Re: [tips] The Genetic Theory of Educational Achievement Is about 90% Horse Manure!

2018-07-25 Thread Paul Brandon
tional achievement > as certain theorists assert). In addition, household income accounts > for only 7% of the variance in the differences which some might consider > a unexpected low amount. I guess this all goes to show that your > genetic ancestry (sorry Galton) nor wealth/poverty are the mo

Re: [tips] Pastafarians Untie!

2017-06-02 Thread Paul Brandon
8.3b5166ef147b143fedd04b1c4a64900b=T=tips=50912 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-50912-13438.3b5166ef147b143fedd04b1c4a649...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > > Paul

Re: [tips] signal detection and ROC curves

2016-01-29 Thread Paul Brandon
to give them some > opportunities to practice. I've already talked about hits, misses, false > alarms, and correct rejections in class, and using payoffs to manipulate > response criteria, now I want to make it all applicable.I welcome any and all > ideas. > > Thank you

Re: [tips] signal detection and ROC curves

2016-01-29 Thread Paul Brandon
les here; Tolman was talking about intervening variables (a mechanism mediating between environmental variables and behavior), while Skinner was talking about independent, directly observable variables (environment, history) as better predictors of behavior. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psy

Re: [tips] Subcortical intelligence: caudate volume predicts IQ in healthy adults. - PubMed - NCBI

2016-01-03 Thread Paul Brandon
es > range from .11 downwards. Not exactly a Eureka! moment. > > > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25491047?utm_content=buffer077fa_medium=social_source=twitter.com_campaign=buffer > > Chris Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hi

Re: [tips] College Professor Put On Leave For Heresy?

2015-12-19 Thread Paul Brandon
t; York University > Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 > 43.773759, -79.503722 > > chri...@yorku.ca > http://www.yorku.ca/christo > > On Dec 19, 2015, at 11:43 AM, Paul Brandon <pkbra...@hickorytech.net> wrote: > >> Mike— >> I assume that -you- have read Wheaton’

Re: [tips] College Professor Put On Leave For Heresy?

2015-12-19 Thread Paul Brandon
:18 AM, Mike Palij <m...@nyu.edu> wrote: > On Fri, 18 Dec 2015 13:47:28 -0600, Paul Brandon wrote: >> If you read the Wheaton College statement of faith that >> you’ve linked to, > > Paul, of course I read the statement of faith -- do you think > I post links

Re: [tips] College Professor Put On Leave For Heresy?

2015-12-19 Thread Paul Brandon
from religious organizations? > > Jim > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Dec 19, 2015, at 2:15 PM, "Paul Brandon" <pkbra...@hickorytech.net> wrote: > >> >> >> >> >> >> More to the point, would they have hired her if she had

Re: [tips] College Professor Put On Leave For Heresy?

2015-12-18 Thread Paul Brandon
hold that Islam does not worship the same god as they do, and that by equating the god of Islam with the God of Wheaton, Dr. Hawkins was violating the terms of her contract. On Dec 16, 2015, at 10:08 PM, Mike Palij <m...@nyu.edu> wrote: > On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 16:44:20 -0800, Paul Bran

Re: [tips] College Professor Put On Leave For Heresy?

2015-12-16 Thread Paul Brandon
c religions? > See: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrahamic_religions Paul Brandon 10 Crown Hill Lane Mankato, MN 56001 pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325

Re: [tips] Habits and Behavior Modification

2015-12-10 Thread Paul Brandon
you’re not familiar with Habits, here’s the author of the book on Youtube: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1eYrhGeffc > > Anyone else think that this is really just behavior mod “re-packaged”? > > > Michael > > Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. > http://www.ThePsychFi

Re: [tips] Pavlovian "Operant" Conditioning?

2015-10-21 Thread Paul Brandon
t; and that he had to open his mouth to eat the cookie before he could ever be > reinforced for opening his mouth. > > One other thing: the term "reinforcement" was used in the film. It would have > had to be translated into English from the original Russian subtitles, which

Re: [tips] Pavlovian "Operant" Conditioning?

