Re:[tips] Ed Diener on YouTube

2010-12-10 Thread Allen Esterson
David Myers provided links to interviews with Ed Diener, including What You Need To Be Happy: http://www.youtube.com/user/BaylorAcademics Given the nebulous nature of what we mean by happiness, and not knowing anything about Ed Diener's work, I was prepared to be sceptical. Instead I was

Re: Re:[tips] A brilliant discovery

2010-12-10 Thread Michael Smith
Too bad there's no job for people who remember odd bits of arcana I think there is ... a psychology professor :) --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here:

[tips] A Long RandomThought: Sailing the Seven C's

2010-12-10 Thread Louis E. Schmier
It's a by low 20s south Georgia morning. I just came in from the frigid streets after freezing my peaches off. My nose is still as Carolina blue as my grubbies. People in these parts may not know much about cold, but we do know a lot about warmth. So, I want to talk about a student

Re: [tips] Stanford Dissertation Browser

2010-12-10 Thread Michael Smith
Seems interesting. Of course it depends on what the software is actually doing, but word overlap doesn't necessarily mean semantic overlap. --Mike On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Frantz, Sue sfra...@highline.edu wrote: Interesting Discover blog today:

[tips] Scale question

2010-12-10 Thread Michael Britt
I'm reading Scientific Impotence Excuse article and I'm curious about a measurement procedure I've seen not just here but in other research and I have to say I'm not sure why this is done. Those familiar with the article (discussed some time back here on TIPS) will know that the researchaers

Re: [tips] Scale question

2010-12-10 Thread Jim Clark
Hi I cannot answer why the difference between the two scales, although it has been shown in a number of domains that bipolar scales (- to +) produce different distributions of responses than unipolar scales (0/1 to #). One area is happiness, I believe. People are less likely to use

Re: [tips] Scale question

2010-12-10 Thread Michael Britt
Good points Jim. I have to agree with the concern over using just one item to measure degree of discounting. Also good point about how you might not want to use a negative number in cases like measuring happiness. Thanks. Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com

RE: [tips] Scale question

2010-12-10 Thread Lilienfeld, Scott O
Actually, not all single item scales are unreliable. For example, in the personality literature, single items that provide individuals with a clear conceptualization of the construct and ask them to implicit aggregate their experiences/traits/characteristics across situations (e.g., Sociable

[tips] No tax cuts for wealthy text authors.

2010-12-10 Thread michael sylvester
Should text authors making $250,000 and over be given a tax cut? Michael omnicentric Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here:

[tips] Escape conditioning in London

2010-12-10 Thread michael sylvester
With the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall dodging paint balls,it would appear that in the future Charles and Camilla need avoidance training. Michael omnicentric Sylvester.PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here:

Re:[tips] Do not pass this by: Seventeen very well-spent minutes with Conrad W

2010-12-10 Thread Richard Hake
Some subscribers to TIPS and TeachEdPsych might be interested in a recent post Re: Do not pass this by: Seventeen very well-spent minutes with Conrad W [Hake (2010)]. The abstract reads: ** ABSTRACT: Michael Paul Goldenberg called attention to a video by