Re: [tips] Girls and Boys math scores

2010-01-30 Thread Michael Britt
Thanks for this info Jim. Sounds like a more nuanced issue than what I had heard. Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Jan 30, 2010, at 4:52 PM, Jim Clark wrote: Hi Here is a link to a brief summary of one recent world-wide study showing

[tips] Live Tweeting at the Eastern Psychological Association conference

2010-03-04 Thread Michael Britt
username is mbritt in case you or your students want to follow along! Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com 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

[tips] Top 10 Psychology Apps for the iPad

2010-04-07 Thread Michael Britt
Love it or hate it, here are my selections for 10 very cool psychology- related iphone/ipad/ipod apps: http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2010/04/episode-121-top-10-psychology-apps-for-the-ipad-iphone-ipod/ Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt

Re: [tips] Why Powerpoint Is Evil: Military Version

2010-04-27 Thread Michael Britt
different. Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Apr 27, 2010, at 9:26 AM, Paul Bernhardt wrote: That kind of slide, however can benefit from a presentation system such as Prezi. (www.prezi.com). Prezi can be great to organize information

[tips] The APS convention in Boston

2010-05-26 Thread Michael Britt
! Michael Britt 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=2794 or send a blank email to leave-2794

[tips] Articles on video games

2010-06-17 Thread Michael Britt
Just an FYI: the latest edition of Review of General Psychology is dedicated to articles on video games. Quite interesting. Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe

Re: [tips] My music story for the day

2010-06-25 Thread Michael Britt
Fun little bit of audio Ken. Thanks for sending this along to the group. Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Jun 25, 2010, at 7:18 PM, Ken Steele wrote: A Gospel singer who can produce a 0.393 Hz note. Now that is amazing

Re: [tips] Reborn babies - creepy, but intriguing

2010-06-29 Thread Michael Britt
Thanks for your thoughts on this Mike. I didn't know that these life-like dolls had received such media attention. Very interesting. Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Jun 27, 2010, at 9:27 AM, Mike Palij wrote: On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 05

[tips] Research on the so-called Brain Training games

2010-07-06 Thread Michael Britt
(or lack thereof) of these games please let me know. There's a ton of these games out there and I suppose they're harmless in some respects but if indeed they really don't contribute to improving cognitive functioning then we really need to get the word out. Thanks, Michael Michael Britt

Re: [tips] Research on the so-called Brain Training games

2010-07-06 Thread Michael Britt
that the regular use of computerized brain trainers improves general cognitive functioning in healthy participants beyond those tasks that are actually being trained. Michael Britt michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Jul 6, 2010, at 9:22 AM

[tips] Interested in trying out my new iphone/ipod app?

2010-07-17 Thread Michael Britt
interested in getting the app. Thanks, Michael Britt michael.br...@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

Re: [tips] Interested in trying out my new iphone/ipod app?

2010-07-17 Thread Michael Britt
open it and have it send me an email. The email will contain your iPhone's device I'D. Then I'll send you the app. Sorry about this step but Apple requires it. Thanks again, Michael Britt michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Jul 17, 2010, at 6:09 PM

Re: [tips] Interested in trying out my new iphone/ipod app?

2010-07-17 Thread Michael Britt
Yes, it will work on the iPad - but for now only in the 2x mode. I'm working on making it native to the size of the ipad later in the summer. Michael Britt michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Jul 17, 2010, at 5:20 PM, peter...@svsu.edu wrote

[tips] Internet PTSD?

2010-07-20 Thread Michael Britt
discussion. Here's the link (with highlights using Diigo.com): http://diigo.com/0bx4y Michael Britt 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

Re: [tips] Interested in trying out my new iphone/ipod app?

2010-07-22 Thread Michael Britt
. Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Jul 22, 2010, at 9:14 AM, Michael Smith wrote: This seems much like the already existing iPad Flipboard, which I think one can add RSS feeds etc., and pulls together all of the information

Re: [tips] Interested in trying out my new iphone/ipod app?

