Re: Fwd: A favor
First, on the after images: I don't know why green and orange were chosen, because they are not opponents. (orange is opposite purple-ish blue) If the student looked at orange and then green, the green should have been shifted toward blue. If the adapting patch was smaller than the test patch, then it would have stood out. If they were the same size, it could have been missed. Then looking at white would have given red. Looking at three patches in a row introduces complications, because the effects of adapting to the orange add/subtract to the effects of adapting to green, depending on time. Stick to red--white, green--white. Concerning the taste experiment: If PTC was the only bitter substance tested, then he is probably PTC blind--not at all unusual. (And probably not the trigger of a migraine.) If so, he would be less sensitive to other bitters (coffee, etc) but not insensitive. Oil of almond may be bitter, but it is also a strong olfactory stimulus. You should use something like quinine. Why do the taste map? This is a caraciture of actual differences in taste senstivity over the tongue as has been discussed several times on this list. Differences in threshold are small--only on the order of 2 or 3 to 1 from place to place (except the center of the tongue, which is insensitive to taste.) They would probably be missed in any small study. Differences in suprathreshold magnitudes would also be difficult to measure accurately in such a demonstration. don Donald McBurney University of Pittsburgh Jim Matiya wrote: Jim MatiyaCarl Sandburg High School 131st and LaGrange Road Orland Park, IL 60462 Lewis University. Romeoville, IL Moraine Valley Comm. College. Palos Hills, IL Illinois Virtual High School. Cyberspace? [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Webpages: http://www.d230.org/cs/matiya >From: "Jodi Gabert"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: A favor >Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 15:41:16 -0400 > >Hi Jim, >For some reason, TIPS is not working for me, can't even access the home site. Anyhow, could you post a question for me? > >Recently, my hs intro psychology class finished a sensory lab (taste map, two point threshold, etc). One of my students came to me and appologized because he could not see an afterimage when asked to focus on an orange and then a green strip of paper then look at a white sheet of paper. >He isn't color blind,we checked that out. But what specifically would cause the inability not to see an afterimage? >Also, same kid, different question. When we did a supertaster lab (used PTC paper), he recorded no sense of bitter, the next day he asked if there could be a delayed reaction to PTC paper because three hours later he had a migrane. I told him to not do the bitter (oil of almond) taste map in the lab because of my concerns it could trigger a migrane. He did and had no aftereffect. >Can any Tipsters help me out? > >Jodi Gabert >Reed City HS >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Thanks Jim, hopefully I'll be able to access TIPS all by myself soon. But you didn't answer my last question.. >Where do you get the Freud Bobbleheads??? Instant message during games with MSN Messenger 6.0. Download it now FREE! --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
visualizing goals
Subject: Need Help From: Annette Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 13:10:38 -0700 (PDT) X-Message-Number: 3 Hi everyone: I need help again. My son's hockey coach has asked me to put together a little program to give to the players--14 to 16 years old--about the use of visualization to help with their performance. I think he wants a presentation and handout. (He thinks because I teach psychology I KNOW these things!) Ok I'm going out on a limb here (catch me Shirley McClain). However I remember hearing in the early 1980's how the Dallas Cowboys used visualization with a Samahdi flotation tank. It apparently started with the kicker, Rafael Septien. While floating in the tank he was shown highlight films of himself kicking perfect field goals and extra points. During this time he had 3 seasons where he made 100% of his point after kicks. H scored in the 90's the other seasons. He also made between 60 and 80% of his field goals. According to announcers of the day, the Cowboys also used this techniques with Tony Dorsett and other players to help them visualize themselves making perfect runs or perfect tackles. http://www.cadt.de/reading/Floater.htm Ok, so you don't have $1700-$10,000 for a tank. It seems to me that if you simply recorded the players games and practices. Edit the tape down to their most perfect performances and have them watch these tapes in a relaxed state, you should get the same effect. Anyone want to apply to the INSTITUTE NOETIC SCIENCES for a grant? -- Herb Coleman Instructional Technology Manager Adjunct Psychology Professor Austin Community College [EMAIL PROTECTED] 512-223-3076 * * Every action has a connected and directed * * pre-action. * * -Herb Coleman after seeing Bowling for Columbine --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Zimbardo: A World Transformed, indeed by the son of a gun
