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This is the text version, if you would like to see the html formatted version please click on this link http://www.intropsychresources.com/newsletter.htm Subject headings of newsletters *Check it out- Unusual project in Introductory level psych course- Sleep Disorder Rap - You tube style! *January Highlights- Some of the great resources posted on the intropsychresources.com website *Results from the Request of the Week - Interesting Correlations * Site Statistics of postings on intropsychresources.com * Editor note __________________________________________________________ ********************************************************** First weeks of Intropsychresources.com website a success! ************************************************************* The intropsychresources website was launched on January 22, 2007. It is located at the URL address of http://www.intropsychresources.com The website was designed to be a storehouse of information for professors of Introductory Psychology. The format is wiki-based which means it can be easily edited by anyone at anytime. The site is not owned by a particular organization and you do not need to request permission to add to or edit material listed on the website. As you will see, there are many great resources that are not currently listed. Please help build a great resource by adding your ideas. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____ CHECK IT OUT New Generation AP Psychology Project http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/report-on-sleep-disordersyoutube-style/ Sleep disorder rap! Is this the wave of the future? ____________________________________________________________________________ ___ ************************* January Highlights ************************ *What famous psychologist was Titcheners first PhD. candidate? When was the term psychopath (with its modern meaning) first used? A. Early 1800s B. Late 1800s C. Early 1900s D. 1954 When was the first mental hospital opened? All of these answers can be found in the This Week in the History of Psychology Pod casts http://www.yorku.ca/christo/podcasts/ Each episodes includes an interview with a noted historian of psychology on a featured event that occurred during that week in psychology's past. Also, many other events from that week briefly described. Produced and hosted by Christopher D. Green of York University (Toronto). *All time great memory exercise converted into a PowerPoint presentation. http://www.intropsychresources.com/pmwiki/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=ResourcesByTyp e.ClassDemonstrations It never fails and students love it! submitted by Annette Kujawski *An interesting way to use songs in the classroom. See the Peter Gabriel Song We Do What Were Told (Milgram 37) PowerPoint http://www.intropsychresources.com/Resourceoftheweek.htm submitted by Amy Sweetman *Online Videos from the Media that Matters Fest http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/6/index.php?id=2# This recommendation was submitted by Meera Rastogi, PhD to the PSYCHTEACH listserv At least 3 of the videos at this link may be of interest to Introductory Psychology Teachers 1. "A Girl Like Me." An 8-min documentary by a high school student about what it is like to be black in America. Features a replication of the famous Kenneth & Mamie Clark study 2. Public service announcement for gay and lesbian marriages- 3. Slip of the Tongue Video where a man tries to pick up a woman and she lets him know all that she has to go through just to be accepted in society. The video is portrayed in a rap type message adapted from a poem called Slip of the tongue. *Psychology Songs http://www.intropsychresources.com/pmwiki/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=ResourcesByTyp e.Songs On the intropsychresources.com website there are over 227 different song listings that could be used to illustrate psychological constructs. The list also includes videos and lyric sheets. (Note it is still being updated) Song Submissions by Jeff Bartel at Shippensburg University and Tasha Howe PhD. Humbolt State University. *Many Online Links to Classic Videos http://www.intropsychresources.com/pmwiki/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=ResourcesByTyp e.OnlineVideos Many of the all time classic experiments such as Zimbardos prison experiment, Milgrams experiment, Early Reaction time experiments, PBS series videos are linked in through the website. *Study Habits Self Assessment Quiz submitted by Margaret M. Borkowski, Ph.D. http://www.intropsychresources.com/pmwiki/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=ResourcesByTyp e.Questionnaires This is a great resource that could be used before or after a test. The file is downloadable in pdf. format. *Making Social Psychology Personal submitted by Linda Jordan http://www.intropsychresources.com/pmwiki/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=ResourcesByTop ic.SocialPsychology Students apply social psychology principles to their own life! ____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________ ************************************************* Request of the Week - Interesting Correlations ************************************************* This list was compiled by a variety of people who answered the request of the week on the intropsychresources.com website. High Positive correlation: Number of churches and number of bars in US cities. (intervening variable = population) High positive correlation in children: Number of permanent teeth & Number of questions answered on an IQ test. (intervening variable = age) Negative correlation: Cancer in adults & Frosted Flakes eaten as children. (intervening variable = age) Positive correlation: Drug use as adults and vitamins taken as children. (intervening variable = age) Positive correlation between how much children weigh and number of hours of TV watched per week. (intervening variable = several possible) Over the past two hundred years, the global average temperature has increased. The approximate number of pirates has decreased. (http://www.venganza.org/about/open-letter/). Pirates & Global Warming. Jones, D. (2005, August 5). Study says flirtatious women get fewer raises, promotions, USA Today, p. 6B. (NOTE: USA Today - which has great stories that can be used for this purpose on a regular basis!) BBC News. (2004, April 14). Luckiest people 'born in summer', Retrieved from http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/health/3622817.stm Bakalar, N. (2005, May 3) Ugly children may get parental short shrift, New York Times, p. F7. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________ **************************************************************** Intropsychresources.com Posting Statistics **************************************************************** Below is a list of the categories and the current posts that have been added as of January 31st, 2007. Resources by Type Class Activities 9 posts Websites 41 posts Songs 227 posts Class Demonstrations 2 posts Movies 7 posts Quotes 4 posts Books 29 posts Online Videos 21 posts Listservs 2 posts Online Articles 2 posts Newsletters 4 posts Technology Resources 4 posts Poems and Stories 7 posts Animations 1 post Cartoons 3 posts Questionnaires 3 posts Slide Shows 2 posts Homework assignments 14 posts Pod casts 1 post IntroPsych SLOs 0 posts Announcements & Conferences 1 post Online Activities 3 posts Syllabi 1 post Resources by Subject/Topic History of Psychology 14 posts Research Methods 11 posts Biological Psychology 21 posts Sensation and Perception 17 posts States of Consciousness 31 posts Learning 12 posts Memory 19 posts Intelligence and Cognition 28 posts Personality 15 posts Motivation and Emotion 25 posts Gender and Sexuality 17 posts Stress and Health 16 posts Abnormal Psychology 46 posts Therapy 12 posts Social Psychology 18 posts ____________________________________________________________________________ __________________________ ********************** Note from the Editor ********************** Editors note: I truly appreciate all the support that the website has received. I wish to take this opportunity to thank all of those who have participated in contributing. I have made a great effort to give proper credit, however if you feel you have contributed without getting the proper acknowledgement for you work, please add anything you wish to the website as it is editable by anyone at anytime. Amy Sweetman Professor of Psychology Los Angeles City College [EMAIL PROTECTED] 323-953-4000 ext. 2931 --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
