Sometimes I get the blank space, sometimes I don't. With or without Paul (appauled)
On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Tim Shearon <tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu>wrote: > > > > > > > Two things- One, is everyone else getting a large blank space at the top > of their tips posts? Second- I’m appalled at my spelling of “appauled”. J > > Tim > > > > *From:* Tim Shearon [mailto:tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu] > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 05, 2013 1:43 PM > *To:* Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > *Subject:* RE: [tips] Google autocomplete & psychology > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Carol > > As an experiment I once did a google search for something I’d never > searched for before and never usually buy. I think it was something like > toothpaste for sensitive teeth. I had a separate tab open to facebook. When > I went back to the FB tab it was still showing the same ads as before (that > was maybe 5 seconds). I clicked on a link for a video (a further 5 seconds > or so) and it opened as a pop-up but said the video had been removed so I > closed it- (now we are up to maybe 20 seconds since the search. The ads had > changed and included. . . “Sensodyne”. I know they had adjusted my ads > within a half minute. I was both impressed and somewhat appauled. > > Tim > > _______________________________ > > Timothy O. Shearon, PhD > > Professor and Chairperson, Department of Psychology > > The College of Idaho > > Caldwell, ID 83605 > > email: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu > > > > teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history > and systems > > > > "You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." Dorothy Parker > > > > > > > > *From:* Carol DeVolder > [mailto:devoldercar...@gmail.com<devoldercar...@gmail.com>] > > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 05, 2013 12:24 PM > *To:* Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > *Subject:* Re: [tips] Google autocomplete & psychology > > > > > > > > > > Something I find most disconcerting is how products I've looked at online > (e.g., using a company's website) end up showing up on Facebook as specific > suggestions. I understand how gmail puts ads across the top and sides of > the page, but the connection between looking at a product without the > "help" of Facebook (I may not even have it open at the time) and how the > product ends up on the side of my page is beyond me. Kind of scary. This > article (which I may have gotten from an old TIPS post) is a fascinating > read. > http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/magazine/shopping-habits.html?_r=0 > > Carol > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Tim Shearon <tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu> > wrote: > > Ken, and others > The algorithms Google uses are proprietary and secret but it's pretty > clear they are snooping our searches (among other things). Clearly it's > not just search history on the computer but also between the different > search engines as the answers I get, Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc. are quite > qualitatively different. I don't know if that results in some sort of > digital psychodynamics. :) (Sorry if I've repeated something already said. > I'm reviewing files today and distracted) > Tim > _______________________________ > Timothy O. Shearon, PhD > Professor and Chairperson, Department of Psychology > The College of Idaho > Caldwell, ID 83605 > email: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu > > teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history > and systems > > "You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." 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