2010-07-22 Thread Michael Britt
Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Jul 22, 2010, at 11:32 AM, Dr. Bob Wildblood wrote: Michael Britt said in regard to his app: So in short I think it'll be different and, ultimately, really useful. Still looking for more people who want

[tips] Marijuana and depression

2010-08-01 Thread Michael Britt
? Appreciate it, Michael Michael Britt 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=3914 or send

[tips] The citation for this study?

2010-08-06 Thread Michael Britt
was. Then, the head psychologist stepped up to his lectern, leaned up to his microphone and confessed to everyone in the theater that the lights were not choreographed at all. They were blinking randomly. Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You

Re: [tips] RSS feeds

2010-09-20 Thread Michael Britt
blog/podcast: http://feeds2.feedburner.com/thepsychfiles Hope these are helpful! Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Sep 14, 2010, at 4:45 PM, Jim Matiya wrote: Dear Tipsters, I am planning to add some RSS feeds on my Angel

[tips] Creepy new mobile phone possibilities

2010-09-21 Thread Michael Britt
phone says, “I notice you’re in the library now. Here’s your reading list for that test on Monday...”. Michael Michael Britt michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here

Re: [tips] This is a news website article about a scientific finding | Martin Robbins | Science | guardian.co.uk

2010-09-27 Thread Michael Britt
What a great article Chris! How do you find these things? An excellent diversion from an otherwise boring day. Thanks for sharing. Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Sep 27, 2010, at 2:48 PM, Christopher D. Green wrote: Why

Re: [tips] dissatisfaction among psychology majors

2010-10-11 Thread Michael Britt
field: it's fascinating to study, but hard to work in. Hard to find work in and then hard to do that work. Oh yes - and it pays terribly as well (sigh). Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Oct 11, 2010, at 7:51 PM, Christopher D. Green

Re: [tips] Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

2010-10-13 Thread Michael Britt
Great. Thanks for sharing this Jon. Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Oct 13, 2010, at 9:44 AM, Jonathan Mueller wrote: Okay, let me try this again. If you go to my intro psych schedule page at http

Re: [tips] Why don't we hear more about such things?

2010-10-19 Thread Michael Britt
or whether God was involved at all. Religion, he said, is a journey and we do not have all the answers. That's a definition of religion I can live with. Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Oct 19, 2010, at 4:04 AM, Allen

Re: [tips] Why don't we hear more about such things?

2010-10-19 Thread Michael Britt
Great quote Allen. Thanks. Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Oct 19, 2010, at 10:10 AM, Allen Esterson wrote: It is a good question whether the Wittgensteinian account [previously discussed] chimes very well with the self

[tips] Face Manipulation tool

2010-10-20 Thread Michael Britt
on various dependent variables like credibility, honesty, etc. Worth checking out: http://www.morphases.com/editor/ Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe

[tips] New Psychology iPhone App

2010-10-21 Thread Michael Britt
://itunes.apple.com/us/app/psycexplorer/id389372937?mt=8 Michael Michael Britt 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

[tips] Girls and Horses - Archetype?

2010-10-24 Thread Michael Britt
of young girls taking lessons. I mentioned this to a colleague and she agreed and interpreted this in a vague Jungian-archetypal way. I'm not too big on Jung, but I don't have any other explanation. Thoughts? Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com

[tips] Beautiful website on the Titanic remains

2010-11-02 Thread Michael Britt
://www.expeditiontitanic.com Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.PsycExplorer.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=6187 or send a blank email

[tips] Highly Sensitive people - anything to this?

2010-11-17 Thread Michael Britt
I was recently contacted by someone who invited me to take a look at the site for highly sensitive people. Obviously the term isn't in the DSM and based on my perusal of the site I have to say I'm a little suspect. Any thoughts on this idea? http://highlysensitive.org/ Michael Michael

[tips] Should we be objective?

2010-11-24 Thread Michael Britt
on whether we should try to be neutral? Michael Poniewozik article: http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2010/11/16/olbermann-jousts-koppel-in-battle-of-high-horses/#ixzz16DElMZfp Michael Britt michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently

Re: [tips] Can classroom research activities be serious?