2015-10-21 Thread Paul Brandon
peatedly in "Conditioned Reflexes." > It is a term that indicates strengthening of a conditioned reflex, typically > tied to the number of pairings. > > Go to Lecture III in Conditioned Reflexes on Chris Green's psychclassics web > site and have your browser do a search on &

Re: [tips] More on Nobel prize and traditional medicine

2015-10-14 Thread Paul Brandon
redundant or an oxymoron? > > Jim > > Jim Clark > Professor & Chair of Psychology > University of Winnipeg > 204-786-9757 > Room 4L41 (4th Floor Lockhart) > www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark > > From: Paul Brandon [mailto:pkbra...@hickorytech.net] > Sent: W

Re: [tips] More on Nobel prize and traditional medicine

2015-10-14 Thread Paul Brandon
ed medicine has a good piece on the nobel prize Michael P reviewed > nicely. Shows how it can be misinterpreted and abused by the naturopathy > industry, not surprisingly. > > https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/no-the-nobel-prize-does-not-validate-naturopathy-or-herbalism/ > &

Re: [tips] NY Times Article on Reproducibility

2015-09-02 Thread Paul Brandon
> "this is just an example of the self-correcting nature of science". > > -Mike Palij > New York University Paul Brandon 10 Crown Hill Ln Mankato, MN 56001 507-387-4945 pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as

Re: [tips] How Would a Behaviorist Explain This?

2015-08-28 Thread Paul Brandon
that some dogs will enter the “bell area” and allow the bell to ring until the battery on their shock collar dies out. Then the dog simply walks past the perimeter unshocked. My family of course said that the dog was “smart”. How would a behaviorist explain this? Michael Paul Brandon

Re: [tips] Facebook and Variable Interval Schedules

2015-07-14 Thread Paul Brandon
1:00 AM, Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) digest wrote: So because I don’t know IF or HOW MANY responses I MIGHT get from any particular instagram post, I’m on a VI schedule - correct? Michael Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato

Re: [tips] Facebook and Variable Interval Schedules

2015-07-13 Thread Paul Brandon
correct - he doesn’t have to actually do anything but a new message (reinforcer) might have arrived. It seems pretty darn powerful, which seems weird because I’ve always thought of variable interval reinforcers as weak. Thoughts? Michael Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology

Re: [tips] Facebook and Variable Interval Schedules

2015-07-13 Thread Paul Brandon
. Thoughts? Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id

Re: [tips] Facebook and Variable Interval Schedules

2015-07-06 Thread Paul Brandon
? Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: @mbritt Paul Brandon 10 Crown Hill Lane Mankato, MN 56001 pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http

Re: [tips] Random Thought: Faith, Hope, Love, IV

2015-05-06 Thread Paul Brandon
as: pkbra...@hickorytech.net. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13438.3b5166ef147b143fedd04b1c4a64900bn=Tl=tipso=44569 or send a blank email to leave-44569-13438.3b5166ef147b143fedd04b1c4a649...@fsulist.frostburg.edu Paul Brandon 10 Crown Hill Lane Mankato, MN 56001

Re: [tips] Elizabeth Loftus/Baltimore

2015-05-06 Thread Paul Brandon
insist on being addressed as Elizabeth Really? Did their first name happen to be Ralph? Just asking. Paul Brandon 10 Crown Hill Lane Mankato, MN 56001 pkbra...@hickorytech.net Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net

Re: [tips] Corinthian Colleges Closed Today -- Forever

2015-04-28 Thread Paul Brandon
and HuffPo http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/26/corinthian-colleges-closing_n_7147380.html Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here

Re: [tips] Evaluating Instructors By Successful Completions in Courses

2015-04-04 Thread Paul Brandon
on this. Cn anyone help? Best, Jeff P.S. And by the way, I’m asking because it seems likely that a major confound would be differences among instructors in expectations and standards (i.e., rigor of the course), even when they all are teaching a course that is nominally the same. Paul

Re: [tips] Whachagonnado When The Zombie Apocalypee Comes After YOU!

2015-03-02 Thread Paul Brandon
of ammunition with you. And practice head shots. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id

Re: [tips] Are coin tosses random?

2015-03-02 Thread Paul Brandon
. I thought this would be an easy–to–understand example to use when I discuss validity—as long as I leave the math out!!! Best, -- - Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Paul Brandon Emeritus

Re: [tips] Are coin tosses random?

2015-02-28 Thread Paul Brandon
-- - Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu

Re: [tips] Putin Has Asperger's Syndrome?

