One student is guilty of plagiarism, the other student is guilty of
cheating. Both should be punished appropriately. I had a case of
identical papers turned in by two students as research papers written for
two different classes last term. One student failed the course for
plagiarism. The
A couple weeks ago, I posted the results of a survey of my intro-psych
students in which I asked them about the purpose of a college education.
It was no surprise to me that almost all of them had practical, job-oriented
goals in mind--in short, most of them wanted to make a lot of money in the
I find this whole topic funny. Years ago, I was at the home of a friend
of a friend. After dinner, the tv was on and the "villiage people" were
singing YMCA. The hosts kids were swaying to the music, enjoying it as
was my host. I mentioned to the host that they were talking about
finding men,
In line with our recent discussion of placebo effects, I came up with an
interesting way to challenge students about the necessity of the use of
placebos and control groups in Research Methods class today. I asked
them what they would think of a drug that was developed for men to re-
grow
Hi TIPSters
I'm writing a proposal to teach 2 psychology courses in Paris for 6
weeks over the summer next year. I might teach intro, social, human
sexuality or psychology of women (I'm still deciding which two). The
proposal should contain specific references to activities or guest
speakers
Saw this posted on another list and thought some might enjoy the giggle.
I do not endorse the moral, mind you...so please don't shoot the
messenger.
Pam
A Rabbit's Thesis
One sunny day a rabbit came
I assign my Research Methods class the task of finding an article on
the web or in a popular press report that touts a new approach to
something and then apply a series of questions to it. The questions are
based, with attribution, on Beth Benoit's Baseless Science detector.
The students
