Unless I am reading it wrong, it is even worse than that. Only one of the four studies reported involved human participants (Experiment 3) and, of their participants, they said the following:
"Participants. Thirteen undergraduates were recruited from introductory level psychology classes. Some participants received course credit for participation. Seven participants participated in Condition 1, and six participated in Condition 2. One participant in Condition 1 was eliminated due to prior familiarity with the Monty Hall Dilemma, leaving 6 participants in each condition." Nothing is said about them even being math majors and given the percentages of math majors in an intro psych class, I doubt that undergraduate math majors made up much of the sample. Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Professor of Psychology Box 3055 John Brown University 2000 W. University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [email protected] (479)524-7295 http://tinyurl.com/DrFroman -----Original Message----- From: Shearon, Tim [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:01 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Brainy birdbrains beat "Let's Make a Deal" Rick said: "After searching the entire article for the word, 'mathematician', I found that it appears only in the title, intro, discussion and references. [ ] I am glad I showed some uncharacteristic restraint and didn't send this to my mathematics colleague before reading it." Rick- I was thinking the same thing about the article. It appears, on scanning it, that they may have used a bit of spin- "mathematicians" sounds better than "undergraduate mathematics majors". :) Tim _________________________________________________________________ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chairperson of Psychology The College of Idaho 2112 Cleveland Blvd Caldwell, ID 83605 teaching: Bio and neuropsychology, history and systems, general, psychopharmacology [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5f8a&n=T&l=tips&o=1362 or send a blank email to leave-1362-13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1363 or send a blank email to leave-1363-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
