Re: [tips] To Tipsters in Stockbridge,Mass
John V. Serafin, Ph.D., 58, of Ligonier, died Sunday evening, Nov. 21, 2010, at his home. He was born Oct. 22, 1952, in Garden City, Mich., a son of the late John J. and Lillian Bach Serafin. John earned his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. He was a highly respected professor of psychology and statistics at St. Vincent College for more than 30 years. While at St. Vincent, he twice served as department chairperson and served twice as president of the Faculty Senate. He was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church. He is survived by his loving wife of 36 years, Carol A. (Brand) Serafin; two daughters, Janet (Talmadge) Dowling, of Pittsburgh, and Laura J. Serafin, of Philadelphia; a brother, Raymond (Ann) Serafin, of Ferndale, Mich.; half brother, Bill (Sandra) Serafin, of Navarre, Fla.; a niece and a nephew. Also surviving are his wife's family, with whom he was very close: his mother-in-law, Merlene Brand, and brothers-in-law, Thomas (Judy), Paul (Jeanne), James (Dawn) and David (Patricia) Brand. John's friends and family will gather together from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the J. PAUL McCRACKEN FUNERAL CHAPEL AND CREMATORY INC., 144 E. Main St., Ligonier. A blessing service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the funeral chapel, followed by the funeral Mass at 11 a.m. in Holy Trinity Catholic Church with Archabbot Douglas Nowicki, OSB, Monsignor William G. Charnoki, PA, and the Rev. Vernon Holtz, OSB, concelebrating. A vigil for the deceased will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral chapel. Contributions may be made in John's memory to Partners In Progress, c/o 329 N. Fairfield St., Ligonier, PA 15658. To sign the online guest book or to send condolences to the family, please visit www.jpaulmccrackenfuneralchapel.com http://www.jpaulmccrackenfuneralchapel.com . -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu From: michael sylvester msylves...@copper.net Reply-To: TIPS posts tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 07:32:52 -0500 To: TIPS posts tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Subject: [tips] To Tipsters in Stockbridge,Mass Happy Thanksgiving! And do not forget that you can get anything you want at Alice's restaurant. Michael omnicentric Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13290.c740a1ff47c2ee2e7bd7530f4853cbf0n=Tl =tipso=6741 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-6741-13290.c740a1ff47c2ee2e7bd7530f4853c...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6744 or send a blank email to leave-6744-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Condolences to the Family of John Serafin
This information about John Serafin's death was submitted by me, Carol Serafin - John's wife. I am sorry if it caused confusion, but I am not familiar with this group but since there were so many posts to John on various subjects, I wanted to let you know about his very sudden and unexpected passing. At some point soon, I will remove his name from the list, but right now I am a little overwhelmed with everything that the last few days have brought. John was a wonderful man, husband, and father as well as a thoughtful and dedicated teacher. His students have been expressing how much he will be missed, so I wanted to make sure that others who knew him, in whatever capacity, knew of his passing. I guess it was strange to get this news from his own e-mail address, but it allowed me to do a reply all to a random message and know that everyone who is on the list would receive the message. Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving. Carol A. Serafin -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu From: Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu Reply-To: TIPS posts tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:54:48 -0500 To: TIPS posts tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Cc: Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu Subject: [tips] Condolences to the Family of John Serafin Earlier today the message below was sent to Tips using John Serafin's email account to the Stockbridge thread. It was an odd post to make given the nature of that thread but it appears that Tipster Serafin has in fact died as confirmed by this public obituary: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/obituaries/?mode=viewobit_id=1 99575 John's last post to TiPS was made on November 19, 2010, about two days before his death. I don't know who submitted the post below nor did I know John outside of TiPS but I thought that a more fitting acknowledge of his passing was necessary. