had a stroke of some sort (I forget the details). Anyhow, he became aphasic and could only articulat

RE: student question: Broca's & Wernicke's Areas

Something I and my students find interesting is the rare case of aphasia in polyglots (people who are multilingual). I have gone back to some of the earlier writings on aphasia as cited in Hecaen and Albert (1976), and find it fascinating that someone who is multilingual may lose their "mother t

Re: student question: Broca's & Wernicke's Areas

Yes, this fits with what I know; namely, that there is no type of language, other than just a compilation of haphazard pieces of language--the organizational structure of language is disrupted. This applies both to receptive and productive language. However, when there is a conduction deficit,

RE: student question: Broca's & Wernicke's Areas

ation official said, "That's a fair inference." LA Times, 3 Feb 2005 -Original Message- From: Tom Allaway [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 10:10 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: Re: student question: Broca's & W

Re: student question: Broca's & Wernicke's Areas

    I thought it had been pretty well established that the key ingredient for real language was syntax.  ASL has it, and is a true language.  The symboling chimps appear not to have it (although there is still a minority who believe they do).  Pidgins don't have it, creoles do.  Bickerton suggest

RE: student question: Broca's & Wernicke's Areas

Marc: And I might not be able to read or write or speak, but might be able to use symbols to communicate (I think here of chimps and other non-human primates). Rick: Wow! I didn't know politicians knew how to use symbols to communicate! -- Rick Adams. Capella University Grand Canyon University

RE: student question: Broca's & Wernicke's Areas

ences Cc: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: RE: student question: Broca's & Wernicke's Areas Rick, What you are explaining is exactly what the students were saying. What do we define as language? This is where I became unclear as to what the damage actually meant. I couldn&#

RE: student question: Broca's & Wernicke's Areas

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RE: student question: Broca's & Wernicke's Areas

l Message- From: Tom Allaway [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 9:50 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: Re: student question: Broca's & Wernicke's Areas I think your student doesn't understand how central to language these

RE: student question

EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 8:32 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: student question We were discussing Broca's and Wernicke's areas last night in Intro. and how damage to Broca's area means the person has tro

Re: student question: Broca's & Wernicke's Areas

I think your student doesn't understand how central to language these areas are. Someone with damage to Broca's area would not be making up their own language, because they haven't just lost their original language, they've lost the processing areas necessary for any language. Similarly, if s

student question

We were discussing Broca's and Wernicke's areas last night in Intro. and how damage to Broca's area means the person has trouble with speaking a language and damage to Wernicke's area means the person has trouble understanding spoken language. I was under the impression that with "language" we are

RE: Student Question about hormones

PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Annette Taylor, Ph. D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 9:24 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: Re: Student Question about hormones I googled these websites: (gotta love googling) http://www.mum.org

Re: Student Question about hormones

I am very disappointed in the responses that have been sent to this question. Not one person has suggested the obvious reason. They took prayer out of schools. Michael T. Scoles, Ph.D. Interim Chair, Dept. Psychology & Counseling University of Central Arkansas Conway, AR 72035 >>> [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Student Question about hormones

I googled these websites: (gotta love googling) http://www.mum.org/menarage.htm http://www.007b.com/early_puberty.php http://envirocancer.cornell.edu/FactSheet/Diet/fs37.hormones.cfm A good task for your student might be to evaluate the quality of these websites, which offer somewhat different p

RE: Student Question about hormones

According to Kathleen Berger's "The Developing Person Through Childhood and Adolescence" (6th ed.) causes of individual differences in menarche include genes and ethnicity, body fat and family stress. Of those, the most likely cause of the earlier age at menarche is body fat (increased nutrition).

