Happily, this doesn't seem to happen much anymore in my classrooms. I wish
this indicated that bigotry is on its way out, but unhappily, I think it's
alive and more than well. (My new hobby is to count the number of times a
story that is rooted in intolerance appears on the front page of the
Hi Y'all,
Stephen Black wrote:
I think the point of Judy Wilson's message was that she had heard
more than enough about Michael Sylvester, and preferred that we get
back to the teaching of psychology. I couldn't agree more. So I'm
sure Judy won't be looking forward to a new discussion of
Hi Again,
Stephen Black wrote:
Personally, I don't think any of his posts are anti-semitic. When we
are too quick to make this accusation it trivializes real anti-
semitism.
I would have to disagree with Stephen here and note that I have a great
deal of respect for our esteemed colleague.
A recent post by Don McBurney to this list cited the text Human
Sexuality: A Holistic Approach (2002) by David Putz.
I couldn't help but notice the intriguing correspondence between the
author's surname and the topic of his book. One wonders if there's a
causal relationship here. Note that I
Anybody else wishing they had put more
thought into the naming of their children?
Doug
Doug Peterson
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The University of South
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Anybody else wishing they had put more thought into the naming of their
children?
Doug
I guess I'll have to keep one of my son's away from lumber yards, zoos,
and from forming any undue fondness for the weather channel, then.
But in a serious vein, I'll have to check out that JPSP
OK, so your son's name is Plywood Tiger Typhoon?
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From: Michael Anes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Mon 3/29/2004 10:23 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
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Subject:RE: Surname and academic/research correlation
Anybody else
Yes, you got it!
And I apologize to the list for my misplaced apostrophe; that's the
kind of mistake I admonish my students not to make - I must've been
thinking possesively at the time.
Michael
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/29/04 11:40AM
OK, so your son's name is Plywood Tiger Typhoon?
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In a similar vein, my favorite name for a cognitive psychologist was
always Martin Braine.
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Christopher D. Green
Department of Psychology
York University
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Canada
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And then there are the Dr. Doctors. I know 2 of them.
Tricia
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From: Christopher D. Green [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 10:10 AM
Subject: Re: Surname and academic/research correlation
In a
I've told people that if my last name were Martin, then I would need to
become the Dean of a university so people could call me Dean Martin.
And I also met a psychologist once whose last name was Holiday. As you
might have guessed, he went by Doc Holiday.
A local dentist that I do not use: Dr. Hurt.
Dennis
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From: Patricia Spiegel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 1:20 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Subject: Re: Surname and academic/research correlation
And then there are the Dr.
I also know a pain specialist by the name of Dr. Payne.
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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:
I do go regularly to a Dr. Graves. So far so good.
Paul Smith
Alverno College
Milwaukee
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From: Dennis Goff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 12:27 PM
Subject: RE: Surname and academic/research
The former bursar at our institution was Nancy Graft. The current one is
David Necessary. These are two important people dealing with monies.
Eliot Butter
University of Dayton
Dayton, OH
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From: Paul Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 1:29 PM
I can't resist on this one! My childhood dentist's name- Why Dr. Payne,
of course. Kept telling my mom he was hurting me- Of course, you can
guess that got a, Now, now- dentist do hurt but it is normal. At least
till he shot himself (fatally) and it came out he was
sadomasochistic.(Old memory and
A colleague reminded me about the sex and gender-role research by B. I.
Fagot.
Ken
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Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu
Appalachian State
I went to a general surgeon once named Dr. Moen and an oral surgeon named Dr. Payne.
And then there's the neuroscientist Timothy Pons. Personally, if I had to name my
children all over again, I might choose something along the lines of Aphasia or
Alexia. Or maybe not.
Carol
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I once knew a grad student named Maida Semen. Parents can be very cruel.
-Don.
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From: DeVolder Carol L [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 11:14 AM
Subject: RE: Surname and academic/research
Several years ago I supervised research by one of my undergraduate students
on audioanalgesia, the use of music to reduce pain. Though a lot of our
undergraduate studies eventually result in conference presentations or
publications, this one never did--to my great disappointment. I would have
When I was in Buffalo there was a professor who taught a sexuality course
named Lick. Also in Buffalo there's a funeral home called Amigone.
Gary J. Klatsky, Ph. D.
Director, Human Computer Interaction M.A. Program
Department of Psychology[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Oswego State University
When I was living in PA, I went to a podiatrist named Dr. Hand.
Gary Klatsky wrote:
When I was in Buffalo there was a professor who taught a sexuality course
named Lick. Also in Buffalo there's a funeral home called Amigone.
Gary J. Klatsky, Ph. D.
Director, Human Computer Interaction M.A.
Dear Tipsters,
This is the title of an article by Casler (1975l Psychological Reports,
36, 467-472). He lists many interesting examples of connections
between names and occupations (along the lines of the present
posts), and I leave you to discover this treasure trove. There are
also two
Ah, the wonders and ironies of TIPS. Having inadvertantly kicked off
this flurry of name-and-profession listing, I note that there was not
one response to the substance of my posting, which I made in response to
a request for information about the evoutionary basis of homsexuality.
In any
If you check DSM you'll see that the presence of obsessions or
compulsions is sufficient for the disorder. If I recall correctly, the
it's a slight majority of the time that both are present.
David
At 03:45 PM 3/29/2004 -0600, you wrote:
Hi folks,
Enjoying the name thread, but I've got a question
Hi Michael,
As another tipster has mentioned, you can have only obsessions or only
compulsions. I have been told that only compulsions are a more common
presentation in childhood, but I have not seen research on the topic.
Obsessions only people have often been a hard group to treat (more
Gee, I have a different question about your question, as you've phrased it
below:
Quoting Michael Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
The action (repeating the alphabet over and over) helps
divert thinking
away from the frightening or inappropriate sexual or aggressive impulse, or
whatever
the case may
More recent formulations of OCD have a cognitive-behavioral
interpretation, with the obsessions being aversive, and the compulsions a
learned response to reduce the obsessions (negative reinforcement). The
cognitive aspects of obsessions have been related to selective attention
and other assorted
2) If memory serves, the presidential candidate with the longest
name usually wins. Bush/Gore predicts a tie. Ooops...
Hee,hee.
Another one on that line: I remember some research indicating that in 9 of
10 presidential elections, the taller candidate was elected president.
sorry G.W.! looks
Thanks David and Martha for your replies.
Perhaps David's response to your question helps Annette?
I can only tell you that I'm referring to OCD as it is described in an
Intro level textbook (Nairne, et al. 2004). The citations for the
interpretation
I gave are:
Jenike, M.A., Baer, L.,
It seems that this has not been forwarded to TIPS yet, so here it is.
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 03:27:51 -0500
From: Robert Spitzer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Richard J. McNally [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Elizabeth Loftus [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Letters to WW Norton Company from Robert Spitzer and
I agree: On which scale was the dependent variable measured? is my
guess for the student's wording concern - If that is the case, oh, I'd
like one to come up to me tomorrow and say that.
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Hopefully the student responded that the dependant variable didn't
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