2010-11-28 Thread Michael Britt
. Michael Britt michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Nov 28, 2010, at 6:57 PM, michael sylvester wrote: Ever since an article was published about psychology being the psychology of the college sophomore,I do have doubts re classroom research

[tips] Alcohol and Caffeine drinks appear to - wait! This just in!

2010-12-07 Thread Michael Britt
of these new drinks then kills someone. That should re-ignite the debate. Oh well. Michael Britt 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

[tips] Scale question

2010-12-10 Thread Michael Britt
they also used a 9 point scale, but this time from 1 (completely disagree that this question cannot be answered using scientific methods) to 9 (completely agree that this question cannot be answered using scientific methods). Why use a -4 to +4 in one case and 1-9 in another? Michael Britt mich

Re: [tips] Scale question

2010-12-10 Thread Michael Britt
Good points Jim. I have to agree with the concern over using just one item to measure degree of discounting. Also good point about how you might not want to use a negative number in cases like measuring happiness. Thanks. Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com

[tips] Interview regarding DSM5 and Narcissism

2010-12-13 Thread Michael Britt
There's been lots of talk about the absence of narcissism in the upcoming DSM5. Here's an interesting discussion on this topic with psychologist Keith Campbell: http://www.npr.org/2010/12/11/131991083/it-s-all-about-me-but-is-narcissism-a-disorder Michael Michael Britt mich

[tips] Cotard's Syndrome

2010-12-17 Thread Michael Britt
Does anyone have any references/info about Cotard's Syndrome? I've never heard of it, but a podcast listener says that she believes her daughter has the disorder and she'd like to know more about it. She says that a researcher by the name of Ramachandran has done some work on it. From the

[tips] PsycExplorer for iPad is Available!

2010-12-19 Thread Michael Britt
Everyone, You know how you want to tell everyone when you get excited about something? Well, that's how I feel today. As most of you know, I've spent most of this year working on an iphone app that contains, as one reviewer put it, All Things Psych - a collection of videos on the classic

[tips] The Inexplicable Pleasure of Killing a Zombie

2010-12-22 Thread Michael Britt
I don't know if any of you watched The Walking Dead this past fall, but I have to admit that I did and that I enjoyed it. Yes, there was good human drama, excellent writing and acting and all that, but what the heck is it about killing zombie's that makes it so popular? I found some not very

Re: [tips] The Inexplicable Pleasure of Killing a Zombie

2010-12-22 Thread Michael Britt
fascination with this concept. Michael On Dec 22, 2010, at 7:32 AM, Michael Britt wrote: I don't know if any of you watched The Walking Dead this past fall, but I have to admit that I did and that I enjoyed it. Yes, there was good human drama, excellent writing and acting and all

Re: [tips] The Inexplicable Pleasure of Killing a Zombie

2010-12-22 Thread Michael Britt
they would have to be brought in to the media show. Gary GPeterson Saginaw Valley State University Gary's iPad On Dec 22, 2010, at 3:11 PM, Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com wrote: Ok, I'll go with the guilt-free angle, but what's the psychological draw of zombies? Freudian

[tips] More on the Psychology of Zombies

2010-12-24 Thread Michael Britt
Given the relative lack of response over my request for ideas regarding zombies, I shall conclude that it may be only me and Mike Palij who find the topic fascinating (either that or everyone is understandably busy). At any rate, I did a lot more noodling on the topic and came up with a list

[tips] Zombies again!

2010-12-28 Thread Michael Britt
://web.sau.edu/psychology/psychfaculty/cdevolder.htm The contents of this message are confidential and may not be shared with anyone without permission of the sender. -Original Message- From: Michael Britt [mailto:mich...@thepsychfiles.com] Sent: Tue 12/28/2010 8:42 AM To: Teaching

[tips] Avatar Movie and Stereotypes

2010-12-30 Thread Michael Britt
When Avatar first came out it was clear that the movie contained some stereotypes, but now that I've watched it umpteen times with my kids I've come to dislike the movie more and more because I'm seeing more stereotypes with each viewing. Since so many students have seen the movie maybe Avatar

[tips] The proven science

2011-01-02 Thread Michael Britt
I heard it again on TV just now, The proven science It's like those proven facts. I hate those unproven ones... Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To

[tips] Just World Belief and Arnold Schwarzenegger

2011-01-04 Thread Michael Britt
I'm reading a research article on Just World Belief and somehow I can't get that line from the movie True Lies out of my head. Jamie Lee Curtis asks Arnie, Have you ever killed anyone? and he says, in a way that only Schwarzenegger can, Yes, but they were all bad. Perfect example. Too bad

Re: [tips] Healing power of pets?

