India,
The problem might be how your student is searching. REM is not identified in
newborns in the same way as it is in adults, the more commonly used term is
active sleep. I just did a search on medline with "active sleep" and infant
as my search terms and got over 300 hits. Many of those will
Matt,
I recommend "Born to Rebel" by Frank Sulloway.
Dennis
Dennis M. Goff
Dept. of Psychology
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Lynchburg VA
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Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 9:05 PM
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Subject: Good referen
Melady,
Here
are references for two activities that my students enjoyed and learned from.
Dennis
Smith, R. A. (1999). A tasty sample(r):
Teaching about sampling using M & M's. In L. T. Benjamin, Jr., B. F. Nodine,
R. M. Ernst, & C. Blair-Broeker (Eds.) Activities Handbook for the teach
Paul wrote:
More to the point -- it's hard to take the research methodology seriously.
Half hour phone interviews? What sort of data is that?
My addition:
Of even more concern - the popular press report that I read indicated that
the participants were recruited by word of mouth for the study
Haydee,
Here is the URL for the story from yesterday's New York Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Bullying-Bill.html?searchpv=apon
line
Dennis
Dennis M. Goff
Dept. of Psychology
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Lynchburg VA
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rk.
Sorry for the confusion.
Dennis
Dennis M. Goff
Dept. of Psychology
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Lynchburg VA
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From: Melvyn King [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 9:49 AM
To: Dennis Goff
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: The I-C g
We have an unusual system for granting incompletes. We cannot grant an
incomplete during the final exam period. Those can only be granted by an
Associate Dean. There are both pluses and minuses there. On the plus side, I
don't have to decide if the student's problem is severe enough to warrant
the
Michael,
I don't have the comparative data, but I suspect that the state of Virginia
will offer a case to support your point. As I understand it the proceeds
from the state lottery are supposed to go straight into education. My
reading of the state budget suggests that the amount appropriated from
Joe,
I have no ideas about how the second trick is done. In the first trick, the
use of coins might allow for a view below the duct tape. I imagine the mind
reader made a big deal about the coins blocking any additional possibility
of "seeing." That would be the typical kind of distraction to make
Joe,
Below is the section from one of my syllabi that describes how I grade class
participation in an upper level seminar course. That class is based entirely
on discussion of primary source readings. I provide feedback on that grade
at four times during the semester. The students seem to like th
I have been thinking about Stephen's suggestion and Jim's response.
At the college level, I think that we certainly should allow, perhaps
encourage, students to consider the arguments offered on behalf of "creation
science." At a minimum it would be a good lesson in critical thinking. This
argum
For the best understanding of this issue you need to go to the original
source, the proposed law is loaded with scientific evidence. The legislature
has really done their homework. They have scientific evidence as recent as
1958 that evolution does not reflect the "truth" and is in fact fraudulent
Hi
Jean,
I
would make a slightly different analysis of this
application.
My
fence works by emitting an audible beep before the dog reaches the "boundary."
If the dog continues to approach the boundary the collar then produces a shock.
During training we were instructed to make sure th
Any of you are looking for a popular press article to assign to your
students for emotions should take a look at an article in today's (2/12/01)
New Yorker. The title is Crimson Tide by Atul Gawande. The article presents
a case of an individual who underwent a surgical procedure to eliminate her
o
Nancy wrote:
"Who one's parents are (genetically, in their social status/financial
resources, their values, the neighborhood they settle the family in, the
schools they send the kids to, etc.) almost certainly affects the type of
friends, clique, or crowd a child chooses."
This is exactly where
As many have already mentioned, blind children produce their first social
smiles at the same age as sighted children. This observations provides
important evidence that smiling is typical for human behavior.
However, I recall some literature on the maintenance of those social smiles.
It seems that
Mark and everyone,
My version of Norton AntiVirus found and deleted the virus. Here is the
message I received:
One or more attachments were deleted.
