Re: [tips] Anonymous Post
H. Did faculty really go to school for umpteen years in order to be a recruiter? Would administration expect a distinguished Harvard law professor to be calling students and recruiting? Perhaps we are not all distinguished Harvard law professors, but does that mean we should be given less respect? --Mike On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 5:31 AM, Helweg-Larsen, Marie helw...@dickinson.edu wrote: Service obligations are always a slippery slope. The administration would like you (us) to do more and faculty would (generally in my experience) like to do less. I think that is a generally tension that can be handled (better or worse) by asking for volunteers, spreading the work across departments and faculty within the departments, giving some of it to the chair (e.g., answering questions about the program, meeting with students), and paying people (our faculty who advice students over the summer are faculty who are paid and who volunteered). I think the anonymous poster was asking whether there was something fundamentally wrong or different about this type of service (as opposed to all the millions of others small and big service activities faculty do). Marie Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS), +45 2065 1360 Dickinson College (on leave 2010/2011) http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html From: FLINT, ROBERT [mailto:fli...@mail.strose.edu] Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 11:16 To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Anonymous Post It is a slippery slope! We have been asked/required to participate in an increasingly growing number of such events over the years. While I agree that some recruitment-/conversion-/retention-related activity is ok, we are now asked to cover approximately 7 3-hr accepted student/transfer advising days over the summer during which we are not under contract, plus another 6 or so prospective student and early acceptance events during the normal fall/spring academic year. Rob Flint - Robert W. Flint, Jr., Ph.D. Professor of Psychology The College of Saint Rose Albany, NY 12203-1490 518-458-5379 fli...@strose.edu From: Helweg-Larsen, Marie [mailto:helw...@dickinson.edu] Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 4:04 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Anonymous Post I don’t think there is anything fundamentally wrong with having faculty help with recruitment. Faculty already help with recruitment in other ways (at least I do) such as by hosting prospective students in their classes, meeting with them, answering questions from them about the psychology program, etc. I’ve also given talks to visiting families (with my students about faculty-student research). A lot of colleges “sell” close faculty-student contact as one of their primary assets so getting a call or an email from a faculty member congratulating them on getting accepted is a way to reinforce that. It is also (I suspect) more meaningful to correspond with a specific faculty member instead of a staff person in admissions (at least about psychology related issues). Does it actually help? – I have no idea. I think the admissions people figure that personal contact is likely to make students feel welcome. Of course it should be voluntary (at a place I used to work, one faculty member said that she was pretty sure that her call discouraged students from attending because she was so awkward on the phone). Marie Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS), +45 2065 1360 Dickinson College (on leave 2010/2011) http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html From: Annette Taylor [mailto:tay...@sandiego.edu] Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 22:24 To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Anonymous Post Oh, it was not my post! But that's OK. It is someone else on tips who wanted to remain anonymous. I just want to clarify that this is NOT happening at my institution. Just for the record! I didn't realize that if I left off my sig line that it would still be linked to me, LOL. I posted this as a courtesy to another tipster. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 tay...@sandiego.edu From: don allen [dap...@shaw.ca] Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 12:26 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Anonymous Post Hi Annette- I don't know whether there are data which show that these
Re: [tips] Let us abolish paper assignments
Perhaps unnecessary, but just to highlight that there wasn't any references to the relevant literature provided by anyone not just Michael S. (who was highlighted in your selection). There were no references to % of students sent to grad school, nor for if you can write you can think nor for and you can make it in grad school, nor for teaching writing is teaching thinking. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=8643 or send a blank email to leave-8643-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Chairs of committees
Thanks Marc. That's about how I viewed it. --Mike On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Marc Carter marc.car...@bakeru.edu wrote: Here it depends on whether or not the committee is in the faculty governance structure (curriculum, tenure/promotion, and like that). If so, it would be out of bounds for a Dean to chair a committee -- but there might be a dean or two _ex officio_ (usually with voice but without vote) on other sorts of committees. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor and Chair Department of Psychology College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Michael Smith [mailto:tipsl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 12:01 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Chairs of committees I was wondering what the opinion would be in TIPS with regard to having administration as the chair of a committee (typically the academic dean). Should the academic dean be the chair of any committee? Why or why not? Or perhaps the academic dean should be chair of a only certain committees What would those be? Would they be ex-officio non-voting? What is the practice at your institution? -- -- Mike For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn. (Hemingway) --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72 a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=8171 or send a blank email to leave-8171-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.fros tburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fbn=Tl=tipso=8172 or send a blank email to leave-8172-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu -- -- Mike For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn. (Hemingway) --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=8200 or send a blank email to leave-8200-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Curious about department heads
Thank you all for your responses. My intuition agreed with Nancy's thoughts. All of the courses are of course cleared through the various committees so there should be no real reason for such a request except for some form of assessment. I think the request comes from a department head without much experience and probably just figures that department heads should have access to everything at any time. --Mike On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 11:23 AM, drnanjo drna...@aol.com wrote: Though I am a department head currenly, I can only speculate. I'd never ask to look at a faculty member's online course shell unless there were some compelling cause. And even with a compelling cause the union and contract tend to exert a lot of restrictions on such activity. For example, nothing of an evaluative nature can take place in a physical or online classroom unless 1) it's the scheduled time for that evaluation or 2) there's some major complaint about the instructional quality. Something super serious, not just this teacher is soo unfair... Could this have to do with Student Learning Outcomes? At LBCC we are under quite a bit of duress from administration to place SLOs on our syllabi, even if we don't agree with the philosophy behind their construction and assessment. Maybe this instructor has yet to show evidence of placing them in a location at the sites where students will be made aware of them? I'll keep thinking about it. Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College Long Beach CA -Original Message- From: Michael Smith tipsl...@gmail.com To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Mon, Jan 17, 2011 9:13 am Subject: [tips] Curious about department heads I'm curious about what TIPsters think. A friend of mine received an email from his department head requesting that the department head have access (viewing only I presume) to his online courses (I think 'classes you teach' was the actual words). The reason being because the department head thinks that it makes sense. I was wondering what TIPster's thought of the 'makes sense' part. Does it really 'make sense'? In what way? Or is the 'sense' a mild form of administrative paranoia that they have to know everything that goes on? Or is the 'sense' just because they want to know? -- -- Mike For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn. (Hemingway) --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: drna...@aol.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b878n=Tl=tipso=7957 or send a blank email to leave-7957-12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fbn=Tl=tipso=7959 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-7959-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu -- -- Mike For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn. (Hemingway) --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=7976 or send a blank email to leave-7976-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Curious about department heads
I'm curious about what TIPsters think. A friend of mine received an email from his department head requesting that the department head have access (viewing only I presume) to his online courses (I think 'classes you teach' was the actual words). The reason being because the department head thinks that it makes sense. I was wondering what TIPster's thought of the 'makes sense' part. Does it really 'make sense'? In what way? Or is the 'sense' a mild form of administrative paranoia that they have to know everything that goes on? Or is the 'sense' just because they want to know? -- -- Mike For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn. (Hemingway) --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=7957 or send a blank email to leave-7957-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Silly season for psychic psychology?
