Multitasking is mostly a myth. What we do is task-switch. Which is why we crash
our cars when trying to talk on the phone.
Chris
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> On Oct 31, 2013, at 9:12 PM, "
Women are better at multi-tasking than men.
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Malcolm Gladwell (Beth's favorite) has debunked the Jewish episode of an
Israeli youth
defeating a giant with a slingshot.Gladwell hypothesized that Goliah had an
overactriive endocrine system which maximalized his body mass .This apparently
affected his vision
and rate of pace of his stride.D
Related thing: of what possible meaningfulness can fractional milliseconds
have? That has always troubled me.
(Although I confess to having reported them on occasion...)
m
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Last post of the day…
Which brings us to a particular peeve of mine: the lack of attention to
significant figures in social sciences. We create a false sense of precision of
measurement by retaining way too many digits in our reported values.
We calculate means and habitually round to 'two deci
Here's a general rule about mathematics and science: if you can't even measure
your data accurately and precisely
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accuracy_and_precision) then you can't make
accurate and precise predictions.
One of my favorite points in my stats class each year is when I have tau
For another pretty good critical examination of some of the longstanding
assumptions of the positive psychology movement (or at least the portion of
that movement that is sometimes designated as "happyology"), see this article
in the most recent Science News, which highlights the work of Joseph
By the way, I'm currently teaching for my third time a senior capstone seminar
on Positive Psychology. Rather than an introduction to the topic, it is a
critical examination of the claims and validity of it as a new field of
psychology by reading Seligman's popular text, a couple of dozen primar
Dear Tipseters,
In North America, it's called "Trick or Treat".
Stuart
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On 2013-10-30, at 9:59 PM, Mike Palij wrote:
> Have you heard about the woman who thinks she's doing a "public
> service" by giving kids who in her opinion are "moderately obese"
> a letter saying that they are not going to get any candy? No? See:
> http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/
Hi
I loved this quote in the article from a book titled "Social science as
sorcery."
The recipe for authorship in this line of business is as simple as it is
rewarding: just
get hold of a textbook of mathematics, copy the less complicated parts, put in
some
references to the literature in one
On Thu, 31 Oct 2013 06:03:20 -0700, Louis Eugene Schmier wrote:
How could I have not known what was coming response to my two words.
Ignoring Mike's cordial and collegial tone,
Ah, you do have the gift of sarcasm! ;-)
all I did was ask for extrapolation.
No, you didn't unless you expect us
Paul, me, too. A bit of arrogance by Fredrickson's co-author. Notice that he
is not listed as a co-author on her book, "POSITIVITY?"
Make it a good day
-Louis-
Louis Schmier
http://www.therandomthoughts.edublogs.org
203 E. Brookwood Pl
The two things that caught me agape was (1) that Fredrickson did not understand
the mathematics behind her strongly asserting paper. They are tough
mathematics, so I guess she was trusting her co-author…But (2) he stopped
reading the paper part way through? He's an author and he didn't read it?
How could I have not known what was coming response to my two words. Ignoring
Mike's cordial and collegial tone, all I did was ask for extrapolation.
Personally, I don't argue in favor of the positive ratio. I had my own doubts
about such a sure fire equation as I read Fredrickson's stuff. I
On Thu, 31 Oct 2013 03:56:41 -0700, Louis Eugene Schmier wrote:
And so?
For some reason, I read Louis' response above and I hear the line from
the movie "Philadelphia" that goes "Please explain this to me like I'm a
six year old." In the movie when this was said, it meant that the
explanation
And so?
Make it a good day
-Louis-
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Valdosta, Ga 31602
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>From Chronicle of Higher Education, 31October 2013:
The 2009book Positivity: Top-Notch Research Revealsthe 3 to 1 Ratio That Will
Change Your Life, by BarbaraFredrickson, was praised by the heavyweights of
psychology. Daniel Gilbert saidit provided a “scientifically sound prescription
for j
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