RE: [tips] Teaching Theories

We have a personality course that covers all of the old theories too. Do graduate programs in counseling and other mental health related programs expect student to know all of the old personality theories? Joe Joseph J. Horton, Ph. D. Box 3077 Grove City College Grove City, PA 16127 724-458-20

RE: [tips] best way to reinforce marking?

Jim: Well done papers are easier to mark. I save some that I expect to be quite good for end. This usually works well, but sometimes a student I expect to have written a good paper does not. Joe Joseph J. Horton, Ph. D. Box 3077 Grove City College Grove City, PA 16127 724-458-2004 jjhor...@gcc

RE: [tips] Failure of Critical Thinking: When Advertising Trumps "Truth"

013, at 8:11 PM, Horton, Joseph J. wrote: > Hello Ken: I live in a small town and have a love-hate relationship with > Wal-Mart. I will try a different comparison. I would like my physician to be > able to be a like the Food Network's Alton Brown. For those who are not > familiar

RE: [tips] Failure of Critical Thinking: When Advertising Trumps "Truth"

--- On 1/8/2013 4:47 PM, Horton, Joseph J. wrote: > Mike my point is that there is potential harm when the FDA > limits available treatments. Unless there is fraud involved, I > am all for open communication between pharmaceutical > companies, physicians and their patients. > > I

RE: [tips] Failure of Critical Thinking: When Advertising Trumps "Truth"

Mike my point is that there is potential harm when the FDA limits available treatments. Unless there is fraud involved, I am all for open communication between pharmaceutical companies, physicians and their patients. I certainly appreciate the role of well-done clinical trials. (Note my signatu

RE: [tips] Failure of Critical Thinking: When Advertising Trumps "Truth"

I am not particularly disturbed by this ruling depending upon just what claims are being made. If it is clear the claim is based on a collection of anecdotes rather than empirical study informing physicians that others have found a drug useful seems fine. I say this as one who regularly takes a

RE:[tips] flawed research

Annette: No study is perfect, but I like the one cited below. It has an encouraging message for our students--couples show greater improvement in the quality of their marriage when working with a mental health professional than with a good self-help book. Joe Cummings, E. M., Faircloth, W. B.,

[tips] student question

Hi All: I received these questions from a student. I am hoping your collective wisdom will give me a good answer. How common is it and why do people who are innocent feel guilty? For example, when someone else is reprimanded, why does an onlooker suddenly flush and feel guilty? Or when a person

[tips] EPA Questions

Hello TIPSters: Do any of you know if EPA will have a later submission deadline for student posters this year? I emailed the EPA office last week and have not heard back. It affects the schedule for one of my classes, so I need to know soon. Thanks! Joe Joseph J. Horton, Ph. D. Box 3077 Grove

RE: [tips] question about older participants

Thanks John! Joseph J. Horton, Ph. D. Box 3077 Grove City College Grove City, PA 16127 724-458-2004 jjhor...@gcc.edu In God we trust, all others must bring data. From: John Kulig [mailto:ku...@mail.plymouth.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 11:45 AM To: Teaching in

[tips] representative sample of older adults

Hello TIPSters: My colleagues and I are working on a research proposal and we would like to be able to get a representative sample of adults over 60 in our community. I usually work at the other end of the age spectrum obtaining birth announcements to find children of a given age. Is there a met

[tips] Lack of Replication in Biology

Apparently there are replication issues in biology as well as psychology. The Wall Street Journal has an article today about pharmaceutical companies attempting to develop drugs based on published findings only to find that they cannot replicate the findings. >From the article: Drug manufactur

RE:[tips] Ethics Question

Thanks Stuart, Rick and Annette! I stand corrected in my understanding of the ethical requirements. My students will be pleased their project is feasible. Joe Joseph J. Horton, Ph. D. Box 3077 Grove City College Grove City, PA 16127 724-458-2004 jjhor...@gcc.edu In God

[tips] Ethics Question

Suppose some students wanted to study varsity athletes at a DIII school. As I understand things APA ethics requires that study participants receive some incentive for participating. However the NCAA might find that offering incentives to recruit only athletes for a study would be a violation; or

RE: [tips] WoooHoooo! EARTHQUAKE!

