: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 10:41 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Subject: RE: abnormal psychology assignment ideas
On 9 Jul 2002, Rod Hetzel wrote:
Hi Stephen: What are your thoughts on using Memento versus
Awakenings
for a section on Cognitive Disorders? I haven't seen
Hi everyone:
Pasted below my signature are two assignments that I use in my abnormal psychology
classes. They are both pretty popular with students. For the movie assignment, this
semester we have watched Girl Interrupted, As Good As It Gets, A Beautiful Mind, Clean
and Sober, and I'm still
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You might want to take a look at Brooke Cannon's web
site, Hollywood's Portrayal of Psychopathology: Movies for
Psychology students.:
http://home.epix.net/~tcannon1/psychopathmovies.htm
Retta
Rod Hetzel wrote:
Hi everyone:
Pasted below my signature are two assignments
: Stephen Black [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 9:55 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Subject: RE: abnormal psychology assignment ideas
On 9 Jul 2002, Rod Hetzel wrote:
For the movie assignment, this semester [in abnormal] we
have watched
Girl
Title: Message
Hi
everyone:
Can anyone
here provide me with some information on brain activity during
halluncinations. Specifically, what happens in the brain when one
experiences visual hallucinations (is there increased activity in the visual
cortex and visual association areas)? Also,
Jim:
This was an interesting study looking at the potential effect of intercessory prayer
on pregnancy rates in women being treated with in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer.
The results indicated that the intercessory prayer group had a higher pregnancy rate
as compared to the control
Just out of curioisty, how do we define random? Are we only able to define random
because we know some things are non-random? And, if so, is non-random equivalent to
order?
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Department of Psychology
LeTourneau University
Hi everyone:
This doesn't really address the teaching of psychology, so please feel free to delete
if you would like. Below is an interesting article that discusses one perspective on
the differences between fundamentalists and evangelicals. It is written from a
Christian perspective, but I
This doesn't really address the teaching of psychology, so please feel free to delete
if you would like. Below is an interesting article that discusses one perspective on
the differences between fundamentalists and evangelicals. It is written from a
Christian perspective, but I wonder if the
Paul made the following statements:
1. In the real world, optimism seems at least a bit more common in the nonbeliever
compared with the believer.
2. Belief in morality seems to be roughly as common in each group, perhaps with a
slight edge to the believers.
3. Actual moral
Hi everyone:
I believe that DID would be covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act. You
would need to have documented evidence that the student was actually diagnosed with
DID and then you would need to make reasonable accomodations for that particular
disability. Of course, I'm
On a related note, aren't personality disorders also covered by the ADA? Would we
also have to make reasonable accomodations for that disorder? What would the
accomodations be, say, for borderline personality disorder?
Rod
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Roderick D. Hetzel,
Hi TIPSters:
The following article has been circulating on various listserves. Does anyone here on
TIPS have any idea about the validity of the claims made in this article?
Rod Hetzel
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Department of Psychology
LeTourneau
I really agree with you on this one, Paul. As a student, my own graduations were
important to me. As a faculty member, they are still important to me. I really like
being able to celebrate graduation with my students. It's rewarding for me to see the
joy on their faces when they finish the
luck!
Rod Hetzel
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Department of Psychology
LeTourneau University
Post Office Box 7001
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Office: Heath-Hardwick Hall 115
Phone:903-233-3312
Fax: 903-233-3476
Email
: Re:
course evals"what, specifically, have you done to add to
the success or lack of success of the course?"
Rod Hetzel wrote:
Hi TIPSters:A couple months ago we had some discussions
about course evaluations and someone mentioned that they had added a sentence
to their evals
Title: Message
Hi
TIPSters:
A couple
months ago we had some discussions about course evaluations and someone
mentioned that they had added a sentence to their evals that read something
like, "What have you done to help make the course a better educational
experience for yourself?" AsI
Title: Message
Does anyone
have any textbook suggestions for an undergraduate Tests and Measurement
class?
I'm also
looking for a text that takes the reader through the various steps of
constructing an attitudinal survey. I had a text like this when I was in
my master's program, but I
Hi Don:
I don't know what kind of IRB you have at your school, but I can't imagine
the proposal getting past any of ours. Think about it for a minute.
