Thanks Carol. I often talk about this in Soc Psych, and it is indeed relevant in other classes. I think there are some nice work/career opportunities for our students here that do not require more than masters degree. Relevance to issues of health as well. Of course, ethical issues also need to be explored! G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU
On Feb 26, 2012, at 11:23 AM, Carol DeVolder <[email protected]> wrote: > This is a fascinating article from last week's New York Times magazine. It > has application for a number of different types of psych courses. I plan to > use it for my students who are working on a behavior change project, but I > can think of other places it would work as well. It's about how companies > (the example in the piece is Target) collect and use all kinds of information > on its customers and then use that to target(I suppose the pun is > intentional) them with ads and offers. I found it really interesting and > thought maybe others would too. > > http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/magazine/shopping-habits.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all > > Carol > > -- > Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology > St. Ambrose University > 518 West Locust Street > Davenport, Iowa 52803 > 563-333-6482 > > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94b&n=T&l=tips&o=16280 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-16280-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@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=16281 or send a blank email to leave-16281-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