2015-02-05 Thread Paul Brandon
, and other sources that may be subject to error. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id

Re: [tips] Misremembering

2015-02-05 Thread Paul Brandon
Brian Wlilliams of NBC News told the military newspaper Stars Stripes in a story published Wednesday that he misremembered the story and was sorry for repeating it. Jim Matiya Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net

Re: [tips] Misremembering

2015-02-05 Thread Paul Brandon
NPR has a full account at: http://www.npr.org/2015/02/05/383988625/brian-williams-self-inflicted-war-wounds?utm_medium=RSSutm_campaign=news On Feb 5, 2015, at 12:28 PM, Paul Brandon pkbra...@hickorytech.net wrote: Since he kept notes on his activities, ‘lying’ might be a better term

Re: Empirical Tests Trump Arguments From Authority (RE: [tips] Confirmation Bias

2015-02-01 Thread Paul Brandon
car is still not close enough to the wires. This last excuse sounds like a you didn't believe hard enough explanation for psychic phenomenon. Anyway, I'm going to discuss this in class this week as an example of confirmation bias. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State

Re: [tips] Are Expenisve Placebos More Effective Than Cheap Placebos?

2015-01-31 Thread Paul Brandon
depression) but it might be possible that a placebo treatment, conducted properly, may produce beneficial effects. This would be better than no treatment which may encourage a negative attributional style supporting the view that there will never be an effective treatment for their condition. Paul

Re: [tips] How Mentally Ill Is Your State?

2015-01-17 Thread Paul Brandon
in the state with a reported mental illness -- rank 1 is lowest percentage. NOTE #1: Given that New Jersey is ranked as 1, that is, has the lowest percentage of people with a reported mental illness, I feel like calling shenanigans on the data. ;-) NOTE #2: What's up with Utah? Paul Brandon

Re: [tips] The case of Anatoli Bugorski

2015-01-17 Thread Paul Brandon
=41571 or send a blank email to leave-41571-13438.3b5166ef147b143fedd04b1c4a649...@fsulist.frostburg.edu Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com

Re: [tips] What Would Skinner Do?

2015-01-11 Thread Paul Brandon
On Jan 10, 2015, at 2:34 PM, Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu wrote: On Sat, 10 Jan 2015 11:40:13 -0800, Paul Brandon wrote: Haven't read the whole article you cite, but a quick sampling indicates some glaring misstatements of Skinner's positions, both scientific and philosophical. And note

Re: [tips] What Would Skinner Do?

2015-01-11 Thread Paul Brandon
disagree with must be meant as a personal insult. On Jan 11, 2015, at 1:28 PM, Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu wrote: On Sun, 11 Jan 2015 08:23:25 -0800,Paul Brandon wrote: On Jan 10, 2015, at 2:34 PM, Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu wrote: (1) I didn't include the article because it was a rigorous refutation

Re: [tips] What Would Skinner Do?

2015-01-10 Thread Paul Brandon
? Is it best to have a “wait and see” attitude? I think Skinner would say no. What might Skinner suggest we do once people are in these new homes to encourage them to rebuild their lives? Michael Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra

Re: [tips] What Would Skinner Do?

2015-01-10 Thread Paul Brandon
….. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso

Re: [tips] What Would Skinner Do?

2015-01-10 Thread Paul Brandon
the question based on the popular Christian question What Would Jesus Do? And, as Paul Brandon has pointed out subsequently in this thread, the more appropriate question to ask if What Would Jesus Say but that doesn't play as well with the kids. Personally, I eschew the use of the question What

Re: [tips] So I'm going to be a woman...

2015-01-01 Thread Paul Brandon
. What is it about women's clothing that some men find so appealing? Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. Paul Brandon 10 Crown Hill Lane Mankato, MN 56001 pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http

Re: [tips] Two-dimensional solution to rabbit-duck problem

2014-12-20 Thread Paul Brandon
-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu On Dec 20, 2014, at 12:16 PM, Christopher Green chri...@yorku.ca wrote: Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net

Re: [tips] CIA Torture and Kohlberg's Stages

2014-12-19 Thread Paul Brandon
a try. Happy to get input on this map: http://bitly.com/TortureAndKohlberg Michael Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here

Re: [tips] Why Brain Does not Equal Mind

2014-12-19 Thread Paul Brandon
that points out some of the problems with this view is an Neurohacks article on the BBC website; see: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20141216-can-you-live-with-half-a-brain Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You

Re: [tips] Can phobias be inherited?

