I winced at your chiding of Kimberly, Ed. I don't think the purpose of TIPS should be to make someone feel embarrassed for asking a question, whether or not they could find the answer themselves with some diligent searching.
Your reminder about googling and Google Scholar is a good one for all of us though. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 8:16 AM, Pollak, Edward <epol...@wcupa.edu> wrote: > Kimberly C. Patterson asked "Does anyone know of a study where colors of a > room affect students?" > > When a student asks me such a question I tell them to do a Google or Google > Scholar search. I try to help them [pick out the best key words but I much > prefer they learn how to do it themselves. In this case I just searched for > "colors mood psychology" and got a number of excellent hits. Give it a try. > It's what we should be teaching our students to do. Frankly, it's a little > embarrassing when a colleague has to ask such questions. > > Ed > > Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. > Department of Psychology > West Chester University of Pennsylvania > epol...@wcupa.edu > Office Hours: Mondays 12-2 & 3-4 p.m.; Tuesdays & Thursdays 8-9 a.m. & > 12:30-2 p.m. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Husband, father, grandfather, biopsychologist, & bluegrass fiddler...... in > approximate order of importance. > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: beth.ben...@gmail.com. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n=T&l=tips&o=6331 > or send a blank email to > leave-6331-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- 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=6333 or send a blank email to leave-6333-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
