[tips] Social Media and Grades

Hi Inside Higher Ed had a brief blurb on lack of relationship between use of social media (e.g., facebook) and grades. See: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/12/28/qt#216242 Here is link to summary of study (a student project): http://www.unh.edu/news/docs/UNHsocialmedia.pdf I

[tips] Boder and Holocaust interviews

Hi Interesting article about psychologist David Boder's interviews with displaced persons (holocaust survivors) in Feb 2010 issue (#9) of Knowledge magazine (a product of BBC). Interviews were obtained shortly after WW II ended. Information is available at the following link, although it is

RE: [tips] Anybody See Any Snow?

Hi And here I was feeling good that our temperature was going to reach a high of -10 centigrade (+14 F, 263.15 kelvin) after several weeks of -20 or so. But my joy was short-lived, once I saw this posting. I bet, however, that you don't get to skate on the world's longest ice rink. See:

Re: [tips] Darwin's illness revisited

%20Walker.pdf Take care Jim 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 sbl...@ubishops.ca 18-Dec-09 12:46 PM On 17 Dec 2009 at 22:15, Jim Clark wrote: It also allows

Re: [tips] Darwin's illness revisited

Hi Lactose intolerance is definitely unevenly distributed across different populations, as Beth indicates. Here are some statistics and maps showing its distribution. http://www.foodreactions.org/intolerance/lactose/prevalence.html The level of lactose intolerance (in modern times at least)

Re: [tips] APA citation question

Hi I found following Noor, Q. (2003). Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life. New York: Miramax reference at http://division39.org/pub_reviews_detail.php?book_id=293 (APA section on Psychoanalysis). It does not strike me as correct, either. I wonder if something like following would

Re: [tips] fear, conditioning, and memory

Hi Just on reading the news report (not much detail), sounds as though this was extinction, with some manipulation of the interval between learning and extinction. Also mentions initial representation of stimulus (blue square) without shock before the extinction proper. Has anyone studied

Re: [tips] Birth order effects for cooperation?

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 sbl...@ubishops.ca 07-Dec-09 10:11 AM ... But here's the catch. They provided a complex statistical analysis (to

Re: [tips] Remember Those Free Copies of the On the Origin of the Species Being Given Out by Fundament

Hi This creationist effort has been around for the past few months and is about to hit certain Canadian universities on 24 Nov. You can see responses discrediting the information in the insert and more at http://ncse.com/ If you follow the Don't Diss Darwin link, you will find a list of the

Re: [tips] Famous Narcissists?

Hi I was curious ... google to the rescue! http://www.ultimate-self.com/famous-narcissists-picasso/ http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_are_some_famous_narcissists http://www.blogcatalog.com/blogs/ultimate-self/posts/tag/famous+narcissists/

Re: [tips] SPSS Stats help needed

Hi Assuming you mean the MANOVA routine in SPSS (not GLM, for example), use syntax like the following to partition the interaction: MANOVA dep BY major(1 2) place(1 3) /PRINT = SIGNIF(SINGLEDF) /CONTRAST(place) = SPECIAL(1 1 1 -2 1 1 0 -1 1). .NOTE: if this is the

Re: [tips] NoNotes

Hi As someone who agrees that note-taking is helpful for learning and as someone who definitely abuses powerpoint (just like I use to abuse overheads!) in my teaching, I would raise one caution about Chris's (and Tufte's) criticisms. Namely, there is much evidence for the benefit of

RE: [tips] Memory research

Hi The standard DRM does NOT use categorically related items, as described in Michael's original message, but rather words that are all associatively related to some critical item (e.g., sleep). Indeed, the occurrence of false memories for categorical lists appears to be much reduced, if not

Re: [tips] CBC News - Canada - Hype can make us all ill

Hi But is this on top of regular flu or instead of regular flu? If the latter great. If the former, then it is like saying that new disease X is not too bad as it kills fewer people than existing disease Y. Also, is it not the case that H1N1 is killing people who are NOT likely to be killed

RE: [tips] Intro Statistics Text recommendation

Hi There is an intermediate approach in which students implement formulas using more powerful programs than hand calculators. Minitab is great for this (I haven't used it for years) because you could implement formula to compute values that could then be entered into later formula. Something

RE: [tips] Article in WSJ on study how brain develops without Dad.

