I meant .7 and .5 ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 11:43 AM Subject: Re: [tips] Top 10 challenging concepts
A couple of editorial comments (unwanted I am sure but I don't care): differentiating between the phallic and genital stage Since there is very little validity or empirical support for Freud's theoretical constructs of development and personality, I would say that there is no need to waste precious class time on this distinction m-It helps the modern scientific psychologist not at all... Let the English, Philosophy or History prof deal with it. > -why a -7.0 correlation coefficient is more significant than a +5.0 There > are no such things as a -7.0 correlation coefficient or a 5.0 one. All "r"s > range between -1.00 and +1.00 Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College Long Beach CA -----Original Message----- From: Mike Palij <[email protected]> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) <[email protected]> Cc: Mike Palij <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, Apr 18, 2010 10:19 pm Subject: re: [tips] Top 10 challenging concepts On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:06:30 -0700, Michael Sylvester wrote: >I am attempting to compile a list of the top 10 challenging concepts >to explain to students.So far I have come up with the following from >my courses: > -Type 1 and type 2 error > - differentiating between the phallic and genital stage > -negative reinforcement > -positive punishment > -why a -7.0 correlation coefficient is more significant than a +5.0 > - assimilation and accomodation in Piagetian theory > - diathesis stress theory of schizophrenia Why do fools fall in love? -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] P.S. Do Sylvesterian correlation coefficients exceed +/- 1.00? If so, how are they calculated? --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b878&n=T&l=tips&o=2094 or send a blank email to leave-2094-12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13424.eb17e1c03643c971ab35c22d86587541&n=T&l=tips&o=2098 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-2098-13424.eb17e1c03643c971ab35c22d86587...@fsulist.frostburg.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.801 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2821 - Release Date: 04/19/10 17:31:00 --- 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=2104 or send a blank email to leave-2104-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
