RE: [tips] Teach statistics before calculus
I'd agree, withte proviso that by hand allows things like excel. One can build formulas in excel and not have to do the tedious and time-wasting computations we all had to do (who thinks it's important to compute sums of squares with hand calculators anymore?). Time is better spent, as far as I can tell, talking about the mathematical objects (what *is* a sum of suqares? how does it behave?) than using up time calculating it. But, that's just my two cents. m From: Christopher Green chri...@yorku.ca Sent: Wednesday, October 1, 2014 8:40 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Teach statistics before calculus That is good Jim, and I do the same thing, but it is only a start. Most of the stats actually used in psychological research is continuous, not discrete. As for stats courses that allow student to depend on computers, and never do hand calculations using formulas… this student have not learned statistics. They have learned data-entry. Chris ….. Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P# Canada chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo ... On Oct 1, 2014, at 8:01 AM, Jim Clark j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca wrote: Hi One reason I like probability and binomial in intro stats (despite student protest) is that students can determine p distribution if H0 true, without calculus. And provides a concrete foundation for normal distribution, which binomial approaches as n increases. Also possible to use simulations to show the resulting probability distributions agree nicely with theoretical ps produced by calculus. Although calculus allows for alternative (deeper?) understanding of distributions, not clear that it is necessary. Of course, calculus has other benefits for stats, such as proof that SS is a minimum. Take care Jim Sent from my iPhone On Oct 1, 2014, at 5:42 AM, Miguel Roig ro...@stjohns.edu wrote: Chris, I believe that we have had discussions here about the practicality of teaching students to do hand calculations from formulas given the wide availability of statistical software. If so, do those who learn in classes in which the emphasis is primarily conceptual and software-based even taught how to look up p values in those tables? :) Miguel -Original Message- From: Christopher Green [mailto:chri...@yorku.ca] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 6:15 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Teach statistics before calculus Funny, just earlier today I was saying that the reason so many students have so much trouble with the (continuous) statistics that we teach in psychology is that we are essentially trying to teach them a topic that requires a knowledge of calculus without making them take calculus first. That's what all those tables in the back of the book are: they integrate over probability distributions so that we can lookup (rather than calculate directly) the proportion of area up to a given x-axis value (z, t, F, chi-square, etc.). So this guy might be right that stats is at the top of the pyramid, but only because it passes directly through calculus. Chris . Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P# Canada chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo ... On Sep 30, 2014, at 5:04 PM, Miguel Roig ro...@stjohns.edu wrote: It's only 3 minutes long and there is probably nothing here that you don't already know, but I thought it was worth sharing. http://www.ted.com/talks/arthur_benjamin_s_formula_for_changing_math_education Miguel ___ Miguel Roig, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology St. John's University 300 Howard Avenue Staten Island, New York 10301 Voice: (718) 390-4513 Fax: (718) 390-4347 E-mail: ro...@stjohns.edu http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~roigm http://orcid.org/-0001-5311-5651 On plagiarism and ethical writing: http://ori.dhhs.gov/education/products/plagiarism/ ___ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: chri...@yorku.ca. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92n=Tl=tipso=38783 or send a blank email to leave-38783-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: ro...@stjohns.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=1632838.7e62b84813297f170a6fc240dab8c12dn=Tl=tipso=38787 or send a blank email to leave-38787-1632838.7e62b84813297f170a6fc240dab8c...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca. To unsubscribe click here:
RE: [tips] That Blowed Up Real Good!
Gosh,that was hard to watch and not be reminded of September 11. The Trade Towers pretty much imploded like and generated all that dust. m -Original Message- From: Mike Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] Sent: Monday, August 25, 2014 9:37 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Michael Palij Subject: [tips] That Blowed Up Real Good! NOTE: Turn your sound down if you watch the videos in these articles. Unless, of course, you like broadcasting that you're watching a building implode. This past weekend the good people of Albany, NY, got a chance to see urban renewal at work as the Wellington Hotel Annex was leveled by controlled implosion. A new convention center will be erected in the area and I wouldn't be surprised if EPA (the regional psych org, not the environmental thingie) holds a meeting there shortly after the center opens (they'll probably get a great rate). The implosion was well-documented by citizen reporters (i.e., people who watched with their smart phone's video on; one wonders how many people took video of the scene -- I wouldn't be surprised if it were in the hundreds) and some of these videos are up on the Gothamist website; see: http://gothamist.com/2014/08/24/videos_onlookers_delight_at_magical.php The first video has someone engaged in uncontrolled giggling during the implosion -- one wonders what response this person had on 9/11. But I guess that merriment at an event like this only to be expected when one knows they're not at any danger. For those whose imploding building hunger is not sated, here's some videos of a building that was imploded on Governors' Island (off the southern tip of Manhattan, NYC); see: http://gothamist.com/2013/06/09/watch_the_the_tallest_building_on_g.php The second video looks like it was shot from one of the high rise apartments in Battery Park City (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_Park_City ). The person taking the video seems to me to show the right attitude (i.e., no giggling). There are also some fantastic shots of New York harbor with the Verrazano-Narrows bridge in the background. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=38083 or send a blank email to leave-38083- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=38098 or send a blank email to leave-38098-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] statistics teaching: SPSS vs R
Is R like vi? Vi is very user friendly. It's just picky about its friends. m PS Although I got pretty adept with it, I still hate it. It is vile. (Speaking of, Vile is apparently a more user-friendly version of vi.) From: Hugh Foley [mailto:hfo...@skidmore.edu] Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 1:50 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] statistics teaching: SPSS vs R Last year, some students from my adv stats course (taught with SPSS) asked me to teach them R in the spring. I knew nothing about R, but I'd enjoyed using Field's SPSS text to supplement Keppel Wickens and knew that he had a version with R: http://www.amazon.com/Discovering-Statistics-Using-Andy-Field/dp/1446200469/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1408732248sr=8-1keywords=andy+field+r I'm sure that Field is not to everyone's liking, but I enjoy his irreverent examples and his stats knowledge seems solid. Here's my take on my R adventure... It's admirable that people are actively working on R. It may well survive for a long time. That's the good news. The bad news is that people are actively working on R. That means that stuff breaks with new versions. (As in the many pieces of software incompatible with new versions of an OS.) For example, I think that some of the programs that Field developed for R (in a 2012 text) won't work with the newest versions of R for Mac. And a nice package for post hoc analyses wouldn't work with the latest Mac version (for Mavericks compatibility...and Yosemite is on the horizon...EEK). That said, I could get all the big analyses to work by using examples from Field's text within RStudio. (It may all be easier on a PC.) I would argue that with sufficient investment of time (but see David below), learning R with a supporting text (such as Field's) could lead to mastery of a package that would be even more powerful than SPSS in lots of ways. People seem to be developing statistical software for R all the time, while SPSS seems fairly stagnant for software that isn't business related. I'll be teaching adv stats again this fall (for the last time). I will surely use SPSS, but I may accompany each example in SPSS with R code. Hugh On Aug 22, 2014, at 10:13 AM, David Epstein da...@neverdave.commailto:da...@neverdave.com wrote: In discussions of R, I tend to think of what programmer Jamie Zawinski once said about Linux: that it's only free if your time has no value. :) --David Epstein da...@neverdave.commailto:da...@neverdave.com --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: hfo...@skidmore.edumailto:hfo...@skidmore.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13238.0e762b65028402721e10bbc97ede52b7n=Tl=tipso=38043 or send a blank email to leave-38043-13238.0e762b65028402721e10bbc97ede5...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-38043-13238.0e762b65028402721e10bbc97ede5...@fsulist.frostburg.edu -- Hugh J. Foley Department of Psychology Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 518-580-5308 http://www.skidmore.edu/~hfoley -- And I still don't know if I'm a falcon, a storm, or an unfinished song. Rilke -- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=38050 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-38050-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-38050-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=38100 or send a blank email to leave-38100-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Biological/Physiological Psychology Behavioral Neuroscience
I'm very late to this party (got sick). It seems to me that biological psych is a much broader field than behavioral neuroscience. But perhaps that's just how I've come to teach them … m From: Gerald Peterson [mailto:peter...@svsu.edu] Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 3:04 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Biological/Physiological Psychology Behavioral Neuroscience Carol, I thought the FUN group sounded interesting. I asked a psych colleague here in the college of Health and Human Services if he was familiar with it. Gulphe is Jeffrey Smith, and he wrote back quickly. He is the current president of Fun and attended the summer conference of FUN with one of our biology faculty and also one of our clinical neuropsych faculty. And so it goes G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Aug 22, 2014, at 2:25 PM, Carol DeVolder devoldercar...@gmail.commailto:devoldercar...@gmail.com wrote: My take on this is that biological psychology or physiological psychology as a fairly broad term that encompasses most species; behavioral neuroscience (or more simply neuroscience) does this as well, however the term is simply a sexier version. This (or these) discipline(s) study everything from cell bio (e.g., neurotransmitters, glia, neurocytology) with a definite biochemistry underpinning. Neuropsychology, on the other hand, involves the relationship between biological mechanisms and human behaviors (for the most part). Language in primates, affect in human and non-human animals, neural plasticity, recovery of function--all are part of this, but the emphasis is on people. An offshoot of this is the APA division 40, Clinical Neuropsychology. Personally, I think much of it has to do with the attractiveness of saying I am a neuroscientist rather than I am a biopsychologist. Both may mean the same, but one sounds a whole lot jazzier than the other. My department is crafting an advertisement for a new position--coming soon--and we have been wrestling with this type of wording. Some schools have interdisciplinary neuroscience majors that emphasize philosophy as well, with courses like philosophy of the mind, and consciousness. We are a department that deals with people, we don't have space for animal labs, and our students who go to grad school tend to go on to programs either in clinical psychology, physical therapy, or allied health fields. Our position will reflect our emphasis on the psychology part of it. A helpful organization is Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience (FUN), and Annette, you may find some help with your question within that organization http://www.funfaculty.org/drupal/ Happy Friday! Carol (undercover--AKA, Carol) On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Annette Taylor tay...@sandiego.edumailto:tay...@sandiego.edu wrote: Words change...usage changes...but people sometimes have a hard time changing. We currently have a search underway for a biological psychologist. It would seem that the concept of a biological psychologist is outdated and that the proper search might be for a behavioral neuroscientist. But there are people in our department who insist that the perspectives are different and that we really want a biological psychologist--someone trained in a psychology department and not someone trained for example, in a biology department or even an interdisciplinary department. Someone whose focus is primarily on behavior--not necessarily human--but definitely behavior and not something like the molecular level. So a person could study learning and memory at a more global behavioral level or at a finer tuned level in terms of brain structures, or a even finer tuned level yet at the molecular level. I think that the argument among some (I don't have this perspective so I'm trying to be fair to those who do) is that is that once you get down to cellular levels and below you are no longer a biological psychologist. Is there any sense among tipsters as to any real difference in what a traditional biological psychologist might bring to a department as opposed to a behavioral neuroscientist? We are at a crucial growth junction having initiated a program in behavioral neuroscience to complement our program in psychological science. The feeling among some is that the biological psychologist would be better serve the general psychological science program in the sense of preparing students who want to go into areas such as human relations/business or into law school or even into clinical areas with less than a PhD--i.e., areas that need a fundamental understanding of brain/behavior relationships, but not so finely tuned to the cellular levels and below. I'd appreciate some feedback as to where the field is going. (It seems to be that interdisciplinary neuroscience is the direction but I could be wrong on that. I'm not sure how to best research this objectively in some way other than looking at
RE: [tips] Psychology and Politics
I'm about as liberal as they come. It just seems to me that the liberal world-view fits the data better than any alternative. Especially the bootstraps crap that I get tossed at me. (Fundamental attribution error? Locus of control? All those things seem to support the idea of a strong social safety net rather than a lecture on how people don't try hard enough.) m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Carol DeVolder [mailto:devoldercar...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2014 7:17 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Psychology and Politics I'm pretty darned liberal. On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 6:46 PM, Beth Benoit beth.ben...@gmail.commailto:beth.ben...@gmail.com wrote: Michael alerted me back channel that not many from TIPS have responded. I think this is an interesting bit of news: i.e., are psychology profs more likely to be liberal or conservative. What say you, colleagues? I'm quite liberal. Anyone else willing to admit to one side or the other? Beth Benoit Plymouth State University Plymouth, New Hampshire On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.commailto:mich...@thepsychfiles.com wrote: After reading articles like this one: ...90.6 percent of social and personality psychologists describe themselves as liberal on social issues (compared with 3.9 percent who describe themselves as conservative), and 63.2 percent describe themselves as liberal on economic issues (compared with 10.3 percent who describe themselves as conservative). http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jarryd-willis/polarized-psychology-is-science-devalued-in-a-divided-society_b_4839207.html one of my Psych Files facebook members asks, Are most psychologists liberal? Does the liberal mindset affect the way Psychology is understood and even taught?. Good questions. Are we all mostly liberal? Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.commailto:mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: @mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: beth.ben...@gmail.commailto:beth.ben...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72n=Tl=tipso=35019 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-35019-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-35019-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: devoldercar...@gmail.commailto:devoldercar...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=177920.a45340211ac7929163a021623341n=Tl=tipso=35036 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-35036-177920.a45340211ac7929163a021623...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-35036-177920.a45340211ac7929163a021623...@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: marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=35039 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-35039-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-35039-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=35233 or send a blank email to leave-35233-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] What to do with skewed data
I fear I'm coming late to the party, but do find this useful: http://www.google.com/url?sa=trct=jq=esrc=ssource=webcd=1sqi=2ved=0CCkQFjAAurl=http%3A%2F%2Foak.ucc.nau.edu%2Frh232%2Fcourses%2FEPS625%2FHandouts%2FData%2520Transformation%2520Handout.pdfei=GpSGUvTxG8aI3AXGg4C4Cgusg=AFQjCNEj_VHiueIGnPTfv4eLFEYd6Zlj3gbvm=bv.56643336,d.b2I I can't attest to the validity of these transformations, though: it's a wee bit beyond my ken. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Michael Britt [mailto:mich...@thepsychfiles.com] Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 12:01 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] What to do with skewed data I did a survey which asked respondents how satisfied they are in their current (romantic) relationship on a 1=10 point scale (where 10=very satisfied). While there was some variation, not surprisingly, the results are strongly negatively skewed. That makes sense - most people are probably satisfied with their relationships or they would leave the other person (or there's some form of cognitive dissonance going on, but that's not my question. No matter how big the sample size (mine was 160 respondents) I assume you'll always get a skewed distribution on a question like this so wouldn't I be breaking the normalization assumption if I were to do correlations using these results? I assume I could either do: a) do some kind of transformation - but I've never done one before so I'm not familiar with it, or b) recode the data into 3 categories (perhaps 1-5 is low satisfaction, 6-7 is moderate and 8-10 is high) and do a chi- squre instead of a correlation. Any thoughts? Appreciate it. Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: @mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=30023 or send a blank email to leave-30023- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=30161 or send a blank email to leave-30161-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Google autocomplete psychology
Facebook can track you even if you're logged out. http://lifehacker.com/5843969/facebook-is-tracking-your-every-move-on-the-web-heres-how-to-stop-it I use noscript and firefox so that it can't do that. It sort of bugs me that it does that. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Carol DeVolder [mailto:devoldercar...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 1:24 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.edumailto: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.edumailto:tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and systems You can't teach an old dogma new tricks. Dorothy Parker --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: devoldercar...@gmail.commailto:devoldercar...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=177920.a45340211ac7929163a021623341n=Tl=tipso=29811 or send a blank email to leave-29811-177920.a45340211ac7929163a021623...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-29811-177920.a45340211ac7929163a021623...@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: marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=29813 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-29813-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-29813-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=29939 or send a blank email to leave-29939-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Positive Psychology
Related thing: of what possible meaningfulness can fractional milliseconds have? That has always troubled me. (Although I confess to having reported them on occasion...) m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Paul C Bernhardt [mailto:pcbernha...@frostburg.edu] Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 10:51 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Positive Psychology Last post of the day... Which brings us to a particular peeve of mine: the lack of attention to significant figures in social sciences. We create a false sense of precision of measurement by retaining way too many digits in our reported values. We calculate means and habitually round to 'two decimal places' as if that is correct. It is rarely correct. The text I teach stats from says to round to one more decimal place than the original data was measured. That's still incorrect from a significant figures perspective, but is at least not too badly creating a false impression of precision of measurement. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Significant_figures How this persists, I do not know... sigh Paul On Oct 31, 2013, at 11:14 AM, Christopher Green wrote: Here's a general rule about mathematics and science: if you can't even measure your data accurately and precisely (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accuracy_and_precision) then you can't make accurate and precise predictions. One of my favorite points in my stats class each year is when I have taught them all that elaborate machinery for extracting a regression line from bivariate data, and then how to use it to make predictions. They are all feeling very empowered at that point. And then I start working the standard error of the estimate, and they gradually realize that for most common kinds of psychological data, the confidence interval on any given prediction rarely gives you a range much better than top half of the data or bottom half of the data. I put it to you that very little in psychology is measured either precisely or accurately -- especially emotional states like happiness -- and so point predictions of the kind presented in the article were unlikely to be very useful even if the first author had understood the math (or the co-author had understood psychology). (I, too, 20 years or so ago, thought that non-linear dynamics might unlock psychology, until I realized that we mostly didn't have data good enough to bear that level of scrutiny.) Bigwigs like Seligman who praised the article (presumably taking the math on faith) should have known better, but we all know that positive psychology is equal parts Barnum and Carnegie, with just a soupçon of illustrative data to make it seem worth arguing about (don't we?). Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada chri...@yorku.camailto:chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ = On 2013-10-31, at 10:18 AM, Jim Clark wrote: Hi I loved this quote in the article from a book titled Social science as sorcery. The recipe for authorship in this line of business is as simple as it is rewarding: just get hold of a textbook of mathematics, copy the less complicated parts, put in some references to the literature in one or two branches of the social studies without worrying unduly about whether the formulae which you wrote down have any bearing on the real human actions, and give your product a good-sounding title, which suggests that you have found a key to an exact science of collective behaviour. (Andreski, 1972, pp. 129-130) Reminds me of some of the similarly damning comments about post-modernist and like efforts to see relevance to social phenomena in such things as relativity theory and quantum physics. I could not follow the math in the article but my take-away was that some people in our discipline are too quick to push theory way ahead of any empirical base. I've always been struck by how The origin of species cites massive amounts of data (i.e., observations) in support of a few basic principles. Unfortunately in psychology, I believe we have moved too far in the direction of thinking that major theoretical advances happen quickly. One manifestation of this view is the requirement that papers for some (most?) of our major journals must be large multi-study papers with strong theoretical conclusions. What we need are more journals that publish the results of studies (damn the theory) that can then be integrated once sufficient and reliable observations are available. In essence what journals like the Journal of Experimental Psychology and Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior use to be. Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor Chair of Psychology 204-786-9757 4L41A -Original Message- From: Paul C Bernhardt
RE:[tips] The Tragedy of An Adjunct
Just read a Robin Williams quote: Canada is like a nice apartment over a meth lab. I find it difficult to argue with that... m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Jim Clark [mailto:j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca] Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 10:28 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE:[tips] The Tragedy of An Adjunct Hi As much as a comment on Adjuncts, I saw this as a sad commentary on healthcare in the US, since medical care appeared to be one of the reasons an 83 year old woman needed to work at a very low-paying job. But then I'm Canadian with a quasi-socialized medical system, like most developed countries in the world. Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor Chair of Psychology 204-786-9757 4L41A -Original Message- From: Annette Taylor [mailto:tay...@sandiego.edu] Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 8:30 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE:[tips] The Tragedy of An Adjunct I intensely dislike tear-jerkers; never to go a movie that is described as such and this post-gazette piece is of that genre--dramatized to artificially create emotion. Then the kicker was the author's affiliation: so here is a university where the union wants to come in and unionize the adjuncts and there follows the tear jerker by a union official. I realize that the workload versus the compensation of adjuncts is not balanced; I started my professional life as an adjunct and I will probably end my professional life as an adjunct in my retirement years. But I don't need to have my emotions twisted by an external factor to have compassion and a reasoned understanding of that plight. I felt manipulated by this piece rather than saddened. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 tay...@sandiego.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c 9n=Tl=tipso=28120 or send a blank email to leave-28120- 13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=28128 or send a blank email to leave-28128- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=28129 or send a blank email to leave-28129-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Who pays highest taxes for health care?
