Miguel,
"On Being a Scientist", from the National Academy of Sciences, is available
online. Pretty good!
http://stills.nap.edu/readingroom/books/obas/
- Mike
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Miguel Roig wrote:
> TIPSters I was wondering whether any of you might provide me with some guidance
> on the following situati
> The Department of Psychology at Michigan State University seeks
> applications for an academic year tenure-track position at the rank of
> Assistant Professor effective August 16, 2001. We seek a scientist with
> interests in developmental psychobiology, cognitive development, or social
> deve
My answer to this query would depend on my relationship to the student. As I
am the Coordinator of the Clinical Psychology Master's Program here at APSU,
it is my responsibility to help shape appropriate behavior for my graduate
students. If there are problems, I want to know about them. And, I wi
Interesting example, although I have not heard about this directly. Yes,
in part, I think the course is somewhat "student centered," in a positive
way. Its goal is to teach basic psychological principles through a
contemporary situation in which some students have a lot of intrinsic
interes
Michael, J. (1975). Positive and negative reinforcement, a distinction that
is no longer necessary; or a better way to talk about bad things.
Behaviorism, 3 (1). This article serves as a resource for the debate on
negative reinforcement taking place in September, 2000 on the Behav-An
forum of the
TIPSters I was wondering whether any of you might provide me with some guidance
on the following situation. I have been given an opportunity to teach a
seminar for our college honors' program and, given my interests in academic
dishonesty, scientific misconduct, etc., I am considering planning a
Hi all,
Chuck Huff wrote:
>Colleagues,
>I have recently read the controversial paper by Daryl Bem on his
>meta-analytic strategy to confirm a reliable psi- effect. It can be found at:
>
>http://www.psych.cornell.edu/dbem/online_pubs.html
>
>This seems to me to constitute what we would call a r
At 10:41 AM 9/7/00 -0500, you wrote:
>This seems to me to constitute what we would call a replicable
>effect. Yes, there are some (pretty complicated) alternative
>explanations.
Chuck, keep in mind that a more recent meta-analysis by other parapsychologists
resulted in a different conclusio
TIPSters, there is an interview with Phil Zimbardo in this summer's issue of
the The General Psychologist, 35, 49-58, which I think you will find of
interest. Below, I include two paragraphs from the interview on issues that I
thought were relevant to the list. The interview had appeared earlier
I have a degree in psych and am doing a Grad. Dip. in
Education. I am writing an essay on "the problems and perspectives of
teaching psychology in senior school". Can anyone throw some thoughts my
way? Thanks. Jennie.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I recently read a message about cancer-prone personality and deleted it.
This afternoon I came across the following from Leventhal and Patrick-Miller
(p. 530; 2000):
"...Early investigators of the relationship between psychological factors and
neoplastic disease describe the cancer-prone Type C pe
Colleagues,
I have recently read the controversial paper by Daryl Bem on his
meta-analytic strategy to confirm a reliable psi- effect. It can be
found at:
http://www.psych.cornell.edu/dbem/online_pubs.html
This seems to me to constitute what we would call a replicable
effect. Yes, there are
On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Michael Sylvester wrote:
> I am not sure if this will help: there is evidence that the mother's mood
> may affect the fetus. For example,if she is listening and reacting to
> Zydeco music or any other type of music,the heartbeat of both mom and
> fetus will be synchronized.
On Sat, 2 Sep 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> If anyone is around:
>
> Can someone who is knowledgeable about prenatal development tell me to what
> extend a developing embryo or fetus is exposed to mother's natural hormones?
>
> One of my Lifespan Development students was asking.
>
> Happ
Tipsters: This might be of interest to some. If you or others feel
they fit the job description, it would save us time to also receive
transcripts and letters of recommendation though we do not formally
require it initially. Cheers, Gary Peterson
The Department of Psycholog
It was announced on the TV news that Assumption College in Worcester,Mass
has invited participants in the Survivor series to teach a Psychology
course covering topics as the psychology of aggression and competition.
Students are enthused about this.
Is this another example of "student centered"
Has anyone used 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) for a taste demonstration in
class? It seems as if it would make a nice demonstration for the taste
sensation portion of my intro class. Does anyone know of a supplier?
Thanks,
Gary Gillund
Department of Psychology
1189 Beall Ave.
College of Wooster
Greetings Tipsters,
Does anybody have a listing of suppliers of lab equipment for human
subjects experiments? I'd like to send for some catalogs to peruse through
before I write-up a proposal to re-equip our undergraduate lab in psychology.
We will be moving our lab to a new building next acad
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