JC: I'm not sure how people claiming scientific evidence for supernatural phenomena … Well, I think you switched claiming an ability with claiming scientific evidence for supernatural phenomena. Mediums don't claim to have scientific evidence for supernatural phenomena (SP). Indeed, I don't think believers in SP care about scientific evidence with regard to SP at all. This does not mean they are irrational, just that they think, rightly, that science cannot investigate such matters. Nevertheless, most scientists (and people like Alcock) point to a general lack of evidence for SP. But, perhaps such people should recall that absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. JC: I'm not sure how Michael got from educating people about concepts that are questionable to force, Well, I got to it from Beth's response to the original comment which was: I guess one concern could be that discrediting claims of scientific contact with the supernatural plane might only serve to undermine further people's beliefs. Which means to me that Beth's response could be paraphrased that it should be a goal to undermine people's beliefs. Which has a subversive, forceful quality about it. Apologies to Beth if this interpretation is in error. JC's other comments here (e.g. continental drift is absurd) have nothing to do with SP. JC: Michael's view would suggest that anytime there is a difference of views in the scientific literature… etc. I find it curious that JC consistently uses examples from the physical sciences, which are the true sciences, in an attempt, perhaps, to put psychological results on the same sure footing. So I think that JC's statement: a difference of views in the scientific literature is misleading here. Results from psychological studies do not carry as much weight in certainty as results reported in the scientific literature of the physical sciences. Results from psychological studies are much less certain than results from the physical sciences and so are much more open to interpretation and debate. --Mike On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Jim Clark j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca wrote: Hi James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca Michael Smith tipsl...@gmail.com 14-Jan-11 8:50 AM Jim Clark wrote: ... Indeed one of the ironies, perhaps, of claiming such an ability is that it brings the whole area of the beyond under scientific purview... Perhaps, but not really. Such claims do not bring the beyond within scientific purview at all. JC: I'm not sure how people claiming scientific evidence for supernatural phenomena (e.g., precognition, esp, ...) can avoid bringing the area under scientific scrutiny. Is Michael saying that the claimed evidence is irrelevant to the belief, is beyond criticism, or what? I suspect he is correct in the sense that most true believers are never going to accept contrary evidence. MS Continued: Beth wrote: Why would that be a concern? It seems to me that should be a goal. At least, with the caveat that they begin to disbelieve concepts that are questionable from a scientific/rational viewpoint. I wonder why it should be a goal to try to force people to abandon their beliefs? Not only that, but especially if one is substituting a limited, narrow, scientistic set of beliefs about the world. JC: I'm not sure how Michael got from educating people about concepts that are questionable to force, nor how a scientific world view is limited and narrow given the broad range of phenomena it subsumes. Does Michael advocate people retaining beliefs like: humans and dinosaurs walked the world at the same time, continental drift is absurd, humans do not have similar DNA to other organisms, ...? MS continued: With regard to Joan's comment... I need only point to the peer-reviewed journal article of Bem's. Apparently Bem, the people of the journal, and the reviewers don't share your view. And they are scientists and know all about the scientific method. (Of course, that's assuming psychology is a science which is debatable). Why should I believe your version of *psychological science* and not Bem's, or the reviewers? JC: Putting aside the dig about psychology as science (advocated on Michael's department homepage) being debatable, Michael's view would suggest that anytime there is a difference of views in the scientific literature, one is free to choose whichever view one prefers, irrespective of the weight of the evidence. One flat earther counts just as much as all the contrary evidence. Alcock's response, posted by others here, documents the sorry history of breakthroughs in parapsychological research. Moreover, it will be interesting to find out (if we ever do) exactly how the paper came to be accepted. Were reviewers bending over backwards in a misguided effort to be fair? Were they naive about the specific problems associated with the paradigms? Were they aware
Re: [tips] Silly season for psychic psychology?
Jim Clark wrote: Personally, I believe that Stephen's posting is quite appropriate given the subject matter. It’s not the subject matter which matters. It’s the people who share those beliefs. And yet TIPSTERs apparently get upset when their belief that proper decorum should be observed on this listerv is violated. How hypocritical...but not unexpected. Indeed one of the ironies, perhaps, of claiming such an ability is that it brings the whole area of the beyond under scientific purview... Perhaps, but not really. Such claims do not bring the beyond within scientific purview at all. Beth wrote: Why would that be a concern? It seems to me that should be a goal. At least, with the caveat that they begin to disbelieve concepts that are questionable from a scientific/rational viewpoint. I wonder why it should be a goal to try to force people to abandon their beliefs? Not only that, but especially if one is substituting a limited, narrow, scientistic set of beliefs about the world. With regard to Joan's comment... I need only point to the peer-reviewed journal article of Bem's. Apparently Bem, the people of the journal, and the reviewers don't share your view. And they are scientists and know all about the scientific method. (Of course, that's assuming psychology is a science which is debatable). Why should I believe your version of “psychological science” and not Bem's, or the reviewers? --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=7891 or send a blank email to leave-7891-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Silly season for psychic psychology?
