Re: [tips] If You Had Lousy Grades When You Were 10 Years Old, You're Gonna Get Alzheimer's!

2015-07-21 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
very good books. I wouldn't consider his work positivity movement pablum. Carol On Jul 20, 2015, at 8:01 PM, Paul C Bernhardt pcbernha...@frostburg.edu wrote: I surely hope you are joking about something as serious as depression. Sounds like a bunch of positivity movement pablum to me

Re: [tips] If You Had Lousy Grades When You Were 10 Years Old, You're Gonna Get Alzheimer's!

2015-07-20 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
I surely hope you are joking about something as serious as depression. Sounds like a bunch of positivity movement pablum to me. Paul On Jul 20, 2015, at 4:41 PM, Joan Warmbold jwarm...@oakton.edu wrote: as we age we do have control over, whether we are depressed or not. In fact, if one

Re: [tips] If You Had Lousy Grades When You Were 10 Years Old, You're Gonna Get Alzheimer's!

2015-07-20 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
around a long time and has written some very good books. I wouldn't consider his work positivity movement pablum. Carol On Jul 20, 2015, at 8:01 PM, Paul C Bernhardt pcbernha...@frostburg.edu wrote: I surely hope you are joking about something as serious as depression. Sounds like

Re: [tips] Release of the Final Report of the Special Investigator

2015-07-12 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
,’ what has been said is those are not really rules. Maybe I’m naive and all similar professional ethical standards operate the same way, that my imagining of pastoral confidentiality, as an example, cannot be broken by an order by a superior or subpoena. Paul C Bernhardt Associate Professor

Re: [tips] Release of the Final Report of the Special Investigator

2015-07-11 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
to it is good. Too bad that didn’t happen (apparently) back during the ethical standards changes. Paul Paul C Bernhardt Associate Professor of Psychology Frostburg State University pcbernhardt☞frostburg.eduhttp://frostburg.edu On Jul 11, 2015, at 10:39 AM, Jim Clark j.cl

Re: [tips] Is The APA in Trouble?

2015-07-11 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Paul C Bernhardt Associate Professor of Psychology Frostburg State University pcbernhardt☞frostburg.eduhttp://frostburg.edu On Jul 10, 2015, at 10:54 PM, Joan Warmbold jwarm...@oakton.edumailto:jwarm...@oakton.edu wrote: APA's involvement in the use of torture is obviously extremely sad

[tips] North Pond Hermit

2015-07-07 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
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Re: [tips] FIFA Is Corrupt?

2015-05-27 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
. The US Justice Department, and others around the world, are begging to differ, apparently. This will be interesting to watch. Paul C Bernhardt Associate Professor of Psychology Frostburg State University pcbernhardt☞frostburg.eduhttp://frostburg.edu On May 27, 2015, at 11:40 AM, Mike Palij m

[tips] Taking notes on paper

2015-05-27 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
http://www.npr.org/2015/05/27/408794237/in-a-digital-chapter-paper-notebooks-are-as-relevant-as-ever?utm_source=facebook.comutm_medium=socialutm_campaign=nprutm_term=nprnewsutm_content=20150527 It’s better! Paul C Bernhardt Associate Professor of Psychology Frostburg State University pcbernhardt

Re: [tips] Retraction of another psychology article

2015-05-22 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
IRBs are not just about how data are collected. They are also concerned with data storage and transmission. Therefore, his inability to have access to the raw data makes complete sense to me. Paul On May 22, 2015, at 8:25 AM, William Scott wsc...@wooster.edu wrote: There is something

Re: [tips] ANOVA and LGBT

2015-05-12 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Getting a little silly? How about started a little silly? The question was non-sequitur. That it’s earned responses is what’s silly. Paul C Bernhardt Associate Professor of Psychology Frostburg State University pcbernhardt☞frostburg.eduhttp://frostburg.edu On May 12, 2015, at 1:53 PM, Mike

Re: [tips] ANOVA and LGBT

2015-05-12 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
not apply. For instance, read Anne Fausto-Sterling: http://www.scribd.com/doc/44470288/Fausto-sterling-the-Five-Sexes-Revisited#scribd Paul C Bernhardt Associate Professor of Psychology Frostburg State University pcbernhardt☞frostburg.eduhttp://frostburg.edu On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 3:46 AM