Gotta be the US. People without insurance wind up costing taxpayers a lot more money than they would have paid if the uninsured could get care before things get really bad. We're just dumb. -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Christopher Green [mailto:chri...@yorku.ca] Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 1:00 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Who pays highest taxes for health care? So, here's to day (only-tangentially-related-to-psychology) trivia question. The residents of which of the following countries contribute the MOST TAX DOLLARS PER CAPITA toward health care? a) UK b) Canada c) US d) Australia e) Netherlands Keeping in mind that all but one of those countries pays for universal medical coverage out of tax revenues (or other similar mandatory payroll deductions). The answer may surprise you, as will many other things about this short video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSjGouBmo0Mfeature=youtu.be Regards, Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada chri...@yorku.camailto:chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ = --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=27883 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-27883-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-27883-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=27886 or send a blank email to leave-27886-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Obama on Federal Support of Education
Saw this http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/21/books/mark-edmundsons-essays-ask-why-teach.html?_r=0 this morning. Sort of bucks the trend. I wish it would catch on... m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Christopher Green [mailto:chri...@yorku.ca] Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 2:37 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Obama on Federal Support of Education Miguel, I didn't even get into the question of occupational vs. real education. For the sake of argument, I accepted that occupational training was the primary goal of higher ed. Even under that assumption, I predict this plan will fail in the ways I outlined. Now let's talk about the (de-)merits of that vision of higher ed. Chris - Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 Canada chri...@yorku.ca The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=27252 or send a blank email to leave-27252-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Nagel on Limits of Science
I need to read the book, but my take on it is that Nagel is claiming that science simply has no language for connecting subjective, qualitative experience with objective, observable events: the language of physics cannot tell us, e.g., what it's like to be, say, a bat - or a person. I think in that he's correct. We have since the early 90's been very successful at finding ever more NCCs (neural correlates of consciousness) without having made significant moves to understand how those NCs relate to the other C: we simply don't have a way to connect them conceptually, and until we can do that, we're not going to be able to do it in a lab. Where I think he overreaches is suggesting that we will never have such an ability. I believe every mental event is of course simultaneously a physical event, and that one day we'll be able to describe how the one gives rise to the other. (I'm not, however, sanguine about the prospects of my being around when we do.) The reason I'm tentative here is that I'm unsure about whether he's making an ontological (viz. Cartesian) or epistemological claim (it seems the former, but I do need to read the book, and I did read the Times piece before I'd had much coffee this morning). But based on other things I've read of his, I think he's more Searle than Dennett. But Nagel's always fun, even if you disagree with him... m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Paul Brandon [mailto:pkbra...@hickorytech.net] Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 1:37 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Nagel on Limits of Science I don't believe that most contemporary philosophers agree with him either. On Aug 20, 2013, at 12:05 PM, Jim Clark wrote: Hi Following article describes purported limits on science's capacity to explain psychological phenomena. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/the-core-of-mind-and-cosmos/?_r=1; The comments clearly indicate that popular readers do not buy the argument ... although of course a certain segment of society undoubtedly will. Take care Jim Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.netmailto:pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=27188 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-27188-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-27188-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=27191 or send a blank email to leave-27191-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Question...
Hi, All -- Hope your school years are off to a good start, if they've started (we start Wednesday and I am SO not ready). But I have a question: am I being a pedant if I insist that my students never report an exact _p_ value? IIRC from my calc days, the probability of obtaining an exact value of a random variable is zero. I suppose I should just go with the flow, but it sort of rankles... What do you all think? m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=27152 or send a blank email to leave-27152-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE:[tips] Question...
Hi, Jim -- But that's my point (no pun intended): if I report p = .xx, then I'm reporting a point, not an interval. If I report p .xx, then I'm reporting an interval. Am I misunderstanding? (It's been known to happen...) m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Jim Clark [mailto:j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca] Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 1:47 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE:[tips] Question... Hi I think this is a miss-application of that rule. The p value is an area, not a point estimate. Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor Chair of Psychology 204-786-9757 4L41A -Original Message- From: Marc Carter [mailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu] Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 1:42 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Question... Hi, All -- Hope your school years are off to a good start, if they've started (we start Wednesday and I am SO not ready). But I have a question: am I being a pedant if I insist that my students never report an exact _p_ value? IIRC from my calc days, the probability of obtaining an exact value of a random variable is zero. I suppose I should just go with the flow, but it sort of rankles... What do you all think? m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c 9n=Tl=tipso=27152 or send a blank email to leave-27152- 13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=27153 or send a blank email to leave-27153- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=27154 or send a blank email to leave-27154-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE:[tips] Question...
Okay then, I shall think on this some more, and relax more. :) Thanks! m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Jim Clark [mailto:j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca] Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 2:18 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE:[tips] Question... Hi Consider the binomial distribution. One calculates an exact probability that for n = 20 and p = .5, p(x = 13) = .xx (whatever .xx is). If one now approximates this with a normal distribution, we find the area between 7.5 and 8.5 and report p = .yy (roughly). That is, we do not (cannot?) say that p is .yy, as that would be nonsense. Considering now the tails of the distribution, if we want to approximate the p value for x = 8, then we report (estimated) p between 7.5 and 20, and it would be nonsense to say p = some value as it could actually be greater given it is an estimate. Extending this thinking to the p value for a statistical results, we are calculating (estimating) the probability that our test statistic is greater than or equal to the observed value. That is, p = .05 = p(z = 1.645) = an area or the interval between 1.645 and infinity. I guess another way to think about this is that our observed value may have noise associated with it, but the probability distribution does not. That is, given a specified value for z, t, F, whatever, the probability for that value is exact. Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor Chair of Psychology 204-786-9757 4L41A -Original Message- From: Marc Carter [mailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu] Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 2:00 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE:[tips] Question... Hi, Jim -- But that's my point (no pun intended): if I report p = .xx, then I'm reporting a point, not an interval. If I report p .xx, then I'm reporting an interval. Am I misunderstanding? (It's been known to happen...) m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Jim Clark [mailto:j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca] Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 1:47 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE:[tips] Question... Hi I think this is a miss-application of that rule. The p value is an area, not a point estimate. Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor Chair of Psychology 204-786-9757 4L41A -Original Message- From: Marc Carter [mailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu] Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 1:42 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Question... Hi, All -- Hope your school years are off to a good start, if they've started (we start Wednesday and I am SO not ready). But I have a question: am I being a pedant if I insist that my students never report an exact _p_ value? IIRC from my calc days, the probability of obtaining an exact value of a random variable is zero. I suppose I should just go with the flow, but it sort of rankles... What do you all think? m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720 c 9n=Tl=tipso=27152 or send a blank email to leave-27152- 13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90 e 1n=Tl=tipso=27153 or send a blank email to leave-27153- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above
RE: Re:[tips] Why my mind no longer changes on weed?
I've had exactly the opposite experience -- an increased sensitivity - or else pot is a whole lot more potent than it used to be... (Or perhaps both?) m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Carol DeVolder [mailto:devoldercar...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 3:52 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: Re:[tips] Why my mind no longer changes on weed? In all seriousness, it's likely that you have developed a tolerance to the effects, including subjective ones. Carol On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Wuensch, Karl L wuens...@ecu.edumailto:wuens...@ecu.edu wrote: As much as Mike's hypothesis appeals to me, the weed seems to affect others here. Cheers, Karl L. Wuensch -Original Message- From: Mike Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edumailto:m...@nyu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 9:31 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Michael Palij Subject: Re:[tips] Why my mind no longer changes on weed? On Wed, 14 Aug 2013 03:38:56 +, , Karl LWuensch wrote: It stopped having any noticeable effect on me, many years ago. Is this unusual? How does this happen? Cheers, Dear Karl, I don't know how to say this delicately so I'll just say it straight: it is God's punishment for the evil and wicked behavior of North Carolina (NC) both past and present. Yes, whatever euphoric or other positive effects marijuana might have had on residents of NC have been suspended for the sins that they and their ancestors have committed. Why would God choose to eliminate the positive effects of marijuana as His/Her/It's punishment? I don't know but God does work in mysterious ways. As for them there sins, allow me to elucidate: (1) Eugenics: forced sterilization and other eugenics practices were popular in the U.S. before WWII (just ask Chris Green), some saying that this was the inspiration for the Nazi laws for increasing the fitness of the German people. For the role that North Carolina played, see this article from the Salon website: http://www.salon.com/2013/08/11/north_carolinas_shocking_history_of_sterilization/ Briefly quoting from the article: |North Carolina's first sterilization law was recorded in 1919, but |sterilizations did not begin until 1929, after the passage of Buck v. |Bell, when one vasectomy, one castration, and one ovariectomy were |performed (the state's law was unusual in allowing castrations for |therapeutic treatment). ... |By July 1935, the state had sterilized 223 men and women, most of them |residents of state-run institutions. (It is unclear whether state-run institutions included state colleges). It should be noted that NC was NOT the first to propose a eugenics sterilization law; that honor goes to Indiana who passed a law in 1907. But don't think that Indiana is getting away scot free: it is being published by having Republican governors and putting some of them in charge of the state's major universities; see: http://socialistworker.org/2013/08/14/whats-wrong-with-indiana and http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/07/17/e-mails-reveal-censorship-efforts-by-mitch-daniels-as-indiana-governor/ But let's get back to NC's activities that have robbed their residents of marijuana's positive effects. (2) Voter Suppression: current Governor Pat McCrory has just signed a state law that will restrict non-Republicans from voting. For background on this see: http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/North_Carolina_Joins_The_Parade Even the Catholics are upset by it; see: http://ncronline.org/blogs/distinctly-catholic/shame-north-carolina These anti-democracy tendencies cannot go unpunished. (3) Arresting Riff-Raff: By riff-raff I don't mean ordinary people but the rapper Riff Raff. Riff Raff is from Houston, Texas and as everyone knows: You don't mess with Texas. See: http://blog.chron.com/hottopics/2013/08/riff-raff-arrested-in-north-carolina/ (4) Anti-Sharia Law Laws: NC has recently passed a law that would prevent Sharia or Islamic law from being imposed on North Carolina. See: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/08/09/north-carolina-your-anti-sharia-law-takes-the-cake.html Quoting from the Daily Beast article: |Why would Republicans in North Carolina feel the need to prevent a |threat they admit isn't real? Even the North Carolina Bar Association |called the legislation unnecessary. | |Maybe looking at the legislative history of this proposed bill will |give you some insight. The Republican-controlled House's version also |included provisions to restrict a woman's right to an abortion. So in |the very same breath these Republicans were trying to prevent Islamic |law from being imposed, they were trying to impose Christian law. | |No surprise, then, that they fear Muslims will be trying to impose |their own religious-based laws-it's exactly
RE: [tips] Is this a safe classical conditioning activity?!
