[tips] Attach a Candle to a Wall…
Here's a fun variation on the old, How would you attach this candle to a wall using a matchbox and tacks? functional fixedness exercise. I guess this one would be called, How do you make a shower head using string, scissors, duck tape and a beer can? http://cheezburger.com/7603840768 Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=26331 or send a blank email to leave-26331-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] re: [tips] Attach a Candle to a Wall…
On Wed, 03 Jul 2013 04:22:54 -0700, Michael Britt wrote: Here's a fun variation on the old, How would you attach this candle to a wall using a matchbox and tacks? functional fixedness exercise. I guess this one would be called, How do you make a shower head using string, scissors, duck tape and a beer can? http://cheezburger.com/7603840768 Although of direct relevance to beer drinking college students living in dormitories with really slow maintenance personnel (or in apartment complexes with landlords that couldn't give a damn), there may be better examples to use, especially for teaching purposes. Allow me to make some points: (1) The task Britt refers to above was developed by Gestalt psychologist Karl Duncker and Wikipedia has some background info on what some have called the candle problem; see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candle_problem NOTE: I point this out because the entry states that the candle problem was not published until 1945. (2) Although Duncker gives a good example for psychologists to use in their classes, it should be pointed out that American ingenuity has been dealing with such problems for a long time and I can think of no better example than one that comes from that American Icon of Pop Culture Betty Boop. (3) For those of you who are unfamiliar with Betty Boop, she was a sexy female cartoon character created by Max Fleischer in 1930 (the Fleischer brothers ran a famous animation studio; see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleischer_Studios ). More information about Betty can be obtained from the Wikipedia entry on it; see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_boop NOTE: In the very first cartoons in which she appears, Betty is actually a dog (it is a funny animals cartoon after all) but quickly becomes a human female (her dog ears become hoop earrings after several cartoons). As interesting as Betty Boop is, my real focus is on a secondary character that appeared with Betty in several cartoons, namely, Grampy. (4) Grampy was a classic American type, a person who can solve almost any problem with any available materials, like string, duct tape and beer cans. More info can be gotten from his Wikipedia entry; see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grampy Now, the key point about Grampy is that he can be considered an Uber-Gestaltist, always being able to see alternative uses for everyday objects. Although Grampy played second banana to Betty, there was one cartoon where Grampy was solo and really showed off his anti-functional-fixedness skills to good effect, by saving Christmas for a bunch of orphans who were given the crappiest Xmas presents ever. And you lucky reader have the wonderful opportunity to watch this cartoon because it is available on the Internet archive website; see: http://archive.org/details/Christmas_Comes_But_Once_A_Year_1936 NOTE: On the side of Grampy's motorboat propeller driven snow sleigh, it says Prof. Grampy -- remember this if you show it in class and students start calling you Prof Grampy. ;-) One wonders whether the Gestalt psychologists were fans of American cartoons and popular culture. One doesn't see such creativity in Wagner's Ring. ;-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu P.S. Anyone doing anything special in preparation for the hot dog eating contest on July 4th at Nathan's in Coney Island? Like getting a few cold bottlew of Spaten and wursts for when the event occurs? ;-) --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=26334 or send a blank email to leave-26334-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] nocebo effect
This is an interesting look at a fascinating topic: http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/36126/title/Worried-Sick/ It prompt questions from a number of areas such as the biology of the placebo/nocebo effect, the psychology of it, problems studying the nocebo effect, results of wording on consent forms and medication inserts, ethical dilemmas, and a host of other things. Carol -- Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 563-333-6482 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=26336 or send a blank email to leave-26336-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Bandura Statistics