I do understand what you are saying. And I certainly hope that this kind of research
would not get past an IRB. That is not the point
Hi everyone:
I came across this earlier today. Maybe Calvin's dad has been reading our posts on
the effects of television viewing...
Rod Hetzel
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http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ch/1991/ch910413.gif
Copyright ©1990 Universal Press Syndicate Published Saturday
Beth commented:
Just a thought...it's about time we find a new
name for the concept of flashbulb memory.
If you don't think so, ask your students how many
of them have ever seen a flashbulb. On second
thought, maybe some of the younger TIPS members
themselves have never seen a
I received this in an email this afternoon. Thought it was relevant to our recent
discussions on media and violence for those of you in the Houston area.
Rod
Houston Psychological Association,
HISD,
Texas Psychological Foundation,
and University of Houston Department of Educational
Rod Hetzel wrote:
I was thinking about this the other day when I was talking to my
students about spring break programming on MTV, which shows kids binge
drinking, stripping off their clothes in public, engaging in sexual
behavior with strangers, etc. I can't imagine that this does
Rather than wondering whether to tell parents to monitor
their kids TV viewing you might advise them to be much
more concerned about 1. the level of economic disparity
in the culture and 2. the prevalence of hand guns. Let's
remember that the US and Canada are both exposed to nearly
If you are seriously interested in helping parents you
don't want to play the game of choosing between
1. there is no effect and 2. there is not yet evidence of an
effect. This simply distracts from the real issue which is:
If there is an effect of TV violence it is trivial at best
One of my students-who has decided to break up with his
fiancee- asks me if it is ok for him to send her a fax
to that effect.
That doesn't surprise me. We have some students here who will communicate with each
through Instant Messenger. That's not necessarily a problem, but the
And while on this subject (free associating),in which
culture can a man divorce his wife by repeating three
times I divorce you?
My understanding is that in ancient Israelite culture it was possible for a man to
divorce his wife simply by saying I divorce you three times, and that a man
Hi TIPSters:
I've been having some conversations lately with my students about science and values
and wanted to post a general query to the list.
One of our texts describes the scientific method as the principles and empirical
processes of discovery and demonstration considered
Thank you all for your responses about the research ethics questions. I have pasted
them together and forwarded them to my colleague for consideration. Interestingly, a
student from another department came to me and said, You don't know me, but I'm doing
some research for a class and would
Ding! Ding! Ding!
In one corner, wearing the red trunks and garish blue fingernail polish is Louis,
claiming that low attendance is the result of instructors not making the learning
process interesting or exciting enough.
In the other corner, wearing the yellow trunks and condemining
Paul Smith noted:
creationism - as a movement - is an intentional lie.
And I think that creationists count on that (it's
certainly how they so routinely win those debates...).
Is it a lie to believe in the process of evolution, but still believe that there is an
supernatural force that
Paul:
I hope that you didn't get the impression that I
was saying something like that -
Not at all. I have for the most part very much enjoyed this thread. It has been
refreshing to discuss these issues in a more collegial manner.
However, I don't think that the question of
whether
Paul Brandon stated:
The problem is one of scientific method.
Once you posit that supernatural (by
definition beyond the predictability
of natural laws) forces can be at work in the
present work, how can you experimentally
separate the effects of the natural from the
supernatural?
Paul Smith wrote:
In many of the cases raised as proof of irreducible
complexity, evolutionary scientists have already established
satisfactory answers, which are then ignored completely by
intelligent design theorists, because they know that their
argument sounds convincing especially
Paul and Paul:
Thanks for your responses. I haven't done a whole lot of reading on this issue but am
probably as informed (or uninformed) as the average psychologist. However, I have
heard that some intelligent design theorists make a distinction between macroevolution
and microevolution.
Title: Message
Thanks for
the citation, Riki. One of Ellis' contribution to the field is his
emphasis on understanding the underlying belief systems of his clients and his
recognition that belief systems have a pervasive influence on our lives.
