Is there an equivalent in the research world for the social lubricant of a stiff drink at a bar?
Hypothesis: we shy away from researching what interests us most for a variety of reasons and one of these reasons is social cowardice. We know the really good stuff is rarely accepted or comfortable at first mention.
November’s chilly breeze has brought with it an insatiable curiosity to explore what lies just below the surface. This inkling started with a small comment Dr. Lamb made about the wildly vast amount of factors that create a single moment in a classroom, continued with the discussion of Night Science in Interdisciplinary Futures and has burrowed over the course of the semester.
The Journal of Topics I’d Like to but Will Not be Exploring
*Does having a crush on a classmate lead to higher or lower academic performance?
*How does the attractiveness level of an instructor impact student performance?
*Do lesbians make better workplace managers? This author is biased.
*Student Perceived Value: Is our program worth £32,000?
*The smartest person in the room: student perception on whether they are smarter than their classmates and if that matters
Let’s say you could publish research on anything you wanted and stay anonymous- what would you study? See you in the comments.
Rimjhim
9 December 2023 — 16:41
OMG every single question here is so interesting!
My take:
1. higher (you want to impress)
2. positively (but the attraction could be intellectual and not necessarily physical)
3. idk enough to answer this 🙁
4. did you mean £27000? or were you including accommodation costs? Either way, I would like to see if there is a methodology in answering this question.
5. Oh this is quite interesting! I am sure this plays in with psychology and cultures etc as well! But I think you are more likely to do better if you don’t think you’re the smartest in the room because you work harder?
Ahhh now I need a list like this of my own HEHE