I agree and so voted. Hope Bill can resist any intimidation or threat and just get the bozo off the list. Wow 15 years or more. Generally been a good group with some helpful ideas and tips! Gary
Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI 48710 989-964-4491 peter...@svsu.edu ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Shearon" <tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <tips@acsun.frostburg.edu> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 12:04:29 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [tips] response to Ed Callen All I agree primarily with the idea of elimination of behavior through extinction. However, as the person-of-interest already pointed out, it doesn’t work if a behavior is self-reinforcing. It clearly is- and for what appear to me to be mean-spirited reasons. The comment came from this individual recently was something to the effect that “good luck finding people who agree with you”. Add my name. A list is a community- participation in which requires a certain degree of self-control and empathy. Self-proclaimed superiority hardly matches the claims of community and egalitarian principles necessary in an open forum. Bill, I appreciate your patience and I respect your efforts running the list- it is, almost without exception, my favorite list * because of * the lack of rules and structure- but I do think it is possible to go too far. Tim From: Dennis Goff [mailto:dg...@randolphcollege.edu] Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 10:35 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] response to Ed Callen I know that I am quiet on the list, but I have been here a long time and am not leaving. There is too much of value here to let one person drive me away. As others have pointed out, that monitored list is not a replacement for the knowledge or sense of community on TIPS. I have used filters for the list for much of the time that I have been here so I do not see the “exuberant” posts that begin these discussions. Those messages go straight into my delete folder. My guess is that Bill Gates and his minions invented the delete folder for exactly this purpose. Thanks to Bill Southerly for maintaining the list. It must seem something of a thankless job at times like this. Dennis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dennis M. Goff Charles A. Dana Professor of Psychology Department of Psychology Randolph College ( Founded as Randolph-Macon Woman's College in 1891 ) Lynchburg VA 24503 dg...@randolphcollege.edu From: Frantz, Sue [mailto:sfra...@highline.edu] Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 11:04 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] response to Ed Callen I, too, have been on this list for 15 years, and I’m not going anywhere. This community has been too valuable to me. For those of you who lean toward public protests, I’ve set up a poll on the TIPS subscribers page ( http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/tips/index.htm ) where you are welcome to vote on whether M.S. should be retained or removed from TIPS. I’m not saying that the voting will have any impact one way or another, but raw numbers are easier to see, for everybody here, than speculation. For those who are more likely to protest in a less public manner, here again are the instructions for setting up filters in Outlook. If you use a different email system and would like assistance, you are welcome to email me off-list. Best, Sue From: Frantz, Sue [mailto:sfra...@highline.edu] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 9:34 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Hi all, There’s no need to leave the list because of one person. If you have Outlook, here’s how you can use filters to delete messages before you even see them. 1. In the top menu, select “Tools” then “Rules and Alerts.” Select “New Rule.” In the “Start from a blank rule” section, choose “Check messages when they arrive.” Click “Next.” 2. Check the option, “From people or distribution list.” Notice that this has been added to the box at the bottom of the screen. In that box, click on “people or distribution list.” In the “From” box, type in the email address of the person you’d like to delete. 3. Click “OK” then “Next.” Now check “Delete it.” 4. Click “Next,” then add an exception if you’d like. Then “Next” again. Click “Finish” and you’re done. If you’d like to delete replies to that person’s messages, create a new rule like you did in step 1. In step 2, select “with specific words in the body.” In the box at the bottom of the screen, click “specific words” and type in the person’s email address or name, depending on how much you want to filter. As long as people respond with the poster’s header included in the email, the email address will filter that message out. If responders delete the header, then only the person’s name will delete those messages. In any case, you’ll have less to delete manually. As a side note, I use a filter to move TIPS and other listserv messages out of my inbox and into their own folders. I also have email messages sent just to me show up in a color other than black. That makes it easier to sort the wheat from the chaff. My best, Sue -- Sue Frantz Highline Community College Psychology, Coordinator Des Moines, WA 206.878.3710 x3404 sfra...@highline.edu Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology, Associate Director Project Syllabus APA Division 2: Society for the Teaching of Psychology APA's p...@cc Committee --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.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) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.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)