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 05:18:05 -0800, Someone on behalf of John Serafin wrote: John V. Serafin, Ph.D., 58, of Ligonier, died Sunday evening, Nov. 21, 2010, at his home. He was born Oct. 22, 1952, in Garden City, Mich., a son of the late John J. and Lillian Bach Serafin. John earned his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. He was a highly respected professor of psychology and statistics at St. Vincent College for more than 30 years. While at St. Vincent, he twice served as department chairperson and served twice as president of the Faculty Senate. He was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church. He is survived by his loving wife of 36 years, Carol A. (Brand) Serafin; two daughters, Janet (Talmadge) Dowling, of Pittsburgh, and Laura J. Serafin, of Philadelphia; a brother, Raymond (Ann) Serafin, of Ferndale, Mich.; half brother, Bill (Sandra) Serafin, of Navarre, Fla.; a niece and a nephew. Also surviving are his wife's family, with whom he was very close: his mother-in-law, Merlene Brand, and brothers-in-law, Thomas (Judy), Paul (Jeanne), James (Dawn) and David (Patricia) Brand. John's friends and family will gather together from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the J. PAUL McCRACKEN FUNERAL CHAPEL AND CREMATORY INC., 144 E. Main St., Ligonier. A blessing service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the funeral chapel, followed by the funeral Mass at 11 a.m. in Holy Trinity Catholic Church with Archabbot Douglas Nowicki, OSB, Monsignor William G. Charnoki, PA, and the Rev. Vernon Holtz, OSB, concelebrating. A vigil for the deceased will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral chapel. Contributions may be made in John's memory to Partners In Progress, c/o 329 N. Fairfield St., Ligonier, PA 15658. To sign the online guest book or to send condolences to the family, please visit www.jpaulmccrackenfuneralchapel.com http://www.jpaulmccrackenfuneralchapel.com . -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13290.c740a1ff47c2ee2e7bd7530f4853cbf0n=Tl =tipso=6750 or send a blank email to leave-6750-13290.c740a1ff47c2ee2e7bd7530f4853c...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6758 or send a blank email to leave-6758-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] NYU Faculty First In Backward Looking Technology!
Hmmm...I'm not sure why the camera needs to be surgically implanted, so maybe there's more behind this than is indicated in the story. He's not feeding these images into any bigger database, is he? Also, I'm not sure about Fred Ritchin's response that Obviously you don¹t want students to be under the burden of constant surveillance. Well, ok, maybe Bilal ought to turn the camera off when he goes to the rest room. And not visit dorm rooms or other private areas with the camera on. But if we think about all of the surveillance cameras out there in public places, this just does not seem to me to be a big deal. John -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu From: Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu Reply-To: TIPS posts tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:45:56 -0500 To: TIPS posts tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Cc: Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu Subject: [tips] NYU Faculty First In Backward Looking Technology! I can tell you from personal experience that NYU has some eccentric people on the faculty but this really beats them all: http://www.torontosun.com/news/world/2010/11/18/16202696.html For those who choose not to link-through (it is, after all, to the Toronto Sun newspaper website), here is a summary: A professor of photography at NYU's Tisch's School of the Arts (where all the creative-artistic-corporate folks are) is having a camera installed into the back of his head which will wireless tranmit images. There is some discussion about how students will feel when the professor is writing on the whiteboard. I kid you not. -Mike Palij New York University (yeah, *that* NYU) m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6585 or send a blank email to leave-6585-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Who's on first?
Michael, Your memory about the monkeys potatoes is pretty good. I don't remember the original authors, but the monkeys under study were a colony of Japanese macaqques on one of the Japanese islands. To support the colony, the humans would dump food (e.g., potatoes) on the beach. The researchers observed that the animals learned to wash the sand off before eating. One of the interesting reports by the researchers was that this behavior began among the younger, adolescent animals, but then spread to the older adults. Whether this is evidence of higher cognitive function, I'll leave to others to debate. It could potentially be explained via conditioning. As for chimps eating ants, what do you suppose they're doing when they groom each other? They're picking bugs off. No sense letting that protein go to waste, so why not eat them? -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu From: michael sylvester msylves...@copper.net Reply-To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:18:37 -0400 To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Conversation: [tips] Who's on first? Subject: Fw: [tips] Who's on first? Not referring to an Abbot and Costello flick, but I saw a program on Jane Goodall where she saw chimps use sticks to fetch ants from an ant hill.She was fascinated by their tool utilization and alerted the scientific community who initially remained skeptical. However ,when I was at Wichita State in the early 1970s,I knew a prof at WSU by he name of Neil Pronko who published a text of articles in a work titled PANORAMA OF PSYCHOLOGY where he had a piece on monkeys on a Pacific island that washed potatoes before eating them. For monkeys to wash potatoes before eating them certainly implies higher cognitive function. I do not remember the time line for the both of those animal observations. Anyway why were Goodall's chimps eating ants? Ain't those Bozo types vegetarian? --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6010 or send a blank email to leave-6010-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Who's on first?
