RE:[tips] Addressing Student Questions in Introduction to Psychology

$(UHere's a good answer to that question: https://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/013.html Jon === Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology North Central College 30 N. Brainard St. Naperville, IL 60540 voice: (630)-637-5329 fax: (630)-637-5121 jfmuel...@noctrl.edu

Re: [tips] Why do we feel embarrassed for others?

That was awesome! Of course, nowadays late night tv often has B-, C-, and D-grade actors come on and read something dramatically as humor. But I believe poor William did think he was creating high art. However, given his level of success I don't really feel embarrassed for him as I would

Re: [tips] Worst coaching call ever? A classic example of hindsight bias

Dave, An excellent analysis of the situation -- a must read for many of our classes. I still think they were both dumb moves! Thanks, Jon === Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology North Central College 30 N. Brainard St. Naperville, IL 60540 voice: (630)-637-5329 fax:

Re: [tips] Intro Psych Honors at Community Colleges

Jeff, Hi. I really like your blog post assignment. Would any of the student's blog posts be available online for use to peruse? Jon === Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology North Central College 30 N. Brainard St. Naperville, IL 60540 voice: (630)-637-5329 fax: (630)-637-5121

Re: [tips] Correlation Causation

Very interesting. I am not much of a statistician, but it appears to be a promising direction for possibly teasing out causal inferences down the road. But for now, the limitation that it only applies to cases in which it is known that one of the two correlated variables causes the other

Re: [tips] Pavlov biography

I was able to read the review here http://online.wsj.com/articles/book-review-ivan-pavlov-by-daniel-p-todes-1416005700 without a subscription Jon === Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology North Central College 30 N. Brainard St. Naperville, IL 60540 voice: (630)-637-5329 fax:

Re: [tips] Pavlov biography

60540 voice: (630)-637-5329 fax: (630)-637-5121 jfmuel...@noctrl.edu http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu 11/15/2014 1:54 PM On Sat, 15 Nov 2014 10:30:38 -0800, Jonathan Mueller wrote: I was able to read the review here http://online.wsj.com/articles/book-review

Re: [tips] Negative Reinforcement Example

Thanks, Paul. That is helpful. This would then likely be an example of escape/negative reinforcement http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOLxQGLJouIfeature=youtu.be Jon === Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology North Central College 30 N. Brainard St. Naperville, IL 60540 voice:

Re: [tips] Spurious Correlations

And just a reminder, you can find examples of confusing correlation and causation here http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/100/correlation_or_causation.htm Jon === Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology North Central College 30 N. Brainard St. Naperville, IL 60540 voice:

[tips] teaching resources and ideas

Dear Colleagues, Just a reminder, if you are looking for thousands of resources (e.g., activities, assignments, videos) for the teaching of social psychology and related courses, you can find them at http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/crow/. Also, I send out a free, monthly e-mail newsletter

Re: [tips] Funny example of extinction

I've used that clip for years. It's awesome. Jon === Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology North Central College 30 N. Brainard St. Naperville, IL 60540 voice: (630)-637-5329 fax: (630)-637-5121 jfmuel...@noctrl.edu http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu Pollak, Edward

Re: [tips] Who's going to APS in Washington?

I will be presenting at the Teaching Institute at 2:15 on Thursday. I will be around most of the rest of the conference. I will be sporting a cool, new TIPS logo! Jon === Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology North Central College 30 N. Brainard St. Naperville, IL 60540

RE: [tips] Meet A Tips Legend!

Sounds good. I'll be at APS. Would like to meet you. Jon === Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology North Central College 30 N. Brainard St. Naperville, IL 60540 voice: (630)-637-5329 fax: (630)-637-5121 jfmuel...@noctrl.edu http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu Frantz,

[tips] teaching resources and ideas

Dear Colleagues, Just a reminder, if you are looking for thousands of resources (e.g., activities, assignments, PowerPoint slides) for the teaching of social psychology and related courses, you can find them at http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/crow/ including many student

Re: [tips] Lots of questions about attention

Annette, Here is a research article that directly addresses Question 4: http://www.psych.utah.edu/AppliedCognitionLab/cdir.pdf Jon === Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology North Central College 30 N. Brainard St. Naperville, IL 60540 voice: (630)-637-5329 fax:

[tips] teaching clinical/developmental psych website?

Gary's question about a clinical psych listserve reminded me that I wanted to inquire about the existence or development of a teaching clinical psych website (as well as other psych areas). As you may know, there are some very good websites for the teaching of different courses in psychology,

Re: [tips] Correlation/ Causation?