Can anybody confirm that this came from Zimbardo, and that the quote is accurate? Patrick ** Patrick O. Dolan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Psychology Drew University Madison, NJ 07940 973-408-3558 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** -- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 14:16:09 -0700 From: Phil Zimbardo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fwd: A World Transformed, indeed by the son of a gun 10 6 03 YOU MIGHT FIND THIS STATEMENT BY GEORGE BUSH SENIOR IN HIS MEMOIRS, WORLD TRANSFORMED NTERESTING ABOUT WHY HE DECIDED NOT TO TRY TO ELIMINATE SADDAM HUSSEIN WHEN U. S. FORCES COULD HAVE DONE SO AFTER THE GULF WAR. In his memoirs, written five years ago, George Bush, Senior, wrote the following to explain why he didn't go after Saddam Hussein at the end of the Gulf War. Trying to eliminate Saddam...would have incurred incalculable human and political costs. Apprehending him was probably impossible We would have been forced to occupy Baghdad and, in effect, rule Iraq there was no viable exit strategy we could see, violating another of our principles. Furthermore, we had been self-consciously trying to set a pattern for handling aggression in the post-Cold War world. Going in and occupying Iraq, thus unilaterally exceeding the United Nations' mandate, would have destroyed the precedent of international response to aggression that we hoped to establish. Had we gone the invasion route, the United States could conceivably still be an occupying power in a bitterly hostile land. [If only his son had read his father's memoirs, or some say if only his son could read.] Phil Zimbardo Cordially, Philip Zimbardo, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305 (650) 723 7498 home fax: (415) 673-2294 - www.zimbardo.com www.prisonexp.org www.shyness.com www.psychologymatters.org --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I need help finding photos (non-teaching related)
Hi Rod: You might try the news service archives; there were some very dramatic pictorial collections publishes online shortly after we went into Iraq that were extremely dramatic. Annette Quoting Hetzel, Rod [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hey folks. I'm putting together a powerpoint file for a talk I'm giving soon on emotions and coping. I need to find real life photos with real life people going through real life difficult times. I'm not looking for anything staged or posed like you might see in some advertisements. Anyone know of any websites that has this kind of stuff? I'm finding some stuff at images.google.com, but it is pretty much hit and miss. Thanks in advance for this non-teaching request! Rod __ Roderick D. Hetzel, Ph.D. Department of Psychology LeTourneau University Post Office Box 7001 2100 South Mobberly Avenue Longview, Texas 75607-7001 Office: Education Center 218 Phone:903-233-3893 Fax: 903-233-3851 Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.letu.edu/people/rodhetzel --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Department of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: I need help finding photos (non-teaching related)
Thanks Annette...And this is a dumb question, but how do I find these news service archives? I've tried looking at places like www.cnn.com or www.time.com but it's still pretty hit or miss in terms of finding decent photos. Rod __ Roderick D. Hetzel, Ph.D. Department of Psychology LeTourneau University Post Office Box 7001 2100 South Mobberly Avenue Longview, Texas 75607-7001 Office: Education Center 218 Phone:903-233-3893 Fax: 903-233-3851 Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.letu.edu/people/rodhetzel -Original Message- From: Annette Taylor, Ph. D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 10:32 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: Re: I need help finding photos (non-teaching related) Hi Rod: You might try the news service archives; there were some very dramatic pictorial collections publishes online shortly after we went into Iraq that were extremely dramatic. Annette Quoting Hetzel, Rod [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hey folks. I'm putting together a powerpoint file for a talk I'm giving soon on emotions and coping. I need to find real life photos with real life people going through real life difficult times. I'm not looking for anything staged or posed like you might see in some advertisements. Anyone know of any websites that has this kind of stuff? I'm finding some stuff at images.google.com, but it is pretty much hit and miss. Thanks in advance for this non-teaching request! Rod __ Roderick D. Hetzel, Ph.D. Department of Psychology LeTourneau University Post Office Box 7001 2100 South Mobberly Avenue Longview, Texas 75607-7001 Office: Education Center 218 Phone:903-233-3893 Fax: 903-233-3851 Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.letu.edu/people/rodhetzel --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Department of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Zimbardo: A World Transformed, indeed by the son of a gun