2014-12-19 Thread Paul Brandon
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Re: [tips] Help with Hullian theory

2014-12-13 Thread Paul Brandon
of the term ante-dating response. So what's what. See http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10./j.2044-8295.1959.tb00676.x/abstract Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips

Re: [tips] The Risks of Being Highly Educated

2014-12-13 Thread Paul Brandon
of missing data -- imputation was used for a variety of variables under the assumption that the data was missing at random. There is supposed to be a data supplement but I've been unlucky in getting access to it (it returns me to the abstract). Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology

Re: [tips] curious statistical reasoning

2014-12-12 Thread Paul Brandon
studies that use lower significance levels; 3) our small n may be obscuring large differences; and 4) the gravity of an increased risk of Type I error is diminished in light of the benefit of decreasing the risk of a Type II error (Labovitz, 1968; Lai, 1973).” Paul Brandon Emeritus

Re: [tips] Negative Reinforcement Example

2014-10-30 Thread Paul Brandon
a negative thing) http://recode.net/2014/10/27/susan-wojcicki-code-mobile-2014/ Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: @mbritt Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net

Re: [tips] Negative Reinforcement Example

2014-10-30 Thread Paul Brandon
reinforcement that most students should be able to recognize: YouTube might remove ads if you pay a fee. So: If you do this: pay a fee They’ll do this: remove ads (take away a negative thing) http://recode.net/2014/10/27/susan-wojcicki-code-mobile-2014/ Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor

Re: [tips] Amazing brain plasticity

2014-09-12 Thread Paul Brandon
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Re: [tips] Trevor Robbins work on how drug use becomes a compulsive habit

2014-06-30 Thread Paul Brandon
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Re: [tips] Trevor Robbins work on how drug use becomes a compulsive habit

2014-06-28 Thread Paul Brandon
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Re: [tips] Author of Flowers for Algernon Has Died

2014-06-18 Thread Paul Brandon
. It is a remarkable work of fiction that helps to provide a unique perspective on the meaning of intelligence. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe

Re: [tips] Is Thomas Piketty Being Bullied?

2014-05-31 Thread Paul Brandon
email to leave-36978-13438.3b5166ef147b143fedd04b1c4a649...@fsulist.frostburg.edu Paul Brandon 10 Crown Hill Lane Mankato, MN 56001 pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id

Re: [tips] The Faking Orgasm Scale for Women

2014-05-15 Thread Paul Brandon
allow researchers and clinicians to better understand why women fake orgasm. Deepening this understanding may serve future research examining sexual desire, satisfaction, and dysfunction as well as have applications in sex and couples’ therapy. -- Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor

Re: [tips] Are Psychopaths' Brains Different From Nonpsychopaths?

2014-04-18 Thread Paul Brandon
for life for crimes like murder? If no effective treatments can be found, does it make more sense to execute them? Or should one be skeptical of neuroscientists peddling their research results and opinions in courts and just not seriously consider them? Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor

Re: [tips] info: Skinner

2014-04-12 Thread Paul Brandon
, Paul Brandon pkbra...@hickorytech.net wrote: The problem is that there haven't been any real world examples of societies that met the classic definitions of socialism, in which all property is owned by the State. This was my point -- that all real world societies are hybrids. 'Socialism

Re: [tips] info: Skinner

2014-04-12 Thread Paul Brandon
to the question of entire communist or socialist societies. You will note, whatever your opinion of Israel today might be, that the one thing it did not become was a giant scaled-up kibbutz. Chris Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra

Re: [tips] info: Skinner

2014-04-11 Thread Paul Brandon
PM, Paul Brandon pkbra...@hickorytech.net wrote: Also, while you could refer to the social structure as 'collective' in that it was a small community with a common goal, it lacked one defining feature of socialism: lack of individual ownership. No socialist society that I know of has ever

Re: [tips] Help! Learning Styles are Eating the Brains of Our Young

2014-03-29 Thread Paul Brandon
a blank email to leave-35640-13438.3b5166ef147b143fedd04b1c4a649...@fsulist.frostburg.edu Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here

[tips] Re: [tips] Freud’s Life and Legacy, in a Comic | Brain Pickings

2014-02-27 Thread Paul Brandon
1G4 chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id

Re: [tips] Condolances

2014-02-22 Thread Paul Brandon
Canadians also beat out us Americans in curling, which isn't even a sport. Yeah, kind of like NASCAR, eh? :-) Chris Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org

Re: [tips] SAT and High School grade study

2014-02-20 Thread Paul Brandon
highlight how grades are poorly designed as a measurement device. What is their reliability and validity as measures of performance. Somehow the college board and SAT makers get the scrutiny that we don't apply to ourselves as grade makers. The error goes both ways. Paul Brandon Emeritus

Re: [tips] SAT and High School grade study

2014-02-20 Thread Paul Brandon
makers get the scrutiny that we don't apply to ourselves as grade makers. The error goes both ways. Mike Williams Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org