Re: Student Question about hormones

This was my response. But then, it was argued that the early menstration effect was only seen in the last 20-30 years. I unfortunately have no idea when the earlier menstration began. It would also be interesting to see corelate this with the onset of heavy hormone usage in meat production. Ch

Re: Student Question about hormones

At 5:11 PM -0800 1/26/05, Jean-Marc Perreault wrote: Greetings, In discussing adolescence in class, and how today's girls have their first menstration earlier than half a century ago, a student asked what the reasons for this may be. One responded that the hormones injected in cattle m

Re: Student Question about hormones

Hi Jean-Marc- I don't have access to my files right now so I'm going on memory, but I believe that there was a study published in either Science or Nature that traced the lowering of the age of menarche in Norway to the onset of rural electrification. The authors' contention was that the increased

Student Question about hormones

Greetings, In discussing adolescence in class, and how today's girls have their first menstration earlier than half a century ago, a student asked what the reasons for this may be. One responded that the hormones injected in cattle might be at play. Does anyone have information regard

Re: student question for historians

This is probably one of the classics: Grinker, R.R. & Spiegel, J.P. MEN UNDER STRESS. Philadelphia: Blakiston, 1945 Bobbie Dr. Bobbie Turniansky Chair, Department of Psychology Kaye College of Education Beer Sheva ISRAEL [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tip

Re: student question for historians

Horton, Joseph J. wrote: > Hello Tipsters: I have a student who would like some suggestions for > studies that examined the effects of being a soldier during WW I or WW > II. Not the typical studies of developing IQ tests, but on the > psychological impact of having been in the war. W.H.R. Ri

student question for historians

Hello Tipsters: I have a student who would like some suggestions for studies that examined the effects of being a soldier during WW I or WW II. Not the typical studies of developing IQ tests, but on the psychological impact of having been in the war. Thanks! Joe Joseph J. Horton Ph. D. Box 3077 G

student question

Hello: I had a question I could not answer. What are people's brain waves like when they get knocked out compared to when they are asleep? Thanks, Joe Joseph J. Horton Ph. D. Box 3077 Grove City College Grove City, PA 16127 724-458-2004 In God we trust. All others must bring data. --- You are

Re: student question about drugs and ADHD

One (old) explanation suggests that ADHD symptoms come from attempts at obtaining stimulation.  If a drug can provide this stimulation, it may have the paradoxical effect of helping the person focus.  I'm not sure if this is still seen as a plausible explanation.   Michael T. Scoles, Ph.D.Interim

Re: student question about drugs and ADHD

At 7:02 AM -0400 10/22/04, Nina Tarner wrote: Hi all, Below is a question that student asked me after last night's lecture. Can anyone help me out with an answer? Nina Dr. Tarner, I was just wondering about the effects of stimulant drugs and ADHD. ADHD already has the hyper, energetic affect on

student question about drugs and ADHD

Hi all, Below is a question that student asked me after last night's lecture. Can anyone help me out with an answer? Nina Dr. Tarner, I was just wondering about the effects of stimulant drugs and ADHD. ADHD already has the hyper, energetic affect on individuals. I am ADHD which is why I a

Re: Student Question on OCD

Quoting Allen Esterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Personally, I am a bit wary about evolutionary explanations for mental > disorders such as severe depression or OCD. My inclination is to think > (crudely, I’m sure) that the problem may be simply [sic] that something’s > gone wrong with the functioning

Re: Student Question on OCD

In relation to my comments about Mike Lee’s writing on 29th March: >In talking about OCD today, I described it as a disorder >in which repetitive actions (compulsions) are essentially >reactions to repetitive thoughts (obsessions). The action >(repeating the alphabet over and over) helps divert thi

RE: Student question

I've actually had this happen - in fact it just happened this semester. A senior student was writing a research paper and he asked me to look it over before he handed it in. One point that I made was that in the discussion section he needed to explain WHY he thought the particular effect occurre

RE: Student question

I am sorry to leave you hanging so long on the answer to this riddle (see original message below). The student arbitrarily chose one of the answers and said "I chose that answer because it seemed right to me." She didn't get any points for that. She thought she should get credit for her reason be

Re: Student Question on OCD

- Original Message - From: "Allen Esterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 10:19 PM Subject: Re: Student Question on OCD Thanks for the information Allen. I supp

Re: Student Question on OCD

--- Mon, 29 Mar 2004 18:07:14 -0600 Author: "Michael Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Student Question on OCD > Thanks David and Martha for your replies. > > Perhaps David's response to your question helps Annette? > > I can only tell you

Re: Student question

I agree: "On which scale was the dependent variable measured?" is my guess for the student's wording concern - If that is the case, oh, I'd like one to come up to me tomorrow and say that. >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/29/04 22:22 PM >>> Hopefully the student responded that the dependant variable d

