Sadly, I had a student in my office today who wanted to talk about becoming an environmental activist. I told him he was better served by our biology department than our psychology department (simply because we don't have the resources to offer the courses that might help him, such as animal behavior, comparative cognition, etc.). I then asked a leading question about whether the current administration's view on science troubled him. He was relatively uninformed and didn't know what I was talking about. I don't know what his political affiliation is (I'm not sure he has one), but what made me sad is that there are young people who either don't have time or don't have other reasons to be engaged in current politics. My advice to him was to try to stay abreast of current events. I showed him a booklet published by the Heartland Institute as an example of the kind of climate change denial he will be up against, but I am not sure it really sunk in. I'm never sure when I'm overstepping my bounds and will end up on a watch list. I'm also not sure what difference it makes. Carol
On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 9:08 PM, Jim Clark <j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca> wrote: > > > Hi > > > > Just higher education is too coarse a metric. Would be nice to see > breakdown by major or degree. > > > > Also, highly educated Republican may be an increasingly rare creature? So > perhaps something of an anomaly. > > > > Take care > > Jim > > > > > > > > Jim Clark > > Professor of Psychology > > University of Winnipeg > > 204-786-9757 <(204)%20786-9757> > > Room 4L41A (4th Floor Lockhart) > > www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark > > > > > > *From:* Michael Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] > *Sent:* February-07-18 8:31 PM > *To:* Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > *Cc:* Michael Palij > *Subject:* [tips] If You Have Republican Students, Teach Them The > Difference between Science and Ideology > > > > > > Because it appears that as Republicans get more education, > > the less they rely upon science on issues like climate change > > and more on what political elites tell them to believe. Democrats > > learn not to trust political elites and rely more on scientific > > evidence -- there's a dissertation in there -- which validates > > higher education at least for a portion of the population. I don't > > know what independents do. What is the basis for these statements? > > A NY Times article based on Gallup survey research on attitudes; > > see: > https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/11/14/upshot/ > climate-change-by-education.html?em_pos=medium&emc=edit_ > up_20180207&nl=upshot&nl_art=7&nlid=389166&ref=headline&te=1 > > To show how reliance on ideology can really screw things up, > > it might be useful to start out with the example of Lysenkoism (see: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysenkoism ) but, because its about Russia, > > Young Republicans might believe that Lysenkoism is the correct view. > > So, critical thinking might be a great thing to teach but certain types > > of political ideology might be resistant to it. Then you might want to > > shift gears and ask when is it appropriate to submit to unjust or > > ignorant authorities? Then spring this: > https://bible.org/seriespage/10-submission-authorities-1-peter-213-25 > > Next, cover cost-benefit analysis. Ask why would one accepts > > costs over benefits IF one is not being altruistic. > > -Mike Palij > > New York University > > m...@nyu.edu > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca. > > To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=3229968. > 90f21a83d5f62f052ba84a49e2f91291&n=T&l=tips&o=52073 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to leave-52073-3229968. > 90f21a83d5f62f052ba84a49e2f91...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: devoldercar...@gmail.com. > > To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=177920. > a45340211ac7929163a0216244443341&n=T&l=tips&o=52074 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to leave-52074-177920.a45340211ac7929163a02162444433 > 4...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > -- 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: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=52075 or send a blank email to leave-52075-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
