Thanks Scott... I skimmed your intro text and didn't see it but will check again. Also have used Gilovich (1991) so probably derived use from both. Just saw your use again, but this time searched Great Fourfold Table of Life lol. Well, of course. Cheers, Gary
G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU > On May 1, 2014, at 4:20 PM, "Lilienfeld, Scott O" <slil...@emory.edu> wrote: > > Hi Gary: We do discuss in our Intro Psychology text, but a bunch of other > sources discuss the concept of the fourfold table as well. Among others, Tom > Gilovich's (1991)'s superb "How we know what isn't so" is an excellent source > in this regard for teaching purposes. All the best...Scott > > > Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D. > Professor > Department of Psychology, Emory University > Atlanta, Georgia 30322 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gerald Peterson [mailto:peter...@svsu.edu] > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 3:48 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: [tips] Four-fold table? > > I teach a gateway class for Psych majors to prep them for our research > methods classes. Early in the term,after discussing everyday reasoning > problems such as the confirmation and hindsight biases, I have been > introducing the idea of a four-fold (2X2) table to aid their thinking about > more adequate tests of popular ideas. The table encourages them to think > about control or comparison conditions, and gently preps them for later > discussion of variables and levels for same. Anyway....I think I picked this > idea up from some intro text, likely Scott Lilienfeld's, but I cannot find or > recall the source. Does anyone do anything similar, or recall where use of a > four-fold table for such teaching purposes may have come from? > > > G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D > Psychology@SVSU > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: slil...@emory.edu. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13509.d0999cebc8f4ed4eb54d5317367e9b2f&n=T&l=tips&o=36446 > or send a blank email to > leave-36446-13509.d0999cebc8f4ed4eb54d5317367e9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: peter...@svsu.edu. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94b&n=T&l=tips&o=36448 > or send a blank email to > leave-36448-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=36449 or send a blank email to leave-36449-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