Hi I essentially agree with Marie (having grown up without a father, I pretty much have to!). But doing fine with two same-sex parents does not deny the possibility of differences, such as (HYPOTHETICALLY!) boys growing up to be less aggressive and more caring. Also, there is a literature

Re: [tips] Scary experiments

Hi Here's a link to the 25 scary experiments, courtesy of Jeff Ricker on PESTs, and my comment on the examples. 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 Jeffry

Re: [tips] Scary experiments

at 15:41, Jim Clark wrote: Hi Here's a link to the 25 scary experiments, courtesy of Jeff Ricker on PESTs, and my comment on the examples. ricopa.edu 30-Oct-09 12:21 PM http://io9.com/5390389/25-of-the-scariest-science-experiments-ever-conducted I was just going to complain

Re: [tips] Assessment of learning, not grades?

Hi James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca tay...@sandiego.edu 28-Oct-09 2:02:35 PM I'm not sure I can add much to what Marc has said but there are some really great references all over the web about why grades don't make the assessment

Re: [tips] APA style and DOI numbers

Hi If a full reference is adequate to produce a DOI, if available, then doesn't that mean that the DOI is redundant and unnecessary to find the article? The rationale for this requirement really escapes me, which leaves one in the unfortunate position of having to say to students: do it

Re: [tips] APA style and DOI numbers

? About which there has been discussion: http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/1155.html Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca Jim Clark j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca 24-Oct-09 11:27:45 PM Hi If a full reference is adequate

RE: [tips] Fechner Day! -- that darn date

Hi Or a more pessimistic interpretation ... it is a sign of an immature discipline that its current members do not recognize (a) the foundations of their ideas, and (b) when they are rediscovering the wheel. Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax

Re: [tips] Not really about teaching of psych

Hi Talk about religion and universities without debate? Good luck! :) See: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-90845928.html Anyway, there apparently are some issues in the American situation about separation of church and state. I looked for stuff on invocation, since convocation is where

Re: [tips] Recent Research using Classical Conditioning?

Hi Here's a brief blurb on this research ... you might have to register to see it. http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/55989/ At least from the summary here, the researchers appear to hint that the learning might be conscious, which seems to me a stretch. Take care Jim James M. Clark

RE: [tips] Recent Research using Classical Conditioning?

Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Box 3055 x7295 rfro...@jbu.edu http://tinyurl.com/DrFroman Proverbs 14:15 A simple man believes anything, but a prudent man gives thought to his steps. -Original Message- From: Jim Clark [mailto:j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca] Sent: Tuesday, October

Re: [tips] Worst manuscript reader advice ever?

Hi Darwin did write a wonderful book on worms (and books on many other topics) that should be required reading for all people wanting to emulate his great mind. He even describes some tests of worm's perceptual abilities based on research conducted in his study. The essential question was

RE: [tips] *Nature* on APA and clinical psychology

Hi James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca Lilienfeld, Scott O slil...@emory.edu 15-Oct-09 1:26:35 PM Can we persuade individuals who enter graduate school with an indifference or even antipathy toward science to care about science - or at

Re: [tips] Shutter Island

Hi If the assignment is to read, review, and critique a _nonfictional_ instance of psychological writing, then I would probably not agree. The point would be to get practice processing expository material, and clearly fiction does not fit the bill. If the nonfictional is not part of the

Re: [tips] News: Correcting a Style Guide - Inside Higher Ed

Hi I just read this ... many people outside psychology appear to be upset and rightly so. I'm not enamored of the suggestion, however, to shift to some other style (e.g., MLA). I also have been wondering just who is responsible for the mandated changes. For example, I find the DOI

Re: [tips] On chick

Hi To add (minimally and empirically) to Stephen's discussion of chick, here are the top free associations to chick from the Florida Free Association norms. CHICK, CHICKEN, YES, 148, 35, .236 CHICK, GIRL, YES, 148, 23, .155 CHICK, EGG, YES, 148, 20, .135 CHICK, HEN, YES, 148, 15, .101 CHICK,

Re: [tips] To curve or not to curve

Hi James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca michael sylvester msylves...@copper.net 08-Oct-09 9:03:09 AM Is there evidence that adjuncts give more of the A grade than regular faculty? I forget now where I got it from but here are data from a

