Re: [tips] Drop Kicking Malcolm Gladwell

2009-01-28 Thread Beth Benoit
article that first introduced it: http://www.kipp.org/08/pressdetail.cfm?a=291 http://www.kipp.org/08/pressdetail.cfm?a=291This seems to me to be Applied Psychology at its best. Hmmm, lots of links here...I swear TIPS isn't my blog site... Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University

[tips] some shorter videos for classroom use

2009-02-01 Thread Beth Benoit
with intersexed people. It's 13 minutes long. http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individualvideoid=5165113 Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire -- We will not learn how to live in peace by killing each other's children. - Jimmy Carter Are our children

Re: [tips] some shorter videos for classroom use

2009-02-01 Thread Beth Benoit
and was able to get them all in in a 45 minute DVD. Raymond Rogoway rogo...@infionline.net On Feb 1, 2009, at 9:11 AM, Beth Benoit wrote: My students are wonderful, and find some great things for me. Here are two that others might find useful: 1. A short video telling about David

Re: [tips] Bias Perceived in Policy Research

2009-02-04 Thread Beth Benoit
Reminds me of a funny recent New Yorker cartoon. (See attached.) Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire -- We will not learn how to live in peace by killing each other's children. - Jimmy Carter Are our children more precious than theirs? --- To make

Re: [tips] some shorter videos for classroom use

2009-02-04 Thread Beth Benoit
Ray Rogoway mentioned a site he uses:One of the ways that I managed to show longer videos/movies was to use iMovie to clip just the relevant parts and put them on a DVD. For example I captured just the counseling sessions from Ordinary People and was able to get them all in in a 45 minute DVD. -

Re: [tips] some shorter videos for classroom use

2009-02-06 Thread Beth Benoit
Okay, guys. Ray didn't actually give a site, but I assumed it was imovie.com since Ray said he used imovie - call me crazy. Maybe I'm just too behind the times?Beth Benoit On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Michael Smith ersaram...@yahoo.com wrote: Yes, I thought not. But what was intriguing

Re: [tips] some shorter videos for classroom use

2009-02-06 Thread Beth Benoit
Ray,My bad...I didn't know what imovie was. Thought it was a site. Forgive my techno-ignorance. Guess I'm nearsighted about far sites. Wait...is this a sight gag? Guess I need to go sightseeing. (No, it should be siteseeing.) Beth Benoit On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 6:18 PM, Raymond Rogoway rogo

[tips] Hey guys: A nudge to improve your aim

2009-02-08 Thread Beth Benoit
nudgings are discussed as well. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/business/08nudge.html Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire -- We will not learn how to live in peace by killing each other's children. - Jimmy Carter Are our children more precious than theirs

Re: [tips] Freudian phobia?

2009-02-09 Thread Beth Benoit
Just to show the kind of thing our students find as fact on the internet - that Freud was phobic about the number 62: http://www.funfacts.com.au/sigmeund-freuds-personal-phobia/ Where do these things come from? Beth Benoit On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 5:25 PM, sbl...@ubishops.ca wrote: I

Re: [tips] Genie update?

2009-02-18 Thread Beth Benoit
I can't vouch for this site, but many of the facts match up, the photos are familiar (including the one of Genie as a young adult before 2003) and most of the facts match up with those I know. http://www.countyhistorian.com/cecilweb/index.php/Susan_Wiley Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth

[tips] Conservatives are biggest consumers of porn?

2009-03-03 Thread Beth Benoit
/Technology/Business/story?id=6977202page=1 Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire -- We will not learn how to live in peace by killing each other's children. - Jimmy Carter Are our children more precious than theirs? --- To make changes to your subscription contact

Re: [tips] Conservatives and Pornography

2009-03-03 Thread Beth Benoit
I still think it's fun, and funny. I didn't consider it a marvel of good scientific scrutiny. Are there adult stores right by the highway? (JK.) Beth Benoit On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Horton, Joseph J. jjhor...@gcc.edu wrote: Edelman collected no individual level data. Indeed he only

Re: [tips] Conservatives are biggest consumers of porn?

