RE: [tips] Genie news

2007-12-03 Thread Shannon Gadbois
Stephen,
Thanks for this timely update.  I have occasionally used the Secret of the
Wild Child as a wrap up to my first year course.  I'll begin showing it
today.  There are so many issues that are relevant to the many topics
covered across a first year course - e.g., research methodology, ethics,
language theory, history of psychology, consciousness, development, etc.

Shannon Gadbois

 

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Subject: [tips] Genie news

I've just replied to an e-mail inquiry from a high school teacher concerning
whether Genie, the tragic wild child of California,  has died. Not being a
world authority on her case, I'm not sure why the question was directed at
me. Possibly the teacher is a long-time lurker on TIPS, or retrieved one of
my TIPS posts through the magic of Google. 

In any case, I told her I had no information on Genie's death, although I
believed that Jean Butler, Genie's one-time teacher, and also Genie's
mother, have both died.

Here's the news part. I tried my own Google search on the question. I
discovered that in 2005 David Rigler, the hapless primary investigator of
the team studying Genie, transferred all his Genie-related materials to
Susan Curtiss. She was (at that time) the graduate student who, by general
agreement, produced the only scientifically-useful information on this sorry
case, published as the book _Genie: A Psycholinguistic Study of a Modern Day
Wild Child_. (1977). 

Curtiss in turn donated the collection to the UCLA library in 2006, where it
is available with permission of the library for study. It apparently
includes the neglected videotapes shot by David Rigler which were salvaged
by the NOVA TV crew, and some of which were subsequently incorporated into
their documentary Secret of the Wild Child 
(http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/transcripts/2112gchild.html ).

Nothing is available on-line, but the catalogue listing of the holdings are
themselves interesting to browse through. See
http://content.cdlib.org/view?docId=kt0q2nc69qchunk.id=did-
1.2.1brand=oac
or
http://tinyurl.com/234nun

On the question of Genie's death, the catalogue says this (under
Biography):

Although not indicated in the collection files, according to Russ Rymer
by the early 1990s Genie was living in an adult home for the mentally
retarded, where it is believed she remains in 2006.

BTW, Genie's identity has been uncovered, and as it's now all over the
Internet, there's no reason not to mention it here. This unfortunate woman's
real name is Susan M. Wiley.

Stephen

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Re: Update on the case of Genie

2006-02-15 Thread Shannon Gadbois
Hi,
I am still around and constantly lurking.  Stephen, 
thanks for retrieving the info that I searching for 
myself!  

More recently, I read that Genie's mother died a number of 
years ago.  I believe I contacted Dr. Curtiss in 2002 (?).

Shannon Gadbois

 Jean-Marc Perreault publicly asked me:
 
  A student of mine reported watching a recent 
documentary last
  week-end during which they were discussing famous 
cases of wild
  children, including the case of Genie. I was under the 
impression that
  nobody really knew where she had ended up, but the 
documentary supposedly
  showed footage of the woman. She was not talking. The 
person being
 i nterviewed said Genie could pronounce words, but had 
no sense of grammar.
 
  Do you have any more specific info as to what has 
happened with Genie?
  I'll try to find out which documentary the student 
saw...
 
 
 Hi  Jean-Marc:
 
 That's easy. All I have to do is recyle a message I 
posted on that other list back in 2004. As it 
 happens, the most recent information in it comes from 
another student of mine, Shannon 
 Gadbois, who resourcefully asked Susan Curtiss and 
received an informative reply, which 
 she posted on TIPS. As we haven't heard from Shannon for 
a long time on TIPS, I assume 
 she's no longer with us. Bummer.
 
 The only update I can offer is to check out that often-
maligned source, Wikipedia (search 
 using Genie (feral child) ). It's a pretty good 
account, although I wouldn't be so hard on Jean 
 Butler and much harder on the research team, especially 
David Rigler. I'd also mention the 
 sensational lawsuit launched by Genie's mother. 
Unfortunately, there's no source given for 
 the information under Present Condition, so accept it 
with caution.
 
