Kudos! -Don.
----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Palij Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:33 am Subject: RE: [tips] JND,Absolute thresholds etc To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Cc: Mike Palij > On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:40:54 -0700, Carol DeVolder wrote: > >>Elaborative and deep processing such as the following? > > > >[Michael Sylvester channeling Khadafy/Gaddafi/Whatever wrote:] > >There is some evidence that auditory instructional manuals are > more > >effective when recorded by females than males-something about > the > >female voice that commands attention.However,there is the > exception > >that the male voice is best for training a door. > > I heard that this really depends upon the door. The male voice > seems to work best when training METAL doors while female > voices seem to work best when training WOOD doors. There > may be 3-way interaction between gender of trainer, type of door, > and what exactly the door is being trained to do, but one really > doesn't hear enough about what doors are being trained to do > these days. > > As for females voices commanding attention, I find this might be > true for statement like "OOooooh! BAABY!" or "What the hell > do you think you're doing??!??" but I could be wrong. > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > > > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > Don Allen Dept. of Psychology Langara College 100 W. 49th Ave. Vancouver, B.C. Canada V5Y 2Z6 Phone: 604-323-5871 --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