Mike P: You are apparently picking a nit with something I said in a previous post (reference the following quote). No doubt, grooming behavior in these animals has an important social characteristic. But I'm pretty sure that they are picking out parasites and other debris in the process, and in the process eat them. Apply your own criteria for evaluating the voice over on the National Geographic show. It's not JUST physical contact that is involved. There are other functions fulfilled by the behavior. John -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu From: Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu Reply-To: TIPS posts tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:55:15 -0400 To: TIPS posts tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Cc: Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu Subject: re: [tips] Who's on first? By the way, according to the voice over on the NatGeo program, when chimps groom each other, it is not pick out bugs or nits or whatever -- they do it just for the physical contact. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6019 or send a blank email to leave-6019-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Grandfathered in?
Michael, We've had 2 situation of this type relating to tenure. One was just as you describe--masters required at time of hiring, later the requirement went up to PhD. They were grandfathered in, but all of them have since retired, so it's not a current issue. The other situation, you might find more interesting given your background. Until the mid-80s here, the Benedictine monks who taught in the college were never tenured. After that time the monks went through the same tenure process as lay faculty. In 1984, I believe it was, all monks who had a certain number of years work in the college were grandfathered in (i.e., granted tenure). Several of them are still around, including one of my favorite colleagues in the psych dept. John -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu From: michael sylvester msylves...@copper.net Reply-To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:12:34 -0400 To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Conversation: [tips] Grandfathered in? Subject: [tips] Grandfathered in? The grandfather clause is practiced in many businesses,real estate, and other professional areas. Simply,if one is grandfathered in,one still falls under the old rules that were in existence at the time one originally contracted.I know of some cases where the grandfather clause in the past has been upheld.For example,if a terminal masters was all that was required for tenure track at the time of appointment then, a change in the requirements in the future years, may not apply to the previous faculty who can claim to be grandfathered in. It is my understanding that tenure has little to do with one's credentials although credentials could affect one's salary.Just curious if some tipsters have known faculty without a PhD who have been grandfathered in and have higher ranks and status. What ya think about the grandfather clause in academia? Btw,is there a grandmother clause? Anyone on Tips who was grandfathered or grandmothered in? Any librarian,MFA or ED.D making higher salary than you? Michael omnicentric Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=5710 or send a blank email to leave-5710-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Galileo Was Wrong?
Hey, wait a minute here. Why is that Italian, Galileo, getting credit (or blame, depending on your perspective) for all of this business about a heliocentric universe? I thought that my Polish ancestor, Copernicus, was the one responsible for all of this rabble-rousing. If they're going to go off on a witch hunt or defamatory exploration, they should at least get the right victim. Geez! John -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=4811 or send a blank email to leave-4811-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Galileo Was Wrong?
Ha! One of the things I have to love about TIPS is that even when I post something completely tongue-in-cheek, I can count on interesting and informative replies. Thanks, John K! I'll just add that Brahe Kepler did their thing after Copernicus, so I'll still attribute the idea to Copernicus. Personal aside...ignore if not interested. My grandparents all emigrated from Poland to the US. They all ended up in an area just west of Detroit. My dad's parents lived on a street that happened to go by the name of Kopernik. As a kid, I had no idea the significance of that name, but I eventually figured it out. John -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu From: John Kulig ku...@mail.plymouth.edu Reply-To: TIPS posts tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:44:16 -0400 To: TIPS posts tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Subject: Re: [tips] Galileo Was Wrong? Yeah, I agree! (sort of, but ...) My understanding (haven't read the original) is that Copernicus (Latinized from the Polish name Kopernik) was theoretically embedded in the medieval way of thinking which was to try to fit the available data into pre-existing medieval-style thinking. I believe he showed that either a geo or helio-centered universe could be made consistent with existing data. Galileo deserves a tremendous amount of credit for pushing science forward, but look to Kepler's three laws of planetary motion (1609/1619) for a real data-driven science (Tycho Brahe's data though), moving from the perfect circles of medieval thinking to elliptical orbits. But in empirically derived laws, he saw a different sort of perfection, mathematically, such as the relationship between distance from the sun and time to orbit (3rd law I believe) ... == John W. Kulig Professor of Psychology Plymouth State University Plymouth NH 03264 GALILEO GALILEI: I do not feel obligated to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reasons, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. - Original Message - From: John Serafin john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 5:24:29 PM Subject: Re: [tips] Galileo Was Wrong? Hey, wait a minute here. Why is that Italian, Galileo, getting credit (or blame, depending on your perspective) for all of this business about a heliocentric universe? I thought that my Polish ancestor, Copernicus, was the one responsible for all of this rabble-rousing. If they're going to go off on a witch hunt or defamatory exploration, they should at least get the right victim. Geez! John -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: ku...@mail.plymouth.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13338.f659d005276678c0696b7f6beda66454n=Tl =tipso=4811 or send a blank email to leave-4811-13338.f659d005276678c0696b7f6beda66...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13290.c740a1ff47c2ee2e7bd7530f4853cbf0n=Tl =tipso=4815 or send a blank email to leave-4815-13290.c740a1ff47c2ee2e7bd7530f4853c...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=4816 or send a blank email to leave-4816-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] magic/perception issue