In reading your post, it seems as though your posting is riddled with sarcasm, ridicule, and a-priori assumption. When reading it, a scientific attitude is not what comes to mind. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=7848 or send a blank email to leave-7848-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] British autism/vaccine study a fraud it seems
see: http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/01/05/autism.vaccines/index.html?hpt=T1iref=BN1 -- -- Mike For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn. (Hemingway) --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=7690 or send a blank email to leave-7690-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Placebos: stirring the pot
No one has really addressed my question as to why any classically conditioned stimulus could not be viewed as a placebo (or nocebo). Not being a behavioral specialist I see my opportunity here :) I would imagine that any stimulus used to entrain a classically conditioned response would not be considered a placebo in general, because a placebo implies, in general, a beneficial physical or psychological effect. Conditioning an eye blink response, while being a physical response, is nevertheless not beneficial. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=7645 or send a blank email to leave-7645-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Placebos: stirring the pot
Michael Burman wrote: I think no one has answered this because it is essentially correct. Classical conditioning is a likely mechanism for the placebo effect. Robert Ader gave a talk at the Pavlovian Society Meeting a couple of years back showing that the immune system in rats could be classically conditioned to respond to a CS via pairings with an immuno-suppressent drug. I think this is incorrect. The original question was why any classically conditioned stimulus could not be viewed as a placebo The original question was not about the mechanism of placebos (Michael Burman's response) or some of the other issues raised by Rick and Claudia, interesting though they may be. In the traditional conditioned eye-blink response the stimulus is a puff of air. Now, could a puff of air be conditioned to produce a placebo effect (i.e. physically or psychologically beneficial response)? I suppose it's possible, but I think unlikely. Not every pairing can be learned with equal efficacy and some presumably cannot be learned at all. (For example, a feeling of increased well-being is unlikely to be induced by severe electrical shock). Hence my original response highlighted the beneficial aspect of the placebo effect, and not every stimulus capable of inducing a classically conditioned response would result in a placebo effect. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=7650 or send a blank email to leave-7650-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Placebos: stirring the pot
Mike Burman wrote: Moreover, blinking to a tone that predicts an insult to the eye is clearly a beneficial response in any sense. Yes, I suppose so. If it were up to me though, I think I would consider placebo to be a subset of expectancy effects which are medically beneficial. The rest I would consider expectancy and/or classical conditioning effects. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=7664 or send a blank email to leave-7664-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Observed experiential integration therapy
I think this is the same as one eye integration therapy that was talked about a little on TIPS before. I think it's a one-eyed version of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy. The website of two major players is found here: https://www.sightpsych.com/ --Mike On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 5:23 PM, sbl...@ubishops.ca wrote: On 1 Jan 2011 at 15:53, don allen wrote: Second: I just had a call from a psychiatrist friend of mine who is doing an Independent Medical Exam (IME) on a patient who is claiming severe post traumatic stress disorder. The patient is being treated by Dr. Paul Swingle (http://www.swingleandassociates.com/)using Observed Experiential Integration Therapy. A search of PsychAbstracts turned up no useful hits in the literature. snip So my questions are: Has anyone else heard about this therapy? Does it have any standing within the clinical community? A number of years ago I was asked by a former student to look into another therapy carried out by Dr. Swingle, neurofeedback or neurotherapy for the alleged hyperactivity (ADD) of my student's daughter. It took a supreme effort to locate my reply, which turned out to have been sent in 2000. According to my letter, Dr. Swingle is a former academic psychologist (at McMaster, as it happens, when I was a graduate student there) whose specialty was social psychology, in particular, game theory. He published a number of articles in this field in the 1960's, then nothing for about the next 30 years. Then he published a paper Neurofeedback treatment of pseudoseizure disorder (Biological Psychiatry, 1998). The paper was a report of three cases of pseudoseizure activity in which he was able to modify some index of their brain activity, with little evidence that this helped their seizures. He noted Due to the rare nature of this disorder, however, control groups are difficult to obtain, which in turn limits the extent of these findings. I felt that if this was his best evidence for neurofeedback therapy for ADD, it was not impressive. Nor did I find evidence published by other authors advocating neurotherapy to be any more convincing. In addition, I had reservations concerning the use of brainwaves as a means of diagnosing the ADD of my student's daughter's in the first place, a method which seemed unorthodox and insufficiently validated. I suggested to my student that she should be extremely cautious in accepting the claims of this controversial therapy. A glance at Dr. Swingle's web page suggests that he continues to be a advocate of neurofeedback for a variety of conditions, and Observed and Experiential Integration Therapy is likely the same stuff or similar. Perhaps he has managed to obtain better evidence since I last looked at the matter. Stephen Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca - --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fbn=Tl=tipso=7608 or send a blank email to leave-7608-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu -- -- Mike For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn. (Hemingway) --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=7613 or send a blank email to leave-7613-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] A Doctor in Iraq
Nevertheless, regardless of how much stretch is involved, there is no evidence this view is actually the case and therefore is an opinion (from a particular worldview) and is not science or psychology. There are many possibilities that could be involved involved in this case (not necessarily involving spirits) that weren't mentioned. In addition, calling an opinion an hypothesis doesn't make it any more certain nor does it make it any more scientific or psychological: it remains an opinion. Neither does asserting the superiority of one explanation over another in the absence of evidence. It isn't the case that Allen's hypothesis is being measured against the spirit hypotheses but it is actually preferred against ALL other possible explanations--and that without evidence. I was just under the impression that many on TIPS champion evidentiary living and the scientific attitude in every day life and how useful such an approach is. But what I usually find is a lot of opinion such as this one. These opinions are typically held without any actual evidence. And not only that, but the opinions typically involve value judgments such as forced, problem, etc. (which are beyond science). --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=7572 or send a blank email to leave-7572-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] A Doctor in Iraq
It seems to me the possibility of the poor young woman being forced to marry against her will is rather being almost forcefully insisted upon by Allen with no evidence whatsoever. Another example of American cultural insensitivity? --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=7561 or send a blank email to leave-7561-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] What Is Forgiveness?
