Ethics of emotion research

2001-09-20 Thread Rick Froman
I was just presenting to my Advanced Research Seminar class the latest draft of the APA Ethics guidelines concerning deception. Some of you may know that the current (1992) guidelines say, Psychologists never deceive research participants about significant aspects that would affect their

RE: Richard Dawkins on Suicide Bombings

2001-09-20 Thread Rick Froman
-Original Message- From: Jeffrey Nagelbush [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 1:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Richard Dawkins on Suicide Bombings On the other side, perhaps, what about the Japanese who willingly flew suicide missions during WWII?

RE: Gallup data on effects of NYC disaster

2001-09-18 Thread Rick Froman
An event like this can give us a more personal understanding of history. In recent years, it was thought inconceivable that Americans would have approved of sending Japanese-Americans to relocation camps and, certainly, we would never do such a thing today. It is easy to forget the impact extreme

RE: seeing satan

2001-09-12 Thread Rick Froman
The most shocking thing about your story is that someone at the newspaper actually knew to call a psychologist on something like this. Was this one of your graduates? I think most times the media would be more likely to call Ghostbusters than a psychologist when people think they see something.

Aptly named

2001-08-17 Thread Rick Froman
For those who collect such things, here is an eponymous researcher cited in one of my grad student's papers: Angst, J. (1996). Comorbidity of mood disorders: A longitudinal prospective study. British Journal of Psychiatry, 168, 31-37. Dr. Richard L. Froman Psychology Department x295

RE: operant or classical??

2001-07-30 Thread Rick Froman
. Skinner's description of Cognitive Psychologists as the Creationists of Psychology. I guess he could have meant that as a compliment.) ;-} I will use Paul's explanation here to supplement and correct Domjan's limited notion of avoidance in my Theories of Learning class. Rick Froman John Brown University

RE: operant or classical??

2001-07-29 Thread Rick Froman
it with your head. So what keeps you making the avoidance response? Cognitive psychologists would point to expectations as being important to maintaining the behavior. Rick Froman John Brown University [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: K. Kleissler Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 7/29/01 11:42

Walking the line between cynicism and credulity

2001-05-04 Thread Rick Froman
For those of you who teach Statistics or Research Methods or who like to think or teach about critical thinking about the use of statistics, there is a good article by Joel Best in the Chronicle of Higher Education that can be accessed at: http://chronicle.com/free/v47/i34/34b00701.htm I think

RE: Moral relativity: an evil debate

2001-05-04 Thread Rick Froman
-Original Message- From: Stephen Black [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 10:13 PM To: TIPS Subject: Moral relativity: an evil debate On Thu, 3 May 2001, I wrote: However, saying that what a person PERCEIVES as moral differs from person to person is not the same

RE: Walking the line between cynicism and credulity

2001-05-04 Thread Rick Froman
Harry Avis wrote: Your student made some very important points. Personality testing may have an advantage over personal bias, but only from a nomothetic point of view. Lie dectectors are not allowed in many states because of the risk of an of both false positive and false negative

RE: Bullying, homophobia, moral relativism, and rabbinical wisdom

2001-05-03 Thread Rick Froman
-Original Message- From: Beth Benoit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 1:26 PM To: TIPS Subject: re: Bullying, homophobia, moral relativism, and rabbinical wisdom Stephen's last sentence sums up the dialectic problem here. I didn't think we resolved that evil is an

RE: IRB listserv

2001-05-01 Thread Rick Froman
Division 24 of APA (Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology) offers an ethics-related listserv. Subscribe by sending an e-mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] that reads: subscribe apa24 Firstname Lastname Rick Froman Dr. Richard L. Froman Psychology Department John Brown University Siloam

RE: Lucifer Principle

2001-04-27 Thread Rick Froman
-Original Message- From: Stephen Black [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 10:00 AM To: TIPS Subject: Lucifer Principle Stephen wrote: 'Survival mechanism' implies that an act of evil must be something that someone does which promotes the survival of his/her genes.

