I've been having a ball checking out things on the sites that Jonathon Mueller sent. And of course Sue Frantz continues to wow us with all she offers. (Sue, do you ever sleep??? And what do you do in your spare time? JK, I'm pretty sure you don't have a lot of spare time.)
Thanks so much to both of you. There are hundreds of things to look at, so I know I won't get to all of them. But I am *almost* finished with this term - I have all but a couple of grades in at both colleges where I teach and only one more final for a no-show yesterday (I know... I'm a soft touch and gave her a second chance....Remember that nightmare that's fairly common, discussed here some time in the past, about how you go to the wrong room to take your final, or have the day wrong? That's what my student did. Now she'll have that nightmare as a *memory*), so suddenly I have time to play, and I want to share, especially with those of you who are still swamped. SO I'm electing myself the TIPS editor of the sites that Jonathon sent and sites that Sue has sent. I'm going to start a new TIPS thread and will concentrate JUST on classroom exercises that seem fairly simple but rewarding. I'm sure to miss some (feel free to share others in the new thread). But I was encouraged because the original reason I joined TIPS back in 1993 was to find some classroom exercises. Of course, I got some exercises, and a lot more. But this thread is just going to be on classroom exercises. I'm going to call it - TA DA - "Great Classroom Exercises." Here's an example of the kind of thing that the sites offered. I'll also post this exercise as the first in the "GCS" thread. This is from http://www.intropsychresources.com/pmwiki/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=ResourcesByType.ClassDemonstrations : I had a professor classically condition the class to salivate when he said "Pavlov," creating a nice parallel to Pavlov's dogs.To accomplish this, he began by giving everyone a small amount of powdered lemonade mix. He then instructed us to place a small pinch of the powder directly on our tongue immediately after he said "Pavlov." After 15-20 trials (spaced far enough apart so that the salivation stops between trials), he instructed us to NOT place the powder on our tongue during the next trial. He then said "Pavlov" and the whole class proceeded to salivate uncontrollably. Submitted -- Uriah S. Anderson, M.A. Arizona State University Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire --- 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=7225 or send a blank email to leave-7225-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