 Stephen
 
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 From: Stephen Black [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To:   Society for Teaching of Psychology 
Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject:  Genie, the wild child
 Date sent:Sat, 21 Aug 2004 11:37:39 -0500
 
 
 On 17 Aug 2004, Kristin Larson wrote:
 
Every semester a student will ask me what has 
happened
  to Genie now that she is an adult.  I am aware that 
she lived in a group
  home, but I have not been able to find out any 
information about her
  development. Any suggestions?
 
 Under the slogan, better late than never, I contribute 
the following.
 
  Little information is available. As Mark Walter noted 
in an earlier 
 post,  Russ Rymer, who wrote the definitive account of 
the whole sad 
 story (Genie: an Abused Child's Flight From Silence 
(1993), aka 
 Genie: A Scientific Tragedy), provided a brief update. 
According to 
 Rymer (in his 1992 account in _The New Yorker_ 
magazine), Dr. Jay 
 Shurley, one of the group who had studied her, showed 
Rymer two 
 disturbing photographs of a large, bumbling woman with 
a facial 
 expression of cowlike incomprehension.  Of the second 
photograph, 
 Shurley said:
 
 Her twenty-seventh birthday party...I was there, and 
then I saw her 
 again when she was twenty-nine, and she still looked 
miserable. She 
 looked to me like a chronically institutionalized 
person. It was 
 heartbreaking...She looks demented.
 
 On the other hand, David Rigler, the chief psychologist 
at the 
 hospital where Genie was treated, and Genie's temporary 
foster 
 parent, said in a 1993 letter to the New York Times (his 
sole 
 comment, as far as I know,  against charges that he 
exploited Genie):
 
 As I write this, Genie is again living in a board-and-
care home, 
 this time under happier circumstances. Genie visits her 
mother 
 regularly. My wife and I were invited to visit her in 
the company of 
 her mother. Although we had not seen her for more than 
15 years, we 
 all of us cried as she greeted us by name. 
 
 Finally, my former student Dr. Shannon Gadbois,  now 
professor  of 
 psychology at Brandon University, wrote to ask Susan 
Curtiss the same 
 question, and she posted Curtiss's reply on that other 
list for 
 psychology teachers (that unmoderated, uncensored, 
anything-goes, 
 Wild West one) in 2001.
 
 Shannon reported that Dr. Curtiss said:
 
 1. Genie is in an adult care facility that Dr. Curtiss 
described as 
 atypical in that it offers exceptional exposure to 
events and 
 activities. Each year Genie travels with her group to 
Las Vegas to 
 play slot machines and explore. They also go on regular 
outings and 
 have social functions at the care home.
 
 2. Dr. Curtiss said that, unfortunately, Genie's 
language skills have 
 deteriorated as has her ability to sign (she really has 
no one with 
 whom she can practice signing). Despite these 
setbacks, Dr. Curtiss 
 said that Genie is still a powerhouse of zest for 
life. 
 
 3. Dr. Curtiss also said that not one member of 
the team that 
 worked with Genie has been permitted to see her. Her 
mother, as of 
 last year, was still the legal guardian, and had 
forbidden the team 
 members to see

Re: Tenure Track Positions: General Experimental and Social

2005-11-12 Thread Shannon Gadbois
Hi Susan,
I checked this info on the website and it indicated that 
the closing date was Nov 1.  Does this notice mean that 
the position is still open?
Thanks,
Shannon Gadbois

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and systems,
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Re: Discovering Psychology

2002-09-20 Thread Shannon Gadbois

We recently purchased the updated version.  Although the set has two new
videos, the remaining 20+ videos look exactly the same to my eyes.  I'd
recommend saving your money.
Shannon Gadbois

At 08:57 AM 09/20/2002 -0400, you wrote:
Hi Tipsters,
My department already has an older version of the Discovering Psychology
video series by Zimbardo.  Now, we are debating buying the updated version.
 Has anyone seen both?  Can you say anything about the extent of the
changes and whether it is worth the few hundred dollars for the new version?

