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Subject: Re: [tips] behavioral dilemma
I agree, and am delighted that many seem to recognize the value of good
observation and description, and the role of presump
At this point, I would say to the student that he has made an
interesting anecdotal observation and that he needs to verify his
observation first.
I like the idea of videotaping. First, the student could do a
simple count of how many people take glasses from the pile vs.
the tidy line. Ne
I agree, and am delighted that many seem to recognize the value of good
observation and description, and the role of presumptive vantage points
underlying such accounts. The class could explore the assumptions and biases
involved in naive descriptions as a critical thinking exercise. How do
ps
I hesitate to point this out, butthere is no evidence that this
behavior exists or is "automatic" and that the "fact" that "he fully
understands that when people go to these places they are not
'themselves' but rather some zombie-like shell of themselves" to me is
a bizzarre assumption. Especia
Because the behavior is almost certainly automatic, then I think it is likely a
'apparently/possible newness is better' heuristic is operating, and it may be
related to individual differences in germ awareness.
I agree with Beth that doing some videotaping and observation to see if there
are a
Description is not explanation.
Michael "omnicentric "Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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I have been to Sea World in Orlando many times and have observed no such
thing.But as the cross-cultural dude on Tips,the characteristics of the
audience could be of some import,in Orlando the audience is significantly
European.
I magine in San Diego it has a large Asian contingent and Latin.I
Just saw movie Social Network about Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. The
portrayal left me thinking of autism spectrum. Anyone else see this and think
Aspbergers (sp?) when seeing him? He seemed very IQ-bright, and aloof
emotionally; and Facebook really fits this picture of being able to cont
On Sun, 10 Oct 2010 07:01:29 -0700, Annette Taylor wrote:
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>... His job is to take a HUGE pile of these glasses as people
>deposit them into a barrel, exiting the previous show, and to
>disentangle the pile and lay them out neatly on a table so that
>people going into the show can just gr
For a start, I'd think the student might want to set up a video camera and
take a video of people selecting their glasses. There might be some clues
there. Are men more likely to select from the tangled pile? Or women?
Taller people? Do difficult-pile selecters seem more friendly? Less/more
i
Hi Annette,
I'm sure others will have a more sophisticated answer, but a few things came to
mind as I read your post. First, people often display strange superstitious
behavior--especially if they think "germs" are involved. Could it be that the
tangled pile seems like it could be a newer, perha
A student in my intro to psych class asked me this question, which I think
would have an answer someplace in social psych:
He works at SeaWorld, a large amusement park. He prefaced his question by
telling me that he fully understands that when people go to these places they
are not 'themselves'
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