Tipsters:
Perhaps Molly's husband and Louis have a good point. Assuming that, through
his personal communications with Dr. Davis, Louis has confirmed that Dr.
Davis really is Dr. Davis (and not some teenager as was plausibly suggested),
is it possible that Dr. Davis has some biological
The question was, after clarification---At your institution, for
undergraduate student research projects with animals, individual and
group, are you required to have an external (i.e. from another
institution) review of the proposal for scientific merit?
I received 13 replies which appeared to
Hi
On Sun, 5 Mar 2000, Michael Ofsowitz wrote:
For a class project I had students look for release from proactive
interference in STM. They used the Brown-Peterson-Peterson
distraction technique of counting backwards by 3's starting with
3-digit numbers like 482 to prevent rehearsal. One
on 3/5/00 10:28 AM, Stephen Black at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
1) Research on animals is only ethical if it has a chance of
increasing knowledge. Therefore any project without scientific merit
is by definition unethical.
Stephen,
I realize that you're paraphrasing the guidelines, and that
On Sun, 5 Mar 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] went:
it seems odd to me that someone trained well enough in the
scientific method to be the recipient of a Ph. D. (in whatever
discipline) should have a better grasp on arguing his position on a
point and not need to resort to name calling.
I've seen
Tips Denizens,
To piggyback on what some of you are saying, as with the "Road Rage"
phenomenon, could it be the anonymity of the medium (you can't really see too
well into a car to see the object of your anger, and you rarely get a look at
the person you respond to on a listserv or other
Stephen Black wrote:
A number of people seem stunned that we would send reviews externally
for any project, faculty or student, and some noted that they were not
supposed to consider scientific merit at all.
On the last point, these people are simply wrong. Although I agree with
John's
Nancy wrote:
They both make me think of the social psychological research on how
psychological distance from other people facilitates aggressive or other
negativistic behaviors. Anecdotal though it is, I know I have to
fight this from time to time on both highways. I wonder if
Hi
On Sun, 5 Mar 2000, Rick Adams wrote:
As it happens, I'm doing my doctoral research on the emerging Internet
culture (viewing the Internet as a distinct cultural group rather than as a
sub-culture), and this type of behavior (together with many other variations
from the norms and
At 1:56 PM -0500 3/5/00, Rick Adams wrote:
Lynn wrote:
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Of course, it is also quite possible that his socializing was not what the
rest of us are used to. However, it seems odd to me that someone trained
well enough in the scientific method to be the recipient of a Ph. D. (in
Jim wrote:
Nothing that has been said so far (here, or elsewhere that I have
seen [without looking very hard]) indicates that there is
anything special about what happens on the net. With respect to
Mr. X, for example, how do we know that he does not act in
exactly the same way in
At 4:43 PM -0500 3/5/00, Rick Adams wrote:
In my own research, there appear to be some fairly
significant indicators
that online behavior does _not_ parallel offline behavior. Since my work is
largely cultural, versus strictly psychological, most of the material is
observational and
Title: Being a sucker - African American males
I have a former student who is now a graduate student in Public
Health. She is looking for research on a very specific topic and
I haven't been able to offer much in the way of help. Does
anybody have any input/suggestions (beyond the usual lit
You will like this one! Though this is just one of those standard logic
puzzles, it does has a psychological twist (actually, a meta-cognitive
one - but no other hints!). Since it does have a psychological twist, it
might provide a nice example when y'all cover problem solving in Intro
Hi
Thanks to people who suggested some things to read. I'd like to
follow up briefly on the road rage.
On Sun, 5 Mar 2000, Rick Adams wrote:
Jim wrote:
different media. The same thing is true for "road rage" of
course. Is there solid evidence that such acts of rage occur
with
On Sun, 5 Mar 2000, John W. Kulig went:
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Oooh, it's a theory-of-mind
Beth,
I don't know of any recent research on this issue. However, there are two
books that your student may want to check out, if she has not already.
Neither concentrates solely on her issue of interest, but I think both would
be, at the least, very helpful.
White, J. L., Cones, J. H.
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