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2004-04-12 Thread Jodi Gabert
In response to a much earlier querry (I even forget which one it was) I was contacted by a Ferris State psych professor (not Jeff or Rick) regarding some activities he'd like to do with area psychology students and teachers. Then I got the big bug which wiped out the email I'd saved. So

[Fwd: NYTimes on Slater book controversy]

2004-04-12 Thread Christopher D. Green
Given the earlier discussions of Slater's book on this list, I thought it would interest many of you to know that the NYT is carrying an article about the controversy: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/12/books/12SLAT.html (I think you need a (free) subscription. Regards, Christopher Green

advertisments as stimuli

2004-04-12 Thread Patrick O. Dolan
I have a copyright/ethics question that I am hoping some of you can help me with. I have a student who wants to use TV commercials as stimuli in an experiment- does she need to get permission do use them? I don't know exactly what the task will be but essentially subject will be asked to view

Opening Skinner's box

2004-04-12 Thread Stephen Black
So much has been published on this matter that it's getting hard to remember what's been posted here and what hasn't. But there's an article in the New York Times today (Monday, April 12th) which must be new. It's at:http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/12/books/12SLAT.html (Book's Critique of

Re: FW: Slater's book in hand

2004-04-12 Thread Paul Brandon
Title: Re: FW: Slater's book in hand At 10:13 AM -0400 4/12/04, Beth Benoit wrote: I received the following email from Lauren Slater this morning. I thought her defense of reiterating a myth for the purpose of dismantling it was exactly the closure we needed for the Skinner chapter. Beth Benoit

Re: advertisments as stimuli

2004-04-12 Thread David Campbell
I, too, have a student using TV commercials in a research project. These ads are placed on the air free to viewers in hopes that they will be viewed. I can't see how the ad agencies would want to be bothered with copywrite paperwork if a researcher wanted to extend the viewing of these ads

Re: Child Psychology

2004-04-12 Thread Paul C. Smith
Christopher D. Green wrote: Developmental Psychology Early Development Teenage Development Lifespan Development (You can drop out the adjective psychological because it is understood in a psychology department.) Cognitive Development Emotional Development Social Development etc. We

Re: advertisments as stimuli

2004-04-12 Thread moravcik
Although I am not an expert on copyright law (and cannot give legal advice), I think what you are describing would probably fall under fair use. I have copied the following section of federal law from Cornell's web-site (without specific permission). I hope it helps. Title 17, Sec. 107. -

Data and an additional question re: parametric tests

2004-04-12 Thread Michael Lavin
1) several week ago I asked you folks how many psychology courses hours were required by your majors to graduate. I received 47 responses and the mean # was 34.53 course hours-- thanks, albeit, unscientific. 2) I'm trying to find articles or chapters written by Jacob Cohen in the 60s and 70s on

RE: Child Psychology

2004-04-12 Thread Jeffrey Nagelbush
Wallace Dixon asks: 1) How would you design the syllabi of our new science-emphasized developmental psychology courses to maximize their distinctiveness from the existing applied-emphasis courses? There are 2 ways to teach most developmental courses, topically and age/stage. If your goal is to

Re: Child Psychology

2004-04-12 Thread Vincent Prohaska
I also would suggest, following Mark's comment, that you try to talk them into changing the names of their course to child development, etc. This would better reflect their department name and interest. And your department really should own the name Psychology in courses. You might point out that

Darwin's Truth, Jefferson's Vision

2004-04-12 Thread Allen Esterson
There’s an article by the anthropologist Melvin Konner on sociobiology (or evolutionary psychology) on the American Prospect website that some TIPSters may find of interest. (It was originally published in 1999.) I’ve reproduced below the introductory and concluding paragraphs to give a taster of