Some hold that unilateral forgiveness is the model, pointing to the much discussed case of the Amish unilaterally forgiving the murderer of their children (for an account of this case, see “Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy,” by D. B. Kraybill, S. M. Nolt, and D. L. Weaver-Zercher). I contend, by contrast, that the ideal is bilateral, one in which both sides take steps. So nice he has an unfounded opinion. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=7503 or send a blank email to leave-7503-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Neurobabble
lol. The video was very funny! --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=7438 or send a blank email to leave-7438-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] The joy of stats
I agree. I wouldn't normally respond to Mike P's personal innuendos and comments in kind (which are usually, if not always, initiated by him to multiple posters on TIPS), but I thought I would this time in order to highlight its inappropriateness and the degree to which Mike P is willing to engage in this kind of behavior. However, I have little hope that his behavior will change. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=7299 or send a blank email to leave-7299-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] The joy of stats
I think I'll try to match Allen's lengthy response. I haven't read it (The Spirit Level) either (although I think I have it somewhere and have been planning to). I think Chris made a good point that it is a popular book and so perhaps focuses on readability. This, however, doesn't mean the analysis is poor. And for it's critics to point out that it doesn't present detailed statistical analyses, is I think, ludicrous. It isn't after all, a journal article. But the best part of Allen's response is the funny parts. One funny thing in Allen's post was: ...who regards himself as “about as anti-inequality an economist as you’ll find”)... Well I guess that settles that. This is proof positive that God exists. We have at last found a truly objective (unbiased) individual who is, miraculously, a government worker !! But the most hillarious one is from one critics response that Allen presents that includes: The evidence presented in the book is mostly a series of scatter diagrams, with a regression line drawn through them. This is hillarious !!! The reason being, of course, is that the statement is a good description of all the results in sociology. I'm still laughing at that one. Thanks Allen. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=7248 or send a blank email to leave-7248-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] The joy of stats
Mike P: As someone who is familiar with the research methods literature in sociology. Congratulations. I think most here are familiar with regression. I am puzzled about (a) why you are laughing (outside of your being prone to laugh at things for no apparent reason) ...better than being a pedantic bore. (b) why you think regression lines and scatterplots describe all of the results in sociology. I think you're just permanently puzzled. If you think that a couple of names or a journal establishes your point of the great complexity of analysis used throughout sociology you're just wrong (again) and that despite your liberal use of Wikipedia --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=7261 or send a blank email to leave-7261-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: Re:[tips] A brilliant discovery
Too bad there's no job for people who remember odd bits of arcana I think there is ... a psychology professor :) --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=7099 or send a blank email to leave-7099-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Stanford Dissertation Browser
Seems interesting. Of course it depends on what the software is actually doing, but word overlap doesn't necessarily mean semantic overlap. --Mike On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Frantz, Sue sfra...@highline.edu wrote: Interesting Discover blog today: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/12/how-close-are-scientific-disciplines. The author discusses the Stanford Dissertation Browser. “The Stanford Dissertation Browser is an experimental interface for document collections that enables richer interaction than search. Stanford's PhD dissertation abstracts from 1993-2008 are presented through the lens of a text model that distills high-level similarity and word usage patterns in the data. You'll see each Stanford department as a circle, colored by school and sized by the number of PhD students graduating from that department.” http://nlp.stanford.edu/projects/dissertations/browser.html Which dissertation abstracts are closest, according to their criteria, to the ones produced in psychology? Some were unsurprising, such as education, linguistics, psychiatry, and neurobiology. Others were more surprising, such as electrical engineering and geophysics. -- Sue Frantz Highline Community College Psychology, Coordinator Des Moines, WA 206.878.3710 x3404 sfra...@highline.edu Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology, Associate Director Teaching of Psychology Idea Exchange (ToPIX) APA Division 2: Society for the Teaching of Psychology APA's p...@cc Committee --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fbn=Tl=tipso=7083 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-7083-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu -- -- Mike For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn. (Hemingway) --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=7101 or send a blank email to leave-7101-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Objectivity and statistical reality
Or could be that TIPSTERS fall 2 standard deviations below the mean, as they are insulated in an academic cocoon safely removed from reality. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=7031 or send a blank email to leave-7031-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Objectivity and statistical reality
Yes. The self-referential nature of the post was fully realized and intentional (including the apparant paradox). --Mike On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Paul Brandon paul.bran...@mnsu.edu wrote: And you of course are a Tipster. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu On Dec 7, 2010, at 7:55 AM, Michael Smith wrote: Or could be that TIPSTERS fall 2 standard deviations below the mean, as they are insulated in an academic cocoon safely removed from reality. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fbn=Tl=tipso=7032 or send a blank email to leave-7032-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=7041 or send a blank email to leave-7041-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] More anti-social-science ... from the public.
lolthat's hillarious...the studies were pretty funny too (except of course for the fact that money may have been wasted on them). But what comes through clearly is that the public knows best...they aren't fooled by the eggheads (thank God!). --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=7042 or send a blank email to leave-7042-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Early Seasons Greetings!
