The fact that many people don't see humility as a scientific attitude may
actually say a lot about the interaction between what the media wants and
the PR we are putting out about ourselves as scientists. The scientists most
people see represented in the media are always very certain of their
conc
What research is this based on? Sounds like another case of "Test Bank
Terrorism."
I'd go with openness and skepticism. I teach my students about the
scientific attitudes of curiosity, skepticism, and humility. They understand
the first two, but I have to explain the last one to them. We scientists
have to be willing to submit our theories to systematic inquiry and be
proven wro
Which two are correct?
Michael B. Quanty, Ph.D.
Psychology Professor
Senior Institutional Researcher
Thomas Nelson Community College
PO Box 9407
Hampton, VA 23670
Phone: 757.825.3500
Fax: 757.825.3807
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From: Michael Sylvester [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, O
Tipsters-
My niece has recently been told that her 3 month old baby has Aicardi
syndrome. I have been doing a lot of Medline & other lit. searches but I
would like to supplement this by contacting someone who has actually
worked with someone who has this rare disorder. If you know of a resource
It is quite possible for a study or a set of studies not to reach
statistical significance because of small n's. Yet when combined in a
meta-analysis there is a significant effect size. I heard Frank Schmidt
talk about this advocating the removal of statistical significance and
replacing it with c
The following from a test item bank caught my attention:
The ideal scientist would possess the following characteristic(s):
a. openness
b. willingness to make risky decisions
c. skepticism
d. two of the above
e. all of the above
The answer given as correct is d.
Even
Found this interesting site for the film, "Color of Fear":
http://www.cnn.ru/US/9512/racial_reality/
I guess I'm lucky because I am able to help students make those
connections. Since I teach 4 4000 level classes, I know what I teach the
students and I can easily connect specific ideas and examples from one
class to another class. For example, right now I am teaching 3 different
classes and I
TIPS-folk in the USA -
I have been searching online to try to find recent statistics about
psychology undergraduate enrollment in the USA. Specifically, I would like to
have a source that would show psychology enrollment trends at the
baccalaureate level for the past five years. If any of yo
A few weeks ago some tipsters emailed me about using a film called
The Color of Fear in my Cross Cultural course. Could you give me some
more information on the film, such as the producer, where I could purchse
it, etc?
Nina
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