On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:31:47 -0400, Michael Sylvester wrote:
[snip]
(Btw,Americans,British and Australians are the only people that
speak only one language).
On behalf of Americans, especially undergraduates, here is some
research (though a little old at this point) that shows how diverse
We recently concluded a thread on the origin of the term alpha male for the
top dog in a
group of social animals. With help from other TIPSters, I came to the
conclusion that its
probable originator was the American zoologist W.C. Allee and it may first
have appeared in
his book _The
sbl...@ubishops.ca wrote:
I've been waiting for Chris Green to post this here, as he did on the History
of Psychology list, but as he doesn't seem to be going to, allow me.
Believe it or not, I tried to do exactly that yesterday afternoon, but
had run out of posts for the day. Here's what I
On 12 Sep 2009 at 9:49, Truhon, Stephen wrote:
I will be attending a conference in Tartu, Estonia. Does any member
have a connection to the University of Tartu, especially in
psychology? Any suggestions of places to visit in Tartu?
I know nothing about Estonia, but I can add something about
Interesting thought, Stephen. The following article refers to the strategy
as sneak and rape, but doesn't give a term for the sneakers except that
they are low status males:
http://zinjanthropus.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/what-to-beetles-cuttlefish-and-orangutans-all-have-in-common/
This article
Darwin Movie Too Dangerous for the USA..
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6173399/Charles-Darwin-film-too-controversial-for-religious-America.html
Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Office:
Hi
Here's a piece on Pandasthumb by Eugenie Scott on Creation with some links to
other sites.
http://pandasthumb.org/archives/2009/09/eugenie-scott-r.html#more
Also, USA is just tip of anti-evolution iceberg. Many developing countries
have levels of religiosity that far exceed those in USA,
Stephen Black asked:
What is the term evolutionary biologists use to describe such sneaky f*ckers
and their
strategy which exploits this failing by alpha males to out-compete them? And if
that's too
easy, then tell me who was the first to use the term, and where.
Stephen- Good one! Off the
On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 08:00:02 -0700, Christopher D. Green wrote:
Stephen Black originally wrote:
I've been waiting for Chris Green to post this here, as he did on the
History
of Psychology list, but as he doesn't seem to be going to, allow me.
Believe it or not, I tried to do exactly that
A nice response by Mike Palij--I really don't know how he has the time.
I echo Mike's caution on press releases. such as...
|However, US distributors have resolutely passed on a film which will
|prove hugely divisive in a country where, according to a Gallup poll
|conducted in February, only
- Original Message -
From: Don Allen
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: [tips] Estonia
Would you like to explain why Latino/a Americans aren't real Americans?
while you're at it please extend the
On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:03:24 -0700, Michael Sylvester wrote:
Send me and Stephen Black something.
Are you guys the new Can-Am Connection? For those unfamiliar
with the concept, check the Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can-Am_Connection
For some reason I have a mental image of
The article says that It has been sold in almost every territory around the
world, from Australia to Scandinavia. I assume that would include Canada since
it is not the 51st state.
I find it difficult to believe that a film would not be picked up by a US
distributor because of its attack on
Couldn't help it. I must have had too much time on my hands. Here's a
humourous video (hopefully) on correlation and causation. A little mashup
of green screening, Google Earth and some bad accents.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNonyq1yhiE
Michael
--
Michael Britt, Ph.D.
Host of The
Michael, that segment is terrific and quite funny. It also happens to
provide us with another apt example of the various ways in which a
correlation can be interpreted. You have to love the media reporter, who
keeps requesting new graphics to illustrate each new and different
interpretation
Good work Michael. Should help with coverage and promote some discussion. Gary
Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychology
Saginaw Valley State University
University Center, MI 48710
989-964-4491
peter...@svsu.edu
- Original Message -
From: Michael
Forgive me if I missed this earlier, but has APA published the list of
errata yet? I looked on apastyle.org this morning, and didn't find anything.
In the meantime, if any Tipsters know definitive answers to the
following questions, I'd appreciate it!
1. Is the running head definitely used
Some psychologists may be interested in a recent post At M.I.T.,
Large Lectures Are Going the Way of the Blackboard - REDUX #2 [Hake
(2009)]. The abstract reads:
ABSTRACT: Sara Rimer's New York Times report At M.I.T., Large
Lectures Are Going
Hi
James M. Clark
Professor of Psychology
204-786-9757
204-774-4134 Fax
j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca
Department of Psychology
University of Winnipeg
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3B 2E9
CANADA
Michael Smith tipsl...@gmail.com 13-Sep-09 12:07 PM
Besides, I think if the Creation/Evolution thing is hugely
Hi all,
I am looking for information on how undergraduate research is managed
institution-wide at private 4-year colleges. If you teach at such an
institution, I am especially interested in whether or not your
institution has an undergraduate research director, how that person is
I believe that Pat Bateson called this sneaky behavior mate-stealing,
or kleptogamy (as opposed to monogamy, polygyny, polyandry, etc.).
There is another common term for it in the animal behavior world, but I
can't use it on a public listserv;-)
In some species, males grow out of this
Glad you liked the video. I've been thinking about putting this together
for a while. It was the discussion on TIPS about how students who attend
2-year colleges don't finish their degree at a 4-year college that got me
going on correlations again. Tricky stuff at times.
Michael
--
Michael
I will be going underground effective immediately and will resurface with
posts on February 1st,2010.
Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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I think it has wide interest and I'd like to hear replies on list. I've heard
it discussed in many venues.
We work probono. That's it. All of us work with students and we all just have
them enroll in directed research which nets us nothing. My colleague and I are
collaborating on a project for
Very nice Michael. I'm using it tomorrow in my intro class; we were just going
to cover this topic; How I will squeeze in an extra 3 minutes is beyond me but
it makes the point very very well and with good humor.
I'm sharing with my colleagues.
Annette
Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D.
Professor
At Skidmore there is a Grants Officer, but no director of undergrad
research (probably because the nature of research is so diverse across
disciplines). Faculty are not compensated for directing research
(senior theses, independent studies) during the academic year.
However, for our summer
An undergrad research director? Paid? On top of the 24 credits we must teach
in a two-semester year? We encourage all our faculty to involve students in
research. Some are more active than others, but the faculty may limit the
number of students depending on their own needs. We have no
Faculty at Dickinson can receive a stipend when supervising research during the
summer but not during the academic year. It is just part of our job to
supervise student research. It is highly valued by the dept and the college.
We do have a full time technician in the psych dept (has a MA) who
Thanks for the posts so far!:-)
Let me be a little more specific, though. I am interested in how, if at
all, undergraduate research is managed _at an institutional level_ at
4-year schools. Is there a central office or person/persons who serve
as UR director(s)? Such a person generally
I can give you this definitive answer: in cases where the body of the text
disagrees with the sample manuscript, ignore the manuscript and go with the
text. If I was teaching from the manual, I would tell students to ignore the
sample paper entirely.
Rick
Dr. Rick Froman, Chair
Division of
James Clark wrote:
but I believe the new atheists arose BECAUSE these attacks continued
unabated despite decades of politeness and attempts to educate people (i.e.,
disabuse them of the numerous falsities available at sites like AIG). When
another group literally hates your worldview and will
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