I have to agree -- there is no need for that. --Catherine
-----Original Message----- From: Melissa Terlecki [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 7:23 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] JND,Absolute thresholds etc Can you please not refer to women as "chicks". It is insulting. ----- Original Message ----- From: michael sylvester <[email protected]> Date: Monday, September 28, 2009 7:30 pm Subject: [tips] JND,Absolute thresholds etc > Ok I stand corrected on Stevens(false memory).However the ideas of > absolute threshods > and jnd still have implications for interpretations and > translations as they pertain to transmissions to an audience,My > point was that inlesting to some women translating in English > actually increases the threshold(may have something to do with the > tonal qualities of voice). > 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. > Dogs are more likely to respond to a guy who says "Sit" than > from a chick who utters the > same command. > Btw,absolute thresholds and jnd were the basis of my experimental > psychology course when I attended Gannon University in Erie,Pa.The > text was by Zimny and there a bunch of those > psychophysical methods in the text.Some of those underlying > methods were implicated in Murray Sidman's Tactics in Scientific > Research- for example the term "maintaing constancy > of conditions". It has to do with the experimental procedure but > nevertheless it can be associated with the method of constant limits. > JND was imported to signal detection theory. > Anyway,Chris and Mile et al are only historians.They do not > necessarily come up with divergence and creativity .At times it > feels as if I am the only tipster who demonstates > elaborative and deep processing of ideas and concepts. > > Michael Sylvester,PhD > Daytona Beach,Florida > "when everyone think alike.nobody is thinking." > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