2009-03-03 Thread Beth Benoit
Maybe prostitution? But then there are those cave paintings - by the highway.Beth Benoit On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Paul Brandon paul.bran...@mnsu.edu wrote: On Mar 3, 2009, at 7:48 AM, Beth Benoit wrote: But my favorite example is that there was more porn purchased in states where

Re: [tips] Eyewitness testimony

2009-03-09 Thread Beth Benoit
video. I taped the show last night, and will use it as a sequel when I show the text's video. It was nice to see an older, still crusading Jennifer Thompson, and an update on Ronald Cotton. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 1:12 AM, sbl

Re: [tips] The Secret

2009-03-10 Thread Beth Benoit
very thankful to have found it and will continue to recommend it heartily. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

[tips] sad news of Dr. Michael Shannon's death

2009-03-11 Thread Beth Benoit
! http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h647KeOx-J1jq8QmebL2FMXDquKAD96S67J01 Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire -- We will not learn how to live in peace by killing each other's children. - Jimmy Carter Are our children more precious than theirs

Re: [tips] sleepwalking dog?

2009-03-12 Thread Beth Benoit
I thought it looked like the poor dog was having a petit mal seizure. The rictus of his mouth looked especially suspicious. I'd suspect a brain tumor or something organic.Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Linda Walsh

Re: [tips] dangers of drinking distilled water - critical thinking article

2009-03-21 Thread Beth Benoit
(scary) like Complementary Medicine, but not so. Of course, no one has ever seen a legitimate MD (or legitimate PhD in psychology) promote quack medicine! Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca Beth Benoit beth.ben

Re: [tips] dangers of drinking distilled water - critical thinking article

2009-03-21 Thread Beth Benoit
with many statements that play fast and loose with facts that are much more interesting in a creepy sort of way. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] Fw: A Celebration of Life

2009-03-24 Thread Beth Benoit
Since there were 350 PAID dancers, I think it's safe to surmise that most of the people there weren't actually conforming. There were a couple of comments from people who claimed they were there too and danced a little. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire

Re: [tips] Rick Steves: Travel guru reports on a little psychology

2009-03-25 Thread Beth Benoit
surviving a plane crash. I'd estimate that the numbers would look a lot different. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Maxwell Gwynn mgw...@wlu.ca wrote: I'm not an expert on Risk Assessment, but it would seem to me

Re: [tips] TIPS Messages

2009-03-27 Thread Beth Benoit
materials that I've ever received. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu wrote: So, which intro psych textbook do people think is best and why? -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu

[tips] identity of Senator?

2009-03-29 Thread Beth Benoit
I've searched in vain for the identity of the person, whom I recall was a Southern Senator (from Georgia?) who stated that a woman who is raped can't get pregnant unless she enjoys the rape (and therefore, it's not rape). Does anyone recall the name of this person? Beth Benoit Granite State

[tips] autism - earlier detection possibilities

2009-03-29 Thread Beth Benoit
meaning -- like two balls colliding and making a sound, or a stone falling when someone drops it. http://www.webmd.com/brain/autism/news/20090329/autism-new-clue-to-earlier-detection Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New hampshire --- To make changes to your subscription

[tips] video about helping

2009-03-29 Thread Beth Benoit
One of my students in Social Psychology found this video, which makes the bystander effect research current (once again!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIvGIwLcIuw Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill

Re: [tips] identity of Senator?

2009-03-30 Thread Beth Benoit
Thanks to Mike Palij and Chris Green for finding that information!Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

[tips] That conficker virus?

2009-03-30 Thread Beth Benoit
there's something simpler? But if not, it sounds like it's worth the effort. Or is it? Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] Distance Learning Introductory Psychology

2009-04-11 Thread Beth Benoit
-yesbutnobutyes-chris-wares-american-life Hope this helps, Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 8:46 AM, roig-rear...@comcast.net wrote: Hi everyone, I am scheduled to teach Introductory Psychology online for the first time this summer

Re: [tips] Anyone know what's going on?