Re: [tips] To curve or not to curve

marker. I'm sure that if I had handed in a grade distribution with even 25% As I would have had a conversation with the department chair. Are you sure that those numbers are correct? -Don. - Original Message - From: Jim Clark Date: Thursday, October 8, 2009 8:49 am Subject: Re: [tips

Re: [tips] Concept Map on Sexual Orientation

Hi 1. I would be reluctant to rest the continuum idea on Kinsey's work alone. He deliberately selected quite non-representative samples and sought out unusual sexual experiences and practices. Are there sounder data for this claim? 2. I'm not sure why demographics fits in with nature? How

Re: [tips] From the If You're So Smart How Come You Ain't Rich? Department

Hi The Zagorsky article appears to go out of its way to make the case for a lack of relationship between IQ and wealth. Just a couple of observations. 1. From figures 1 and 2, Zagorsky points out disparity in upper quadrants for income but not wealth. That is, more people of high income have

Re:[tips] How Do You Explain A 4.4 Million Skeleton in a 6,000 Year Old Universe?

Hi James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu 03-Oct-09 8:56:25 AM On Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 10:11:01 -0600, Michael Smith wrote: Feeling a bit verbose, a few notes about what Mike P wrote. This was posted after I hit my 3

Re:[tips] How Do You Explain A 4.4 Million Skeleton in a 6,000 Year Old Universe?

Hi On Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 10:11:01 -0600, Michael Smith wrote: Shouldn't scientists work to counter claims of fraud from any group? (And I would say just by doing good scientific work.) Why focus on religious grounds for claims of fraudulance? I missed one disturbing part of Mike S's

[tips] Books on Psych of Thinking for Lay People

Hi I'm wondering what good books people on TIPS and PESTS have found on psychology of thinking for laypeople? Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly

Re: [tips] Correlation example

Hi A few examples I like ... 1. Li (1975) showed in Taiwan a negative correlation between birth-rate and number of appliances in the home. I ask Would giving away free toasters reduce birth rate? 2. Association of Pellegra (various spellings) with lack of indoor plumbing led to germ

Re: [tips] Creation

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,

Re: [tips] Creation

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

[tips] The Science Wars

Hi Just taking off on the following part of Christopher's recent post on hero worship. 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 Christopher D. Green

Re: [tips] So You Want To Be A Billionaire?

Hi Mike asked about what denominator was used to arrive at 1.25%. If you go to the tables he linked to you will find that total column gives value of 196,305,000 for 25 years and over. This is the value Mike used in the denominator below (in thousands, the same as the numerator). The ENTIRE

RE: [tips] So You Want To Be A Billionaire, Part 2

Hi First, thanks to Mike for taking the time to track down this information. Just a couple of points ... I've reordered relevant parts of Mike's posting (prefaces by MP:) before my comments (prefaced by JC:). [apologies if this is duplicate or triplicate or ... I've had to send it a number of

Re: [tips] So You Want To Be A Billionaire?

Hi James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu 01-Sep-09 10:44:08 AM On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:43:36 -0700, Jim Clark wrote: Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu 31-Aug-09 2:12:45 PM On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:18:52 -0700, Jim Clark wrote

Re: [tips] So You Want To Be A Billionaire?

Hi James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu 31-Aug-09 2:12:45 PM On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:18:52 -0700, Jim Clark wrote: These lists, especially by themselves, do NOT allow the kinds of inferences Mike appears to make

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

Hi I was over the limit, yesterday, so here's this ... I disagree with Michael. Field observations (unless very sophisticated) and testimonials are no substitute for the stronger forms of information gathering we call research (field observations sometimes deserve that label). There are a

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

black parents spank their children more than white parents? Do you have references? Ken Jim Clark wrote: Hi In my culture and psych class I use an activity on spanking centered around a short magazine piece on use of spanking by Black parents. See http://io.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark/teach

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

Hi In my culture and psych class I use an activity on spanking centered around a short magazine piece on use of spanking by Black parents. See http://io.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark/teach/3050/Act07-spanking.pdf Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax

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

PM, Jim Clark j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca wrote: Hi In my culture and psych class I use an activity on spanking centered around a short magazine piece on use of spanking by Black parents. See http://io.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark/teach/3050/Act07-spanking.pdf Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor

Re:[tips] How Many Billionaires Did Your College/University Produce?

