films for personality theories class

TIPS-colleagues - Jim Matiya's recent post (sharing the site related to movies illustrating psychopathology) reminds me of something I have been intending to ask you. For my personality theories course in the fall, I would like to identify a small number of movies (ones easily available at

scantrons

One reason for having the dept. supply scantrons is that then the instructor doesn't have to check each student's scantron to see if the student may have made some extra notes to him/herself on the scantron. This is part of our rationale for supplying the scantrons to the instructor to take

position opening - educational psychology

Please share this announcement with interested persons: PSYCHOLOGY FACULTY SEARCH (EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY)- The Department of Psychology at Western Kentucky University invites applications for a tenure track position in Educational Psychology at the assistant professor level. Responsibilities

Re: multiple sections

Joe Horton wrote (in part): How would you handle having multiple sections of the same class which are very different in levels of student participation? I have three sections of general psych this semester and they have very different paces. I have one class where the students ask lots of

graduate school interview

TIPS-folks - I have a student who is looking for pointers on preparing for interviews for doctoral programs in clinical (she has been invited to two interviews so far). I can give her my advice, but I would also like to be able to point her to advice from others, especially from those who

popular psychology courses

Are any of you at institutions that offer undergraduate psychology courses - BESIDES introductory psychology and psychology of adjustment - that attract healthy numbers of students looking for general interest electives (i.e., not necessarily for general education or to meet requirements for

faculty position announcements

Please post the information below and share it with others who might be interested: Thanks - Retta PSYCHOLOGY FACULTY SEARCH (I/O, QUANTITATIVE/EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY) - The Department of Psychology at Western Kentucky University invites applications for two tenure track positions at the

TV special on aspects of gender

TIPS-colleagues - About three weeks ago TIPSter Beth Benoit alerted us to a special on Discovery Health Channel called, "Is It a Boy or a Girl." This sounded like something I would really want to see; unfortunately my local cable company does not offer Discovery Health Channel. So I checked

Re: Current controversies in psychology

How about eyewitness testimony? Recovered memories? Impact of violent pornography on sexual aggression? Retta Marie Helweg-Larsen wrote: Hi Tipsters I would like to compile a list of current hot controversies in the field of psychology. I can think of a couple (Harris' argument about

positive psychology

Do any TIPS-folk know of a video on the subject of positive psychology? If so, can you direct me to a source? Thanks! Retta -- Retta E. Poe, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Western Kentucky University 1 Big Red Way Bowling Green, Ky. 42101 (270) 745-4409 FAX: (270) 745-6934 e-mail: [EMAIL

Re: Requirements to Declare Major?

Hi, Bev - In order to move from "pre-major" to "major" status, our students must have earned at least a C in college algebra and at least a C in Psy. 100. Those requirements may sound really minimal, but to be honest, they seem to have had an effect. College algebra is a pre-req for our

psychology careers site

or suggestions, please let me know. The site: http://www.wku.edu/psycareer/ Thanks - Retta Poe Department of Psychology Western Kentucky University 1 Big Red Way Bowling Green, Ky. 42101 begin:vcard n:Poe;Retta tel;fax:(270) 745-6934 tel;work:(270) 745-4409 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http

personal statements

The APS Observer article on this topic was in the Dec. 1999 issue. It's a good resource for prospective graduate students. Retta Poe Department of Psychology Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, Ky. 42101 begin:vcard n:Poe;Retta tel;fax:(270) 745-6934 tel;work:(270) 745-4409 x-mozilla

national trends in psychology enrollment

of you can point me to a source (preferably online), I would be very grateful. Thanks! Retta Poe Department of Psychology Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, Ky. 42101 begin:vcard n:Poe;Retta tel;fax:(270) 745-6934 tel;work:(270) 745-4409 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://edtech.cebs.wku.edu

cross-cultural psychology course

If your department offers a cross-cultural psychology course, or if you know of one at another institution, would you let me know? And if you also can give me the URL for a course syllabus, that would be great, too. I am helping a colleague who is working on a course proposal to create one

grandparental deaths

Here is a humor break - if you don't need one, don't click on this site: http://biology.ecsu.ctstateu.edu/People/ConnRev Retta Poe Department of Psychology Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, Ky. 42101 begin:vcard n:Poe;Retta tel;fax:(270) 745-6934 tel;work:(270) 745-4409 x-mozilla

