Statistics & Research Design Tutor:Mentor

Not ‘Another Bloody Stats Text’: Free Open Access Statistics Textbook

Char PSI Tutor:Mentor — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:49:37 +0000

I wanted to share this neat online resource, which is free! An open access statistics textbook. It is easy to read and has links to other helpful sites.

Any topic which is comprehensive and requires you to think in ways which are reflective and critical, can be best approached by reading broadly. This is not ‘another bloody stats text’, it is a doorway into the world of statistics and critical thinking from another perspective.

A perspective which may help you to understand your subject text, lectures and tutes better. A perspective that may be the ‘push’ you need to start apply stats in your daily life and writing about it in your reflective learning journal, to truly own and chart your course to success in academia.

Read on!

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AP Psychology Exam Preparation…

Char PSI Tutor:Mentor — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 04:32:47 +0000

I thought today for the AP Psychology Exam Prep post that I would upload a qirky vid created by Dr Larry Pfaff of Spring Arbor University. It covers the reasoning behind why we as psychologists need to know our past~ basically, so we can navigate our future.

View the cartoon video and my reflection on it at the new Psychology Tutor:Mentor site…

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Shower Thinking (via My Beaten Track)

Char PSI Tutor:Mentor — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 06:39:29 +0000

Insightful reading from a newbie blogger~ young adult, fem, uni student and much more…

What is it about showers that are so wonderful? We stand in there to soak longer than we should, we sing in them, drink beer in them, dance in them – and that's just to begin with. I thought about this for a while, and I finally came up with an answer: It's the place where we more readily relax. There's just something about the shower which is more relaxing than anywhere else, and I honestly think it comes down to the water. Sure you could chill … Read More

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Psychology Tutor:Mentor and Statistics Tutor Sites: Divisions of labour

Char PSI Tutor:Mentor — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:00:28 +0000

Are you looking for the Psychology Tutor:Mentor (PSI) site? I have moved, click below!

www.psipsychologytutor.org

Are you looking for a Statistics Tutor:Mentor and not necessarily for psychology?

…read on!

Gender Differences: Psychology and the Brain with Humor

Char PSI Tutor:Mentor — Sun, 25 May 2008 06:57:31 +0000

I may not agree with the extremes he takes- it over simplifies things and suggests universals – however, overall it was informative of how our culture can influence brain development. And funny funny

Problem-solving~ de Bono Style (5)

Char PSI Tutor:Mentor — Sat, 24 May 2008 21:22:59 +0000

Cleverness is a narrow focus even if it is very sharp. Wisdom is a wide-angle focus which takes in much more.

Edward de Bono (1996)

Apologies to those who have noticed that I have been remiss in my blogging. For the past four weeks I have been a busy bee with work. This week will be one of organising myself to be able to get back to blogging regularly. Meanwhile students, keep the work coming …

Problem-solving~ Edward de Bono Style (4)

Char PSI Tutor:Mentor — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:31:51 +0000

You do not have to have lived a long time to benefit from the experience of those who have.

Edward de Bono (1996)

Psychology Quote for the Day

Char PSI Tutor:Mentor — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:14:42 +0000

my analyst doesn’t understand me…

- Mel Calmen, Dr Calman’s dictionary of Psychoanalysis, 1979

Problem-solving~ de Bono Style (3)

Char PSI Tutor:Mentor — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:13:00 +0000

You cannot walk along two raods at the same time and you cannot steer a ship in two different directions at the same time.

Edward de Bono (1996)

Psychology Quote for the Day

Char PSI Tutor:Mentor — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:11:55 +0000

there was a young person from chillago

who travelled around incognito

the reason they did

was to bolster their id

while appeasing their savage libido

- Anonymous