You’ll either find out that you’re wrong (when you Google whatever you need to know about the capital of Canada) or you’ll just have wrong information in your head (like we all do!). This is just one fact among a trillion facts many of which we either don’t know or we think we know but don’t. It seems that either way knowing this particular fact is not that terribly detrimental. Clearly not so detrimental that you could not get into Harvard.
Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Associate Professor l Department of Psychology Kaufman 168 l Dickinson College Phone 717.245.1562 l Fax 717.245.1971 http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html From: Jim Clark [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 5:21 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE:[tips] Harvard students don't know the capital of Canada? Hi Of course, one only uses Google when you know you don’t know the answer … what about people who think (wrongly) they do know the answer? Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology 204-786-9757 4L41A From: Helweg-Larsen, Marie [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 3:58 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE:[tips] Harvard students don't know the capital of Canada? Pretty good evidence that what it takes to be successful (or good enough to get into Harvard) is not factual knowledge about capitals (or such). You should just Google that stuff as you need it. Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Associate Professor l Department of Psychology Kaufman 168 l Dickinson College Phone 717.245.1562 l Fax 717.245.1971 http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html From: John Kulig [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 1:25 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Fwd: Harvard students don't know the capital of Canada? http://news.yahoo.com/whats-the-capital-of-canada-harvard-video-140610532.html ========================== John W. Kulig, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Coordinator, Psychology Honors Plymouth State University Plymouth NH 03264 ========================== ________________________________ From: "John Kulig" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: "John Kulig" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 1:24:07 PM http://news.yahoo.com/whats-the-capital-of-canada-harvard-video-140610532.html ========================== John W. Kulig, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Coordinator, Psychology Honors Plymouth State University Plymouth NH 03264 ========================== --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a4468797f&n=T&l=tips&o=30291 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-30291-13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a44687...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-30291-13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a44687...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c9&n=T&l=tips&o=30304 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-30304-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-30304-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a4468797f&n=T&l=tips&o=30307 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-30307-13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a44687...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-30307-13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a44687...@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=30308 or send a blank email to leave-30308-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
