Re: [tips] Was Darwin

This article may be what was being referenced: http://tinyurl.com/yej2k6j Rick Rick Froman rfro...@jbu.edu On Jan 31, 2010, at 12:06 PM, "Christopher D. Green" mailto:chri...@yorku.ca>> wrote: We don't know. He seemed to have some real medical condition, which vario

[tips] Stat Pre-Reqs

Thanks to all who responded to my inquiry about Stat pre-reqs. I will share the responses with other folks here. We are getting updated info about the math class we had as a pre-req and will have to explore whether it really is valuable or needed in our case. Thanks again!! Gary Gerald

Re:[tips] Prep for Psych stats?

We have run in the opposite problem of some of the responders. Many students were taking the basic math course for general education requirements and then doing poorly in the psychology statistics course (lots of DFWs). We have now instituted a requirement that students take the mathematics stat

Re: [tips] Girls and Boys math scores

As somene who was schooled under the British educational system and who took the British Commonwealth exams,I am curious if there are data re gender about performances.Of coursse this would have to go back five or six decades ago. I took the GCE ,SC,and HSC exams.As far as I recall the boys got

Re: [tips] Was Darwin

We don't know. He seemed to have some real medical condition, which various people have attempted to retroactively diagnose in myriad ways (almost always, and ironically, ignoring the evolutionary fact that all the diseases of Darwin's time may not map perfectly well on to the diseases of toda

[tips] It's Black History Month

It is suggested that tipsters allow discussion time in their class honoring the contributions of African-Americans to psychological theory and practice. I will present again some posts about WHAT THEY NEVER TOLD YOU IN PSYCHOLOGY CLASS re the African roots of psychology.If you intend to do anyth

Re: [tips] Girls and Boys math scores

Hi James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca >>> Allen Esterson 31-Jan-10 1:30:53 AM >>> ?On 30 January, Jim Clark wrote: >It also matters how math is measured ... girls do better in school >generally than boys, perhaps because they are more motiva

Re: [tips] Was Darwin

Having posed the question "was Darwin a hypochrondiac?" Paul Brandon replied with a flat "NO",but provided no references to back up his answer.However,a program on NPR aired last week claimed that Darwin exaggerated his symptoms which can viewed within the hypochrongiacal paradigm.His illness m

[tips] cognitive fluency

Very interesting article in today's Boston Globe about "cognitive fluency." I find articles like this are often good to insert into Introductory Psychology courses. http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/01/31/easy__true/ Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University