Attachment CEXOAOWE.GIF.vbs was Deleted for the following reasons:
Virus VBS.Plan.A was found.
Good luck!
Dennis
Dennis M. Goff
Dept. of Psyc
I want to add one item to Charles list. I used the events of the election to
introduce the topic of flash bulb memories by asking students if they
thought they would remember the personal events surrounding this news for
the rest of their lives. We could then talk about relevance, surprise and
som
Stephen suggested that a design flaw in some of those Florida ballots caused
the problem rather than an inability to follow directions. You can take a
look at the ballot yourselves at
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/20001108/pl/mdf129505.html
This ballot looks like a great example of how not to
Michael,
It is the student's responsibility to learn the information from the missed
class. An important warning is that some students take better notes than
others so it is a good strategy to get notes from at least two students,
look over those notes, and then talk with those students. After a
On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Weisskirch, Rob wrote:
>
> A student said today that she heard that boys with blonde hair and blue
eyes
> were more hyperactive. Does anyone know anything about this?
Actually, Kagan has some data that suggest just the opposite might be true.
Rosenberg and Kagan (1987) repo
I would like to add a comment to Stephen's response to Michael's post.
(Thanks for the link to the Nobel's press release.)
Eric Kandel's work on the synaptic basis of conditioning in the aplysia is
basic science. The opportunities for applications from that research are
still in the future and
Marc Turner wrote:
"I'm wondering if there have been any studies that have looked at (or simply
asked) whether students study with short-term or long-term retention in
mind.
What appears to be happening here is that students study enough to get the
material into memory long enough for the test
Kitty,
I can tell you something about three of the transmitters in your list.
Tyrosine is the essential amino acid for dopamine and norepinephrine. This
amino acid is available in many sources of protein. Tryptophan is the
essential amino acid for serotonin and it is available from dairy products
I agree with Pam's warning; however, there are clinical trials of "placebo
surgery" for the treatment of disorders other than Cancer and Parkinson's.
There was a story in the New York Times Magazine that described the success
of sham surgery for the treatment of arthritic pain in the knees (refere
Mike,
I am at home so I don't have my copy of the journal handy, however, there is
a nice research piece on imaginary companions in the most recent
Developmental Psychology. The authors estimate how common IC's are and
present some demographics. They also looked at personification of objects
(stu
ot;
I just wish that they would have included their references.
I hope this is helpful.
Dennis Goff
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Hi all:
One of my students told me that her nutrition instructo
Nancy,
This question takes me back to my master's thesis and a literature that I
have not read since the early 80's. The following is not a direct answer to
your question. I have not seen anything about the role of serotonin in
sexual attraction to specific targets. At that time there was evidenc
Bev,
If you are looking for a short "how to" book for students, I would take a
look at "A simple guide to SPSS for Windows" by Kirkpatrick and Feeney from
Wadsworth. They include instructions for versions 8.0, 9.0 and 10.0. I am
also interested in other suggestions.
Dennis
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An editorial in JAMA has an interesting take on this problem.
http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v283n13/full/jpo90192-1.html
The writer presents his thoughts on a case where a physician believes in the
efficacy of a medical treatment despite the absence of any scientific
support and contrasts that
It is time for me to look ahead to the courses I will be teaching in the
fall and I would appreciate your advice.
Until now, our students have taken statistics in the Math department.
Starting in the fall our department will teach this course as the first part
of our research methods sequence. I
Jim
I am curious about this for several reasons. Stephen and Rick both shed some
light, but those answers are not completely satisfying to me. Could we get
an example of the problem?
Thanks
Dennis
Dennis M. Goff
Dept. of Psychology
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Lynchburg, VA 24503
On Wed, 19 A
Those of you who were interested in the earlier post on Neandertal's DNA
might also be interested in this brief synopsis from Science News.
http://www.sciencenews.org/2401/fob2.asp
Cheers
Dennis
Dennis M. Goff
Dept. of Psychology
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Lynchburg, VA 24503
You should take a look at the BIOPAC student system. It is on the pricey
side and will do much more than you are interested in.
http://biopac.com/bsl_frsystems.htm
Good luck
Dennis
Dennis M. Goff
Dept. of Psychology
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Lynchburg, VA 24503
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Nancy,
I spent many hours watching newborns sleep while I was in graduate school.
