[tips] Is there Really Anything to This?

2015-09-30 Thread Michael Britt
The media is, as they say, having a “field day” with the research on how bad sitting is for you. This is perfect isn’t it? Take something we do every day and almost can’t escape doing (sitting) and find some research (no matter how good/bad) on how bad it is for you and then go crazy with it.

[tips] Is there

2015-01-23 Thread michael sylvester
a recency bias on Tips? michael --- 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...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5

[tips] Is There a Gender Achievement Gap in Introductory College Psychology?

2013-08-17 Thread Richard Hake
Sorry - I mistitled my last post! Some subscribers to TIPS might be interested in a recent post "Reducing the Gender Achievement Gap in Introductory College Physics" [Hake (2013)]. The abstract reads: ABSTRACT: Jane Jackson of the PhysLrnR list has called attention to the "Science" article "R

[tips] Is there a psychoanalytic interpretatation of

2013-05-04 Thread michael sylvester
women spectators at the Kentucky Derby wearing those hats? michael --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=25385 or send a blank email to leave-25385-13090.68da6

Re: [tips] Is there a Canadian Black Friday?

2012-11-22 Thread Jim Clark
Hi I cannot speak for all of Canada, but here in Winnipeg stores are trying to compete with their own special sales in order to reduce people crossing border to North Dakota and points in the USA beyond (Mall of America, anyone?). I would guess that border cities are particularly susceptible

[tips] Is there a Canadian Black Friday?

2012-11-22 Thread msylves...@copper.net
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Re: [tips] Is there

2011-12-06 Thread John Kulig
much on the biological/evolutionary side of this, which is too bad. == John W. Kulig, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Coordinator, University Honors Plymouth State University Plymouth NH 03264 == - Original Message ----- From: "don a

Re: [tips] Is there

2011-12-04 Thread don allen
ith family and friends. Trying to accurately assess the percentage of atheists in the US would be a difficult task but I would suggest that most cited figures are underestimates. -Don. - Original Message - From: Michael Palij Date: Saturday, December 3, 2011 5:43 pm Subject: Re: [tips

Re: [tips] Is there

2011-12-03 Thread Jim Clark
Hi There is quite a bit written of course about atheists in the context of the science versus religion debates, in particular about the relatively secular nature of many scientists and how they might have gotten that way. Another possible consideration is how can one study the unique character

Re: [tips] Is there

2011-12-03 Thread Michael Palij
On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:27:40 -0800, Michael Sylvester wrote: |a Psychology of Atheism or would that issue be subsumed under the Psychology of |Religion? To Which John Kulig wrote on Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:02:29 -0800: >I attended Div 36 (spirituality and religion) confefrence once and athiesm did >no

[tips] Re: [tips] Is there

2011-12-03 Thread ku...@plymouth.edu
: "michael sylvester" Date: Sat, Dec 3, 2011 3:27 pm Subject: [tips] Is there To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa3328

[tips] Is there

2011-12-03 Thread michael sylvester
a Psychology of Atheism or would that issue be subsumed under the Psychology of Religion? Michael --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=14604 or send a blank em

Re: [tips] Is there a Pavlov revisionist history?

2011-08-07 Thread michael sylvester
Did Pavlov really demonstrate those principles assocuated with conditioning-generalization,extinction,discrimation and spontaneous recovery? To what extent was he demonstrating a novel conditioning with those different types of objects or was he demonstrating stimulus generalization? I would ima

Re: [tips] Is there a Pavlov revisionist history?

2011-08-07 Thread sblack
On 4 Aug 2011 at 22:16, Mike Palij (yada, yada) wrote: > First, according the Wikipedia entry on Pavlov, he used number of > different stimuli as an unconditioned stimulus (UCS); see: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Pavlov > > Quoting from the article: > > |It is popularly believed that Pav

Re: [tips] Is there a Pavlov revisionist history?

2011-08-05 Thread michael sylvester
Thanks Mike for all the references.I do not think that Wikipedia was around when I was an undergrad. I find most of my Russian acquaintaces more intelligent than the everyday American Joe-six pack. They are also good at multitasking such as computer electronics,wood working,and other tasks.They

re: [tips] Is there a Pavlov revisionist history?

