When in doubt, pick C

2000-01-27 Thread Daniel Kruger
TIPSters, In my statistics class, a student mentioned the strategy of consistently choosing the same answer for the remaining items on multiple choice tests when time limits have expired. I vaguely recall seeing a demonstration of why this strategy works, but I could not remember it off the top

FW: Annie Glenn Chairs Stuttering Awareness Week.

2000-01-27 Thread Al Cone
Last comment (I promise) -Subject: Annie Glenn Chairs Stuttering Awareness Week. Annie Glenn is a product of the Hollins stuttering training program I mentioned a couple of emails back on this topic. Al Al L. Cone Jamestown College <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> North Dakota 701.252.3467 X 2604 http:

FW: The superstar who couldn't speak. (basketball player Bob Love )

2000-01-27 Thread Al Cone
More stuttering. Sometime last fall someone asked about the basketball player who stuttered. Well, here's a reference. Source: Reader's Digest, Nov 1992 v141 n847 p49(5). Title: The superstar who couldn't speak. (basketball player Bo

RE: More on stuttering

2000-01-27 Thread Al Cone
Years ago Wendell Johnson wrote a book entitled _People in Quandaries_, a general semantics approach to various "mental" illnesses. One chapter was, I seem to recall, called The Indians have no word for it. This chapter was about stuttering. The long and short of it was that Native Americans have

got Milk? Have autism & schizophrenia

2000-01-27 Thread Weisskirch, Rob
A student emailed me a copy of an article that she read somewhere connecting milk and autism and schizophrenia. I chalk this up to overgeneralization of results. See for yourself, Rob Weisskirch Department of Child and Adolescent Studies California State University, Fullerton P.O. Box 6868 Full

RE: A couple of random questions from my SMC intro psych students.

2000-01-27 Thread Paul C. Smith
> 1) Is there a biological basis for stuttering? > Nancy Melucci A speech-language pathologist I know tells me the following: = Good question...not a simple yes/no answer... There are thousands of theories but no definitive answer to this question. There has been cases of

psych liberal arts major

2000-01-27 Thread Connie Wolfe
Hi, Please forgive me if these 2 questions have already been discussed (and in that case I'd love ideas on what month/year to search the archives). If you would like to post your response to either or both of the below to just me, I will post a summary to the list. (1) We are trying to t

I/O text

2000-01-27 Thread RICHARD PISACRETA
Hey folks: I need a recommendation for an I/O text for non majors- one short on theory and long on application. Any suggestions? Please include the publisher, ISBN # Thanks, Rip Rip Pisacreta, Ph.D. Professor, Psychology, Ferris State University Big Rapids, MI 49307 email: [EMAIL PROTECT

assessment of student schedule preferences

2000-01-27 Thread Joann Jelly
Help, in conducting a recent brief student survey of date preferences for a future ending of the fall semester (12/16 vs 12/20), we faculty who did so are being roundly criticized for stepping out of our area. We have conducted classroom assessment techniques frequently over the years regarding c

Re: Antidromic Conduction

2000-01-27 Thread Tim Shearon
Steven is basically correct (well, as usual he IS correct): >The traditional view is that antidromic conduction is an evolutionary >adaptation that exists merely to help neurophysiologists out. That is, >nature intended neuronal conduction to proceed from dendrite to axon >terminal only, and it's

Announcement of RMPA symposium

2000-01-27 Thread Jeff Ricker
Fellow TIPSies (especially those in the western US), You may wish to mark April 15th, 2000, on your calenders for two reasons: this is the deadline for your taxes AND you will be able to attend a symposium in which several members of TIPS will be participating. The Rocky Mountain Psychological As

Re: Antidromic Conduction

2000-01-27 Thread David
On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Stephen Black went: > On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Rob Flint wrote: > > > Can anyone give me an example of antidromic conduction in the CNS and what > > purpose it serves? I have a student that understands the basics, but I'm > > having a hard time conveying its purpose. > > Ok, l

Re: Antidromic Conduction

2000-01-27 Thread Stephen Black
On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Rob Flint wrote: > Can anyone give me an example of antidromic conduction in the CNS and what > purpose it serves? I have a student that understands the basics, but I'm > having a hard time conveying its purpose. Ok, let me have a go (subject, as always, to correction by Da

RE: Antidromic Conduction

2000-01-27 Thread Al Cone
Rob, et al., If I recall correctly there was a major research effort in Japan (at least most of the authors had distinctly Japanese names) during the early 1960s, e.g., Suzuki. It was produced in the lab by using a cold cuff around the sensory root. Somewhere I may still have a copy of a paper rev

John/Joan: the references

2000-01-27 Thread Stephen Black
In response to overwhelming demand (well, one person asked, anyway) here are the references to the John/Joan case: Diamond, M., & Sigmundson, H. (1997). Sex reassignment at birth: long-term review and clinical implications. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 151, 298-304. Colapin

Antidromic Conduction

2000-01-27 Thread Rob Flint
Can anyone give me an example of antidromic conduction in the CNS and what purpose it serves? I have a student that understands the basics, but I'm having a hard time conveying its purpose. Thanks, Rob Flint - Robert W. Flint, Jr., Ph.