Hi The relationship is markedly nonlinear. Including a nonlinear component (b^2) in multiple regression produces a multiple R of .702. Hence number of Billionaires predicts half of variability in rankings. Or using log(bs) alone produces r = -.66. However, there is a MAJOR problem with the

Re: [tips] So You Want To Be A Billionaire?

Hi These lists, especially by themselves, do NOT allow the kinds of inferences Mike appears to make. The list looks at (a) a tiny fraction of the relevant population (100 people or even 400) and (b) ONLY those with enough wealth to be billionaires. To illustrate the problem, consider the 4

Re: [tips] A Cross-Culturally Relevant Paper

Hi I haven't had a chance to read Teo's argument / evidence, but am surprised at this given the evidence from genetic similarity studies, such as that of Cavalli-Sforza (see following link) http://www.pnas.org/content/95/4/1915/F4.expansion.html Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of

Re: [tips] Running head

Hi Has anyone ever had a manuscript rejected because of an APA style error? I haven't despite numerous violations. I wonder if we spend too much time on niceties of apa style given APA itself can't seem to get it correct, adherence does not really matter except for classwork, and clear

RE: [tips] Running head

Floreat Labore ___ -Original Message- From: Jim Clark [mailto:j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca] Sent: August 24, 2009 3:26 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Running head Hi Has

Re: [tips] Question about research project in cognitive psych

Hi I've had mixed success with students doing on-line experiments for cognitive. See pdfs starting with Act... (for Activity) at http://io.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark/teach/2600/ Primary problems have concerned students who say they could not get the on-line experiments to work for them. Take care

Re: [tips] US Armed Forces planning to use Training in Positive Psychology to offset PSTD

Hi It appears to me that important evaluative steps are being ignored or inadequately dealt with in this proposed program. They've already decided that millions will receive the training when there is limited reason to believe the program will be effective, unless one thinks it is valid to

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

Hi Is the basic problem with the way that donations (corporate or private) are normally handled? That is, someone gets to say where (all of) the money will go. I emphasize all of because is it not the case that a considerable portion of the money is coming from the public purse as a tax

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

Hi I'm reminded of a study in which attractive and unattractive people were dressed in various outfits (Armani, Burger King). Women preferred less attractive men in Armani to attractive men in BK outfits. Men simply went for physical attractiveness. Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor

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

, you can hardly blame the women. Robin Abrahams www.robinabrahams.com My first book, Miss Conduct's Mind Over Manners, is available now wherever books are sold! (Or if not, ask the bookseller to order more. Politely!) --- On Fri, 8/14/09, Jim Clark j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca wrote: From: Jim Clark

Re: [tips] Seeds of contemplation

Hi I would put it a little stronger than Christopher. Science strives for complete objectivity. Science provides mechanisms to identify and correct lack of objectivity (e.g., publication, replication, double blind studies, statistical tests, ...). Science thereby provides pathways to an

Re: [tips] Mitchell and Jessen: Psychologists implicated in the use of torture

Hi I found the following somewhat ironic given there were legal opinions (presumably from lawyers) that the practices were in fact legal. I doubt very much that the problem of policing members of professions is unique to psychology. Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology

Re: [tips] Canadian Psychological Association and dissemination of the Rorschach test

Hi The CPA statement also overstates the case for secrecy, unless I'm misreading the statement. For example, it asks what would happen to validity if driving tests were public. To my knowledge driving tests are public and people know exactly what questions and behavior will be on the test.

Re: [tips] Time magazine cover story 8/17

Hi But if I convert from Christianity to Islam (or reverse), I do not make one into the other, do I? Convert appears to have multiple senses; see: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/convert Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca

Re: [tips] Copyright issues for readings courses?

Hi Some of the papers should be past copyright and available on-line. I was surprised to NOT find Pavlov represented in Project Gutenberg where, for example, one can find many of Darwin's writings. Also, Chris Greene's historical documents site may have some of the papers you use? And Chris

Re: [tips] Gigerenzer alert: an exercise/high false positives for various diseases!

