Stephen Black wrote:
I'd say that the biggest challenge is keeping the pseudoscience out of
psychology.
To which I replied:
I'd argue that the biggest challenge is not "throwing the baby out with
the bathwater". Anomalous psychological phenomena, such as clairvoyance and
precognition, occur.
Listfolk,
John Ballard wrote:
As psychologists we
understand how one can misinterpret, embellish, have faulty recall. I
believe these reports warrant skeptism but one that is open to what nature
gives us. Many years ago I studied a woman who reported having precognitive
dreams since birth. For
John Ballard wrote:
Many years ago I studied a woman who reported
having precognitive dreams since birth. For about two years we recorded
her
dreams and she made calls as to how confident she was about whether the
dreams were
precognitive. We found that when she was highly confident
that the
Multiple-personality defense goes
to high court
Associated Press
EVERETT -- A sex offender's multiple-personality defense, barred by a trial
judge and the state Supreme Court, is being taken before the U.S. Supreme
Court with support from his victim, a woman who was his therapist in prison.
Here's a question for you. This was asked by one of my Introductory
Psychology students and thought I would pass it on to the list:
What do you consider to be the biggest problem or challenge facing
psychology today?
Any thoughts?
Rod
Roderick D.
I wrote:
I include the "fraud" comment because unfortunately (for
parapsychological researchers), people like Geller and that
guy in Canada with the radio show (Curly?).
Unfortunately I left an important word out of this sentence. Let me just
say that I meant to say that I included
I notice that the apa has a new book out dealing with a variety of odd
and paranormal experiences. I don't know if it has been reviewed yet, but
from the names of the editors, my impression is that it will largely be
composed of clinical anecdotes and discussion of hypnosis and dissociation.
On Sun, 20 Feb 2000, Stephen Black wrote:
On Sat, 19 Feb 2000, Michael Sylvester wrote:
while on this, did MTO [Martin Orne] coined the term "hidden
observer"?
No, it was Ernest Hilgard. Although I don't recall anything specific,
I imagine Orne would not accepted such a construct.
According to the article below, APA has approved EMDR Therapy. I was
wondering how strong the evidence for its effectiveness really is. Any info?
Thanks,
Jeff Nagelbush
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ferris State University
Finger-flash therapy catches on
February 21, 2000
On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Jeffrey Nagelbush wrote:
According to the article below, APA has approved EMDR Therapy. I was
wondering how strong the evidence for its effectiveness really is. Any info?
If true, that is bad news for our declared aim of getting and keeping
the pseudoscience out of
re sampling. Which is more important? to select a representative sample or
a random sample.
is a small representative sample better than a large
random sample?
Michael Sylvester
Daytona Beach,Florida
Listions,
Wouldn't the answer to this one be "it depends"?
If you are doing a controlled experiment involving an identified independent
variable and intending to draw some type of causal conclusion then I would
say random would be essential.
If you are doing a survey or some other non- or
What good would it do to have a random sample that wasn't representative?
That makes no sense at all. Random sampling is simply a method for getting a
representative sample. The question is like asking "Which is better, using a
good hammer to build a roof that leaks, or having a roof that
Nancy M. wrote
Wouldn't the answer to this one be "it depends"?
If you are doing a controlled experiment involving an
identified independent variable and intending to draw some type of causal
conclusion
then I would say random would be essential.
Agreed, but that's random
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