How about The Myth of Repressed Memory by Loftus
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On Dec 29, 2009, at 2:15 PM, Traci Giuliano wrote:
I'm always on the lookout for recent (or even not-so-recent trade
books that I may have missed) for a project in
Having a problem raising your kids? iPhone to the rescue! Actually,
it might be interesting to ask students if they can name what
behavioral technique is at work here:
http://bit.ly/tokenecon
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To make
I'm putting together notes for an upcoming episode which I've decided
would be on the idea of showing listeners that while they might first
associate psychology with Freud and Pavlov, they really know (or at
least are somewhat familiar with) more studies/concepts from our field
than they
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Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:12:46 -0500
From: Britt, Michael michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com
Subject: [tips] List of Psychological Studies the Public Might Know
To: Teaching
I remember when I first started teaching in the early '90s I was
provided by the publisher the instructor's manual by Martin Bolt. I
found it to me a gold mine of classroom activities, tips and ideas to
extend student learning beyond the book. I valued it so much that I
asked for another
A few days ago I asked how that trick by Copperfield was done (the one
with the cards). Here's a related question: I thought that the reason
why it worked was due to confirmation bias, but Riki Koenigsberg
explained it as due to inattentional blindness (which I guess I'm not
as familiar
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On 20 Dec 2009 at 12:29, Britt, Michael wrote:
Good point Stephen. The link came from a trusted source on my end -
but still, I'm not sure where that person got the original link.
I'm afraid I live in fear of the evil Internet. Well, not really
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Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:11:56 -0500
From: Britt, Michael michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com
Subject: [tips] Copperfield trick
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@acsun.frostburg.edu
Does anyone know how
fingers crossed and learn my lesson).
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On Dec 20, 2009, at 11:23 AM, sbl...@ubishops.ca wrote:
On 20 Dec 2009 at 8:11, Britt, Michael wrote:
Does anyone know how this trick is done?
Before I pass this clever
If you show YouTube videos in class but don't really want students to
also see advertisements and who knows what else on the screen while
you want them to focus on the video, I just found out about a nice
little program called MiniTube that you might like. You install it
on your desktop
Very funny Annette. I've been a member of TIPS since the late 90s and
I hadn't seen this. Thanks for sharing it.
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On Dec 17, 2009, at 6:43 PM, tay...@sandiego.edu wrote:
Every year I like to dig this one out and
I've been preparing an episode in which I'll be reviewing Hall Beck's
recent article, Finding Little Albert which recently appeared in the
American Psychologist and I asked Dr. Beck who is responsible
inserting the word Little in front of Albert. His research
didn't turn up an answer to
If I had a name like Burrhus I'd probably do the same thing.
Michael Britt
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On Dec 16, 2009, at 2:04 PM, Paul Brandon wrote:
Besides, he never liked his given first name, and much preferred
'Fred'.
Anecdote:
I got this story
Oh no. They're bckkk!
Ken Steele - where are you?
Thanks Rick. I'll have to dig into this one just for the fun of it.
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On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:33 AM, Rick Froman wrote:
...on weight of pre-term infants. The
I always get a smile out of this Elf Yourself tool. I hope you get
a smile to. There are 4 famous psychologists in this quick video.
Can your students identify them all?
http://bit.ly/psychelves
Michael
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see three people. Is one hiding in the tree? :-)
Chris Green
York U.
Toronto
Britt, Michael wrote:
I always get a smile out of this Elf Yourself tool. I hope you
get a smile to. There are 4 famous psychologists in this quick
video. Can your students identify them all?
http
I'm editing an interview with David Buss right now for an upcoming
episode. I asked him to respond to all the criticisms that have
surfaced lately in the press (i.e., Barbara Ehrenreich) and I think he
does a great job of doing so. I like the way he refers to pregnancy as
metabolically
Someone asked me what I thought about Ken Wilber and Integral Theory.
I have to admit that I've never heard of it. After a quick check
online my first impression is that his ideas are either new agey or
just more philosophical than psychological. I've never seen him
mentioned in any
Last year I interviewed music therapist Kamile Geist from Ohio
University. She says in the interview that anyone who wants to
contact her to talk about the field of music therapy can certainly do
so. Might send your student to her. Here's the link:
.
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)
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From: Britt, Michael [mailto:michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com]
Sent
Lately I've been reading Scott Lillienfeld's great book on myths and
this has perhaps primed me into thinking a lot about myths. So as I
lie on the couch after today's turkey dinner thinking that the L-
tryptophan was making me sleepy, I had a faint memory of hearing that
there was perhaps
This really needs to be exposed. I've been asked to do an episode on
facilitated communication. Looks like it's time to get crackin' on it.
Thanks for passing this along Carol,
Michael
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On Nov 24, 2009, at
I thought that I heard something about there being recent research on
flashbulb memories which indicated that people were nearly as accurate
with these types of memories as they thought they were. Don't
remember the reference right now. I'll see if I can dig it up.