Re: Mind reading and exam performance

2001-04-09 Thread Rick Froman
Chuck: When I have access to item-analysis software or classes are small, I would item-total correlations. A negative correlation usually points out an incorrectly-scored item. Although a zero correlation is not indicative of a good item, I usually don't concern myself with those because they

RE: On buying a lottery ticket

2001-04-09 Thread Rick Froman
-Original Message- From: Stephen Black [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 2:14 PM To: TIPS Subject: On buying a lottery ticket "Knowing this, I find their upbeat TV ads and bouncy theme music for the draws particularly irritating. Our governments should be ashamed of

RE: Mind reading and exam performance

2001-04-09 Thread Rick Froman
Sample size has a great deal to do with it. In some cases, just one or two people will influence the item-total correlation greatly (as they can with any small or moderate size sample correlation). If doing item-total correlations, I would certainly limit ones requiring closer inspection to those

RE: Money Happiness

2001-04-06 Thread Rick Froman
David Myers states in his Psychology 5th edition (1998) from Worth publishers that, "despite the realities of triumph and tragedy, million-dollar lottery winners and paraplegics report similar levels of happiness". (p. 410) I don't see a citation for that particular claim but it is in the midst

RE: Random thought on John Edwards

2001-04-04 Thread Rick Froman
Harry Avis wrote: "Concerning the "law" that psi would have to break were it real: if precognition exists, it logically implies that the universe is completely deterministic. For someone to know that something is going to happen before it does happen, that event must be predetermined. If any

RE: deciphering mindreaders tricks..help!

2001-04-03 Thread Rick Froman
The best lesson to come from this might be to deliberately NOT reveal the trick and make it a lesson about parsimony. Let's assume we don't know how these tricks were done. Does it make any sense to jump to the conclusion that mind reading was going on simply because it can't be disproven? Or

RE: The myth continues

2001-03-27 Thread Rick Froman
This is an easier link to the cartoon (and you don't have to assume Jeff's identity to use it.) http://www.cartoonbank.com/cartoon_closeup.asp?pf_id=45285dept_id=1001 www.cartoonbank.com Rick Dr. Richard L. Froman Psychology Department John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 e-mail:

RE: Arkansas anti-evolution data sources

2001-03-26 Thread Rick Froman
-Original Message- From: Mike Scoles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 11:29 PM To: tips Subject: Arkansas anti-evolution data sources For those of you who are still interested, this link came from another list. It connects parts of the recent (failed) Arkansas

Templeton Prize Announced

2001-03-09 Thread Rick Froman
I thought this might be of interest to some who have recently been discussing various aspects of science and religion. http://www.templetonprize.org/news/ Rick Dr. Richard L. Froman Psychology Department John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: North American Journal of Psychology

2001-03-09 Thread Rick Froman
at: http://www.queendom.com/tests/psychometrics/sts_eiq.html. Psychometric properties of their other tests can be found at: http://www.queendom.com/tests/psychometrics (just click on the graph icons). The list of tests is available at: http://www.queendom.com/tests. Rick Froman [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: the bifocals defense

2001-03-07 Thread Rick Froman
The whole story (and fiction doesn't get much better than this) is available at: http://www.news-journalonline.com/2001/Feb/27/WVOL5.htm. The student also claimed he slapped her (which he denies) and that he said in class that he was attracted to her (which he says was in the context of a lesson

RE: Another religious message

2001-03-05 Thread Rick Froman
-Original Message- From: Stephen Black [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 11:03 AM To: TIPS Subject: Another religious message It's a provocative essay, with provocative quotes, and, as is her style, sprinkled with interesting data. For example, while 40% of

RE: question for all of you

2001-03-02 Thread Rick Froman
I originally wrote: My question is: if the whole idea of religious belief is such a ludicrous delusion, why would anyone feel insulted or condemned? I wouldn't feel insulted if a psychotic individual held the delusion that I was going to burn in Hell unless I performed a solo tango at

RE: question for all of you

2001-03-02 Thread Rick Froman
Harry Avis writes: "A counselor who accepts the Bible as the final authority and who encounters a situation in which psychological theory is in conflict which the Bible, must rely on "authority". Unfortunately, Biblical authority often conflicts with psychological theory hence the these

RE: question for all of you

2001-03-01 Thread Rick Froman
On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Mike Scoles wrote: Is it possible to keep this "Jesus is the only way" perspective out of a counseling relationship? I have heard good Christian counselors say, "There is no way I could deal with a gay client." (Well, I suppose that the person *might* be able to deal with a

RE: Student goals, expectations

2001-02-27 Thread Rick Froman
This was probably not the exact wording used in the survey but, especially if it is expected to be a difficult course, there may be a difference between the grade you "hoped to earn" and the grade you "wanted". Rick Dr. Richard L. Froman Psychology Department John Brown University Siloam

