[tips] HE IS RISEN

2014-04-19 Thread michael sylvester
michael "going beyond where no tipster has gone before." --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id

[tips] Guess Who Has The Best Jobs?

2014-04-19 Thread Mike Palij
Tenured faculty already know. See: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/04/19/cnbc-best-and-worst-jobs-of-2014/7881247/ Just be glad you're not a lumberjack (even if you're okay). -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.

RE: [tips] IQ g and SATs

2014-04-19 Thread Miguel Roig
No problem; it happens. :) Miguel From: Jim Clark [j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca] Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2014 11:55 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] IQ g and SATs Hi Apologies to Miguel for misspelling his name (twice!).

RE: [tips] IQ g and SATs

2014-04-19 Thread Mike Palij
On Sat, 19 Apr 2014 08:52:33 -0700, Jim "Gym" Clark wrote: >Hi Howdy. >I'm having trouble understanding Mike P's reluctance to accept >the evidence linked to in Miquel's posting. Quien es miquel? Well let me see if can make things clearer. But let me start off by saying that one should alwa

Re:[tips] Psychopaths' Brain

2014-04-19 Thread Mike Wiliams
I discussed these studies briefly with Kent when I attended one of his workshops sponsored by the MIND Institute. The imaging work they do is first class. The only reservation I have about psychopathy (and many areas like this in Psychiatry) is the determination of the independent variable.

[tips] Tolerate uncertainty

2014-04-19 Thread michael sylvester
Of all the guidelines for critical thinking,my favorite is to tolerate uncertainty.This seems appropriate for the current thread on psychopathy and the brain.One issue that should be addressed is whether behavior can radically change brain structure of the brain. Actors and actresses will admit tha

RE: [tips] IQ

2014-04-19 Thread Jim Matiya
That's okay Gym. Jim Matiya > From: j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca > To: tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu > Subject: RE: [tips] IQ g and SATs > Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 15:55:51 + > > Hi > > Apologies to Miguel for misspelling his name (twice!). > > Jim Clark > Professor & Chair of Psychology > U Winnipe

RE: [tips] IQ g and SATs

2014-04-19 Thread Jim Clark
Hi Apologies to Miguel for misspelling his name (twice!). Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology U Winnipeg Room 4L41A 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa

RE: [tips] IQ g and SATs

2014-04-19 Thread Jim Clark
Hi I'm having trouble understanding Mike P's reluctance to accept the evidence linked to in Miquel's posting. 1. Mike questions the credibility of the authors in a somewhat back-handed way ... he doesn't know if they are experts (while admitting that he is not an expert). If being editor of J

[tips] Oscar Pistorius/My Lady

2014-04-19 Thread michael sylvester
I have been paying attention to the trial in South Africa and I noted that the presiding judge is being addressed as"My Lady".In the U.S we would use the term "judge" to address the judge whether male or female.Political incorrectness or political correctness maybe? Is this protocol of Brit or D

re: [tips] IQ g and SATs

2014-04-19 Thread Mike Palij
On Sat, 19 Apr 2014 05:25:26 -0700, Miguel Roig wrote: Those of you who contributed and/or followed the recent thread on IQ and g may be interested in reading the following article in Slate: Yes, IQ Really Matters: Critics of the SAT and other standardized testing are disregarding the data. http

Re: [tips] IQ g and SATs

2014-04-19 Thread John Kulig
Yeah, the data they summarize is easily accessible and not new. On the SAT- GPA correlation, range-restriction is the big factor. The correlation gets smaller when colleges "pre-select" by denying admissions below a certain SAT score of X - hence they have no SAT-GPA data for that lower part. W

[tips] IQ g and SATs

2014-04-19 Thread Miguel Roig
Those of you who contributed and/or followed the recent thread on IQ and g may be interested in reading the following article in Slate: Yes, IQ Really Matters: Critics of the SAT and other standardized testing are disregarding the data. http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2

[tips] Not all axons are uniformly myelinated

2014-04-19 Thread Miguel Roig
And you thought all axons were completely myelinated https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/insulating-sheath-nerve-cells-isnt-even-coat http://www.sciencemag.org/content/344/6181/319.abstract Miguel --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click