So many times clients come to therapy without
Hi Karl, Patrick, and others:
As a Christian psychologist, I find that I often straddle the fence
between two groups of people with vastly different worldviews. I find
that many of my psychologist colleagues are skeptical (if not downright
hostile) towards theistic worldviews or the integration
Subject: Re: evolving understanding of illness
Rod Hetzel wrote 27 February:
As I was reading through his case study of Dora the other day I was
thinking about how differently we think about about both physical and
psychological medical problems these days (I recognize this distinction
Hi everyone:
For a while I've been thinking about putting together a field trip for
my students to places in the United States and Europe that have
significance for the history of psychology. For instance, there is a
neat section of Ellis Island that talks about the role of intelligence
and
Title: Message
Nancy:
Great
idea! Neuroscience research isn't my area of expertise. Can you or
anyone else make some suggestions about where some cutting edge neuroscience
research is taking place?
Rod
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Ph.D.
Assistant
Title: Message
Hi
Robert:
It seems
like we probably agree on more than we disagree. You are right that
ethical principles canat times conflict in reality. I remember
attending an APA keynote address by Arnold Lazarus several years ago where he
said that the ethical standards can sometimes
Good morning Jim. Sorry for the delay in getting to this email. It got
lost at the bottom of my Inbox.
I would not use psychotherapy to convert anyone or direct anyone
towards or away from a religious worldview. That is not the purpose
of psychotherapy.
But what if the religious
See comments below...
The most painful case I had in this regard was a=20
man who had strong Catholic religious beliefs-who
believed deeply that homosexual urges and behavior=20
were sinful and yet who experienced uncontrollable=20 homosexual
desires. His choices were to drink=20 himself
I have proposed a course on the psychology of forgiveness. There is a
lot of exciting psychological research looking at the impact of
forgiveness on human behavior. It's also a topic with a lot of
practical relevance.
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We too have a mandatory first year course to help students adjust to
college. I'm actually on the committee that is revising the curriculum,
and a number of faculty have given me feedback that it is a waste of
time teaching students how to take notes. There general argument is
that it's a skill
The most painful case I had in this regard was a
man who had strong Catholic religious beliefs-who
believed deeply that homosexual urges and behavior
were sinful and yet who experienced uncontrollable
homosexual desires. His choices were to drink
himself into sever alcoholism or kill
with some information on common illnesses at the turn of
the century, including the medical terms used to describe the illnesses
as well as the historical explanations of the illness, and how we
currently understand these illnesses?
Any reactions on this topic would be appreciated!
Rod Hetzel
viewed and treated by the
male medical establishment? I'm looking for specific sources (print or
internet).
Thanks, folks!
Rod Hetzel
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Hi everyone:
I struggle with this issue. It seems that when I give out my notes
before the lecture, then students are more passive in class, don't take
their own notes, etc. I did this last semester and was concerned about
the almost total lack of note taking in these classes. This semester I
Michael:
From what I understand, some of the proponents of the prenatal hormonal
hypothesis of homosexuality believe that maternal stress during
pregnancy contributes to homosexuality. The most frequently cited
studies in support of this position were those conducted during World
War II, during
and mental
and physical health, then we can better understand our religious
patients and we can design more efficacious treatment interventions. To
me, that is useful.
Thanks,
It was my pleasure. Hope it was helpful to you.
Rod Hetzel
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-Original Message-
From: Rod Hetzel
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 12:36 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Subject: RE: Religious coping
Certainly it would NOT be useful to direct people to become religious
(or non-religious) based on findings that the groups differed
WARNING: THIS EMAIL ACTUALLY CONTAINS PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTENT AND WAS
WRITTEN TO STIMULATE DISCUSSION ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION. PLEASE
READ IT AT YOUR OWN CAUTION.
Too frequently, suicides and murder/suicides are for
the purpose of releasing someone from the devil or
taking them to a
coping
Rod Hetzel wrote in part:
So, leaving the antagonistic comments and personal agendas behind us,
what can we as psychologists contribute to the discussion of religion
and human behavior. I have some potential questions for us to address:
Are there specific variables that would predict
I used to use biodots with some clients. They provide a crude measure
of skin temperature, but are useful in teaching about autonomic arousal.