Michael Britt
You know, I didn't get this at first. Now I do :)
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On Nov 21, 2009, at 8:29 AM, roig-rear...@comcast.net wrote:
I agree with much of Michael's position on Ebbinghaus' possible
tweets, except for his actual
Here's what I guess he might have twittered one lazy afternoon:
giv me 12 infants my own wrld 2 bring them up in I'll take 1 at
random train him 2 be dr, lawyr, rtist, merchant-chief, beggar or
thief.
Michael
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How about this one:
If Freud twittered: The gr8 question Iv not bn able 2 answer, despite
my 30yrs of research in2 the feminine soul: 'What does a woman wnt?'
Michael
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Put this in the Now look what you've gone and done department:
here's what (could) happen when you teach pigeons to peck at buttons:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEjUAnPc2VA
Michael
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In my next episode I plan to discuss the study that was published last
year on the topic of how narcissism can be detected by looking at
Facebook pages. Since I'm going to talk about narcissism in general,
and I assume that many of your do in your classes on this topic,
here's my question:
Does anyone know where I can get pictures of lab equipment used in
psychological experiments? Public domain preferred so that I can use
it on my web site.
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There was a very funny sketch on the Nov 4th episode of the Daily
Show. Aside from being funny, it might have some connections to
verbal and nonverbal communication. To see it you have to sit through
a 30 sec commercial and then skip to about 5minutes in. Worth it.
Might also be good
I would guess that she's talking about sites or tools that combine
text, images, video, etc. If that's the case, then I highly recommend:
Sprout (www.sproutbuilder.com), an online tool which allows users to
combine various forms of media
SlideRocket (http://www.sliderocket.com) - an online
Sue,
Excellent suggestion regarding WebNotes. I needed this a couple weeks
ago but couldn't think of the name! Neat little tool.
Michael
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On Nov 12, 2009, at 7:42 PM, Frantz, Sue wrote:
“I know Sue Frantz and Michael Britt have many,
I couldn't help but have some more fun with our favorite topic -
correlations. If you've got a few minutes for a hopefully humorous
look at the topic:
http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2009/11/episode-109-correlation-and-causation/
Michael
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Cognitive psychologist Daniel Willingham has a great article on this
topic on his web site:
http://www.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/winter03-04/cognitive.html
Michael Britt
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On Nov 7, 2009, at 3:30 AM, Allen Esterson wrote:
¨¨¨On 6
Hi everybody,
I decided to put together a history of psychology timeline for an
episode of my podcast. Can't figure out why I haven't done this
before. I taught Hist of Psych so I've got some notes and texts to to
dig through in preparation, but I was wondering if anyone in tips land
Does anyone have a reference for those memory studies in which a)
subjects were given a list of things to memorize in a short period of
time and b) some subjects had a list of things that all belonged to a
group (like animals or pointed objects) and c) subjects were asked if
they saw an
I don't know if everyone on TIPS also subscribes to Jonathan
Mueller's Teaching Social Psych newsletter, but I do and I always
find great articles there. Also, if you don't already subscribe to
Marianne Miserandino's excellent Personality Pedagogy newsletter, then
I recommend that one
Allan,
I'm afraid you're way off there. That's not an arrow sticking out of
the back of the image. It is obviously an umbrella and this is
clearly not a ghost but rather it is Mary Poppins. Really! I don't
see how anyone can see anything different! ;)
Michael Britt
One of my favorite theories (which has now found a home in the
positive psychology movement) is Seligman's ideas regarding the
effects of your explanatory style (especially in your reaction to
negative events) on your mood. In the early days he talked about a
negative style as one that is
Based upon what I found after a careful review of the recent Milgram
replication study (and other pubs), it is not true that participants
claimed they were traumatized for life.
Michael Britt
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On Oct 30, 2009, at 4:23 PM, Rick Froman wrote:
If you're looking for articles that critically examine popular topics,
you might try Skeptic or The Skeptical Inquirer magazines. I always
check those two magazines to see get their point of view.
Michael
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On Oct 27, 2009, at
I will add my vote of agreement to Ed and Don. These posts are
inappropriate and waste everyone's precious time. If you can't keep
your posts at a professional level then you don't belong on this list.
Michael Britt
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On Oct 20, 2009, at
Dear Tipsters,
I haven't done an episode on classical conditioning so I'm looking
around to see if there has been anything interesting on the topic.
Just wondering if anyone had heard of any neat applications of
classical conditioning in recent
research?
Michael
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Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 12:17 PM
Subject: [tips] Recent Research using Classical Conditioning?
Dear Tipsters,
I haven't done an episode on classical conditioning so I'm
I just finished reading the Nature article on psychotherapy and here's
my 2 cents: I taught Research Methods and Statistics for psychology
majors for many years and as all know, students loathed the idea of
taking the course. They considered themselves people people and not
scientists.
-
From: Britt, Michael [mailto:michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com]
Sent: Thu 10/8/2009 5:20 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: Re: [tips] Concept Map on Sexual Orientation
I didn't see that in my reading, but I'll check out the reference you
have below. I think the whole
I'm putting together my notes for an upcoming episode on the origins
of sexual orientation. The topic, of course, is huge, but I'm going
to try to provide a general overview of the various explanations -
nature/nurture and in between - for sexual orientation. I've got my
notes in a
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On Oct 8, 2009, at 4:09 PM, Beth Benoit wrote:
Michael,
That's beautiful. Very thorough!
