Re: Children killed by parents

2002-01-08 Thread Mike Scoles
By what criterion are you judging other explanations to be better? An evolutionary explanation would appear to be more parsimonious. Faith Florer wrote: I agree that we discount the role of biology far too often. However, I still don't accept the evolutionary perspective if it states that

personality case studies

2002-01-08 Thread Retta Poe
TIPS-Colleagues - I am looking for one or more personality case studies on the web. I would like to direct my students in a personality theories course to read an online case history of a normal person and write about that person from the perspective of various personality theorists. I did

Re: personality case studies

2002-01-08 Thread tasha howe
My colleague teaches theories of personality and has his students read a novel and analyze one of the characters from two different personality theories. this could also be done with autobiographies of normal people. Retta Poe wrote: TIPS-Colleagues - I am looking for one or more

Re: personality case studies

2002-01-08 Thread Beth Benoit
I've had students use this assignment in Abnormal Psych. having students analyze characters in movies. I think I like the idea of characters from novels, but I KNOW what I'd hear: A book? Can we use a book we've already read, or do we HAVE to read a new one for this assignment? (As if I'd

Re: personality case studies

2002-01-08 Thread Melady Preece
When I was an undergraduate in a personality course at UCLA, we were assigned to keep a dream journal, and then interpret one of our dreams using different personality theories. I enjoyed it and still remember the dream I used. Melady Preece - Original Message - From: tasha howe [EMAIL

student's questio

2002-01-08 Thread Michael Sylvester
how inmportant is it to know names and dates for the tests? Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: student's questio

2002-01-08 Thread Stephen W Tuholski
I HATE THAT QUESTION. I'd like to say not at all important, unless you were planning on an 'A' for this class At 03:13 PM 01/08/2002 -0500, you wrote: how inmportant is it to know names and dates for the tests? Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently

Re: personality case studies

2002-01-08 Thread Michael Sylvester
I have a problem in using actors and actresses in personality assessment. Are we talking about the persons themselves or the characters they portray? It would seem that what we need to analyze is why those people chose to become actors and actresses? I am sure that the actor that played Ali

Voluntary list of TIPS members

2002-01-08 Thread FRANTZ, SUE
Hi all, I'm freshly back from NITOP (happy to have finally met several of you!) and am ready for another year. =) This is my semiannual message to remind you of the voluntary listing of TIPS members' e-mail addresses, websites, and affiliations.