Jeff Ricker wrote:
I know, how about:
Crappie University
This brings to mind a supposedly true story told to me when I was a student
by a Florida native:
Colleges and universities in Florida, as in other places, are commonly
referred to by their initials--UF, FSU, UCF, etc. In the days
The 1985 2nd revised edition of the Dictionary of Psychology by J. P.
Chaplin does not list self-esteem.
The developmental text I use (Shaffer, 5th ed., 1999) defines self-esteem as
"one's evaluation of one's worth as a person based on an assessment of the
qualities that make up the self
Here statistics is integrated into a two semester research methods course.
There is no other statistics requirement, although I encourage my advisees
to take statistics as their math course for liberal studies.
Kris Lewis
Saint Michael's College
Colchester VT
Well this is at least the 4th or 5th time I've gotten it!!
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I'm trying
And I've gotten this one at least 3 times. What gives?
Kris
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For some reason,
A student brought me an article from a popular magazine, McCalls maybe,
about a couple who "cured" their son's autism with a dairy and gluten free
diet. Any studies back this up?
Kris Lewis
Saint Michael's College
Colchester VT
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History of Psychology is our capstone course. We are a small liberal arts
school (about 1850 students) with around 300 psych majors (and not enough
full time faculty). We (or should I say "I" since I've been doing it all
the last couple of years) offer 3 sections per year with about 25-28
Well, here it is January 5, and I haven't had a single message from TIPS
..can I really be the first? What happened to the TIPSter
whose finger was supposed to be poised over the send key at the stroke of
midnight on New Year's Eve?
Teaching relevance--none.
Happy New Year!!
Kris Lewis
Sorry it took me so long to get back on this, but you can check out this
story along with other Christmas myths at:
http://www.snopes.com/
Kris
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Gary Peterson wrote:
I am also curious as to the popularity of such books at a time when
science
literacy in the U.S. is considered very poor (was it ever really good?),
and
a number of us in education are trying to find ways to encourage critical
thinking.
I haven't read the books yet,
Michael Sylvester wrote:
We do it occasionally.When we are unsure of how a person's name or a
particular word is spelled,we put (sp) after the word.
Should we encourage our students to also do the same on their in class
written work?
for example Betelhime (sp)
No.
For work done outside of
This thread relates to an experience I had in August when I had two
bony-impacted wisdom teeth removed. I did not want to have general
anesthesia, but agreed to have an anti-anxiety drug and pain drug (both IV)
in addition to the novocaine. The anti-anxiety drug was a valium-type,
Versid
October 13, 1999 8:29 AM
To: TIPS
Subject: RE: should Psy share the blame?
On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, Dr. Kristina Lewis wrote:
There is a large literature documenting the negative effects of
punishment.
In a nutshell, punishment does not teach acceptable behavior, produces
Michael Sylvester wrote:
The evidence may not be an article and just because it is not published
does not mean that it does not exist.Why don't you try this:
do a survey of all international students,immigrants in your area and ask
them how is discipline instilled in children in their
Michael Sylvester wrote:
my students tend to agree that psychology's negative and
unfavorable attitude towards punishment,spanking and rigid discipline of
children may be one of the reasons that some of our youth have grown
problematical in behavior and social civility.
Although I
Tasha Howe wrote:
Does anyone have any good sources for including women and minorities in
a class on the history and systems of psychology
There is a great book called Re-placing Woman in the History of Psychology
by Janis Bohan (Kendall-Hunt Pub.) And Tipster Linda Woolf has a wonderful
web
Yes, a set was born in this area in the last month or two.
Kris Lewis
Saint Michael's College
Colchester VT 05439
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Has
Jeff Ricker wrote:
In my courses, I make a claim that I am not certain is accurate. As an
example of how Freud has had a big influence on American culture (less
so in other places), I point to the common belief in the US that parents
should not let their children sleep with them. This is a
Thanks to all the Tipsters who located the "Talking in Class Won't Kill You"
exercise! For any one else who is interested it can be found in the preface
to the instructor's manual for the Myers general psych book, and also in the
Activities Handbook for Teaching Psychology published by APA (vol.
