So I’m listening in the background as my 14 year old daughter watches Miley
Cyrus in some movie she made a few years ago. She and her handsome boyfriend
are having an argument (on the beach at sunset). She really wants to get
something resolved but suddenly her boyfriend just grabs her face
Extracting lessons from stories is a process fraught with so many
difficulties (see Bible). Perhaps one is not intended to take the actions
depicted in this movie as models but just as a report of what happened with
these two (fictional) people. Even if there is supposed to be a lesson,
Good points Chris. But hermeneutics? On a Monday? Too heavy
Michael A. Britt, Ph.D.
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On Jul 28, 2014, at 10:15 AM, Christopher Green chri...@yorku.ca wrote:
Extracting lessons from stories is a process fraught with
Roddy Roediger had an article in the NY Times about a week
and a half ago on the effect of regular testing of material that is
to be retained for long periods of time, such as what is taught in classes.
Tipsters may know of his research on the testing effect or the
retrieval practice effect
While not exactly what you are looking for, take a look at
http://bechdeltest.com
A movie passes the test if it has the following
1. It has to have at least two [named] women in it
2. Who talk to each other
3. About something besides a man
Deb
Deborah Briihl
Dept of psych and counseling
Valdosta
The Facebook research study that caused much negative reaction
raised the question of how often Facebook and other websites
conducted such research without getting informed consent from
the participants. The answer appears to have been given by the
founder of the website OkCupid, Christian
Consumer researchers have manipulated pricing, packaging, product placement,
etc and monitored purchasing patterns for decades, all without informed
consent. For internal purposes, why should be expect informed consent for
doing what we would have done anyway (shopped for a product - or used a
Talk about a low common denominator. Just BTW, an interesting (i.e.
unfortunate) male student response to the fact that I, as so many other
women, enjoyed Nancy Drew mysteries during childhood due to the strength
of her character. A young guy guffawed as if this was a laughable so I
asked if he
Appreciated your response Chris. Wish to state this with care but the
research on couples discussing issues of conflict conducted by John
Gottman has shown that couples do NOT have to agree on everything but,
instead, it's important to pick your battles with care. Basically what
his empirical
On Monday, July 28, 2014 4:42 PM, Douglas Peterson wrote:
Consumer researchers have manipulated pricing, packaging,
product placement, etc and monitored purchasing patterns for
decades, all without informed consent.
I readily admit to not knowing enough about the history of consumer
research
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