Re: Young Dr. Freud on PBS

2002-12-02 Thread Allen Esterson
Beth, thanks for your generous and thoughtful reply to my messages about the PBS program on Freud. I’ll try to respond to the points you raise as briefly as I can manage! I’ll e-mail comments about Freud’s relationship with Breuer to you directly because it’s not important enough to take up space

Re: behaviorism and attendance

2002-12-02 Thread jim clark
Hi On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Hetzel, Rod wrote: I've pasted a copy of my attendance policy below. I would like to switch to a policy that doesn't deduct points for being absent. That seems awfully parental to me and not something that optimally prepares students for the adult world that awaits

RE: behaviorism and attendance

2002-12-02 Thread McKinley, Marcia
Rod wrote: I've pasted a copy of my attendance policy below. I would like to switch to a policy that doesn't deduct points for being absent. That seems awfully parental to me and not something that optimally prepares students for the adult world that awaits them after graduation. I'm

automatic flushing toilets

2002-12-02 Thread sylvestm
My campus has those automatic flushing toilets installed. Are these meant to save water or prevent disease? Those toilets seem to waste lots of water.I have had 4 flushes while disposing scatological elements. How does it work?If I get up it flushes even though I do not swipe the low end digital

Attendance problem solved

2002-12-02 Thread sylvestm
With David Premack in mind,I used a high probability ideal to reinforce a low probability ideal. Here is what I do.The highest score on any exam I give is 80 and achieving 100 depends on attendance. I am conveying the message that there is more to learning than taking tests.I find that students

Re: What would Jesus Drive?

2002-12-02 Thread James Guinee
I saw a film a long time ago, can't remember the title but Max von Sidow (who played Christ years before in a film) plays a guy who only turns on his tv once a year to see if anything has changed. After doing his annual tv thing, he says to his friend who comes to visit, If Jesus Christ

Re: behaviorism and attendance

2002-12-02 Thread Deb Briihl
Here is the attendance policy that I use in my History of Psych class. I use a points given method. Students get index cards at the beginning of the semester that they must pick up before each class (that is how I take attendance - card not picked up, person not present). If the person

Re: Re: What would Jesus Drive?

2002-12-02 Thread James Guinee
Nothing like reading your mail from the last six days, and after responding to this message, the very next one (now days old) has already established the correction. Sorry about that. Oh, well... Hey Louis, if Jesus would have driven a Christler, would an apostle have driven a Yugo? :)

info: the Minorah

2002-12-02 Thread sylvestm
is it true that the minorah comes from Greece? is there a scientific explanation as to why a oil lamp which is supposed to last for one day lasted for eight days? Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a

Re: behaviorism and attendance

2002-12-02 Thread Christopher D. Green
Hetzel, Rod wrote: I'm in the process of developing syllabi for next semester and wanted to raise once again the issue of attendance policies. In my previous academic position I never had much difficulty with classroom attendance. Obvioualy, I cannot speak to the culture at your institution.

Re: behaviorism and attendance

2002-12-02 Thread Annette Taylor, Ph. D.
Hi Rod: What a sad student culture! I feel badly for you and for the students! I think your efforts might be better directed towards some administrative contact with interested students who would like to see better attendance, as it can enhance their own education to have classmates there

RE: behaviorism and attendance

2002-12-02 Thread Rick Froman
I can't believe that most of the students in your informal poll would be that short-sighted when faced with not doing well in the class. Do they really think that the amount of your instruction that they expose themselves to is going to be unrelated to their performance in the class? They do know

Re: Young Dr Freud

2002-12-02 Thread Beth Benoit
Title: Re: Young Dr Freud Hi Allen, Thank you so much for taking the time and effort to answer my questions. I'm digesting the material you provided . I cannot tell a lie (as George Washington supposedly said, though that's most likely a myth too), I am a little sad that I'll no longer be

RE: behaviorism and attendance

2002-12-02 Thread Rick Adams
I use a combination of reward and punishment in my syllabus. Here are the relevant sections of the syllabus: ===(From Pg 2) Attendance Attendance is essential to successful college work. Just as it is impossible to learn to drive without ever entering an automobile, so it is

Re: info: the Minorah

2002-12-02 Thread Paul Brandon
At 6:52 AM -0800 12/2/02, sylvestm wrote: is it true that the minorah comes from Greece? I have no idea, since I have no idea what a minorah is. If you mean Menorah, the answer is no. Oil lamps are quite old. is there a scientific explanation as to why a oil lamp which is supposed to last

Charles Company

2002-12-02 Thread QuantyM
Are any of you tipsters familiar with this company and/or web site? I would like to know how you evaluate their information. http://psypher.phatpete.org/ Michael B. Quanty, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Grant Writer Thomas Nelson Community College P.O. Box 9407 Hampton, VA 23670 Phone:

info: the Menorah

2002-12-02 Thread sylvestm
did the Maccabees(sp) really defeated the Syrians at that battle? Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: automatic flushing toilets