RE: Gallup/creationism

2001-02-26 Thread Rick Froman
-Original Message- From: Jim Guinee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 1:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Gallup/creationism Paul Smith wrote: To his credit, when he announced the faith-based program office, Bush explicitly said that the goal was

RE: Gallup/creationism

2001-02-26 Thread Rick Froman
-Original Message- From: Paul Brandon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 3:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Gallup/creationism At 1:34 PM -0600 2/26/01, Jim Guinee wrote: Paul Smith wrote: To his credit, when he announced the faith-based program

RE: Army testing of WWI recruits

2001-02-23 Thread Rick Froman
My favorite item: 12. Why does it pay to get a good education? A. it makes a man more useful and happy B. it makes work for teachers C. it makes demand for buildings for schools and colleges Fortunately, a key is included and I was able to determine the correct answer to be A. I was also

RE: Gallup/creationism

2001-02-23 Thread Rick Froman
-Original Message- From: Timmerman, Thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 1:30 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Gallup/creationism Hoping not to sound like I agree with MS, I thought I'd point out that Bush picked John J. DiIulio to head the White

RE: Psychology versus Philosophy

2001-02-19 Thread Rick Froman
If there is a top ten list for this, my vote for #1 would be: Psychology uses controlled, empirical observations to test hypotheses and build theories. Rick Dr. Richard L. Froman Psychology Department John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: What makes people happy?

2001-02-16 Thread Rick Froman
-Original Message- From: Paul Brandon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 12:58 PM To: TIPS Mailing List Subject: Re: What makes people happy? At 12:09 PM -0600 2/16/01, jim clark wrote: Hi On Fri, 16 Feb 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hope some of you have

RE: Emotions article

2001-02-13 Thread Rick Froman
The same author also wrote a good article about how the criminal justice system has refused to be impacted by psychological research. It is titled, "Under Suspicion" and it is in the Jan 8, 2001 New Yorker on pp. 50-53. I assigned it in my Cognitive Psych class. Rick -Original Message-

RE: Grade inflation

2001-02-07 Thread Rick Froman
My reactions to various comments are interspersed throughout. -Original Message- From: Richard Pisacreta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 12:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fwd: Grade inflation Teacher Fights 'Grade Inflation' The New York Times

RE: issue with stats course

2001-02-01 Thread Rick Froman
-Original Message- From: G. Marc Turner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 9:47 PM To: TIPS Subject: issue with stats course I need some advice on how to handle an issue in my stats course... snip So, tomorrow afternoon when I go over this in class, and the

Live Online Colloquy on Academic vs. Industry careers for Psychol ogy PhD's

2001-01-11 Thread Rick Froman
In line with the recent discussion on TIPS of academic vs. industry jobs for psychology Ph.D.s, the Chronicle of Higher Education is hosting a live online colloquy on this topic today at 2:00 pm Eastern Time. You can join the discussion at: http://chronicle.com/colloquylive/. Sorry for the short

RE: More on Freud speaking

2000-12-15 Thread Rick Froman
Just a couple of corrections to Stephen's helpful transcript. Rick Dr. Richard L. Froman Psychology Department John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jbu.edu/sbs/psych/froman.htm -Original Message- From: Stephen Black I should have

RE: 10 Commandments of Paper Writing

2000-11-18 Thread Rick Froman
sources. So, in conclusion, if you find a peer-reviewed primary source on the internet, cite it in your paper. Otherwise, find the original. Rick Rick Froman Psychology Dept. John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Prelude...for the 'Mozart Effect' (and Steele replies)

2000-11-13 Thread Rick Froman
Ken doesn't mention it but isn't Rauscher's last line unnecessarily tacky for a scientific communication? Rauscher concludes, "Because some people can not get bread to rise does not negate the existence of a 'yeast effect'." This may be a great example for my Research Methods class to show that,

RE: Butterfly Ballots

2000-11-11 Thread Rick Froman
factors: what about this hand recount? Rick Rick Froman [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Sandra Price To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11/11/00 5:26 PM Subject: Butterfly Ballots As one Republican commentator pointed out, the Daleys' county, Cook County, uses butterfly ballots. I had