Re: [tips] Student excuses

2015-05-11 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
ups and part of life is making prioritizing judgements in a variety of situations. The price I pay for caring about cell phones is that I have to act like I care about absences. Paul Paul C Bernhardt, Ph.D. Guild 215 301-687-4410 Office Hours for Spring 2015 M 12:30-1:30; T 3:30-4:30; WF 3:00-4

Re: [tips] Elizabeth Loftus/Baltimore

2015-05-06 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
And, there are some departments in which everyone is called Bruce. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f_p0CgPeyA Paul Paul C Bernhardt Associate Professor of Psychology Frostburg State University pcbernhardt☞frostburg.eduhttp://frostburg.edu On May 6, 2015, at 6:41 PM, Mike Palij m

[tips] Professor flunks class

2015-04-28 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Apparently he had enough of what looks like entitled behavior. Chair will take over the class, apparently. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-university-prof-fails-entire-course-n349431 Paul Paul C Bernhardt Associate Professor of Psychology Frostburg State University pcbernhardt

Re: [tips] Corinthian Colleges Closed Today -- Forever

2015-04-28 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
of education to improve our culture and our international competitiveness, then all the above goes away as issues. Paul C Bernhardt, Ph.D. Guild 215 301-687-4410 Office Hours for Spring 2015 M 12:30-1:30; T 3:30-4:30; WF 3:00-4:30 Schedule meetings anytime via https://drbernhardt.youcanbook.me On Apr

Re: [tips] Conditional joke

2015-04-22 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Thank you, I just read this joke to my history of psych class and chuckles were elicited. Paul Paul C Bernhardt Associate Professor of Psychology Frostburg State University pcbernhardt☞frostburg.eduhttp://frostburg.edu On Apr 21, 2015, at 11:36 PM, Christopher Green chri

Re: [tips] Creator of Seven Up Has Died

2015-04-15 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
All the films are streamable on Netflix. Paul C Bernhardt Associate Professor of Psychology Frostburg State University pcbernhardt☞frostburg.eduhttp://frostburg.edu On Apr 15, 2015, at 12:12 PM, Mike Palij m...@nyu.edumailto:m...@nyu.edu wrote: Before there was Richard Linklater's movie

Re: [tips] What Does Positive Psychology Have To Say About the U of Kentucky Loss In The Final Four?

2015-04-05 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
be a pop-psychology areas that crop up every few years, regardless of its higher profile and greater appeal among a large group of mostly respectable academics. Paul C Bernhardt Associate Professor of Psychology Frostburg State University pcbernhardt☞frostburg.eduhttp://frostburg.edu On Apr 5

Re: [tips] Experience with Aplia or similar packages

2015-04-02 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
by Worth. The online augmentations for that text are not quite as good as Aplia, but still pretty good, IMO. My main issue with it is a substantial price increase from one year to the next. What was once an expensive, but not vulgar price is rising too much for my taste. Paul Paul C Bernhardt

Re: [tips] What Might Psychologists Learn from the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Physics?

2015-03-28 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
requirements should make absolutely no difference… it may be fun to compare your two articles to see what they made you cut out. Paul Paul C Bernhardt Associate Professor of Psychology Frostburg State University pcbernhardt☞frostburg.eduhttp://frostburg.edu On Mar 28, 2015, at 6:33 PM, Richard

Re: [tips] Teaching theories of personality

2015-03-28 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Since most intro books have more chapters than I have time for in a semester, I would routinely cut out the personality chapter, or teach only bare bones of it. Paul C Bernhardt Associate Professor of Psychology Frostburg State University pcbernhardt☞frostburg.eduhttp://frostburg.edu On Mar

Re: [tips] Teaching Theories

2015-03-27 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
confusing. I would hate teaching that kind of course if it were dropped into my lap. Paul Paul C Bernhardt Associate Professor of Psychology Frostburg State University pcbernhardt☞frostburg.eduhttp://frostburg.edu On Mar 26, 2015, at 8:17 PM, Annette Taylor tay...@sandiego.edumailto:tay