I suspect that your student is looking for the eye movements for which the
sleep state is named. She probably won't see them. In newborns these
movements are slower and less obvious than later in development. Howev
improving its product than by
satisfying its customers. At least he (?) should recognize that you are
still working with a business analogy.
sigh!
Dennis
Dennis Goff
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Richard Pisacreta wrote:
>What do you think of a university president who surveys
> studen
Steve,
The following three papers should give you a pretty good idea of the typical
course offerings in undergraduate Psychology curricula in the US.
Messer, W., Griggs, R. A., & Jackson, S. L. (1999). The national survey of
undergraduate psychology degree and major options. Teaching of Psychol
Do any of you know where I might find a computer program for the Windows or
DOS platform that will emulate a tachistoscope? I am working with a student
on an honors project. We thought we had one, but it won't work the way she
needs it to.
Thanks
Dennis
Dennis M. Goff
Dept. of Psychology
Randolp
Jeff,
Your question reminded me of something that I learned about 15 years ago. I
did a PubMed search but could not find the paper that I was looking for. I
did find a number of papers that describe the measurement of fetal breathing
movements in normal fetuses. I have included the link for those
Here at R-MWC we have a research seminar for the capstone experience. Our
students typically work in groups of two to four to conduct an original
research project over the course of the year. (Honors students do not work
in groups on their projects.) The students propose the project in the first
s
I had not been following this thread, then I started grading an assignment
for my students in the Introduction to Psychology Laboratory and had an
experience that is very much like Paul Smith's (below).
In my Intro lab we do an experiment one week. I summarize the group data on
a web page and th
Marc,
I do require students in some of my classes to submit work by e-mail. In all
of my classes I tell students that I prefer to receive work submitted
electronically. We do have college wide facilities to support the students'
use of computer technology, including e-mail, that allows me to do th
No! No! No!
The correct number is 67.943%
Sitting alone in my office and looking for something productive to do in the
6.487 minutes before the start of my next class.
Dennis
Dennis M. Goff
Dept. of Psychology
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Lynchburg, VA 24503
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From
I was staying out of this because I thought that everything I might have to
offer was being written by others. Then Deb asked Michael "(1) Why is it OK
for a parent to spank a child, but no one else?" The context of her question
implies that she is questioning cultural beliefs that permit hitting
A number of years ago I found a program called Eventlog. The program was
designed to replace the old mechanical event recorders with a computer
record. I am working with an Honors student in Biology who will be making
some behavioral observations that would be greatly simplified by the
computer pr
We have frequently discussed the realms of science and religion on this
list, and we seem poised to tip into that discussion again. So I thought
that some of you might be interested in Richard Dawkins' view on the
question. If you are so inclined, take a look at his paper in Forbes.
http://forbes.
Tasha,
>I have some questions I couldn't answer in general psych. today. can
>anyone help me out? one is that a student said his roommate got
>prescribed ritalin for narcolepsy. does this make sense? i've never
>heard of ritalin for narcolepsy. i guess it is a stimulant, but.
I don't have any
Hank and everybody,
I think that you will find the following paper very helpful:
Graham, S. E. (1998). Developing student outcomes for the psychology major:
An assessment-as-learning framework. Current Directions in Psychological
Science, 7, 165 -170.