2011-08-04 Thread Mike Palij
On Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:22:46 -0700, Michael Sylvester wrote: >I have been surrounded by Russian speaking folks for the past few days Sounds like you've fallen into bad company. ;-) >and I am curious if the books reflect Pavlov's birth place as St.Petersburg or >Leningrad. Which books are you

[tips] Is there a Pavlov revisionist history?

2011-08-04 Thread michael sylvester
I have been surrounded by Russian speaking folks for the past few days and I am curious if the books reflect Pavlov's birth place as St.Petersburg or Leningrad. Was the bell person a die hard Commie? Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to ti

Re: [tips] Is there a real scientific Psych

2010-12-05 Thread Michael Smith
Please leave the poetry and allegory and metaphor to English majors, they do a much much better job. >From what I read, it seems that the author has missed most of the pionts entirely and has inserted his own misconceptions to further "clarify" the issue. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed

Re: [tips] Is there a real scientific Psych

2010-12-05 Thread roig-reardon
"Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Sent: Sunday, December 5, 2010 11:12:41 AM Subject: RE: [tips] Is there a real scientific Psych Gary, That was very well "said!" A little light in the darkness of a cold winter's night. I will try to remember it the next

RE: [tips] Is there a real scientific Psych

2010-12-05 Thread Dennis Goff
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Is there a real scientific Psych In browsing all the early posts about this question, we see a lot of fake santas...and real ScroogesI mean pretend and wanna-be scientists, and cynics that abound in the field. Many have the v

[tips] Is there a real scientific Psych

2010-12-05 Thread peterson
In browsing all the early posts about this question, we see a lot of fake santas...and real ScroogesI mean pretend and wanna-be scientists, and cynics that abound in the field. Many have the view (mythological in my opinion) that for santa to be real...I mean for Psych science to exist, the

Re: [tips] Is there a Tips holiday effect?

2010-11-22 Thread John Kulig
03 AM Subject: [tips] Is there a Tips holiday effect? It seems that during he Thanksgiving and Xmas recesses posts on Tips become more comical,funny, some U.S and religion bashing especially from Christopher. Could this be construed as a winter ionic effect? I suspect that our Canadian colle

[tips] Is there a Tips holiday effect?

2010-11-22 Thread michael sylvester
It seems that during he Thanksgiving and Xmas recesses posts on Tips become more comical,funny, some U.S and religion bashing especially from Christopher. Could this be construed as a winter ionic effect? I suspect that our Canadian colleagues are remorseful that they do not get to eat turkey

Re: [tips] Is there freedom of speech in Canada?

2010-07-05 Thread michael sylvester
Christopher DLet me say this about that.It is not a sin to ask a question or to seek viewpoints from multiple sources. Mentioning "white folks" is not racism or being prejudiced.Ironically the real prejudice lies with folks who have made up their minds that all of my posts are not relevant to th

Re: [tips] Is there freedom of speech in Canada?

2010-07-05 Thread Michael Smith
I think the most probable reason is his racism and more generally a prejudicial disposition. Such attitudes scream to be heard and probably need little to no reinforcement from others to keep going. Just the existence of the perceived enemy is reinforcement a plenty. --Mike On Mon, Jul 5, 2010

Re: [tips] Is there freedom of speech in Canada?

2010-07-05 Thread Christopher D. Green
Bob, There are several people on this list whom I mostly ignore. I'm sure most everyone on TIPS has their own such list. However, when someone -- even among those I usually ignore -- states what is a clear falsehood in an area in which I am relatively certain of my facts, I respond, lest the u

Re: [tips] Is there freedom of speech in Canada?

2010-07-05 Thread Dr. Bob Wildblood
Chris Green wrote as a last comment in his response to a person to be unnamed here: > 5) Why is a man who regularly claims to be the only > one on TIPS who is sensitive to ethnic bias also the > only one who regularly casts aspersions on Canada > and Canadians? The inconsistency is striki

Re: [tips] Is there freedom of speech in Canada?

2010-07-04 Thread Christopher D. Green
1) John Stossel is a toad, to a first approximation. 2) Section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees: (a) freedom of conscience and religion; (b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication;

[tips] Is there freedom of speech in Canada?

2010-07-04 Thread michael sylvester
A program titled What's great about America by John Stossel npted tha Canada does not have a First amendment and freedom of speech can be ambiguous in Canada.It was noted that one may express his or her opinion but if the speech is detrimental to the future of career of another person then one c