Jim Clark wrote:
>
> > "No one can accept the fundamental hypotheses of scientific psychology
> > and be in the least mystical."
> >Knight Dunlap
>
> Who is Knight Dunlap and what is the source of this (excellent)
> quote?
Knight Dunlap is best remembered fo
Inresponse to Deborah Briihl, who was reponding to something I wrote,
Louis Schmeir asked the following questions:
> ...let me [play] the devil's advocate and get into
> dangerous waters. Is a zygote a human being? Doesn't the answer
depend
> on a definition of human being? Do you think the ans
Keith Maxwell wrote:
> Now we have homeopathic psychology!
Oh, we've had that all along. Look at how many of us make ourselves feel
better (when we hear this stuff) by beating our heads against the wall.
:)
Paul Smith
Alverno College
Milwaukee
Hi
On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Miguel Roig wrote:
> At 12:57 AM 8/27/99 -0500, you [Jim Clark] wrote:
> >Who is Knight Dunlap and what is the source of this (excellent)
> >quote? It reminds me of one attributed to Sagan (I think) in the
> >Scientific American article on religion and science ... somethi
Miguel Roig writes on 27 Aug 99,:
> In any event, keeping in mind the finding that 40% of scientists believe in
> God, Is there an implication or concern in Sagan's writings, or the writings
> of some other prominent scientist, that those who attend church or hold
> spiritual beliefs (e.g., belie
Now we have homeopathic psychology!
Keith
At 10:50 AM 8/27/99 -0400, Michael Sylvester wrote:
> Knight Dunlap is credited with the prnciple of negative practice.
>According to this principle,one can overcome a habit by practicing the
>habit.I became famililiar with him because of my interest in
Tipsters:
Other than LaFayette and Carolina Biological, does anyone have some good
resources for materials/equipment in the sensory-perceptual area? We
are reviewing our lab needs and trying to get a wish list of equipment,
but having difficulty locating resources. Appreciate any info you ca
A good source of basic information on Evolutionary Psychology is the Web
site of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society. It includes a primer on
EP.
http://157.242.64.83/hbes.htm
don
Donald McBurney
University of Pittsburgh
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Does anyone have any good sources for
Yes, there is a "reaction time" that is too fast to be legal. In fact, Linford
Christie of Great Britain was DQ'ed in the 1996 Atlanta Oly. 100 meters for two, too
fast starts. The technique involves a hardware timing system. The block pedals are
wired to be pressure sensitive. When the gun is
At 12:57 AM 8/27/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Who is Knight Dunlap and what is the source of this (excellent)
>quote? It reminds me of one attributed to Sagan (I think) in the
>Scientific American article on religion and science ... something
>to the effect that one cannot do science during the week an
Does anyone have any good sources for basic information on evolutionary
psychology? I want to talk about it next week in my Motivation & Emotion
class. Websites would be especially helpful.
Stephen Truhon
Dept. of Social Sciences
Winston-Salem State University
Winston-Salem, NC 27110
Quoting "G. Marc Turner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> On a related note, I was curious about how many of you
are in departments
> that require a testing/measurement course for your
undergraduates? I know
> this was a recommendation from APA a few years back,
but I was wondering
> how widespread it
Quoting Michael Sylvester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> suppose for some reason a student finds it more
convenient to take the
> same course taught by another instuctor at another
time.It is too late
> to add/drop.So you decide to consult the other
colleague teaching the same
> course to allow the st
I think that there could be complications if the student wanted to do
something like appeal the grade, or complain about harrassment.
Dr. Valerye McDonald
Professor
Psychology Department
University College of the Fraser Valley
Abbotsford, B. C.,
Canada
-Original Message-
From: Michael Sy
Quoting "Kenneth M. Steele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> On the other hand, Rauscher did report a Mozart effect
in rats.
> Rats exposed in utero and 60 days postpartum to the
same Mozart
> piano sonata, as used with the college students,
showed a
> significant increase in solution time in 6-unit
--
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Herdegen)
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: out of the blocks
>Date: Fri, Aug 27, 1999, 9:24 AM
>
> But do we DQ runner A because he/she left the blocks before some
> "irreducible minimum" time of 105 msec (.105 sec), reasoning that A must
> have ju
Stephen Black quoted:
> Our puzzler question is hypothetical:
> If you had four college-attending siblings, and were forced to
> choose JUST ONE of them to write your papers for you, then
> ETHICALLY which one should you choose?