Thank you for the post David. Yes it would be good if people were trying to reclaim the altruistic spirit of the original Santa Claus (Saint Nicholas). I will be sure to visit her site. :-) --Mike On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 10:39 PM, David Myers my...@hope.edu wrote: What fun to return from delivering St. Nicholas Eve gifts to a few family and friends and to find Mike, Carol, and John's postings about St. Nicholas Feast Day. I live in Holland, Michigan--a Dutch heritage (though now diverse) community that many years ago introduced my wife and I to St. Nicholas, who is celebrated in the Netherlands as Sinterklaas. This weekend, several hundred children here in Holland, MI, greeted the arrival of St. Nicholas in a main street parade. Our living here also led my wife, Carol, to create a website devoted to St. Nicholas (which, if history repeats itself, will have more than 100,000 visitors today and tomorrow). To make this entry pertinent to psychology, the spirit of St. Nicholas (and of those trying to reclaim the altruistic spirit of the original Santa Claus) was nicely captured in a 2009 European Journal of Social Psychology study of the priming of altruism among Dutch children. Tilburg University social psychologist Diederik Stapel and his colleagues offer this synopsis, from their discussion section: One may think that traditions like the Dutch Saint Nicholas tradition makes children materialistic, greedy, and less likely to share with others as they are spoiled with gifts and candy. However, our results clearly show that children in The Netherlands still associate Saint Nicholas with sharing with others . . . . Significant others, such as family members, friends, and Saint Nicholas, are pre-eminently the people that influence us and that teach us what is good, and what is bad, and what the social norms are in our society. . . . Give Dutch children a coloring picture depicting the attributes of Saint Nicholas (a book, miter, and a staff) and they will give away more of their candy. J Dave Myers www.davidmyers.org On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu wrote: December 6 is celebrated among certain groups as St. Nicholas' Feast Day. St. Nicholas lived from 270-347 A.D. and is considered as the basis or precursor to Santa Claus. For more info about old St. Nick, there is a Wikipedia entry (yadda-yadda); see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas Quoting from the entry: |He had a reputation for secret gift-giving, such as putting coins in the |shoes of those who left them out for him, and thus became the model |for Santa Claus, whose English name comes from the Dutch Sinterklaas. Make sure you check your shoes before you put them on tomorrow. Also, December 19 is observed by some who follow the old (Julian) calendar. Check your shoes then, too. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: my...@hope.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13427.360bfbe9fb2fe3f305db7b6fe1f8a4adn=Tl=tipso=6996 or send a blank email to leave-6996-13427.360bfbe9fb2fe3f305db7b6fe1f8a...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fbn=Tl=tipso=7004 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-7004-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=7011 or send a blank email to leave-7011-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Psychological Science
Well...I actually never said what I think of psychology as a science. Of course, a disproportionate amount of its credence as a science, if indeed it has much, could come from those parts that are closest to biology such as neuroscience. While the rest such as personality and social may reside in a fuzzy non science state. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6982 or send a blank email to leave-6982-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Is there a real scientific Psych
Please leave the poetry and allegory and metaphor to English majors, they do a much much better job. From what I read, it seems that the author has missed most of the pionts entirely and has inserted his own misconceptions to further clarify the issue. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6998 or send a blank email to leave-6998-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] I need to share...
Sad but highlights that a BA is just the equivalent of what high school used to be. There is no higher in higher-ed. --Mike On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Marc Carter marc.car...@bakeru.edu wrote: From a method section in lab report: Surveys were given out in a face to face passed out fashion... I don't know why, but that's near the top of my Best of student writing... The holidays cannot get here too soon. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor and Chair Department of Psychology College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fbn=Tl=tipso=6920 or send a blank email to leave-6920-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6930 or send a blank email to leave-6930-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Psychological Science
If psychology is a science, then why don't psych credits count toward a science requirement in a BA program? --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6944 or send a blank email to leave-6944-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] On Objectivity - and what research findings make us uncomfortable?
What I usually find uncomfortable is that people use research to support their personal views. For example, Michal Britt finds that he's ok with the research that finds homosexuality is not a mental illness. This is clearly not what research shows since it can show nothing of the kind. Another is the implication that we should be teaching students to heavily consider research before making up their minds on an issue. This is a monsterous implication and presumption. Far more important is what their parents and friends think about it, what religion says about it, what literature and the arts say about it, and what their own feelings and beliefs say about it. Another one is thinking that somehow the personal beliefs of an instructor are important. They simply are not. It can only be hoped that students already know this. Of course, if they are in my classes then they will. Lastly I'll mention the lip service paid to the scientific attitude. Exemplified in treating research results as if they actually were conclusive. If one were to actually live as we try to foist on students, then all one could say would be: Homosexuality may not be a mental illness, we just don't know for sure. Indeed, all of the results of psychological research is like that. That is, anything you learn in class is tentative and incomplete. In the end, you will just have to make up your own mind about an issue. Hopefully, we would be responsible people and add, Please make sure you take several courses in the Humanities so that you get a more balanced and realistic view of life. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6797 or send a blank email to leave-6797-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Should we be objective?