Do a google search and you will find a number of companies that sell
biodots. Students would love to play around with these things.
semester-long class and we could only cover about half the
material in the text. The students gave the study guide an average
mark, but really liked the text. I also really like the instructors
manual and test bank. Hope this helps!
Rod Hetzel
--Original Message-
From
Hi Louis:
Could you tell us more about your Salvadore Dali and Dr. Seuss projects?
I'm particularly interested in how these two projects are related to
history. I often use the Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss when I lecture
about psychoanalysis and have the students use it to identify salient
and psychological functioning?
Rod Hetzel
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Harry:
Excellent point. I've developed a friendship with a Biblical Studies
professor here at our university and during our conversations together I
am frequently humbled by my lack of knowledge, in this case, about
biblical principles. I still enjoy thinking about and discussing the
Message-
From: Rod Hetzel
Sent: Wed 2/20/2002 1:46 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Cc:
Subject: RE: rethinking sin
Someone wrote:
A better question would be why more religious types don't
Crabb's text
entitled Inside Out. It's written from a Christian perspective, but
offers an interesting understanding of sin that is radically different
from the one that many people grew up with in the church.
Please no flames on this post. I'm just offering up my two cents to the
discussion.
Rod
Title: Message
Rip
requested:
Any other info would be appreciated,
including things you wish you had in your contract.
Rod
replies:
A parking
space right outside my door, students who always appreciate my hard work, a
three-day work week, Louis' Random Thoughts beamed directly to my
A twist on this assignment would be to have them research the scientific
literature on a topic and then develop a webpage to present their work.
That is a different style in form and function than term papers but
could still serve to help them learn about psychology and to present
what they have
Title: Message
Just when I thought we might actually be
somewhat out of the cave.
Although
perhaps Ted might think that you were just proving his
point...
Excuse me,
I've just got a bad case of cat-scratch fever...
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Roderick D. Hetzel,
Ph.D.
Can anyone recommend a good I/O text? I'm looking for an undergraduate
level text with an easy to moderate level of reading difficulty. Thanks
in advance!
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Assistant Professor of Psychology
LeTourneau University
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Phone:903-233-3312
Fax: 903-233-3246
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-Original Message-
From: Rod Hetzel
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 10:46 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Subject: RE: Hats
When cell phones ring in my class, I simply stop class and wait for the
person to answer their phone and complete their phone call. When they
finish their phone call I ask them to please turn off their phone. This
is usually embarrassing to the person who has received the phone call
and
Hey Jim: How were your holidays? Rod
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Assistant Professor of Psychology
LeTourneau University
President-Elect, Division 51
American Psychological Association
Department of Psychology
LeTourneau University
Post Office
Looking on all students with a smiling, benign countenance and giving
unconditional positive regard is not going to prevent cheating or
lying, nor will it be of service to the companies and institutions we
send those same students off to after graduation.
However, even Carl Rogers would
Of course, maybe we don't need to have such polarized thinking on this
issue. It's possible that sometimes joking about student bloopers is
appropriate and sometimes it isn't appropriate. Perhaps what's most
important is looking at the motivations or the intentions of the person
making the
There has been a run on teddy bears,stuffed characters,pets
since 9/11. this reminds me of that wired and cloth monkey
experimental paradigm of Harlow. Just thinking.
A contemporary psychodynamic perspective such as object-relations theory
might interpret this as more people relying on
Kathleen and others:
Thanks for raising this issue. I also wrestle with how to create a
interesting and creative learning environment that will benefit the
greatest number of students. My preference, both as a student and now
as a teacher, is to have group discussions combined with class
I hate evaluating student performance.
Here's a scenario for your contemplation:
You decide to offer students an opportunity to complete an extra-credit
assignment and you tell the class several times during the last few
weeks of the course that the deadline for submitting the extra-credit
Hi everyone:
My finals for lower level courses are not cumulative, but just another
exam. For some of my upper level courses my finals are cumulative and
require students to write essays that integrate the general themes or
principles that we have covered throughout the semester. I am less
I loaned a student 35 cents for a soda earlier in the semester and that
Jesus freak still hasn't paid me back. I've put a bounty out for her,
so if any of you would like to be a mercenary-for-hire, just let me
know. But give me a moment please, I'm having a moment of silence for
George Harrison
You guys...why do you even bother to bite?
