Also, Mike, I'll see your "submit" and raise you a "resist."
On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 9:08 PM, Jim Clark <j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca> wrote: > > > Hi > > > > Just higher education is too coarse a metric. Would be nice to see > breakdown by major or degree. > > > > Also, highly educated Republican may be an increasingly rare creature? So > perhaps something of an anomaly. > > > > Take care > > Jim > > > > > > > > Jim Clark > > Professor of Psychology > > University of Winnipeg > > 204-786-9757 <(204)%20786-9757> > > Room 4L41A (4th Floor Lockhart) > > www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark > > > > > > *From:* Michael Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] > *Sent:* February-07-18 8:31 PM > *To:* Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > *Cc:* Michael Palij > *Subject:* [tips] If You Have Republican Students, Teach Them The > Difference between Science and Ideology > > > > > > Because it appears that as Republicans get more education, > > the less they rely upon science on issues like climate change > > and more on what political elites tell them to believe. Democrats > > learn not to trust political elites and rely more on scientific > > evidence -- there's a dissertation in there -- which validates > > higher education at least for a portion of the population. I don't > > know what independents do. What is the basis for these statements? > > A NY Times article based on Gallup survey research on attitudes; > > see: > https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/11/14/upshot/ > climate-change-by-education.html?em_pos=medium&emc=edit_ > up_20180207&nl=upshot&nl_art=7&nlid=389166&ref=headline&te=1 > > To show how reliance on ideology can really screw things up, > > it might be useful to start out with the example of Lysenkoism (see: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysenkoism ) but, because its about Russia, > > Young Republicans might believe that Lysenkoism is the correct view. > > So, critical thinking might be a great thing to teach but certain types > > of political ideology might be resistant to it. Then you might want to > > shift gears and ask when is it appropriate to submit to unjust or > > ignorant authorities? Then spring this: > https://bible.org/seriespage/10-submission-authorities-1-peter-213-25 > > Next, cover cost-benefit analysis. Ask why would one accepts > > costs over benefits IF one is not being altruistic. > > -Mike Palij > > New York University > > m...@nyu.edu > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca. > > To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=3229968. > 90f21a83d5f62f052ba84a49e2f91291&n=T&l=tips&o=52073 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to leave-52073-3229968. > 90f21a83d5f62f052ba84a49e2f91...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: devoldercar...@gmail.com. > > To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=177920. > a45340211ac7929163a0216244443341&n=T&l=tips&o=52074 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to leave-52074-177920.a45340211ac7929163a02162444433 > 4...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > -- Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 563-333-6482 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=52076 or send a blank email to leave-52076-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