Re: [tips] SAT and High School grade study

2014-02-20 Thread Paul Brandon
completing unit they could because if other units they cannot complete that were arbitrarily placed earlier in the sequence. Chris - Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 Canada chri...@yorku.ca On Feb 20, 2014, at 10:19 AM, Paul Brandon

Re: [tips] SAT and High School grade study

2014-02-18 Thread Paul Brandon
-to-the-standardized test. I will never forget my shock when I saw some of my children's homework that looked liked IQ items, of absolutely no use to anyone or anything other than general-cognitive etcetera etcetera etcetera == Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology

Re: [tips] Paper says physical scientists smarter and less religious than social scientists | Inside Higher Ed

2014-02-12 Thread Paul Brandon
This is news? On Feb 12, 2014, at 7:36 AM, Christopher Green wrote: Let the games begin! http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/02/12/paper-says-physical-scientists-smarter-and-less-religious-social-scientists Chris Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State

Re: [tips] Paper says physical scientists smarter and less religious than social scientists | Inside Higher Ed

2014-02-12 Thread Paul Brandon
://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/02/12/paper-says-physical-scientists-smarter-and-less-religious-social-scientists Chris Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org

Re: [tips] Sniffy?

2014-02-06 Thread Paul Brandon
for demonstration purposes (e.g., Open House). We’re thinking of upgrading to the newer version and I wonder if anyone has found any difference (improvements?). Or is it mostly just compatibility with newer operating systems? Thanks Jim Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology

Re: [tips] How Would Chomsky Describe The Syntactic Structure of Groundhogese?

2014-02-02 Thread Paul Brandon
I believe that there already is one. On Feb 2, 2014, at 7:10 AM, Louis Eugene Schmier wrote: A plague on that stupid groundhog! Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch

Re: [tips] For your friends who question tenure...

2014-01-21 Thread Paul Brandon
-whistle-blower-athletes Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl

Re: [tips] For your friends who question tenure...

2014-01-20 Thread Paul Brandon
-down-whistle-blower-athletes Sheesh! Chris Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id

Re: [tips] For your friends who question tenure...

2014-01-20 Thread Paul Brandon
requires oversight. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/01/20/u-north-carolina-shuts-down-whistle-blower-athletes Sheesh! Chris Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch

Re: [tips] While we are on the topic of Skinner

2014-01-17 Thread Paul Brandon
: Michael Palij Subject: Re:[tips] While we are on the topic of Skinner ... A behavioral account might be relevant to certain situations but are unlikely in others (e.g., how would a behaviorist explain satire?). Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra

Re: [tips] While we are on the topic of Skinner

2014-01-17 Thread Paul Brandon
here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13438.3b5166ef147b143fedd04b1c4a64900bn=Tl=tipso=32829 or send a blank email to leave-32829-13438.3b5166ef147b143fedd04b1c4a649...@fsulist.frostburg.edu Paul Brandon 10 Crown Hill Lane Mankato, MN 56001 pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently

Re: [tips] While we are on the topic of Skinner

2014-01-17 Thread Paul Brandon
to avoid painful self-realizations, you may also want to refrain from thinking too deeply about what reinforces posts to TIPS. Rick Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch

Re: [tips] While we are on the topic of Skinner

2014-01-16 Thread Paul Brandon
but disgusting by others; I guess peoples reactions to bodily sounds and functions play a role but that's too Freudian for me. ;-) Learning histories and current situations differ. The same joke might get a laugh in a bar and a glare in church. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State

Re: [tips] WITHDRAWN

2014-01-16 Thread Paul Brandon
part is that in the first 200 articles listed (sorted by recently added) the oldest article is from August 2012 -- the rest of the articles are retractions from 2012-2013. WTF!?! Am I overreacting to this or is this a really, really bad situation? Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor

Re: [tips] WITHDRAWN

2014-01-16 Thread Paul Brandon
effects to accumulate. On Jan 16, 2014, at 11:27 AM, Mike Palij wrote: On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 08:43:34 -0800, Paul Brandon wrote: Or maybe a really good situation, depending upon why the articles were retracted. Allow me to retort: (1) One thing this pattern implies is that peer-review is broken

Re: [tips] Catching student cheaters

2014-01-15 Thread Paul Brandon
, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Coordinator, Psychology Honors Plymouth State University Plymouth NH 03264 == Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips

Re: [tips] Catching student cheaters

2014-01-15 Thread Paul Brandon
using food as a lure. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier_pigeon Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ = On 2014-01-15, at 10:09 AM, Paul Brandon wrote

Re: [tips] While we are on the topic of Skinner

2014-01-15 Thread Paul Brandon
to say about just about everything); I'll have to take a look. On Jan 15, 2014, at 2:37 PM, Carol DeVolder wrote: What sources should I look at to find a behaviorist view of laughter, mirth, and humor? I realize I'm being vague--that's on purpose. :) Thanks, Carol Paul Brandon Emeritus

Re: [tips] Modern Day Example of Insight Learning?