Some days, it's lack of judgement. Today, it's comic relief! Today was
the last day of classes! Now I just have to grade all of these
papers...
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Department of Psychology
I have got that Jesus freak student in my class who objected
to my asking the class to observe one minute of silence in
memory of George Harrison.
Maybe she really objected because she knows you view her as a freak.
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Louis' message read:
On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Rod Hetzel wrote:
I have got that Jesus freak student in my class who objected
to my asking the class to observe one minute of silence in
memory of George Harrison.
Hey, how did that quote get attributed to me? I never said that. I
would
Hi everyone:
I'm looking for some references on the psychological effects of various
cult activities. This would include indoctrination into cults, the role
of persuasion and groupthink, the psychological effects of cult
involvement and deprogramming, etc. This could also include religious
Hi everyone:
One of my students told that research has found that women can not have
genetic predispositions for alcoholism, only men can have a genetic
predisposition for alcoholism. The student made a further distinction
between Type I and Type II alcoholism.
Have any of you read or heard
Think Purdue 1966-1970. Ahhh Yes!!
Ohhh No!! Not Undue Purversity! How about Indiana 1990-1992!!
Ahhh Yes!
Rod
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Department of Psychology
LeTourneau University
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Think Purdue 1966-1970. Ahhh Yes!!
Ohhh No!! Not Undue Purversity! How about Indiana 1990-1992!!
Ahhh Yes!
You, pedestrians!! It's Carolina Blue. God is a Tarheel
since he made the sky Carolina Blue.
Well, my blood actually runs Aggie Maroon (Go Texas AM! Whp!),
teaching for 34 years so I am an expert on
CRS.
:-{) (person with big mustache smiling)
Harry Avis PhD
Sierra College
Rocklin, CA 95677
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Life is opinion - Marcus Aurelius
There is nothing that is good or bad, but that thinking makes it so
-
Shakespeare
From: Rod Hetzel
I would much rather be in San Marcos! My niece goes to SWT and really
likes it there. I also love that part of Texas. Rod
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Department of Psychology
LeTourneau University
Post Office Box 7001
2100 South Mobberly Avenue
The Simpsons (Homer and his family, not O.J.) also have lots of good
Halloween specials.
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Department of Psychology
LeTourneau University
Post Office Box 7001
2100 South Mobberly Avenue
Longview, Texas 75607-7001
Office:
Thanks for the tip, Stephen. This is very serendipitous as we're
currently talking about motivation for sexual behavior in my Intro
classes. We're just getting ready to discuss gender identity, gender
roles, and sexual orientation. As you might imagine, it's a very
engaging topic for many of
to class, too. Have any of you brought adults into class your
Development classes? If so, what kinds of experiences have you had
doing this? What kinds of things did you do with the adults? How did
the students respond?
Thanks for your responses.
Rod Hetzel
In the article, Confessions of a lonely atheist (NYT, Jan 14, 2001),
she makes this point, among other things citing the biologist Richard
Dawkins who said If I say something offensive to religious people,
I'll be universally censured, including by many atheists. But if I
say something
was an alcoholic.
Looking forward to your response,
-Don.
Rod Hetzel wrote:
In the article, Confessions of a lonely atheist (NYT, Jan 14,
2001), she makes this point, among other things citing the biologist
Richard Dawkins who said If I say something offensive to religious
people, I'll
--and the
biases and predispositions that come along with those worldviews--and
how their worldviews influence their presentation of material to their
students.
Respectfully,
Rod Hetzel
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
(Albert Einstein
to address on this listserve, as they
directly impact how I, and others who serve at religiously-affiliated
colleges and universities, teach the discipline of psychology.
I look forward to hearing your responses.
Rod Hetzel
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Jim:
I think the term is such a problem for people they equate submission
with being oppressed or being powerless or being abused. One of
the great benefits of the feminist movement is that it has heightened
our awareness of the power differences between men and women in all
types of
about
religion. I think that some people on this list are unaware that their
comments come across as demeaning and derogatory to those who hold
faith-based worldviews.
Thanks for listening.
Rod Hetzel
Department of Psychology
LeTourneau University
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