H'mm. Interesting. I have received this same message, forwarded by friends, at least twice. But, it was unattributed. We should just ask Phil. Patricia Keith-Spiegel - Original Message - From: "Patrick O. Dolan" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2003 7:43 am Subject: Zimbardo: A World Transformed, indeed by the son of a gun Can anybody confirm that this came from Zimbardo, and that the quote is accurate? Patrick ** Patrick O. Dolan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Psychology Drew University Madison, NJ 07940 973-408-3558 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** -- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 14:16:09 -0700 From: Phil Zimbardo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fwd: A World Transformed, indeed by the son of a gun10 6 03 YOU MIGHT FIND THIS STATEMENT BY GEORGE BUSH SENIOR IN HIS MEMOIRS, " WORLD TRANSFORMED" NTERESTING ABOUT WHY HE DECIDED NOT TO TRY TO ELIMINATE SADDAM HUSSEIN WHEN U. S. FORCES COULD HAVE DONE SO AFTER THE GULF WAR. In his memoirs, " written five years ago, George Bush, Senior, wrote the following to explain why he didn't go after Saddam Hussein at the end of the Gulf War. "Trying to eliminate Saddam...would have incurred incalculable human and political costs. Apprehending him was probably impossible We would have been forced to occupy Baghdad and, in effect, rule Iraq there was no viable "exit strategy" we could see, violating another of our principles. Furthermore, we had been self-consciously trying to set a pattern for handling aggression in the post-Cold War world. Going in and occupying Iraq, thus unilaterally exceeding the United Nations' mandate, would have destroyed the precedent of international response to aggression that we hoped to establish. Had we gone the invasion route, the United States could conceivably still be an occupying power in a bitterly hostile land." [If only his son had read his father's memoirs, or some say if only his son could read.] Phil ZimbardoCordially, Philip Zimbardo, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305 (650) 723 7498 home fax: (415) 673-2294 - www.zimbardo.com www.prisonexp.org www.shyness.com www.psychologymatters.org--- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-tips- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
this time want opinions
I call on tipsters collective wisdom again. This weekend is Borders 25% off sale (I think it's a nationwide event) for educators--usually they exclude college faculty but this one includes us. I have a long wishlist on my Amazon cite that I am copying in below and would like it if any of you have a strong feeling one way or another about any of these books if you could speak up. I don't need a long discussion, just a yay or a nay is pretty good from most of you who reply regularly. I trust you. But my list has gotten overwhelming and I'll be lucky if I can afford 3 or 4 books-- if they can get them in stock by then! Thanks Annette Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do by Studs Terkel Star Trek on the Brain: Alien Minds, Human Minds by Robert Sekuler, et al The Skeptic's Dictionary: A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous Delusions by Robert Todd Carroll (Author), Robert T. Carroll Hemispheric Asymmetry: What's Right and What's Left by Joseph B. Hellige Usually ships in 24 hours Blaming the Brain : The Truth About Drugs and Mental Health by Elliot Valenstein (Author) Punished By Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes by Alfie Kohn (Author) Encounters With the Paranormal: Science, Knowledge, and Belief by Kendrick Frazier (Editor) Rocks of Ages: Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life by Stephen Jay Gould Your God Is Too Small by J. B. Phillips Psychology Through the Eyes of Faith by David Myers (Author) What's Right With Feminism by Elaine Storkey Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason by Michel Foucault Remembering Trauma by Richard J. McNally Seductive Mirage: An Exploration of the Work of Sigmund Freud by Allen Esterson Unauthorized Freud: Doubters Confront a Legend by Frederick Crews (Editor) Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good About Themselves but Can't Read, Write, or Add by Charles J. Sykes The Feel-Good Curriculum: The Dumbing Down of America's Kids in the Name of Self-Esteem by Maureen, Ph.D. Stout, Ph.D., Maureen Stout Science and Pseudoscience in Clinical Psychology by Scott O. Lilienfeld (Editor), et al Everyday Statistical Reasoning: Possibilities and Pitfalls (College Version) by Timothy J. Lawson Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Department of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: agenesis of corpus callosum
