At 5:01 PM -0500 10/27/99, Michael Hulsizer wrote:
As an alternative, I have a not so good copy of the Dateline NBC piece
that aired a few years ago called "Brother's Keeper"
I also recommend a piece called "Courage to Care" that has a
companion book (see below). It is 30 minutes and shows
At 7:20 PM -0500 10/27/99, Jim Clark wrote:
I think this is a good time to suggest to students that there is
not always a "correct" answer and to suggest "who would really
care?" My experience in publishing papers is that the editors
don't really care all that much about the minutiae of APA
Jessica Le and Luke Dalfiume wrote:
We have a new Academic Dean at my institution, and one of his initiatives is
curricular reform. I am on a subcommittee with the following charge:
What are the most creative and imaginative undergraduate curricula in
America,
what are
One of my courses requires students to conduct a study. One student wishes
to conduct a study using television ads and wants to measure changes of
self-perception. I told her that I didn't think IRB would particularly care
for this idea since one group is to get commercials that may promote
On Wed, 27 Oct 1999 17:21:57 -0400 (EDT) Stephen Black
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I also seem to recall that a recent big study (maybe it was that JAMA,
maybe another: for once, I'm at school and the report is at home)
actually showed a U-curve of risk with a large flat area at the
bottom.
TIPsters,
I have a student who is looking for research on the effects of caffine. SHe is
particularly interested in what effects it might have in signal detection tasks, but
is having trouble finding existing research. CAn anybody help her (us), with some
references?
Any help or
TIPsters,
I have a student who is looking for research on the effects of caffine. SHe is
particularly interested in what effects it might have in signal detection tasks, but
is having trouble finding existing research. CAn anybody help her (us), with some
references?
Any help or
I have a student in my class who I and the other students perceive as
weird and wacko. His head is shaved as a skinhead,wears dark classes,
sits alone in a corner from the other members of the class-seems to
be the classic loner.
He has a unique way of writing.Its all lines and dots,looks like
one article I read stated that Southerners are getting fatter.
So watch that BBQ.
Michael Sylvester
Daytona Beach,Florida
Hi everyone:
I know this topic has been discussed before, so please forgive the
repetition. I want to assign a "behavior change" paper for my next intro
class. Does anyone have any suggestions or examples of how they have
assigned this type of paper? I would appreciate your suggestions and
Dear Tipsters,
A colleague is trying to find or possibly collect data on the change in the
number of undergraduate programs maintaining animal labs and offering their
students experience using animals in research. He's particularly iterested in
those programs that do so with no graduate program
I wouldn't recommend using this language ("a wacko") to describe a student
in a professional forum. As for the situation, I have had studemnts in
class who appeared to have social and/or psychiatric difficulties. In no
case did anything untoward result. I'd caution about letting such an
attitude
Michael Sylvester wrote:
I have a student in my class who I and the other students perceive as
weird and wacko. His head is shaved as a skinhead,wears dark classes,
sits alone in a corner from the other members of the class-seems to
be the classic loner.
He has a unique way of writing.Its
Michael Sylvester wrote:
I have a student in my class who I and the other students perceive as
weird and wacko. His head is shaved as a skinhead,wears dark classes,
sits alone in a corner from the other members of the class-seems to
be the classic loner.
He has a unique way of
One of my students wants to write a paper on the depiction of the insanity
defense in popular films. I suggested Nuts, Cuckoo's Nest, and Primal
Fear. Does anyone have any other ideas? Thanks in advance (and thank you
to everyone who responded to my question about a research methods text - I
On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Crystal L.Park wrote:
I am working with a colleague on gathering some information on the
experiences faculty members have with working with undergraduates. Partly
borne out of our frustration with a few problems, we have been pulling
together some information on
Could someone recommend a good lifespan development text for a community
college class? I have been looking at Berger and Siefert. I have not seen
what they offer for supplemental/instructor's materials, but would be
interested in hearing this also, as this will be my first time at this
The website contains excepts from the book (which is less than $40). The parts I
read seemed like reasonable and good advice, e.g., make a good impression on your
professor, turn home work in on time, contribute to class discussion.
Marie
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** Forwarded Message
Wendy Kaminer, the self-described "social critic," has a brand new book
out called, _Sleeping with extra-terrestrials: The rise of irrationalism
and perils of piety_ (Pantheon Books). A quote from the introduction
should give you an idea of the book's theme:
"The...willingness to accept untested
Deb:
Is there any reason why you would not want to use Rosenberg's (1965)
Self-Esteem Scale? It seems to be the most widely used and well-validated
measures of the construct, despite concerns regarding socially-desirable
responding. Several of the items in fact correspond closely to
those listed
Wish I had a good answer!
I suspect that you've just taken the best tack; surveying TIPS!
One good marker -- the reduction in the number of companies manufacturing
student-level equipment for animal labs.
At 9:51 AM -0500 10/28/99, Linda Walsh wrote:
Dear Tipsters,
A colleague is trying to find
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Paul Brandon wrote:
Wish I had a good answer!
I suspect that you've just taken the best tack; surveying TIPS!
One good marker -- the reduction in the number of companies manufacturing
student-level equipment for animal labs.
I sent this in a private message to
Tipsters,
Hello all. I am currently beginning the preparation of a proposal for a
new text in Introductory Psychology. There are a few issues on which
I'd like to get the opinion of Psychology instructors more generally.
If you can find a minute or two, could you please complete the brief
I'd look for arousal as a mediating variable and then look at
arousal factors in signal detection and caffeine factors vis-a-vis
arousal to come up with some hypothesis re: caffeine and signal
detection.
annette
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, David CARPENTER wrote:
TIPsters,
I have a student who is
Hi David Carpenter.
These few articles may help your student with some biblio. for her study.
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A vigilance task sensitive to the effects of stimulants, hypnotics, and
environmental stress: The Scanning Visual Vigilance Test
Lieberman_HR, Coffey_B, Kobrick_J
BEHAVIOR RESEARCH
Hi,
Just a note: it has been my experience that it is incredibly difficult
to push around scores on the Rosenberg during a normal experimental
session. Perhaps that is a good thing as the Rosenberg is meant to measure
global, TRAIT self-esteem!! I've suggested a state self-esteem scale by
Enclosed as an attachment of a social psychological exercise. It does
not work as well as it should.
The document is in Word 97 format.
Ron Blue
Survival on the moon.doc
Some time ago there was a discussion of the use of Microsoft Excel in teaching
statistics. At that time several people pointed out problems with the statistics
package that comes with Excel and suggested supplements that improve this package.
I would appreciate suggestions regarding such
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, David CARPENTER wrote:
TIPsters,
I have a student who is looking for research on the effects of
caffine. SHe is particularly interested in what effects it might
have in signal detection tasks, but is having trouble finding
existing research. CAn anybody help her
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