Beth- The one I really like to talk about is: 4. You lose most of your body heat through your head It is actually, but loosely, based on a fact derived from a military experiment and later written, in its erroneous and abbreviated form in a training manual (from around 1945?). I haven't seen it lately but I've used REI adds before because they used to claim you loose 75% of body heat through the head. Even the original mis-stated notion was 45%! The error? The study showed that when soldiers had full body coverage (that included standard issue sweaters and coats!) that of the remaining measurable heat loss 45% was through the uncovered head- thus it does seem like a good idea to wear a hat! But the true story is still pretty convincing to me to wear a hat when it is cold outside! (It also convinces me that the coats from that period weren't very effective!) I do also like assigning them the task of finding out "When suicide peaks." There seem to be a number of answers and they all conflict with the popular SAD connection and the winter blues (or the Blue Monday which is really a pretty effective ad campaign with legs and a psychologist as proponent, as we've seen). Tim _______________________________ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chair Department of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: [email protected]
teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and systems "You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." Dorothy Parker -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] on behalf of Beth Benoit Sent: Sat 1/24/2009 8:06 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] emotional reasoning/critical thinking A little late, but here's the list I was looking for. It's a list of medical myths, from Tara Parker-Pope's blog, nytimes.com/well: 1. Sugar makes children hyperactive 2. Suicide increases over the holidays 3. Poinsettias are toxic 4. You lose most of your body heat through your head 5. Night eating makes you fat 6. Hangovers can be cured On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Beth Benoit <[email protected]>wrote: > Gary,The autism/vaccine argument > > The moon effect argument (nurses and police officers often argue hotly on > that one - I had one police officer who was SO convinced that a full moon = > more crime, etc. that I offered him extra credit if he could find any study > that showed this to be the case. He couldn't, of course, and sheepishly > admitted it by the end of the course. Nice guy, though, and he was a good > sport about it.) > > I'll keep thinking... > > Beth Benoit > Granite State College > New Hampshire > > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Gerald Peterson <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> I am going over critical thinking guidelines in class and want to present >> examples of emotional reasoning. I want to help the students realize that >> the passion for a claim or issue is not the key problem, but rather the >> emotionalism that often directs/distorts one's further examination. Can >> tipsters see or develop other examples of where emotionalism is a problem in >> problem-solving, investigation? Emotional reactions or defensiveness can >> often be the culprit in closing off discussion or hinder openness eh? I am >> trying to find examples that would help students make the distinction here. >> Appreciate any ideas. Gary >> >> >> Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. >> Professor, Psychology >> Saginaw Valley State University >> University Center, MI 48710 >> 989-964-4491 >> [email protected] >> >> --- >> To make changes to your subscription contact: >> >> Bill Southerly ([email protected]) >> >> > > > -- > "We will not learn how to live in peace by killing each other's children." > - Jimmy Carter > "Are our children more precious than theirs?" > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > > -- "We will not learn how to live in peace by killing each other's children." - Jimmy Carter "Are our children more precious than theirs?" --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
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