Well, they are there to learn after all, he didn’t assume his students knew, and asked if they did. One guy in the class knew. Seems like it’s working itself out, and he just needs to keep that one loaded for later in the semester when people are primed to get it.
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lvxferre@mander.xyz 5 days ago
No one laughed, I’m too witty for this class.
Given how the cookie crumbles in plenty unis, odds are most of the class didn’t even know about the experiments, so they didn’t know enough to even notice the wit.
Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
lvxferre@mander.xyz 5 days ago
That’s fair, you’re right. I guess my comment was a bit too bitter.
I always expected people starting a uni course to at least know the very basics of the subject. You know, out of interest. For psychology it would be the basics of Freud (something dreams, id/ego/superego), Pavlov and Skinner (experiments with other animals, focus on behaviour instead of “mind”), Piaget (child development) etc.
But then your comment made me remember psychology classes are rather common for people from other graduations, specially when they’ll become teachers or professors.
AlphaOmega@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I would hope the professor would have at least chuckled.
TheFrogThatFlies@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Imagine he hears this joke everytime he makes the question…