I think Jim's post highlights some of the problems when talking about objective, evidence, opinion, etc. That is, the reviewer Jan Golinski is simply promoting further evidence for his views while Jim sees through this with his more objective knowledge which presumably puts the lie to Golinski. (Yes I know I'm interpreting a bit here, but if I try to avoid doing so, I would be in danger of writing an essay :)) What recent crankiness on TIPS? Is that an Objective assessment? A Neutral assessment? An opinion? or an Agenda? Justify your view using at least 46 references. Please include a full history and critical analysis of epistemology. You should include a particular emphasis on Kant's the Critique of Pure Reason. The response should be exhaustive and complete with a discussion section which delineates the role of this analysis in evidence based living or its lack thereof. Be brief. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6761 or send a blank email to leave-6761-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Canada's early intolerance
Well, I pay little attention to due dates :-) Hmm. It seems the point, silly as it is, is still not getting across. I'll try to simplify further... My point was: Must a post be in essay format to be well thought out, informative, and properly referenced? Put another way, the Essay Hypothesis: A post MUST be in essay format to be well thought out, informative, and properly referenced. (must was capitalized incase that was missed before) Is the essay hypothesis true? My correct answer is no. The only way the essay hypothesis can be true is if it is impossible to see the above qualities in a non-essay response. This is obviously not the case. Simply strip the essay let's say of descriptives for example (plainly, obviously, elegant, melodramatic, etc.) and there you go. It may not be as easy to read, but all the information will still be there, but it will no longer be an essay. I think the original intention, however, was the objection to verbiage. This is not an insult despite what Stephen may gleem from dictionaries. It does mean an over-abundance of words which implies they are unnecessary. Here is an example of verbiage (from Allen): This thread is well past its sell-by date, and I had no intention of prolonging it, Here is an example from me Well, I pay little attention to due dates :-) Should verbiage (unnecessary words) be eliminated? Definately Yes. If one feels they detract from the post. Definately No. If one feels they don't detract or even enhance the post. So there you have it. I think all who contributed here should be rightly proud of their efforts. I'm sure Monty Python would be :-) --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6702 or send a blank email to leave-6702-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Canada's early intolerance
S. Black responds to this thread with: ...uncharacteristically disagreeable... I disagree. I don't find the discussion disagreeable, just a discussion. it's time I expressed an opinion OK. This must be significant I guess, but I'm not sure why. 'Verbiage' refers to more than just the length of a contribution. It's also an insult, implying that the words are superflous or meaningless I disagree. I don't see the word verbiage to be an insult. It means an over-abundance of words. Which was the point of the argument: Whether or not essay-type posts have too many words (which was obviously from the very beginning, a personal preference). So. I view the whole point as: Is it a necessity that a post on a list-serv be in the form of an essay in order to convey a well thought out and documented response about a topic? My answer is no. Note that this view has nothing to do with what is preferable or desirable (or required in other contexts). Some Tipsters may enjoy reading essay responses, some may not. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6682 or send a blank email to leave-6682-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Resource and reference books
I agree that Martin Bolt's resource manual is fantastic. Unfortunately for those in Canada. Some of the resources (e.g. a particular psychology video series recomended in the manual (which I wanted to get)) are not sold in Canada. :-( But the printed material and resource suggestions in the manual are great and make the manual an amazing resource (everything from demonstrations, discussion questions, to feature film suggestions and web links). I was sent the printed manual itself with a binder, as well as a cd with the manual as a PDFmakes it searchable :-) Simply The Best. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6686 or send a blank email to leave-6686-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Canada's early intolerance
In response to: It is tiring and unnecessary (I think) to wade through a lot of verbiage particularly on a list-serve Allen said I find that a rather remarkable comment, on two counts. First, no one has to wade through any post on this listserv First the first statement isn't really remarkable at all. Of course, if you want to be very literal you can claim Allen's response as being a legitimate interpretation. Of course it isn't, and he knows it I presume (or perhaps I presume too much). An intelligent interpretation would be that the statement presumes the person is interested in the subject. Then to find out what the author is saying, the reader must read all the verbiage. If Allen and Mike P really believe that it's news to people that they don't have to read what they don't want to..well what can you say. Allen's second point. Second, this is a listserv for professionals (academics, one might say). There are some issues that cannot be dealt with adequately in a few concise sentence... This is clearly wrong. There is no subject no matter how complex that cannot benefit from concision. It also excludes most of the posts here since almost nothing discussed here is complex. In addition, no one suggested that the response: not be well thought out must be limited to a few sentences. not include references The actual point was: Complete english sentences and paragraphs are unnecessary and so are quotes. Including these actually detracts from the essential points. That is, for busy professionals (academics, one might say). --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6624 or send a blank email to leave-6624-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Canada's early intolerance
It is tiring and unnecessary (I think) to wade through a lot of verbiage particularly on a list-serve. Perhaps what Chris meant was, instead of essays: skip the quotes make it point form with concision (of course the same criticism could be leveled at M. Palij who also tends to be an essay writer) --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6600 or send a blank email to leave-6600-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Future shock
I also would highlight (from Allen) ...how one judges the case... --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6568 or send a blank email to leave-6568-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Future shock
Aw. I don't think we should pick on psychologists. Every academic discipline has it's pre-cognitives as I pointed out recently about Joseph S. Nye's (Harvard) TED talk where he assures us about certain aspects of the future. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6505 or send a blank email to leave-6505-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] The Shadow Scholar
Personally I found that the article stated nothing new, over-represented the problem, and most of all was really boring. I think the author's self-aggrandizing real point is that he is an amazingly gifted and brilliant scholar which the college system failed to recognize. I also imagine that he pictures himself to hold the equivalent of a Ph.D. in many, many areas. I see the author as a frustrated juvenile who finally got a publication of his own in the aforementioned article. I think his ghost writing behavior is being fueled by his blaming and general contempt for college, academics, and faculty. He is getting-back-at-the-system which wouldn't recognize his amazing talents. BORING. P.S. This personality profile of the author was constructed by me and does not represent the opinion of any known clinical psychologist living or dead. Any resemblence to a real personality profile is accidental :-) --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6506 or send a blank email to leave-6506-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] American men are becoming chicks
The last time I used the C word the New England and the California first responders and other female tipsters were highly offended. lol. Really?... fascinating that adults can be highly offended by a word. Apparently that valuable lesson that used to be learned in kindergarten is no longer taught. Btw,isn't the European shoulder bags that men wear in Europe a sort of a feminizing thang? Could be. I think the American comedian would agree. (If they actually carry such bags...other than Seinfeld that is) His main point being that the trend toward the feminizing of everything is definitely bad news. And that's nowhere more apparent than in education and especially in psychology. Are you becoming chauvinistic? If that means that I think the feminizing of education and psychology is a bad thing...then yes :-) --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6299 or send a blank email to leave-6299-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] American men are becoming chicks
At least according to Comedian, author Adam Carolla American men are becoming chicks and all Americans will be chicks in 50 years: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2010/11/05/ps.adam.carolla.int.cnn?hpt=T2 ...I wonder if he got his cue from academics where the process seems to be a lot further along? --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6279 or send a blank email to leave-6279-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Why isn't this plagiarism?
