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| Posted by: | Hans IJzerman |
| Title/Position: | Assistant Professor |
| School/Organization: | Tilburg University |
| Sent to listserv of: | SPSP, SESP, SPSSI |
| Date posted: | October 10th, 2012 |
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Dear Colleagues,
We hope to be able to offer you the iPhone/Android app of the year. We have developed an iPhone and Android app that we hope you can use to support in your teaching of social psychology students. The app offers a statement on social psychological research every day, with elaborate explanations (and the references!) the day after and feedback on whether the person was correct or not. The statements that have been developed by a team consisting of Daniel Sude, Justin Saddlemyer, Justin Cheng, Ellie Shockley, Kasey van Tyne, Laura Finch, and Hans IJzerman. People using the app can compete with one another in their own groups (such as a class) and compare how well they have done.
We tried to keep the app as cheap as possible (99 cents for iPhone and free for Android). Please note that In-Mind Foundation is a non-profit foundation and the income generated will mostly go to the development of the app and to further supporting our website. Though the app provides brief and simplified statements, it is really meant to get students interested in learning more about all the complexities of human behavior. Part of this we hope will be accomplished by the explanations provided. We further hope that the app may motivate your students (even) more in your classes. Below you will find the description of the app.
You can download the app here:
Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.wligtenberg.inmind.quiz
iPhone:
http://itunes.apple.com/nl/app/social-knowledge-the-game/id561508167?mt=8
Best wishes and enjoy playing!
Hans IJzerman
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The app according to the experts:
John Cacioppo, the Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago and founder of the field of social neuroscience: “Think you know people? Think again. This fun and educational app provides provides new insights into how people think and why they (and you) act as they do.”
Harry Reis, former president of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology and professor at the University of Rochester: “What a great way to have fun and learn something, too.”
What do YOU know about people? Do you think that you know the human psyche? And, do you know the human psyche better than your friends?
Here's the app that will put your mind to the test. Social K assesses your knowledge about human behavior and teaches you facts that you may have never known!
New scientific findings, classical theories - brought to you in an accessible way: Every day, you receive a claim about how humans act, feel, and think. We ask you: Is it true? The next day we'll tell you whether you were correct and you will also know how you compare to others.
Social Knowledge is the first app of its kind and tests your understanding of scientific findings in the most fun way. You can even use it as a teaching aid!
The content of Social K was developed by the In-Mind Foundation, an organization run by scientists devoted to provide edutainment on social psychology, bringing science to you in the most fun way. The scientists work at prestigious universities worldwide, distilling scientific findings for you. Humans are innately social - and ALL feelings, behaviors, and thoughts are inherently influenced by their social context. Now you get to know how.
Main features:
* Plain and simple: A daily claim on human social behavior
* Develop your personal knowledge regarding social behavior
* No self-help books for you. Learn how humans behave
* Compare your knowledge against people worldwide
* Compare your knowledge against your friends/classroom
* Pride yourself by showing your knowledge on Twitter
* Transform your iPhone into your own psychology professor
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