Hi Another thought ... if one took such a test and received a medical report as positive, would one have to report it as a pre-existing condition for health insurance, life insurance, or other enterprises that screen out risky characters? I'm not sure how health insurance works in the States,

RE: FW: [tips] I have no interest in research

Hi Is there any evidence Louis that your physicians had no interest in research early on in their medical and pre-med training? I would suspect that most physicians are indeed very interested in research and science more generally (although perhaps not in actually being researchers or basic

Re: [tips] News: Tenure's Value ... to Society - Inside Higher Ed

Hi Not just the public ... in a 2006 Behavioral and Brain Sciences paper, Ceci et al provided empirical data that they concluded was inconsistent with the rationale often given for tenure. Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax

Re: [tips] AP IMPACT: Alternative medicine goes mainstream - Yahoo! News

Hi On the harms of alternative medicine, see http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/harmquack.html On the issue of freedom to choose, see http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/hfreedom.html They are both from Stephen Barrett's quackwatch site, a rich resource on these

RE: [tips] Cross-cultural for Tipsters (2)

Hi If you google plagiarism foreign students or plagiarism muslim students (especially the former), you will find much seemingly credible material linking plagiarism and student origins. Seemingly credible in the sense that much of it comes from the academic world, including educational

Re: [tips] When Mice Speak

Hi Is it possible that all brain components necessary for language (presumably there are many?) might individually be found in different species but that the unique combination necessary for language only occurs in humans? And does an association between a particular gene and specific language

Re: [tips] Texting May Be Taking a Toll on Teenagers - NYTimes.com

Hi It would be interesting to see the data on which some of these statistics are based. What is the distribution of uses like? Does a mean of several thousand suggest some people have extremely high numbers (i.e., skewed distribution like RTs)? I'm not sure what the implication (if any) is

re: [tips] What is this thing called love?

Hi Mike's hypothetical study is not too far from prior research on attractiveness of odors collected at different points in the menstrual cycle (and of faces as noted in the article). Just need to add the genetic component to the equation.

re: [tips] Walter Mischel -- Don't!

Hi But is it not the case that the brain (somehow) must mediate the relationship between, for example, authoritative parenting and mature behavior? Assuming that people are not arguing for some mystical, nonphysical way for parenting to affect subsequent behavior, that would mean the brain

Re: [tips] Walter Mischel -- Don't!

Hi The longitudinal aspect of this research is exciting and novel, but it strikes me that the bulk of what is being asserted fits pretty much in the mainstream of thinking about the frontal lobes and executive functioning. The article, however, puts a very self-serving (for want of a better

Re: [tips] educating participants in research

Hi It certainly would be nice for all students to take research participation (and class participation and tests and life and ...) equally serious, but that is unlikely to ever be the case. I doubt, however, that slack participants have much effect. Only a few obvious ways that they could

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

Hi A crude familiarity explanation for the same-race bias has mixed support. Same race bias initially observed primarily on memory tasks (relevant to eye-witness testimony), but subsequently found with perceptual tasks as well. One prominent explanation now is that we fail to individuate

Re: [tips] Uneasiness with Evolutionary Psychology

Hi But another part of the just so story would be the failure to offer mechanistic explanations for the operation of evolutionary processes. Genes can account for transmission of biochemical information from one generation to next (and later) generation(s), but we are far from translating

Re: [tips] Relevance of science to psych work?

Hi I'm hard-pressed to know whether my leg is being pulled or not, but I'll take the bait anyway. Mike's comments are preceded by MS, mine by JC. I've taken Mike's last point first. MS: Furthermore, I think any fairly intelligent clinician can pick up some top-rated clinical research

Re: [tips] Critical Thinking Exercise

Hi James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu 18-Apr-09 10:46:11 AM (4) It should be clear that the context, the situation, in which the interrogations were made, supported the use of torture even though historically the

Re: [tips] Critical Thinking Exercise

Hi James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu 17-Apr-09 6:54:53 AM Here's a question that one might consider when covering ethics and topics such as Milgram's obedience to authority and related issues: When is it okay to

Re: [tips] naturopaths prescribing in canada

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-Apr-09 4:57 PM Besides, some naturopaths are trained MD's, and if the training

Re: [tips] Portuguese water dog

Hi To plug a Canadian psychologist, Stanley Coren, you can also consult his Intelligence of Dogs. The ranking (based on trainer's ratings I think) is at: http://petrix.com/dogint/ See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Intelligence_of_Dogs I did not see Portuegese Water Dog in the

Re:[tips] Yellow Volkswagen (Was: Thinking Critically About Neuroscience)

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 Palij m...@nyu.edu 09-Apr-09 10:08 AM (3) I'm hoping that spring comes soon to the Great White North and

RE: [tips] MIT Faculty Open-Access Policy

Hi There was an out in the MIT policy ... Faculty could request (from a Dean, I think) exemption from the policy with a rationale (e.g., perhaps journal will not accept those conditions?). Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca

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

Hi I take Beth's point about not dwelling on the MDCM, but the MDCM degree IS the MD degree. I think one thing causing some confusion is that in Canada the MD is considered an undergraduate degree. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_degree With respect to the critical thinkiing issue,

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

Hi Here's an explanation of the degree terminology ... in fact appears to be standard MD (with a Scottish twist). http://www.premed101.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-4206.html My pessimistic nature led me to expect it might stand for something (scary) like Complementary Medicine, but not so.