We use a parka, spray bottle (set on stun - er, I mean mist), and a clicker. Takes about ten trials for acquisition, and extinction is pretty quick. The S has his or her eyes closed throughout. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Rick Stevens [mailto:stevens.r...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2013 6:27 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Is this a safe classical conditioning activity?! How many trials is it supposed to take to produce the conditioning? Rick Stevens Psychology Department University of Louisiana at Monroe stevens.r...@gmail.commailto:stevens.r...@gmail.com OSGrid - Evert Snicks On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 5:27 AM, MiguelRoig miguelr...@comcast.netmailto:miguelr...@comcast.net wrote: I would think that this is equivalent to eye blink conditioning. In the absence of further pairings, the conditioned dilation would quickly extinguish itself. Miguel From: Sally Walters swalt...@dccnet.commailto:swalt...@dccnet.com To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 6:10:30 PM Subject: [tips] Is this a safe classical conditioning activity?! I like the activity that Hock (2013 suggests: to classically condition the pupil of the eye to dilate to the sound of a bell. However somebody asked me if it was safe and I realized I don't know the answer! It's a homework activity, done by turning out the lights after ringing a bell. I'd also have them try to extinguish the response. I assume it's safe, but does anyone know anything to the contrary?? Hock, R. R. (2013). Forty studies that changed psychology (7th ed.). Boston: Pearson. Thanks, Sally Walters Thompson Rivers University --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: miguelr...@comcast.netmailto:miguelr...@comcast.net. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=466839.0421d1005414eed82340aa280e7ce629n=Tl=tipso=26188 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-26188-466839.0421d1005414eed82340aa280e7ce...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-26188-466839.0421d1005414eed82340aa280e7ce...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: stevens.r...@gmail.commailto:stevens.r...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13526.d532f8e870faf8a0d8f6433b7952f38dn=Tl=tipso=26197 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-26197-13526.d532f8e870faf8a0d8f6433b7952f...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-26197-13526.d532f8e870faf8a0d8f6433b7952f...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=26199 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-26199-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-26199-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=26235 or send a blank email to leave-26235-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] For Your Next Lab Class: How To Build Your Own Cyborg Cockroach
You can put them in the freezer for ten minutes or so and get the same effect as the ice water, but more easily. It takes a lot to kill a roach. I used to hunt them with a bb gun (in So. Texas -- the giant palmetto bugs). The ricocheting bbs did, however, take a toll on the walls that my father (rightly) objected to. m PS The fact that I more enjoyed shooting them suggests that I am one who finds them super icky. And I scream like a 5-year-old when one takes to flight and lands on me. -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Mike Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 1:45 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Michael Palij Subject: [tips] For Your Next Lab Class: How To Build Your Own Cyborg Cockroach For those of you who are handy working with electronic components and doing surgery on large bugs, here's something you might consider doing for your next lab class though you probably should practice first to make sure that you know what you're doing when you create your cyborg cockroach. Yes, this is very weird. Anyway, here is one of several articles that are currently out there on how a new company Backyard Brains is selling RoboRoach kits and materials. Check out the video at the end of the article (which is also on the YouTube); see: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/06/cyborg-cockroaches- may-become-new-teaching-tools-in-neuroscience-classes/ NOTE #1: I did not know that ice water anesthetizes cockroaches. NOTE#2: Definitely not for people who find cockroaches super icky. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu P.S. It's probably a good a idea to get your cockroaches from the Backyard Brains folks instead of using home grown ones. ;-) --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=26051 or send a blank email to leave-26051- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=26063 or send a blank email to leave-26063-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Conspiracy lovers
I haven't been keeping up with the conversation, but doi:10.1177/0956797612457686 A recent Psych Science article on conspiracies and a motivated rejection of science. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Christopher Green [mailto:chri...@yorku.ca] Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 12:54 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Conspiracy lovers On 2013-06-06, at 12:57 PM, John Kulig wrote: In-group, out-group joke of the day: Nobody goes to Coney Island anymore. It gets too crowded! Stolen like a thief in the night from Yogi Berra! http://quote.webcircle.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?city=New%20York Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada chri...@yorku.camailto:chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ = --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=25937 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-25937-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-25937-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=25938 or send a blank email to leave-25938-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] WOOHOO!!!! The New Phonebook Is HERE!!!! Part Z
I have a copy of the first, error-ridden one. It was the first time that I'd convinced the APA that I deserved a desk copy (maybe they realized that I'd caused the sale of thousands of those manuals over the years and didn't want to jeopardize that). However, when I asked for a copy of the second, corrected printing, they said no. So now I have a couple copies in the library and no longer require its purchase of my students -- I give them the main things, and let them go to the library if they need more help. I'm not going to give APA any more money. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Mike Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 8:44 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Michael Palij Subject: [tips] WOOHOO The New Phonebook Is HERE Part Z Ooops! I mean the kindle version of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association has been released and is available on Amazon; see: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CPUBEBM I wonder if this is the first printing (the one full of errors) or later printings? -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=25558 or send a blank email to leave-25558- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=25559 or send a blank email to leave-25559-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] WOOHOO!!!! The New Phonebook Is HERE!!!! Part Z
And this: The newly-revised Sixth Edition has not only been rewritten. It has also been thoroughly rethought and reorganized, making it the most user-friendly Publication Manual the APA has ever produced. is a bunch of hooey. Give me the 3rd for ease of use, hands down. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Mike Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 8:44 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Michael Palij Subject: [tips] WOOHOO The New Phonebook Is HERE Part Z Ooops! I mean the kindle version of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association has been released and is available on Amazon; see: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CPUBEBM I wonder if this is the first printing (the one full of errors) or later printings? -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=25558 or send a blank email to leave-25558- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=25560 or send a blank email to leave-25560-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE:[tips] Testing
Finals. Final papers/projects. Buried -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Paul C Bernhardt [mailto:pcbernha...@frostburg.edu] Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 11:46 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Testing No messages for several days... tap tap tap Is this thing working? Can you hear me now? Paul --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=25496 or send a blank email to leave-25496- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=25497 or send a blank email to leave-25497-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE:[tips] cognitive psychology final exam
Hi, Annette -- Depending on the text I'm using, I'll often do a take-home final (8-12 pages) that asks students to use at least 5 experimental results to critique (pro and/or con) the information-processing model of cognition. That forces them to do some synthetic work across different cognitive domains, and if they do it well, they'll have to get into the notion of distributed processing. A pain to grade, but then, I usually only have about ten students in those classes. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Annette Taylor [mailto:tay...@sandiego.edu] Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2013 2:27 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] cognitive psychology final exam I always give a comprehensive final in classes (to enhance distributed practice effects) and have used the same few essay items in a pool I created. However, I thought it might be good to expand my small pool. So I am asking if anyone on the list has some items that span across topics in cognition. For example, one of my items asks students to evaluate the idea of depth in terms of memory (Craik Lockhard), language (Chomsky), and problem solving (Gick Holyoak). I also use one on feature detection (pattern recognition), feature frequency models (categorization) and feature comparison models (semantic organizaation). I have few more that are similarly cross-chapter items. Anyone have other similar items to share for a final exam? Thanks. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 tay...@sandiego.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=25398 or send a blank email to leave-25398- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=25412 or send a blank email to leave-25412-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] CCompare and contrast
Oh, please forget to mention Henry. I'm still scarred from Portrait of a Lady and have a CER whenever I hear his name. ;) m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Christopher Green [mailto:chri...@yorku.ca] Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 4:24 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] CCompare and contrast On 2013-04-28, at 3:15 PM, michael sylvester wrote: William James' stream of consciousness and William Faulkner's stream of consciousness. And don't forget to mention William James' brother, the novelist Henry James, and William James' student, the novelist Gertrude Stein. Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada chri...@yorku.camailto:chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ = --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=25266 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-25266-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-25266-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=25281 or send a blank email to leave-25281-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] p .05, reliable, and other highly significant things...
Many thanks to all for the reassurance. I always tell my students, significance is like being pregnant: one either is pregnant or one is not; it does not admit of degree. (Although those of you who have borne children might disagree!) I also got some new ideas for how I might talk about some of these things with my students. This is a great listserv. Thanks again, m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=25179 or send a blank email to leave-25179-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Polling...
Hi, All -- A poll: Am I being too picky about the use of the phrase, highly significant (or something similar) when it's used to describe a very low-probability result? It sort of drives me crazy; all I can hear is my graduate math stats teacher threatening to kill us if we ever said something like that. I still read it in papers and it's like fingernails on a chalkboard. But perhaps I should just chill out? What do you think? m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=25137 or send a blank email to leave-25137-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Polling...
That's a good question. I'm prepping for a discussion tomorrow of Bandura, Ross Ross (1961), and they use highly significant to describe a result where the _p_ is .02 – which to me doesn't really merit highly anything. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: MiguelRoig [mailto:miguelr...@comcast.net] Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 1:10 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Polling... I get a similar reaction when I read that expression. The question for me is this: Has there ever been a consensus as to what obtained p level merits that designation? Miguel From: Marc Carter marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 2:03:04 PM Subject: [tips] Polling... Hi, All -- A poll: Am I being too picky about the use of the phrase, highly significant (or something similar) when it's used to describe a very low-probability result? It sort of drives me crazy; all I can hear is my graduate math stats teacher threatening to kill us if we ever said something like that. I still read it in papers and it's like fingernails on a chalkboard. But perhaps I should just chill out? What do you think? m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: miguelr...@comcast.netmailto:miguelr...@comcast.net. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=466839.0421d1005414eed82340aa280e7ce629n=Tl=tipso=25137 or send a blank email to leave-25137-466839.0421d1005414eed82340aa280e7ce...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-25137-466839.0421d1005414eed82340aa280e7ce...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=25139 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-25139-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-25139-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=25140 or send a blank email to leave-25140-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Expression of Support for Bostonians
Hear, hear. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Mike Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 6:15 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Michael Palij Subject: [tips] Expression of Support for Bostonians Just want to let our colleagues and people in Boston know that they are in our thoughts and that we hope that they get through this difficult period of time as best they can. News reports tell us that many colleges and universities are closed now as a manhunt for one of the marathon bombers proceeds. Stay strong. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=25102 or send a blank email to leave-25102- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=25103 or send a blank email to leave-25103-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Prudential ad bar chart
According to this http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/workingpapers/wp108.html, life expectancy gains are quite heavily dependent upon income. This (Table 2) http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/workingpapers/wp108-text.html#chart2 is a pretty compelling case for not cutting benefits at the same time as we raise the retirement age. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Mike Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 12:20 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Michael Palij Subject: re: [tips] Prudential ad bar chart [snip] (4) Gilbert makes the claim that people are now living longer which is probably true (though he never says living longer relative to what group or time frame or context) but this statement is not necessarily supported by the dot histogram he presents. He needs to have a comparable dot histogram for different time periods and/or groups and/or etc. Perhaps this is just pilot data and maybe he'll get funding for a more serious research project (perhaps from some insurance company ;-). -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=24859 or send a blank email to leave-24859-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] The Future Of Funding Biomedical Research Is Bleak...
What are we doing wrong? Nothing. But we're fighting religiously-motivated belief, and that's a fight not easily won. I'll keep up the fight, but I'm not betting the farm on winning it soon... m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Mike Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 12:21 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Michael Palij Subject: [tips] The Future Of Funding Biomedical Research Is Bleak... But don't take my word for it, consider this editorial from the Journal of the American Medical Association; see: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleID=1675581utm_source=S ilverchair%20Information%20Systemsutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=JAMA%3 AOnlineFirst04%2F04%2F2013 The article identifies four factors for why funding biomedical research is in danger (there's no increase in funding this coming year and the sequestration is cutting about 5.1% of current funding). Of course, this will affect psychology in a variety of ways from neuroscience research to research on psychopathology. So, what's the teaching of psychology have to do with it? Consider the first reason for the erosion of support for funding: |First, there is increasing politicization of science in general. |Despite the massive explanatory power of science and the ability of |scientific discovery to create amazing inventions that have positively |transformed many lives-from computers and cell phones to vaccines and |robotic prosthetics-there is an increasing uncertainty in the United |States about the value of science. Recent polls show that 46% of |Americans believe that human beings were created pretty much in their |present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so.3 One |researcher reported that while public trust in science has not |declined since the 1970s except among conservatives and those who |frequently attend church, there has still been a significant |politicization of science.4 Politicization of science means that |federal funding of science is more contentious and can no longer be |considered an area of bipartisan agreement. Here is the report from Gallup on Americans with anti-evolution beliefs: http://www.gallup.com/poll/155003/hold-creationist-view-human- origins.aspx NOTE: the percentage of people who are anti-evolution has stayed more or less the same for the past 30 years that this polling has been done. Even 46% of college graduates are anti-evolution. What are we doing wrong? -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=24762 or send a blank email to leave-24762- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=24765 or send a blank email to leave-24765-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE:[tips] clinical Ph.Ds?
The last search we did (last year) for a clinical/counseling PhD netted us two viable candidates. Luckily one of them was good. Right now I'm running a search in exercise science (looking for an ex phys person) and we have a woefully small pool. OTOH, our searches in math, sports administration, and international studies all have large and healthy pools. I don't know what's going on, but it sure makes me hate being chair of this department... m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Bourgeois, Dr. Martin [mailto:mbour...@fgcu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 5:44 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE:[tips] clinical Ph.Ds? Yes, we have the same problem. Two failed searches in a row, due to small and inadequate pools. We're a large undergrad program with good resources (lab space, etc.), and we can't get people to apply. Maybe the recent success of our basketball team will help with our next search. Marty Martin Bourgeois Professor and Chair Social and Behavioral Sciences Florida Gulf Coast University Fort Myers, FL 33931 From: Gerald Peterson [peter...@svsu.edu] Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 7:05 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] clinical Ph.Ds? Have a question about new clinical Ph.Ds. We have been advertising this year for someone in clinical psych who can come aboard our undergrad program here. It is a teaching/research university but there is not the high pressure that others face for grants and publications. We have had a lot of trouble just getting qualified, new Ph.D. clinical folks to apply and I am wondering if this is peculiar to us or if others have had similar problems. Are new clinical Ph.Ds not interested in academic positions at all these days? Maybe the practice opportunities are much more attractive? We have advertised in the usual places but maybe there other places to put the ad than the chronicle and apa and aps publications? Any suggestions will be appreciated. Our applicants are totally off base (not clinical, etc.) and/or we have fewer new ph.d. clinicians applying. I wish this were an April first joke, but it is just a real challenge in building our program. Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI 48710 989-964-4491 peter...@svsu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: mbour...@fgcu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13390.2bbc1cc8fd0e5f9e0b91f01828c8781 4n=Tl=tipso=24693 or send a blank email to leave-24693- 13390.2bbc1cc8fd0e5f9e0b91f01828c87...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=24706 or send a blank email to leave-24706- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=24710 or send a blank email to leave-24710-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] The Forgotten Disciplines | Inside Higher Ed
I tried to get some of our psych courses listed as linked natural science courses, but was rejected. I asked my colleagues, Do you not think that human behavior is part of the natural world? and received a resounding no. I was flabbergasted... OTOH, on the way in to work I was listening to a story on NPR about happiness in parents v. non-parents, and the reporters referred to scientists doing research on it. So, who knows? Maybe one day we'll start to be more universally-recognized as scientists. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Christopher Green [mailto:chri...@yorku.ca] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 8:57 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] The Forgotten Disciplines | Inside Higher Ed One of the commenters on the column notes that geography spreads over natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities; that it is, in his words, the original interdisciplinary discipline. Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada chri...@yorku.camailto:chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ = On 2013-02-19, at 9:07 AM, Stuart McKelvie wrote: Dear Tipsters, I have vigorously tried to make the case here at Bishop's that psychology is at the heart of the liberal arts mission. As the author points out, the social sciences require quantitative reasoning, communication skills and information literacy. To which I would add for psychology: content that overlaps with biology, chemistry, other social sciences, philosophy and the arts. What other discipline does all this? Sincerely, Stuart __ Recti Cultus Pectora Roborant Stuart J. McKelvie, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Bishop's University, 2600 rue College, Sherbrooke (Borough of Lennoxville), QC J1M 1Z7, Canada. Floreat Labore __ From: Christopher Green [mailto:chri...@yorku.ca] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 8:53 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] The Forgotten Disciplines | Inside Higher Ed All the talk these days is about the rise of STEM and the decline of the humanities. Is psychology a forgotten discipline? http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/confessions-community-college-dean/forgotten-disciplines Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada chri...@yorku.camailto:chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ = --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: smcke...@ubishops.camailto:smcke...@ubishops.ca. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13510.2cc18398df2e6692fffc29a610cb72e3n=Tl=tipso=23835 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-23835-13510.2cc18398df2e6692fffc29a610cb7...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-23835-13510.2cc18398df2e6692fffc29a610cb7...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: chri...@yorku.camailto:chri...@yorku.ca. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92n=Tl=tipso=23836 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-23836-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-23836-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=23837 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-23837-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-23837-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=23838
RE: [tips] More wine...
I'll try this one -- it's easier than trying to figure the ph of the porcelain (although that's an interesting idea and I wish I could do it). I'll get some food coloring when I shop this weekend, and will report back what I find. If it works, I'll be all set to celebrate. :) Thanks, all! m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Paul C Bernhardt [mailto:pcbernha...@frostburg.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 2:56 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] More wine... Possibly... now, get some red food coloring, add a little bit of blue to get a color similar to the wine. Then, dilute it as before and pour it into the sink. If you get a similar color shift, then it is probably color of sink rather than chemical reaction. Do the same with blue food coloring alone, diluted, then poured to see if it shifts to green. Paul On Feb 6, 2013, at 1:12 PM, Marc Carter wrote: Hi again, all -- First, thanks to those who responded. I think I've figured it out, but still need to work out details. Last night I took a few drops of wine and diluted it as much as I could (filled the glass as full as I could with water). Purplish, still. (I had an independent observer name the color for me. The spouse was there, thinking, I'm sure, that I'm slightly mad.) Then I dumped it into the sink. It was bluish, not purplish. (Again, got independent confirmation.) So I think that the sink is not completely white; I think it has a slight yellowish tint. The light reflected through the purple would have fewer short-wavelengths and also fewer long ones. Purple is non- spectral, and is gotten by combining both long- and short-wavelength lights. It could be that the light reflected from the sink is without (proportionately) more long- than short-wavelengths, and so the wine would appear bluish. This I think is also helped by the fact that the sink is illuminated by a fluorescent bulb; they tend to have more power in the shorter-wavelength end of the spectrum. What do you think? :) m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: pcbernha...@frostburg.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f2630 03n=Tl=tipso=23497 or send a blank email to leave-23497- 13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003@fsulist.frostburg.e du --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=23501 or send a blank email to leave-23501- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=23503 or send a blank email to leave-23503-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] More wine...
