Amphetamines as appetite suppressants

Does anyone know the mechanism by which amphetamines act as appetite suppressants ? My understanding is that these substances promote the release and retard reuptake of catecholamines, particularly norepinephrine and dopamine and that it is the latter that promotes their euphoric effects.

Re: I/O Psychs

If you have a business dept., I think that I/O would be a really good fit since there is a closely related area in business (Organizational Business? I don't recall the name). At 12:29 AM 12/1/99 -0600, Dr. Joyce Johnson wrote: I need a little help from my colleagues. We are a small liberal

Calculating sample size in a random sample

Hi Tipsters I have a student in my reserch methods course who wants to select a random (representative) sample of our college population (about 1000 students). How many subjects does he need? I seem to recall a formula to answer this question but I can't find it in any of my text books. Thanks

No Subject

Is the most recent APA Publication Manual the 4th edition, June 1997? One of my students said that a book that he bought said that the APA format no longer required a running head. I asked him to bring the book to class. Molly Straight, MAAdjunct Lecturer of PsychologyAlderson-Broaddus

Re: I/O Psychs

I suppose you are already aware of SIOP, but I also you examine a discussion group at DELPHI. I believe the web site is www.delphi.com. Look the I/O discussion group. I believe Mike Fetzer is the discussion leader. You may get some interesting suggestions or at least a place to post your

RE: Calculating sample size in a random sample

For a .05 level of confidence and precision of +/-5%, he would need 286. 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 -Original Message- From: Marie Helweg-Larsen

Attitude Scales

Hi, Do any of you know of any instruments that measure college students’ attitudes toward subject matter? I am interested in looking at the relationship of instructional strategies and attitude toward subject matter. I’m particularly interested in attitudes toward psychology, because that’s my

Grading Motivation

Hi all, The problem is universal and related not only to psychology lectures but also to others: I have a problem in grading students; that is, most of the students (if not all) study for taking "A"s "B"s .. etc. and most of them are ready for getting "C" if you gurantee that nobody wants

RE: Plagiarism/ack!

Deborah wrote: I wouldn't blame just high school English classes - this practice is very common in other areas. Our M.Ed. students must take a research class with one of the ed. depts. (this is a graduate level course, mind you). I have read a number of the thesis projects from students who

prereq for ed psych

For those of you either teach an ed psych course or have an ed psych course for teacher prep., do you have any prerequisites for this class? If so, what are they? Deb Deborah S. Briihl There are as many Dept. of Psychology and Counseling ways to live as Valdosta State