Re: [tips] APA Style: Spaces between sentences

2015-03-27 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
to a journal for consideration I make sure I have 2 spaces, but internally I’m protesting doing that to Times New Roman. Paul Paul C Bernhardt Associate Professor of Psychology Frostburg State University pcbernhardt☞frostburg.eduhttp://frostburg.edu On Mar 27, 2015, at 1:49 PM, Beth Benoit

Re: [tips] A Virtual Review Session

2015-03-09 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Any LMS systems have video conferencing built in. Paul On Mar 9, 2015, at 6:39 AM, Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.commailto:mich...@thepsychfiles.com wrote: I've got a test coming up and many students who didn't do well on the last test want a review session. I'd like to do

Re: [tips] Should HM Have Gotten A Second Opinion?

2015-03-06 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
It is easy to look back at medical and scientific thinking of a previous generation and wave our fingers with air of superiority and a tsk-tsk”. Maybe they were doing the best they could with the tools and understanding of that era. Paul C Bernhardt Associate Professor of Psychology Frostburg

Re: [tips] Hey Guys! Stop Worrying!

2015-03-03 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
I’m hoping that reading the paper would point out misattribution of arousal as the likely reason some men interpret physiological arousal as revulsion towards homosexual behavior rather than attraction. Paul C Bernhardt Associate Professor of Psychology Frostburg State University pcbernhardt

Re: [tips] Cold Enough For You?

2015-02-20 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
% plowing of streets does not happen, only the major roads are plowed salted. So, it creates fairly hazardous situations. But, winter’s not over yet! Paul Paul C Bernhardt Associate Professor of Psychology Frostburg State University pcbernhardt☞frostburg.eduhttp://frostburg.edu On Feb 20, 2015

Re: [tips] Cold Enough For You?

2015-02-20 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
have it built into my schedules. Paul On Feb 20, 2015, at 11:22 AM, Paul C Bernhardt pcbernha...@frostburg.edumailto:pcbernha...@frostburg.edu wrote: We’ve had about 5 snow closings and windchill closing (yesterday) and delayed openings during the current semester (ours starts last week

Re: [tips] Cold Enough For You?

2015-02-20 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
of, say 15 weeks of classes you have a 17-18 week semester? -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- Original Message -- On Fri, 20 Feb 2015 08:24:07 -0800, Paul C Bernhardt wrote: We've had about 5 snow closings and windchill closing (yesterday) and delayed

Re: [tips] Why do we feel embarrassed for others?

2015-02-16 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
in. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm638/ That is a hard working man. It’s not as if he expects to be given money, he’s obviously completely willing to work for it. Paul Paul C Bernhardt Associate Professor of Psychology Frostburg State University pcbernhardt☞frostburg.eduhttp://frostburg.edu

Re: [tips] Why do we feel embarrassed for others?

2015-02-15 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
The difference between William Shatner (ironically or unintentionally) singing badly and American Idol’s penchant for showing ordinary people singing badly is huge. I got to where I couldn’t watch American Idol because of empathic embarrassment. Paul Paul C Bernhardt Associate Professor

Re: [tips] Article on Seligman and Torture

2015-01-17 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmNUi0itl-8 Paul C Bernhardt Associate Professor of Psychology Frostburg State University pcbernhardt☞frostburg.eduhttp://frostburg.edu On Jan 17, 2015, at 4:56 PM, Jim Clark j.cl...@uwinnipeg.camailto:j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca wrote: Hi Just because someone says

Re: [tips] Correlation Causation

2014-12-18 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
. probably degrade it tremendously, but it’s still has the potential to be a revolutionary addition to the arsenal. Imagine the educational studies that could be done that can’t now be done. Paul C Bernhardt, Ph.D. Guild 215 301-687-4410 Office Hours for Fall 2014 MW 10-11; T 12:15-1:45; F 10-11:30

Re: [tips] Correlation Causation

2014-12-18 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
A lot of what we do in psychology doesn’t work as much as 80% of the time, yet we still think we’ve found something useful. Paul C Bernhardt, Ph.D. Guild 215 301-687-4410 Office Hours for Fall 2014 MW 10-11; T 12:15-1:45; F 10-11:30 Schedule meetings via https://drbernhardt.youcanbook.me