2011-01-05 Thread Michael Britt
This discussion reminds me of a wonderful poem I heard on the Writer's Almanac on cats. Friends of mine recently lost their cat of 14 years to a brain tumor and the sadness over their cat's loss was powerful. I've never thought of myself as a cat person, but we've got three of them now. My

[tips] Fictionalization of the Prison Study

2011-01-18 Thread Michael Britt
Has everybody heard about the upcoming movie which takes the Zimbardo study and greatly fictionalizes/exaggerates what happened? Pretty wild: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqmh_wzF0E4 Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You

[tips] Psychologist on BEM on Morning Television

2011-01-18 Thread Michael Britt
So the Morning Show brought on a psychologist I personally never heard of - Jennifer Hartstein - to discuss the Bem study. She knew some facts about the study so it appears that she actually read it, but then she says that ESP has never been studied before and that we have to take a leap of

[tips] Italian man shot in head sneezes out bullet

2011-01-20 Thread Michael Britt
Alright, alright: this doesn't have much to do with psychology, but it's just darn funny: Italian man shot in head sneezes out bullet An Italian man who was struck in the head by a stray bullet during New Year's Eve celebrations is recovering after sneezing the projectile out of his nose. The

[tips] Ghost Writers

2011-01-29 Thread Michael Britt
Found this video this morning on YouTube about a service that will write a student's research paper for them. I think it's telling that the narrator reads everything that is also written on the screen. I guess such services aren't afraid to be out in the open:

[tips] Stereotypes are alive and well

2011-02-17 Thread Michael Britt
I can't help it. There's a repairman here in my home installing a new dishwasher - buttcrack and all. And hey - then there's me: skinny, nerdy professor type sitting at my computer. We both fit our stereotypes very well. Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com

[tips] Existential psychology

2011-03-26 Thread Michael Britt
I'll start out by saying that existentialism is far from my field of expertise, yet we do run across the topic occasionally in the textbooks so I gave the topic a stab in the most recent episode of my podcast. I tried to make the topic a bit more accessible by relating it to a very funny

Re: [tips] Stats comic

2011-04-06 Thread Michael Britt
Don, Thanks for sharing this comic. An excellent example of what happens much too often. I'm sad to say that I had a faculty mentor at grad school who did something just like this: he ran all kinds of correlations between various tests and then just focused on the ones that came out

Re: [tips] Anything Interesting Happen Recently?

2011-04-15 Thread Michael Britt
Psychology@SVSU On Apr 15, 2011, at 8:26 AM, Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com wrote: I'm working on a timeline of major events in the history of psychology. In this case, I'm defining major events as those that the public might conceivably have heard

[tips] Reverse Psychology

2011-04-15 Thread Michael Britt
Maybe you've seen this video on YouTube. It's definitely going viral as they say. Everyone is referring to it as an example of reverse psychology, which I suppose it could be if one defines reverse psychology as those times when adults tell their children to do the opposite of what they want

[tips] Blue eyes/brown eyes study?

2011-04-28 Thread Michael Britt
Does anyone have the reference for that famous study where the teacher separated the class by eye color? My memory is a little sketchy on the details. Thx Michael Sent from my iPhone Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt ---

Re: [tips] Blue eyes/brown eyes study?

2011-04-28 Thread Michael Britt
, Rick Stevens wrote: You might be able to find a reference at the Frontline video site for it. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/divided/etc/view.html RS On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com wrote: Does anyone have the reference

[tips] Thorndike's cat

2011-05-01 Thread Michael Britt
Oh boy. I have really GOT to get a life: http://youtu.be/HzQbgotOHV0 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:

[tips] Do You Love Me?

