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Mar
Mar
Problem-solving ~ de Bono Style (1)
A generalization is a sort of averaging out and is only partly true in each case.
Edward de Bono (1996)
Archive for March, 2008
30
Mar
Mar
Preparing for an Essay Exam
Freak! How will I remember all the details from the readings? How do I even go about preparing for an essay exam?
These are common comments I hear from students, so I have put together a list of hints that got me through my degree. Hope they help you too:
N.B. It is pointless to try and memorise [...]
30
Mar
Mar
Psychology Quote for the Day
the object of psychology is to give us a totally different idea of the things we know best.
- Paul Valery (1943), Tal Quel
22
Mar
Mar
Psychology Quote of the Day
irreproducible research too often leads to great discoveries.
- Journal of Irreproducible Results
21
Mar
Mar
Psychology Quote for the Day
the rat is an animal which, killed in sufficient numbers under carefully controlled conditions will produce a Ph.D thesis.
- Journal of Irreproducible Results
21
Mar
Mar
Backyard Psychology Observations with the Birds
I love observing the birds in my back yard (a gr8 site to visit to learn more of birding is at Bird Table News with Birdy Trisha). Early hour observations and valuations this early autumn brings sun birds, Torres Strait pigeons, pee-wees, turtle doves, mynas and butcher birds. Their songs are deep and throaty burbles that let me [...]
08
Mar
Mar
Back it Up Colleagues!
An introductory note- for those few readers who access my blog (hoping to increase those numbers J), my absence has been due to numerous “spanners in the works”. I think I am on top of things again now…we’ll see…
One of the worst things that can happen to a student and or writer is the loss [...]