2009-04-15 Thread Beth Benoit
you today. Beth Benoit On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Michael Smith tipsl...@gmail.com wrote: I think the answer is no, but that's not what this post is really about :-) What it is about: I recently switched to gmail (google) from Yahoo (which I didn't think was very Yahoo! anymore

Re: [tips] Obit: Freud's grandson

2009-04-16 Thread Beth Benoit
And should we think of dying of heart failure as the same as CHD? When you die, your heart stops. Duh. And then there are the euphemisms of passing away, etc. Don't get me started. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 8:00 PM, tay

Re: [tips] Susan Boyle

2009-04-17 Thread Beth Benoit
this on the Discussion Board this morning for my online Intro. to Psych. students to ruminate on, and challenged them to consider what's going on. (Then I raised the bar for them and posted Mark's four points.) Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 11

[tips] Schools for research in -uality

2009-04-22 Thread Beth Benoit
(Widener seems to be at the top of the heap), but wonder if anyone else has any recommendations. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] Schools for research in -uality

2009-04-22 Thread Beth Benoit
can say it--let's promote a little transference and overcome these resistances ;-) gary Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. Professor, Psychology Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI 48710 989-964-4491 peter...@svsu.edu Beth Benoit beth.ben...@gmail.com 4/22/2009 1:01 PM

Re: [tips] They all look alike to me.....

2009-04-29 Thread Beth Benoit
Outgroup homogeneity bias. Beth Benoit On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Jim Dougan jdou...@iwu.edu wrote: TIPsters Yesterday my daughter asked me the technical term for thinking that everyone in another ethnic group looks the same. I assume there is a term for it - but I don't know

Re: [tips] They all look alike to me.....

2009-04-29 Thread Beth Benoit
. Here's the source: Ostrom, T.M., Sedikides, C. (1992). Outgroup homogeneity effects in natural and minimal groups. Psychological Bulletin, 112, 536-552. (p. 325) Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill

Re: [tips] They all look alike to me.....

2009-04-29 Thread Beth Benoit
with respect to physical appearance. -Max Maxwell Gwynn, PhD Psychology Department Wilfrid Laurier University 519-884-0710 ext 3854 mgw...@wlu.ca Beth Benoit beth.ben...@gmail.com 4/29/2009 3:31 PM I still think the outgroup homogeneity effect covers this idea more directly as a term

Re: [tips] They all look alike to me.....

2009-04-30 Thread Beth Benoit
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Re: [tips] The chances of the world ending as we know it

2009-05-06 Thread Beth Benoit
Michael,My husband and I have been laughing at the 50-50 concept and interjecting it in every situation we can think of. Thanks for sharing - it's fun little bits like this from TIPS that just make your day. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Mon, May 4

Re: [tips] Classical conditioning of urination

2009-05-07 Thread Beth Benoit
birth to five children. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] Reality check

2009-05-10 Thread Beth Benoit
I'd let it go. At least an effort was made not to copy word-for-word. The essence of the concept that needs to be conveyed is a pretty basic description, and how many different ways can you describe damage or complete destruction? Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New

Re: [tips] transferring folders

2009-05-12 Thread Beth Benoit
/support/?hl=en Beth Benoit On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 8:22 PM, rikikoe...@aol.com wrote: I have been using AOL for my email for many years and have saved thousands of letters in folders by topic. I am considering changing to gmail. Does anyone know an easy way to transfer the contents of all

Re: [tips] transferring folders

2009-05-12 Thread Beth Benoit
Be still, my beating heart!!! Beth Benoit New Hampshire On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 9:00 PM, rikikoe...@aol.com wrote: One of my sons is a computer guru. He was the one who suggested I use Outlook, but he said that Outlook is not Outlook Express and that I wouldn't have your problem in Outlook

Re: [tips] transferring folders

2009-05-12 Thread Beth Benoit
Okay, computer gurus, if I opened up Outlook, could I maybe retrieve my Outlook Express? (Please, please, please say, Yes!)Beth Benoit On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 9:16 PM, Rick Froman rfro...@jbu.edu wrote: I can confirm that Outlook Express is the pared down version of Outlook and it would