2011-05-20 Thread Michael Britt
Guess my brain is wandering today, but it occurred to me that the song, Do You Love Me? from Fiddler On The Roof could be a good example of Self-Perception theory. Golde is figuring out in the song that she probably does love Tevye - after all, look at all she's done for him over the past 25

[tips] Resources on The Rapture and Cognitive Dissonance

2011-05-20 Thread Michael Britt
Here's a link to a collection of resources I put together if you plan on discussing the rapture/end of the world and cognitive dissonance theory. My favorite tweet so far: If you can't think of a rapture joke, don't worry. It's not the end of the world. I didn't think it would be so hard to

Re: [tips] Annette's Presentation at APS

2011-05-27 Thread Michael Britt
Annette, I'm watching all the tweets from conference attendees and putting together collections (websites, videos, audio, etc.) around specific speakers and topics. I'm tweeting these collections back out on twitter as well as in my PsycExplorer iphone app. Here's an example of a collection

[tips] Walter Mischel and David Brooks at the APS conference

2011-05-27 Thread Michael Britt
I was able to capture some of what was apparently a very interesting discussion here (along with a few links to sites and videos): http://chirpstory.com/li/1579 Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently

[tips] Confirmation bias in Google, Bing, Netflix, etc.

2011-05-29 Thread Michael Britt
Here's an interesting 10 minute video from TED that shows how a lot of search engines taylor their results to what we've previously searched for. This kind of personalized search is good in many ways, but the downside is that we often only get to see what the search engines think we want to

[tips] New Psychology Student Guide on iPhone and iPad

2011-06-06 Thread Michael Britt
Hi everyone, I just wanted to let everyone know about a new - and free - app that just went live today. It's called the Psychology Student Survival Guide, written by David Webb Bsc (hons), MSc, author of the All About Psychology website (www.all-about-psychology.com) which itself is a

Re: [tips] New Psychology Student Guide on iPhone and iPad

2011-06-07 Thread Michael Britt
put together a set of links that can serve our students just as well. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Jun 6, 2011, at 8:17 PM, Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com wrote: Hi everyone, I just wanted to let everyone know about a new - and free - app that just

[tips] Perceptual Learning and Statistics

2011-06-17 Thread Michael Britt
There has been a lot of talk on the internet lately about perceptual learning. I believe that most of it was spurred by an article on the topic that appeared in the NYT. I have to admit that I don't know much about this topic, so two questions for those of you more familiar with it than I:

[tips] Piaget and Gay Marriage

2011-06-26 Thread Michael Britt
As many of you probably heard, same-sex marriages are now legal here in New York. I've heard a few things lately that made me wonder whether the pro and con attitudes toward this issue didn't have something to do with Piaget's concept of schema, assimilation and accommodation. Feel free to

Re: [tips] Piaget and Gay Marriage

2011-06-26 Thread Michael Britt
and not Adam and Steve. Michael - Original Message - From: Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 3:47 PM Subject: [tips] Piaget and Gay Marriage As many of you probably heard

Re: [tips] Piaget and Gay Marriage

2011-06-26 Thread Michael Britt
, in summary, maybe an accurate portrayal of Piaget's concepts but not of current schema theory. YMMV. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu - Original Message On Sun, 26 Jun 2011 09:47:54 -0700, Michael Britt wrote: As many of you probably heard, same

Re: [tips] Need source for videos that can be placed online

2011-07-08 Thread Michael Britt
No problem Nancy. I've got lots of video resources you can use. First, they're not exactly graduate level (depending on how much of a background your students have in research methods), but here are two videos I made that explain both a simple psychological experiment and a 2x2 factorial

[tips] Little Albert Online Exercise

2011-08-19 Thread Michael Britt
Thanks Michael. Speaking of little Albert…. I've been working with the author of Finding Little Albert, Skip Hall on a classroom exercise (that can be run either alone or with a teacher) that tries to take students through the historical research that Skip conducted by asking a series of