Re: Student question

Hopefully the student responded that the dependant variable didn't use any scale of measurement. Dependant variables aren't that smart. Had the question been, "What scale of measurement did the researcher use?" he question would have been clearer. This suggestion comes from someone who all too fre

Student question

I asked the following question on a test after providing a scenario. "What was the dependent variable in this study? What scale of measurement did the dependent variable use (interval, nominal, ordinal or ratio)? What makes you think so?" Although it was pretty clearly set up as a ratio scale in

Re: Student Question on OCD

Wasieleski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 5:45 PM Subject: Re: Student Question on OCD > More recent formulations of OCD have a cognitive-behavioral > interpretation, with the obsess

Re: Student Question on OCD

More recent formulations of OCD have a cognitive-behavioral interpretation, with the obsessions being aversive, and the compulsions a learned response to reduce the obsessions (negative reinforcement). The cognitive aspects of obsessions have been related to selective attention and other assorted p

Re: Student Question on OCD

Gee, I have a different question about your question, as you've phrased it below: Quoting Michael Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The action (repeating the alphabet over and over) helps > divert thinking > away from the frightening or inappropriate sexual or aggressive impulse, or > whatever > the cas

Re: Student Question on OCD

t; To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 1:45 PM Subject: Student Question on OCD > Hi folks, > > Enjoying the name thread, but I've got a question from a student I'd like > help > on before my nex

Re: Student Question on OCD

If you check DSM you'll see that the presence of obsessions or compulsions is sufficient for the disorder. If I recall correctly, the it's a slight majority of the time that both are present. David At 03:45 PM 3/29/2004 -0600, you wrote: Hi folks, Enjoying the name thread, but I've got a question

Student Question on OCD

Hi folks, Enjoying the name thread, but I've got a question from a student I'd like help on before my next class! In talking about OCD today, I described it as a disorder in which repetitive actions (compulsions) are essentially reactions to repetitive thoughts (obsessions). The action (repeatin

Re: Student Question

James K. Denson wrote: One of my students told me he had read that a broken spine will cure heroin addiction. Doe anyone have any idea if there is any truth to this? It should work fine--after all, how many people with broken spines do YOU know that can earn enough money illegally to affor

RE: Student Question

Well, if you can't move to get the heroin, it would probably work...but I doubt it would fly as a treatment. -Original Message- From: James K. Denson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 8:34 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: RE: St

RE: Student Question

One of my students told me he had read that a broken spine will cure heroin addiction. Doe anyone have any idea if there is any truth to this? James K. Denson AP Psychology Teacher Kempsville High School --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a b

Re: student question: brain localization

As it happens, my dissertation was about olfaction in humans. You want the anatomy? I invite you to "drink from the firehose": The olfactory tracts, just prior to coursing ventral to the anterior perforated substance, divide into the lateral and medial olfactory stria. It is the lateral s

Re: student question: brain localization

Riki, I will be lecturing on exactly this in Brain and Behavior next week; information about smell is sent to two areas in the cerebral cortex: one is to the Olfactory Cortex in the temporal lobe and to the prefrontal cortex where it is detected and identified. As far as taste goes, the informatio

student question: brain localization

In which brain areas are taste and smell sensations registered?  Does smell only register in the limbic system or is there also an area for it in one of the lobes? Riki Koenigsberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email

Re: Student Question Re: Darwin

Hello all, I'm hoping someone can help with this one. Started a lecture today in Intro Psych on Evolutionary Psychology and Behavioural Genetics by introducing and discussing Darwin's theory of evolution. It certainly made for some interesting class discussion, in that, there are a handful of st

RE: Student Question Re: Darwin

leaders accountable" General Welsey K. Clark, 24 September 2003. > -Original Message- > From: Michael Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 4:03 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences > Subject: Student Question Re: Darwin > > > Hel

Re: Student Question Re: Darwin

Michael Lee wrote: Anyway, another student asked me after class if it is true that Darwin later in life renounced his entire theory. She had heard this somewhere. I have not heard it, and don't anything about it. Is is true, false, some combination? The myth of Darwin's deathbed recantation is