Marie said: In fact, in the biological sciences it is common for the lab director to be an author on every paper produced by his/her lab even if he/she did nothing specifically to create the paper or research. And this is also the case in bio-psychology (or is that psycho-biology...ahem, I digress). Indeed, some are still of the old school (probably because they are old(er)) where the lab owner is the first author in every paper, regardless of their actual effort in said paper. I think either is fine, in that they are after all the creator and intellectual force behind the establishment and continuance of the lab. With biopsych (and other areas I imagine), often the technical help (lab assistants etc.) do not get mentioned unless the PI is open-minded and they had some form of direct contribution to the paper. With regard to politicians--besides that anything goes if you can get away with it--I imagine it's ok since it is their thoughts and they are just getting technical help in putting those thoughts onto paper (and help in avoiding stepping on the wrong toes). --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6185 or send a blank email to leave-6185-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] The Failure of Higher Education And Its Effect On U.S. Politics
An equally entertaining news item is this Ted Talk which highlights divinatinatory practices among academics. http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/10/31/nye.rise.china.fears/index.html?hpt=C2 I wonder if he prefers the tarot card or the crystal ball? --Mike On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 8:17 AM, Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu wrote: This year U.S. politics appears to be a little sillier, a little more vicious, and, well, just plain stupider than other elections in the past (then again, I may be repressing memories of more ridiculous elections). One example of this sad state of affairs is given to us by the good citizens of Denver, Colorado who want to set up a commission for aliens. The Wall Street Journal had an article on this yesterday; quoting from the WSJ: |Ballot Initiative 300 would require the city to set up an Extraterrestrial |Affairs Commission, stocked with Ph.D. scientists, to ensure the health, |safety and cultural awareness of Denver residents when it comes to |future contact with extraterrestrial intelligent beings or their vehicles. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303341904575576192201885522.html Perhaps the saddest part is the following: |He and several other volunteers spent a recent afternoon hanging |flying-saucer posters on a college campus in Denver. More than |a few students brushed past with bemused looks. But those voters |who stopped to talk seemed taken by the concept, especially when |they learned that the ET commission would be financed by donations, |not tax dollars. | |I don't really believe in extraterrestrial life, but if we set something |up like that, we'd be prepared for anything, said Brandon Coby, 23 years |old, a biology major at the University of Colorado. You can't go wrong |with it. You don't know how happy I am that it was biology major and not a psychology major who was interviewed (though it is possible that this person has a promising career in neuroscience ;-). The article ends with: |The intergalactic-ectoplasmic smackdown ends Tuesday. No polling |has been done on the initiative. But a 2005 Gallup poll found one in four |Americans believes extraterrestrials have visited Earth. One in three |believes in ghosts. And if you think that the WSJ just represents the effete, elitist, east coast intelligentsia (which would be ironic given that it is now a Murdoch rag) here is a link to the Denver Post newspaper that covered the issue: http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_16471380 Quoting: |Remember, city voters once approved impounding the vehicles of illegal |immigrants; we might as well prepare to impound the UFOs of these illegal |aliens, too. Apropos Halloween: be afraid, be very afraid. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fbn=Tl=tipso=6110 or send a blank email to leave-6110-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6130 or send a blank email to leave-6130-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] 100 Reasons NOT to Go to Graduate School
I think everyone knows the truth contained in the list; except perhaps people who have been grandfathered ;-). If you want a better version try this one: http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/7451115/?ref=nf --Mike On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu wrote: On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 12:26:09 -0700, Annette Taylor wrote in reponse to Prof. Michael Smith: Well, now that's an attitude that will generate job security for those of remaining in academia. But it won't do anything for students who really would like to aspire to become college professors! Or who just like life-long learning and knowledge generation. I saw no winky or other nonverbal cue that perhaps this was said tongue in cheek, so I am taking it at face value...perhaps I shouldn't. First, I think that Miguel was being ironic or simply humorous. Second, I think that Prof. Smith is not being ironic or humorous. One gets the impression that he is not happy with his career choices and his comments below reflect this attitude. I'm sure I will be corrected if I am in error. Third, we should always be cautious in advising students about graduate school (it can be a difficult experience even for the smartest student -- perhaps because they are so smart) and the possibilities of a future career. Some will complete the Ph.D. and go on to academia or non-academic research careers or clinical practice/research or leave the field completely and go into some other endeavor. Where one winds up depends upon the opportunities that are available to them and what decisions one makes. It should be made clear that certain options (e.g., becoming a college professor) are likely to be limited to people who have gone to graduate school. If that is the choice one has made, then one will have to learn to live with it. The decision should be one's own and not made by someone else or to please someone else. Also, tt may have to be pointed out how boring it will be for others if one makes the decision to whine about their decisions that they have made, such as going to gradaute school and/or going into academia, which they now regret. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu On Sunday, October 31, 2010 10:00 AM, Michael Smith wrote in response to Miguel Roig: Sounds good. It's about time the word got out that graduate school is a waste of time, especially in the social sciences and humanities. On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Miguel Roig wrote: If you are in the middle of academic advisement perhaps this may useful to you: http://100rsns.blogspot.com/p/complete-list-to-date.html :-) --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fbn=Tl=tipso=6133 or send a blank email to leave-6133-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=6136 or send a blank email to leave-6136-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Why don't we hear more about such things?
