Thought some of you might enjoy the following!
Kathleen Kleissler
1. More than 98 percent of convicted felons are bread users.
2. Fully HALF of all children who grow up in bread-consuming households
score below average on standardized tests.
3. In the 18th century, when virtually all bread
Since this is for high school students I'd recommend two:
Stanovich's How to Think STraight About Psychology and
Sagan's Demon-Haunted World.
Both have similar content and themes but, of course, one
is written by a "scientist" :-(
annette
On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Oliver Bloch wrote:
> It is custom
On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Sue Frantz wrote:
> Barbara Watters wrote:
>
> > Oh, what wonderful childhood memories were aroused by your posting,
> > Joyce! I'll cease my singing for a moment :) to ask a teaching-related
> > question to all: I'd be interested in hearing TIPSters' ideas regarding
> >
On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Erica Klein wrote:
> That I know of, Cialdini does not have a web site.
Try http://www.influenceatwork.com/
Jeff
Jeff Bartel Grad Student in Soci
>
>Cialdini, R. B. (1993). _Influence: Science and practice_ (3rd ed.). New
York:
>HarperCollins. GOOD EVERYDAY EXAMPLES.
>
Let me second this one, a very big thumbs up - very readable, applicable
examples. He talks about waiters, car salespeople, door to door sales...
After I read it for a class
Someone wanted summer reading suggestions for (I think) high-school students
(I'm sorry, I deleted your post so I'm not sure about your name--I'm very shy
right now about using names if I am not absolutely certain!!). The following
are some books I liked a lot that are on my shelf in front of me.
I don't know if the quote you want is here, but there is a wonderful James
site at:
http://www.emory.edu/EDUCATION/mfp/james.html#essays
Lots of great material at this site.
Kris Lewis
Saint Michael's College
Colchester VT
> --
> From: Gary Peterson[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Re
More suggestions . . .
Very recent discovery for me:
*Flow - The Psychology of Optimal Experience* (1990) or other more recent
publications by Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi.
*To Have or To Be* (1976) or *Escape From Freedom* (1949, 1965) by Erich Fromm
*The Conceptual Nervous System* (1982) ed by H
Barbara,
My guess is that they would be great for putting students in the tip of the
tongue state.
Dennis
Dennis M. Goff
Dept. of Psychology
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Lynchburg, VA 24503
Oh, what wonderful childhood memories were aroused by your posting,
Joyce! I'll cease my singing for a
Barbara Watters wrote:
> Oh, what wonderful childhood memories were aroused by your posting,
> Joyce! I'll cease my singing for a moment :) to ask a teaching-related
> question to all: I'd be interested in hearing TIPSters' ideas regarding
> use of this activity to stimulate discussion of conc
I remember an exercise we did in Cognitive lab with Lincoln pennies- and
asked Ss (students) to draw the head of a penny. Many were surprised that
they could not remember which way the profile faced, even though it was
familiar. The take-home lesson was incidental learning. I thought that this
exe
On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, Jim Clark wrote:
>
> 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.
I'd suggest checking out Rober
Tipsters: I am searching for a quote from William James dealing with
free will, faith,choice, or perhaps his problem with depression? I seem to
recall he mentioned someone clinging to a cliff and posed the question of
whether belief that he could survive was not more functionally valuable th
Oh, what wonderful childhood memories were aroused by your posting,
Joyce! I'll cease my singing for a moment :) to ask a teaching-related
question to all: I'd be interested in hearing TIPSters' ideas regarding
use of this activity to stimulate discussion of concepts in social
psych, development
>I am trying to track down a study from the 1960's where rats were given
>unlimited food, and when crowding reached a certain level, extreme
>asggression occurred, and the coloony eventually died out? Or in my
>senility, am I confusing research with rats with old science fiction
>stories?
>
>Davi
Oliver Bloch wrote:
> It is customary in my high school to assign summer reading for
> students entering AP courses in the coming fall. Last year I gave
> my students a bibliography of titles and allowed them to select any
> two. The assignment served to get students started thinking about
> the
Thanks to everyone who has searched the web or has contacted everyone
they know who lives, has lived, or has visited Australia!! If anyone
ever needs a chili pepper...
A self-proclaimed lurker found a website that sells "unusual sweets from
the land down under".
http://www.australia-online.co
It is customary in my high school to assign summer reading for
students entering AP courses in the coming fall. Last year I gave
my students a bibliography of titles and allowed them to select any
two. The assignment served to get students started thinking about
the work of psychologists bef
Please forgive, but Pat Cabe please email me off list. I've lost your
email address.
Folks,
I haven't been lurking or mad for the past two months. I've been
recuperating from surgery. Got about three-four months to go. Hope to be
ready to go again by Fall.
Al
Al L. Cone, Ph.D.
Professor & Ch
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