Re: [tips] more fun with predatory journals

2014-12-08 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Talk about a lose-lose outcome! LOL! Paul Paul C Bernhardt, Ph.D. Guild 215 301-687-4410 Office Hours for Fall 2014 MW 10-11; T 12:15-1:45; F 10-11:30 Schedule meetings via https://drbernhardt.youcanbook.me On Dec 8, 2014, at 4:34 PM, Stuart McKelvie smcke...@ubishops.camailto:smcke

Re: [tips] Psychologists to Review Role in Detainee Interrogations - NYTimes.com

2014-11-17 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
I guess we don’t teach ethics. Paul Paul C Bernhardt, Ph.D. Guild 215 301-687-4410 Office Hours for Fall 2014 MW 10-11; T 12:15-1:45; F 10-11:30 Schedule meetings via https://drbernhardt.youcanbook.me On Nov 17, 2014, at 9:49 AM, Christopher Green chri...@yorku.camailto:chri...@yorku.ca wrote

Re: [tips] Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Science

2014-11-14 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
If you emailed the editor using the supplied email address, I believe you are unlikely to receive a reply. You may want to look for their proper email address at their institution and send an email to that. Paul Paul C Bernhardt Associate Professor of Psychology Frostburg State University

Re: [tips] Predatory Publishers

2014-11-11 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
I have created a mail filter to sort these requests automatically into my mail trash. They tend to share email address elements that can be used for filtering. Paul Paul C Bernhardt, Ph.D. Guild 215 301-687-4410 Office Hours for Fall 2014 MW 10-11; T 12:15-1:45; F 10-11:30 Schedule meetings via

Re: [tips] Predatory Publishers

2014-11-11 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
should set your filters to first catch those addresses that are in your address book to keep before applying the ‘trash emails from addresses ending in .co’ filter. Paul Paul C Bernhardt, Ph.D. Guild 215 301-687-4410 Office Hours for Fall 2014 MW 10-11; T 12:15-1:45; F 10-11:30 Schedule

Re: [tips] A Citation Problem

2014-04-15 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
I recently had a paper desk rejected with one reason being there was not enough 'recent research' discussed. I wonder if my paper would have looked better if I'd used the more recent internet/web dates of release? That's another reason why it's a problem, it can make old research look new.

Re: [tips] How Intelligent is IQ

2014-04-09 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
I still think we'd all be a lot less worried about this thing if it were called academic preparedness. Paul On Apr 9, 2014, at 12:16 PM, Mike Palij wrote: On Wed, 09 Apr 2014 07:50:49 -0700, Jim Clark wrote: Hi I'm surprised to see the IQ bashing based on a perhaps simplistic

Re: [tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young

2014-03-28 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Assess based on quality and clarity of presentation and quality of methodology. When questioning the youngster ask about if they encountered contrary findings in the literature, without pressing too hard about it, just to see what they say and maybe it leads to a productive and non-contentious

Re: [tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young

2014-03-28 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Put a post-it note on that page, sticking out the top of the book… just in case. Paul On Mar 28, 2014, at 1:02 PM, Gerald Peterson wrote: As has already been mentioned...just a fair review of the project, design, controls, etc. Try to emphasize a good review of the literature and

Re: [tips] The Web Turns 25 Years Old

2014-03-12 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
On Mar 12, 2014, at 9:47 AM, Mike Palij wrote: So, in keeping with the spirit of the internet, today you should (a) do something really useful, really intellectual, and (b) do something really frivolous, somewhat nasty, and a real waste of time. ;-) Done…and….. DONE! Whew! What next? Paul

Re: [tips] A Glossary of Gestures for Critical Discussion

2014-03-01 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Seen them before, and I use ALL of them, because I'm a professional. Paul On Mar 1, 2014, at 6:09 PM, Christopher Green wrote: Although we have discussed nearly every possible pedagogical toy and gimmick here on this forum, I have sadly noted a distinct dearth of debate over the original

Re: [tips] Psychology and Politics

2014-03-01 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
I'm tempted to say, 'how I vote is none of your business', but I plaster Facebook with annoying political 'memes' and rants. So, answering as a friend describes me: I'd vote for a stump if it had a donkey stamped on it. My father was a Democratic politician, I kinda have no choice in the

Re: [tips] Tom Friedman

2014-02-23 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
The response boils down to saying: Friedman is wrong. But, he provides no substantial support for his argument. Paul On Feb 23, 2014, at 11:31 AM, Christopher Green wrote: A tart response to the first article in Friedman's Google-love series.

