Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!princeton!pucc!PSYC From: harnad@clarity.Princeton.EDU (Stevan Harnad) Newsgroups: sci.psychology.digest Subject: PSYCOLOQUY V2 #3 (Queries/Erratum: 171 lines) Message-ID: <9102230447.AA02519@psycho.Princeton.EDU> Date: 23 Feb 91 01:57:58 GMT Sender: VMNNPOST@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Listserv to Netnews Gateway) Organization: Listserv to Netnews Gateway at pucc.Princeton.EDU Lines: 166 Approved: PSYC@PUCC PSYCOLOQUY (ISSN 1055-0143) Fri, 22 Feb 91 Volume 2 : Issue 3 correction to Psycoloquy v2 #2 Mon, 4 Feb 91 QUERY: Decision-making under uncertainty QUERY: Psychology programs QUERY: Sex differences in Handwriting QUERY: Psychology Experiments Conducted by Email ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Gordon Becker" Subject: correction to Psycoloquy v2 #2 Mon, 4 Feb 91 In the the fourth paragraph of my reply to Stodolsky (PSYCOLOQUY Mon, 4 Feb 91 Volume 2 : Issue 2 Consensus Journals/Becker) "Becker" should be changed to "Stodolsky" so that the paragraph reads, Apparently Stodolsky would like readers to believe that stating his GOAL for consensus journals PROVES his methods attain that goal, that my substituting the term "moderator" for his term "mediator" is so distorted that he need not rebut my specific criticisms, and/or that if the mediator does NOT know the identity of the referee than the referee is NOT anonymous. I fail to see the logic in any of these positions. ------------------------------ From: ggordon@nprdc.navy.mil (Gary Gordon) Subject: QUERY: Decision-making under uncertainty I am interested in the cognitive processes (strategies, heuristics, biases) of decision making under uncertainty and/or severely stressful conditions. I am particularly interested in judgements made with limitted information and with harsh time constraints, as might be the case for pilots, radar operators, and other military personnel. Any research, articles or expertise is appreciated. Thanking you in advance. ------------------------------ From: Klas Brenk Subject: QUERY: Psychology programs Our psychology department (University of Ljubljana - Slovenia, Yugoslavia) is in the course of modernization of teaching and research programs in all fields of psychology. We have about 200 undergraduate, about 50 graduate students and a faculty of 25. We are well equipped with computers (Vax cluster, work stations /Sun Sparc, 486/, PC-s in LAN). Our library is quite well stocked (about 16.000 book units, 64 journals). At the moment we are trying to set up a computer driven experimental laboratory for basic courses for which we are buying equipment. We are looking for better connections with psychology departments outside Yugoslavia. We are interested in international research projects and other kinds of academic cooperation in various fields of psychology. We would like to adapt our curriculum to european standards. So right now, we would very much like to see your undergraduate and graduate psychology curriculums. We are also interested in other information about psychology studies at your department (e.g. what jobs can be taken immediately after graduation, what supplementary education must be completed for other jobs etc.) Therefore we would appreciate if you'd send us teaching programs of your department, group etc. on different levels of studies. If You are interested, we can send You our curriculum and a list of our research projects with names of researchers. Hope to hear from you and see you in Ljubljana soon. With compliments. Klas Brenk Please, contact us direct: * e-mail: KLAS.BRENK@UNI-LJ.AC.MAIL.YU * fax: +38 61/332-659 dr. Matija Klas BRENK University of Ljubljana Department of Psychology 61 000 LJUBLJANA Yugoslavia (later could be SLOVENIA) ------------------------------ From: J. Hartley Subject: QUERY: Sex differences in Handwriting I have just carried out an experiment which indicated that six to seven year old children could recognise the sex of handwriting by other children of their age, but were not able to imitate it. Does anyone know of any experiments on sex differences in handwriting at this early age, and of any speculations on why the handwriting of boys should be different from that of girls? I would appreciate any references on the matter. Jim Hartley. ------------------------------ From: andrew%calvin.doc.ca (Andrew Patrick) Subject: Psychology Experiments Conducted by Email Suppose that a psychologist designs an experiment that is controlled entirely by a computer. (This is not rare these days, most labs are either entirely or partially computer-controlled.) Let's say it's an experiment on memory in which the computer presents a list of words to remember, then some distracting task for a period of time, and then allows people to type-in all the words they can recall. This kind of experiment has probably been running thousands of times throughout the world. Subjects come into the lab, sit in front of the computer and read instructions on the screen, and then perform the experiment. In fact, some schools have networked computers to support testing groups of subjects in a "computer lab". Now suppose that the subjects do not come to the lab, but instead particpate in the experiment remotely using dial-in lines or international research networks. That is, the psychologist does not set the computer up in a lab and recruit undergraduate subjects, but instead sets up the computer on a network and invites people to connect using "telnet" or a toll-free dial-in line. What are the ethical implications of such an experiment? Let's presume that the psychologist writes the program that controls the experiment such that: - the subjects are informed about the nature of the study at the beginning. - they have an opportunity to quit the experiment at any time. - individual names are not recorded. - de-briefing information is provided at the conclusion of the procedure. - the psychologist provides his name, address, and phone number for people who are interested in learning more about the study or have problems with it. There are some scientific implications of this kind of experiment, including being able to control and monitor what the subjects are actually doing at the other end of the network connection (e.g., are they writing the words down during the study phase), a peculiar sample of subjects (only those with network connections or modems), and subjects participating more than once, but let's assume that the psychologist is willing to live with those factors. The question is: Are there any ethical factors that should be considered in such an experiment? My interest here is not purely theoretical -- I would like to try running such an experiment. Andrew Patrick, Ph.D. Department of Communications, Ottawa, CANADA andrew@calvin.doc.CA ------------------------------------------------------------- PSYCOLOQUY is sponsored by the Science Directorate of the American Psychological Association (202) 955-7653 Co-Editors: (scientific discussion) (professional/clinical discussion) Stevan Harnad Perry London, Dean, Cary Cherniss (Assoc Ed.) Psychology Department Graduate School of Applied Graduate School of Applied Princeton University and Professional Psychology and Professional Psychology Rutgers University Rutgers University Assistant Editors: Malcolm Bauer John Pizutelli Psychology Department Psychology Department Princeton University Rutgers University End of PSYCOLOQUY Digest ******************************