Re: bystander effect and cross-cultural research

I think it would an exaggeration to say that the fundamental attribution error does not exist in other countries. That has not been that much non-western research on the FAE. Based on my recollection of the research there was indeed less emphasis on dispositional attributions compared with

Re: bystander effect and cross-cultural research

Thanks for looking up the abstracts, Paul. It makes for fascinating reading. My conclusion from reading these abstract is that it can be nearly meaningless to study culture as an independent variable if you do not carefully test theoretically based hypotheses and measure the supposed underlying

Re: Student Peer-Reviews

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.

IRB question-informed consent

study"? A related question: if this procedure is ethical, then why ever have people sign informed consent forms for simple attitude questionnaires such as this? Marie -- Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Program Director Assistant Professor of Psychology Transylvania University 300 North Broadway Lexington

Re: I/O Texts

: 707-826-4993 Arcata, CA 95521 www.humboldt.edu/~campbell/psyc.htm -- Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Program Director Assistant Professor of Psychology Transylvania University 300 North Broadway Lexington, KY 40508-1797 Office: (859) 281-3656 Web page: http://www.transy.edu/homepages/mhelweglarsen/index2.html

Abstinence (was Gallup/creationism)

rall data show a reduction for various forms of cheating and dishonesty for the religious, it'd be pretty difficult to explain the central role of dishonesty in fundamentalist endeavours such as creationist teaching, the attempt impeach President Clinton, the attempt to recriminalize abortion

I/O research paper ideas

they would solve the problem (of course citing appropriate research along the way). However, I would love to hear what others are doing for a research or term paper in I/O (links to papers would be great too). Marie -- Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology Transylvania University

Re: Sexual relations policy

HI Bill Could you explain your point further. Prohibiting (or strongly discouraging) sexual or amorous relations between faculty and students is important for many reasons (legally, ethically, morally). It is especially true at small schools where it is very difficult to remove oneself from

Sexual relations policy

a policy at your school you can forward to me (or an URL where I can find it)? Thanks Marie -- Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology Transylvania University 300 North Broadway Lexington, KY 40508-1797 Office: (859) 281-3656 Web page: http://www.transy.edu/homepages/mhelweglarsen

Re: Human Sexuality

ou are educated when you have the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or self-confidence. Robert Frost (1874-1963) -- Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology Transylvania University 300 North Broadway Lexington, KY 40508-1797 Office: (859) 281

IRB website

forms (e.g., informed consent, debriefing, etc)? Please send along your URLs. Thanks Marie -- Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology Transylvania University 300 North Broadway Lexington, KY 40508-1797 Office: (859) 281-3656 Web page: http://www.transy.edu/homepages/mhelweglarsen

Re: Current controversies in psychology

hy it happens; if something occurs which he has not seen before, he thinks it is a marvel" - Cicero. -- Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology Transylvania University 300 North Broadway Lexington, KY 40508-1797 Office: (859) 281-3656 Web page: http://www.transy.edu/homepages/mhelweglarsen/index2.html

[Fwd: Tale of O]

-- Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology Transylvania University 300 North Broadway Lexington, KY 40508-1797 Office: (859) 281-3656 Web page: http://www.transy.edu/homepages/mhelweglarsen/index2.html If you're still looking for a source that carries the Tale of O

The tale of O

help me locate this video? Thanks Marie -- Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology Transylvania University 300 North Broadway Lexington, KY 40508-1797 Office: (859) 281-3656 Web page: http://www.transy.edu/homepages/mhelweglarsen/index2.html

Current controversies in psychology

senior seminar students. Thanks Marie -- Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology Transylvania University 300 North Broadway Lexington, KY 40508-1797 Office: (859) 281-3656 Web page: http://www.transy.edu/homepages/mhelweglarsen/index2.html

Voluntary risk taking literature

;). Do any of you have any suggestions about literatures that might address why people voluntarily engage in dangerous leisure activities. Marie -- Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology Transylvania University 300 North Broadway Lexington, KY 40508-1797 Office: (859) 281-365

Re: Voluntary risk taking literature

o risk-avoiders. Alternatively, perhaps they only enjoy an activity if they do feel it is risky. -Max On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, Marie Helweg-Larsen wrote: I'm trying to locate research that can help me understand why people engage voluntarily in risky activities. There is plenty of research

Re: Actor-Observer Bias vs Self-serving Bias

would be appreciative. -Chuck - Chuck Huff; 507.646.3169; http://www.stolaf.edu/people/huff/ - Psychology Department, St.Olaf College, Northfield, MN 55057 -- Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology Transylvania University 300 North Broadway Lexington, KY 40508-1797 Office: (859) 281-3656 Web page: http://www.transy.edu/homepages/mhelweglarsen/index2.html

Re: Requirements to Declare Major?