Hmm. As red wine ages and eventually becomes vinegar it gets a reddish, or burgundy hue to it (depending on the grape). So if I were to make it more alkaline. Hmm. I'm doing chemistry this weekend! With wine! m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Claudia Stanny [mailto:csta...@uwf.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 3:55 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] More wine... If you have a pH thing going on, you could just add a few drops of vinegar to see if that creates a color change (or add a bit of baking soda). If it depends on a pH change, you could create the change in the wine glass. I assume the sink might be more alkaline, so it would be baking soda in the wine glass. Or you could get the wine to revert to the purple by adding some vinegar in the sink. Just don't drink the wine after doing this! :-) _ Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. Director Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Associate Professor NSF UWF Faculty ADVANCE Scholar School of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences University of West Florida 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514 - 5751 Phone: (850) 857-6355 (direct) or 473-7435 (CUTLA) csta...@uwf.edumailto:csta...@uwf.edu CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/cutla/ Personal Web Pages: http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Marc Carter marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu wrote: I'll try this one -- it's easier than trying to figure the ph of the porcelain (although that's an interesting idea and I wish I could do it). I'll get some food coloring when I shop this weekend, and will report back what I find. If it works, I'll be all set to celebrate. :) Thanks, all! m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Paul C Bernhardt [mailto:pcbernha...@frostburg.edumailto:pcbernha...@frostburg.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 2:56 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] More wine... Possibly... now, get some red food coloring, add a little bit of blue to get a color similar to the wine. Then, dilute it as before and pour it into the sink. If you get a similar color shift, then it is probably color of sink rather than chemical reaction. Do the same with blue food coloring alone, diluted, then poured to see if it shifts to green. Paul On Feb 6, 2013, at 1:12 PM, Marc Carter wrote: Hi again, all -- First, thanks to those who responded. I think I've figured it out, but still need to work out details. Last night I took a few drops of wine and diluted it as much as I could (filled the glass as full as I could with water). Purplish, still. (I had an independent observer name the color for me. The spouse was there, thinking, I'm sure, that I'm slightly mad.) Then I dumped it into the sink. It was bluish, not purplish. (Again, got independent confirmation.) So I think that the sink is not completely white; I think it has a slight yellowish tint. The light reflected through the purple would have fewer short-wavelengths and also fewer long ones. Purple is non- spectral, and is gotten by combining both long- and short-wavelength lights. It could be that the light reflected from the sink is without (proportionately) more long- than short-wavelengths, and so the wine would appear bluish. This I think is also helped by the fact that the sink is illuminated by a fluorescent bulb; they tend to have more power in the shorter-wavelength end of the spectrum. What do you think? :) m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: pcbernha...@frostburg.edumailto:pcbernha...@frostburg.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f2630 03n=Tl
[tips] Color question
Hi, all -- Although this is not directly teaching-related, it will be the next time I teach color vision. I have dried-up wine residue in the bottom of a glass, left from the night before. It's purple. I put water in the glass to rinse it, and the water has a purple tint. I pour this into a white enamel sink. It's *blue*. The sink is as far as I can see not yellowish -- it really looks white. Any ideas on why this happens? Anyone care to try to replicate this and report back? Thanks, m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=23413 or send a blank email to leave-23413-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Color question
And who said research can't be fun, anyway?! I think it will work with any red wine. (Oh, man, I just confused myself. Red wine is purple, and leaves a residue that turns blue. Great.) Happy weekend! m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Gerald Peterson [mailto:peter...@svsu.edu] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 1:39 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Color question Ok, I will try! Need to open bottle...any particular wine/quality? May need bottle while I wait for dried up residue. Starting G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Feb 1, 2013, at 2:18 PM, Marc Carter marc.car...@bakeru.edu wrote: Hi, all -- Although this is not directly teaching-related, it will be the next time I teach color vision. I have dried-up wine residue in the bottom of a glass, left from the night before. It's purple. I put water in the glass to rinse it, and the water has a purple tint. I pour this into a white enamel sink. It's *blue*. The sink is as far as I can see not yellowish -- it really looks white. Any ideas on why this happens? Anyone care to try to replicate this and report back? Thanks, m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd9 4bn=Tl=tipso=23413 or send a blank email to leave-23413- 13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94b@fsulist.frostburg.e du --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=23414 or send a blank email to leave-23414- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=23415 or send a blank email to leave-23415-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] computer perception
I suppose OCR software might be able to do it. But I don't know much about how OCR software works. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Rick Stevens [mailto:stevens.r...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 11:14 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] computer perception I was talking about the use of distorted text for the Captcha screening device in my cognitive class. A computer-literate student pointed out that a web bot would not find text, but a jpeg file. This brought up the question of why the text needs to be distorted at all. The bot won't be seeing a screen (we assume). Could it be that a bot would encounter pictures and run an optical character reader program? If not, it brings up the question of why the text even needs to be distorted. Simply putting text in a picture file would seem to be a major barrier. I know spammers put a lot of effort into their jobs, but reading non-distorted text seems like a big task. The distorted text that a 5-year-old can read but a computer can't was brought up in the textbook, but I wondered if anyone knew how the web bots would actually try to read text in a picture. Rick Stevens Psychology Department University of Louisiana at Monroe stevens.r...@gmail.commailto:stevens.r...@gmail.com --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=23340 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-23340-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-23340-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=23341 or send a blank email to leave-23341-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Finding yourself
I was recently doing some genealogical research, and was stuck at my paternal grandmother. Her middle name was Eleanor, but I couldn't find her. When I did - via a 1930 census record that had my paternal grandfather - she was recorded as his spouse with the middle name Elner. If you say Eleanor with a southern accent (this was in south Alabama), you get Elner, and that's what the census-taker wrote down. In that same record, my dad's middle initial is written as L (I saw a Photostat of the record) but whoever digitized that record read it as C. Some of those old records have pretty radical misspellings of names, so I'm sure there are errors in addresses also. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Paul C Bernhardt [mailto:pcbernha...@frostburg.edu] Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 7:27 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Finding yourself This certainly explains a lot of the errors. There can also be data entry errors of addresses. A family member of mine has been chasing down census records and sending them to me. What I find interesting is how many errors are in those records. My grandmother and great grandmother were both named Stella, but that year's census taker recorded them as both as Estelle. In two cases streets were mistakenly entered, which would misplace their 'dots' on this kind of map. All of this goes to say, that data entry errors in all kinds of records are commonplace from what I can tell. And, I doubt there is much reason to think that there would be many fewer data entry errors nowadays. Paul On Jan 24, 2013, at 7:15 PM, Helweg-Larsen, Marie wrote: This is what the author of the map says about weirdly located dots: Nobody lives in Central Park/Pier 12/County Lockup/Abandoned Themepark. The census reported that someone lived there. This says someone lives in the middle of a lake. The census reported that someone lives in a block which includes a lake, and that's where their dot was randomly placed. Also, some people live in the middle of lakes. Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Associate Professor l Department of Psychology Kaufman 168 l Dickinson College Phone 717.245.1562 l Fax 717.245.1971 Office hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 10:30-11:30 http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html From: Claudia Stanny [mailto:csta...@uwf.edu] Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 4:59 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Finding yourself I see about half a dozen dots for people who appear to be living in Escambia Bay near my neighborhood. My guess is data entry errors for GPS coordinates. :-) _ Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. Director Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Associate Professor NSF UWF Faculty ADVANCE Scholar School of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences University of West Florida 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514 - 5751 Phone: (850) 857-6355 (direct) or 473-7435 (CUTLA) csta...@uwf.edumailto:csta...@uwf.edu CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/cutla/ Personal Web Pages: http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 3:25 PM, Christopher Green chri...@yorku.camailto:chri...@yorku.ca wrote: Question. There is a bridge that runs across the extreme western end of Lake Ontario. It's called the Burlington Skyway. (Essentially, it allows people traveling around the western edge of the lake to bypass Hamilton.) On this (otherwise very interesting map), the Burlington Skyway is covered with dots. So far as I know, no one lives on the bridge. Why does it have any dots? Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada chri...@yorku.camailto:chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ = On 2013-01-24, at 3:10 PM, Marc Carter wrote: I live in a rural enough area that I can actually make a pretty good guess at which one of those dots is me -- even without labels. :) That's a very cool map... m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: sbl...@ubishops.camailto:sbl...@ubishops.ca [mailto:sbl...@ubishops.camailto:sbl...@ubishops.ca] Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 2:03 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Finding yourself Not easy. But it can be done (in theory, anyway). Hint: Click on the tab in the upper right, show labels. In the meantime, admire this impressive exercise in data presentation. http://bmander.com/dotmap/index.html Stephen Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada e-mail
RE: [tips] Finding yourself
I live in a rural enough area that I can actually make a pretty good guess at which one of those dots is me -- even without labels. :) That's a very cool map... m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: sbl...@ubishops.ca [mailto:sbl...@ubishops.ca] Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 2:03 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Finding yourself Not easy. But it can be done (in theory, anyway). Hint: Click on the tab in the upper right, show labels. In the meantime, admire this impressive exercise in data presentation. http://bmander.com/dotmap/index.html Stephen Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca - --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=23257 or send a blank email to leave-23257- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=23258 or send a blank email to leave-23258-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Professor says students can't identify continents on map - Nfld. Labrador - CBC News
Favorite saying from a former colleague in response to my complaints about students and their general lack of interest in, well, pretty much anything I was interested in: Remember: they're not like us. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Paul C Bernhardt [mailto:pcbernha...@frostburg.edu] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 1:52 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Professor says students can't identify continents on map - Nfld. Labrador - CBC News We are the ones standing in the front of the room... the rest of the folks in our classes are outside the room doing other work with their lives. Our students are wondering what kind of freaks we are, except for one or two students in the class who, one day, will be standing in front of their room. When they leave your room they go surf to the Wikipedia page on flags, and maybe edit the entries on one or two things they've learned about... Not everyone wants to be the person in the front of the room. Paul The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=23076 or send a blank email to leave-23076-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] 4 Copy Editors Killed In Ongoing AP Style, Chicago Manual Gang Violence | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
This has in large measure been the message that I give my students. I'm not an APA maniac; copy editors are (or should be). I would rather my students spend their energy on writing good papers, and as long as they do the important things (references need to be accurate, citations need to match references, information is in the right places, like that), I'm not going to spend a lot of my time on APA format. I stress that there's a reason we do things the way we do (so that we can find things, so that we give proper attribution, etc.), but more important to me is that they learn to use good thinking and the literature to justify their hypotheses, they learn how a paper is put together, and that they understand why these things are important: reading well-written and well-organized papers is hard enough work. m PS True story: in grad school we helped my advisor review a submission to Psych Science. It was so (to borrow Scott's term) egregiously bad that in his (rejection) letter to the authors, Bill Estes wrote, APS is not in the business of teaching APA format. Ouch. -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Lilienfeld, Scott O [mailto:slil...@emory.edu] Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 8:14 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] 4 Copy Editors Killed In Ongoing AP Style, Chicago Manual Gang Violence | The Onion - America's Finest News Source I'm currently Associate Editor for an APA journal (Journal of Abnormal Psychology), and I probably shouldn't say this, but The minutae of APA style just aren't considered all that important when evaluating manuscripts, as copy-editors will take care of most of the details. Unless APA style violations in manuscripts are pretty egregious, reviewers rarely make a big deal about them. Have served on the editorial boards of three other APA journals, my impressions there haven't been much different. Scott From: Christopher Green [chri...@yorku.ca] Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 5:39 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] 4 Copy Editors Killed In Ongoing AP Style, Chicago Manual Gang Violence | The Onion - America's Finest News Source I am perennially fascinated/horrified by the interest questions pertaining to APA style seem to generate. They just seem to me to be of about the same level of scholarly import as are, say, fights over whether the toilet paper should go over or under the roll. Sure, students need to be familiar with stylistic issues, but the details of any stylistic prescription rank so far below, well, just about everything else, from an intellectual perspective... The level of drill and perfection required by some astonishes me. (Full disclosure: I was once an APA style maven, but then I started writing for journals that required other styles, and I gradually realized what a wasteful and arbitrary matter most of it is.) I think this Onion piece puts things nicely in perspective (and notice that APA isn't even a player). http://www.theonion.com/articles/4-copy-editors-killed-in-ongoing-ap- style-chicago,30806/ Discussion? Retribution? Chris - Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 Canada chri...@yorku.ca --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: slil...@emory.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13509.d0999cebc8f4ed4eb54d5317367e9b2 fn=Tl=tipso=22742 or send a blank email to leave-22742- 13509.d0999cebc8f4ed4eb54d5317367e9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=22746 or send a blank email to leave-22746- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended
RE: Re:[tips] Charging students for letters of recommendation
I would never charge for letters; that's part of my job. We're a grad-school prep program, and writing letters is a requisite part of that program. We do, however, require that students submit a skills sheet; it includes information that grad programs consider important. It saves tons of time trying to remember or researching what the students have done, and allows us to efficiently write letters that get at those qualities grad schools (and we also have a separate skills sheet for employers) are looking for. My big complaint is the electronic submissions, all of which are apparently different. Be nice if there were a central clearinghouse to which we could upload letters and comment on students' abilities, and the students could send a link to that information to all the schools to which they're applying. It's really hard to keep track of 15 or more different emailed requests – especially when many of them will send reminders, further clouding the task…. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Rob Weisskirch [mailto:rweisski...@csumb.edu] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 11:04 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re:[tips] Charging students for letters of recommendation TIPSfolk, In my previous post, I would not suggest charging students for the quality of the letter--they would pay for my time, regardless of what the letter would say, good or bad. I also, as Paul mentioned, do not like to receive other information because that creates more work for me to incorporate other information that I have not had first-hand knowledge. In some ways, I do feel there is an obligation to write letters since many require them. If student don't turn to their faculty, from whom are they supposed to get letters? Just my 2 cents, Rob Rob Weisskirch, MSW. Ph.D. Professor of Human Development Certified Family Life Educator Liberal Studies Department California State University, Monterey Bay 100 Campus Center, Building 82C Seaside, CA 93955 (831) 582-5079tel:%28831%29%20582-5079 rweisski...@csumb.edumailto:rweisski...@csumb.edu This message is intended only for the addressee and may contain confidential, privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not use, copy or disclose any information contained in the message. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail and delete the message. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=21947 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-21947-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-21947-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=21948 or send a blank email to leave-21948-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Where have all the tipsters gone?
From: Claudia Stanny [mailto:csta...@uwf.edu] Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 10:25 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Where have all the tipsters gone? [snip] Several long-time TIPsters have moved into roles as chairs and administrators at their institutions. The crush of email in these roles leaves little time for reading or responding to the many posts on TIPS. [snip] That would be me... -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=21654 or send a blank email to leave-21654-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE:[tips] Evidence of Premonitions Discovered in New Study
Key quote: Mossbridge said that researchers are not sure whether people are really sensing the future... You sure wouldn't get much sense of that from reading the story. We're doomed. -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Pollak, Edward (Retired) [mailto:epol...@wcupa.edu] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 11:17 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Evidence of Premonitions Discovered in New Study Here we go again! Evidence of Premonitions Discovered in New Study http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/10/22/evidence-of-premonitions-hinted-at-in-new-study/ Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Psychology West Chester University of Pennsylvania http://home.comcast.net/~epollak/ Husband, father, grandfather, bluegrass fiddler, banjoist biopsychologist... in approximate order of importance --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=21285 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-21285-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-21285-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=21286 or send a blank email to leave-21286-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: RE:[tips] Evidence of Premonitions Discovered in New Study
Good point, Joan. I thought of probability matching and the way we learn syntax as a couple more examples of our sensitivity to patterns without awareness. Interesting way to think about it. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Joan Warmbold [mailto:jwarm...@oakton.edu] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 2:32 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE:[tips] Evidence of Premonitions Discovered in New Study Relative to Gladwell's book, Blink, and research on subliminal perception, an alternative and more scientific explanation for these accurate predictions could be that they are come from the subjects' implicit recognition of patterns. Since this implicit processing has not become conscious (explicit), it would feel like a premonition. One parallel in Blink was how art historians could 'instinctively' determine if a so-called archaeological artifact was real or fake based on their extensive experiences. But they appeared to not have explicit awareness of their use of previous experiences so it could feel like it was a 'premonition' also. Joan jwarm...@oakton.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=21298 or send a blank email to leave-21298-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Using Activity Programs To Get Kids More Exercise Should Reduce Childhood/Adolescent Obes
Hi, All -- I should be clear: I wasn't doing 50-milers when I weighed 208. That's why I started riding again, and it took a while to get up to those. And excellent point: Diet is not the way to think of it. The missus and I refer to it as a lifestyle change, chiefly accomplished by limiting simple carbs and being careful about portion size. We still eat what we like, but just not as much, and we get regular exercise (I'm lucky enough to be able to bike to work). So we're following Jim's prescription! Works like a charm. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Jim Clark [mailto:j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca] Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 8:18 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Using Activity Programs To Get Kids More Exercise Should Reduce Childhood/Adolescent Obes Hi Thanks to Marc and Ken for their elaborations. I was too cryptic in my comment. Rather than exercise-only, which has limited benefits as pointed out by Marc, I meant to suggest that the best treatment was exercise + diet, because the diet reduced caloric intake and exercise kept up consumption of fat (i.e., metabolic activity). And even the term diet is a misnomer, since effective weight loss and maintenance requires a change in eating habits, along the lines mentioned by Ken and Mark. Now if only I can figure out how Marc gained an extra 58 pounds (26.3 kilos here in Canada) while bicycling 50 miles (80.5 kilometers)! Were his McDonald's figures based on (too much) personal experience perhaps? Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor Chair of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca Marc Carter marc.car...@bakeru.edu 01-Oct-12 3:36:26 PM Absolutely, Jim, but the effect due to changes in basal metabolism is small compared to the effects of reduction in caloric intake. But you're exactly right that moving increases your metabolic rate. The problem is that we're just too efficient at turning food into fat -- and the fitter you are, the faster your metabolic rate goes back down after exercise. E.g.: I'm a cyclist, and can burn maybe a half-pound's worth of calories in a reasonably vigorous 50-miler (ca. 1700 kcal -- there are about 3500 calories in a pound of fat). A McDonald's Angus burger has near 700 kcals and a regular fries has about 300. Add a medium soda and I just ate 1200 of those calories back -- in one meal without dessert. So that meal would have powered me through about 2 hours of hard work and 35 miles. I was reading the other day that the cyclists who ride the Tour de France eat more than 7,000 calories a day. Consider that for them a normal caloric intake would be about 2300-2800 calories a day just for basal metabolism, they're only taking in 4500 extra calories to maintain 250-400 watts of energy output *for 6 hours*. Evolution has made us pretty danged efficient at extracting energy from food. Now, I'm all for exercise because it absolutely will help you keep weight off (and if done vigorously and regularly will indeed help you lose), and it has a ton of additional health benefits (both physical and cognitive). I'm also all for getting kids outside running and jumping and socializing with each other for all those reasons and more. I was just making the point that adding a little bit of exercise to the school day isn't going to have much effect on weight if the kids just go home and drink two liters of sugary soda (especially HFCS-sweetened soda) while sitting in front of a computer or TV. All the stuff I've been reading lately has said watch what you eat is how to lose weight. And sad to say (I've just finished getting rid of 58 unwanted pounds) they all say it's easier to lose than keep it off. :( m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Jim Clark [mailto:j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca] Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 1:14 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Using Activity Programs To Get Kids More Exercise Should Reduce Childhood/Adolescent Obesity, Right? Hi I thought one of the issues with diet-only is that our metabolic rate slowed down when on a diet, but that exercise served to maintain metabolic rate? But it has been a number of years since I lectured on this topic. Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor Chair of Psychology j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca Room 4L41A 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax Dept of Psychology, U of Winnipeg 515 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3B 0R4 CANADA The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended
RE: [tips] Using Activity Programs To Get Kids More Exercise Should Reduce Childhood/Adolescent Obesity, Right?