Thanks in advance,
Marcia

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RE: distributing lecture notes

2002-02-27 Thread Shannon Gadbois
 as I'd like, but
they are being gradually added. (Thanks to Jeff Ricker and Stephen
Black; I just added the sleep deprivation link to my States of
Consciousness outline, complete with the little tidbit on Fran and
Marie!)  Eventually, I'd like to include recommended readings with each
outline for those who have some free time. Ah... things I'm ~sure~ I
would have done last summer had I not moved 1900 miles to start a new
job.  =)

--
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Re: distributing lecture notes

2002-02-27 Thread Shannon Gadbois

Another thought...
Stephen, I'll plead a source monitoring problem...

Maybe it's not necessary to clarify but I think that attendance should be
an important motivator.  I know that I have students who do not come to
class because they can get the notes (and some of them probably are the
better students).  In fact, I don't believe that students who are very
capable need to hear me lecture or even participate in discussion, etc.  At
the same time, I believe that students should be given incentive to come to
class.  Through attendance we have a greater opportunity to discuss the
content and use it in activities, etc.  Students also have a better
opportunity to establish networks for studying, etc.  I think that
promoting attendance opens the door to these opportunities.  (It's also
increases the opportunity for them to get to know me.  This is particularly
valuable for students who plan to stay in psychology and complete an
undergrad thesis.  Building relationships with potential supervisors is an
important step to a successful honours year.)

I also frequently prepare content shortly before any particular class but
the general issues do not change.  In class, I expand on the outlines I've
provided in any case whether through lectures, videos, demos, activities or
discussions.

I should concede though that for each chapter I teach, I cover issues that
are not addressed in the text at all (relevant to general concepts that are
outlined in the text).  Students who copy my chapter slides know that all
of the content on the slides is not necessarily directly addressed in their
course text.  

Shannon

 I did say
that I considered limiting the information on my slides in order
to encourage attendance but finally decided against it. I felt
that doing that didn't really have  educational justification
and that boosting attendance shouldn't be an end in itself. If
some students find the slides alone are sufficient for their
needs and as a result skip class, I'm willing to let them make
that decision. So my slides have become increasingly detailed,
and I hold nothing back. As a result, I'm sure some do decide
they no longer need to attend class.

However, where I draw the line is in making them available
_before_ class, as most contributors to this thread seem to do. I
don't because i) I revise them up until about two minutes before
class, so they're not ready beforehand; ii) it spoils any
novelty, surprise, or attempt to get students to think about each
point before revealing the next; and iii) it bugs me when
students follow along with the written version. So I only make
each set available after each class.

But it does prevent students from annotating the notes in real
time, which would be helpful. And students do ask me to make them
available beforehand. I decline.

-Stephen


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Re: distributing lecture notes

2002-02-27 Thread Shannon Gadbois

I agree with all of these points.  Part of understanding the pros and cons
of providing notes is to understand how they are used.  That is, do we
provide them and then lecture from them or do we do other things.

Part of my approach is to begin each semester and use each midterm
evaluation to discuss with students the way in which I organize my courses.
 I include objectives for the course and for each chapter that are intended
to focus their text reading.  These same objectives determine the way in
which I cover any particular content are within the course or a chapter.

I also discuss with them what the different resources can potential do for
them.

I recognize that these structural components are beneficial to me.  The
issue for me is how I can make them valuable to students.  I also recognize
that reading comprehension literature address, in part, the fact that
deeper learning approaches can be evoked by not always presenting content
in a simple and orderly fashion.  Sometimes a disorganized approach works
best.  My concern is that with the students that I encounter too much
disorganization leads to confusionThere's no doubt in my mind that at
some level providing students with notes is an offer of security.  I think
that there has to be a measure of security in order to promote sufficient
confidence to take risks.