Ok, I'm going to go out on a limb here. First of all, I admit to being a huge fan of magicians (illusionists, if you prefer that term). I am not a huge fan of the show, America's Got Talent. But That show has a couple of pretty good magicians this year. Relationship to psychology? This relates to perception. Watch this trick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIXqO_jcVXAp=D8D9DC4B4A148D20playnext=1ind ex=10 Psychologists are generally pretty good at figuring out what's going on. I've got some thoughts about this one, but I'm curious whether others have ideas as well. Now, we're not on stage to watch this...but what do you think? And then there's this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiUDdRA-v2o Theoretically, all of this is being done on live TV. I think we need Randi to explain all of this. John -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=4493 or send a blank email to leave-4493-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] magic/perception issue
Thank you to both Don and Gary for the comments on these clips. Yeah, I had assumed that the tiger act involved prisms or some such to mask his original appearance. I will say, however, that I'm still a bit puzzled by the other one! Where the devil did that second gal come from? In any case...good stuff. Don, if you're serious, I'd love to have you send me whatever you can about the easy ones. John -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=4497 or send a blank email to leave-4497-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] belated response to critique of Susan Clancy book
Thank you, Scott. That's another great example. I love using data like these in stats. We get to talk a little bit about the underlying psychological issues, but also can discuss the statistical issues. So...as in a previous discussion...what's best to summarize these data? Mean, median, or mode? Or to put in another way, is there any good way to summarize these data from a central tendency point of view? (A graph would be my personal preference.) John -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu From: Lilienfeld, Scott O slil...@emory.edu Reply-To: TIPS posts tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:21:13 -0400 To: TIPS posts tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Subject: RE: [tips] belated response to critique of Susan Clancy book For those TIPSters, like John Serafin, desiring more data (I assume he means bigger sample sizes), here's another one from Amazon.com for the very book to which Joan Warmbold is referring (I assume), Paul Offit's (excellent, in my view), Autism's False Prophets (funny - I initially typed Profits, which I quickly realized may be a Freudian parapraxis): 104 Reviews 5 star:(70) 4 star:(6) 3 star:(0) 2 star:(2) 1 star:(26) And following up further on Joan's comments, here is the Amazon.com distribution for Loftus and Ketcham's Myth of Repressed Memory: 18 Reviews 5 star:(8) 4 star:(5) 3 star:(0) 2 star:(0) 1 star:(5) Of course, I haven't presented any data from the control condition (noncontroversial books), so take these data for what they're worth. Still, in the Reichenbach context of discovery, they're certainly good reason to further explore this hypothesis, I'd think. ...Scott Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D. Professor Editor, Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice Department of Psychology, Room 473 Psychology and Interdisciplinary Sciences (PAIS) Emory University 36 Eagle Row Atlanta, Georgia 30322 slil...@emory.edu (404) 727-1125 Psychology Today Blog: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-skeptical-psychologist 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-140513111X.html Scientific American Mind: Facts and Fictions in Mental Health Column: http://www.scientificamerican.com/sciammind/ The Master in the Art of Living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation, his love and his intellectual passions. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence in whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him - he is always doing both. - Zen Buddhist text (slightly modified) -Original Message- From: Joan Warmbold [mailto:jwarm...@oakton.edu] Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 4:11 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] belated response to critique of Susan Clancy book Polarization is almost inevitable when a person/author takes a controversial stand. I recall when the author of a book that provided overwhelming evidence /against/ the cause-effect relationship between vaccines and autism, he decided to cancel his book tour due to death threats. Another analogy is with Elizabeth Loftus's controversial findings on false memories. As terrific as her contributions have been to our understanding of prone to error we can be when retrieving memories, she also polarized the public as well as the psychological community. Taking such stands as these three have takes great courage of conviction. Joan jwarm...@oakton.edu sbl...@ubishops.ca wrote: BTW, 38 customer reviews were posted to Amazon. 39% of them gave her book 5 stars (outstanding); 42%, 1 star (stinks). Reveals a bit of polarization, no? --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: slil...@emory.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13509.d0999cebc8f4ed4eb54d5317367e9b2fn=Tl =tipso=2334 or send a blank email to leave-2334-13509.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: john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13290.c740a1ff47c2ee2e7bd7530f4853cbf0n=Tl =tipso=2336 or send a blank
Re: [tips] Are parachutes effective?
