[tips] March Madness & Working Backwards heuristic

Hi Just taught the working backwards heuristic in cognitive using the example of a tennis tournament. But given it is March Madness time, basketball would have been a better example ... with 64 teams, how many games are necessary? Going to the online brackets, easy to enumerate all the games ..

Re: [tips] Teaching theories of personality

II Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 28, 2015, at 11:00 AM, Michael Britt wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > It’s funny you should bring up this topic Annette. I’m teaching Intro to a > class of non-psych majors and I’ve been thinking a lot about the upcoming > chapter on personality. The

Re: [tips] What Might Psychologists Learn from the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Physics?

I received it yesterday… and again today. Hooray! Maybe I should write some articles for submission to the loosey goosey journals in Physics. Build my vita on their lax publication standards. LOL! Honestly, Dr. Hake, you’ll go a long ways winning friends and influencing people by critiquing the

[tips] What Might Psychologists Learn from the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Physics?

I transmitted this post to TIPS several days ago but as of today, 28 March 2015, it has not shown up on the archives at . Here's a second try: Some subscribers to TIPS might be interested in the following two articles on the possibilit

RE: [tips] APA Style: Spaces between sentences

Thank you so much Jim for the superb clip Jose ___ José Ferreira-Alves, PhD Assistant Professor School of Psychology University of Minho Campus de Gualtar 4710-057 Braga Portugal Tel. office: 253604233 Email: al...@psi.uminho.pt http://escola.psi.uminho.pt/docentes_investig

Re: [tips] Teaching Theories

Also, what do they need to know that might be warrantable, or reliable knowledge reflecting psych science? G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU > On Mar 28, 2015, at 2:51 PM, Steven Hall wrote: > > > > > > > > I am teaching Personality for the first time this semester at a ru

Re: [tips] Teaching Theories

I am teaching Personality for the first time this semester at a rural community college. I asked similar questions about the value of spending a lot of time on older theories. The textbook I am using doesn’t help much, throwing in theory after theory in just one chapter. I would love to hear what s

RE: [tips] Teaching theories of personality

Dear Tipsters, Michael Britt wrote: It’s funny you should bring up this topic Annette. I’m teaching Intro to a class of non-psych majors and I’ve been thinking a lot about the upcoming chapter on personality. The topics really are quite old. As is typical of most Intro books, the chapter sta

Re: [tips] Teaching theories of personality

Since most intro books have more chapters than I have time for in a semester, I would routinely cut out the personality chapter, or teach only bare bones of it. Paul C Bernhardt Associate Professor of Psychology Frostburg State University pcbernhardt☞frostburg.edu On Ma

RE: [tips] Teaching theories of personality

The different theories also allow for multiple explanations and diverse ideas explaining anorexia, children's behavior, drinking, and aggression and other ideas. Jim Matiya Florida Gulf Coast University Psychology Department Ft. Myers, Fl. Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a s

RE: [tips] Teaching theories of personality

Dear PSYCHTEACHERS, Michael Britt wrote: It’s funny you should bring up this topic Annette. I’m teaching Intro to a class of non-psych majors and I’ve been thinking a lot about the upcoming chapter on personality. The topics really are quite old. As is typical of most Intro books, the cha

Re: [tips] Teaching theories of personality

It’s funny you should bring up this topic Annette. I’m teaching Intro to a class of non-psych majors and I’ve been thinking a lot about the upcoming chapter on personality. The topics really are quite old. As is typical of most Intro books, the chapter starts out with the venerable old Freudi

Re: [tips] APA Style: Spaces between sentences

Thanks Jim for the great clip. I'll use it in my cognitive class next fall. I appreciate it! Mark ** Mark A. Casteel, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Penn State York 717-771-4028 ** - Original Message - From: "

RE: [tips] APA Style: Spaces between sentences

Hi As a short illustration of Mike's points 2 & 3 (and also the problem reading all caps), here's a short clip I use when introducing the topic of eye-tracking in cognitive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwNNij89qro Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-78

Re: [tips] APA Style: Spaces between sentences

On Sat, 28 Mar 2015 07:55:08 -0700, Carol DeVolder wrote: I'm glad you're OK, Mike. Thank you. I was working on lecture notes at home and I heard the explosion. I thought it must have been a manhole explosion because they have been happening a bit in NYC (salt and chemicals get into the unde

Re: [tips] APA Style: Spaces between sentences

I'm glad you're OK, Mike. On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 7:37 PM, Mike Palij wrote: > A couple of points on this raging debate: > > (1) As Rick Froman points out below, APA style started out with > 2 spaces after the period (what I learned as an undergraduate > in lab class and back in my high school t

RE: [tips] APA Style: Spaces between sentences

On Fri, 27 Mar 2015 19:24:06 -0700, Karl L Wuensch wrote: As usual, Mike has provided superb links. I opine that the effect of spacing on readability is likely affected by personal characteristics. In typing class in junior high I learned that a single space between sentences would earn