Mozart and crime reduction

It seems that West Palm Beach Police in Florida have found a way to decrease crime.They are pumping Mozart and other classical music through speakers in a neighborhood notorious for its high crime rate. Since the poject began,they have reported a dramatic crime reduction in the area. Isn't this

Black History Month/Psythought#2

Most intro psy texts give the impression that the nature of mind and further speculations originated with the Greeks and filtered down to the Europeans.They fail to recognize that the Greeks stole many of their ideas from the ancient

Re: Fwd: request for a letter supporting a retroactive withdrawal.

Hello - I am hoping that some of my more experienced colleagues can offer me some advice regarding a student request. The student in question has written me regarding a class he took from me more than 4 years ago. the student is now requesting that I write a letter supporting a

Re: Does music soothe the savage baby (or fetus)?

On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Stephen Black wrote: But it's still an interesting question to ask whether external sound can affect fetal movement. The fetus can hear in the last trimester of pregnancy. This was demonstrated in an experiment (Birnholz Benacerraf, 1983) involving the application

The white rat (was Kenneth Clark)

btw,the author of Even the rat was white is Guthrie My take on the text is that the white rat represents domestication which is one of the preconditions for learning. I am preparing a post titled "Is learning unnatural?" Happy Holidays to all. Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida

State dependent: learning or memory?

Which is the preferred terminology state dependent learning or state dependent memory? It would appear that this state dependent idea is more of a memory retrieval process, but I can see where it could be involved in the acquisition process. Can a definitive distinction be made? On one hand it

Posting grades on Web

One of the colleges that I teach at is requiring that all course grades be entered in a computer. No course grade sheets will be sent to the instructors.Teachers were given training as to how to do this. Any reservations about this method. ? They insist that it will remain cofidential,but with

Student,'s election question (humor)

If Denial is not a river in Egypt,what's the implication of Chad not being a country in Africa? Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida - This message was sent using Panda Mail. Check your regular email account away from home free!

Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

are there some assignments or tasks that you grade as either S or U? I occasionally assign S or U for book reports ,library work or website explorations. I also assign an S+ for excellent work and an S- for work which does not meet up to the standards but not poor enough to be judged as U.

electrical/chemical

Just curious as to why more emphasis is placed on the chemical aspects of the brain (neurotransmitters) instead of the the electrical components which from my understanding are precedent to chemical reactions. We read about a lack of or an abundance of dopamine,acetycholine and so on but hardly

Cross-Cultural Psy:/ preconditions

Back when there was an emergence of Black,Hispanic and Asian studies,there was an insistence that the best fit faculty personnel to conduct those courses and departments should be representative of the targeted populations.Hence a white professor teaching Black History or Black Psychology would

Re: Levitation

Is this related to the "white people jumping" thread? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I saw a program where David Blaine (Street Magic) was able to levitate from the ground he stood on. I would like to learn the art of levitation so that I can give demonstrations in class. Please send

Re: You're not going to believe this question

I hope it's not Beth's unwarranted praise that's making me post excessively tonight. But I need an answer to this question urgently. Believe it or not, I have a comment under consideration in a psychological journal which uses the phrase "get off your fanny". A reviewer has commented "the

Levitation

I saw a program where David Blaine (Street Magic) was able to levitate from the ground he stood on. I would like to learn the art of levitation so that I can give demonstrations in class. Please send advice. Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida

Pre-holiday/Post-holiday

do you schedule exams the day before or the day after a holiday? I personally do not schedule an exam before a holiday because I do not like to be depressed reading the written answers of students on the holiday -when I should be on the beach having fun. I try not to schedule an exam the day

Re: Mud-dling with Piaget// relay

Michael, I'm responding back channel because I receive the digest and I have had problems addressing by clicking "reply". Feel free to forward to the list. Living and having studied in Lausanne /Switzerland(40 miles away from Geneva), your mail about Piaget woke me from my late Friday

Bookstore out of texts

You have scheduled an early exam.Some students have informed you that they are out of texts at the bookstore and that they may not arrive in time for the exam. Check your appropriate action (s). --- CancelSuggest to students thatl the exam until the remaining books have arrived at the

Developmental lag?

There seems to be a lack of response to developmental focused issues by tipsters on this list except if it pertains to the pros and cons of spanking. Just curious as to if this lack of response to inquiries about developmental texts and other topics may be construed as some kind of bias towards

Kurt Lewin

Jusf for my own edification: Kurt Lewin had those diagrams of vectors and fields in his approach to personality.Although i see the phenomenological underpinnings of his work,is there any reason why he should not be viewed as a psychophysicist? Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida

Re: Definition of Psychology

Michael would you then insert ...mental state, and interaction with the external environment? Sometimes the external environment acts upon an individual with or without their interaction, altho I suppose you would say, well an individual will act, store or react to any such action (of the

First day of class

re the first day of class,check as many as possible that reflects your behavior. -_ You do not show up for class _ You show up for class and tell the class "see,ya next class" _ You show up for class,introduce yourself and pass out the course outline and dismiss the class _ you pass out the

Bumper stickers on campus

MIT = Made in Taiwan UCF (referring to the University of Central Florida) = U Can't Finish YOU SHOULD HAVE PICKED YOUR OWN COTTON Unique Perversity (Purdue U?) Michael Sylvester - This message was sent using Panda Mail. Check your regular email

Wild Boy of Avignon

What is the skinny about this wild boy who apparently did not develop a human language because he was raised by animals? At what age was he abandoned? What type of animals were they? Is this a true story? Seeking enlightenment. Michael Sylvester Daytona Beach,Florida

Exams and handshakes

During this Summer term,I wanted to find out if the nature of the post-exam handshake would indicate to me how well a student did on the exam. So after each exam,I shook the hands of the male students and I noted that the students who made very high scores gave a firmer determinative handshake

DNA:True/False

DNA does not lie! Right? It can be used to acquit individuals or upheld the convictions of criminals. But does the affirmation of DNA implies that a certain individual committed the crime? Since DNA is being hailed as the 100 percent solution,I guess we can rule out the possibility of Type 1 and

Fwd: student's question :human genome

what are the racist implications of the human genome project ? Michael Sylvester Daytona Beach,Florida - This message was sent using Panda Mail. Check your regular email account away from home free! http://bstar.net/panda/