*All* the data on weight loss indicate that unless you're training for the Olympics, diet is far, far more important than exercise. To lose weight one simply needs to burn more calories than one ingests, but because we are so incredibly efficient at extracting energy from food (e.g., a reasonably-fit person can run a mile on the calories in an Oreo), you'd have to have a LOT of exercise to offset even a small caloric intake/use imbalance. What activity can do, though, is keep children from eating as much. If you're outside running around, you're not eating. But activity programs at school aren't going to keep kids from eating: they only eat at prescribed times in school, anyway. It's when they're not in school that activity would matter -- but again, only because they're not eating (or worse, drinking sugar). m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Michael Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2012 12:07 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Michael Palij Subject: [tips] Using Activity Programs To Get Kids More Exercise Should Reduce Childhood/Adolescent Obesity, Right? Well, apparently not. A systematic review of studies looking at the relationship between implementing a program of activity or exercise appears to have a negligible impact. The popular media have picked up on this review and here is one source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/250870.php And here is another: http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012/09/27/physical- activity-programs-fail-to-get-children-moving-study-says/57849062/1 The original review can be read here: http://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e5888 So things seem to be more complicated than people realize. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=20812 or send a blank email to leave-20812- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=20824 or send a blank email to leave-20824-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Using Activity Programs To Get Kids More Exercise Should Reduce Childhood/Adolescent Obesity, Right?
Absolutely, Jim, but the effect due to changes in basal metabolism is small compared to the effects of reduction in caloric intake. But you're exactly right that moving increases your metabolic rate. The problem is that we're just too efficient at turning food into fat -- and the fitter you are, the faster your metabolic rate goes back down after exercise. E.g.: I'm a cyclist, and can burn maybe a half-pound's worth of calories in a reasonably vigorous 50-miler (ca. 1700 kcal -- there are about 3500 calories in a pound of fat). A McDonald's Angus burger has near 700 kcals and a regular fries has about 300. Add a medium soda and I just ate 1200 of those calories back -- in one meal without dessert. So that meal would have powered me through about 2 hours of hard work and 35 miles. I was reading the other day that the cyclists who ride the Tour de France eat more than 7,000 calories a day. Consider that for them a normal caloric intake would be about 2300-2800 calories a day just for basal metabolism, they're only taking in 4500 extra calories to maintain 250-400 watts of energy output *for 6 hours*. Evolution has made us pretty danged efficient at extracting energy from food. Now, I'm all for exercise because it absolutely will help you keep weight off (and if done vigorously and regularly will indeed help you lose), and it has a ton of additional health benefits (both physical and cognitive). I'm also all for getting kids outside running and jumping and socializing with each other for all those reasons and more. I was just making the point that adding a little bit of exercise to the school day isn't going to have much effect on weight if the kids just go home and drink two liters of sugary soda (especially HFCS-sweetened soda) while sitting in front of a computer or TV. All the stuff I've been reading lately has said watch what you eat is how to lose weight. And sad to say (I've just finished getting rid of 58 unwanted pounds) they all say it's easier to lose than keep it off. :( m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Jim Clark [mailto:j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca] Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 1:14 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Using Activity Programs To Get Kids More Exercise Should Reduce Childhood/Adolescent Obesity, Right? Hi I thought one of the issues with diet-only is that our metabolic rate slowed down when on a diet, but that exercise served to maintain metabolic rate? But it has been a number of years since I lectured on this topic. Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor Chair of Psychology j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca Room 4L41A 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax Dept of Psychology, U of Winnipeg 515 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3B 0R4 CANADA The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=20849 or send a blank email to leave-20849-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Status of SPSS
We get a campus package that includes Base, Advanced Stats (especially for repeated-measures) and the Regression package. It's accessible anywhere on campus; this year it cost us a little over $9k. Not cheap, but considering how it continues to be popular in grad programs, we'll keep (trying) to buy it. Also, there are a few of us on campus who do research, and it's nice to have it. Used to be that we could get individual copies for something like $250, but I'm not sure about that anymore. When IBM first acquired it, it seemed that they were focusing on business applications rather than, umm, social science applications. This past year, however, they seem to have realized that a big chunk of their business was coming from universities, and they've developed some reasonably-priced campus packages. (Of course, your definition of reasonable may be different than mine...) I get feedback from our grads, and as long as they continue to tell me that they have SPSS available to them in grad school, we'll keep going with it. As that changes, though, we'll consider something different. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Musselman, Robin [mailto:rmussel...@lccc.edu] Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 9:32 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Status of SPSS This semester we have had quite a to-do about getting SPSS for our students in their statistics and methods classes. It appears that first Pearson and now Cengage has cut their relationship with SPSS. As a community college, obviously we need to teach what the transfer institutions are asking us to teach and up until now it has been SPSS. We are wondering if these changes in terms of getting student editions will have any impact on the use of SPSS at four year colleges/universities. Any thoughts? Robin Robin Musselman, EdD Professor Past President, Psi Beta Kno Educator Advisory Board Lehigh Carbon Community College Schnecksville, PA 18078 phone: 610-799-1531tel:610-799-1531 email: rmussel...@lccc.edumailto:rmussel...@lccc.edu Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the individual to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use or disclosure of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete the original message. Your compliance is appreciated. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=20658 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-20658-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-20658-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=20675 or send a blank email to leave-20675-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE:[tips] mimicking others during communication
I can't remember, either, Annette, but it's out there. I remember after reading it becoming very self-conscious about how I was sitting in group meetings -- not wanting to find myself mimicking any one group member's posture... Something else that's interesting is the work of a former student of mine (Molly Ireland; also a former student of J. Pennebaker) on what she calls language style matching. It's not only physical posture that we mimic, but the way we speak. (And as a former S Texan, I can tell you that when I go back and visit home, I speak quite differently) m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Annette Taylor [mailto:tay...@sandiego.edu] Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 11:40 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] mimicking others during communication Hi All: First of all, thanks to those who provided ideas for the reseach methods activity in intro. I am following up on a couple of those ideas. I may have too high a bar for intro; it's sometimes hard to judge when you teach everything from intro through senior advanced research methods labs. New query: I remember reading sometime in the last year, I think, an article that suggested that communication is enhanced if during the conversation people make reciprocal, unconscious adjustments to their body language in which each person's body language approaches that of the other. Does this sound familiar to anyone? I have tried to find it again and have tried search words in both google scholar and psychinfo that include communication mimic gestures body but I am unable to locate it again. If anyone remembers such a paper, maybe you can just email me off list (I only get the digest anyway). Thanks! Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 tay...@sandiego.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=19975 or send a blank email to leave-19975- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=19976 or send a blank email to leave-19976-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE:[tips] research methods activity
Hi, Annette -- I do something very much like this, but *after* students have had methods/stats. Before then (in methods) I will have them bring in the popular report on the research and answer questions about it, like What else do you want to know in order to believe this? and things like that. That might be a good exercise. And for the beginning students you might model for them what you want them to be able to do, so you could choose the article That might help get them along the road you want them on? Take care, m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Annette Taylor [mailto:tay...@sandiego.edu] Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 9:47 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] research methods activity I am hoping that there is some collective wisdom at the well for me tonight. I was planning to use a couple of media reports and primary articles to have students compare the quality of the information presented in them. I had hoped to have students read the media reports; answer a number of questions about quality and then look to the source papers to find the answers. Bah! Not working too well. Now maybe I am a stickler, but, on rereading the journal articles I found myself completely dissatisfied with all the weaknesses of the published papers! They were either too hard for me (let alone freshmen with no stats classes behind them) to understand the results, or seemed to minimize the correlation is not causation argument. BIG DEEP SIGH. Or they simply had no answers to the important questions. I had been hoping to use them just for that reason: the media outlets clearly took the results too far. But now I see that the source articles are drawing more grandiose conclusions than their data warrant! This seems to be a popular theme of late. So, do any of you use this activity. What articles do you use? What are your criteria? Are mine too stringent? Help?! Here are the articles I was going to use: Here are Mike's links from this morning: http://www.asanet.org/documents/press/pdfs/AM_2012_Carolyn_Hsu_News_Rel ease.pdf Note that this is just a brief report and lacks detail. Popular media: http://health.usnews.com/health-news/articles/2012/08/20/health-buzz- college-binge-drinkers-report-being-happier And here: http://scienceblog.com/56149/binge-drinking-college-students-are- happier-than-their-non-binge-drinking-peers/ And here: http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2012/08/20/binge-drinking- makes-students-happy And here, on the LiveScience website: http://www.livescience.com/22512-college-binge-drinkers-happier.html Here are the articles about caffeine, women and depression: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/09/27/140837983/caffeinated- women-may-be-fighting-depression-with-every-cup and http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/26/health/women-depression-coffee/index.html and the source article: http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1105943 I did get the whole article for this one and found myself completely unable to evaluate their statistics. Here are the articles about sexual activity and song lyrics: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14227775/ns/health-sexual_health/t/dirty- song-lyrics-can-prompt-early-teen-sex/ and http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5629465 and the source article http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/118/2/e430.full.pdf+html for stressed men and heavy women: http://healthland.time.com/2012/08/09/why-stressed-out-men-prefer- heavier-women/ and http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/health/stressed-out-men-find-heavier- women-attractive and the source paper: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0042 593 Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 tay...@sandiego.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=19923 or send a blank email to leave-19923- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail
[tips] A favor...
Hi, All -- Either yesterday or the day before someone posted a link to an article on the per-incident pregnancy rate for consensual sex vs. rape. I have searched by various mailboxes and cannot find it, and cannot for the life of me figure what I should search for in the TIPS database. If anyone has that link and abstract handy, could you, would you, forward it on to me? I'll buy you a cookie first chance I get. Thanks, m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=19934 or send a blank email to leave-19934-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Thanks!
I got the article from several, including David, the originator. I appreciate it very much. Whenever possible, I like to use evidence. :) Thanks again, m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=19938 or send a blank email to leave-19938-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Somebody Please Smack This POS
Let's hope so. Missouri is considerably saner than where I live (KS). I keep hoping that some of the sane is going to leak over the border, but after the catastrophe that was the primary election, my hopes are dimming… m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Christopher Green [mailto:chri...@yorku.ca] Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 7:19 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Somebody Please Smack This POS Oops! Akin now says that he misspoke. Words came out of his mouth that were not first formed in his brain? He was mistaken and has since learned better? He will say anything at all to get his way, but wasn't smart enough to know that these particular words were not going to help him get what he wants? (And now he's doing exactly the same thing?) Misspoke. Right. At least, since he's running for Senate (and seems likely to get trounced), he is presumably giving up his House seat, so we won't be seeing much more of him come Nov. Chris ... Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 chri...@yorku.camailto:chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo On 2012-08-19, at 7:06 PM, Christopher Green chri...@yorku.camailto:chri...@yorku.ca wrote: Newsflash! Rep. Akin sits on the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-rep-todd-akin-no-pregnancy-from-legitimate-rape-20120819,0,7447581.story Oh, the irony. Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada chri...@yorku.camailto:chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ == On 2012-08-19, at 4:40 PM, Michael Palij wrote: Make up your mind about what to do with someone like this. Consider this a teachable moment and think about what and how to teach it; see: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/08/19/todd-akin-gop-senate-candidate-legitimate-rape-rarely-causes-pregnancy/ Note: people have different opinions about what is rare and what might be rare in the popular culture might be a significant frequency in medical practice; see: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8765248 -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edumailto:m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: chri...@yorku.camailto:chri...@yorku.ca. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92n=Tl=tipso=19863 or send a blank email to leave-19863-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-19863-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: chri...@yorku.camailto:chri...@yorku.ca. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92n=Tl=tipso=19867 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-19867-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-19867-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=19868 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-19868-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-19868-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=19889 or send a blank email to leave-19889-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Survey finds that social psychologists admit to anti-conservative bias | Inside Higher Ed
Not to speak of the scientific struggle: how are we supposed to know what's what if editors and grantors are politically biased? Sheesh I mean, I understand that at root we are all biased. But we know this and should fight against it. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Christopher Green [mailto:chri...@yorku.ca] Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 7:29 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Survey finds that social psychologists admit to anti-conservative bias | Inside Higher Ed It looks like social psychology is about to become the primary site of a potentially nasty political struggle, at least in the US. A soon-to-be-published survey shows sizeable minorities of social psychologists willing to admit that a conservative perspective would make them less likely to accept a journal submission, recommend a grant proposal, or hire a job applicant. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/08/08/survey-finds-social-psychologists-admit-anti-conservative-bias How are conservative legislators likely to respond? Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada chri...@yorku.camailto:chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ == --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=19561 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-19561-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-19561-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=19563 or send a blank email to leave-19563-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Olympic Hugging Behavior
No, Chris, that would be synchronized diving. I never heard of that before these Olympics, and caught myself watching it, much as one cannot turn away from a train wreck... m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Christopher Green [mailto:chri...@yorku.ca] Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 9:45 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Olympic Hugging Behavior On 2012-08-07, at 9:59 AM, Michael Palij wrote: With respect to the Olympics, I watch only certain events, typically Women's Beach Volleyball and I do notice the touching there. ;-) Beach volleyball is a sport? I thought it was just a marketing trick to get people to watch the real sports. :-) Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada chri...@yorku.camailto:chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ == --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=19545 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-19545-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-19545-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=19546 or send a blank email to leave-19546-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Math Is Hard! So, Let's Not Teach It?