At UCLA (where I went for grad school) your first had to become a pre-psychology major. To become a psychology major you had to pass general psychology, statistics and methods. Maybe also a physiology class. I'm sure the issues at research universities are different than small liberal arts

Psych GRE:omit or guess

Hi Tipsters What is the general advice regarding taking the psychology GRE. If you don't know the answer should you guess or leave it blank? Marie -- Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology Transylvania University 300 North Broadway Lexington, KY 40508-1797 Office: (859) 281

Syllabi: Parapsychology

presentations, discussions, videos and lecture). Lexington is not exactly the hotbed of quacks who might come to class and speak to us. Any suggestions for speakers or travel to relevant sites would be most welcome. Thanks Marie Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Transylvania University Lexington, KY

Language: First years vs. freshmen

your first year students. I'll compile the responses and write a summary to the list. Cheers, Marie Marie Helweg-Larsen Assistant Professor of Psychology Transylvania University

I/O question-Base rates

implications does it have? Would you want to have a selection device (say for college admissions) so that the baserate was 50%? It doesn't seem to make much sense to me. Help please! Marie -- Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology Transylvania University 300 North Broadway Lexington

Research employment for post grad.

Consulting but there must be tons of other corporations that would be willing to hire a person with a BA who writes well and knows SPSS. Can any of you help? How would my student fiind a list of possible organizations/employers who hire people at her level. Thanks Marie -- Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D

Calculating sample size in a random sample

University of Winnipeg 4L05D Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 [EMAIL PROTECTED] CANADA http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark -- Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Assistant

University-wide consequences for cheating

and cheating on your campus. I should mention that I teach at a small (1000 student) private liberal arts university (with a cool name!). Thanks for your help. Marie -- Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology Transylvania University 300 North Broadway Lexington, KY 40503

Re: Insanity defense in film

86 "And I'm living here in Allentown" ************ -- Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology Transylvania University 300 North Broadway Lexington, KY 40503 Office: (606) 281-3656 Web page: http://www.tran

Re: Fwd: How to Improve Grades

ills, have more free time, conquer test anxiety, win scholarships and much, much more. For more details, visit: http://www.make-the-grade.net/ Regards, J. -- Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology Transylvania University 300 North Broadway Lexington, KY 40503 Of

Zukerman's sensation seeking scale

(privately). Thanks! Marie -- Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology Transylvania University 300 North Broadway Lexington, KY 40503 Office: (606) 281-3656 Web page: http://www.transy.edu/homepages/mhelweglarsen/index2.html

Human Participant Pools

32816-1390 phone: (407) 823-5350 fax: (407) 823-5862 -- Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology Transylvania University 300 North Broadway Lexington, KY 40503 Office: (606) 281-3656 Web page: http://www.transy.edu/homepages/mhelweglarsen/index2.html Responses from

Cool facts about psychology

Hi Tipsters I'm making a web page for my fall general psych class. On the course page I want facts about psychology to pop up every time they look at the page (I already have a java script that does this). Now what I need is a place where I can find a bunch (20-60) interesting or cool facts

Suggestions for great course web pages

and links on the webpages (as do I). I interested in course pages that have something extra/cool/advanced in addition to the basics. So please share your favorite course webpage. And yes you can suggest your own website. Thanks Marie -- Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Department of Psychology Transylvania

Nuremberg Trials Video?

I want to show the Nuremberg Trials video in class next week and surprisingly none of the video stores or libraries have it. Do you guys know where I might be able to buy or rent it? Thanks Marie -- Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Department of Psychology Transylvania University 300 North Broadway

Sexual peak-gender differences?

it be self-reported sexual interest, frequency of sexual activity, or what? Also it seems that any such measure would be heavily influenced by societal roles and expectations in addition to the availability of a partner. Can you guys help! Marie -- Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Department of

Discovering Psychology series

before the library budget closes) -- Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Department of Psychology Transylvania University 300 North Broadway Lexington, KY 40508 Voice: (606) 281-3656 Fax: (606) 233-8797

Happy99.exe - apology

that you do not open the Happy99.exe file which is attached to any emails you receive. Just delete the entire message and notify the sender. I received such an attachment today from: "Marie Helweg-Larsen" [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject heading: Re: APA manual

Social Psych in Film course

Marie -- Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Department of Psychology Transylvania University 300 North Broadway Lexington, KY 40508 Voice: (606) 281-3656 Fax: (606) 233-8797

Gender differences in accepting homosexuality

suspect men might be more positive toward lesbians because it doesn't seem as inconsistent with women's roles and they ultimately might think they can jump into the action! But I need more ideas. So research for (1) and ideas/and research for (2). Marie -- Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Department

Teaching in Paris help

, museum visits or prominent psychologists who might want to come and speak. Marie -- Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Department of Psychology Transylvania University 300 North Broadway Lexington, KY 40508 Voice: (606) 281-3656 Fax: (606) 233-8797