Beth Benoit
On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Britt, Michael
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wrote:
I'm putting together my notes for an upcoming episode on the origins
I didn't see that in my reading, but I'll check out the reference you
have below. I think the whole idea of measuring body differences
until you come up with something significant seems like a questionable
research strategy.
I also found one study that concluded that homosexual men have
:24 PM, Deborah S Briihl wrote:
There is a ton of research - I can forward you my syllabus on the
psych
of food if you want.
Britt, Michael wrote:
I'm noodling with an idea and I was wondering if anyone in tips land
can help. Do you recall any research studies involving food in any
I'm noodling with an idea and I was wondering if anyone in tips land
can help. Do you recall any research studies involving food in any way?
Thanks,
Michael
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Thanks everybody for all the suggestions. I'm still checking them all
out. And by the way, my use of the word noodling was an
unintentional pun on my part. Leave it up to Gary to notice it.
PS: I can't believe I didn't think of the infamous marshmallow study!
Michael
Michael Britt
Just use a program like Snagit for PC (http://www.techsmith.com/) or
Snapz Pro for Mac (http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/).
You can capture the cartoon from the screen (at any size you like) as
a jpg and then do whatever you want with it on your computer.
Michael
On Sep 22,
It seems to me that as much as people are talking about Elliot
Spitzer these days, many people are talking just as much about the
fact that his wife was standing by his side when he apologized and
resigned. The women I know have strong negative feelings about this
and they all say that
I've always been a big fan of the study From Jerusalem to
Jericho... samaritan study and I was thinking of doing a podcast
episode on it. That study was done in '73 and I've got a follow-up
article that was published in '75 (by Greenwald, Does the Good
Samaritan Parable Increase
Kahneman and Tversky - why didn't I think of that? Very useful
ideas. Now there's an excellent example of should be more well
known Thanks Tim.
Michael
On Feb 16, 2008, at 10:24 PM, Shearon, Tim wrote:
In the not well known but should be:
Kahneman and Tversky (heuristics, spent
Nancy,
I assumed Gary wanted to put Groupthink and the Zimbardo prison
studies in the useful but not well known category. Gary - what
were you thinking here?
Michael
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Stephen,
You've given us a lot to chew on here. I'm not at all familiar with
Judith Rich Harris. Guess I've got some reading to do. Your
nomination of overjustification theory is very interesting. It
certainly gets a lot of press from the textbooks. Not only that,
but also a front
Yes, I saw that too. Interesting. I wonder what that's about?
Michael
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On Feb 13, 2008, at 1:15 PM, Rick Froman wrote:
What's with the huge East Coast bias of TIPS?
Rick
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I was reading over a section of Hunt's book: The Story of Psychology
and really enjoying it (again). I haven't been able to find a
website for him. Does anyone know how I might contact him?
Michael
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Wow. That's an interesting - and scary - service. Yes, I found his
address and phone number and all (and according to this site, he
appears to be 87 years old). Geez...and all I wanted to do was send
him an email to tell him how much I like his book.
Michael
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I wonder if anyone would be able to steer me in the right direction.
I was reading an article in National Geographic about the factors
that enable some people to live very long lives. Besides exercise
and eating right of course, the article mentions that some of these
people have very
I've been doing a little noodling with mashups lately and I put
together a video some tipsters might find interesting. In case you
aren't familiar with mashups, the idea is that they allow you to
combine different websites and information sources in ways that are
most useful to you. In
Chris,
Interesting mythbusting, but I thought that there was something to
that turkey making you drowsy issue. You mean it's not true that l-
tryptophan has something to do with that? I thought it did.
Michael
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Excellent resources here Jon. Thanks so much. I signed up for your
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JIm,
I've always been partial to An Introduction to Statistics and
Research Methods: Becoming a Psychological Detective by Davis and
Smith (Prentice Hall). It doesn't contain any case studies, but the
authors have a good writing style.
Michael
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I just wanted to thank those on the list - especially to Annette
Taylor and Blaine Peden - who alerted us to the article in the
September issue of American Psychologist which reported not just the
facts behind the Kitty Genovese case, but also the implications of
this study on the research
I bought one of these ebook readers a few years ago and it was okay.
A little heavy so hard to read in bed. The kindle looks lighter.
But $400! No way. I agree that Amazon needs to sell this cheaper
and charge a little more for the ebooks themselves. Much too expensive.
Michael
...and if you don't mind, I'd like to give - I know, another - plug
for my podcast, The Psych Files. I just released another video
episode, this one on the Gestalt principles of perception and I think
it really came out well (in my own humble opinion of course). After
the recent stories
As we all know, The King of the High C's died recently and I'm
planning on doing a podcast episode which is somewhat related to
him. One of the reasons I recently asked people on this list about
visualization techniques is that I was planning on focusing on the
visualization techniques
Thanks so much to everyone for all these suggestions for sources on
visualization. Great leads! Thanks all.
Michael
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On Sep 16, 2007, at 7:40 PM, Jim Clark wrote:
Hi
Stuart's description of how he remembered
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