Hahaha....great video clip. Wish I still got mythbusters on tv. --Mike
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 8:19 AM, Jonathan Mueller <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fb&n=T&l=tips&o=3948 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-3948-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@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=3950 or send a blank email to leave-3950-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
