RE: [tips] naming labs

2011-10-06 Thread Annette Taylor
edu> From: William Scott [wsc...@wooster.edu] Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 7:55 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] naming labs Annette, You may be interested in the musings of another person in your position who had similar thoughts

Re: [tips] naming labs

2011-10-06 Thread William Scott
Annette, You may be interested in the musings of another person in your position who had similar thoughts. http://science-professor.blogspot.com/2011/06/awesome-lab-of-significant-science-and.html Bill Scott --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click

Re: [tips] naming labs

2011-10-06 Thread sblack
I'd call mine "Rover". Stephen Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca - --- You are

RE: [tips] naming labs

2011-10-05 Thread Annette Taylor
iego.edu> From: Jeffry Ricker [jeff.ric...@sccmail.maricopa.edu] Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 8:42 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] naming labs Hi all, I work at a community college, so I don't have a lab. But I do have a place where I

RE: [tips] naming labs

2011-10-05 Thread Annette Taylor
in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] naming labs I always favored 'Das Rathaus'. On Oct 4, 2011, at 8:56 PM, Ken Steele wrote: > > Hi Annette: > > As far as I can figure, people just pick a name that sounds good and cool and > catchy and go with with it. &

Re: [tips] naming labs

2011-10-05 Thread Carol DeVolder
I think Annette should have a contest for best name. I like Stall #3. Or maybe the Taylor Psychology Laboratory. Or Lavatory. Whatever. Carol Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 563-333-6482 --- You are currently subs

Re: [tips] naming labs

2011-10-05 Thread Jeffry Ricker
Hi all, I work at a community college, so I don't have a lab. But I do have a place where I think hard about how to be a better teacher, and where I do most of my best thinking. I've named it "Stall #3." Best, Jeff --

RE: [tips] naming labs

2011-10-05 Thread Leah Adams-Curtis
s-Curtis Director of Assessment Knox College 2 East South Street Galesburg, IL 61401-4999 309-341-7260 From: Patrick Dolan [mailto:pdo...@drew.edu] Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 9:58 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] naming labs My expe

Re: [tips] naming labs

2011-10-05 Thread Patrick Dolan
My experience mirrors Ken's. The practice seems fairly new (last 15 years), and I figured it was influenced by a couple well known named labs (eg. FIL in London- functional imaging lab). Friends who do neuroimaging followed suit with some fun names (PIL- psychological imaging lab, and after the

RE: [tips] naming labs

2011-10-05 Thread Bourgeois, Dr. Martin
hing in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] naming labs I always favored 'Das Rathaus'. On Oct 4, 2011, at 8:56 PM, Ken Steele wrote: > > Hi Annette: > > As far as I can figure, people just pick a name that sounds good and cool and > catchy and go with with

Re: [tips] naming labs

2011-10-05 Thread Brandon, Paul K
I always favored 'Das Rathaus'. On Oct 4, 2011, at 8:56 PM, Ken Steele wrote: > > Hi Annette: > > As far as I can figure, people just pick a name that sounds good and cool and > catchy and go with with it. > > Personally, I have found many lab names to be pretentious. (It's a room with > 4 f

Re: [tips] naming labs

2011-10-04 Thread Ken Steele
Hi Annette: As far as I can figure, people just pick a name that sounds good and cool and catchy and go with with it. Personally, I have found many lab names to be pretentious. (It's a room with 4 freaking computers!) and the title is laden with demand characteristics. What is one to think

[tips] naming labs

2011-10-04 Thread Annette Taylor
Ok tipsters, this might be an odd question. I know from my graduate and post doc experiences that people name their labs. Is there some formal process for this or do people just say to themselves, "this sounds good" and use whatever they come up with? Maybe with a good acronym to go with the n