I think both, Jim. I could never advocate getting rid of it in high school for the very reasons you cite. I was only referring to it as a requirement for the BA/BS. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Jim Clark [mailto:j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca] Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 12:06 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Math Is Hard! So, Let's Not Teach It? Hi But wasn't Hacker proposing the elimination of algebra prior to university? At what age can kids realistically make an accurate prediction about what they want to be when they grow up so as to know whether to take algebra or not? And how many would not even appreciate all the occupations they were eliminating? Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology and Chair 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=19377 or send a blank email to leave-19377-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] On Leaving Academia Ars Experientia
Thanks for that, Chris. When I first started teaching I considered my job to be the best job in the world. No longer. It's fundamentally a different world than it was then -- at that was only 20 years ago. m PS And I guessed correctly about the festering zeitgeist. :) -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Christopher Green [mailto:chri...@yorku.ca] Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 11:02 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] On Leaving Academia Ars Experientia An interesting essay by a professor who decided to pack it in. But before you read it, try to guess in advance what he calls the festering, suppurating, gangrenous wound in the zeitgeist of the country. http://cs.unm.edu/~terran/academic_blog/?p=113 Chris ... Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=19249 or send a blank email to leave-19249- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=19250 or send a blank email to leave-19250-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Data sets (preferably free) for Intro Stats
I use David Howell's a lot: http://www.uvm.edu/~dhowell/fundamentals7/DataFiles/DataSets.html It's good if you have a copy of the text so you know what the data sets contain, though! m PS Obviously, I'm not on a cruise. Just found out that a colleague is cruising to Alaska next week. Jealous... -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: drnanjo [mailto:drna...@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 9:39 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Data sets (preferably free) for Intro Stats Hello. Hello. Is anyone out there? Or are you all on your yachts sailing to the South Pacific? Anyway, I am in need of some introductory level statistics data sets, suitable for use in lab demonstrations or assignments. I am willing to pay a small fee but would prefer free if possible. If you know of any web-based resources, please send the information along. I hope your summer session is good (if you are teaching) OR your vacation is pleasant and relaxing (if you are not.) Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College Et al... Surf City USA --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=19059 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-19059-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-19059-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=19060 or send a blank email to leave-19060-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: Re:[tips] Some Problems with Neuroimaging
Only offering this as a cautionary tale (but not taking sides because others know far more about this than I), and because it's damned funny. http://prefrontal.org/files/posters/Bennett-Salmon-2009.pdf I always use this in my methods and cognitive classes to make sure that students don't jump to conclusions. And they get a big laugh out of it, as I did. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=18963 or send a blank email to leave-18963-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] APA Style Guide to Electronic References, Sixth Edition
I'm still angry about the 6th. It was the first time that they had given me a desk copy -- in spite of the fact that I've sold literally tens of thousands of those manuals for them (by requiring them of my students for over 20 years) -- and it had hundreds of errors. Of course, they refused to replace it with the corrected version. From now on I'm having the library buy it and making it optional for my students. If they wish to buy it, they may; otherwise, they can use the library copy or one of several on-line guides. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Stuart McKelvie [mailto:smcke...@ubishops.ca] Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 3:12 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] APA Style Guide to Electronic References, Sixth Edition Dear Tipsters, I echo Chris's frustration about APA and their style rules. As a professional organization they should produce a complete cheap PDF and share it to all. And it reminds me of the annoyances a couple of years ago when they had errors in their own guide (or at least inconsistencies and points that were not clear)! Sincerely, Stuart _ Sent via Web Access Floreat Labore Recti cultus pectora roborant Stuart J. McKelvie, Ph.D., Phone: 819 822 9600 x 2402 Department of Psychology, Fax: 819 822 9661 Bishop's University, 2600 rue College, Sherbrooke, Québec J1M 1Z7, Canada. E-mail: stuart.mckel...@ubishops.ca (or smcke...@ubishops.ca) Bishop's University Psychology Department Web Page: http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy Floreat Labore ___ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=18765 or send a blank email to leave-18765- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=18778 or send a blank email to leave-18778-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] The Real Spiderman
Although I'll be in the city around the time of the exhibit, living here in Kansas provides me more than enough exposure to arachnids... I've lived in a lot of places, but I've never seen so many and so many varieties of spiders. On top of that, my clinical colleague used to have a tarantula (Cookie was her name, and she actually was very sweet -- as spiders go, at any rate) that my colleague used for desensitization exercises in her classes. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Michael Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 5:57 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Michael Palij Subject: [tips] The Real Spiderman Okay, I'm sure that all of you are aware that the powers that be have decided to re-boot the Spiderman franchise and the new version will be out in theaters shortly. Spiderman is based in NYC and it is not surprising to see certain NYC landmarks used in the films. In the new film, the American Museum of Natural History is used and here is an article on the museum's arachnid expert; see: http://www.nydailynews.com/events/norm-platnick-american-museum- natural-history-curate-spiders-alive-exhibit-article- 1.1101904?localLinksEnabled=false By the way, the museum has its own program to show off. Quoting the NY Daily News article: |The tarantula will be part of he upcoming Spiders Alive! exhibition |(which officially opens July 28), which Platnick will curate. More than |20 species of living spiders will coexist with interactive exhibits to |let visitors explore all kinds of arachnid facts. So, if you in NYC at the right time, get your bug on. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=18630 or send a blank email to leave-18630- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=18632 or send a blank email to leave-18632-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] The Real Spiderman
I live in a hundred-odd year-old house in Eastern Kansas, and I have them. Just was reading the wiki article on the little devils, and came across this sentence: In 2001, more than 2,000 brown recluse spiders were removed from a heavily infested home in Kansas, yet the four residents who had lived there for years were never harmed by the spiders, despite many encounters with them. I don't know whether to feel better or worse. I see them from time to time. Wonder how many I have? Ick. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: MiguelRoig [mailto:miguelr...@comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 12:07 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] The Real Spiderman I have always been rather indifferent to spiders and would even become somewhat annoyed when my wife and kids would complain about the presence of a spider in the house (e.g., Daddly Long-legs or some other seemingly innocuous species) that needed to be killed or, as I would do, simply toss it out the house. I admit to have only been vaguely acquainted with the Brown Recluse, but after reading Ken's post I decided to look it up to see if they can be found up here (NJ) and ... damn I'm glad I did. There is an informative audio in this webpage, http://www.brown-recluse.com/index.html, though about midstream it becomes an infomertial about a remedy. There are also some nasty-looking pictures of spider bites that went bad and the rest of the site has some additional useful information. The Penn State site, http://ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/brown-recluse-spiders, is likely to contain more reliable information. But, all in all this stuff is downright scary. Thanks for posting about your experience, Ken. Miguel The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=18637 or send a blank email to leave-18637-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Would you urinate
Everywhere I've ever worked or gone to school (post-high-school) had common restrooms. It's evidently been a thing of the past since at least the 70s. -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: mjchael sylvester [mailto:msylves...@copper.net] Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 1:45 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Would you urinate next to a student? With budget crunches everywhere separate faculty and student rest rooms could be a thing of the past.Right? michael --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=18397 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-18397-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-18397-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=18400 or send a blank email to leave-18400-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Malcolm Gladwell's corporatist right-wing background
Interesting, and depressing. I just ordered texts for an honors' student salon, and one of them is _Outliers_, which, as far as I can tell from reviews and the little bit I've read so far, has a message that apparently runs quite contrary to the typical right-wing explanation for success: disposition. I guess I'll know more as I read more, but I'm really sort of sorry, now. I hope none of the corporate-shill stuff comes through in this book m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Christopher Green [mailto:chri...@yorku.ca] Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 3:57 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Malcolm Gladwell's corporatist right-wing background I confess, I have never been as eager to despise Malcolm Gladwell as many other behavioral scientists were. Yes, he overblew and misinterpreted some results, but he seemed to occupy an important niche in the complex ecology by which difficult, nuanced scientific findings get translated to the wider public, which isn't much interested in the niceties of neologistic theories and null hypothesis testing. Turns out, I was wrong, but not for the reasons I expected. It appears, now, that Malcolm Gladwell is the product of well-known public relations machine that has defended corporatist agendas and far right politics for nearly three decades now. The only difference is, he has been better at keeping his paymasters in the shadows than some of his fellow propagandists. The source is clearly leftist, but the basic facts are clear enough whether you are in sympathy with the writer's politics or not. http://www.alternet.org/story/155770/is_malcolm_gladwell_america%27s_most_successful_propagandist_and_corporate_shill?page=entire Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada chri...@yorku.camailto:chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ == --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=18237 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-18237-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-18237-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=18258 or send a blank email to leave-18258-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Stats software in grad school..
Hi, All -- A little unscientific poll for you. We consider our program to be a grad-school-prep program, and have been doing pretty heavy instruction in SPSS, thinking that when the students get to grad school that's the package they're most likely to encounter. That was certainly my experience a few years ago, but I'm wondering if we're thinking right, today. Should we move to a different stats package, or is SPSS still pretty common. Since IBM bought it it's gone through some changes and seemed headed much more toward business applications, but this last year they seemed to realize that schools were a large part of their clientele, and have made pricing a little more reasonable (although still hideously expensive). Here the departments that want that package buy it (IT decided to cut its budget by pushing things off onto departments), and so I want to do right by my students, but have to think thrifty. So, the poll: for those of you who work in departments that have grad programs, what stats software packages are available to your students? Thanks! m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=18210 or send a blank email to leave-18210-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] GOP Rep Daniel Webster Bashes Census Survey As Random Rather Than Scientific
For this I think we can thank Lee Atwater and his protégés who have waged a long and relentless war against the liberal media - so called because frequently the facts of the matter didn't fit conservative ideology. This has led to a state of affairs in which any media outlet - even the Gray Lady - will work to avoid appearing biased, *even if the facts themselves are biased*, and wind up reporting he said, she said rather than what's really what. I despair. I still read the Times, but this is not by any stretch the first time I've seen that sort of sloppy journalistic CYA crap coming from the Times, apparently in an effort to be fair. As I say, I despair m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Christopher Green [mailto:chri...@yorku.ca] Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 10:38 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] GOP Rep Daniel Webster Bashes Census Survey As Random Rather Than Scientific It is sad to see the NYT fall into the old tell both sides scheme that has been exploited by political operatives so skillfully for the past couple of decades on issues like evolution and climate change. Here, the Times writes: In fact, the randomness of the survey is precisely what makes the survey scientific, statistical experts say. The last three words are critical, making it seem like there's a serious debate about that, and encouraging readers to think that there is a side they can take (usually depending on what conclusion they favor at the outset). A decade ago, we foolishly thought that these were just ill-informed politicians who would back down after things had been explained to them by those who spend their lives and careers figuring this stuff out -- scientists. By now, however, it is clear that it is calculated political strategy that like-minded ground-troops will rally around, encouraged by the usual media sources, creating a fake public debate that successfully distracts from the actual issue. Until mainstream news organizations stop hobbling themselves with the theater of objectivity (not to be confused with the real thing) and are willing to straightforwardly call a diamond a diamond, this political tactic will be used again and again until no one knows what is what anymore. Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada chri...@yorku.camailto:chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ == On 2012-05-21, at 9:33 AM, Helweg-Larsen, Marie wrote: And on the same issue from the New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/sunday-review/the-debate-over-the-american-community-survey.html Marie Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Associate Professor l Department of Psychology Kaufman 168 l Dickinson College Phone 717.245.1562 l Fax 717.245.1971 http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html -Original Message- From: Christopher Green [mailto:chri...@yorku.ca] Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 10:37 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] GOP Rep Daniel Webster Bashes Census Survey As Random Rather Than Scientific Apparently certain members of Congress are about to start misusing the word random to sow confusion about public opinion surveys in much the way they successfully misused theory to sow confusion about evolution. Stats teachers beware. You may well be the next target of political funny business. http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2012/05/20/gop_rep_daniel_webster_bashes_census_survey_as_quot_random_quot_rather_than_quot_scientific_quot_.html Chris ... Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 chri...@yorku.camailto:chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: helw...@dickinson.edumailto:helw...@dickinson.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a4468797fn=Tl=tipso=17933 or send a blank email to leave-17933-13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a44687...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-17933-13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a44687...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: chri...@yorku.camailto:chri...@yorku.ca. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92n=Tl=tipso=17943 or send a blank email to leave-17943-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-17943-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=17950 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave
RE: [tips] And Now For Something Completely Different: High School Student's Research On Quantum Teleportation
Or, by the time you're 12 http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?volume=279issue=13page=1005 m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Michael Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 2:57 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Michael Palij Subject: [tips] And Now For Something Completely Different: High School Student's Research On Quantum Teleportation The Washington Post has an article on the three winners of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, two of which are from the U.S. and one is from the Canada, eh? See: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/loudoun-maryland-teens-claim-top- spots-at-international-science-fair/2012/05/18/gIQAJp8nfU_story.html One of the students is Ari Dyckovsky (I can just imagine the jokes made about his last name) who has been doing research on quantum teleportation at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. But don't take my word for it, here's a WP article on it: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/intel-contest-finalist-loudoun- teen-with-passion-for-science/2012/03/05/gIQAkaT3wR_story.html And this research has produced an article where Mr. Dychovsky is first author. See: http://arxiv.org/abs/1202.4028 And, if you're up to it, here is the article: http://olmschenk.info/papers/arxiv1202.4028_2012_interference_analysis_ Dyckovsky.pdf So, what did *you* do in high school? How many publications did you have when you graduate? ;-) The bar just gets raised higher every year. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=17959 or send a blank email to leave-17959- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=17961 or send a blank email to leave-17961-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE:[tips] Pay to publish journals
I had a paper published in Perceptual and Motor Skills, and although there were no page charges, there was a requirement to purchase a (huge) number of reprints (want some? :). I always looked on that as sort of an archive of arcane or almost-interesting research. I'm not sure about Psychology Research, though. But I wouldn't call it common, at least as far as I know -- I don't publish much. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Shapiro, Susan J [mailto:sjsha...@indiana.edu] Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 12:30 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Pay to publish journals A colleague has asked me about pay to publish journals in Psychology. He has a paper accepted at Psychology Research David Publishing Company http://www.davidpublishing.com They want $50 a page to publish the article. I know that this is becoming increasingly common in some fields, but I would like your opinion on this type of journal in Psychology. We do have pressure to publish at our institution (Though not as much as research focused institutions) and he works in a relatively obscure area. Suzi S. Shapiro Ph D Indiana University East 2325 Chester Blvd Richmond, IN 47374 (765) 973-8284 sjsha...@iue.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=17678 or send a blank email to leave-17678- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=17689 or send a blank email to leave-17689-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Zerg Rush
Very cool -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Michael Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 4:17 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Michael Palij Subject: [tips] Zerg Rush Google it. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=17516 or send a blank email to leave-17516- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=17552 or send a blank email to leave-17552-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] confidence intervals
That's very much like what I do. As soon as they start _z_ we start talking about rare versus expected events. Then when we go to sampling distributions of means, I start talking about the likelihood (again, rare versus expected or likely) of getting a sample mean at various locations in a distribution. Once that's settled, we back around to generating a population distribution (with unknown parameters) given a sample mean. From there it's a short step to talking about an interval in which the mean of the population from which the sample was drawn is likely to lay. Along the way we generate a definition of rare (_p_ of less than .05 - I cheat and actually coax them into accepting this as a definition of rare or unlikely). I don't know of a text that does that, though. I re-arrange a lot of the material in the text I use and it seems to work for me. Before we get to the nuts and bolts of NHST, they have the intuitions already, and I'm all about having those conceptual intuitions before getting into the mechanics. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Paul C Bernhardt [mailto:pcbernha...@frostburg.edu] Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 7:50 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] confidence intervals One of my favorite books to use to teach statistics, though it is does not have a behavioral science orientation, takes that approach and I thought it helped students a lot. It starts with a 'plus or minus 2 standard deviations' as a definition of 'usual' versus 'unusual' data in the standard deviation chapter. It then refines to the plus or minus 1.96 z score specificity when it gets there. I like it a lot. The book was by Triola, Elementary Statistics (Pearson). That was several editions ago. One thing I've noticed is that sometimes great features of books get removed or ruined. So, I have no idea if the current edition still has those features. Paul On Apr 17, 2012, at 4:54 PM, Marte Fallshore wrote: I was at the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association meeting last weekend, and there was a talk on confidence intervals. It got me thinking about teaching about confidence intervals before I get to hypothesis testing and then integrating it with each hypothesis test we do. Has anyone out there done that? How did it go? Have you found a book that may be does something like that? Thanks, Marte Marte Fallshore Department of Psychology Central Washington Univ. 400 E University Way Ellensburg, WA 98926-7575 509/963-3670 509/963-2307 (fax) Room 462, Psychology Building Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to their own facts. ~Daniel Patrick Moynihan When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist. ~Dom Heider Camara I teach for free; they pay me to grade. (anon) --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: pcbernha...@frostburg.edumailto:pcbernha...@frostburg.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003n=Tl=tipso=17352 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-17352-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-17352-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=17356 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-17356-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-17356-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=17365
RE: [tips] 20th ANNIVERSARY GREATEST TIPSTER
Wow. I remember being on this list back in the early-to-mid 90's (not sure exactly when). I'm old. -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Steven Specht [mailto:sspe...@utica.edu] Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 12:15 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] 20th ANNIVERSARY GREATEST TIPSTER You may not be The Greatest Michael... but you are the most omnicentric TIPSter dude. Steven M. Specht, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Department of Psychology Utica College Utica, NY 13502 (315) 792-3171 monkeybrain-collagist.blogspot.comhttp://monkeybrain-collagist.blogspot.com The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. Martin Luther King Jr. On Apr 5, 2012, at 1:06 PM, mjchael sylvester wrote: This is Tipsville 20th anniversary year. On Wednesday April 11th,I will be announcing the name of the greatest tipster of all times. Btw,it is not me. Michael 'omnicentric' Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: sspe...@utica.edumailto:sspe...@utica.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13522.468cbac056133a996283cca7e2976336n=Tl=tipso=17137 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-17137-13522.468cbac056133a996283cca7e2976...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-17137-13522.468cbac056133a996283cca7e2976...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=17138 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-17138-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-17138-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=17139 or send a blank email to leave-17139-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] NYT: The Social Sciences' 'Physics Envy'
I think, where it can be used appropriately, yes. I think if done right, it will tell you whether or not your idea is wrong. I agree with the author that science is actually a great deal messier than we teach our students, but hypothesis testing is critical -- otherwise we don't know if we're wrong (in most cases). m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Christopher Green [mailto:chri...@yorku.ca] Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 4:10 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] NYT: The Social Sciences' 'Physics Envy' Is hypothetico-deductivism really the best way to pursue social research? Let the shouting begin! :-) http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/opinion/sunday/the-social- sciences-physics-envy.xml?single=1 chris --- Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 Canada chri...@yorku.ca --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=17034 or send a blank email to leave-17034- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=17087 or send a blank email to leave-17087-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE:[tips] Frequency of Type I errors in published research.
That's how I read it. And that's how I've read it in several stats books. Bugs the hell out of me. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Wuensch, Karl L [mailto:wuens...@ecu.edu] Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 5:29 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Frequency of Type I errors in published research. Referring to the file drawer problem and data falsification, the president of the Association for Psychological Science recently wrote: These and related factors should tend to inflate 'false positives' (aka Type I errors), which leads inexorably to the pessimistic conclusion that some unknown (but considerably higher than .05) proportion of our field's published effects are not true effects. Am I misreading this, or does he imply (incorrectly) that use of the .05 criterion of statistical significance would be expected to result in 5% of published research findings being Type I errors? --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=17069 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-17069-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-17069-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=17088 or send a blank email to leave-17088-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Frequency of Type I errors in published research.
A p of .05 does not automatically mean that 5% of the positive results are false positives. It just means that on any given test (if everything else is correctly done) there's a probability of .05 that you're getting a false positive. Add to that the fact that in many pieces of research the obtained p of getting those results is far below .05. In my mind I think of it a lot like the Gamblers' Fallacy. They're (or should be) independent events. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Michael Burman [mailto:mbur...@une.edu] Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 9:36 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: re: [tips] Frequency of Type I errors in published research. I get a sense that I'm going to regret asking this question, but why wouldn't setting the alpha value at .05 result in about 5% false positives in the literature? Are people suggesting that the true false positive rate would be lower? I get why it would be higher (statistical tricks, bias, research short cuts, etc), but not why it would be lower. Mike --- Michael A Burman Ph.D. Assistant Professor Dept. of Psychology K-12 Outreach Coordinator for the Neurosciences University of New England 328 Decary Hall 207-602-2301 mbur...@une.edumailto:mbur...@une.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=17089 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-17089-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-17089-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=17090 or send a blank email to leave-17090-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Pavement Art
I also thought of an Ames room -- they use the same principles to create some really compelling effects. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Michael Britt [mailto:mich...@thepsychfiles.com] Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2012 9:37 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Pavement Art Thanks Mike. These links will be helpful. Appreciate it. Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Mar 4, 2012, at 10:21 AM, Michael Palij wrote: You mean something like this? http://www.mail-archive.com/tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu/msg04806.html The concept is anamorphosis. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- -Original Message -- On Sun, 04 Mar 2012 05:36:33 -0800, Michael Britt wrote: Like most people I'm fascinated by what these pavement artists are able to do when they create such depth in their paintings. I'd love to learn more about what psychological principles are at work. A typical intro psych textbook covers some principles of depth perception in the Sensation and Perception chapter, but there must be more at work in these pavement artworks. Anyone have any more info on how the illusion of depth is created in these paintings? --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958f6 9n=Tl=tipso=16421 or send a blank email to leave-16421- 13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=16442 or send a blank email to leave-16442- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=16453 or send a blank email to leave-16453-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] What's what with weed, correction
But then, rarely has public policy been informed by the data Sigh. -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: sbl...@ubishops.ca [mailto:sbl...@ubishops.ca] Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:31 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] What's what with weed, correction Dang. I sent you to page 2 of the article. You can get to the start from there, or directly from here: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-truth-about-pot The author regrets, etc. Stephen Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca - --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=16349 or send a blank email to leave-16349- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=16363 or send a blank email to leave-16363-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Dumb question....