[tips] Statistics t-shirt

2011-08-25 Thread Michael Britt
I wish the You are here arrow were on the other side of this bell curve, but still, this t-shirt is kinda funny: http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/unisex/sciencemath/ea53/?cpg=168SKimage Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter:

Re: [tips] Academic publishers charge vast fees to access research

2011-08-31 Thread Michael Britt
Total agreement with this article. In fact, I alluded to this a while back in TIPS. Here's an excerpt from the article: - Everyone claims to agree that people should be encouraged to understand science and other academic research. Without current knowledge, we cannot make coherent

[tips] The Finding Little Albert activity

2011-09-04 Thread Michael Britt
Excuse the cross-posting, but I am very excited to announce the availability of a new activity that can be used in class or online and which I hope you'll find valuable enough to use with your students. In 2009 the journal American Psychology published an article entitled, Finding Little

[tips] Little Albert Activity - New URL

2011-09-05 Thread Michael Britt
I've already received some very helpful feedback on the Albert Activity. The most important of which is that I have purchased the name LittleAlbertactivity.com (would you believe that some company already purchased littlealbert.com and is selling it for over $1,700!). Thus, the new URL is:

[tips] Psychology Research Infographic

2011-09-17 Thread Michael Britt
I decided to try my hand at creating an infographic. InfoGraphics are really not a new idea - just the act of translating data into an appealing visual, but infographics have become all the rage in the twitterverse. I based this infographic on two pieces of very interesting research: Dunn,

Re: [tips] Psychology Research Infographic

2011-09-17 Thread Michael Britt
. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 tay...@sandiego.edu From: Michael Britt [mich...@thepsychfiles.com] Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2011 6:20 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Psychology Research

Re: [tips] Andragogical Education anyone?

2011-09-19 Thread Michael Britt
I don't see any connection between the idea of Androgogy and the pseudoscience of learning styles. Androgogy is simply a set of suggested teaching methods for adults who most likely are in a different stage of life and are probably approaching their experience as a student with a different set

Re: [tips] Andragogical Education anyone?

2011-09-20 Thread Michael Britt
: Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com Subject: Re: [tips] Andragogical Education anyone? To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu I don't see any connection between the idea of Androgogy and the pseudoscience of learning styles. Androgogy is simply a set

Re: [tips] Andragogical Education anyone?

2011-09-20 Thread Michael Britt
appropriate to those learning styles. I've sailed in that boat, protesting all the way. Where is the evidence for either. There is nothing convincing that I have seen. If it's there, direct me to it. Original message Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:18:23 -0400 From: Michael Britt

[tips] Funny psych tweet

2011-09-21 Thread Michael Britt
I couldn't help it. Here's a tweet I saw today: Just picked up a number to be in a psychology research study. 'alcohol use and verbal processing.' I hope I'm not in the control group. Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You

[tips] Reminder: Little Albert Activity

2011-10-11 Thread Michael Britt
For those who are interested and can fit in about 20-30 mins for it, I just wanted to remind you of the LIttle Albert Activity that is available for you use: http://www.littlealbertactivity.com The activity is the result of work completed by Hall Beck in his attempt to identify the real name

Re: [tips] Need an example of the need for human factors research?

2011-10-14 Thread Michael Britt
This is a great site Paul thanks. I've got a car in which you turn the key to the left to unlock it. To me, you should turn your key to the right to unlock your car. I've owned this car for 6 years and still haven't gotten this action down pat. Guess that could reflect something about

[tips] Building a new psych iPad app

2011-10-15 Thread Michael Britt
I'm working on an iPad version of a psych test prep tool I created a few years ago. Not positive what I'll call it yet, but here's what it looks like online: http://www.ThePsychFiles.com/mappr The iPad version will look much nicer (hired a graphic designer because I can't draw to save my

Re: [tips] University College of London Facebook study

2011-10-21 Thread Michael Britt
Hmm...sounds interesting. Got a link? I'm always interested in what the Britts are doing Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Oct 21, 2011, at 11:07 AM, michael sylvester wrote: The Brits are reporting

