Re: abnormal psychology

2001-03-12 Thread Jim Guinee
Jeff Ricker wrote: I have had several students develop psychotic episodes during the semester (and sometimes show up for class during them) How do you know they had developed a psychotic episode? Doesn't that sound more like the power of suggestion -- what kind of students do you teach?

Re: Student Peer-Reviews

2001-03-12 Thread Marie Helweg-Larsen
Hi Sherry I use peer review in my research methods course (two full APA style papers: an observational study and a survey study) and in my senior seminar course. In research methods students use their student ID number (or you can assign them a number) and everyone reviews one paper anonymously.

Re: abnormal psychology

2001-03-12 Thread Jeff Ricker
Jim Guinee wrote: Jeff Ricker wrote: I have had several students develop psychotic episodes during the semester (and sometimes show up for class during them) How do you know they had developed a psychotic episode? Doesn't that sound more like the power of suggestion -- what kind of

re: a prehensile what?

2001-03-12 Thread Gerald Henkel-Johnson
Perhaps my colleague used the term "prehensile" loosely. Indeed, she was not talking about the trunk. See Michael Renner's informative post below to explain the unique properties of the elephant penis!. In regards to my video search request, one post said there was something recently on Animal

need critical thinking video

2001-03-12 Thread Annette Taylor
I recently received a mailing advertising several critical thinking videos. My past experience has been that ordering a video based simply on the advertising is a BIG MISTAKE. So I'd like to know what all of you tipsters and/or pests use for teaching critical thinking. Which videos have you

Re: pests-l need critical thinking video

2001-03-12 Thread Jeff Ricker
Annette Taylor wrote: So I'd like to know what all of you tipsters and/or pests use for teaching critical thinking. Which videos have you seen/shown that were good, and which were not so good. Annette, You can find on the PESTS web site a listing of videos that subscribers have found useful

Face perception

2001-03-12 Thread Stephen Black
A recommendation from another list brought me to the following url: http://psy.st-and.ac.uk/research/perception_lab/index.html which is the Perception Lab of the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. They have a number of interesting presentations on face perception. I found the final one in the

Fwd: Postdocs in Teaching-Related Research

2001-03-12 Thread Michael J. Kane
Hi Tipsters, This came over my monitor moments ago, and it strikes me that some of you may find the opportunity of interest. Sorry if you've already seen it. -Mike = Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Please bring the following announcement to the attention of any potential

A prehensile what?

2001-03-12 Thread Stephen Black
On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Gerald Henkel-Johnson wrote: Perhaps my colleague used the term "prehensile" loosely. Indeed, she was not talking about the trunk. See Michael Renner's informative post below to explain the unique properties of the elephant penis!. I did a web search on the intriguing