Thanks to you all. I get it now. It doesn't seem to be a weight as much as I was told. Been teaching this stuff for 20 years, and am still learning new things. I wish I'd had a stats class in grad school instead of math stats... The former would have aided my teaching a lot more than the latter. Thanks again! m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Christopher Green [mailto:chri...@yorku.ca] Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 8:38 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Dumb question On 2012-02-22, at 8:57 AM, Marc Carter wrote: In ANOVA, why are the squared deviations in the SS between groups scaled (multiplied) by _n_? I was once told it was to weight them, but that somehow doesn't seem right. Marc, Essentially, you are estimating the error variance in two different ways: (1) finding the mean of the group variances, (2) finding the variance of the group means. BUT, the variance of the group means doesn't estimate the error variance of the data, you'll notice. It estimates the (square of the) standard error of the mean (SEM). In order to convert an SEM^2 to a data variance, you have to multiply it by n (just look at the formula for SEM and figure out how to extract the variance in the numerator: multiply it by n to cancel out the n in the denominator). After you have estimated the error variance in these two ways, you will notice that the 2nd way is sensitive to differences between the means, but the first way is not sensitive to such differences. So, if you divide the second estimate by the first, and the number is substantially higher than 1.0, you have reason to believe that the difference was generated by differences among the group means (presuming, of course, that you have satisfied all the various assumptions of ANOVA, which are really just ways of eliminating alternative explanations for any difference found between the two estimates). David Howell's text explains this really well. Best, Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada chri...@yorku.camailto:chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ == --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=16208 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-16208-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-16208-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=16209 or send a blank email to leave-16209-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Quickie Poll On How to Teach Undergraduate Statistics
I agree with Chris (and others) on this: even if there are problems with NHSTing, it's still the standard in the literature and any student going on to grad study would be at a terrible disadvantage in not being familiar with it. It's one thing to explain it and point out its limitations; it's an entirely different thing to not teach it at all. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Christopher Green [mailto:chri...@yorku.ca] Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 5:24 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Quickie Poll On How to Teach Undergraduate Statistics No. NHST is problematic, to be sure, but a student who takes a stats course in a psych dept and doesn't come out understanding NHST will be unable to read and understand the psychological research literature as it currently exists. If NHST causes confusion, then it is up to the textbook writer and teacher to clarify it. Trying to ignore it is counterproductive. Even if one thinks that NHST should be completely eliminated from psychological research (and, personally, I'm with the Wilkinson Report that NHST is not actually useless, it is just too-heavily relied on to answer questions it can't answer), one must know one's opponents (better than even its advocates do). Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada chri...@yorku.camailto:chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ == On 2012-02-20, at 11:13 AM, Michael Palij wrote: Okay, I beg your indulgence and participation in an unscientific poll where you can either post your response to the TiPS list (for discussion) or email your response directly to me. I am finishing a book review on an undergraduate statistics textbook that (a) attempts to eliminate all null hypothesis signitifcance testing (NHST) in favor of focusing on effect sizes (ES), confidence intervals (CI), and (old fashioned) meta-analysis and (b) encourages research on statistical cognition which, according to the author, shows that teaching NHST causes greater confusion in students than an ES/CI approach . Given that limited description, I'm going to make this into a 2-alternative forced choice question: Would you use such a textbook as the main textbook in the first/introductory statistics in psychology course? [[ Yes [] No Comments? If you care to, you might comment on whether current intro stat textbooks do an adequate job of covering issues such as effect sizes and confidence intervals (these days I use some version of Gravetter and Wallnau which, in my opinion, do an adequate job introducing the topics which I assume lay the foundation for a more advanced undergraduate course in statistical methods). Thanks in advance for your cooperation. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edumailto:m...@nyu.edu P.S. And, no, this not about procrastinating on finishing the book review. Well, mostly it's not. ;-) --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: chri...@yorku.ca. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92n=Tl=tipso=16147 or send a blank email to leave-16147-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=16165 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-16165-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-16165-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=16174 or send a blank email to leave-16174-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Lecturing vs Peer Instruction
Our new gen ed uses inquiry-guided learning for the content part of the core courses; what instruction we do has more to do with skills (it's a skills core with linked content courses). We do very little lecturing in the core classes, but instead use group work, discussion, and student presentations of content from their linked courses. It's quite a bit of peer instruction... m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Claudia Stanny [mailto:csta...@uwf.edu] Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 12:39 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Lecturing vs Peer Instruction BYU has some good videos on problem-based learning that make use of peer instruction: http://ctl.byu.edu/teaching-tips/collaborative-learning _ Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. Director Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Associate Professor School of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences University of West Florida 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514 - 5751 Phone: (850) 857-6355 or 473-7435 csta...@uwf.edumailto:csta...@uwf.edu CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/cutla/ Personal Web Pages: http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Steven Hall mrstev...@gmail.commailto:mrstev...@gmail.com wrote: Possibly the comment originated from this source at NPR: http://www.npr.org/2012/01/01/144550920/physicists-seek-to-lose-the-lecture-as-teaching-tool lose the lecturehttp://www.npr.org/2012/01/01/144550920/physicists-seek-to-lose-the-lecture-as-teaching-tool Peer instruction is one of many ways to move away from the lecture as the main method of instruction. Is anyone using it or similar active learning techniques? Steve Steven Hall Butte College Oroville, CA hal...@butte.edumailto:hal...@butte.edu mrstev...@gmail.commailto:mrstev...@gmail.com --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: csta...@uwf.edumailto:csta...@uwf.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d550n=Tl=tipso=16182 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-16182-13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-16182-13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=16184 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-16184-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-16184-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=16190 or send a blank email to leave-16190-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] A cautionary tale on Wikipedia
I've had some similar experiences with some stats concepts, especially the way concepts surrounding null hypothesis statistical testing is presented. We finally agreed to disagree and have both of our opinions represented. But I teach my students don't believe what you read: look at the references and go to the original literature. But this scares me: if the students can't get links to some original literature, then what I've been teaching them is worthless Reckon I'll spend a little more time on the difference between primary and secondary sources. Thanks for the heads-up. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Allen Esterson [mailto:allenester...@compuserve.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 2:02 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] A cautionary tale on Wikipedia I'm not one of those who knock Wikipedia, but I do think (as I'm sure is the general view of TIPSters) that it should be treated with considerable caution. Here is a cautionary tale from one academic who set out to edit a Wikipedia page on the basis of his expertise on the subject: I tried to edit the page again. Within 10 seconds I was informed that my citations to the primary documents were insufficient, as Wikipedia requires its contributors to rely on secondary sources, or, as my critic informed me, published books. Another editor cheerfully tutored me in what this means: Wikipedia is not 'truth,' Wikipedia is 'verifiability' of reliable sources. Hence, if most secondary sources which are taken as reliable happen to repeat a flawed account or description of something, Wikipedia will echo that. http://chronicle.com/article/The-Undue-Weight-of-Truth-on/130704/ The comments on the article are also worth reading. One criticism I would make of the author of the article is that he should have raised the issue on the Discussion (Talk) page first to explain what he wanted to change, and why. Alternatively, he could have left the original wording and added some sentences providing an alternative view of the topic. Then the fight could begin on a different footing. :-) Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=16058 or send a blank email to leave-16058- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=16065 or send a blank email to leave-16065-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Book buyers
I think the cost of books is very little related to the cost of production and distribution. They cost what the market will bear, and as long as students are coerced into buying them from university bookstores, the costs will continue to rise. A hot dog at a ball park costs $8 not because of production and distribution, or the salaries paid to the ball players. They cost $8 because that's what people are willing to pay for them because there's no place else to get a hot dog when you're at the ballpark. Reselling books, to my mind, offers students a source of books at considerably lowered costs than those charged by the publishers. If students can start to buy books at other venues that offer lower costs than the bookstores are asking, that should put downward pressure on the cost of books. And that I would truly welcome. But as several have said, I don't sell books I asked to review. Unsolicited books, on the other hand, are fair game... m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Ken Steele [mailto:steel...@appstate.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 11:38 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Book buyers I think the situation is more complex than usually presented by the book publishers. I don't have data but I do have an anecdote :-) A couple of years ago I received unsolicited a box containing several textbooks from a publisher. Many of the books were in areas in which I do not teach classes. A week or so later a book buyer came to my office and I was telling him the story of the unsolicited books. They were still sitting in the shipping box on my floor and the book buyer asked to take a look at them. He looked, sighed, and said that every book had just been superceded by a newer edition. I asked why I was sent the books. He said that the cost of the books could be used as expenses for tax credits. The publisher's practice of bringing out new editions containing trivial changes on a regular basis convinces me that they are not business innocents. I would like to see data on the problem from a neutral and informed source. Ken --- - Kenneth M. Steele, Ph. D.steel...@appstate.edu Professor and Assistant Chairperson Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 USA --- - On 2/15/2012 10:35 AM, Jeffrey Nagelbush wrote: - --- Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:27:30 -0600 Subject: Re: [tips] Book buyers From: devoldercar...@gmail.com To: tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu We don't have a policy and book selling is common here. We get multiple book sellers around, each week, it seems. I used to have ethical problems with the practice but now my concern is how much the practice, given it is widespread, actually increases the cost of books to the students. It seems to me these books that the publisher gets no money for would be one more pressure to raise the costs of the books. But I could be wrong. Anyone know of any data on this issue? Jeffrey Nagelbush Professor of Psychology Ferris State University nagel...@hotmail.com On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Rick Froman rfro...@jbu.edu mailto:rfro...@jbu.edu wrote: We are looking at our current policy toward faculty selling desk and review copies of books to buyers. Can you share with me (off-list if you don't want to burn one of your three posts to the lists for the day) your school's policy (if any) and what you think about it. Thanks, __ __ Rick __ __ Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Professor of Psychology Box 3055 John Brown University 2000 W. University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 rfro...@jbu.edu mailto:rfro...@jbu.edu (479)524-7295 http://bit.ly/DrFroman __ __ -- 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: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=16070 or send a blank email to leave-16070- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended
RE: [tips] Does Your Physician Lie To You?
It appears that the lie is not necessary. I recall reading a Sci Am article years ago that reported a study showing placebo effects even when the patient was aware there was no medicine in the pills. Here's a quick Googled article saying much the same thing: http://www.medindia.net/news/Placebo-Effect-Successful-Even-With-Patients-Knowledge-78439-1.htm The placebo effect has and I think ever will fascinate me. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Gerald Peterson [mailto:peter...@svsu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 6:44 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Does Your Physician Lie To You? OMG, you mean my chiropractitioner, acupuncturist, and all those doctors in bed with big Pharma, are now equivalent to my life coach- positive-thinking-psychic-spiritual-counseling, tai chi psychologist?! Only if they don't believe the lies? G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Feb 8, 2012, at 7:27 PM, Michael Palij m...@nyu.edu wrote: There is a story making the rounds in the mass media about a survey of physicians and their interactions with patients. Some physicians apparently don't provide complete information or may even say untrue things. One popular media source is this article in the Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/study-some- doctors-not-always-honest-with-patients-shading-prognosis-not- revealing-errors/2012/02/08/gIQA32VOzQ_story.html A quote from the WP post may interest some Tipsters: |Doctors prescribe placebos sometimes, and telling the patient could |negate chances of the fake treatment helping, he noted. Sometimes |they exaggerate a health finding to shock the patient into shaping up. The survey of physicians is reported in the journal Health Affairs which can be accessed here: http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/31/2/383.abstract NOTE: your institution will have to have subscription for you to access the article. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94 bn=Tl=tipso=15944 or send a blank email to leave-15944- 13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=15947 or send a blank email to leave-15947- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=15959 or send a blank email to leave-15959-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Neurons in the brain?
But my worry was that the correction isn't clear whether or not Goldberg said million or billion, or whether it was misrepresented by the reporter. :) m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Michael Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 7:39 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Michael Palij Subject: re: [tips] Neurons in the brain? On Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:19:15 -0800, Marc Carter wrote: Weren't we just discussing this? The room echoed with a slight scraping sound as the students scribbled out= their answers on brightly colored sheets of paper, then fell silent again.= 'The answer,' Michael E. Goldberg, a professor of neuroscience at Columbia= , said into a microphone, 'is 100 million.' http://www.nytimes.com/schoolbook/2012/02/06/now-these-are-some- brainy-students/ The answer to your question is Yes. However, the point you are trying to make implicitly may be lost on some readers of the article if they don't read all the way to the end where today we have: |Editor's Note: An earlier version of this post contained incorrect |information about the number of brain cells. The article now correctly states states that the number is 100 billion. I think we've learned something very important today, namely, we can't expect reporters to even correctly report what they hear. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu P.S. Thanks to whoever fixed the Mail Archive which now has put up the past day's posts. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=15925 or send a blank email to leave-15925- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=15926 or send a blank email to leave-15926-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Neurons in the brain?
Ah. But if I had read ALL the way to the bottom, I would see that it was indeed Goldberg who made the correction. :/ m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Michael Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 7:39 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Michael Palij Subject: re: [tips] Neurons in the brain? On Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:19:15 -0800, Marc Carter wrote: Weren't we just discussing this? The room echoed with a slight scraping sound as the students scribbled out= their answers on brightly colored sheets of paper, then fell silent again.= 'The answer,' Michael E. Goldberg, a professor of neuroscience at Columbia= , said into a microphone, 'is 100 million.' http://www.nytimes.com/schoolbook/2012/02/06/now-these-are-some- brainy-students/ The answer to your question is Yes. However, the point you are trying to make implicitly may be lost on some readers of the article if they don't read all the way to the end where today we have: |Editor's Note: An earlier version of this post contained incorrect |information about the number of brain cells. The article now correctly states states that the number is 100 billion. I think we've learned something very important today, namely, we can't expect reporters to even correctly report what they hear. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu P.S. Thanks to whoever fixed the Mail Archive which now has put up the past day's posts. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=15925 or send a blank email to leave-15925- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=15927 or send a blank email to leave-15927-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Lake Wobegon effect
I know there's some stuff in Tom Gilovich's book (_How we know what isn't so_), but don't have my copy with me. If you have a copy of that, it'll have some examples. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Carol DeVolder [mailto:devoldercar...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 11:30 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Lake Wobegon effect Dear TIPSters, I used to have a demonstration that I used in class for the Lake Wobegon effect, but as is typical of me, I have misplaced it and I'm not sure from where I originally got it. Does anyone have a copy of it or something similar that he or she is willing to share? Thanks for any help you can provide. Carol -- 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: marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=15930 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-15930-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-15930-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=15931 or send a blank email to leave-15931-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Neurons in the brain?