RE: confusing ballot

2000-11-09 Thread Rick Froman
Hello to all, The reason the registrar's office in Palm Beach county gave for converting to the new butterfly style ballot was to use a larger font for the type, and therefore to be easier to read use. Ironic to say the least. Dawn Dawn Morales University of California, San Diego

RE: Personality test for counselors

2000-11-02 Thread Rick Froman
-Original Message- From: jim clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 8:12 PM To: TIPS Subject: Re: Personality test for counselors With regards to the question that prompted this thread, it would seem that whatever measure is chosen, one should try not to have

Personality test for counselors

2000-10-31 Thread Rick Froman
Our graduate school is looking for an appropriate personality test to give to students in the counseling program to identify personality characteristics relevant to counseling. They are attempting to screen for people who may have a difficult time in a counseling placement. Do any of you use

RE: Mozart effect: applied psychology in action

2000-10-16 Thread Rick Froman
I use different musical selections to introduce each chapter in the Intro Psych text so I went looking for some Mozart to introduce the chapter on Intelligence and I found more than I could have ever expected. The one I chose, and that I will be using in class today, is called "Baby's First Piano

RE: F-ratio - can anyone provide a simple explanation?

2000-10-16 Thread Rick Froman
The F is an one-tailed distribution testing the null hypothesis that BG variance is greater than WG variance. If it is less than or equal to one, there is no way that the BG var can be significantly greater than the WG var. If the ratio is significantly greater than 1.00, you reject the null

The effects of music

2000-10-13 Thread Rick Froman
The following recently came across my class e-mail list and, of course, you hear similar claims made all the time. Does anyone have the scoop on this, with a lead on at least one reference in a journal. Rick -- not only people are affected by music I have heard about

RE: The effects of music

2000-10-13 Thread Rick Froman
that and not have the reference available? Why do secondary sources play cat and mouse with the references? Rick -Original Message- From: Michael J. Kane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 9:35 AM To: Rick Froman; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: The effects of music

RE: Booting bouton

2000-10-11 Thread Rick Froman
When my wife was pregnant, the nurses would always talk about how many sonnemeters she was dilated. They did not accent ohter words in a similar way. I finally determined that they were referring to "centimeters". Rick Dr. Richard L. Froman Psychology Department John Brown University Siloam

RE: d) two of the above

2000-10-06 Thread Rick Froman
The fact that many people don't see humility as a scientific attitude may actually say a lot about the interaction between what the media wants and the PR we are putting out about ourselves as scientists. The scientists most people see represented in the media are always very certain of their

RE: various questions

2000-10-03 Thread Rick Froman
I always tell my students that the difference is: "you have stereotypes and I have schemas", however, "schema" is actually a much larger term than "stereotype". To quote from my Penguin Dictionary of Psychology by Arthur S. Reber (1985), "we find references to a linguistic schema for

RE: Quaylisms

2000-09-15 Thread Rick Froman
-Original Message- From: Linda M. Woolf, Ph.D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 11:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Quaylisms I tried but I can resist no longer! My favorite "Quaylisms": I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only

RE: developmental question

2000-09-14 Thread Rick Froman
Jim: I suggest videotaping them doing some tasks. I did this with my kids (at approximately the same ages) and I still have the tape. I suggest determining what principles you would like to demonstrate (possibly centration, stranger anxiety, conservation, secure attachment, etc.) and then set up

Re: Using PowerPoint Handouts

2000-06-12 Thread Rick Froman
y think they can just study class notes or the study guide. And there are some things you just can't teach because some students won't believe you until they have had at least one bad experience for themselves. Rick Dr. Rick Froman Associate Professor of Psychology John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Effect of distributing powerpoints on attendance (was: Copyright?)

2000-06-09 Thread Rick Froman
who depend on getting notes from others to keep up in a class they do not attend will generally not do well. If they do well without attending class, we shouldn't require their attendance; we should rethink how it is that someone can do well without coming to class. Rick Dr. Rick Froman P

Re: Secular counseling and character

2000-05-03 Thread Rick Froman
en what I thought his beliefs were about religion. Rick Dr. Rick Froman Psychology Department Box 3055 John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jbu.edu/sbs/psych Office: (501)524-7295 Fax: (501)524-9548

Re: Secular counseling and character

2000-05-03 Thread Rick Froman
ition and may contribute significantly to helping people with > disturbances. The research, which is quite rational as well as > spiritual, is now common in later 20th century psychotherapy." > (p. 35) Rick Dr. Rick Froman Associate Professor of Psychology John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Affective aspects of teaching (fwd)

