Puzzling a bit more the 12 to 1 *could* make sense. If it is 80% democratic and most of the remaining 20% are independent/libertarian/other leaving only 7% or so as Republican then that's 80 to 7 or (drum roll. . . . ) about 11 to 1. Seriously. Back to the grind. :) Oh, and I'm one of those socially more liberal and fiscally more conservative and, yes, it leads to some interesting discussions but I've never felt discriminated against. (Please don't hate me!) ;) Tim _______________________________ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor, Department of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: [email protected]
teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and systems "You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." Dorothy Parker ________________________________________ From: Shearon, Tim [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 11:55 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE:[tips] Discrimination against conservatives (again) Interesting. Though I find his math rather puzzling. I try to read with an open mind and some of what he says is interesting and thought provoking. But the article said: "In a 2007 study of both elite and non-elite universities, Dr. Gross and Dr. Simmons reported that nearly 80 percent of psychology professors are Democrats, outnumbering Republicans by nearly 12 to 1." Wouldn't 80% be 4 to 1? Am I missing something? And before that he is quoted as having said: "“But when we find out that conservatives are underrepresented among us by a factor of more than 100, suddenly everyone finds it quite easy to generate alternate explanations.” " A factor of 100? But it's 80% and 12 to 1? Ok- I still like the idea for provoking discussion but I'd find it easier to follow if the numbers were a bit more consistent. Back to work. Tim _______________________________ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor, Department of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: [email protected] teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and systems "You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." Dorothy Parker ________________________________________ From: Helweg-Larsen, Marie [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 3:18 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Discrimination against conservatives (again) An interesting article in the New York Times describing a talk at the SPSP conference by Jonathan Haidt (U of Virginia). http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/science/08tier.html The comments are fascinating. http://community.nytimes.com/comments/www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/science/08tier.html Are conservatives discriminated against in academic? Discuss. Marie **************************************************** Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS), +45 2065 1360 Dickinson College (on leave 2010/2011) http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html **************************************************** --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177a&n=T&l=tips&o=8595 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-8595-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-8595-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177a&n=T&l=tips&o=8602 or send a blank email to leave-8602-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=8603 or send a blank email to leave-8603-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
