Scott wrote:
Some good high-profile examples (although there are some differences in
some studies, which may be moderated by age of the samples in some
cases) of disorders showing few or minimal sex differences in most
epidemiological studies are schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and
Yes, and interestingly, I believe there's some good data indicating
that the hoarding subtype of OCD is marked by male predominance.
Interesting
...Scott
Allen Esterson wrote:
Scott wrote:
Some good high-profile examples (although there are some differences in
some studies,
TIPSters,
This morning I heard about this fascinating project in art/psychology: an
artist created a bunch of blank postcards on which people were invited to
write a secret they have never told anyone, and then anonymously mail it to
the artist. The range of secrets reveal an incredible panorama
Well it may be art but I don't see what it has to do with psychology. It
looks like just another cheap appeal to people's prurient interests. How
do you see this as relating to the psychological literature?
-Don.
Todd Nelson said:
TIPSters,
This morning I heard about this fascinating
I didn't think it appealed just to prurient interest. I can see two
psychological applications very easily: 1) the desire to feel that your
behavior is normal, and 2) deindividuation. Thus it might be useful in an
abnormal psych. class or in social psych.
When studying deindividuation, my
Like Todd I think the post cards are fascinating and provides a wealth
of interesting discussion points. What types of secrets do people
reveal? Are they big secrets or small secrets to us? To the person?
What roles do secrets play in people's lives? (lots of implications for
mental health
When I was a TA in grad school, we were instructed to do something similar as
an activity. We were to instruct the intro psych students to take a 3X5 card
and write down what they would do if nobody else would ever find out. I told
them their responses would remain anonymous but would be read
I have had a couple of disturbing offerings in the past and just chose not
to read those aloud in class. But I try not to be too censorious, since
part of the purpose of the exercise is to show how human behavior might be
much different if it weren't for the controls that society places on it.
Oh, and are you sure it was a young man? The divulger might have been
female - or old!!
(Okay, that's my 3 for the day, and the first in a long time.)
Beth Benoit
University System of New Hampshire
- Original Message -
From: DeVolder Carol L [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Teaching in the
Oh that is a funny story. I use that exercise in class too although the
point I make is that most people chose selfish or self-serving actions
when offered to do anything. The modal response of my students want to
listen in on other people's conversations to find out what they really
think.
Now aren't they precious! Of course any such ideas can be fodder for
psych study. We might discuss the way some surveys/questionnaires could
be designed when asking about hot or sensitive topics--illegal
behaviors, etc., and the response biases likely with the postcards? How
do social
Beth Benoit wrote:
Interestingly, despite the reported norm of having the confessions be
most likely to be sexual, my students always lean heavily toward I
would rob a bank. Perhaps for my students, money is more appealing
than illicit sex.
Money is less readily available ;-)
Ken
Hi
One of the dubious claims around this issue concerned how painful
death by starvation is supposed to be. Everything I have found
so far (e.g., hospice studies, holocaust victims, hunger
strikers, ...) suggests exactly the opposite; that is, people die
in a relatively quiet and peaceful
Dear Tipsters,
http://users.bigpond.net.au/icry/chapter_32.htm
This link contains a description of what happens to people like Bobby
Sands, who starved himself to death.
Stuart
Date sent: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 15:11:12 -0600 (CST)
From: jim clark [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi
On Fri, 1 Apr 2005, Stuart Mckelvie wrote:
http://users.bigpond.net.au/icry/chapter_32.htm
This link contains a description of what happens to people
like Bobby Sands, who starved himself to death.
Here is the relevant passage with respect to death by starvation:
Dear Jim,
Your contribution is thought-provoking. Could the context play a role in
what a starving person experiences? It could certainly play a role in the
way that the death is reported.
Stuart
Date sent: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 16:03:05 -0600 (CST)
From: jim clark
All of what I'm about to write is personally uncomfortable to me but it
seems to need to be said (to me anyway). It seems to me that the
description mentioned re Mr. Sands is rather politically motivated in
its description (not on the part of the poster but in its origins).
I.e., it is partly to
jim clark wrote:
On a side note (and a somewhat political one at that), if there
is any case that should give thoughtful people really serious
concern about George W Bush's so-called faith-based initiatives,
this would be it!
True, but at the same time, her death could as easily be read as the
But, folks, it was not starvation. It was dehydration. Removing the
feeding tube meant both food and water were removed. Death by
dehydration is much faster (not on the order of 30-40 days).
-Chuck
jim clark wrote:
On a side note (and a somewhat political one at that), if there
is any case
On Fri, 1 Apr 2005, Stuart Mckelvie wrote:
http://users.bigpond.net.au/icry/chapter_32.htm
This link contains a description of what happens to people
like Bobby Sands, who starved himself to death.
and Jim Clark countered:
The above description really differs markedly from
You might turn to the description of starvation by Charles Bukowski,
supposedly based on actual experience in a note on starvation
http://www.smog.net/writers/bukowski/vault/poem1977-10-15-a_note_upon_starvation.jpg
Bill Scott
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it seems to me that at some time tipsters mentioned that Barbara deAngelis has
her phd from the same mail order university as John Gray.
Does anyone have any specific details on this?
Here's the info, from http://www.wayneandtamara.com/johngray.htm :
John Gray's first wife,Barbara De
Actually, I've seen death by voluntary starvation before (in Vietnam and
in India) both times involving Buddhist monks engaged in a protest of war.
Contrary to many of the claims I've read, it need be neither gruesome or
painful. In both cases I observed (and others I've heard of from very
I have one more comment on this matter before I fall silent as Wittgenstein
recommends. And in deference to Claudia Stanny and despite the header of this
thread, my comments are intended generally rather than specifically directed at
Terri Schiavo's sad case now at last concluded.
Michael
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