Re: [tips] Existential Psy:who's on first?
Ludwig Binswanger http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Binswanger Chris ... Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo > On Jan 21, 2014, at 9:54 PM, "michael sylvester" > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > The idea of Existential Psychology is floating in my brain computer but I > cannot seem to pinpoint whether there was a distinctive perspective in the > field.We have been familiar with Existential philosophy and literature but I > am in a daze as to a unique Existential psychology.Somehow or the other the > term Phenomenology ( of which there is both a philosophy and a psychology) > would seem to imply > a hint of existentialism,namely,a search for meaningfulness in behavior. > However,what was supposedly a school of existential psyhology at Duquesne U. > was more philosophy than psycholoy.The movement at Duquesne was led by a > group of Redemptorist priests(CSSR) from Holland/Belgium under Adriam Van > Camp (sp).As someone who did > undergrad studies at a Catholic Institution (Gannon U), some Catholic > institutions did not seem to differentiate between Psychology and > Philosopphy.Although the Gestalt perspective and its ancillary therapeutic > cousins Perls,Hefferline ,Rogers and Maslow branches focused on the essence > of existence (human),the only dude who would > seem to represent something that come close to an existential psychology > would be Victor Frankl with his logotheray.Fankyl- > a concntration camp survivor saw meaning and possibilities > from his nihilistic predicament.Chris mentioned that the Emmanuel > group predated Freud in paving a way for Freud and his movement > to catch the eyes of the public in the U.S.Existential philosophy > would have predated Existential psychology but I can not seem > to find the psychology except in the meticulous analysis of characters > in those so called existential literature noves.. > Will somebody help me? > michael > > > > > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: chri...@yorku.ca. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=32962 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-32962-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=32968 or send a blank email to leave-32968-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Existential Psy:who's on first?
The idea of Existential Psychology is floating in my brain computer but I cannot seem to pinpoint whether there was a distinctive perspective in the field.We have been familiar with Existential philosophy and literature but I am in a daze as to a unique Existential psychology.Somehow or the other the term Phenomenology ( of which there is both a philosophy and a psychology) would seem to imply a hint of existentialism,namely,a search for meaningfulness in behavior. However,what was supposedly a school of existential psyhology at Duquesne U. was more philosophy than psycholoy.The movement at Duquesne was led by a group of Redemptorist priests(CSSR) from Holland/Belgium under Adriam Van Camp (sp).As someone who did undergrad studies at a Catholic Institution (Gannon U), some Catholic institutions did not seem to differentiate between Psychology and Philosopphy.Although the Gestalt perspective and its ancillary therapeutic cousins Perls,Hefferline ,Rogers and Maslow branches focused on the essence of existence (human),the only dude who would seem to represent something that come close to an existential psychology would be Victor Frankl with his logotheray.Fankyl- a concntration camp survivor saw meaning and possibilities from his nihilistic predicament.Chris mentioned that the Emmanuel group predated Freud in paving a way for Freud and his movement to catch the eyes of the public in the U.S.Existential philosophy would have predated Existential psychology but I can not seem to find the psychology except in the meticulous analysis of characters in those so called existential literature noves.. Will somebody help me? michael --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=32962 or send a blank email to leave-32962-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Research Design and Latinos
Hi - Though I am arguably a major gabacha I've been assigned a class in Mexican and Hispanic Psychology. I was trying to design an interactive exercise to review basic research design principles, general weaknesses in research design, and weaknesses related to investigation of minority (especially Hispanic) experience and issues. Please send me any examples of poorly designed (or good but needs improvement) research that might help me with this. I can also adapt research done to investigate questions related to and concerns of other minorities. Thanks. Feel free to send me your information directly to my AOL address. I appreciate your help. Good luck with the spring term Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College CSU-Dominguez Hills --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=32960 or send a blank email to leave-32960-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] What Do You Mean?
