[tips] Welcome To The Experiment-Social Media Style

Yes, let's go back to the issue of what can/should internet social media companies do with respect to (a) manipulating the user experience without their consent, (b) analyzing the data from (i) general activities on the social media website and/or (ii) responses made (apparently) to the

RE: [tips] tips netiquette

Right on, Rick. That is how I deal with it, and it works great. Cheers, [Karl L. Wuensch]http://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/klw.htm From: Rick Stevens [mailto:stevens.r...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2014 9:08 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject:

RE: [tips] scheduling makeup exams

I do basically the same thing, but the makeup exam is a comprehensive exam that is not otherwise required. I do allow those who have missed no exams the option of taking the comp exam to replace their lowest other exam score. I get those spam/phish alerts for TIPS mail from

[tips] Accommodations

My students must take all of my exams including a cumulative final and all grades count. I reschedule makeup exams within a week of the exam. That way the student is not unduly punished (by having to wait until the end of the semester, which I think would be quite stressful) and I can figure

Re: [tips] Welcome To The Experiment-Social Media Style

Hi This simply continues a long standing practice that is now easier and more widespread. Think, for example, about analyses of personal ads and desired age of partners. Perhaps psychologists and other social scientists should be lining up with social media and arguing that current research

Re: [tips] tips netiquette

Same here ... Simply a rule in Outlook. Jim Sent from my iPhone On Sep 7, 2014, at 12:21 PM, Wuensch, Karl L wuens...@ecu.edumailto:wuens...@ecu.edu wrote: Right on, Rick. That is how I deal with it, and it works great. Cheers,

[tips] How to succeed at university

Hi I am writing something short about how to succeed at university for our intro students and wondered what advice people would give to students? I am focusing on concrete advice, ideally with empirical confirmation ... such as Attend class Distribute your study time ... Thanks Jim Jim

RE:[tips] How to succeed at university

Jim, I have my students read the following essay written by former (?) TIPS member, Patrick Cabe: http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~roigm/Why%20is%20Intro%20Psych%20so%20difficult.htm. Miguel From: Jim Clark [j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca] Sent: Sunday, September 07,

RE: [tips] How to succeed at university

Hi JIm, Here is an article I recently used with my students, but I am not sure if i is what yo uare looking for... Jim Jim Matiya Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have

Re: [tips] How to succeed at university

Hi Jim- Definitely agree with distributing study time. I used to tell students to limit studying t0 1/2 hour per subject per eight hour period. Also, mindful rather than mindless study. Why are you studying this? What are you going to do with the information? How is this knowledge connected to

Re: [tips] How to succeed at university

Don't spend class time catching up on Facebook, Twitter, etc. You AREN'T subconsciously taking in what the teacher is saying. You might as well still be home in your pyjamas. Chris ... Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 chri...@yorku.ca