Lindquist Type III? Ah, memories. On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Rick Stevens stevens.r...@gmail.com wrote: I was looking at the Classics in the History of Psychology website at a Bandura Bobo Doll study. ( http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Bandura/bobo.htm ) I'm having a little trouble reading the results section. It says Analyses of variance of the remaining aggression measures (Table 2) show that treatment conditions did not influence the extent to which subjects engaged in aggressive gun play or punched the Bobo doll. The effect of conditions is highly significant (c 2*r* = 8.96, *p* .02)... I was wondering why it has the chi square symbol. It does later refer to a Lindquist (1956) Type III analyses of variance, and the Cochran's Q test later. I was wondering if this just meant that the Cochran's Q test is evaluated using the Chi Square distribution. Rick Stevens Psychology Department University of Louisiana at Monroe stevens.r...@gmail.com OSGrid - Evert Snicks --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: dhogb...@albion.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13152.d92d7ec47187a662aacda2d4b4c7628en=Tl=tipso=26340 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-26340-13152.d92d7ec47187a662aacda2d4b4c76...@fsulist.frostburg.edu -- David K. Hogberg, PhD Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Department of Psychological Science Albion College Albion MI 49224 Tel: 517/629-4834 (Home and mobile) --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=26341 or send a blank email to leave-26341-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Bandura Statistics
I do not know, but it appears that the Cochrane Q is related to the chi-square distribution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochran's_Q_test. Sorry the the chi was rendered as a c. Thus are the vagaries of different versions of HTML. Regards, Chris ... Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo On 2013-07-03, at 4:50 PM, Rick Stevens stevens.r...@gmail.com wrote: I was looking at the Classics in the History of Psychology website at a Bandura Bobo Doll study. ( http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Bandura/bobo.htm ) I'm having a little trouble reading the results section. It says Analyses of variance of the remaining aggression measures (Table 2) show that treatment conditions did not influence the extent to which subjects engaged in aggressive gun play or punched the Bobo doll. The effect of conditions is highly significant (c 2r = 8.96, p .02)... I was wondering why it has the chi square symbol. It does later refer to a Lindquist (1956) Type III analyses of variance, and the Cochran's Q test later. I was wondering if this just meant that the Cochran's Q test is evaluated using the Chi Square distribution. Rick Stevens Psychology Department University of Louisiana at Monroe stevens.r...@gmail.com OSGrid - Evert Snicks --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: chri...@yorku.ca. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92n=Tl=tipso=26340 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-26340-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=26343 or send a blank email to leave-26343-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Bandura Statistics
On Wed, 03 Jul 2013 15:35:07 -0700, Christopher Green wrote: I do not know, but it appears that the Cochrane Q is related to the chi-square distribution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochran's_Q_test. Sorry the the chi was rendered as a c. Thus are the vagaries of different versions of HTML. A few points: (1) Jim Clark is correct in saying that the chi-square value is due to a Friedman two-way analysis of variance. For large sample sizes, the Friedman statistic is approximated by a chi-square. For a worked out example that involves a dataset from ecology, see: Http://psych.unl.edu/psycrs/handcomp/hcfried.PDF (2) I am not entirely convinced that the correct analysis was done in the Bandura at al paper but that may be because we might analyze such designs somewhat differently today. For one source on this point (and that explains what the hell Lindquist III and even a Lindquist IV ANOVA is), see: Hayne W. Reese (1997). Counterbalancing and Other Uses of Repeated-Measures Latin-Square Designs: Analyses and Interpretations Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 64, 1, 137-158. (get it through your library). (3) Reese (above) makes clear that counterbalancing is not correctly included in repeated measures ANOVA, one reason being that the software is not readily available (at least in 1997, perhaps it is today). It would be nice to have Bandura's original data but that's an argument for another day. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu P.S. HTML has not effect on the content of the tables which are reproductions of images. The chi-square statistic is correctly represented when compared against the original -- the c 2r below is what is confusing. On 2013-07-03, at 4:50 PM, Rick Stevens stevens.r...@gmail.com wrote: I was looking at the Classics in the History of Psychology website at a Bandura Bobo Doll study. ( http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Bandura/bobo.htm ) I'm having a little trouble reading the results section. It says Analyses of variance of the remaining aggression measures (Table 2) show that treatment conditions did not influence the extent to which subjects engaged in aggressive gun play or punched the Bobo doll. The effect of conditions is highly significant (c 2r = 8.96, p .02)... I was wondering why it has the chi square symbol. It does later refer to a Lindquist (1956) Type III analyses of variance, and the Cochran's Q test later. I was wondering if this just meant that the Cochran's Q test is evaluated using the Chi Square distribution. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=26345 or send a blank email to leave-26345-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