Hi This topic caught my interest and since I am somewhat of a tangential thinker, I thought that I'd pass along a somewhat relevant tidbit of information. An article on the original Rain Man conveys details of the neurological damage of the person who inspired the story. Kim Peek was born on November 11, 1951. He had an enlarged head, with an encephalocele, according to his doctors. An MRI shows, again according to his doctors, an absent corpus callosum--the connecting tissue between the left and right hemispheres; no anterior commissure and damage to the cerebellum. Only a thin layer of skull covers the area of the previous encephalocele. (Source: http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/savant/kimpeek.cfm) I'd recommend this site for all students of neuropsychology. It's certainly a great example of how a person can adapt to major structural damage. More reading on savants can be found at http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/savant/topics.cfm . -Duncan Duncan H. Blackman, M.A., Registered Psychologist Consultant, Psychological Services Valley View Centre Box 1300 Moose Jaw, SK S6H 4R2 Canada 306-694-3041(work) 306-694-3003 (fax) 306-631-4500 (cell) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
self harm
Dear Tipsters, In regards to self harm, If someone has for many years placed a boiling hot water bottle upon their stomach (with no cover) with the intention to self harm, which it did initally, but now after many years, doing it daily, it causes no pain. would it still be considered self harm? although it doesnt cause the person any pain now, only comfort. Alexia --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: visualizing goals
I have been watching this thread, but I can't help noting that sports teams are famous for following pseudoscientific fads. When Sid Thrift was general manager (?) of the Pittsburgh Pirates, he made the underside of the bill of their caps green because that was a calming color, had players do eye movement exercises, etc. I don't recall just when this was, but their record didn't imrove. When Johnny Majors was coach of the Pittsburgh Panthers (the second time--he won the national championship the first time, as I recall) he was not having much success. One of his people approached me because Coach was considering hiring Silva Mind Control to help motivate the players. (SMC was started by a kingergarten dropout and involves lots of new age techniques.) I recommended against it, but have no idea whether they hired them. They lost, in any case.(and Majors was eventually fired). I am sure this is the corner of the tip of a very large iceberg. don Donald McBurney Herb Coleman wrote: Subject: Need Help From: Annette Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 13:10:38 -0700 (PDT) X-Message-Number: 3 Hi everyone: I need help again. My son's hockey coach has asked me to put together a little program to give to the players--14 to 16 years old--about the use of visualization to help with their performance. I think he wants a presentation and handout. (He thinks because I teach psychology I KNOW these things!) Ok I'm going out on a limb here (catch me Shirley McClain). However I remember hearing in the early 1980's how the Dallas Cowboys used visualization with a Samahdi flotation tank. It apparently started with the kicker, Rafael Septien. While floating in the tank he was shown highlight films of himself kicking perfect field goals and extra points. During this time he had 3 seasons where he made 100% of his point after kicks. H scored in the 90's the other seasons. He also made between 60 and 80% of his field goals. According to announcers of the day, the Cowboys also used this techniques with Tony Dorsett and other players to help them visualize themselves making perfect runs or perfect tackles. http://www.cadt.de/reading/Floater.htm Ok, so you don't have $1700-$10,000 for a tank. It seems to me that if you simply recorded the players games and practices. Edit the tape down to their most perfect performances and have them watch these tapes in a relaxed state, you should get the same effect. Anyone want to apply to the INSTITUTE NOETIC SCIENCES for a grant? -- Herb Coleman Instructional Technology Manager Adjunct Psychology Professor Austin Community College [EMAIL PROTECTED] 512-223-3076 * * Every action has a connected and directed * * pre-action. * * -Herb Coleman after seeing Bowling for Columbine --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: visualizing goals
On 7 Oct 2003, Donald McBurney wrote: I have been watching this thread, but I can't help noting that sports teams are famous for following pseudoscientific fads. snip I am sure this is the corner of the tip of a very large iceberg. Another tip of the iceberg to the prohibition against having sex before a game (supposedly drains your strength or something). I recall someone pointing out that the problem wasn't the sex itself but what you had to do in order to get it that impaired your athletic performance. Stephen __ Stephen L. Black, Ph.D.tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at http://www.frostburg.edu/dept/psyc/southerly/tips _ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: self harm