At 12:22 PM 02/27/2002 -0500, you wrote:

   I am finding that more students (even upper level students) seem not to
be taking notes, have trouble knowing how to take notes, or review notes
in a superficial fashion.  We have sessions to help first year students
learn how to study and take notes.  Effective note-taking does involve
active listening and thinking as well as composition.  While it is often
maligned, good note-taking can help with later studying by providing an
individual sense of organization to the material and offers the
possibility of individually-relevant elaboration and thought about the
material/ideas presented.  This assumes, that the notes are examined
later and thought about.  Students may, unfortunately, be reinforced for
simply and passively copying material that offers little more than a
laundry list of ideas or, at best, someone else's (the instructor's)
sense of organization which the student seldom deconstructs or
decompresses with any insight.  I have noticed that students appear to
be conditioned to automatically copy the outline notes I put on a
transparency, and they seem to do this mindlessly.  I am tempted now and
then to put some nonsense in the outline and then ask them about the
material and engage them in an effort to make sense of the material on
the outline.  I often put things like ask the class about this OR
class ask me about this and on the next test on the transparency.
The students copy it down, but seldom ask or inquire, h.  During
reviews for the exams I may mention it and they suddenly discover it. 
This Let's me know what they do with their notes in the meantime (some
seem to not look at their notes until the day before the exam surprise
surprise).  I think outlines or class notes or other such things
presented can contain useful tips, reminders, and hints that some
students will ask about and then class discussion can be developed
around these items.  Giving them my notes however (like study guides
before exams), may not by itself offer anything more than a security
blanket.  They need to actively think/study about the class material
sometime.  Cheers,  Gary Peterson



Shannon Gadbois wrote:
 
 Two quick thoughts:
 1.  we shouldn't assume that students are passive when they are not
 furiously writing notes in class.  The opposite might well be the case.
 Students have no time to think if they are just writing down notes as we
 lecture.
 2.  providing notes does not preclude active instruction.  In fact, for
 some faculty, knowing that students have the notes might make them more
 inclined to go out on a limb and do activities rather than just give
 information.
 
 At 04:42 PM 02/26/2002 -0600, you wrote:
 Hi everyone:
 
 I struggle with this issue.  It seems that when I give out my notes
 before the lecture, then students are more passive in class, don't take
 their own notes, etc.  I did this last semester and was concerned about
 the almost total lack of note taking in these classes.  This semester I
 don't distribute my notes, but either distribute a general outline or
 put one up on the overhead.  Still, however, very few of my students
 actually take notes in class.  Does anyone else notice that their
 students are not taking notes?  How big of a problem is this?
 
 I wondered if part of the problem with lecture notes versus no lecture
 notes is that we are spending too much time lecturing.  I don't know
 about the rest of you, but this semester I'm trying to lecture less and
 get the student more actively involved through group assignments and
 activities during class time.
 
 For instance, this morning in my health

Re: distributing lecture notes

2002-02-26 Thread Shannon Gadbois

Some brief thoughts:
This topic came up last summer.  At the time I was debating about how to
proceed with my intro classes.  I found the discussion at the time very
valuable but I was still concerned about making my PPT slides accessible to
students...would they use the access to the slides as an excuse not to come
to class?

I came up with a compromise.  I changed my slides to only include the key
points of any of the content I was discussing (thanks for the advice
Stephen Black).  For student info, I also take out any slides that I want
to use as a surprise demo (e.g. reversible figures, etc. for sensation
and perception).

For each course I do a mid-term eval for which I ask students 3 basic
questions:  What components of instruction have helped you learn the most?
What components have helped you learn the least?  What suggestions do you
have for improvements...

I've taught 4 intro level classes in psychology this year.  All of my
midterm evaluations have shown the same thing.  One of the things that
students believe has helped them learn is providing them with an outline of
all the chapter notes before the chapter begins.  In addition, here's the
great part, students believe that what also helps them learn is COMING TO
CLASS to focus on the issues behind the main points.

I'm very happy that I made my notes accessible to students.  The benefits
have outweighed the costs in my opinion.  Students have the basics but come
to class to get the specifics.  Students can listen and augment their notes
as they choose and leave the class feeling as though they had time to learn
rather than just write.

Just one perspective.
Shannon

At 03:18 PM 02/26/2002 -0600, you wrote:
Charlotte Manly wrote:

 TIPSters,

 Do any of you distribute your lecture notes to students (in advance)?  ...

I do my lectures with PowerPoint and I give the notes (6 slides per page)
to the library.  They put the notes on their web site.  The students seem
to like it.  I think that they figure out quickly that skipping class and
just getting the notes does not really work.
--
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__ Psychology Department
__ University of Louisiana at Monroe
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Re: left-handed psychologists?