Re: [tips] Condolances

2014-02-21 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Wow… I'd have thought y'all would be happy that we are now required to keep Beiber! http://msn.foxsports.com/olympics/story/winner-wins-beer-loser-keeps-bieber-the-usa-canada-stakes-have-never-been-higher-022014?cmpid=msn%3Afoxsports%3Aansfox11 LOL! Paul On Feb 21, 2014, at 6:32 PM, Jim

Re: [tips] Scientific method: Statistical errors : Nature News Comment

2014-02-14 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
On Feb 14, 2014, at 10:23 AM, Christopher Green wrote: On 2014-02-13, at 10:38 AM, Paul C Bernhardt wrote: My only problem with the Bayesian approach, described elegantly in the article, is that the posterior probabilities are so dependent on the prior probabilities. I hear this all

Re: [tips] Scientific method: Statistical errors : Nature News Comment

2014-02-13 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Excellent paper, and probably is comprehensible for many of our undergraduate students. It is, of course, the foundational Bayesian argument against simplistic NHST, but one of the best expositions to lay out the fundamental issues that I've seen. My only problem with the Bayesian approach,

Re: [tips] frustrating textbook problem

2014-01-29 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Coursemate is a collaboration among several publishers. If that is the ebook resource that is being used by your students and such, it probably does not have anything to do with the textbook virtual lab, which is certainly hosted by the publisher. Which publisher are you having difficulties

Re: [tips] A Cute Way To Teach The Central Limit Theorem

2014-01-24 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Thanks for sharing this. While I can quibble (I can always quibble), I think it is very good. Paul On Jan 24, 2014, at 9:25 AM, Mike Palij wrote: The website creaturecast.orghttp://creaturecast.org is a biology oriented site that provides short videos on various biological topics. If

Re: [tips] How to lie with statistics: Example

2014-01-14 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Suppose I did a study of persons impressions on viewing graphs of various styles. I might cite the tweet that started this discussion as an example. The inline citation might read like this: Examples of potentially confusing graphics are regularly presented by media 'watchdogs' (e.g., Keller,

Re: [tips] What's the Bold Term?

2014-01-08 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Even better, the Arctic Vortex is due to global warming. The melting of the Arctic ice cap makes the jet stream, which controls the vortex, unstable, which is why it has looped so far south bringing the vortex with it. http://grist.org/climate-energy/why-the-arctic-is-drunk-right-now/ Paul On

Re: [tips] that old plagiarism thing again

2013-12-20 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
I thought Turnitin allowed one time submissions by individual students regardless of being connected to a class. Paul On Dec 20, 2013, at 10:01 AM, Carol DeVolder wrote: Dear TIPSters, Once again, I have an example of plagiarism in one of my classes. This time the student helped herself to

Re: [tips] PLOS ONE: Daily Online Testing in Large Classes: Boosting College Performance while Reducing Achievement Gaps

2013-11-22 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
I have an idea. Every class meeting is nothing but exam and assessment from start to finish. More must be better, right? More seriously: do we know the optimum ratio of testing to learning objectives covered? At what point are there diminishing returns? Paul Sent from my iPhone On Nov 21,

Re: [tips] PLOS ONE: Daily Online Testing in Large Classes: Boosting College Performance while Reducing Achievement Gaps

2013-11-22 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
York University Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 Canada chri...@yorku.camailto:chri...@yorku.ca On Nov 22, 2013, at 6:58 AM, Paul C Bernhardt pcbernha...@frostburg.edu wrote: I have an idea. Every class meeting is nothing but exam and assessment from start to finish. More must be better, right? More seriously

Re: [tips] PLOS ONE: Daily Online Testing in Large Classes: Boosting College Performance while Reducing Achievement Gaps