It depends on whether you are looking at the behavior (hot water bottle on the stomach) or at the objective results (tissue destruction). We know the behavior has been reinforced from the beginning simply because it recurred. Nothing has changed now that less tissue damage is being done. It may not look like your idea of fun but all we have to go by is the recurrence of the behavior to see that it is being reinforced. Pain is simply a signal being sent to our brain to tell us that one of our members is in danger of being damaged. It may be that the pain sensors have been disabled by the repeated burning so that they can't send their message. That doesn't mean that damage is not still being done. In fact, a part of the body that is insensitive to pain is likely to suffer more harm than a part that is sensitive to pain. So, in answer to the question, is it still self-harm?, I would say that it is self-harm if there is tissue damage even if the person feels no pain. Rick Dr. Rick Froman Associate Professor of Psychology John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 (479) 524-7295 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.jbu.edu/academics/sbs/rfroman.asp -Original Message- From: alexia elliott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 11:52 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: self harm Dear Tipsters, In regards to self harm, If someone has for many years placed a boiling hot water bottle upon their stomach (with no cover) with the intention to self harm, which it did initally, but now after many years, doing it daily, it causes no pain. would it still be considered self harm? although it doesnt cause the person any pain now, only comfort. Alexia --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: visualizing goals
Stephen Black wrote: On 7 Oct 2003, Donald McBurney wrote: I have been watching this thread, but I can't help noting that sports teams are famous for following pseudoscientific fads. snip I am sure this is the corner of the tip of a very large iceberg. Another tip of the iceberg to the prohibition against having sex before a game (supposedly drains your strength or something). I recall someone pointing out that the problem wasn't the sex itself but what you had to do in order to get it that impaired your athletic performance. I am trying hard to visualize what you mean. :-) don Stephen __ Stephen L. Black, Ph.D.tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at http://www.frostburg.edu/dept/psyc/southerly/tips _ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: self harm
Dear Rick, Thankyou very much, Makes perfect sense, you have been a great help Regards Alexia - FIGHT BACK AGAINST SPAM! Download Spam Inspector, the Award Winning Anti-Spam Filter http://mail.giantcompany.com - Original Message - From: Rick Froman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 6:41 PM Subject: RE: self harm It depends on whether you are looking at the behavior (hot water bottle on the stomach) or at the objective results (tissue destruction). We know the behavior has been reinforced from the beginning simply because it recurred. Nothing has changed now that less tissue damage is being done. It may not look like your idea of fun but all we have to go by is the recurrence of the behavior to see that it is being reinforced. Pain is simply a signal being sent to our brain to tell us that one of our members is in danger of being damaged. It may be that the pain sensors have been disabled by the repeated burning so that they can't send their message. That doesn't mean that damage is not still being done. In fact, a part of the body that is insensitive to pain is likely to suffer more harm than a part that is sensitive to pain. So, in answer to the question, is it still self-harm?, I would say that it is self-harm if there is tissue damage even if the person feels no pain. Rick Dr. Rick Froman Associate Professor of Psychology John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 (479) 524-7295 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.jbu.edu/academics/sbs/rfroman.asp -Original Message- From: alexia elliott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 11:52 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: self harm Dear Tipsters, In regards to self harm, If someone has for many years placed a boiling hot water bottle upon their stomach (with no cover) with the intention to self harm, which it did initally, but now after many years, doing it daily, it causes no pain. would it still be considered self harm? although it doesnt cause the person any pain now, only comfort. Alexia --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Zimbardo: A World Transformed, indeed by the son of a gun
