April 2011 Archives

Forest Shomberg, a Madison man who has served more than six years in prison for a sexual assault he said he didn't commit, was ordered released from prison Friday after a Dane County Circuit Judge overturned his conviction.

http://truthinjustice.org/shomberg2.htm

Discuss how the material you have learned from this class has changed how you think about or view the world.

Thank you and have a great summer break.

Based on your topic from week #13 and #14, and based on your research sources, I would like you to synthesize your findings and write an informative stand-alone post about your topic.

By stand-alone I mean something your family can read and understand without having to go back to your sources to get additional information or information needed to clarify what you are talking about. Keep in mind that you are completing a college course and you know a great deal about the topic so you need to take ownership of the material and write with an authority (or command) of the topic.

List one question you still have about this topic. "One question I still have about this topic is...."

Make sure to use the terms and concepts we have covered in class so far as well as those you learned from your research.

At the bottom of your post provide links or reference for the three sources.

List the terms and concepts you used in this post.

Let me know if you have any questions.

--Dr. M

Based on your topic from week #13 I would like you to find one more source of information.

Next:

State your topic.

List source four (the new one) and briefly discuss why it is a good source and what you learned about your topic from that source.

Based on your four sources (3 from week #13 and 1 from this week), list three aspects (things) that you found interesting about your topic. These would be like sub topics.

List the first aspect of your topic and briefly discuss it using the terms and concepts were have learned so far in class as well as those you learned from your research.

List the second aspect of your topic and briefly discuss it using the terms and concepts were have learned so far in class as well as those you learned from your research.

List the third aspect of your topic and briefly discuss it using the terms and concepts were have learned so far in class as well as those you learned from your research.

At the bottom of your post provide links or reference for the new source sources.

List the terms and concepts you used in this post.

Let me know if you have any questions.

--Dr. M

Please read the chapter assigned for this week.
(Reading Schedule: http://www.uni.edu/~maclino/hybrid/hs_book_s11.pdf)

After reading the chapter, please respond to the following questions:

Of the various aspects of History & Systems presented in the chapter, which did you find the most interesting? Why? Which did you find least interesting? Why? What are three things you read about in the chapter that you think will be the most useful for you in understanding History & Systems? Why? What are some topics in earlier chapters that relate or fit in with this chapter? How so?

Please make sure you use the terms, terminology and concepts you have learned so far in the class. It should be apparent from reading your post that you are a college student well underway in a course in psychology.

Make a list of key terms and concepts you used in your post.

Let me know if you have any questions.

--Dr. M

Books and articles that emphasize the "non-cognitive" determinants of genius and elite performance are all the rage these days. (I put "non-cognitive" in quotes, because the line between "cognitive" and "non-cognitive" traits is much more blurred than popular journalists make out). A recent book on the topic (which has just been released in paperback) is David Shenk's book "The Genius in All of Us: New Insights Into Genetics, Talent, and IQ."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-barry-kaufman/is-there-really-a-genius-_b_845100.html