2002-12-02 Thread Charles M. Huffman
Michael Sylvester wrote: I have had 4 flushes while disposing scatological elements. Are you providing this information as confirmation of what many have suspected all along? Chuck * Charles M. Huffman, Ph.D. Chair, Psychology Dept. Cumberland College, Box

Discovering Psych

2002-12-02 Thread Linda Walsh
Help! I've been running through episode after episode of the Discovering Psych tapes looking for the segment on Richard Thompson's conditioned eyeblink research on the cerebellum, but haven't located it. Anybody remember what tape that segment is on? Linda Walsh University of Northern Iowa [EMAIL

Re: Discovering Psych

2002-12-02 Thread James K. Denson
Lerning I believe Mr. Denson AP Psychology Teacher Kempsville High School [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/02/02 11:22AM Help! I've been running through episode after episode of the Discovering Psych tapes looking for the segment on Richard Thompson's conditioned eyeblink research on the

RE: Discovering Psych

2002-12-02 Thread Mike Scoles
Try Remembering and Forgetting. * Michael T. Scoles, Ph.D. Director, Arkansas Charter School Resource Center Associate Professor of Psychology Counseling University of Central Arkansas (501) 450-5418

transgender sensitivity class

2002-12-02 Thread hgelpi
Tipsters I've been asked to put together a one-day transgender sensitivity workshop/seminar for a population of law enforcement personnel and was wondering if anybody could provide me with any ideas, links/benchmarks/resources for such a presentation. It feels kind of daunting since it seems

Re: behaviorism and attendance

2002-12-02 Thread Paul Brandon
As a behaviorist, I'm struck by how much of this thread is concerned with how to coerce/compel attendance vs. a functional analysis of attendance requirements. We (in these United States) require attendance in elementary and secondary schools because an educated populace is regarded as a

Re: info: the Minorah

2002-12-02 Thread Hank Goldstein
1. My menorah comes from the Spertus College of Judaica in Chicago, Ill. 2. Who knows these things (was Jonah swallowed by a whale, did the Red Sea really part for Moses or for Charleton Heston, even)? 3. Stop with all this tsouris (trouble). Go eat some latkes and spin a dreidel already! Happy

Re: Discovering Psych

2002-12-02 Thread Annette Taylor, Ph. D.
Hi Linda: I just showed it recently. It was the section with classical conditioning. I don't know the specific number of the segment. Annette Quoting Linda Walsh [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Help! I've been running through episode after episode of the Discovering Psych tapes looking for the segment

Re: Discovering Psych

2002-12-02 Thread Michael Lee
Hi, The exact title is Learning No. 08 in the series, both for the old and updated editions. Mike Lee Dept of Psychology University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB, Canada On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Annette Taylor, Ph. D. wrote: Hi Linda: I just showed it recently. It was the section with classical

RE: Discovering Psych

2002-12-02 Thread Mike Scoles
No, really--it is about 21 minutes into Remembering and Forgetting. No. 9 in the series. * Michael T. Scoles, Ph.D. Director, Arkansas Charter School Resource Center Associate Professor of Psychology Counseling University of Central Arkansas (501)

Re: Re: What would Jesus Drive?

2002-12-02 Thread Stephen Black
On 2 Dec 2002, James Guinee wrote: Hey Louis, if Jesus would have driven a Christler, would an apostle have driven a Yugo? :) Heard on the Canadian People's Radio (the CBC) the other day: It was a 1950's Plymouth Fury, same as God drove. Because is it not written: God drove Adam and Eve

Re: Re: What would Jesus Drive?

2002-12-02 Thread Paul Brandon
At 3:42 PM -0500 12/2/02, Stephen Black wrote: I particularly like the claim that Jesus drove a Honda. Seems reasonable to me. You don't think that he had suffered enough? -- * PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Psychology Dept Minnesota State University, Mankato * * 23

Re: behaviorism and attendance

2002-12-02 Thread Charlotte Manly
At 11:07 AM -0600 12/2/02, Paul Brandon wrote: 2. We can rely on natural contingencies -- those inherent in the behavior itself and not requiring someone's planned intervention. Again, there are two categories: a. Making attending reinforcing in its own right (lectures as

Re: What would Jesus Drive?

2002-12-02 Thread Christopher D. Green
Stephen Black wrote: On 2 Dec 2002, James Guinee wrote: Hey Louis, if Jesus would have driven a Christler, would an apostle have driven a Yugo? :) Heard on the Canadian People's Radio (the CBC) the other day: Hey Comrade! That's the People's Republic of Soviet Canuckistan Radio,

Re: how to compare the data

2002-12-02 Thread sblack
On 2 Dec 2002 at 19:03, Hugh Foley wrote: Your biggest problem is that you used a 4-pt scale. Had you kept the same structure as the original scale, I think that a comparison would have been reasonable. To me, the issue goes beyond the simple assignment of numbers to the scale points