Re: [tips] Random Thought: China Diary, Ourselves

2010-10-22 Thread Louis E. Schmier
I did say permitted religions and I did say no 1st amendment here. That means no practicing of full religious freedom. But, Buddhism is practiced openly and without any restriction or government interference. But, memories die hard. Christianity in the minds of many Chinese is still equated

Re: [tips] Random Thought: China Diary, Ourselves

2010-10-22 Thread Allen Esterson
Louis: I had hoped (and in your case expected) that you would have at least started your response by acknowledging your deriding of supposed Western stereotypes in relation to China and religion should have been considerably more nuanced, given that country's record of persecution of religious

RE: [tips] Peirce smart; Wundt nazi?

2010-10-22 Thread Marc Carter
That's interesting, Chris; thanks for that. I knew he'd ended up badly, but didn't know details. One of my philosophy professors in college (Sandra Rosenthal) was in a group that was trying to sort through a mass of unpublished writings, and alluded to the fact that he died pretty much alone

Re: [tips] Peirce smart; Wundt nazi?

2010-10-22 Thread Christopher D. Green
Allen Esterson wrote: Chris Green wrote: It is true that Jews were barred from various professions in Germany (which is why, for instance, Freud moved from neurology to medicine). Not so! Diligent readers may recall my comment in a recent post so I'm left wondering where

[tips] iinfo: animal studies

2010-10-22 Thread michael sylvester
Has the placebo effect been observed in animal studies? Michael omnicentric Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=5897 or send

re: [tips] iinfo: animal studies

2010-10-22 Thread Mike Palij
On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 06:34:59 -0700, michael sylvester wrote: Has the placebo effect been observed in animal studies? First, what do *you* mean by a placebo effect? Second, the FDA requires a control condition when drugs are tested on animals. The control can either be a placebo treatment, a no

Re: [tips] iinfo: animal studies

2010-10-22 Thread michael sylvester
Not to be circular,but by placebo effect I mean that one group gets the drug and the other group receives a placebo. When post tested they both have improveed.In human experimentation,we could attribute the improvement to the demand characteristics and mind over body effect.So from an animal

[tips] Help with conditioning

2010-10-22 Thread michael sylvester
Juan Williams ,a commentator on NPR,has been fired for stating that whenever he sees individuals in Islamic attire especially on a plane,he shivers. PPlease help me delineate the UCS,CS,UCR,CR in this particular situation. Michael omnicentric Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are

Re:[tips] 2010 Flexner Report

2010-10-22 Thread Richard Hake
Some subscribers to the TIPS and AERA_TEP_SIG128-FORUM might be interested in a post Re: 2010 Flexner Report [Hake (2010a)]. The abstract reads: *** ABSTRACT: Team-Learning's Jim Sibley asked Does anyone have a copy of the 2010 Flexner report they

Re: [tips] Help with conditioning

2010-10-22 Thread Paul Brandon
I would regard this situation as operant behavior rather than respondent. The money is a consequence (although the behavior is not well defined). Money is a conditioned reinforcer; not something whose function is based primarily on genetic endowment. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology

Re: [tips] Peirce smart; Wundt nazi?

2010-10-22 Thread William Scott
Allen Esterson wrote: Freud does not suggest anti-Semitism played any role in his deciding to change his career, and nor to biographers Ernest Jones, Ronald Clark or Peter Gay, so I'm left wondering where Chris got his mistaken notion from. --- Freud may have dismissed