2001-12-06 Thread Shannon Gadbois

I remember this thinking something like this as a student.  Of the 5 profs
who taught me (psychologists) 3 of them were lefties (all males)...


At 09:54 AM 12/06/2001 -0500, you wrote:
In a message dated 12/5/01 2:15:34 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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 Hello folks,
A student today in class asked me if it was true that a higher
 percentage of psychologists are left-handed than in the general population.
 She said she heard or read in the past week that over 30% of us are
Have you?
 
 Joe Hatcher
 Ripon College
 Ripon, Wi 54971
 USA
 

 
 Wow, that would be interesting..Holding up my LEFT hand to be counted!
 
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Re: left-handed psychologists?

2001-12-06 Thread Shannon Gadbois

Of course, Stephen.  Thanks for the correction.  All are still lefties.  I
should add that I'm a lefties - as is only one of my current colleagues
here (out of a total of 7)...you see Jim, there is a place for those of the
right persuasion.

At 11:43 AM 12/06/2001 -0500, you wrote:
On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Shannon Gadbois wrote:

 I remember this thinking something like this as a student.  Of the 5 profs
 who taught me (psychologists) 3 of them were lefties (all males)...

And one of them still is.

-Stephen


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Re: adjuncting

2001-10-31 Thread Shannon Gadbois

I think this whole discussion is unfortunate if it simply diminishes into
hurling insults and criticisms.  Many part-timers or sessionals are very
capable but because of the competitive nature of the work environment now
may not so easily slip into a full-time or tenure track position.
The result is that sessionals rarely get to continue with research (since
there is no support for such professional activities for this segment of
faculty) and do not get any support to attend conferences, etc.  Because
they are not given supports or recognition as valuable members of the
university community, they soon become less marketable for full-time
appointments.
So, yes, it may be true that sessionals cannot compete but does that
necessarily mean that it is because they are incompetent or incapable?  I
don't think so.
We have created an environment that treats part time faculty with little
respect and little support to develop as professionals and to help them to
compete for full-time appointments.
I'm wondering how many full time faculty are aware that some, probably
many, part time or sessional faculty do not have offices, phones, or access
to the appropriate technology to allow them to do their jobs fully.  This
means, dragging course materials around wherever you go and doing the same
with exams.  This means meeting students in class or talking to them from
home.
How many sessionals are able to do research, etc. while trying to put
together a living teaching courses all over the place?
Part-timers are not solely responsible; full-time faculty are not solely
responsible.  We are all responsible for the way in which members of our
education communities are treated.
Part-timers are trying to piece together a living (some wouldn't call it a
career).  In the meantime, how many full-time faculty are willing to step
up to the plate and support sessionals in their attempts to receive fair
treatment?
Shannon Gadbois

At 03:13 PM 10/31/2001 -0600, you wrote:
Would you rather have them hire more full-timers, which may put you 
completely out of a job?

At 01:08 PM 10/31/01 -0800, you wrote:
No Louis, it is NOT The lack of funds. This is the
best EXCUSE all institutions will give but rarely is
it true. The evidence always shows otherwise. Student
enrollment has increased over the years mainly due to
bigger increases in immigration and baby boomers
starting college. So there is more tuition money being
received every single year! For example, my college is
building a new 10 MILLION DOLLAR library but have a
shortage of full-time faculty and resort to hiring
more part-timers instead of full-times. What do you
think this shows? It shows that the institution wants
to make their money available for other things besides
faculty pay!

Payam



--- Louis_Schmier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Payam Heidary wrote:
 
   Paul,
  
   What you are missing is that all part-timers know
  that
   adjunct teaching is not meant to be a career but
  this
   adjunct career has been forced upon us due to
  lack
   of full-time offers!
 
  Due to a lack of full-time, tenure track positions,
  due to a lack of
  funds.
 
  Make it a good day.
 
 
--Louis--
 
 
  Louis Schmier
  www.therandomthoughts.com
  Department of History
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