Re: [tips] ice cube addiction

2009-05-14 Thread Beth Benoit
I googled and found this...don't know if it's the right one: Ice Cube Addiction Simulation Exercise This exercise will allow you to experience, first hand (though nowhere near to the same extent as an actual addiction) some of the physical, social, cognitive, and emotional

[tips] Notre Dame commencement

2009-05-17 Thread Beth Benoit
If anyone is interested in hearing President Obama's speech at Notre Dame, the commencement is being livestreamed - began at 1:15, and the ceremony begins at 2:00. http://commencement.nd.edu/commencement-weekend/commencement-videos/ Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New

[tips] extra textbooks, etc.

2009-05-26 Thread Beth Benoit
? They're developmental, intro., abnormal, lots of child psych., and manuals and test banks for all. Also a lot of transparencies. (Does anyone use transparencies anymore?) Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill

Re: [tips] feral children was: Mental

2009-05-27 Thread Beth Benoit
to dig it up. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 6:14 PM, William Scott wsc...@wooster.edu wrote: There is a Nova program on a girl (called Genie) allegedly kept in a closet throughout her development. It is titled Secrets of the Wild

Re: [tips] Miss Conduct's Mind Over Manners is out!

2009-05-28 Thread Beth Benoit
Congratulations, Robin! I'll be buying it because I always read your column and enjoy it!Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 7:44 AM, Robin Abrahams robina...@yahoo.com wrote: Dear friends, family, colleagues past and present

Re: [tips] Miss Conduct's Mind Over Manners is out!

2009-05-28 Thread Beth Benoit
Of course I missed Robin's interview on Today, but found a fun two-part interview on YouTube. Robin, you're terrific. Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCr30TGNnWk Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPCsTfr3Vl8feature=related Beth Benoit --- To make changes to your subscription

Re: [tips] Miss Conduct's Mind Over Manners is out!

2009-05-28 Thread Beth Benoit
I promise I'm not stalking Robin (nor am I her PR person, though I'd bet it would be a fun job), but after I sent my last post, I found Robin's interview on the Today show. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFfNJ_y7f5ofeature=related Beth Benoit --- To make changes to your subscription contact

[tips] Truman Show delusion

2009-06-03 Thread Beth Benoit
, played by Jim Carrey, discovers his entire life has been fabricated by the media and he is the unwitting center of a reality TV show. http://www.apa.org/monitor/2009/06/delusion.html Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire --- To make changes to your subscription

[tips] extra textbooks etc.

2009-06-03 Thread Beth Benoit
://www.booksforafrica.org/books-computers/donate-books.html here's the address: Books For Africa Warehouse-Atlanta 2971 Olympic Industrial Drive SE, Suite C Smyrna, GA 30080 USA Thanks, TIPSters! You rock! And I'm happy to clear my shelves. Beth Benoit --- To make changes to your subscription

Re: [tips] New cheating technique: the corrupted file.

2009-06-05 Thread Beth Benoit
Thanks so much, Leah! That's the kind of wonderful help TIPSters are always offering!I'm definitely saving your instructions. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 9:04 AM, Leah Adams-Curtis ladamscur...@icc.eduwrote: There is a way

[tips] near death experiences...

2009-06-10 Thread Beth Benoit
much prefer the neurological explanations. But if it works for you, that's fine with me. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] near death experiences...

2009-06-10 Thread Beth Benoit
Mike,Indeed, there wasn't anything in that article about actual NDE. I was just projecting. Beth Benoit On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 7:54 PM, Michael Smith tipsl...@gmail.com wrote: Beth, I didn't see anything about NDEs in the article, unless I am missing something. I'm assuming you mean

Re: [tips] What does plagiarism look like?