Re:[tips] Weird science

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 Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu 20-Mar-09 9:30 AM (4) I can see how Jim Clark's presentation of Goldberger's testing might

re: [tips] Roll over, Darwin

Hi This came up on PESTs a few days ago ... I pointed out that Turkey is actually the only country surveyed a few years ago with lower belief in evolution than the USA. Here's other points Taner Edis has written much on creationism and Islam. See a recent summary at

Re: [tips] Income Inequality correlations

Hi Nice presentation, although these effects to my knowledge are not new ones. For example with respect to mental health, see http://thecenturyfoundation.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/08/27/image004.gif Myers intro text has a nice graph in chapter 14 of US states and Canadian

Re: [tips] Antecedents of Eurocentric science

Hi There is a heated debate about science and Islam on Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_science and the debate on the talk-page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Science_in_medieval_Islam#Factual_accuracy And perhaps we as psychologists have been culpable in

RE: [tips] Does the new definition of science measure up? | Science | guardian.co.uk

Hi I think the question is complicated by the fact that people in the humanities would differ among themselves with respect to their basic epistemological goals. Certainly historically many people in literature, history, and the like sought a correct interpretation of the events they were

Re: [tips] We get visited

Hi I don't know how the Republicans have been allowed to get away with this nonsense. I certainly hope American voters (not the Republican core, of course) are able to see through the hypocrisy of a party largely responsible for the current economic mess (and far more) now blaming the new

Re: [tips] Lego Model of Brain??

Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca Department of Psychology University of Winnipeg Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 CANADA sbl...@ubishops.ca 17-Feb-09 10:17 PM On 17 Feb 2009 at 19:57, Jim Clark wrote: For a talk I'm doing in a few weeks for our undergraduates I want an image of the brain built with Lego

[tips] Lego Model of Brain??

Hi For a talk I'm doing in a few weeks for our undergraduates I want an image of the brain built with Lego. Has anyone seen such a thing? I've had no luck yet with google images. Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca

[tips] Art Therapy (was Tips: need suggestions for a student)

Hi Without knowing much about it, I always assumed Art Therapy was a dubious specialization. Browsing some art therapy organizations and programs does not do much to relieve me of that belief (e.g., questionable education qualifications, mention of dubious ideas like Jungian psychology and

RE: [tips] [tips]Regression to the mean (was Bogus treatments)

Hi Similar to Claudia's approach, I wrote an spss program to simulate regression to mean for my wife's clinical psych lectures. Define 10 groups on basis of rank of scores at time 1 (t1) and then compute t2 through t6 with specified reliability between successive times. Plotting means as

Re: [tips] alcohol and pregnancy redux

Hi I've always admired Anne Streissguth's work and often use it to illustrate multiple regression as a way to strengthen (although not definitively demonstrate) causal inferences. Here's an excerpt from: Streissguth et al (1989). IQ at Age 4 in Relation to Maternal Alcohol Use and Smoking

Re: [tips] Massie and autism

Hi Do these estimates of heritability control for the different intrauterine environments of MZ and DZ twins? That is, MZ twins are more likely to share single placenta and chorion than DZ. I believe controls for this have been undertaken in some areas, although tremendously challenging

Re: [tips] globeandmail.com: Professor makes his mark, but it costs him his job

care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca Christopher D. Green chri...@yorku.ca 08-Feb-09 11:57:18 AM Jim Clark wrote: One year I decided to make the assignments voluntary (I can't remember why although I am now being taken to task

Re: [tips] Directional hypotheses (was ANOVA question)

. -Original Message- From: Jim Clark [mailto:j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca] Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 1:17 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] ANOVA question (was cross-cultural) Hi I'll take Stephen's points in reverse order, starting with Abelson

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