Re: [tips] A student request - Any comments

2009-12-20 Thread Louis E Schmier
Bob, Popeye the Sailor says youse gets out whats youse puts in. It's not that her grade was low or that your grading was unfair. It was that her committment and performance was not up to snuff. She knew what she had to do and didn't do it. Where was she during the term after she got the

Re: [tips] Anybody See Any Snow?

2009-12-20 Thread Deborah S Briihl
David and I are with you - no snow would be wonderful (Pittsburgh and Binghamton did it for me). However, in a some state of insanity, I promised my child (who is 6) last year that she could see real snow. SOOO, we will be flying up to Pittsburgh after Christmas to look at the white stuff.

Re: [tips] Copperfield trick

2009-12-20 Thread Dr. Bob Wildblood
Yes, none of the original 6 cards is included in the five cards at the bottom of the display. One is so busy concentrating on the card they picked that they don't notice that the cards displayed are different than the original ones. Original message Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:11:56

[tips] Couldn't resist, Bill

2009-12-20 Thread michael sylvester
With a 1/4 mile driveway packed with snow,you could easily qualify for one of those shovel ready million dollar grants from Obama. Michael omnicentric Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] A student request - Any comments

2009-12-20 Thread Paul Brandon
And to link to the 'plagiarism' thread: She's asking to substitute work of unknown provenance for test results done under direct observation. On Dec 20, 2009, at 5:51 AM, Louis E Schmier wrote: Bob, Popeye the Sailor says youse gets out whats youse puts in. It's not that her grade was low

[tips] In Memoriam/Miss Moneypenny

2009-12-20 Thread michael sylvester
Miss Moneypenny would make an excellent administrative assistant to any of our department chairs. My name is Bond,James Bond. or My name is Esterson,Allen Esterson. And while on this subject,there seems to be the feeling that it is the administrative assistant who runs the department.I have seen

Re: [tips] Copperfield trick

2009-12-20 Thread sblack
On 20 Dec 2009 at 8:11, Britt, Michael wrote: Does anyone know how this trick is done? Before I pass this clever presentation on, I'm wondering whether it could possibly be a means of spreading something malicious. Anyone know whether this should be a concern? Also, would it be safer to

Re: [tips] Copperfield trick

2009-12-20 Thread Jonathan Mueller
I have linked to a similar demo for years on my intro psych site. It is here http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/esp2.html Jon === Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology North Central College 30 N. Brainard St. Naperville, IL 60540 voice: (630)-637-5329 fax: (630)-637-5121

[tips] Christmas songs

2009-12-20 Thread michael sylvester
My favorites: Harry Belafonte Mary's boy child Jose' Feliciano Felix navidad Worse christmas album- Mannheim Steamroller Michael omnicentric Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] Copperfield trick

2009-12-20 Thread sblack
On 20 Dec 2009 at 11:26, Jonathan Mueller wrote: I have linked to a similar demo for years on my intro psych site. It is here http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/esp2.html Ok, that's one solution. Thanks, Jonathan. I take it from this that my concern may have a degree of validity.

Re: [tips] Anybody See Any Snow?

2009-12-20 Thread Riki Koenigsberg
We were actually hit pretty hard for a first snowstorm. I live in Queens and we got almost a foot. On Long Island, they got over 20 inches. 800 flights were cancelled this morning at our 3 airports. One woman on a cancelled flight who wanted to go to Atlanta for the holidays was told the

Re: [tips] Copperfield trick

2009-12-20 Thread Britt, Michael
Wow - I can't believe I didn't figure that one out (...looking for my embarrassed emoticon)! Good example of the confirmation bias too. Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Dec 20, 2009, at 9:25 AM, tay...@sandiego.edu wrote: Michael, we should

Re: [tips] Copperfield trick

2009-12-20 Thread Britt, Michael
Good point Stephen. The link came from a trusted source on my end - but still, I'm not sure where that person got the original link. I should have found the trick on its original web site and then given everyone the link to that page. Hopefully no one was infected by this (I'll keep my

Re: [tips] Copperfield trick

2009-12-20 Thread Riki Koenigsberg
All the cards are gone. He replaced them with other queens, kings, and jacks, but since you only paid attention to your own card, you didn't notice. This is another example of inattentional blindness. On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 8:11 AM, Britt, Michael michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com wrote:

Re: [tips] Copperfield trick

2009-12-20 Thread Gerald Peterson
Is this, and other magic effects, just further evidence that applied, non-scientific practitioners acquire a knowledge of principles that science only later learns about and systematizes? Gary Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology Saginaw Valley State

Re: [tips] Anybody See Any Snow?

2009-12-20 Thread Sally Walters
Up here in the Great White North it is raining and 5 degrees C. eh. I hear there is real snow in the rest of it though. Sally Capilano U - Original Message - From: Riki Koenigsberg To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 9:23 AM

RE: [tips] Couldn't resist, Bill

2009-12-20 Thread Bill Southerly
That would make my sabbatical much more interesting to say the least. BS Bill Southerly, PhD Department of Psychology Frostburg State University Frostburg, MD 21532 301-687-4778 bsouthe...@frostburg.edu -Original Message- From: michael sylvester [mailto:msylves...@copper.net] Sent:

RE: [tips] Couldn't resist, Bill

2009-12-20 Thread Rickabaugh, Cheryl
Bill, I'm so sorry. I jsut went to auto reply at the university. Can you set my account to nomail? Cheryl R. --- Cheryl A. Rickabaugh, Ph.D. Professor and Department Chair Department of Psychology University of Redlands Redlands, CA 92373-0999 Voice: 909.748.8671 Fax: 909.335.5305

[tips] Don't Forget To Save That Date: Winter/Summer Solstice Time Is Here Again!

2009-12-20 Thread Mike Palij
Actually, if you're using the Georgian calendar, the solstice falls on December 21 so you still have time to do any last minute solstice gift buying and supplies for your pagan feast. For the scientific bits, see: http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/december-solstice.html For some of the pagan

[tips] Op-Ed Contributor - An Officer and a Creative Man - NYTimes.com

2009-12-20 Thread Christopher D. Green
Wow. Apparently professors at Marine Corps University think the US is losing the Afghan war because of Army officers' scores on the Myers-Briggs. Time to get new professors (whether or not you get new Army officers). http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/20/opinion/20moyar.html?hp Chris --

[tips] Second Edition of Seifert/Sutton Educational Psychology Available Online and Open-Source

2009-12-20 Thread Richard Hake
Some psychologists might be interested in a recent post titled Second Edition of Seifert/Sutton 'Educational Psychology' Available Online and Open-Source [Hake (2009)]. The abstract reads: ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ABSTRACT: Kelvin Seifert has alerted the TeachingEdPsych