(nearsightedness) and variables such as IQ, educational
attainment, and amount of time spent reading. The smarter you
are, or the greater your education, or the more time you spend
studying, the more myopic you are. And vice versa. Me, I'm so
nearsighted I can only see behind me.
Pamela Joyce
Not too long ago there was a rather heated discussion
following a question about a student seeking training in
Mind-Body psychology. I thought some might find the link
below interesting.
All my best,
Pam
US Experts Probe Link Between Emotions And Health
Oops, sent this to Jim Clark instead of the list.
Several list members have suggested that it would be helpful
(if not essential) for Kitty's student to define the terms
"mind/body/spirit." I completely agree and find it fascinating
that there is a notable lack of agreement on the meaning
It's my understanding that the serious scientific research in this area
focuses on psychoimmunology and is conducted at the graduate
level--usually med schools. I think Harvard med has a Mind/Body
Clinic. At the undergrad level, there are sometimes research assistantships
for BAs at teaching
First, I want to thank Don for the great summary. I have a
question about the student letter of evaluation. Should it be
sealed and enclosed with the teaching portfolio or sent
directly to the search committee? Should I refer to the
letter somewhere in the application and explain how/why
I checked out this site and left feeling quite confused. Are they
suggesting that accountants, RNs, and pharmacists hire individuals
with a BA in psych? To do what at what salary? Surely they are not
suggesting that a BA in psych will get one a job as an accountant or
nurse--that's just plain
Hello,
This student question came up during the chapter on learning.
I don't have the original article and can't find further discussion of
LH in any of my texts.
Following Seligman's original experiments, were there conditions
under which the learned helplessness behavior was
I didn't mean to sound critical of the messenger. Sorry if it
came off that way.
I think placebo effects are quite real and that the use of
placebo trials is essential to understanding the efficacy of
pharmaceutical and psychological treatments. Placebo trials
force us to examine the whole
ions asked and no excuses necessary. It put control of their own
lives into the students' hands and saved me from becoming suspicious and
judgmental. I really like the idea of minimizing "opportunity" to lie.
All my best,
Pam
Pamela J. Shapiro, ABD (is that a light at the end of the tunnel
Often, in a particular domain, an idea is repeated so frequently that
it becomes ownerless, or ownerful (full of owners) as the case may be.
Unless one is writing a history of the domain or about the evolution
of theory, the original source may be lost. I have just dealt with the
same "idea"
Just a quick note on "apparent" cheating among particular groups.
I don't know the particulars of the incidents Donald described, so
these comments may be irrelevant. I have found that members of cultural
minorities often study together in order to overcome language problems.
Specifically,
Kevin,
Try the fourth edition of Multivariate Data Analysis by Hair, Anderson,
Tatham, Black (1995). I was just reading the section on interaction
(moderator)effects last night (p.107).
Now, if I could just figure how to do this in Systat... Does anyone
know?
All my best,
Pam Shapiro
Gary Lotto wrote:
Students have already had a statistics course with all the ANOVA and
regression that is more traditionally built into a first course in
experimental.
Hi Gary,
I've taught both statistics and methods, and from the teacher's
observation/perspective of student's performance
I dunno, but a friend just sent me this Y2K anagram... ;-)
Year Two Thousand -- A Year To Shut Down
I figure that as long as I've saved EVERY piece of information
relevant to my dissertation on disk And in print, life will continue.
Pam
My younger son and I have a long standing tradition of arguing
current psych issues from differing viewpoints. Last year, when
TIPS was heavy into _The Nurture Assumption_ debate, he was deciding
on a topic for his graduation project. After a few rounds on Harris
vs. Kagen, he thought it
Kirsten Rewey wrote:
But aren't humans nortoriously bad at judging what does and does not influence
their behavior?
Kirsten
Yes, maybe, I'm not sure... We are always skeptical of self-report,
justly in some cases, but perhaps unfairly in others. I certainly
wouldn't approve a
Claudia raises some interesting points on the true meaning of double
dipping. I think "misrepresentation" is key here. As an undergrad I
wrote a literary analysis paper on Ann Sexton for a creative writing
class. A few semesters later, I was asked to write a case history of a
creative person
Someone mentioned high school English classes as the root of
students' misunderstandings about quoting, paraphrasing, and plagiarism.
I think it's more a problem related to the type of paper being written,
rather than the grade level. In literature classes students are often
taught to support
Michael Sylvester wrote:
I have a student in my class who I and the other students perceive as
weird and wacko. His head is shaved as a skinhead,wears dark classes,
sits alone in a corner from the other members of the class-seems to
be the classic loner.
He has a unique way of writing.Its
You are only as old as you allow yourself to be. I agree with Annette,
it's easy enough to become aware of your students' worlds, and
definitely worth the effort. One need not embrace the music and
language of your students, but it certainly helps to know what
modern cultural phenomena
of the action
potential, describes "the mechanisms of action in voltage-gated channels" (p. 118).
Pam
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Hello,
I'm getting conflicting information about acceptable overlap in posters
and publications. What are the guidelines (written and common practice)
for poster submissions for a conference in relation to articles
submitted for publication. Must they be completely independent? Is the
Some time ago Faith Florer prepared a web site with Tips suggestions and
comments regarding cognition texts. I've included that post below.
All my best,
Pam Shapiro (who used Reisberg twice)
ITP_Faculty_Faith_Florer wrote:
Thanks for all of the input about cognition textbooks. I've
Yes, I'm tired (understatement) and looking for a way to narrow
my search...so I'm going to ask for some direction from Tips'
seasoned experts. Does anyone have a favorite (as in short,
easy to administer, with decent RV) measure of motivation.
I want something general so that subjects can
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. If the net result is
better recall and recognition, along with a richer associational
network, it IS memory improvement, regardless of the source.
Think process rather than capacity.
all my best,
Pam
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Rick Adams wrote:
The alternative treatments approach, on the other hand, would not be
testing the specific therapy alone, but would instead be comparing it to
another known therapeutic system--a very different kind of experiment.
... I'll stick to my premise that in
the precise location of the cut, no?
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, 1993). It's not science
or technology, but sometimes we forget the creativity that goes into
"judging" creativity and the impact of funding.
Hope this is helpful.
All my best,
Pam
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the questions need tweaking and the
graphics are pretty dull. I'm hoping the next edition is a bit jazzier.
Pam
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ask for adjustments, probably because the work
involved is more than they're willing to do.
Pam
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le, accurate, well
written papers should earn good grades.
All my best,
Pam
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eep trying.
All my best,
Pam
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Annette Taylor wrote:
But, referring to the response below, I find that with very, very
good stu
Thanks for sharing the quotes. I'm sentimental about this one:
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his
his influence stops.
--Henry Adams
All my best,
Pam
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Thanks to all who responded. I now have the information.
All my best,
Pam
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that information? Thanks much.
All my best,
Pam
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On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Chuck Huff wrote:
A colleague of mine has asked for information on Father-Daughter
psychologist pairs. If any of you could help provide information, I am
sure she would appreciate it.
Thanks
-Chuck
Philip Bersh and Lauren B. Alloy
Pam
to my present dissertation topic and leave
warts to frogs and princes. I do, however, try to cultivate a healthy
skepticism towards mind-over-matter medicine when I'm teaching--not
dismissal, just a questioning approach.
Pam
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Saw this posted on another list and thought some might enjoy the giggle.
I do not endorse the moral, mind you...so please don't shoot the
messenger.
Pam
A Rabbit's Thesis
One sunny day a rabbit came
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