Hi Tipsters, Iwrote to Dr Zimbardo and asked if he wrote the message that Pat Dolan posted this afternoon. He told that yes he did. Jim Jim Matiya Carl Sandburg High School 131st and LaGrange Road Orland Park, IL 60462 Lewis University. Romeoville, IL Moraine Valley Comm. College. Palos Hills, IL Illinois Virtual High School. Cyberspace? [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Webpages: http://www.d230.org/cs/matiya From: "Patrick O. Dolan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Zimbardo: A World Transformed, indeed by the son of a gun Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 10:43:42 -0400 Can anybody confirm that this came from Zimbardo, and that the quote is accurate? Patrick ** Patrick O. Dolan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Psychology Drew University Madison, NJ 07940 973-408-3558 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** -- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 14:16:09 -0700 From: Phil Zimbardo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fwd: A World Transformed, indeed by the son of a gun 10 6 03 YOU MIGHT FIND THIS STATEMENT BY GEORGE BUSH SENIOR IN HIS MEMOIRS, " WORLD TRANSFORMED" NTERESTING ABOUT WHY HE DECIDED NOT TO TRY TO ELIMINATE SADDAM HUSSEIN WHEN U. S. FORCES COULD HAVE DONE SO AFTER THE GULF WAR. In his memoirs, " written five years ago, George Bush, Senior, wrote the following to explain why he didn't go after Saddam Hussein at the end of the Gulf War. "Trying to eliminate Saddam...would have incurred incalculable human and political costs. Apprehending him was probably impossible We would have been forced to occupy Baghdad and, in effect, rule Iraq there was no viable "exit strategy" we could see, violating another of our principles. Furthermore, we had been self-consciously trying to set a pattern for handling aggression in the post-Cold War world. Going in and occupying Iraq, thus unilaterally exceeding the United Nations' mandate, would have destroyed the precedent of international response to aggression that we hoped to establish. Had we gone the invasion route, the United States could conceivably still be an occupying power in a bitterly hostile land." [If only his son had read his father's memoirs, or some say if only his son could read.] Phil Zimbardo Cordially, Philip Zimbardo, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305 (650) 723 7498 home fax: (415) 673-2294 - www.zimbardo.com www.prisonexp.org www.shyness.com www.psychologymatters.org --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Share your photos without swamping your Inbox. Get Hotmail Extra Storage today! --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: moving circles illusion
Hi Natalie, For whatever reasons, i seem to know that Baingio Pinna is credited with this illusion. From Discover magazine"Vision researchers Baingio Pinna and Gavin Brelstaff theorize that illusory rotation arises from the brain's strategy of making certain neurons responsible for detecting both the orientation and the direction of movement of visual lines and curves. Neurons in the visual cortex of the brain are organized into subgroups, each of which responds best to lines oriented at a specific angle. Neurons that "prefer" the particular angle of an object viewed at any given moment are more active than those preferring other orientations. A subgroup of visual neurons gets most excited when a line with a preferred orientation is in motion and the direction of that motion is at a right angle to the line's orientation. Just as the brain determines the orientation of objects by "looking" at which groups of orientation-selective neurons are active, it also assesses the direction of motion of objects by the activity of those same nerve cells. This doubling up of orientation and motion detection works great if a line is moving at right angles to its orientation, but if the line is moving in any other direction, the brain gets confused." jim Jim Matiya Carl Sandburg High School 131st and LaGrange Road Orland Park, IL 60462 Lewis University. Romeoville, IL Moraine Valley Comm. College. Palos Hills, IL Illinois Virtual High School. Cyberspace? [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Webpages: http://www.d230.org/cs/matiya From: "Nathalie Cote" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: moving circles illusion Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 17:11:45 -0400 http://www.optillusions.com/dp/1-26.htm Hi, TIPS, I understand most of the perceptual illusions, and maybe I'm just having a brain lapse, but I just can't seem to come up with the explanation of the illusion at the link above. There are two concentric circles made of small diamond shapes, with light and dark shadows on one edge of the diamonds in the inner circle and on the opposite edge of the diamonds making the outer circle. When you move your head back and forth, the circles appear to move in opposite directions. I've looked through past TIPS emails but I don't see anything other than Jim Matiya mentioning a similar illusion to Ron Blue. I'd look it up in PsycInfo but I don't know what to call it. Could you please explain it or point me to an explanation? Thanks. Nathalie * Nathalie Cote', Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology Belmont Abbey College 100 Belmont - Mt. Holly Rd. Belmont, NC 28012 Tel 704-825-6754 Fax 704-825-6239 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get McAfee virus scanning and cleaning of incoming attachments. Get Hotmail Extra Storage! --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