2000-04-25 Thread Rick Froman
g elements B. Gates speaks of (which are absolutely and critically important) are the result of hardware states, the hard drive, the location of certain substances on magnetic media and the controlling functions of the CPU . . . . Rick Dr. Rick Froman Psychology Department Box 3055 John Brown

Re: GroupThink example? (No longer Psych related)

2000-04-20 Thread Rick Froman
, or was it St. Louis?) come to mind). I believe that both of those led to the home team forfeiting the game. And from the apocryphal file, don't forget my all-time favorite promotion, David Letterman's "Handgun Night at Yankee Stadium". Rick Dr. Rick Froman Psychology Department Box 3055

Re: Statistics and Significant Figures

2000-04-19 Thread Rick Froman
nvention, carried to only two decimal places, although they are sometimes carried to three or four if there are a number of zeros after the decimal. I hope this is helpful. Rick Dr. Rick Froman Psychology Department Box 3055 John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jbu.edu/sbs/psych Office: (501)524-7295 Fax: (501)524-9548

Re: Multiple-choice dos and don'ts

2000-04-17 Thread Rick Froman
research on this topic, I am interested in reading more about it. Rick Dr. Rick Froman Psychology Department Box 3055 John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jbu.edu/sbs/psych Office: (501)524-7295 Fax: (501)524-9548

Re: april 1

2000-03-31 Thread Rick Froman
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Re: Science and pseudoscience

2000-03-27 Thread Rick Froman
l and if you feel like it is fixed and you are relieved from the problem you had...whether it is from the actual therapy or just the "thought of the therapy"...I think that makes success." I guess you can't argue with success. Rick Rick Froman 206 Greenwood Siloam Springs, AR

Re: IRB Informed Consent

2000-02-28 Thread Rick Froman
ere are a number of very helpful members who can give valuable feedback on such concerns. To join, send a command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Leave the subject line blank and type SUBSCRIBE Div24Eth FirstName LastName in the body of the message. Rick Dr. Rick Froman Psychology Department Box 3055

Re: Question - Standard Scores Standardized Distributions

2000-02-28 Thread Rick Froman
), the IQ is easy to calculate (as [the z-score multiplied by 15] added to 100). Rick Dr. Rick Froman Psychology Department Box 3055 John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jbu.edu/sbs/psych Office: (501)524-7295 Fax: (501)524-9548

Re: I/O question-Base rates

2000-02-24 Thread Rick Froman
, J.T. (1939). The relationship of validity coefficients to the practical effectiveness of tests in selection. Journal of Applied Psychology, 23, 565-578. Rick Dr. Rick Froman Psychology Department Box 3055 John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jbu.edu/sbs

Test of computer competency

2000-02-03 Thread Rick Froman
, presentation software and internet tools? Alternatively, do you know of, or have you created, a test that allows students to demonstrate such competence within the context of a group of particular programs (like MS Office)? Thanks for your help. Dr. Rick Froman Psychology Department Box 3055 John

RE: spirituality and prayer

2000-01-21 Thread Rick Froman
htened him out by pointing out that all that proved was that whales can communicate with Vulcans! Rick Dr. Rick Froman Psychology Department Box 3055 John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jbu.edu/sbs/psych Office: (501)524-7295 Fax: (501)524-9548

Re: Introducing the discipline of Psychospirituality

2000-01-20 Thread Rick Froman
naturalistic view of the world is not that it doesn't contain a supernatural element but that it doesn't contain any room for choice or personal responsibility. Rick Dr. Rick Froman Psychology Department Box 3055 John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jbu.edu/sbs/psych Office: (501)524-7295 Fax: (501)524-9548

Re: spirituality and prayer

2000-01-20 Thread Rick Froman
ethodology and the importance of replication. Rick Dr. Rick Froman Psychology Department Box 3055 John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jbu.edu/sbs/psych Office: (501)524-7295 Fax: (501)524-9548

Re: Spirituality and the natural science of psychology

2000-01-19 Thread Rick Froman
On 19 Jan 00, at 8:22, Jeff Ricker wrote: Yesterday, Rick Froman challenged an assertion I made. I claimed that we try to control for subjective influences in our scientific research. He asked, if such influences are not having an effect, why would we need to control for them? The fact

