[tips] "Management" system for computer lab

Hi We have a 30 computer lab used for stats, methods, and a few other courses. Does anyone have any experience with and / or suggestions for a system that would allow interaction between a main computer and student computers (e.g., monitoring activity of students, pushing info out to student s

[tips] BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - In Our Time, The Scientific Method

You might be interested in the latest episode of BBC4's "In Our Time," which features a discussion of the "scientific method" among Simon Schaffer, John Worrall, and Michela Massimi: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01b1ljm . Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York Univers

Re: [tips] gender versus sex

Along the same lines as the APA, I consider the word "sex" to be appropriate when you mean "male" or "female," and "gender" to be appropriate when you mean "masculine" or "feminine." Sexual orientation is another thing entirely. In some cultures (as has been pointed out), it might be _gender_-

Re: [tips] gender versus sex

You aren't talking about sex or gender, you are talking about sexual orientation, and whose business is that anyway? Original message >Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:35:02 -0800 >From: Marte Fallshore >Subject: [tips] gender versus sex >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)

Re: [tips] gender versus sex

The APA does discuss the distinctions in several places. Here is one: http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbt/resources/sexuality-definitions.pdf Sex *is *about biology and one should not assume sexual orientation or gender identity from it. Also, in your example, the inferences "most people" would make are

[tips] gender versus sex

Some colleagues and I are having a discussion about when it is appropriate to use the terms gender and sex. The issue is around a paper by a student where they are pointing out that in order to determine someone's sexual orientation, you need to determine their sex/gender. For example, if you se

Re: [tips] Little Albert

An observation from one who spends a lot of his time thinking about the history of psychology: It seems to me that Skip Beck (and his co-authors) take Watson at his word when it assists them in their quest (e.g., it was the hints about Albert's mother's identity in the Watson & Rayner article t

Re: [tips] Little Albert

Certainly a lot of speculation Since the type of conditioning process that Watson was investigating has been demonstrated on earthworms, the cognitive status of the subject doesn't seem particularly important. I do recall reading that Watson had originally planned a deconditioning (extinctio

[tips] Little Albert

As reported in Today’s Chronicle of Higher Education . . . . . A New Twist in the Sad Saga of Little Albert January 25, 2012, 5:12 pm By Tom Bartlett

Re: [tips] History of Psychology - Little Albert: A neurologically impaired child

Jeff: I have managed to skim sections of the article and agree with your expectations. Ken Kenneth M. Steele, Ph. D.steel...@appstate.edu Professor and Assistant Chairperson Department of Psychol

[tips] History of Psychology-Little Albert: A neurologically impaired child

Jeff Ricker pointed us to this new report: Little Albert: A neurologically impaired child. Fridlund, Alan J.;Beck, Hall P.;Goldie, William D.;Irons, Gary History of Psychology, Jan 23 , 2012 Evidence collected by Beck, Levinson, and Irons (2009) indicates that Albert B., the "lost" infant subject

Re: [tips] History of Psychology - Little Albert: A neurologically impaired child

On Jan 26, 2012, at 7:47 AM, Jeffry Ricker wrote: > Little Albert: A neurologically impaired child. There's also a blog post about the paper in the Chronicle of Higher Education here: http://chronicle.com/blogs/percolator/a-new-twist-in-the-sad-saga-of-little-albert/28423 Given the controvers

[tips] History of Psychology - Little Albert: A neurologically impaired child

Little Albert: A neurologically impaired child. Fridlund, Alan J.;Beck, Hall P.;Goldie, William D.;Irons, Gary History of Psychology, Jan 23 , 2012, No Pagination Specified. doi: 10.1037/a0026720 ABSTRACT Evidence collected by Beck, Levinson, and Irons (2009) indicates that Albert B., the “lost”