Hi all Tipsters,
I used an exercise called "Talking in Class Won't Kill You" a few years back
in general psych. I recall getting out of an instructor's manual, but I
can't find it now. Does anyone know where I can find a copy of this
exercise? I need it for tomorrow (yes, I
"No one can accept the fundamental hypotheses of scientific psychology
and be in the least mystical."
Knight Dunlap
Jim Clark asked:
Who is Knight Dunlap and what is the source of this (excellent)
quote? It reminds me of one attributed to Sagan (I
I'm at home so I can't check references, and I just has two wisdom teeth
removed, so I might still be a little spacey, but as I recall, Freud was
not alone in arguing that women were less morally developed than men.
Certainly Hall and his crew believed it, and even Piaget supposedly at least
Jeff Ricker wrote:
In teaching the _science_ of psychology, we are trying to help develop
in them a worldview where faith has no place.
I firmly believe that psychology is a science, and I have expressed my
frustration on this list at not being able to convince my students that
Forwarded from a colleague who works in this area..
Kagan started it, then Grazyna Kochanska does this as part of her regular
protocol I believe to assess conscience.
Kris Lewis
Saint Michael's College
Colchester VT
John Kulig wrote:
... the gender differential becomes more extreme in both tails (more
retarded men, and more math genius men)...
Doesn't this sound a lot like the old variability hypothesis?.
Kris Lewis
Saint Michael's College
Colchester VT
Michael Sylvester wrote:
Can someone enlighten me as to the origin and the purpose of giving
someone to be executed one last alcoholic drink?
Interesting question. The anti-death penalty list I belong to had a mention
of this in a post earlier today. John Spenkelink, first inmate to be
Annette Taylor wrote:
This student lifted entire, large sections verbatim from the
source paper and then just put in parentheses the authors names
at the end of each large section.
At which point are they no longer ignorant?
at which point do I assume they should know things by looking them
From the end notes for last chapter of Gay's (1988) biography of Freud
(pp.739-740):
"The principle source for my pages on Freud's last days is Max Schur's
unpublished memorandum "The Medical Case History of Sigmund Freud," dated
February 27, 1954. He intended this for the Freud archives and as
According to Peter Gay (1988, pp. 650-651)
...on September 21, as Shur was sitting by Freud's beside, Freud
took his hand and said to him, "Schur, you remember our 'contract' not to
leave me in the lurch when the time had come. Now it is nothing but torture
and makes no sense." Schur
To provide another take on this issue.
I teach History of Psychology to our senior psychology majors--it is
required as a "capstone" class. At the beginning of the semester we talk
about what it means to say that psychology is a science, and we talk about
their conceptions of science and why
Theories of Developmental Psychology (3rd ed.) by Patricia H. Miller
(Freeman, 1993) has an excellent introductory chapter. It begins by
discussing theory and its role and then goes on to discuss developmental
theory in particular.
Kris Lewis
Saint Michael's College
Colchester VT
Posted on another list, and forwarded with the poster's permission..
Here is an example of what happens when ignorant, prejudiced people who
don't understand the purpose of higher education (to be exposed to new
ideas, think critically, etc.) get into positions of power.
Although
Tipsters,
Our department is trying to address a "problem" that may be facing some of
youwe are a department of 7 full-time faculty (6 tenure-line and a one
2-year visiting position) and 320 majors at last count. This is a college
that prides itself on small classes and individual
--
(written by Inge Bretherton, Professor, Child and Family Studies,
University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Mary D. Salter Ainsworth, one of the preeminent developmental
psychologists
of the 20th century, died in Charlottesville, VA on March 21, 1999, after
a
lengthy illness. She
I don't know what an acceptable ratio is, but half seems too much. We are
experiencing a similar problem. It is possible for a psych major to finish
up having taking only three courses from full-time professors--general
psych, research methods and history of psychology.
Kris Lewis
Saint
I continue to be amazed (five years into teaching) by some of the things our
students come to us having been taught. I had a student in a master's level
developmental psych class who thought that the best way to summarize an
article was not to rephrase each sentence, but to use a series of
-My .02 worth:
on page 258 the title page is partially obscured by the abstract page. All
the important elements wouldn't show if the title and affiliation were truly
centered. Dumb reason, but it's a possibility.
Glad to see that I am not alone in obsessing about APA style--I have the
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