Re: Spirituality and the natural science of psychology

2000-01-19 Thread Rick Froman
h to give it legitimacy. The arguments it contains will need to be persuasive. Rick Dr. Rick Froman Psychology Department Box 3055 John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jbu.edu/sbs/psych Office: (501)524-7295 Fax: (501)524-9548

Re: Spirituality and the natural science of psychology

2000-01-18 Thread Rick Froman
e majority of the members of the organization? What happened to the free and open expression of divergent viewpoints? If APA publishes two books that take diametrically opposed points of view, should the organization be diagnosed with DID? Rick Dr. Rick Froman Psychology Department Box 3055

Re: Spirituality and the natural science of psychology

2000-01-18 Thread Rick Froman
adition of science. I would certainly suggest anyone who feels these articles do not represent their views should make their views known to the widest possible audience. Rick Dr. Rick Froman Psychology Department Box 3055 John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jbu.edu/sbs/psych Office: (501)524-7295 Fax: (501)524-9548

Re: scientific contributions of psych?

1999-12-22 Thread Dr. Rick Froman
happy holidays, Gary Peterson Gerald (Gary) L. Peterson, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI 48710 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1-517-790-4491 Dr. Rick Froman Psychology Department Box 3055 John Brown University Siloam Springs, A

Re: Screwy data, kosher stats, stale gum

1999-12-15 Thread Dr. Rick Froman
jaws want to know. On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Dr. Rick Froman wrote: What is the point of nonparametric tests if you are going to require the assumption of a normal distribution? snip Ah, Rick. You missed the point of my query. I've gone through my post with a magnifying glass and I can

Re: Screwy data, kosher stats

1999-12-14 Thread Dr. Rick Froman
Psychology (3rd ed.). Boston: PWS-Kent. Dr. Rick Froman Psychology Department Box 3055 John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jbu.edu/sbs/psych Office: (501)524-7295 Fax: (501)524-9548 "It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine." -R.E.M.

Re: CD or WWW site for lab exercises

1999-12-03 Thread Rick Froman
Studies RMIT University PO Box 71 Bundoora VIC 3083 AUSTRALIA Phone: +61.3.9925.7512 Fax: +61.3.9925.7303 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rmit.edu.au/departments/ps/reece.htm - Dr. Rick Froman Psychology Department Box

Re: A Learning unit question?

1999-11-17 Thread Rick Froman
. Therefore, flying onto the field is an example of operantly conditioning. If this is as clear as mud, please ask for clarification and I will try again. Rick Dr. Rick Froman Psychology Department Box 3055 John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jbu.edu/sbs

Re: A Learning unit question?

1999-11-17 Thread Rick Froman
cking, it is operant and it is not autoshaping. Rick Dr. Rick Froman Psychology Department Box 3055 John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jbu.edu/sbs/psych Office: (501)524-7295 Fax: (501)524-9548 "Happiness is not found by searching, but by researching."

re:a learning unit question

1999-11-17 Thread Rick Froman
before the response is made but it is not available to the bird until after the response of flying down to the field is made. Rick Dr. Rick Froman Psychology Department Box 3055 John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jbu.edu/sbs/psych Office: (501)524-729

Re: A Learning unit question?

1999-11-17 Thread Rick Froman
and accept the yin and the yang and the Hegelian thesis and antithesis and synthesis of everything as the next guy but I think, in this case, this is operant conditioning. Rick Dr. Rick Froman Psychology Department Box 3055 John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: APA style question

1999-11-17 Thread Rick Froman
I take to mean from the left and right and top and bottom. If they just meant left and right, I think they would have left it with "centered". The sample paper on p. 258 also shows it centered on both dimensions. So take that for what its worth (which is about what you paid f

When is a bell not a bell?

1999-11-09 Thread Rick Froman
. Correcting some Pavloviana regarding "Pavlov's bell" and "Pavlov's "mugging". American Journal of Psychology, 110, 115-125. So this is a new one for me. I've discovered that a psychological myth is a myth. It's nice to go the other way for once. Dr. Rick Fr

Re: Harry and Scooby

1999-11-02 Thread Rick Froman
ion. Rick Dr. Rick Froman Psychology Department Box 3055 John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jbu.edu/sbs/psych Office: (501)524-7295 Fax: (501)524-9548 "Happiness is not found by searching, but by researching."

