[tips] A change from horses
A true bibliophile doesn't stop accumulating volumes just because his house is already full, says Simon Heffer. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/simonheffer/8082354/To-me-books-are-literally-indispensable.html My wife says the collecting gene affects men only, and I think she may be right. That's certainly been my impression -- that collectors of all manner of items are disproportionately men. I suspect that men predominate among that indispensable group, nerds. I also suspect it may relate to the fact that men disproportionately feature towards one end of the autistic spectrum. N.B. Collectables from A-Z: http://www.worldcollectorsnet.com/boards.html Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=5995 or send a blank email to leave-5995-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Who's on first?
Not referring to an Abbot and Costello flick, but I saw a program on Jane Goodall where she saw chimps use sticks to fetch ants from an ant hill.She was fascinated by their tool utilization and alerted the scientific community who initially remained skeptical. However ,when I was at Wishita State in the early 1970s,I knew a prof at WSU by he name of Neil Pronko who published a text of articles in a work titled PANORAMA OF PSYCHOLOGY where he had a piece on monkeys on a Pacific island that washed potatoes before eating them. For monkeys to wash potatoes before eating them certainly implies higher cognitive function. I do not remember the time line for the both of those animal observations. Anyway why were Goodall's chimps eating ants? Ain't those Bozo types vegetarian? Michael omnicentric Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6008 or send a blank email to leave-6008-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Fw: [tips] Who's on first?
Not referring to an Abbot and Costello flick, but I saw a program on Jane Goodall where she saw chimps use sticks to fetch ants from an ant hill.She was fascinated by their tool utilization and alerted the scientific community who initially remained skeptical. However ,when I was at Wichita State in the early 1970s,I knew a prof at WSU by he name of Neil Pronko who published a text of articles in a work titled PANORAMA OF PSYCHOLOGY where he had a piece on monkeys on a Pacific island that washed potatoes before eating them. For monkeys to wash potatoes before eating them certainly implies higher cognitive function. I do not remember the time line for the both of those animal observations. Anyway why were Goodall's chimps eating ants? Ain't those Bozo types vegetarian? Michael omnicentric Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: msylves...@copper.net. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13424.eb17e1c03643c971ab35c22d86587541n=Tl=tipso=6008 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-6008-13424.eb17e1c03643c971ab35c22d86587...@fsulist.frostburg.edu No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.862 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3220 - Release Date: 10/26/10 04:34:00 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6009 or send a blank email to leave-6009-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Who's on first?
Michael, Your memory about the monkeys potatoes is pretty good. I don't remember the original authors, but the monkeys under study were a colony of Japanese macaqques on one of the Japanese islands. To support the colony, the humans would dump food (e.g., potatoes) on the beach. The researchers observed that the animals learned to wash the sand off before eating. One of the interesting reports by the researchers was that this behavior began among the younger, adolescent animals, but then spread to the older adults. Whether this is evidence of higher cognitive function, I'll leave to others to debate. It could potentially be explained via conditioning. As for chimps eating ants, what do you suppose they're doing when they groom each other? They're picking bugs off. No sense letting that protein go to waste, so why not eat them? -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu From: michael sylvester msylves...@copper.net Reply-To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:18:37 -0400 To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Conversation: [tips] Who's on first? Subject: Fw: [tips] Who's on first? Not referring to an Abbot and Costello flick, but I saw a program on Jane Goodall where she saw chimps use sticks to fetch ants from an ant hill.She was fascinated by their tool utilization and alerted the scientific community who initially remained skeptical. However ,when I was at Wichita State in the early 1970s,I knew a prof at WSU by he name of Neil Pronko who published a text of articles in a work titled PANORAMA OF PSYCHOLOGY where he had a piece on monkeys on a Pacific island that washed potatoes before eating them. For monkeys to wash potatoes before eating them certainly implies higher cognitive function. I do not remember the time line for the both of those animal observations. Anyway why were Goodall's chimps eating ants? Ain't those Bozo types vegetarian? --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6010 or send a blank email to leave-6010-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Who's on first?
I recognized it from my How to think about weird things class. I also remember it from discussions on talk.origins *years* ago. People will believe the strangest things... m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor and Chair Department of Psychology College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Serafin, John [mailto:john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu] Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 2:15 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Who's on first? Yes, that certainly looks like the same story. Let's just leave out the paranormal part of it! John -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu From: Marc Carter marc.car...@bakeru.edu Reply-To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:58:57 -0400 To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Conversation: [tips] Who's on first? Subject: RE: [tips] Who's on first? Isn't that the group of monkeys that started that hundredth monkey stuff? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hundredth_Monkey -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor and Chair Department of Psychology College of Arts Sciences Baker University --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72 a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=6012 or send a blank email to leave-6012-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.fros tburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6013 or send a blank email to leave-6013-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Who's on first?
- Original Message - From: Marc Carter marc.car...@bakeru.edu To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 5:21 PM Subject: RE: [tips] Who's on first? People will believe the strangest things... m -- What are you doing for Halloween? Michael --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6014 or send a blank email to leave-6014-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Who's on first?
Along similar lines, I recall seeing a nature show on television many years ago in which a macaque had learned to swim, and the behavior had spread to others of the colony, but was not seen in other macaque colonies. I have a good use for such an example but I have never been able to find a reliable source for it. Does anyone else know of this, and where it was reported? Thanks, Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ == Serafin, John wrote: Michael, Your memory about the monkeys potatoes is pretty good. I don't remember the original authors, but the monkeys under study were a colony of Japanese macaqques on one of the Japanese islands. To support the colony, the humans would dump food (e.g., potatoes) on the beach. The researchers observed that the animals learned to wash the sand off before eating. One of the interesting reports by the researchers was that this behavior began among the younger, adolescent animals, but then spread to the older adults. Whether this is evidence of higher cognitive function, I'll leave to others to debate. It could potentially be explained via conditioning. As for chimps eating ants, what do you suppose they're doing when they groom each other? They're picking bugs off. No sense letting that protein go to waste, so why not eat them? --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6015 or send a blank email to leave-6015-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Who's on first?
Mike P: You are apparently picking a nit with something I said in a previous post (reference the following quote). No doubt, grooming behavior in these animals has an important social characteristic. But I'm pretty sure that they are picking out parasites and other debris in the process, and in the process eat them. Apply your own criteria for evaluating the voice over on the National Geographic show. It's not JUST physical contact that is involved. There are other functions fulfilled by the behavior. John -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu From: Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu Reply-To: TIPS posts tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:55:15 -0400 To: TIPS posts tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Cc: Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu Subject: re: [tips] Who's on first? By the way, according to the voice over on the NatGeo program, when chimps groom each other, it is not pick out bugs or nits or whatever -- they do it just for the physical contact. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6019 or send a blank email to leave-6019-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] measuring student success/failure
Hello, everybody. I am surveying y'all about whether or not you might use the MFT or similar test in order to set a minimum competency for your graduating seniors. Does anyone do anything like this? Have you had any problems? How did you set the minimum that you use? With regard to departmental honors, what procedures do you use to decide to award honors to a student? Do you use the MFT or similar test in order to award honors to a student? How did you decide what score was necessary if you use such a test? Does this student need to write a thesis or similar project? Please reply to me personally and I will summarize responses in a week or two. Thanks, Marte Marte Fallshore Department of Psychology Central Washington Univ. 400 E University Way Ellensburg, WA 98926-7575 509/963-3670 509/963-2307 (fax) No one knows what's next, but everybody does it. ~George Carlin When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist. ~Dom Heider Camara I teach for free; they pay me to grade. (anon) --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6020 or send a blank email to leave-6020-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