> 1. A sibling who attends a prestigious college
>
>There is a positive side to getting behind in your email - you see
>similarities between lists. On this list we have been discussing
>evidence-based vs faith-based beliefs, particularly as it relates to
>students. On a health education list the discussion has been about
>DARE and why schools co
Ah, yes
An unreleased, non-peer-reviewed source.
The guy is obviously flogging his book and defending his life's work.
I suspect that it would require _very_ careful reading to separate
conjecture from statements with empirical support.
>Something else to add to the "Mozart effect" file. The
>On a related note, I was curious about how many of you are in departments
>that require a testing/measurement course for your undergraduates? I know
>this was a recommendation from APA a few years back, but I was wondering
>how widespread it is now.
>
>Thanks in advance...
>- Marc
>
>G. Marc Tur
Tasha--
You do NOT work at Transylvania University. That is too cool.
On to psych--
I developed a small-group activity for Erikson's theory which has worked
really well. Students would break into groups of 2 or 3 and read short
(2-4 pp) segments I'd pulled from *The Bell Jar*, *Shampoo Planet*
suppose for some reason a student finds it more convenient to take the
same course taught by another instuctor at another time.It is too late
to add/drop.So you decide to consult the other colleague teaching the same
course to allow the student in the colleague's class. Colleague says
it is ok. Yo
On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Diana J. Kyle wrote:
> Tipsters,
> I'm developing a Cross-Cultural Psychology course and would appreciate
> some help from others teaching this course. Any suggestions on texts,
> syllabi, and activities would be extremely helpful. Thanks in advance.
> Diana Kyle, M.A.
> P
I just found out I will be teaching our measurement course in the Spring,
so, having never taught the course before, I'm now on my quest to find a
book to use. It is a senior level course, and all students who take it will
have already had at least statistics and experimental design. Although I
al
Knight Dunlap is credited with the prnciple of negative practice.
According to this principle,one can overcome a habit by practicing the
habit.I became famililiar with him because of my interest in
stuttering in adults.Dunlap believed that one can overcome stuttering on
a specific word by volunta
This is true - I remember this occurring at the Olympics in Atlanta. False
starts can occur AFTER the gun shot (I am trying to recall the time). The
English 100 meter runner was disqualified from running a race for 2 false
starts (one of which occurred .08 sec after the gun shot). False starts ar
I'm conceptualizing a course combining developmental theory and research
with the examination of published autobiographies. This would also
involve the students writing their own autobiographies in relation to
research and theory on development. I was wondering if anyone has taught
a similar cours
what if some students are more interested in being a drummer or playing
bass guitar,instead of the piano?
Michael Sylvester
Daytona Beach,Florida
On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Rick Adams wrote:
> Richard P. Bentall in the June 1992 issue of
> Journal of Medical Ethics.
> "Happiness is a Psychiatric Disorder"
> Happiness meets all reasonable criteria for a
> psychiatric disorder. It is statistically abnormal,
> consists of a discrete
>From the current issue of mini-AIR (on-line version of the Annals of
Improbable Research), a question to ponder:
1999-08-09 Ethics Puzzler of the Month
This month's AIRhead Ethics Puzzler Question concerns plagiarism.
A mother in upstate New York explained to us that her son's
h
I'm conceptualizing a course combining developmental theory and research
with the examination of published autobiographies. This would also
involve the students writing their own autobiographies in relation to
research and theory on development. I was wondering if anyone has taught
anything simila
>OK we (philosopher, physicist and psychologist) are up here on the third
>floor wasting time by following the results from the international track and
>field event that is going on in Spain. As we looked at the times for the
>results of the men's 400 meter (a new world record) we started looking
> > "No one can accept the fundamental hypotheses of scientific psychology
> > and be in the least mystical."
> >Knight Dunlap
>
Jim Clark asked:
> Who is Knight Dunlap and what is the source of this (excellent)
> quote? It reminds me of one attributed to Sa
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