To illustrate how even as adults we can struggle with some problems like conservation, I tell my students the story of following a truck. You are on the road and you find yourself behind a slow semi. You notice that as the semi is approaching a bridge the driver pulls a baseball bat out of his cab and bangs on the side of his truck. You think this is odd. But you notice that he does this every time he comes to a bridge. Now you are so curious you just have to find out why. So, you follow the truck driver until he stops. You go up to him and ask him why he was hitting his truck with a baseball bat. He says, "Well, you see, I am carrying a load of live birds in the back that weigh 8 tons. And my truck weighs 8 tons. The signs for the bridges say you can only weigh 8 tons going over them. So, I bang on the side of my truck, the birds fly up in the air, and then my truck only weighs 8 tons." I ask my class if the truck driver is right. Fortunately, I have discovered that just about all of life's important questions have been answered by the TV show Mythbusters. You can see video of them testing this conservation question at http://www.yourdiscovery.com/video/mythbusters-top-10-birds-in-a-truck/?cc=US Jon =============== Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology North Central College 30 N. Brainard St. Naperville, IL 60540 voice: (630)-637-5329 fax: (630)-637-5121 [email protected] http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu
>>> Julie Osland <[email protected]> 8/2/2010 5:55 PM >>> Object permanence appeared in an episode of "The Daily Show" -- November 9, 2009, clip 1 starting around 5 minutes in.-- It is the "Kit Bond" episode. I am out of my office, otherwise, I'd be able to get you a direct link. Julie Osland On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Amadio, Dean <[email protected]> wrote: Has anyone come across any examples of Piaget's concepts in popular television or movies (esp. conservation or object permanence)? I have an example of egocentrism and abstract reasoning (both from the Simpsons, actually) but I'd like to find at least one more of another concept. I know there are instructional video examples out there, but I'm specifically looking for popular television or movies. Thanks, Dean M. Amadio Siena College [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13433.c7876d6b0f9d5461fd3e87c0d1e51e12&n=T&l=tips&o=3937 or send a blank email to leave-3937-13433.c7876d6b0f9d5461fd3e87c0d1e51...@fsulist.frostburg.edu -- Dr. Julie A. Osland, M.A., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology Wheeling Jesuit University 316 Washington Avenue Wheeling, WV 26003 Office: (304) 243-2329 e-mail: [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13269.01f6211e00cc8f00a7b68e8e24b1b4d6&n=T&l=tips&o=3939 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-3939-13269.01f6211e00cc8f00a7b68e8e24b1b...@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=3948 or send a blank email to leave-3948-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
