@BenBrocka Well, it can't be awarded before the second day of the private beta. That's today, right? So you could get it tomorrow, but also, it may take a day to receive it, so probably the day after... or, you have to ask some questions :-)
Okay headed off to dinner. Thanks for all your hard work on the site @Ben! I think this has the potential to be a great Stack Exchange site, largely due to contributors like yourself.
Yesterday I've been looking through meta SO for some guidance on this, and it seems there is no consensus on this matter at all.
The general guidelines from the faq are:
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It's no secret that Ask Different is more lenient than most other sites when it comes to allowing poll-like questions. We feel that a select few poll questions that are educational and well maintained are a great way to add some fun to our site, but to still stick to the principles of Stack Excha...
@Josh But the given example is terrible. I don't see any merit in allowing such questions.
But if your point is we can decide on a different point of view, that seems promising. The idea I had is as mentioned, to only allow strictly defined constructive polls.
I'm at work, so this is just in the background for when I'm doing something in the backround that takes a while. I'm probably not here, even though I'm here.
When you posted that, I downvoted and voted to close it.
I didn't intend to cause offense and didn't downvote because what you were asking for was off-topic or was a bad question. I tried to close it with extreme prejudice because it's the early beta and with some of my experience elsewhere on t...
What's the opposite of a neurobiological basis for a psychological effect? Basically a better way of saying an effect is a result of nurture not nature?
When a psychological condition is the result of irregular brain structures or neurotransmitter imbalances we say the condition has a neurobiological basis; this is analogous to the classic Nature in the Nature vs Nurture discussion.
What is the term for a condition which does not have this sort...
as a side note we're going to need a nature/nurture tag, is nature-nurture okay or nature-vs-nurture? I know they're not actually opposed but that's the classical way the discussion is framed
We're going to need a tag for the Nature vs Nurture debate; even if that phrasing is oversimplistic, it's the way the discussion is classically framed.
I've applied the nature-nurture tag to this question but I'm not sure how it should be worded. Perhaps nature-vs-nurture would be more clear.
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Plus we can't have filled commitment till private beta is over, which I'm sure is to keep people from saying "welp, I'm done!" and bailing before private beta is over
@BenBrocka You're right, I was thinking they committed to the private beta specifically. Please ignore me :-)
I want to ask more questions, but am stumped as to what to ask. I was going to ask a seed question about Piaget and Conservation, but it's too basic. (First google result clearly answered my question)
@BenBrocka Yeah. Basically I was looking for who did the experiment where you pour liquid from one tall vessel to a wide short one and what the principal is called. I knew it was Piaget, was going to omit that from the question because I was trying to seed. I had forgotten it was called Conservation but could have easily found that by searching for "Piaget"
First and second results for "child pour liquid tall container" left me with no questions, LOL
it turned out that we even wanted simple googleable answers as long as they were comprehensive
because if you think about it, down the road google will index the answer and when someone searches for it, it will send them to cogsci.se instead of the other site you just went to
Hm, okay! You agree @Ben? A simple question like "What was the experiment where you pour liquid from a tall container to a short fat one and ask a child which has more" is okay, or is it too basic?
like the discussion that led to me creating the question "What is a modal dialog window"
simple and google-able, but part of a catalog of knowledge that is on our site that keeps people coming to our site instead of the next guy in the google resutls
From Developmental psychology 101 I remember an experiment where the person conducting the experiment would pour liquid from a tall, narrow container into a short, narrow container and ask a child if the volume of the liquid had changed... or something similar to that. I can't remember if it actu...
@MattRockwell LOL thanks. I actually had forgotten if the water was poured or not, but I believed it was otherwise even an adult could be wrong. It's been 12 years since I took a psychology course, LOL.
I also forgot it could be done with play-dough and the like
I figured this might be useful, espescially during the beta while we define what is on- and off-topic and seed this site with initial content:
What are some useful references for us to use in asking / answering / researching /questions?
EDIT: I now think this discussion is not constructive and ...
The APA has a broad overview of Why Sleep is Important on their site.
Sleep occurs in discrete Sleep Stages which all have their purpose. Consider asking about specific sleep stages as research related to specific stages exist.
The most important parts of sleep are the REM and Deep Sleep stages...
Sleep is an extremely expansive topic with relatively few conclusive answers. It's a good start though, there are many interesting questions to ask about sleep
By the way, if you want to have trouble sleeping tonight, I suggest you read this and other resources about Fatal Familial Insomnia to remind you how important sleep is
@Josh Now that I've answered it would be a conflict of interest :) I'd rather see how the community reacts, personally I prefer to answer such questions if at all possible and/or prompt the user to ask more specific ones
@BenBrocka Yeah, I totally see what you mean. I'm going to read the excellent links you provided and I'm sure that will give me some more specific questions!
@Josh uh ... 3 hours 30 minutes or something. During the busiest periods around 2 times a week. The disadvantage of studying in The Netherlands I guess.
... who is now working in England, so I'm commuting there as well every now and then. :O
Coming to think of it, I should post a question on the psychological effects of travelling like that. I don't really have any place I can call 'home' anymore.
But that might be off-topic as 'personal development'.
Usually I don't post questions without doing research myself first. I'll post only when we have a lack of questions, which isn't the case now.
Don't have time for research, encountered another paper while browsing around which I just have to incorporate into my thesis. Another 18 pages to digest.
... booh! Another one of my crazy ideas got down voted. At least I could return the favor.
Both disciplines have historically been at eachother's throat, Radical Behaviorists like B.F. Skinner often completely reject cognitive psychology at a philosophical level.
It seems that today Behaviorism has largely fallen by the wayside but certain principles like Operant Conditioning remain e...
I still find Piaget's experiment fascinating, even though I have learned it and seen kids not know the amount is the same, it's still amazing to watch them get the answer wrong :-)
Almost as fun is to watch stupid Developmental Psychology students find a kid who is too old, and press him to answer the question wrong, lol
"They *do* have the same amount of water? Are you *sure?* Doesn't this one have more? It's taller!" "Yeah, you just poured the water from that one, I saw you! I'm eight years old, and you're in college, and you think that one has more? Boy you're stupid!"
Well, you know my stance on that I guess. I agree that we better open up the site for a wider audience, as long as the answers are accurate and scientific.
@BenBrocka Only now? :) That's why I refrained from posting too easy questions for the time being. There's plenty of better ones which can be answered first at the moment.
Yesterday I've been looking through meta SO for some guidance on this, and it seems there is no consensus on this matter at all.
The general guidelines from the faq are:
To prevent your question from being flagged and possibly removed,
avoid asking subjective questions where …
ever...
What exactly is a modal dialog window and when should you use it? Are there certain cases where you should refrain from using one?
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