Re: [tips] Prof Buckland wins one for the Gipper

2010-03-02 Thread Allen Esterson
On 1 February 2010 Stephen Black wrote: And while we're on the subject of winning, allow me to slip in this modest observation on the recently-concluded Winter Olympics. Canada, with one-tenth the population of the USA and one-quarter the population of Russia, managed to win more gold medals that

Re: [tips] Prof Buckland wins one for the Gipper

2010-03-02 Thread Allen Esterson
I see that getting the smiley wrong (twice) in my last message rather spoils the effect of using them. :-) Allen E. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=992 or

[tips] Do human pheromones exist?

2010-03-02 Thread roig-reardon
Is the notion of human pheromones another myth slain by lack of data? http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527491.100-the-pheromone-myth-sniffing-out-the-truth.html?page=1 Miguel --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here:

RE: [tips] Do human pheromones exist?

2010-03-02 Thread Bourgeois, Dr. Martin
I notice that the article ignores the research showing that females prefer the scent of symmetrical males, or the new research showing that males prefer the scent of menstruating females. Although neither show direct evidence for pheremones, they do provide data relevant to the debate. And

Re: [tips] Do human pheromones exist?

2010-03-02 Thread Rick Froman
And what of the breakthrough research of Dr. Winnifred Cutler in 1986? To get the uninformed up to speed: In 1986, her co-discovery of human pheromones received major news coverage in Time (12/1/86), Newsweek (1/12/87) and a front page story in the Washington Post newspaper, (11/18/86) because

Re: [tips] Do human pheromones exist?

2010-03-02 Thread Ken Steele
An interesting case of parallel universes. Cutler's PhD is from Penn and she was affiliated with the Hospital of the U of Penn at one point. Richard Doty, the author of the critical article, is the head of the Smell Taste Center at the Hospital of the U of P.

Re: [tips] Professor Suspended Over Facebook Venting

2010-03-02 Thread Paul Bernhardt
Reading the linked newspaper article, the professor had not 'friended' any students (that's my Facebook policy, too). Depending on how your account is set up, I think you can theoretically make everything you put on Facebook completely public, though the defaults are fairly private (only

[tips] Eastern Psychological Association- Need presenters

2010-03-02 Thread albramante
Hello Colleagues I had prepared a session for the EPA meeting that will be taking place March 4-7 in Brooklyn NY, however my departmental colleagues just backed out on me last minute. My session descriptions is: CHAIR: ALBERT C. BRAMANTE (UNION COUNTY COLLEGE) GIVING STUDENTS AN ACTIVE

[tips] position announcement

2010-03-02 Thread Steven Specht
Tenure track Assistant Professor position in Psychology at Utica College to begin in the fall of 2010. Utica College, located at the foothills of the Adirondacks, is a small comprehensive liberal arts school that emphasizes teaching and rewards research. Ours is an undergraduate

[tips] Assessment Question (ahhhhhhhhhhhh :-)! !))

2010-03-02 Thread Richard Hake
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Re: [tips] Eastern Psychological Association- Need audients

2010-03-02 Thread Michael
Sounds interesting Chris. I can make it. I plan to be at the conference with iphone, camera and microphone in hand to capture the event. Looking forward to meeting other TIPSters there too. Anyone else coming? Michael I hope that no one will object to my promoting my own upcoming EPA talk.

RE: [tips] Eastern Psychological Association- Need audients

2010-03-02 Thread Horton, Joseph J.
That is the same time as Miguel's talk. What poor planning to have two prominent TIPSters presenting at the same time. J Joe Joseph J. Horton, Ph. D. Box 3077 Grove City College Grove City, PA 16127 724-458-2004 jjhor...@gcc.edu In God we trust, all others must bring data.

Re: [tips] Assessment Question (ahhhhhhhhhhhh :-)! !))

2010-03-02 Thread taylor
This is a good discussion for us to have on tips--the whole idea of teaching for conceptual coherence. I've been working on changing misconceptions and have read the education literature on conceptual development and more importantly on conceptual change extensively. What I have come to

Re: [tips] Eastern Psychological Association- Need audients

2010-03-02 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
I'll be there, presenting late on Saturday. Paul Bernhardt Sent from my iPhone On Mar 2, 2010, at 2:45 PM, Michael mich...@thepsychfiles.com wrote: Sounds interesting Chris. I can make it. I plan to be at the conference with iphone, camera and microphone in hand to capture the event.

[tips] Tipsville racism of neglect

2010-03-02 Thread michael sylvester
It was a bit disappointing that not one tipster presentd any ideas as to how he or she would demonstrate and engage in some discussion as to the afrocentric perspective and noted black contributions to psychology especially during Black History Month. This only confirms that psychology has been

[tips] Human pheronomes do exist

2010-03-02 Thread michael sylvester
Human pheronomes do exist. Co-ed in dormitories have been known to go through synchronized menstrual periods.And as the cross-cultural dude on Tips,there are African tribes where males with very strong body odor are viewed as sexualy attractive. In the kuma-sutra practices the smell of the

[tips] Touch-bonded teams and other evidence on touching

2010-03-02 Thread Beth Benoit
An interesting article in last week's New York Times (I get it by mail, so they occasionally arrive very late) about other types of nonverbal communication than just facial expressions and folded arms: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/23/health/23mind.html This kind of article - particularly with