Re: harry potter and child dev

1999-11-01 Thread Rick Froman
ral powers are now protagonists (for example, Sabrina the Teenage Witch). I don't know if this switch reflects changes in society or encourages them or both but it is a difference you can see clearly comparing older mysteries to today's fantasy/mystery mix. Rick Dr. Rick Froman Psychology Depa

Re: harry potter and child dev

1999-11-01 Thread Rick Froman
G. Marc Turner writes on 1 Nov 99,: At 11:45 AM 11/1/99 -0600, Rick Froman wrote: In fact, a number of people with supernatural powers are now protagonists (for example, Sabrina the Teenage Witch). I don't know if this switch reflects changes in society or encourages them or both

Re: After after-images

1999-10-29 Thread Rick Froman
and blue)? I still have the PowerPoint slide I created for this if anyone would like me to send it off-list as an attachment. Rick Dr. Rick Froman Psychology Department Box 3055 John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jbu.edu/sbs/psych Office: (501)524-7295 Fax

Re: Statistics statistic

1999-10-27 Thread Rick Froman
-} number is 79.48% (this made up statistic is attributed to John Allen Paulos as in the tagline of my sig file). Rick Dr. Rick Froman Psychology Department Box 3055 John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jbu.edu/sbs/psych Office: (501)524-7295 Fax: (501)524-95

Re: How do I get those @#$% complementary after-images?

1999-10-27 Thread Rick Froman
m not sure what text you are using but the Myers text (I use Exploring Psychology) has a powerpoint of a flag if you have doubts about the specific colors. It is available for download at: http://www.worthpublishers.com/exploring/con_index.htm?04 (just click on Powerpoint slides). Rick

Re: Single-Subject (was Michael..)

1999-10-21 Thread Rick Froman
. Suffice it to say, the one-shot case study feels threatened by almost all of them. Ray, W.J. (2000). Methods toward a science of behavior and experience. Stamford, CT: Wadsworth. Rick Dr. Rick Froman Psychology Department Box 3055 John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL

Re: Damned Statistics.....

1999-10-21 Thread Rick Froman
available from John Bibby (Books) 29 Liberton Brae Edinburgh EH16 6AG Scotland Dr. Rick Froman Psychology Department Box 3055 John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jbu.edu/sbs/psych Office: (501)524-7295 Fax: (501)524-9548 "I can't promise to try but I'll try to try." --Bart Simpson

Re: An argument in favor of changing the reply function

1999-10-21 Thread Rick Froman
ance of a very minor listserve option. Rick Dr. Rick Froman Psychology Department Box 3055 John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jbu.edu/sbs/psych Office: (501)524-7295 Fax: (501)524-9548 "I can't promise to try but I'll try to try." --Bart Simpson

Re: Spanking is Violence

1999-10-12 Thread Rick Froman
se, under extinction, eventual extinction of the behavior is the appropriate response. At least until spontaneous recovery occurs, which can also be a very adaptive response. Rick Dr. Rick Froman Psychology Department Box 3055 John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:

Marking stimulus vs. secondary reinforcer

1999-10-11 Thread Rick Froman
Inviting comments from anyone on the distinction between a marking stimulus and a secondary reinforcer (to answer a question brought up in a learning class). Rick Dr. Rick Froman Psychology Department Box 3055 John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: Marking stimulus vs. secondary reinforcer

1999-10-11 Thread Rick Froman
nforcement, although not immediate, will come in the future). I don't see how such a signal could keep from becoming a secondary reinforcer. In any case, it seems to me to need some clarification. Domjan, M. (1996). The essentials of conditioning and learning. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks-Co

RE: Karen Horney/Paul Smith

1999-10-05 Thread Rick Froman
ill come out, in some cases, sounding like broken English but you can usually get the point. David H Cooper writes on 4 Oct 99,: Please, this is out of hand. Will y'all, please, speak English on this one. It is confusing enough as it is! From the backwoods of Tennessee, David Cooper U

Re: Ig Nobel Awards

1999-10-05 Thread Rick Froman
Larry Dickerson writes on 5 Oct 99,: The full list of awards is available at www.chronicle.com/ Or you can get it straight from the horse's mouth at: http://www.improbable.com/ If you do, be sure to count the teeth. Rick Dr. Rick Froman Psychology Department Box 3055 John Brown

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