2013-11-22 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
There are a lot of interesting statements in this paper. I love this one: The purpose of the curve was to reduce the number of students who failed the first exams – a standard practice in American universities. Standard practice? Common practice, certainly, but far from standard. And, methods

Re: [tips] Random Thought: Tell Me About Interview Questions

2013-11-09 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
And, then resorting to a straw-man argument? Wow. No expectation of guarantor or sure-fire predictor was mentioned, nor is it known. But, your assumption that insight might be gained is a statement that valuable predictive improvement in selection might be made by unstructured and holistic

Re: [tips] Random Thought: Tell Me About Interview Questions

2013-11-09 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
/\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /^\\/ \/ \ /\/\__ / \ / \ / \/ \_ \/ / \/ /\/ / \/\ \ //\/\/ /\\__/__/_/\_\/ \_/__\ \ /\If you want to climb mountains,\ /\ _ / \don't practice on mole hills - / \_ On Nov 9, 2013, at 7:23 PM, Paul C Bernhardt wrote: --- You

Re: [tips] The creepiness of Google

2013-11-08 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Ad Block helps. Paul On Nov 8, 2013, at 4:13 PM, Ken Steele wrote: Today I was searching for example audiograms to show to my perception-class students. Now all of my nonacademic web sites are full of ads for hearing aids. Ken

Re: [tips] Positive Psychology

2013-10-31 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
The two things that caught me agape was (1) that Fredrickson did not understand the mathematics behind her strongly asserting paper. They are tough mathematics, so I guess she was trusting her co-author…But (2) he stopped reading the paper part way through? He's an author and he didn't read it?

Re: [tips] Positive Psychology

2013-10-31 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
are available. In essence what journals like the Journal of Experimental Psychology and Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior use to be. Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor Chair of Psychology 204-786-9757 4L41A -Original Message- From: Paul C Bernhardt

Re: [tips] Positive Psychology

2013-10-31 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
what journals like the Journal of Experimental Psychology and Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior use to be. Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor Chair of Psychology 204-786-9757 4L41A -Original Message- From: Paul C Bernhardt [mailto:pcbernha...@frostburg.edu] Sent: Thursday

[tips] History of Psychology texts

2013-10-21 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
I'm researching History of Psychology textbooks with intention to teach it next semester. I've learned the most amazing thing: Apparently, the history of psychology ends sometime about 1960! LOL! Paul --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here:

Re: [tips] New? Course

2013-10-14 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
We have both of these types of classes at Frostburg State. In fact, Bill Southerly has taught them both! He's very busy and may not have seen this, so I'll get his attention and also ask the current instructor to see if they are willing to share syllabuses. Paul On Oct 14, 2013, at 4:41 PM,

Re: [tips] Academic Publishers

2013-10-07 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
: Paul C Bernhardt pcbernha...@frostburg.edumailto:pcbernha...@frostburg.edu Subject:Re: Academic Publishers Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 13:43:46 + It is likely the paywall scheme for the Times and Sunday Times has changed since Monbiot's article was written in 2011. Paul On Oct 6, 2013

Re: [tips] Academic Publishers

2013-10-06 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
It is likely the paywall scheme for the Times and Sunday Times has changed since Monbiot's article was written in 2011. Paul On Oct 6, 2013, at 4:12 AM, Allen Esterson wrote: Having on occasion paid up online for an academic paper at an exorbitant price I concur with the gist of George

[tips] How to treat freshmen

2013-08-28 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Timely advice from Ask The Past. http://askthepast.blogspot.com/ Statute Forbidding Any One to Annoy or Unduly Injure the Freshmen. Each and every one attached to this university is forbidden to offend with insult, torment, harass, drench with water or urine, throw on or defile with dust or

Re: [tips] Sample Size: How to Determine it?

2013-08-27 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
There is software to determine this. One excellent and free app is G*Power. http://www.psycho.uni-duesseldorf.de/abteilungen/aap/gpower3/ I would use the correlational study to give me an estimate of effect size. As you describe, I would use that in the software to estimate my number of

Re: [tips] Sample Size: How to Determine it?