I imagine that, in contrast to some of the other research recently discussed here, the placebo effect might not be getting stronger in this field of research? John -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu From: sbl...@ubishops.ca Reply-To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:46:34 -0400 To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Conversation: [tips] Are parachutes effective? Subject: [tips] Are parachutes effective? Smith and Pell report the results of a review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of parachute use. From the Discussion: It is a truth universally acknowledged that a medical intervention justified by observational data must be in want of verification through a randomized controlled trial. See: http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/327/7429/1459#responses Smith, C., Pell, J. (2003). Hazardous journey: Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational challenge: systematic review of randomised controlled trials. BMJ 2003;327:1459-1461. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=1318 or send a blank email to leave-1318-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Great Question about REM
Good set of responses to the original question about REM motor inhibition eye movements. Just want to correct one response. Eye movements are not controlled by autonomic systems. The poster may have been thinking about functions like pupil dilation/contraction, which are, in fact, controlled by parasympathetic system. But movements of the eye are under separate control. Also, I'll just add that describing the effect as motor paralysis is probably an overstatement. Brainstem areas, during REM, inhibit motor neurons in the spinal cord. That does not necessarily imply total paralysis. And while I'm at it, I'll add my own question to this topic, which I've never come up with a good answer to. Some species sleep standing up. Why don't they flop over and fall down when they enter REM? John Besides eye movements are functionally under the ANS -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=818 or send a blank email to leave-818-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Prep for Psych stats?
For us, students who are required to take the remedial math course must pass that remedial course before taking psych stats. The others, we assume they have the basic math skills necessary. However, during advising, most are encouraged to take a college-level math course before stats. Not because they need higher math skills, but to refresh skills that may have gone stagnant. This approach has worked pretty well for us. John -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu From: Gerald Peterson peter...@svsu.edu Reply-To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:33:53 -0500 To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Conversation: [tips] Prep for Psych stats? Subject: [tips] Prep for Psych stats? We had a discussion at a dept. meeting regarding our requirement of a Math class (involves intermediate algebra) for our Psych Statistics class. This Math class is college level and not remedial, and some of our stats instructors feel the math class is at a level above what should be required for our stats class. All of our students have basic math skills and we initially thought this math class should be required to insure basic arithmetical operations. The class now appears to be at a higher level than some think is necessary. I was wondering if other TIPS folks have a Math pre-req for the Psych Stats class and whether it you feel it functions well as a pre-req. My own view is that students should have basic math skills but do not need a higher level college math class before our Stats class. We have an advanced Stat class where students can sharpen their stats thinking and, of course, those going on to grad work in psych (approx 19%) will have further opportunities to develop understanding of more advanced statistical techniques. Thanks for any input/thoughts. 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: john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13290.c740a1ff47c2ee2e7bd7530f4853cbf0=T=tip s=86 http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13290.c740a1ff47c2ee2e7bd7530f4853cbf0n=T; l=tipso=86 or send a blank email to leave-86-13290.c740a1ff47c2ee2e7bd7530f4853c...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=103 or send a blank email to leave-103-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