2014-01-12 Thread Paul Brandon
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Re: [tips] Modern Day Example of Insight Learning?

2014-01-12 Thread Paul Brandon
between chaining, shaping and the method of successive approximations? Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: @mbritt On Jan 12, 2014, at 10:57 AM, Paul Brandon pkbra...@hickorytech.net wrote: There was a classic film many many years ago

Re: [tips] But Does Bem Tweet?

2014-01-08 Thread Paul Brandon
? And if the answer if Yes, the next question is why didn't he answer? Things that make you go h. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here

Re: [tips] But Does Bem Tweet?

2014-01-08 Thread Paul Brandon
(It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-32543-13509.d0999cebc8f4ed4eb54d5317367e9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net

Re: [tips] What Binge Drinking In Rats Can Teach Us

2014-01-07 Thread Paul Brandon
be accessed here: http://www.frontiersin.org/behavioral_neuroscience/10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00173/abstract I'm not sure what the implications are for human beings but it does suggests that certain types of addiction might be easier to treat than previously thought. Or not. Paul Brandon Emeritus

Re: [tips] What Binge Drinking In Rats Can Teach Us

2014-01-07 Thread Paul Brandon
for application to human binge drinkers. Bill Scott From: Paul Brandon pkbra...@hickorytech.net Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 1:35 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] What Binge Drinking In Rats Can Teach Us Looks like they were using John Falk's old

Re: [tips] more on dialects and dialect quzzes

2014-01-02 Thread Paul Brandon
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Re: [tips] more on dialects and dialect quzzes

2014-01-02 Thread Paul Brandon
as one of the landmarks on Houston Street? What chutzpah! -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe

Re: [tips] Language and Dialect

2013-12-25 Thread Paul Brandon
the latter odd because I don't know of a Tennesee City or a North Carolina City or a South Carolina City. And I thought Southern naming conventions were repetitive. But I digress.) Interestly, my daughter was identified as being from either Boston, Worcester, or Springfield MA. Paul Brandon

Re: [tips] Language and Dialect

2013-12-24 Thread Paul Brandon
Boston, Worcester, or Springfield MA. Ken Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id

Re: [tips] Alan Turing Given Royal Pardon For Being Himself

2013-12-23 Thread Paul Brandon
/wireStory/uk-finally-pardons-computer-pioneer-alan-turing-21318506 Merry Christmas, Alan. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http

Re: [tips] Language and Dialect

2013-12-22 Thread Paul Brandon
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Re: [tips] Language and Dialect

2013-12-22 Thread Paul Brandon
Kiryas Joel would have been better in terms of Yiddish speakers, but it's upstate (see Bruce, Lenny on who is Jewish). On Dec 22, 2013, at 11:21 AM, Mike Palij wrote: On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 07:39:42 -0800, Paul Brandon wrote: Because hardly anyone outside of Williamsburg says that any more

Re: [tips] Language and Dialect

2013-12-22 Thread Paul Brandon
And, the NYT quiz puts me in Yonkers, NY, which is about halfway between the Bronx where I lived until I was ten, and the town in Westchester where we then moved. On Dec 22, 2013, at 6:58 PM, Paul Brandon wrote: Kiryas Joel would have been better in terms of Yiddish speakers, but it's

Re: [tips] Happy Winter Solstice!

2013-12-21 Thread Paul Brandon
You're right. The allusion was to Galileo. On Dec 21, 2013, at 6:03 AM, Mike Palij wrote: On Fri, 20 Dec 2013 19:59:39 -0800, Paul Brandon wrote: And yet it moves Wow! I did not take you for a gamer! ;-) See: http://www.andyetitmoves.net/ However, I do entertain the low probability

Re: [tips] PLOS ONE: Daily Online Testing in Large Classes: Boosting College Performance while Reducing Achievement Gaps

2013-11-22 Thread Paul Brandon
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Re: [tips] PLOS ONE: Daily Online Testing in Large Classes: Boosting College Performance while Reducing Achievement Gaps

2013-11-22 Thread Paul Brandon
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