Did you really do this? Or are you passing along the old urban legend? Ian Skinner
Larry C. Lyons wrote: >What I've always found useful for those boring as warm day old spit >classes was to look at how the stuff could be applied in a practical >setting. Either that or seriously mess with the instructors mind with >some subtle questions etc. > >For instance in a humanistic psych class our instructor always would >rail against behavior modification and how it really did not work with >people. Since several of us were also taking a behaviorism class at >the time we decided to see if we could demonstrate how effective >behavior mod really was. The target behavior was getting the prof to >do his lecture in one corner of the room - he had the habit of roaming >back and forth at the front of the class. So first we had to get him >to stay on one side of the room. We asked questions and visibly paid >attention to him only when he was on that side of the room. Then >after that we narrowed things down almost to the corner. By the end of >the class we had him talking mostly from the corner. > >Just as the class ended, we let him know what happened. Interestingly >enough he did not rant against behavioral psych for the rest of the >course. > >larry > > >On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 12:31:55 -0500, Michael T. Tangorre ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Let me just say that out of all the graduate level courses, certification >>training classes, undergraduate classes, etc, the graduate level class I am >>in now ECO-550 "Economics and Management" is the most boring class I have >>ever taken. How do you economists stand it? >> >>Do you really enjoy looking at regression models of demand? Do you really >>like reading about higher coefficients of determination? >> >>This class is like being tied to a rock with wet leather straps in the >>middle of the dessert... slow, painful death. >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145422 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