She lists a nice set of goals that can e
Marc,
I had an honors student who tested a similar hypothesis a couple of years
ago. Her hypothesis was focused on the anonymity of the communication. That
is, she thought that chat rooms and e-mail produced more aggressive comments
because the posters were essentially anonymous. She manipulated
Stephen,
You might take a look at: http://www.evoyage.com/
Dennis
Dennis M. Goff
Dept. of Psychology
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Lynchburg, VA 24503
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OK we (philosopher, physicist and psychologist) are up here on the third
floor wasting time by following the results from the international track and
field event that is going on in Spain. As we looked at the times for the
results of the men's 400 meter (a new world record) we started looking at
t
I apologize if I am answering an already answered question. I just set TIPS
back to mail this morning.
Stephen asked for confirmation that the quotation about the moral
inferiority of women originated from Freud. I found it in The Freud Reader
(edited by Peter Gay) in a paper titled "Some Psychic
It seems to me that this discussion is not about the double-blind nature of
the experiment but rather about the appropriateness of the control
condition.
Let's assume that we use Stephen's design with two additional features 1) we
have several therapists from each school and 2) they are equally
There was mention of some research on this phenomenon in the film "Face
Value." If my memory is working, that research was conducted by Paul Eckman.
the other face and emotions guy.
Dennis
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Be careful about dismissing the "European System" as out of style. I came
across this web page that seriously proposes that traditional phrenology is
an important tool for all kinds of things.
http://wwwtw.vub.ac.be/ond/etec/cit/phreno/home.htm
You might find it useful for teaching critical thinki
Barbara,
My guess is that they would be great for putting students in the tip of the
tongue state.
Dennis
Dennis M. Goff
Dept. of Psychology
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Lynchburg, VA 24503
Oh, what wonderful childhood memories were aroused by your posting,
Joyce! I'll cease my singing for a
Sue,
I have thought about doing something similar with those "exotic" flavors of
jelly beans. I have this vivid memory of eating a jalapeno flavored jelly
bean and thinking that I was being poisoned. Later when I found out it was
supposed to taste that way (they do taste at least vaguely like jala
Stephen,
Thanks for the URL, but it needs a www. This one will work better
http://www.ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/papers/postmod.tru.htm
Dennis
Dennis M. Goff
Dept. of Psychology
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Lynchburg, VA 24503
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> From: Stephen Black [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTE
Stuart McKelvie asks:
Also: Should we have another name for the "independent" variable
when
it is not truly experimentally manipulated? And should we have
another name for the "dependent" variable in this situation?
We have wrestled with this problem within our departmen
A while ago someone asked if there was any research to show that multimedia
classes were more effective (especially with regard to the outcome that
counts the most, student learning) when compared to traditional classes.
There is a research report in the most recent Teaching of Psychology that
sh
I need your help!
Can anyone point me to a good introduction to path analysis? I thought I
understood this and can deal with three variable models. Unfortunately, my
ignorance becomes obvious when I go beyond these simple models. Perhaps you
know about some software that might be available on the
We need your help.
I am advising with a group of four students on their senior research
project. In order to expand our sample to include males we decided to try
and collect some data on the web.
The students are actually working on two closely related projects. The
research involves participant
Two quick thoughts:
Sometimes "classic" work is not immediately recognizable. For example,
Watson's paper on behaviorism was not cited much for the first few years
after it was published.
There seems to be very little reliance on theory in current Psychology.
Certainly there is very little that w
I sent this to Gary last night and thought others out there might be
interested. The URL for APA's statement on quality undergraduate programs
is: http://www.apa.org/ed/stmary.html
take care
Dennis
Dennis M. Goff
Dept. of Psychology
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Lynchburg, VA 24503
>
Jeff,
I do not have the references, but you should to a search for Ron Webster'
research. He is on the Faculty at Hollins University and runs a private
stuttering clinic. His intervention is based on a delayed auditory feedback
hypothesis.
I hope this helps!
Dennis
Dennis M. Goff
Dept. of Psych
Doug,
You should take a look at the volume:
Gardner, J. N., & Van der Veer & Associates (1998). The Senior Year
Experience: Facilitating Integration, Reflection, Closure, and Transition.
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
We do have a year long capstone course at R-MWC. It is focused on hav
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