[tips] Types of brain scans

2011-10-24 Thread Michael Britt
Since my experience with brain scans is limited, can someone tell me if I have the following correct: CT scan: uses xrays, the scan is good for revealing the structure of the ear perhaps, but very little detail of the brain MRI: uses magnets, reveals more detail of the brain's structure fMRI:

Re: [tips] Types of brain scans

2011-10-24 Thread Michael Britt
://users.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/~stuart/thesis/chapter_3/section3_1.html …Scott Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D. Department of Psychology, Room 473 Emory University 36 Eagle Row, Atlanta, Georgia 30322 slil...@emory.edu; 404-727-1125 From: Michael Britt [mailto:mich...@thepsychfiles.com

[tips] Examples of divergent thinking?

2011-10-27 Thread Michael Britt
A good site for an occasional laugh is www.Fark.com. Members of the site find offbeat or humorous (or even sad) news stories. One other thing they do is that one member will find an image and then challenge other members to Photoshop it. I find it really neat to check out what these young

Re: [tips] Multimedia 1890s

2011-11-02 Thread Michael Britt
Neat article Chris. thx for sharing it. Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Nov 2, 2011, at 4:28 PM, Christopher Green wrote: Lots of talk about classroom technology these days. It might surprise you to learn that they were

Re: [tips] Stapel's faking of social psychology data

2011-11-03 Thread Michael Britt
I agree with others that there are some statements in this article that are very broad, such as the one near the end of the article in which the author claims that reviewers of psychological research rarely ask tough questions when they review research articles. Where did he get that idea

Re: [tips] Does College Kill Interest in Science?

2011-11-04 Thread Michael Britt
Annette, Your post made me think about an episode I had been thinking about putting together on this topic of attracting students to science vs. the challenge of actually doing real science. When I taught Research Methods and Statistics for psych majors, a colleague who had a very different

Re: [tips] Does College Kill Interest in Science?

2011-11-04 Thread Michael Britt
-track faculty position in a research-oriented institution after graduation, decreasing societal respect for the profession. Is it any wonder that students are not going into these disciplines? Miguel From: Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com To: Teaching in the Psychological

[tips] Psychology images in the public domain

2011-11-10 Thread Michael Britt
Does anyone know of a good website where I can find psychology images (famous people for example) that are in the public domain? Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as:

[tips] Thematic Apperception image

2011-11-10 Thread Michael Britt
Is there any image from the TAT that is in the public domain? I can't seem to find one. It's easy to find any old inkblot instead of using the ones from wikipedia, and I suppose I could use any old ambiguous photo, but a nice black-and-white TAT image would be nice to have. Any suggestions?

Re: [tips] Thematic Apperception image

2011-11-10 Thread Michael Britt
- From: Michael Britt [mailto:mich...@thepsychfiles.com] Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 2:31 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Thematic Apperception image Is there any image from the TAT that is in the public domain? I can't seem to find one. It's easy

[tips] The future of psychotherapy

2011-11-15 Thread Michael Britt
I'm not a therapist (nor do I pretend to be one on TV or anywhere else), but my wife has been one for nearly 20 years. All we hear about nowadays is talk about productivity (i.e. number of patients seen in a day/week). So, here's what I'm guessing therapy will look like in a few years: you

[tips] Interesting Collection of TED talks

2011-11-16 Thread Michael Britt
I've been playing around with an interesting new tool called PearlTrees. It's a curation tool that presents websites in a graphical/concept map way. Here's a good one: http://www.pearltrees.com/#/N-fa=943549N-f=1_943549N-s=1_943549N-p=6063661N-u=1_84703 It was created by Team Creative

[tips] Fraud in Psychological Research

2011-11-16 Thread Michael Britt
Here's my perspective and summary of the Simmons, et. al recommendations regarding psychological research. The video is a little long at 16 minutes, but since it's hard to find video on research methods I thought this might be helpful to students. I tried to make it interesting by relating

Re: [tips] What Are You Grateful For?

2011-11-23 Thread Michael Britt
In my recent interview with Tim Wilson (author of the book Redirect), he mentions that research shows that we should also think about what our lives would be like if certain people, pets, things, etc., were NOT in our lives. Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com

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