Dear Tipsters, This new text is written from a neuroscience perspective. For each topic , the question is asked: what do we know about what is going on in the brain? It is extremely well done, in my opinion. Some topics that might be expected in an intro. text are not presented, presumably to keep the text to a reasonable length and to permit the addition of the neuroscience material. As a person who always had a soft spot for Hebb's (now Hebb and Donderi's) very slim but biologically-oriented text, I think that this new book will have a special niche in the market.
As for the cover, I wonder this: If it is an accurate representation of reality, is it justifiably affirming the truth? If it is an inaccurate representation of reality, is it justifiably breaking stereotypes and affirming minorities? Sincerely, Stuart P.S. I have enjoyed TIPS, but as the signal to noise ratio declines, I am on the point of unsubscribing. Why even have to spend precious time deleting peripheral material? I side with Nancy and Don and wish we could reply on professional judgment to dictate conversations that really impact our teaching, not devoted to discussing how to deal with one individual. GQuoting Laura Valvatne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I am both amazed and stunned by this conversation. Today I received the ad > announcing Gazzaniga's Intro text. I was hurriedly uncluttering my office > before leaving for the weekend and almost threw the add away, but then I > thought, "What does Gazzaniga have to say to intro students?" I took a > quick look inside and scanned the contents. I noticed numerous chapters > titled with the word "cognition" in them. Ahh, something new. Is this the > direction the field and I might want to pursue? I set the ad down in my > "check-it-out" pile and left my office soon after. It is still sitting > there waiting for my attention. My point is, I didn't even notice the > picture of the text's cover. I'd like to hear some discussion about what > is > inside Gazzaniga's text. For now, I don't want to "judge the book by its > cover." I'd like to encourage all of the rest of you to consider doing > this > too. Does anyone have any words to offer about what we will find inside the > controversial cover? > > Let us hear from you, Laura > > Laura Valvatne, Ph.D. > Psychology > Shasta College > 11555 Old Oregon Trail > Redding, CA 96049 > > (530) 225-4954 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jean-Marc Perreault [mailto:jmarc55@;yahoo.com] > Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 8:33 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences > Subject: Re: Gazzaniga's Intro text > > Hi Donald, > I have to admit I am amused by all the fuss > created over Micheal Sylvester. I find him to be > creative after all (some of his ideas ARE farfetched > after all!!). > > One thing all Tipsters should remember is that most > (if not all) email programs include filters which can > block out emails based on subject, sender, or else. > > So really, anyone who does not want to read Micheal's > mail only has to put those filters to work. This takes > care of the liberty of expression issue. He will still > be posting to the list, but less and less people will > be reading him... and by consequence, less and less > will reply to him. > > If anyone dislikes the contents of Micheal Sylvester's > messages, simply get rid of them all together. > > Just thought I'd share this little piece of knowledge > of technology. > > Cheers to all! > > > > > > > --- "Donald H. McBurney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > After a long vacation from TIPS induced > largely by > > Michael Sylvester fatigue, I > > have returned to find that not much has changed. > > Before I follow the crowds who > > have left for good, I nominate M.S. as Trickster of > > the Year, for managing to > > tie the list up in endless, pointless diversions. > > don > > Donald McBurney > > University of Pittsburgh > > > > sylvestm wrote: > > > > > >On Fri, 25 Oct 2002 09:57:13 -0500 "Hank > > Goldstein" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote. > > > >All you have to do is examine a mirror image of > > the cover and all wrongs > > > >are righted!!! > > > > > > > >P.S. Who was the top female in this year's > > Chicago marathon? > > > > > > Please note that one or two exceptions may not be > > statistically significant. > > > Michael Sylvester > > > > > > --- > > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > ===== > Jean-Marc Perreault > Arts & Sciences > Yukon College > Whitehorse, Yukon > 867-668-8867 > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------------------------------------- Sent via Bishop's University Webmail System http://Webmail.ubishops.ca --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
