Re: [tips] Fw: Magic/Perception

Good one. Thanks. -Don. - Original Message - From: Gerry palmer Date: Monday, August 30, 2010 2:37 pm Subject: [tips] Fw: Magic/Perception To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" > > > --- On Mon, 8/30/10, Gerry palmer wrote: > > From: Gerry palmer > Subject: Magic/Per

[tips] Magic/perception

Hi Ricky and Paul- One that I used at the start of every semester was easy, foolproof and a good lead in to a discussion of what psychology is (and isn't). The effect: A student is randomly selected from the class. You pull four playing cards from a deck. Ask the student to mentally select one

Re: [tips] magic/perception issue

Actually, I don't think psychologists are any better at figuring out magic tricks than anyone else. That's why Randi (and not a psychologist) found a new job. Of course, the false bottom explanation doesn't require a psychologist and is pretty much everyone's first guess. The 'fun' of it (if you t

Re: [tips] Raising Hitler to be "a nice person"

Beth, you're right. Just wanted a clarification. What further complicates the already complications it is the distorting and often blinding and deafening emotion involved that makes it hard for us to understand the complications that come with being human, not to mention that we don't know a l

Re: [tips] Raising Hitler to be "a nice person"

Louis, One situation certainly does not "rationalize away" the other. If we knew *exactly *what caused the difference in responses, we'd have a goldmine. But as with almost all behavior, it can get complicated. Certainly we have some sound ideas that include the sometimes-obvious: a mentor, a c

Re: [tips] Raising Hitler to be "a nice person"

Beth, what, then, explains for the difference of responses since you seem to use the latter of your examples to rationalize away the former. Make it a good day -Louis- Louis Schmier http://www.the randomthoughts.edublogs.org Departm

Re: [tips] Raising Hitler to be "a nice person"

Allen Esterson writes: "I don't know what the situation is in the States, but the notion that violent people will very likely have had an abusive childhood is frequently expressed in the media in the UK." It's the same here in the States, Allen. The first thing people generally say about an abuse

[tips] Alice Miller (was "Raising Hitler to be a 'nice person' ")

Mike Palij writes about Alice Miller: >It seems that a general thesis that Miller is asserting is that >"adult problems have their roots in childhood experience" and >one doesn't have to be Freudian to have such a view >(though that is Miller's chosen theory). Leaving aside that, once she had set

Re:[tips] Raising Hitler to be "a nice person"

Mike Palij writes: >Again, to be clear, the CBS miniseries controversy seems to >match some of the characterizations that Joan mentioned in >her post but it possible that there is some other project that >actually was cancelled. Joan Warmbold wrote: >….do any of you recall that a production of Hit