2013-08-27 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy Floreat Labore ___ From: Paul C Bernhardt [pcbernha...@frostburg.edumailto:pcbernha...@frostburg.edu] Sent: 27 August 2013 08:41 To: Teaching

Re: [tips] Student Loans

2013-08-24 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
with swimming pool etc,, a smart phone with unlimited service, a new car, meals off campus, and all those essentials that I never had when a student. Cheers, [Karl L. Wuensch]http://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/klw.htm From: Paul C Bernhardt [mailto:pcbernha...@frostburg.edu] Sent: Friday, August

Re: [tips] The Character-Actor Delusion

2013-08-24 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Looks like a fundamental attribution error problem. The person's behavior is presumed to be indicative of character/personality/race/etc., situational factors are discounted/ignored. The situation here is the person on screen is under direction and playing a scripted role. But, based on the

Re: [tips] Obama on Federal Support of Education

2013-08-23 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Why do they have to get a loan to get an education? To me, that seems to be the more important question. Paul On Aug 22, 2013, at 11:53 AM, Wuensch, Karl L wrote: “It is time to stop subsidizing schools that are not producing good results.” :) “Good results” means graduation,

[tips] While we bemoan education

2013-08-23 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Here is something that I think is a ton of fun, some of you have probably seen it… That I am a proud alumni of Georgia Tech has absolutely nothing (that is, everything) to do with my sharing it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0tN58EC6LE Paul --- You are currently subscribed to tips as:

Re: [tips] While we bemoan education

2013-08-23 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
. Oops. http://gawker.com/georgia-tech-students-epic-welcome-speech-was-epical-1184716361 Chris ... Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 chri...@yorku.camailto:chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo On 2013-08-23, at 8:46 AM, Paul C Bernhardt

Re: [tips] Why my mind no longer changes on weed?

2013-08-14 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
I'm hungry. Paul On Aug 14, 2013, at 3:54 PM, Wuensch, Karl L wrote: As much as Mike's hypothesis appeals to me, the weed seems to affect others here. Cheers, Karl L. Wuensch -Original Message- From: Mike Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Re: [tips] Sanjay Gupta on Why I changed my mind on weed

2013-08-13 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
I read the article as this: I read the literature from the USA and it did not support use of marijuana as a medicine, but in talking to others around the world I found out that there was a lot of research supporting medical marijuana. He then goes on to show that doing supportive research on

[tips] Tips for new teachers

2013-08-09 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
A blog/column for Psychology Today by Dana Dunn. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/head-the-class/201308/timely-tips-new-college-teachers Paul --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here:

Re: [tips] Tips for new teachers

2013-08-09 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
wrote: On Fri, 09 Aug 2013 05:41:40 -0700, Paul C Bernhardt wrote: A blog/column for Psychology Today by Dana Dunn. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/head-the-class/201308/timely-tips-new-college-teachers I think that the pointers that Dunn gives are good and that I pretty much follow them

Re: [tips] Juror B29

2013-07-26 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Obedient to authority? Quite possibly. I see group-think effects. I see the juror who started with guilty for Murder 2, wanted to hold out for Manslaughter but ended up 'going along' was probably convinced by the others that the jury had no choice. She said that she was going to hold out and

Re: [tips] Negative Reinforcement

2013-07-19 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Having watched President Obama's remarks in their entirety, the statement below by Dr. Wuensch is, IMO, a terrible misinterpretation of his message. Obama was not intending in any way to use the phrase negative reinforcement as the jargon usage seen in psychology. He was speaking without a

[tips] The ultimate failure of true curving

2013-07-16 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Instructor had a grading rule for his computer science class: The best score on the exam will get an A, with all other grades set with respect to that score. The students cooperated to boycott the midterm. The highest score was, therefore, a no show which all students did meaning all got an A.

Re: [tips] Should this be how textbooks are written?

