As I tell my students, cats are the operational definition of ADHD. ---- Original message ---- >Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:06:25 -0400 >From: David Hogberg <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [tips] annoying cat solicitation purr >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> > > It's my belief, based on observations over the > years, that all cats are feral most of the time. > DKH > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Marc Carter > <[email protected]> wrote: > > My place: overt yowling at 4 am to get up to feed > him, and more at around 10 pm when he thinks it's > time I should be in bed (even though he doesn't > sleep in the bed with me -- he just wants ME to go > to bed). > > And yeppers about the pitch -- it cannot be > ignored... > > Cats are only partly "domesticated." > > m > > > -- > Marc Carter, PhD > Associate Professor and Chair > Department of Psychology > College of Arts & Sciences > Baker University > -- > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > From: Claudia Stanny [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 1:08 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences > (TIPS) > Subject: [tips] annoying cat solicitation purr > > According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, > “Cats are able to control their humans by > emitting a high-pitched “solicitation” cry > – embedded in a purr – that is so annoying > it can’t be ignored” (Sept 18) > > > > http://www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk/cmvcr/Domestic%20cats.html > > > > > > They go on to note that in busy households where > such purring is often overlooked, the cats > resort to overt meowing. You betcha. > > > > A colleague noted that this will be useful as a > great example of negative reinforcement in > action. > > > > Claudia J. Stanny, > Ph.D. > > Director, Center for University Teaching, > Learning, and Assessment > > Associate Professor, > Psychology > > University of West Florida > > Pensacola, FL 32514 – 5751 > > > > Phone: (850) 857-6355 or 473-7435 > > e-mail: [email protected] > > > > CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/cutla/ > > Personal Web Pages: > http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm > > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > > ------------------------------------------------ > > The information contained in this e-mail and any > attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by Baker > University ("BU") and is intended to be > confidential and for the use of only the > individual or entity named above. The information > may be protected by federal and state privacy and > disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the > reader of this message is not the intended > recipient, you are notified that retention, > dissemination, distribution or copying of this > e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this e-mail in error please immediately > notify Baker University by email reply and > immediately and permanently delete this e-mail > message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. > > --- > 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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