2009-06-11 Thread Beth Benoit
Here it is: http://chronicle.com/news/article/6568/president-of-alabamas-jacksonville-state-u-cant-shake-plagiarism-charges http://chronicle.com/news/article/6568/president-of-alabamas-jacksonville-state-u-cant-shake-plagiarism-chargesBeth Benoit On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:20 AM,

[tips] Gigerenzer aler: an exercise

2009-06-11 Thread Beth Benoit
(From Stephen Black) Subject header: Gigerenzer aler: an exercise We have a winner! Frank LoSchiavo wrote (privately to me, but with his permission): For every patient correctly identified as having Alzheimer's, approx 11.5 will be incorrectly identified as having Alzheimer's. Sounds like a

Re: [tips] Brain Death!

2009-06-25 Thread Beth Benoit
/watch?v=4yzUxNbi1h4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yzUxNbi1h4Here's how to embed it offline: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwqyg5uNClY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwqyg5uNClYI'm going to watch those myself because I don't know how to do it! Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State

[tips] teaching in Wisconsin

2009-07-11 Thread Beth Benoit
A friend of mine is considering teaching at the college level in Wisconsin as a post-retirement career (he has an M.D. degree), but for some reason thinks Wisconsin requires education courses to do so. Any TIPSters in Wisconsin who can clarify? Thanks, Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth

[tips] more on Phineas Gage

2009-07-22 Thread Beth Benoit
/ Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

[tips] Sue Frantz' blog

2009-07-23 Thread Beth Benoit
offers a lot in that area. What first got my attention was her review of Classroom Presenter. http://sfrantz.wordpress.com/ Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] A New DSM Category?

2009-07-24 Thread Beth Benoit
girls (even though they're cartoons), despite the assertion by at least one of the people interviewed that he doesn't view child pornography. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Ken Steele steel...@appstate.edu wrote: Mike

[tips] sad statistics, but are they true?

2009-08-02 Thread Beth Benoit
In keeping with our recent discussions about statistics (and my current reading of Joel Best's second book about statistics), here's a Bill O'Reilly Oh, Really? story that seems suspiciously uninformed, undocumented and questionable: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3756038,00.html Beth

[tips] new thread: music and culture

2009-08-05 Thread Beth Benoit
the rest of the show, it's all available at that site: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/musicinstinct/video/performance/world-music-improvisation/25/ Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] word confusions

2009-08-10 Thread Beth Benoit
Many students *flout* the rules for correct word usage.But when their grades suffer because of it, they don't *flaunt* their poor grades. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Serafin, John john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu

Re: [tips] weirdness

2009-08-11 Thread Beth Benoit
and look at the unusual relationship as a separate disorder... (Sorry about the DSM mistake. I should have remembered that we're now at DSM-IV-TR - not V yet!) Beth Benoit On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:10 PM, Lilienfeld, Scott O slil...@emory.eduwrote: Hi All - Back on TIPS from a long hiatus

[tips] trying to reach Dap Louw

2009-08-11 Thread Beth Benoit
Sorry to post this on TIPS, but it does spring from an earlier message I posted on TIPS about what to do with extra texts and teaching materials. I received the following message from Dap, but when I replied, my message was returned. Dap, can you let me know a working email address? Beth Benoit

Re: [tips] Re: [tips] word confusions

2009-08-11 Thread Beth Benoit
Oftentimes when often workspreventative instead of preventive can not instead of cannot tedious phrases like: --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] question

2009-08-12 Thread Beth Benoit
pages of classroom exercises. Which exercise was it that you found particularly helpful, as described below? Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Bourgeois, Dr. Martin mbour...@fgcu.eduwrote: There's a good exercise

Re: [tips] Re: [tips] word confusions

2009-08-12 Thread Beth Benoit
in a novel I just finished), but it sets my teeth on edge. As does, No problem, when what's intended is, You're welcome. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Beth Benoit beth.ben...@gmail.comwrote: Oftentimes when often

Re: [tips] question

2009-08-12 Thread Beth Benoit
and perspectives need not be viewed as competing but as complementary. Anderson, D. (1997, January). First day: Experimental psychology. Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS - Online Discussion Group). Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire

Re: [tips] Phantosma: And I Can't Get It Out of My Head

2009-08-14 Thread Beth Benoit
.] *smell and taste still remain for a long time, like souls, remembering, waiting, hoping upon the ruins of all the rest, bearing without giving way, on their almost imnpalpable droplet, the immense edifice of memory.* Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Fri

Re: [tips] Why Do Single Women Go After Married Men?