Thanks Mike for this interesting article .. probably all languages have expressions that are understood best without logical. My favorite AI language interpreter joke is: "The British are coming! The British are coming!" .. By land or by sea? "Yes!". And my Russian priest, when dissing others' theological opinions: и кто является Вами? (and who are you? best by emphasizing _YOU_) but he was not asking who they were. I'm sure not unique to Russian. There are zillions of words that we use in ordinary English, perfectly well understood but whose link to logic is long gone ... top of head: we all know "chairman" .. though the word's logic comes from medieval England where chairs were special and rare. Russians also use double negatives which are, technically, illogical. == John W. Kulig, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Coordinator, Psychology Honors Plymouth State University Plymouth NH 03264 == - Original Message - From: "Mike Palij" To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Cc: "Michael Palij" Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 10:39:25 AM Subject: [tips] What Do You Mean? In some respects, monocultural people are like fish who don't realize that they live in water, that is, they assume that everyone else is more or less like them, and will share the same assumptions (unless there is a clear indication that they are "outsiders" on the basis of perceivable cues such as skin color, accent, physical attributes, etc.). I point this out because such assumptions make daily life much easier to navigate through, especially in social interactions and in conversations with others. For example, asking "How are you?" presupposes that one will get a response such as "Fine." because the question is assumed to be a social ritual and not really a serious question (i.e., the person asking "How are you?" has no interest how the person actually is). This is like the sociolinguistic phenomena of "indirect requests" where it would be considered rude to make a direct of someone, so one asks a question "Such as 'Can you open the window?' -- the question isn't about whether the person has the skill or strength to open the window, it's whether they will open the window for you. However, getting a response of "Yes" but without the person opening the window would be considered rude even though the person's question was answered (Marty Braine, a mentor of mine, who studied both language and logic once used the example of his wife asking him "Do you want some tea or not?", to which he would respond "Yes" which he would point out was a logically correct because it answered the obvious question but with the added benefit of annoying the hell out of his wife Lila -- Marty was weird that way). This may become obvious when speaking to a person from another culture who does not engage in such rituals and has an unexpected, even negative response to the situation. I raise this issue because of an Op-Ed in the NY Times that tries to provide Americans some guidance about how to talk to Russians (NOTE: read if you're going to the Sochi Olympic games). The Op-Ed can be accessed here: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/20/opinion/the-how-are-you-culture-clash.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20140120&_r=0 I quote from the article: |The question in question is, “How are you?” | |The answer Americans give, of course is, “Fine.” But when |Russians hear this they think one of two things: (1) you’ve been |granted a heavenly reprieve from the wearisome grind that all |but defines the human condition and as a result are experiencing |a rare and sublime moment of fineness or (2) you are lying. | |Ask a Russian, “How are you?” and you will hear, for better |or worse, the truth. A blunt pronouncement of dissatisfaction |punctuated by, say, the details of any recent digestive troubles. |I have endured many painful minutes of elevator silence after |my grandmother (who lived in the Soviet Union until moving |to the United States in her 60s) delivered her stock response: |“Terrible,” to which she might add, “Why? Because being old |is terrible.” Beat. “And I am very old.” Movie fans will recognize a similar situation in the movie "Groundhog Day" where the woman running the bed and breakfast that Bill Murray is staying in asks Murray about the weather and he goes into a detailed description of what will happen over the next 24 hours. This produces a puzzled and confused look on the BnB woman's face because she was just engaging in a social ritual and not really interested in the weather. To nail the point, Murray asks: |"Did you want to talk about the weather, or were you just making |conversation?" To which the woman awkwardly acknowledges that she was just making conversation. This is the tactic I use when someone in administration passes me in the hall and asks "How are you?" I then count how man
Re: [tips] For your friends who question tenure...
Ah, the philosopher king who's going to make people do what's right. Are you suggesting an act of Congress regulating private businesses? The real problem are the (mostly public) universities who essentially employ professional athletes to perform in their name and call them 'students'. Universities who wish to employ athletes and field professional teams should do so the way they employ other support personnel, separate from any student status. If these employees (like any other University employee) wish to enroll as students, have the time and meet the standards, they should be welcome to do so. Since these are state institutions, I suspect that any regulation would have to be at the level of state legislatures (good luck). On Jan 20, 2014, at 11:47 PM, Mike Wiliams wrote: > Why don't we *compel* the professional sports organizations to start farm > clubs for Football and Basketball, like we have for Baseball? It would > resolve this hypocrisy, improve the sports and probably help the economy of > smaller cities. I find it tragic that students at large Universities with > essentially professional sports teams cannot play on the school football and > basketball teams. Get the farm clubs out of the Universities and these > problems will be solved. > > The IRB did the right thing by exempting her research. Even if they don't > exempt the study, and review it, she will likely be approved. Fortunately, > one of the positive things about IRBs is that they are essentially > independent of the administration. If anyone in the administration tries to > influence the deliberations, UNC could get into a lot more trouble than bad > news about their athletes. > > The administration is between a rock and a hard place. If this was research > about something other than the University itself, they could prohibit the > research based on its poor quality. Since the object of the research is the > University, prohibiting the study makes it appear that the administration is > suppressing the study. > > Although tenure has a general bearing on the issues, I did not read that the > investigator was tenured. This case suggests that a free press (CNN) may > keep the University fair and honest. > > Mike Williams > > > On 1/20/14 11:00 PM, Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) digest > wrote: >> For your friends who question tenure... > > Subject: For your friends who question tenure... > From: Christopher Green > Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 08:44:25 -0500 > X-Message-Number: 2 > > For those of you (probably not many on this list) who might have thought that > tenure is unnecessary in this "modern" era to protect the integrity of > research from the political motivations of a vindictive administration. > > UNC IRB suddenly reverses its decision AFTER THE FACT on whether research > that shows many of its athletes to be functionally illiterate requires > oversight. > > http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/01/20/u-north-carolina-shuts-down-whistle-blower-athletes Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=32949 or send a blank email to leave-32949-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
