Re: [tips] The "Reach" of Psychology

2013-01-28 Thread sblack
On 27 Jan 2013 at 23:48, Jim Clark wrote: > Now if only we could figure out a way to map out how what we say in > class or write in books is disseminated about the universe (or at > least the immediately sentient part of it that we inhabit). Actually, I think we already have. Join TIPS and post.

RE: [tips] My fake college syllabus - Salon.com

2013-01-28 Thread Shapiro, Susan J
[Shapiro, Susan J] ... Nice post Chris! I'm right in there with using any technology tool that I think will benefit my students (Or help me manage my time. I love self-grading quizzes.) I have been crying "Wolf" for some long it seems to have become like "Crying Wolf". We need to pay attentio

[tips] Job posting in biopsych

2013-01-28 Thread Patrick Dolan
Hi folks- The Drew University Psychology Department is currently seeking a non-tenure track assistant professor of psychology with specialization in the biological bases of behavior for a two-year appointment. We would appreciate you bringing this announcement to the attention of anyone who m

Re: [tips] My fake college syllabus - Salon.com

2013-01-28 Thread Christopher Green
Paul asks: "What can we do to educate the public about the reality of our work?" At the risk of igniting a flame war, it seems to me that a good portion of the public's misperception of professors' work comes from the fact that there is an entire industry now dedicated to convincing the public a

[tips] To buy or not to buy the textbook

2013-01-28 Thread MiguelRoig
A funny decision tree about whether students should or should not buy the textbook: http://chronicle.com/article/graphic/136875/ Miguel --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70

[tips] Milgram

2013-01-28 Thread don allen
For those of you teaching about Milgram's (in)famous experiment the following might be of interest: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/01/28/170272582/do-we-treat-our-gadgets-like-they-re-human?ft=1&f=1019 "Researchers recently performed a version of the infamous Milgram experiment with a twi

RE: [tips] computer perception

2013-01-28 Thread Marc Carter
I suppose OCR software might be able to do it. But I don't know much about how OCR software works. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts & Sciences Baker University -- From: Rick Stevens [mailto:stevens.r...@

[tips] computer perception

2013-01-28 Thread Rick Stevens
I was talking about the use of distorted text for the Captcha screening device in my cognitive class. A computer-literate student pointed out that a web bot would not find text, but a jpeg file. This brought up the question of why the text needs to be distorted at all. The bot won't be seeing a

Re: [tips] My fake college syllabus - Salon.com

2013-01-28 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
And, the attitude presented in that piece (doubtless representing a reality seen by more than a handful of faculty) is the reason that there is little sympathy for increasing funding of higher education. What can we do to educate the public about the reality of our work? Paul On Jan 28, 2013,

[tips] Hitler, family man

2013-01-28 Thread sblack
Even the powerful phrase, "The banality of evil", doesn't do justice to this staggering material. Surely there is psychological importance to these home movies. Perhaps also political, for their depiction of the "family values" of one of history's most unspeakably evil individuals and his asso

[tips] My fake college syllabus - Salon.com

2013-01-28 Thread Christopher Green
I steadfastly deny having experienced any amusement while reading this satirical piece of the university course syllabus. http://www.salon.com/2013/01/26/my_fake_college_syllabus/ Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada chri...@yorku.ca