And what about automatic doors? Is that an example of overlearning? cd
Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Psychology St. Ambrose University Davenport, Iowa 52803 phone: 563-333-6482 e-mail: devoldercar...@sau.edu -----Original Message----- From: Deborah S Briihl [mailto:dbri...@valdosta.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 7:52 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] JND,Absolute thresholds etc Of course, that is assuming that the door isn't as deaf as a, well, you get the point :). Christopher D. Green wrote: >Wow Mike P! That was SO divergent! :-) >Chris >========= > >Mike Palij wrote: >> On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:40:54 -0700, Carol DeVolder wrote: >> >>>> Elaborative and deep processing such as the following? >>>> >>> [Michael Sylvester channeling Khadafy/Gaddafi/Whatever wrote:] >>> There is some evidence that auditory instructional manuals are more >>> effective when recorded by females than males-something about the >>> female voice that commands attention.However,there is the exception >>> that the male voice is best for training a door. >>> >> >> I heard that this really depends upon the door. The male voice >> seems to work best when training METAL doors while female >> voices seem to work best when training WOOD doors. There >> may be 3-way interaction between gender of trainer, type of door, >> and what exactly the door is being trained to do, but one really >> doesn't hear enough about what doors are being trained to do >> these days. >> >> As for females voices commanding attention, I find this might be >> true for statement like "OOooooh! BAABY!" or "What the hell >> do you think you're doing??!??" but I could be wrong. >> >> -Mike Palij >> New York University >> m...@nyu.edu >> >> >> >> > > >--- >To make changes to your subscription contact: > >Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) ---------------------------------- Deb Dr. Deborah S. Briihl Dept. of Psychology and Counseling Valdosta State University 229-333-5994 dbri...@valdosta.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
