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Archive for December, 2007

30
Dec

Psychology and the Concept of Intelligence

I have been writing up support notes for developmental psychology based on questions from students. Here is a sample of what the final pdf/audio/power point will contain. Feeback is appreciated…
Intelligence remains undefined. The North American journalist Walter Lippman (1920) stated that, “We cannot measure intelligence when we have not defined it.”
A solitary definition of intelligence [...]

22
Dec

Keep Things Central: The Tendency to Overlook the Big Picture

Like a bag tied in the middle, the Chautauqua approach to learning about statistics in psychology focuses attention at the centre of things. However, that does not mean that we ignore what is to each side of the centre, for this is what defines the centre’s shape, height and width. What makes the centre value [...]

21
Dec

What Does this Mean, Mean?

A measure of central tendency is a statistics phrase that could be a Buddhist metaphor as to how to live life:
take heed of the middle way
Behaviours-thoughts-affects tend to cluster at the centre of a persons character, to act as a fulcrum to decision-making and responses within an environment.
In psychology, statistics identify behaviors-thoughts-affects that are [...]

18
Dec

Why Study Statistics in Psychology?

Many students of psychology (including myself) are shocked when they discover that the study of statistics is necessary. “Maths!!! I just want to help people!” is the usual cry of derision. is there a purpose in having potential psychologists, who do not intend to do research, suffer through the complexities and esoteric boredom of stats?
Simply [...]

17
Dec

10 Blog Traffic Tips

Blogs as a learning tool in psychology are a great idea! A blog can encourage a student to reflect on the content they are trying to understand. Similar to a reflective journal.
The blog also allows for links between articles, images, video and other media that are related to the subject being written about. There is [...]

17
Dec

Traveling Without Moving…

Sliding the cyber way, having decided to set up my psychology tutor blog here at WordPress. Had some difficulty with the domain name given that i think like i am an octopus (always wanting more?). i think psychology tutor suits cause it covers learning and development, whereas university tutor would have been just too broad.
I [...]

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