We are having construction on our campus. My office started shaking and I wondered what they were doing outside, but there was no equipment operating. No evacuation orders have been given. We are about 60 miles north of Pittsburgh. Joe Joseph J. Horton, Ph. D. Box 3077 Grove City College Grove

RE:[tips] conundrum

psychology, that the bring into the classroom? Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 tay...@sandiego.edu<mailto:tay...@sandiego.edu> ________ From: Horton, Joseph

RE: [tips] Undergraduate Transfer of Online Courses

;s office of one of these accredited institutional members that they never have accepted transfer of credit for online courses, currently don't, but "may" reconsider this policy in the future. Rob Flint ________ From: Horton, Joseph J. [jjhor...@gcc.edu

RE: [tips] Undergraduate Transfer of Online Courses

It is my understanding the Middle States will not allow its members to have a policy of rejecting online courses. Member schools may of course scrutinize any courses a student would like to transfer, but that a course was taught online is not sufficient justification for rejecting it. Joe Jose

RE: Re:[tips] Where do I stand in the course? Was: Please check my paper BEFORE you grade it

In the event that I have made myself sound overly harsh on an international forum for expecting my students to calculate their own grades . . . I work at a moderately selective school with an average SAT score of about 1250. They are mastering the educational system well. When I worked at a less

RE:[tips] Where do I stand in the course? Was: Please check my paper BEFORE you grade it

I also get the related question of what grade is needed on the final for the student to earn a particular grade. I tell students that I will remind them of the grades they have earned, but that I believe they can do arithmetic and algebra themselves. The students usually smile and thank me for r

RE: [tips] Phantom (cell phone) vibrations?

I have experienced them which seems particularly strange as I rarely carry a cell phone. I have only experienced them when I am carrying a phone. Joe Joseph J. Horton, Ph. D. Box 3077 Grove City College Grove City, PA 16127 724-458-2004 jjhor...@gcc.edu In God we trust,

RE:[tips] Question on sleep

This right before my 8:00 class . . . I believe Dement mentions a case or two in his book The Promise of Sleep. I think he says that none of these people have been willing to come to a sleep lab to have their claims verified and studied. Joe Joseph J. Horton, Ph. D. Box 3077 Grove City College

[tips] law school grade inflation

Perhaps we can eliminate the ruse and have students pay tuition based on the GPA they would like to receive. Joe One day next month every student at Loyola Law School Los Angeles will awake to a higher grade point average. But it's not because they are all working harder. The school is retroact

[tips] Student Issue

I have an interesting student issue and not much time to decide. I have student who is doing poorly in my class. We both believe she can improve her performance, but so far she is failing. It probably makes the most sense for the student to withdraw and take the class another semester. The deadline

[tips] DSM V

The Wall Street Journal offered an interesting perspective on DSM V from the perspective of a psychiatrist. http://tinyurl.com/yh5ah47 Two paragraphs from the column: To flip through the latest draft of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, in the works

RE: [tips] Eastern Psychological Association- Need "audients"

That is the same time as Miguel's talk. What poor planning to have two prominent TIPSters presenting at the same time. J Joe Joseph J. Horton, Ph. D. Box 3077 Grove City College Grove City, PA 16127 724-458-2004 jjhor...@gcc.edu In God we trust, all others must bring data. From

RE: [tips] Help with stats examples...

A good example of hierarchical regression which also discusses mediation is Finkenauer, C., Engels, R. C. M.E., & Baumeister (2005). Parenting behaviour and adolescent behavioural and emotional problems: The role of self-control. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 29, 58-69. Joe Jos