2009-08-14 Thread Beth Benoit
be seen as pre-screened. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Don Allen dal...@langara.bc.ca wrote: Hardly a surprising finding. How many women would turn down an advance from Brad Pitt because he was married? Marriage

Re: [tips] Why Do Single Women Go After Married Men?

2009-08-14 Thread Beth Benoit
Only mediocrevores would go for BK anyhow. (I'm showing off that I'm also a Robin Abrahams groupie. I read her blog at the site listed uner her name. All you TIPSfolk are giving me a lot of extra reading to do, starting with Sue Frantz' blog.) Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State

Re: [tips] News: Cash for Courses - Inside Higher Ed

2009-08-17 Thread Beth Benoit
courses - and that's with a cap of 20 students per class. Maybe the diploma mill places would do it, but that's a whole different problem. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 9:58 AM, tay...@sandiego.edu wrote: I was just about to forward

[tips] Yet another reason NOT to have sleep apnea:

2009-08-18 Thread Beth Benoit
, they changed the wording to Severe sleep apnea raises the risk of dying early by 46 percent... But the comments posted below it refer to its original poor wording. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly

Re: [tips] Worthy textbooks

2009-08-18 Thread Beth Benoit
(my first choice), in which case, I used and loved Buss' *Personality Psychology: Domains of Knowledge about Human Nature*. David Buss, of course, is da man in the field of Personality, IMHO. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 1:03 PM

Re: [tips] grade worse than F?

2009-08-19 Thread Beth Benoit
I applaud British Columbia's Simon Fraser U. for this move. I also think that when a FD is averaged in, it should be averaged as a 0 rather than a 60 as it is in some (many?) places. In America, we have the equivalent in the military: Dishonorable Discharge. Beth Benoit Granite State College

Re: [tips] Outrageous (im)portune(ing)

2009-08-19 Thread Beth Benoit
them to keep their thumbs off their cellphones for an hour. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Marc Carter marc.car...@bakeru.eduwrote: Well, my perennial favorite (this is common to many of you, I'm sure) is, I'm sorry I

Re: [tips] Outrageous (im)portune(ing)

2009-08-19 Thread Beth Benoit
and mark them absent. I'm glad you brought it up, Joan, because it gave me the chance to think of my response in advance. Beth Benoit On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Joan Warmbold jwarm...@oakton.edu wrote: Beth, I totally agree with your idea of changing present to absent if they do text

Re: [tips] Spanking - an idea that won't go away

2009-08-31 Thread Beth Benoit
in northeastern colleges were less likely to have been spanked and less likely to approve than students in southern colleges. It appeared in Journal of Family Violencejavascript:__doLinkPostBack('','ss~~JN%20%22Journal%20of%20Family%20Violence%22%7C%7Csl~~rl','');, Vol 11(1), Mar, 1996. pp. 59-80. Beth

Re: [tips] Spanking - an idea that won't go away

2009-08-31 Thread Beth Benoit
and misconstrued. I'd be very interested if you'd share a little of what your students think about the article. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Jim Clark j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca wrote: Hi In my culture and psych class I use

Re: [tips] Spanking - an idea that won't go away

2009-08-31 Thread Beth Benoit
behaviors. *Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 45,* 801-812. That's my third post for the day. Back to writing syllabi Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Ken Steele steel...@appstate.edu wrote: Hi Jim: I can see

[tips] Affinity fraud vs. kinship selection

2009-09-09 Thread Beth Benoit
: the applicant's Social Security number. I wasn't able to find a single article in psychology journals on this topic, but still find it worth a mention in class. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill

Re: [tips] Affinity fraud vs. kinship selection

2009-09-10 Thread Beth Benoit
that he ignored the tug of kin selection? Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 7:18 AM, John Kulig ku...@mail.plymouth.edu wrote: Hello Beth Yes, social psychology in the real world! I hope some people with more experience with kinship

[tips] Positive psychology in the military

2009-09-10 Thread Beth Benoit
NPR's Talk of the Nation discussed a new program to use positive psychology to train soldiers. Martin Seligman was interviewed. Here's the link where you can also listen to the program: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112717611 Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth

Re: [tips] Estonia

2009-09-12 Thread Beth Benoit
, and gives a great deal of information about the town and university's history. Good luck! I'd love to go back again. And incidentally, Helsinki is one of my favorite cities in the world. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 9:49 AM

Re: [tips] Afterword on alpha male

2009-09-13 Thread Beth Benoit
. Sociology appears to have already chosen Omega for the lowest-ranking member of a group, but I couldn't find any link for the Omega also having the behavior of sneaking to copulate while the Alpha contenders are, well, contending. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire

[tips] Miss Conduct's Advice for Students

2009-09-14 Thread Beth Benoit
know what the professor wants mindset... http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/2008/09/advice_for_stud.html Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] Garrison Keillor Explains What A Stroke Feels Like

2009-09-18 Thread Beth Benoit
been much more tragic for him and perhaps others. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Frantz, Sue sfra...@highline.edu wrote: This is a short 2-minute video. “It’s numb, as if you’d been to the dentist and had 4 martinis

Re: [tips] Garrison Keillor Explains What A Stroke Feels Like

2009-09-18 Thread Beth Benoit
Louis,I'd be interested to hear details if you care to share them. I was thinking about your stroke when I heard Garrison describe his. Beth Benoit On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Louis Schmier lschm...@valdosta.eduwrote: I can tell you specifics what a massive cerebral hemorrahage feels like

Re: [tips] Garrison Keillor Explains What A Stroke Feels Like

2009-09-19 Thread Beth Benoit
Louis,I'm glad you lived to tell the story. Thank you for sharing it with us. And thank you for not trying to drive *yourself* to the hospital. Another example of the next one might be much worse. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Sat, Sep 19, 2009

Re: [tips] Gender Studies / Human Sexuality

2009-09-23 Thread Beth Benoit
Wendi, I teach a class in Human Sexuality. It seems that my class is run in a very different way from yours, but I'd be interested to hear what kind of songs from youtube you use to begin your class. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire Here

Re: [tips] Psychological research involving food

2009-09-24 Thread Beth Benoit
Here's a youtube video of the marshmallow experiment. I'm having trouble with my computer, so can't view this, but the description sounds right: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7LN96jEXHcfeature=popular http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7LN96jEXHcfeature=popularBeth Benoit Granite State College

Re: [tips] Freud and Poetry

2009-09-28 Thread Beth Benoit
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[tips] Cervical cancer vaccine and death

2009-09-29 Thread Beth Benoit
/cervical-cancer-vaccinations-postponed I imagine that even though the news that there have been over a million doses given without anything like this happening, the program will face huge challenges now. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire --- To make

Re: [tips] Cervical cancer vaccine and death

2009-09-29 Thread Beth Benoit
Actually, that's a pretty good Malapropism. Beth Benoit On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 12:15 PM, drna...@aol.com wrote: Ha ha. Land mind. Does it mean anything, or should I simply not have come to work sick today? Land mine - let people learn to be better by stepping on mines (figuratively

Re: [tips] ADHD and erectile dysfunction (student question)

2009-09-29 Thread Beth Benoit
...down, but contributes to it. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Rob Weisskirch rweisski...@csumb.eduwrote: Tipsizens, A question came up (pun intended) in class discussion about ADHD. A student asked if there's

Re: [tips] Kitty Genovese/The Windy City

2009-09-30 Thread Beth Benoit
Jim,I hope you won't leave TIPS. You add a lot to our group. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

[tips] Correlation example

2009-10-01 Thread Beth Benoit
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