Re: film

previewed it myself, but the colleague who recommended its purchase thinks it's great. Retta Poe Western Kentucky University [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know where I can obtain a film of Harlow's experiments with socially deprived monkey's? Gene Walker, Un

Re: Grading and Values

a problematic topic. I think your idea of colleague consultation as a way of coping with the present situation is most ethical and appropriate. Retta Poe Department of Psychology Western Kentucky University begin:vcard n:Poe;Retta tel;fax:(502) 745-6934 tel;work:(502) 745-4409 x-mozilla

Re: Question - light sleepers

, by comparison with deep sleepers. Perhaps as a result of being more easily awakened, light sleepers report more recall of dreams than deeper sleepers. Retta Poe Western Kentucky University begin:vcard n:Poe;Retta tel;fax:(502) 745-6934 tel;work:(502) 745-4409 x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;; version:2.1

giving psychology away

explain test results but they are given no training for this task. So, I tell my intro. to psychology students that they need to understand concepts like reliability, validity, standardization, norms, etc., so that they will be better able to be critical thinkers and educated consumers. Retta

black dots

exposure was allowed? When I was at Hendrix College, my colleague there, Chris Spatz, used to refer to the explanation of this illusion as "The Anti-Mr. Rogers Effect: When neurons fire, they inhibit their neighbors." Retta Poe Department of Psychology Western Kentucky University Bowling

Re: Differential Psychology

tractive to students in teacher education programs. I'll send to Jack some suggestions about texts and teaching the course - others who are interested can contact me. I just wanted to respond to the list with the general comments about the course. Retta Poe Department of Psychology Western Kentucky U

grandparents' fragile health

nal of Polymorphous Perversity, that the studies reported therein are intended to appeal to one's funnybone and are not to be taken seriously. Retta Poe Department of Psychology Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, Ky. 42101 begin:vcard n:Poe;Retta tel;fax:(502) 745-6934 tel;work:(502) 745

Re: Reviews on human sex differences?

of the problems in conducting research on these topics, and they model an excellent critical thinking approach that I and my students have found to be very helpful. Retta Poe Department of Psychology Western Kentucky University "Michael J. Kane" wrote: Hi all, Thanks to everyone that has

faculty handbooks

for on-line faculty handbooks that any of you know of. We are planning to put our on-line once we get it revised, so I'll be able to share that resource with anyone who is interested later on. Thanks - Retta Poe Department of Psychology Western Kentucky University 1 Big Red Way Bowling Green, Ky

Are female prof's treated differently than male prof's?

Reading the various posts on this topic over the past few days, I kept having a vague recollection of having seen some relevant research back in the '70's. Finally, my curiosity got the better of me, so I browsed through a couple of volumes of the Psychology of Women Quarterly and found the

Re: Student with low frustration tolerance...

departures from it (I had already discussed with my department head what my options were). Whether that was the reason or not, I didn't have any significant problems with her. Retta Poe Donald Carter Davis wrote: Hello Tipsters, Before getting into my question, I want to extend a hand

therapy videos

l and group therapy videos. I have seen several of them, and most are quite good. Unfortunately, they are also fairly expensive. Retta Poe begin:vcard n:Poe;Retta tel;fax:(502) 745-6934 tel;work:(502) 745-4409 x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;; version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] x-

dealing with scary students

ill behave in an appropriate way, and students who violate the student conduct code are usually dealt with by the person in the Dean of Students Office who handles disciplinary matters. Retta Poe begin:vcard n:Poe;Retta tel;fax:(502) 745-6934 tel;work:(502) 745-4409 x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:

mission statement and learning objectives

TIPS-people: My departmental colleagues and I are beginning work on developing a departmental mission statement and a set of learning objectives for UG majors (along with a plan to assess them). If your departments have already done this and can provide us with models to review, we would be