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Category Archives: psychology
Sandy Hook and Useless Common Sense on Guns
As a parent and a human being, I am horrified and terrified by the events of last week in Newtown, Connecticut. I have hugged my kids, I have sat and cried upon reading notes sent by six year old best … Continue reading
Posted in news, politics, psychology, science
Tagged availability heuristic, guns, psychology, SandyHook, teaching
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Final Exam for Sensation and Perception
I thought some of my readers might be interested in seeing the final exam I give for my introduction to Sensation and Perception class. I’d welcome any feedback, if people had it. You are welcome to use your own … Continue reading
Neurobabble: Inflated Credibility Currency
My fingers did. Ok, not really, but both are limited views of the complex process of writing this post. It seems that the tide may be turning on neurobabble, and I thought I would contribute a few thoughts. A recent … Continue reading
Posted in neurobabble, psychology, science
Tagged neurobabble, neuromyths, neuroscience, psychology
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Myths Come From Values, Not From Ignorance
Like many interested in how we apply basic cognitive science to education, I was interested in the recent finding that many teachers still endorse many myths and misconceptions about neuroscience and cognitive psychology. Here is the original paper, and an … Continue reading
Posted in education, psychology, science
Tagged education, learning styles, neuromyths, neuroscience, psychology, teaching
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Kids These Days – My new class
I thought my readers might be interested in a description of a new class I am teaching. I am super excited about it, but it is very new to me, and I can tell there will be challenges ahead. The … Continue reading
Reflections about my Experiment with General Psychology
I promised to update the few of you interested in my experiment in General Psychology last semester. You can have a more thorough description of my logic and motivation here, but the basic themes were this: A point system, with … Continue reading
Posted in education, psychology
Tagged 200, classes, general psychology, intro, psychology
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What I Did on My Summer “Off”
Hi folks, been a while since I blogged at ya. School starts in a few short weeks (on Labor Day for us), so I thought I would briefly fill you in on what I have been up to this summer. … Continue reading
Google-fu is discipline-specific
I just used a “21st century skill” (teh Googlez, I uses it) to help an anthropologist colleague track down some good starting points on social psychology as it relates to inequality, oppression and resilience. And it reminded me what I … Continue reading
Posted in psychology, web
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Final Exam for my History of Psychology class (take home, open book, open notes)
Here is my final exam for the class I teach of all seniors in psychology. It is a capstone course, intended to provide a capstone experience for the majors in psychology, a required element for all students at Randolph-Macon. I … Continue reading
Posted in education, history, psychology, Uncategorized
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