Re: Student Question Re: Darwin

On Thu, 2 Oct 2003, Paul Brandon wrote: > >Hello all, > > > >I'm hoping someone can help with this one. > > > >Started a lecture today in Intro Psych on Evolutionary Psychology > >and Behavioural Genetics by introducing and discussing Darwin's theory > >of evolution. > > Actually, Darwin's theory

Re: Student Question Re: Darwin

Mike Lee wrote: >Anyway, another student asked me after class if it is true that Darwin later in life renounced his entire theory.< That's one of those things that's been kicking around for a while, spread by an evangelist who claimed she visited him on his deathbed and heard him renounce evolutio

Re: Student Question Re: Darwin

Hello all, I'm hoping someone can help with this one. Started a lecture today in Intro Psych on Evolutionary Psychology and Behavioural Genetics by introducing and discussing Darwin's theory of evolution. Actually, Darwin's theory dealt with natural selection; the term 'evolution' appears only i

Student Question Re: Darwin

Hello all, I'm hoping someone can help with this one. Started a lecture today in Intro Psych on Evolutionary Psychology and Behavioural Genetics by introducing and discussing Darwin's theory of evolution. It certainly made for some interesting class discussion, in that, there are a handful of s

Re: Student Question

OK; I responded before that I KNOW there is a website out there that answers these types of questions but no one posted it so I only have a very little time and found a similar website but not THE one I wanted because this is more for kids, but here is an anwer to the question (formulated so kid

RE: Student Question

[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 10:08 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: RE: Student Question It's actually because the blood supply to a nerve has been cut off (from compression). The numbness and tingling are referred to as parasthesia. A

RE: Student Question--PS

The numbness and tingling can also be indicators of other things--for example, carpal tunnel syndrome can cause direct compression of the nerve. Circulatory problems, especially in the extremities, can result in numbness and is especially dangerous for someone with diabetes because that person m

RE: Student Question

EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 10:35 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: Student Question Hi Everyone, I asked this question a while back and did not get any answers. Perhaps it fell through the cracks. So here it is again: (my students REALLY wa

Student Question

Hi Everyone, I asked this question a while back and did not get any answers. Perhaps it fell through the cracks. So here it is again: (my students REALLY want to know, and I can't seem to find the answer anywhere). Q. What is the cause of the pins and needles sensation that occur

Student question on vision

)>>> Teaching in the Psychological Sciences digest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2/27/03 9:00:09 PM >>>TIPS Digest for Thursday, February 27, 2003.1. Student question about cognition2. RE: We've got it all wrong3. Re: sorry4. Re:Negative reinforcement vs. punishment5. rac

Re: Student question on vision

Despite it all, we all know that blue eyed people (like me) are better. I don't play with this "brown eyes", ever! ;-) Annette Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Earlier today I responded to a query about eye colour and vision from Harry > Avis off the top of my head. I've now followed up with > th

Re: Student question on vision

I don't have the references right in front of me, but one of my students last year did a study comparing performance on a task to eye color. Seems that there are mixed results in this area - some studies do show differences and some studies don't. I don't believe that she found any differences.

Re: Student question on vision

Earlier today I responded to a query about eye colour and vision from Harry Avis off the top of my head. I've now followed up with the poor man's version of a literature review: I searched PubMed for abstracts. What I found suggests I won some, I lost some. Here are the results. I suggested t

Re: Student question on vision

On 27 Feb 2003, Harry Avis wrote: > A student asked a question today that I should know the answer to, but > I don't. I am in the process of clearing out my office as I am > retiring and can't find a source. The question: Is it true that blue > eyed people are more sensitive to light than brown ey

Re: Student question about cognition

;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 10:28 AM Subject: Student question about cognition "Seligman found that people with depression make inaccurate attributionsabout the causes of events in their

Student question on vision

A student asked a question today that I should know the answer to, but I don't. I am in the process of clearing out my office as I am retiring and can't find a source. The question: Is it true that blue eyed people are more sensitive to light than brown eyed?. I can figure out that blue eyed peo

Student question about cognition

"Seligman found that people with depression make inaccurate attributions about the causes of events in their life. The other cognitive theorists said that depressed people do cognitive distortions. If that is true, how do you make sense of the social psychological research showing that mildly dep

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