Re: [tips] Why Liberals and Atheists Are More Intelligent

2010-03-12 Thread Paul Brandon
On the other hand, self styled conservatives like Bush and Cheney worked very hard at avoiding actual combat. May be more a style of verbal aggression. On Mar 8, 2010, at 7:38 PM, wrote: > As a follow-up to my post drawing attention to this paper, I've > noticed that _Time_ magazine also

Re: [tips] Sniffy....

2010-03-12 Thread Paul Brandon
On a slightly more serious note I spent fifty years shaping rats. When I tried to shaped Sniffy as if it were a living rat, nothing happened; it's a very poor simulation of the actual operant conditioning process. On Mar 12, 2010, at 1:56 PM, Marc Carter wrote: Hi, All -- It's Friday

[tips] Renaming grades: Gold,Silver,Bronze

2010-03-12 Thread michael sylvester
Maybe the time has come to utilize the lingo of the Olympics and substitute the A grade as Gold,B as Silver,C as Bronze,D as Copper,and F as Zinc. So when grades are allocated a student may say I got a Gold in Intro,a Silver in Stats, and so on. I also feel that parents could relate to that as t

RE: [tips] Sniffy....

2010-03-12 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Kick and scream bubbles (2 posts down, 1 to go... I'm feeling Spring Break coming on fast) Paul C. Bernhardt Department of Psychology Frostburg State University Frostburg, Maryland -Original Message- From: Serafin, John [mailto:john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu] Sent: Fri 3/12/2010

RE: [tips] Sniffy....

2010-03-12 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Yes Paul C. Bernhardt Department of Psychology Frostburg State University Frostburg, Maryland -Original Message- From: Marc Carter [mailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu] Sent: Fri 3/12/2010 2:56 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Sniffy Anyone else sta

Re: [tips] Sniffy....

2010-03-12 Thread Blaine Peden
bask in the luxury of your time off, we have two more weeks of classes prior to the latest spring break in decades (one day of which is a university furlough day). blaine - Original Message - From: "Marc Carter" To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Sent: Friday, Marc

Re: [tips] Sniffy....

2010-03-12 Thread Serafin, John
Ok, it is Friday afternoon, so excuse the silliness. But if you conclude that Skinner et al. are spinning in their coffins over this, aren't you assigning thought bubbles to them? Just aumthought :) Have a good weekend and break, John -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent

RE: [tips] autism and vaccine ruling

2010-03-12 Thread DeVolder Carol L
ses." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Federal_Claims For more, see:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Master Chris Green York U. Toronto DeVolder Carol L wrote: > I thought this was interesting: > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100312/us_nm/us_a

Re: [tips] autism and vaccine ruling

2010-03-12 Thread Christopher D. Green
er Carol L wrote: I thought this was interesting: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100312/us_nm/us_autism_vaccine I've never heard of a "special master" before--can someone explain how that works? Carol Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Psycholo

[tips] autism and vaccine ruling

2010-03-12 Thread DeVolder Carol L
I thought this was interesting: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100312/us_nm/us_autism_vaccine I've never heard of a "special master" before--can someone explain how that works? Carol Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Psychology St. Ambrose Unive

Re: [tips] Sniffy....

2010-03-12 Thread taylor
We just had spring break. Miserable weather all week; very cold by our standards as it never got much above 60, so no beach weather for sure with water temps hovering around 60 as well. However, as can be predicted, the weatherman promises fabulous weather for next week ;) I guess the good new

[tips] Sniffy....

2010-03-12 Thread Marc Carter
Hi, All -- It's Friday before Spring break starts. I am on the edge of checked-out. So! Does anyone find it strange that Sniffy, a computer program designed to teach people the principles of learning, has "Mind Windows" so you can know what the virtual rat is thinking? I'm having to fight t