Weren't we just discussing this? The room echoed with a slight scraping sound as the students scribbled out= their answers on brightly colored sheets of paper, then fell silent again.= 'The answer,' Michael E. Goldberg, a professor of neuroscience at Columbia= , said into a microphone, 'is 100 million.' http://www.nytimes.com/schoolbook/2012/02/06/now-these-are-some-brainy-students/ m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=15910 or send a blank email to leave-15910-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Research on the nocebo effect
Off the top of my head, I think of voodoo, the evil eye, things like that. It seems that there should be some anthro lit on the effects of folk superstitions. They seem (anecdotally) to be as powerful as placebos. Sorry for not doing the research. I'm on my way to class... m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Michael Britt [mailto:mich...@thepsychfiles.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 1:11 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Research on the nocebo effect I've recently heard about the nocebo effect - the opposite of the placebo effect in which people get physically worse if they, for example, believe that they will or have been told they will get sick. Is there any good research on this topic? Thanks, Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=15794 or send a blank email to leave-15794- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=15795 or send a blank email to leave-15795-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Memory for Record Skipping
I was going to write and make this comment. I notice it very much, and am an ardent opponent of shuffling. It seems very jarring. But yes, we learn those associations strongly, even without trying. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Claudia Stanny [mailto:csta...@uwf.edu] Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 11:49 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Memory for Record Skipping Another phenomenon is the expectation that one song will follow another on an album (or CD). Playing something on shuffle will sometimes create surprises when the expected sequence is violated. Not all memories are encoded intentionally! :-) Claudia Stanny The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=14451 or send a blank email to leave-14451-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Memory for Record Skipping
Paul, if you go into the Info (Get Info, Options) section for the tracks, you can set the gaps to zero -- you check the Is part of a gapless album box. Tedious, but perhaps worth it. I have some Irish music session tunes in iTunes, and in a set there might be three tunes, one leading into the other. In iTunes it's horrible that the tunes just stop and start up as if in the middle of something. Anyway, FWIW... m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Paul C Bernhardt [mailto:pcbernha...@frostburg.edu] Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 3:33 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Memory for Record Skipping Dark Side of the Moon, when listening to it as an Album on iTunes, in the early years of it at least, there would be gaps between songs when most of the songs on the vinyl album flow from one to the next directly. It was very jarring to have those gaps show up between songs. Paul On Nov 28, 2011, at 1:43 PM, Bourgeois, Dr. Martin wrote: Yes, I have many examples of this very phenomenon etched into my brain. A related thing for me is that I had many 8-tracks that broke up songs between tracks (e.g., the Yes song called 'Gates of Delirium' off the Relayer album took up all of tracks 1 2 and part of track 3). When I listen to intact version of the songs now (usually on vinyl) I still anticipate the gaps. Martin Bourgeois Professor and Chair Social and Behavioral Sciences Florida Gulf Coast University Fort Myers, FL 33931 ** Confidentiality Statement Florida has a very broad public records law. As a result, any written communication created or received by Florida Gulf Coast University employees is subject to disclosure to the public and the media, upon request, unless otherwise exempt. Under Florida law, e- mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your email address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing. From: Michael [mich...@thepsychfiles.com] Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 12:19 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Memory for Record Skipping When I was young we played vinyl records which after many plays would skip. Like many people, I was a big fan of the Beatles, so I'll use them as an example. Now that I've been buying Beatles music, I often find when I play their songs I get to certain places in the music and I EXPECT it to skip, or at least I have a very clear memory that the song used to skip at exactly this point. Not sure where this fits into psychology other than memory in a broad sense, but I thought I'd throw it out there. Other people experienced this? Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. Host of The Psych Files podcast http://www.thepsychfiles.com mich...@thepsychfiles.com --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: mbour...@fgcu.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13390.2bbc1cc8fd0e5f9e0b91f01828c8781 4n=Tl=tipso=14447 or send a blank email to leave-14447- 13390.2bbc1cc8fd0e5f9e0b91f01828c87...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: pcbernha...@frostburg.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f26300 3n=Tl=tipso=14454 or send a blank email to leave-14454- 13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=14463 or send a blank email to leave-14463- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=14465 or send a blank email to leave-14465-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df
RE: [tips] False Positive Psychology
It was perfect: I gave it to my methods/stats kids last week and we discussed it and the fraud case yesterday. They really got into it. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Michael Britt [mailto:mich...@thepsychfiles.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 8:25 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] False Positive Psychology This article looks timely: http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2011/10/17/0956797611417632.full ...We present computer simulations and a pair of actual experiments that demonstrate how unacceptably easy it is to accumulate (and report) statistically significant evidence for a false hypothesis. Second, we suggest a simple, low-cost, and straightforwardly effective disclosure- based solution to this problem. The solution involves six concrete requirements for authors and four guidelines for reviewers, all of which impose a minimal burden on the publication process Printing out now Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=13984 or send a blank email to leave-13984- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=13986 or send a blank email to leave-13986-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE:[tips] A Thought for the Day
Ha! (But it's a lot more work!) m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Annette Taylor [mailto:tay...@sandiego.edu] Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 12:20 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] FW: A Thought for the Day I hope this works as an attachment, if not it will be hard to send. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 tay...@sandiego.edumailto:tay...@sandiego.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=13961 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-13961-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-13961-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=13965 or send a blank email to leave-13965-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Does College Kill Interest in Science?
I find it sad that so many students pursue a business degree thinking of big bucks when in fact the majority of them are going to wind up as office drones in a gray cubicle and making a merely decent living. Doing science is hard, but it's *interesting*, and studying it leads to some of the more high-paying jobs we have (they are, of course, outside the academy). I wish that we could get more students to realize that life isn't about money. But in contemporary America, the only values appear to be monetary. I despair sometimes… m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: roig-rear...@comcast.net [mailto:roig-rear...@comcast.net] Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 4:54 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Does College Kill Interest in Science? (I'm replying now with my signature line, which I usually delete, to see if that makes a difference in generating extra lines. I believe that the loss of formatting is more of a local problem, Bob). I think you are correct, Annette, and I wonder whether in addition to earning potential, students are also chosing subjects of study in terms of evolving norms of perceived career appeal. Relative to, say 20 years ago, do careers in STEM disciplines these days have the same general appeal as their business counterparts? My sense is that they do not and that for all of the current anti-corporate sentiment (e.g., OWS), the business path might be seen as a quicker, more efficient way to a comfortable and rewarding life. But, who knows? The real reasons for these effects are probably much more complex than what we have offered so far. _ Miguel Roig, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology St. John's University 300 Howard Avenue Staten Island, New York 10301 Voice: (718) 390-4513 Fax: (718) 390-4347 E-mail: ro...@stjohns.edu http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~roigm On plagiarism and ethical writing: http://ori.dhhs.gov/education/products/plagiarism/ _ The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=13911 or send a blank email to leave-13911-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Does College Kill Interest in Science?
Agreed. Working at a small liberal-arts college is tough if your administration has that attitude toward the university degree. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Louis E. Schmier [mailto:lschm...@valdosta.edu] Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 9:09 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Does College Kill Interest in Science? Well, Marc, I fully agree. But, that won't happen until academia stops selling, promoting, and advertising a higher education simply as white collar vo-tech, higher paying job, credentialing. Make it a good day -Louis- Louis Schmier http://www.therandomthoughts.edublogs.orghttp://www.therandomthoughts.edublogs.org/ Department of History http://www.therandomthoughts.comhttp://www.therandomthoughts.com/ Valdosta State University Valdosta, Georgia 31698 /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ (O) 229-333-5947/^\\/ \/ \ /\/\__ / \ / \ (C) 229-630-0821 / \/ \_ \/ / \/ /\/ / \ /\ \ //\/\/ /\\__/__/_/\_\/ \_/__\ \ /\If you want to climb mountains,\ /\ _ / \don't practice on mole hills - / \_ On Nov 5, 2011, at 9:51 AM, Marc Carter wrote: I find it sad that so many students pursue a business degree thinking of big bucks when in fact the majority of them are going to wind up as office drones in a gray cubicle and making a merely decent living. Doing science is hard, but it's *interesting*, and studying it leads to some of the more high-paying jobs we have (they are, of course, outside the academy). I wish that we could get more students to realize that life isn't about money. But in contemporary America, the only values appear to be monetary. I despair sometimes... m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: roig-rear...@comcast.netmailto:roig-rear...@comcast.net [mailto:roig-rear...@comcast.net] Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 4:54 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Does College Kill Interest in Science? (I'm replying now with my signature line, which I usually delete, to see if that makes a difference in generating extra lines. I believe that the loss of formatting is more of a local problem, Bob). I think you are correct, Annette, and I wonder whether in addition to earning potential, students are also chosing subjects of study in terms of evolving norms of perceived career appeal. Relative to, say 20 years ago, do careers in STEM disciplines these days have the same general appeal as their business counterparts? My sense is that they do not and that for all of the current anti-corporate sentiment (e.g., OWS), the business path might be seen as a quicker, more efficient way to a comfortable and rewarding life. But, who knows? The real reasons for these effects are probably much more complex than what we have offered so far. _ Miguel Roig, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology St. John's University 300 Howard Avenue Staten Island, New York 10301 Voice: (718) 390-4513 Fax: (718) 390-4347 E-mail: ro...@stjohns.edumailto:ro...@stjohns.edu http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~roigm On plagiarism and ethical writing: http://ori.dhhs.gov/education/products/plagiarism/ _ The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: lschm...@valdosta.edumailto:lschm...@valdosta.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13368.9b8fe41d7a9a359029570f1d2ef42440n=Tl=tipso=13911 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-13911-13368.9b8fe41d7a9a359029570f1d2ef42...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-13911-13368.9b8fe41d7a9a359029570f1d2ef42
RE:[tips] Replications
Wow. That's sort of an upsetting article. I've long considered myself a uniformitarian; perhaps I should reconsider... m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: Stuart McKelvie [mailto:smcke...@ubishops.ca] Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 8:31 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Replications http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/12/13/101213fa_fact_lehrer Dear Tipsters, The issue of replications came up recently and Chris Green suggested some ideas. Ther have been some journals in the the past that have encouraged replications (e.g., Journal of Socical Behavior and Personality) but they are few and far between. This New Yoker piece by Lehrer indicates that replications tend to produce weaker effect sizes over time. I think it reinforces the importance of publishing replications. Sincerely, Stuart ___ Floreat Labore [cid:image001.jpg@01CC9AD1.48399F40] Recti cultus pectora roborant Stuart J. McKelvie, Ph.D., Phone: 819 822 9600 x 2402 Department of Psychology, Fax: 819 822 9661 Bishop's University, 2600 rue College, Sherbrooke, Québec J1M 1Z7, Canada. E-mail: stuart.mckel...@ubishops.camailto:stuart.mckel...@ubishops.ca (or smcke...@ubishops.camailto:smcke...@ubishops.ca) Bishop's University Psychology Department Web Page: http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psyblocked::http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy Floreat Labore [cid:image002.jpg@01CC9AD1.48399F40] [cid:image003.jpg@01CC9AD1.48399F40] ___ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=13886 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-13886-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-13886-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=13888 or send a blank email to leave-13888-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.eduinline: image001.jpginline: image002.jpginline: image003.jpg
RE: [tips] Any Tipsters Planning On Being Raptured Today?
Wait, wait. I thought it was the coming of the *raptor*. I brought my birding binocs and everything... Shoot. -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Mike Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 11:29 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Mike Palij Subject: [tips] Any Tipsters Planning On Being Raptured Today? Remember when Harold Camping predicted the Rapture back in May of this year? When it didn't happened, a scheduling error was discovered and the real rapture is supposed to occur today, October 21, 2011. So, are there any Tipsters preparing for their big move upward while the rest of us spend the rest of our wretched little lives here on earth? If so, there is still time for you to sign over all of your property, assets, and money to me since you won't have any need for them where you're going. Please, no old textbooks or journals -- cash preferred. ;-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=13573 or send a blank email to leave-13573- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=13576 or send a blank email to leave-13576-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] University College of London Facebook study
Wonder what it means that I regularly pare my friend list. Of course, I also drink martinis from time to time, so there may be a confound m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Mike Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 12:24 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Mike Palij Subject: Re: [tips] University College of London Facebook study The story was all over the place a couple of days ago and I thought about posting to TiPS about it but it struck me as being just another rank piece of pop cog neuroscience. For one presentation of the research, see: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/10/20/141560380/dont-count-on- facebook-boosting-your-brainpower-just-yet If one takes one interpretation of the results to a logical/absurd extreme, one might be led to the following statement which is a paraphrase of what Samuel L. Jackson said in Pulp Fiction: Check out the big brain on Mark Zuckerberg! The original research article can be accessed here: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2011/10/12/rspb.20 11.1959 Note the title: Online social network size is reflected in human brain structure. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu On Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:06:58 -0700, michael sylvester wrote: A TV station in my area has segment on research findings periodically..I assume that Googling would help.Apparently it was a positive correlation-more friends on Facebook,more gray matter. and enhanced memory. - Original Message - On Friday, October 21, 2011 11:16 AM, Michael Britt wrote: Hmm...sounds interesting. Got a link? I'm always interested in what the Britts are doing On Oct 21, 2011, at 11:07 AM, michael sylvester wrote: The Brits are reporting that they have found a correlation between the amount of friends that one has on facebook and the amount of gray matter in the brain. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=13574 or send a blank email to leave-13574- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=13577 or send a blank email to leave-13577-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Thank you Steve Jobs,but ...........
For me it's about design. From the start (well, mostly from the start) Apple make working with technology a different experience; it was more than a mere tool. It was pretty. As psychologists I wonder if we aren't minimizing the import of what it means to work with a beige box and bad graphics (if any graphics at all) versus working with an interesting interface in an elegant machine that's just, well, *pretty*. I just think there's something that Apple (and Jobs) recognized from the start: people have a relationship to their tools, and a good-looking, slick tool is more fun to work with than something that looks like a packing crate. I know this is true of me and my cooking tools. I enjoy chopping vegetables because I have a fine set of knives: aside from the fact that they work exceedingly well, they're elegant and nice to look at, nice to hold. I have a different relationship with those knives than I do with, say, my flatware. I wonder if Jobs wasn't onto the idea that people can have more than working relationships with their tools, but rather can have an emotional connection to them. m PS That said, I'm a Linux guy and work now with black boxes that I make myself. PPS But I do have an iPhone. -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Leah Adams-Curtis [mailto:lcur...@knox.edu] Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 11:06 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Thank you Steve Jobs,but ... My father gave my husband and me an Osbourne computer for a wedding present in 1982. It ran straight out of the box, was self contained, portable, (my husband took it to the law library on a regular basis), was a CPM system, ran word star, a spread sheet, and I don't recall what else. We used it until it ate my Master's thesis twice. My older brother still has it in his attic and if the floppies haven't completely fallen apart, my guess is that it would still run- although the tiny 6 inch or so screen would make us all crazy (or maybe not-bigger than an IPOD touch)! Leah Leah Adams-Curtis Director of Assessment Knox College 2 East South Street Galesburg, IL 61401-4999 309-341-7260 -Original Message- From: Brandon, Paul K [mailto:paul.bran...@mnsu.edu] Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 9:44 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Thank you Steve Jobs,but ... Actually, M. Sylvester does have a point. Steve Jobs was not a technical innovator -- he was a promoter. I remember CPM and other microcomputer systems; my first computer was an AIM-65. What was different about the Apple was that: 1. It was not a kit; you unpacked it and fired it up. I got to the point that I could unpack one and get it working in five minutes. 2. It was marketed to homes, schools and businesses (the Apple III was ahead of its time here). 3. Mass marketing (plus Woz's genius at using cheap off the shelf parts) made it affordable. Again, it was not that digital music was unique. The internet in the 90's was a hobbyist thing, and downloading music didn't become a threat to the record companies for another decade. Again, what Jobs did was take a hobbyist gimmick and turn it into a mass market. So yes, it is unlikely that Michael S. would have an affordable consumer technology without Steve Jobs. Arthur C. Clarke's dictum is relevant here: 'Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.' Digital audio and video is now magic as far as consumers are concerned. On Oct 7, 2011, at 8:25 AM, Mike Palij wrote: On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:29:22 -0700. Michael Sylvester wrote: As the only mobile DJ on Tips(now performing) at Marcos El Bistro in Daytona Beach,Steve has made my job easier.The old days of carrying boxes of vinyl records to play on the the beach during Spring break took a toll on my turntables and other equipment.Even when cds emerged,it became a pain to ensure that there would be no skipping.But in this digital era,I can now store in computer files,then click and play.As facilitative playing music has become for DJ. Professor Sylvester, I have no idea what you think Steve Jobs did in terms of actual contributions to information technology (however, for a glimpse of his bullying administrative style, see this NY Times article on his style as a Boss; see: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/07/technology/steve-jobs-defended-his- work- with-a-barbed-tongue.html?nl=todaysheadlinesemc=tha26 ). If you think that Jobs was somehow influential in the development of digitally recorded music, you should clear up such misperceptions by taking a look at the Wikipedia entry (yadda-yadda) on the development of the mp3 format; see: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/07/technology/steve
RE: [tips] Question (again!)
Thanks to all for your replies. I really didn't want to set a bad example for the students, so wanted to hear some second opinions. They'll be largely different audiences, and one will be a paper presentation and one a poster – but it will be the same set of data. So I think I'll give her the go-ahead to do it, but have her note on the poster that the data were previously presented in a talk. Thanks again! m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- From: roig-rear...@comcast.net [mailto:roig-rear...@comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 8:01 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Question (again!) As Paul pointed out some organizations (e.g., APA) have rules similar to those of journals; they only want original papers and are not favorable to having papers presented at their conference that have been previously presented elsewhere. I think that as long as the conference organizers, and especially the audience, are told ahead of time of the extent of recycling, then you are ok. Then, when listing the different conferences in one's vita a similar notation should be included to indicate whether any recycling of presentation material has taken place. I put such a note in my vita and also in my presentation slides when warranted. Of course, in my case, I wouldn't want to be hoisted by my own petard. ;-) Miguel From: Joan Warmbold jwarm...@oakton.edu To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Tuesday, October 4, 2011 7:35:54 PM Subject: Re: [tips] Question (again!) This comes up a number of times but my question/concern would be if the audiences differ at the two conferences. Any person who views your student's vita will see that they made the same presentation at two different conferences so I'm not convinced it's that much of an ethical issue as a pragmatic one. That is, if their message is of significant import that will likely be appreciate by two distinctly different audiences, I would think it would be acceptable. Joan jwarm...@oakton.edu Marc Carter wrote: Hi, All -- I have an undergraduate student who wants to present the same research at two conferences. I'm not comfortable with that -- it seems ethically questionable. But I wanted to get a second opinion. What do you think about that? TIA, m -- Marc Carter, PhD -- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: roig-rear...@comcast.net. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c74en=Tl=tipso=13133 or send a blank email to leave-13133-13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edumailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=13135 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-13135-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-13135-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=13184 or send a blank email to leave-13184-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE:[tips] The European Sports Science degree.
Thanks for the tips (yuk yuk), Darrell. I'm recently in charge of a somewhat-in-need-of-help Exercise Science program, and am constantly looking to see what other, established programs are doing. Thanks again, m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Butler, Darrell L. [mailto:dlbut...@bsu.edu] Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 3:45 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE:[tips] The European Sports Science degree. Actually, there are a large number of degree programs and departments that are closer to what you describe as sports science. Many of these have both graduate and undergraduate programs. Some that stand out are: 1. Exercise Science and Exercise Physiology (e.g., http://www.hper.indiana.edu/degrees/index.shtml) 2. Human Performance (e.g., http://cms.bsu.edu/Academics/CentersandInstitutes/HPL.aspx) Lot's of these programs include Sports Psychology, nutrition, biomechanics, biochemistry, coaching, and many related courses and interests. You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e 1n=Tl=tipso=12604 or send a blank email to leave-12604- 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=12617 or send a blank email to leave-12617-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