2013-07-02 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
I am using McGraw Hill's SmartBook system in the new edition of Myers (with Twenge!) Social Psychology book in the Fall. The future of Textbooks, however, looks even more like what Apple iBooks is doing, IMO. Paul On Jul 2, 2013, at 9:07 AM, Michael Palij wrote: While I looked at the

Re: [tips] Using replication studies in your Research Methods class

2013-06-18 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
My concern about this apparently laudable idea is that it could lead to false failures of replication. The fidelity of adhering to the manipulations of the original study may be difficult to accomplish with the resources and time available in many undergraduate research courses. (Many of these

Re: [tips] Teaching I-O Psychology in 5-weeks

2013-06-10 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Something I do in my I/O class (and in my Social Psych class) is have class short and informal presentations on specific topics. I give 4 topics and students select from them, with a minimum number of persons who must sign up for each topic to ensure all are covered by a variety of people. They

Re: [tips] tips digest: May 30, 2013

2013-05-31 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
The July issue of Consumer Reports (should be on your newsstand, the one with a focus on Kitchens on the cover) does a short review of various tablet devices. One Android device (Google Nexus 10) is rated at the top with the iPad. Just below, probably not statistically significantly so, is the

[tips] Field under siege

2013-05-31 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
I am starting to feel that our field is under siege. Worst thing about my feelings is that I think it may be justified. With the several instances of research fraud, the infamous Bem article… and now this. These articles needed a lot of work to be publishable anywhere, much less in

Re: [tips] power point help

2013-05-23 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
I second these suggestions. I know I vary from excellent use of presentation software (I prefer Apple's Keynote instead of the more commonly used Powerpoint). A website that can be helpful, but I'm not sure will be helpful in your situation, is Presentationzen.com. You may want to look at

[tips] Who's going to APS in Washington?

2013-05-20 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Hi all, I'd love to make sure I recognized and visited with TiPS folks who are at APS in Washington this coming week. With that in mind, I've made a little logo that you can print, cut out the little logo, and tape to your ID badge if you like. I'm arriving on Thursday morning and leaving on

Re: [tips] Ideas needed for an introductory psych activity

2013-05-17 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
I have discussions in my online classes for this (do it in some of my face-to-face classes, also). Depending on the class, I either assign specific concepts or allow students to pick from a list. The students are mandated to describe the phenomenon and describe a life experience (which can be

Re: [tips] Video on the Elaboration Liklihood Model

2013-05-15 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
That's kinda cool! I've used the Royal Society 'drawing' videos for a class or two. This is utilizing a similar attention grabbing dynamic, obviously not constructed as a unified whole, but still the fundamental is there. I can imagine using a few of these for some concepts. Thanks! Paul

[tips] Testing

2013-05-13 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
No messages for several days… tap tap tap Is this thing working? Can you hear me now? Paul --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=25496 or send a blank email to

[tips] Interesting ADHD and sleep

2013-04-29 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
I found this New York Times article very interesting. All correlational, of course, but intriguing studies showing that sleep deficits in children and adults are associated with ADHD behaviors in both in a large number of cases.

Re: [tips] Student resistance to some ideas?

2013-04-28 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
I also felt the question's wording is such that it doesn't seem to map onto the research that you describe being discussed in class. I'm not sure that moderate or weak qualifications are 'ambiguous' situations. I could argue that moderate is the most ambiguous, but that weak is also ambiguous.

Re: [tips] Polling...

2013-04-22 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
No, you are not being too picky and this is why I think so: Suppose instead of a simple t-test for independent means you had several conditions and for some reason did a collection of t-tests among the means. You knew to take a Bonferoni correction for alpha so that it was necessarily reduced,

Re: [tips] Statistically reliable?

2013-04-22 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
This reminded me that not too long ago the short-lived experiment ended in APS's Psychological Science requiring reporting of p-rep (for probability of replication, a misnomer, as it turned out). Paul On Apr 22, 2013, at 5:34 PM, Wuensch, Karl L wrote: I absolutely abhor the term

Re: [tips] A Boy's Tale: Spectacular Spreadsheet Failure Redux

2013-04-20 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
It's an example of why replication is vital… the pity is journals are not interested much in replication. Paul On Apr 20, 2013, at 7:28 PM, Mike Palij wrote: A little more detail on how a spreadsheet error was discovered in the analysis of a couple of economists who have argued for the use

Re: [tips] APA style question

2013-04-08 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
There is the Internet archive (wayback machine) for everyday pages. For Wikipedia there is for each version of a page a permanent link to that version. That is what should be used when citing Wikipedia. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 8, 2013, at 5:31 PM, Claudia Stanny

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