Nice example. As a reminder, I have collected a large number of such headlines and related activities at http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/100/correlation_or_causation.htm Jon === Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology North Central College 30 N. Brainard St. Naperville, IL

Re: [tips] APA Format

Bob et al., I have links to a lot of good APA format/style and other writing resources on my Resources for the Teaching of Social Psychology site at http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/crow/student.htm#writing Jon === Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology North Central

Re: [tips] research methods activity

Annette, Unfortunately, I don't have a good article or answer for you, but I wanted to mention another possible resource for your excellent idea. On my Resources for the Teaching of Social Psychology site, there is a section that includes links to hundreds of research articles organized by

Re: [tips] Dark Matters

Very cool. === Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology North Central College 30 N. Brainard St. Naperville, IL 60540 voice: (630)-637-5329 fax: (630)-637-5121 jfmuel...@noctrl.edu http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com 7/9/2012 8:43 AM

Re: [tips] Happy birthday

Thanks Bill and all the rest of you. I've learned a lot from this group over the years. Jon === Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology North Central College 30 N. Brainard St. Naperville, IL 60540 voice: (630)-637-5329 fax: (630)-637-5121 jfmuel...@noctrl.edu

Re: [tips] APA style example research report

Michael, Hi. I have collected a few APA style sites here http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/crow/student.htm#writing You might find some examples of what you are looking for in there. For example, at the end of the APA tutorial (first link) there are some sample papers that I believe

Re: [tips] The Testing Effect

The testing effect is built upon forced recall. Research consistently finds that recall is superior to recognition for retrieval practice. This guide from the Institute of Education Sciences http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/pdf/practice_guides/20072004.pdf provides a nice overview of several

Re: [tips] The Testing Effect

Nice video! I love these animated talks. I'm waiting for one of my students to animate one of my lectures and put it online. === Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology North Central College 30 N. Brainard St. Naperville, IL 60540 voice: (630)-637-5329 fax: (630)-637-5121

Re: [tips] learning styles

And here are a couple more good reviews of learning styles http://home.centurytel.net/msv/Documents/Learning-Styles-Different%20Strokes.pdf https://crm.lsnlearning.org.uk/user/order.aspx?code=041540 Jon === Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology North Central College 30 N.

Re: [tips] WoooHoooo! EARTHQUAKE!

Jeff, I just laughed -- did you feel that? Jon === Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology North Central College 30 N. Brainard St. Naperville, IL 60540 voice: (630)-637-5329 fax: (630)-637-5121 jfmuel...@noctrl.edu http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu Jeffry Ricker

Re: [tips] psychology on you tube

Mixed in among the links on this page are a lot of videos I use in intro psych http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/100/100sched.htm You can also find some more video for social psych here http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/crow/technology.htm#video Jon === Jon Mueller

RE: [tips] Anything Interesting Happen Recently?

I don't know when you would date it, but you could include the controversy over psychologists participating in the interrogations at Guantanamo. Jon === Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology North Central College 30 N. Brainard St. Naperville, IL 60540 voice: (630)-637-5329 fax:

Re: [tips] Intro Psych: Seeking good non-test based assignments

Carla, I have four brief assignments related to scientific thinking I use in my intro course, which you can find here http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/100/100assgn.htm Also, you can find other intro assignments at Amy Sweetman's Introductory Psychology Resources website at

Re: [tips] revisionist history

Excellent study idea! Wonder if that has been done. === Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology North Central College 30 N. Brainard St. Naperville, IL 60540 voice: (630)-637-5329 fax: (630)-637-5121 jfmuel...@noctrl.edu http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu Jim Clark

Re: [tips] Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Michael, TMS has been found to be quite effective for motor disorders like Parkinsons, and is being applied now to a variety of other disorders and ailments. A recent special edition issue of Neurological Focus addresses TMS and appears to be freely available online at

Re: [tips] Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu Jonathan Mueller jfmuel...@noctrl.edu 10/13/2010 8:25 AM Michael, TMS has been found to be quite effective for motor disorders like Parkinsons, and is being applied now to a variety of other disorders and ailments. A recent special edition issue

Re: [tips] Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Okay, let me try this again. If you go to my intro psych schedule page at http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/100/100sched.htm and go to April 16 you will find several links to resources on TMS including some good video. As a bonus, you will also find some deep brain stimulation

Re: [tips] Piaget Examples from Popular Television or Movies

To illustrate how even as adults we can struggle with some problems like conservation, I tell my students the story of following a truck. You are on the road and you find yourself behind a slow semi. You notice that as the semi is approaching a bridge the driver pulls a baseball bat out of

[tips] appropriate journal?

Sorry for the cross posting. My colleague Heather Coon and I have conducted some research this year on people's misinterpretation of causal and correlational headlines in the news covering scientific research. This goes beyond our more traditional psychological work, so we are wondering what

Re: [tips] How The World Cup Will Kill You~!

Of course, we were told earlier that winning World Cup lowers heart attack deaths http://preventdisease.com/news/articles/winning_world_cup_lowers_heart_attack.shtml whereas the stress of watching the big game (Super Bowl) can be hazardous to heart

Re: [tips] fundamental psych concepts (was assessment)

Annette, That's an interesting thought. How are misconceptions different in psychology than in other sciences? In general, I think you are right about there being more core misconceptions in something like physics. But some of those are more readily apparent because they deal more with the