Jeff Ricker wrote:
Annette Taylor posted a wonderful update describing how she
attempted to explain the scientific aspects of psychology to
the chemistry instructor who saw psychology as being unscientific.
Nevertheless, in a second post, she seemed to take it all back
by stating the
Good morning. It's garbage and re-cycle pick-up day in the
neighborhood. In front of each house, cavernous green garbage bins
ominously rose, guarding each house at the streets' curbs like silent
Easter Island megaliths. Some bins were overflowing. Their huge lids ajar
and like open
A student brought in a demonstration that yielded an effect I wasn't aware of,
and I was wondering if someone out there could offer any leads to information
related to it.
We looked at two squares of colored construction paper (a bright pink
and a moderately saturated green) through a
To provide another take on this issue.
I teach History of Psychology to our senior psychology majors--it is
required as a "capstone" class. At the beginning of the semester we talk
about what it means to say that psychology is a science, and we talk about
their conceptions of science and why
Annette Taylor sent me the following message and asked me to send
it to the list:
Hey, I can't reply to list from home so PLEASE forward this to the
list for me! It was not me who took it all back!
annette :-)
Again, Annette, I'm very sorry for the misattribution.
Jeff Ricker
TIPSters,
I take great pleasure in reporting that Annette Taylor has not "gone post-
modern" on us! I am sorry, but I read the addresses incorrectly on my mail.
My comments were meant for William McCown (I hope I remembered his name
correctly), not Annette.
Please forgive me Annette.
Meekly,
Hi,
I was recently introduced to musk-flavored lifesavers. As far as
I've been able to ascertain, they can only be found in Australia.
The lifesavers website doesn't even list it as one of their flavors.
I'd love to be able to use them in my classes when I discuss schemas.
(Here, musk
At 9:52 AM -0400 4/27/99, Dr. Kristina Lewis wrote:Well, guess what?
Yesterday, last class, I brought up the question again.
Most of the students believe that psychology isn't "really a science"
because "humans are too variable and you can't ever really understand what
causes behavior" and
I am teaching general psych as a distance learning class. We broadcast to a
suburban high school. This technology and approach is new to me and I am
looking for the right workshop to attend to gain the knowledge necessary to
do this well. Can anyone recommend such a workshop. Please reply to me
I think this is a good way to begin the H/Systems class, and I also find
that many of the students still don't get it. I am thinking of developing
some refresher lectures/demos on these topics. Stanovich's book may be
useful here in the capstone class, and anticipating the kinds of naive,
Hi
On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, Dr. Kristina Lewis wrote:
I teach History of Psychology to our senior psychology majors--it is
required as a "capstone" class. At the beginning of the semester we talk
about what it means to say that psychology is a science, and we talk about
their conceptions of
Tipsters and tipsterettes:
Someone...I forget who...was inquiring about "The World of Abnormal
Psychology" video series.
I currently have in my possession an Annenberg/CPB catalog with all the
relevant material on ordering the series and ancillaries. If you are still
interested, please
I begin nearly every course be asking, "What is psychology." Until students
have had me for at least two courses, they skip over any mention of science. I
also put it repeatedly on exams. Some students never get it. (This is even
true for graduate students.)
When I was interviewing for jobs,
I believe the research was by Calhoun. Behavioral Sink
Hope this helps. I would be interested in the original reference.
Michael Quanty
Psychology Professor
CBMTS Project Director
Thomas Nelson Community College
P.O. Box 9407
Hampton, Virginia 23670
Voice: 757.825.3500
Fax: 757.825.3807
In response to my comments regarding final grades, Erica Klein asked:
Don't you get a lot of attempted bargaining and begging at the end of the
semester from students claiming to have 'grown'? How do you manage that
aspect?
Erica Klein
No. I find that students given the chance to improve
David Wasieleski wrote:
Forgive the analogy, but it seems to me that the question really boils down
to whether you practice "between-students" or "within-students" grading of
papers. I, for one, practice the former, but in classes with several papers
(e.g., Intro), I do "up the ante" as the
maybe!
Michael Sylvester
Hi
A colleague in biology is interested in what is known about the
causes of lower intelligence levels, on average, for twins and
for other siblings born close together. Any suggestions for
reading would be appreciated.
Best wishes
Jim
I gave a book report assignment to one of my classes at the beginning of
the semester.The book report was due at the end of the term,so students
had about 12 weeks to do the assignment.To my surprise,about half of the
class did not have in by the due date and they arte asking for an
extension.
Tipsters:
There is something going on with the history and systems class that it
takes a long time to see (sometimes even to those who teach it!). To put it
in a slightly different context, think of the course as being a problem the
students are trying to solve. One of the things we teach in a
On Tue, 27 Apr 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I believe the research was by Calhoun. Behavioral Sink
Hope this helps. I would be interested in the original reference.
Michael Quanty
Psychology Professor
CBMTS Project Director
Thomas Nelson Community College
P.O. Box 9407
Hampton,
The definitive answer:
That psychology has presented itself as a science at all,
much less a hard science, is somewhere between a joke
and a travesty.
- Dr. Laura Schlessinger
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* Mike Scoles
In the thread about Psychology being a science, Kris Lewis made a point
about her history and theory class not believing that psychology was a
science because "people are to complex".
I think this gets at one of the major problems I see students struggling
with to accept that psychology is a
As of 4/27/99 I have received 22 responses to the cheating survey. Thanks
again to everyone who responded and, if you haven't returned your survey, I
would still appreciate responses!
Kirsten
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I post the following as relevent to our ongoing discussion of
psychology as a science. I will leave it to others to comment if they
wish. (I apologize for the formating.)
Jeff Nagelbush
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ferris State University
Cybersex Survey a travesty
Laura Schlessinger
"Now psychology
Michael,
What has worked well for my classes is to assign a term
paper/experimental research study at the beginning of the semester with a
specific outline of what is expected and when. They must submit a "topic
statement" within three weeks with at least three annotated sources. This
gets
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