Chris wrote Which is precisely why it doesn't count as a candidate for knowledge (for anyone remotely sympathetic to Popper). I think I would agree that the statment wouldn't count as a scientific hypothesis, but not that it couldn't count as knowledge. To say that assumes a scientific world view where the falsifiability thing is king. It is conceivable, though, that one can have true knowledge without such knowledge being falsifyable in the least. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=5841 or send a blank email to leave-5841-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Freud and intellectuals
I suppose it could be put down to belief perseverance and confirmation bias. Just as UFO enthusiasts interpret contrary evidence to fit their preconceptions, I imagine Freud believers do the same. Personal intelligence and critical thinking are often of little help when it comes to assessment (or reassessment) of firmly held convictions. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=5601 or send a blank email to leave-5601-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Freud's case histories
Very interesting to read your two posts. I haven't looked into Freud really at all, so this is news to me. Was the VAST majority of his published stuff (and the theories of his system) doctored and (at times completely made up)? E.g. the glove aneasthesia case so often referred to in intro psych was innacurate? hyped? made up? or fairly accurate. If this is one of those destroyed cases, given the apparantly systematic alterations to suit his theories, what do the historians think about the case? P.S. I guess I will have to (I mean, will be delighted to) get your book. Does your book delineate which parts of his theories would be most suspect? Or is the general conscensus that it's all cr*p? --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=5551 or send a blank email to leave-5551-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] behavioral dilemma
I don't go for the germs theory either. In Canada (at least for the 3D movies) the glasses are in plastic pouches, giving at least the illusion of germ free :-) Personally I would postulate the I don't want to disturb the symmetry theory. I've noticed that many people are a bit hesitant to actually cut the wedding or birthday cake as this would spoil the beauty of it, and other similar things when something is complete or nice to look at as is. Perhaps a similar mechanism is at work here. The pile after all has no symmetry to speak of, while the nicely arranged glasses (in a very nice semi-circle no less) are a sight to behold! Perhaps the Gestalt people could supply some real theoretical underpinnings to support this hypothesis. E.g., our preference for wholes and completeness. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=5553 or send a blank email to leave-5553-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Deans Can't Count on First Amendment
Shows you the illusory nature of rightsand I wonder how weak the rights are of an individual professor are. I guess it still, and always will come down to whoever has the greater force is the one who makes the rules and decides the rights of everyone else. The constitution of countries can always be ammended. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=5560 or send a blank email to leave-5560-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] behavioral dilemma
I hesitate to point this out, butthere is no evidence that this behavior exists or is automatic and that the fact that he fully understands that when people go to these places they are not 'themselves' but rather some zombie-like shell of themselves to me is a bizzarre assumption. Especially when the ensuing activity/analysis/discussion is based entirely upon this assumption. Since it's intro psych I would ask stuff like: How is this level of automaticity to be measured? How experienced is the student an in observing human behavior in the field (aware of biases such as confirmation of belief)? How many people actually take from the tangled pile--one needs a count in general and counts tied to the variables of interest: height, sex, time of day, etc. In short, the student has an anecdotal suspicion that something is going on, couched in imprecise and 'familiar' language--perhaps a good place for ideas...but it certainly needs tightening up. Not the least of which is to check whether the 'phenomenon' actually exists through an actual count (preferably by an unbiased observer). So I think the first step is a simple count and a t-test. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=5534 or send a blank email to leave-5534-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] It Takes Women To Make A Group Intelligent
Well, according to the popular article: But the team's scores had little to do with the intelligence scores of individual members, or with the score of the smartest person on the team, the researchers reported. So, actually then, the c factor would have little to do with intelligence. --Mike On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu wrote: Science magazine has published an article online that has already been reviewed in the popular media. The article describe the collective intelligence or c factor demonstrated by a group of people engaged in group problem solving. One popular media account can be read here: http://news.discovery.com/human/group-intelligence-wisdom-crowd.html The abstract and access to the Science article is available here: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/sci;science.1193147v2?maxtoshow=hits=10RESULTFORMAT=fulltext=anita+william+woolleysearchid=1FIRSTINDEX=0resourcetype=HWCIT or here: http://tinyurl.com/2cj6gbf Quoting from the abstract: |This c factor is not strongly correlated with the average or |maximum individual intelligence of group members but is correlated |with the average social sensitivity of group members, the equality in |distribution of conversational turn-taking, and the proportion of |females in the group. I wonder what this says about the intelligence of all male groups? ;-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fbn=Tl=tipso=5510 or send a blank email to leave-5510-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=5515 or send a blank email to leave-5515-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] How many deaths do you think it will take?
You know the type of story... After 5 kids get killed playing on the street, THEN the city decides it might be a good idea to put a stop sign. In a similar vein, I was wondering how many suicides (such as the most recent one: the 13 year old girl Hope) would have to occur before bullying and cyber-bullying is considered a punishable crime? I think you can't call gays names and harass them without risking being charged with a hate crime. Shouldn't bullying also be considered to be a hate crime? Perhaps social psychology can answer why our systems are so slow to react. Why it takes so many deaths or other serious consequences before the legal system does anything about it (or is even willing to notice it). --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=5466 or send a blank email to leave-5466-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] If you act now, you can get 20% off an MA dissertation
http://dissertationblog.com/ --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=5479 or send a blank email to leave-5479-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] I knew it! Psychology sunk the Titanic!
I dindn't want to imply that it wasn't a good article for a psych class. I find I can use almost anything to illustrate something in psychology or as a discussion starter. Even for motiviation class...she is after all promoting her new novel Good as Gold. The entire story of what happened during the sinking of the titanic could indeed be made up by her. For example, I don't find anything convincing at all (in the article at least) as to why her grandfather, a decorated navy officer, would have lied to the investigation committee in the first place--it is merely asserted that he did so. There is nothing culpable for the sinking in his purported actions. And of course, since no one can contradict Louise Patten's story she can claim whatever she wants (and probably will). Could a new movie be in the future if her book is well written enough...blending known fact with storytelling? Perhaps she can already smell the money...I personally smell a fish here. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=5129 or send a blank email to leave-5129-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] I knew it! Psychology sunk the Titanic!
Actually it was her grandmother who told her. Which means, the story is also at least twice removed from the source. Also, to mention a few other variables: the story is dependent on more than one person's memory processes, assumes Louse Patton knew what he was talking about (would the ship really have been safe going the other way? would have stayed afloat longer sitting still), assumes that Robert Hitchins had been told which way to turn and made a mistake, and that Louse Patton remembers that too, and that the press is accurately reporting what they heard. I wouldn't put much stock in it. --Mike On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com wrote: You may have heard that there are new details regarding what caused the Titanic to sink. It did indeed hit an iceberg, but here is what Louse Patton (grand daughter of Charles Lightoller, Second Officer who survived the Titanic) said her grandfather told her: Instead of steering Titanic safely round to the left of the iceberg, once it had been spotted dead ahead, the steersman, Robert Hitchins, had panicked and turned it the wrong way.’ Titanic was launched at a time when the world was moving from sailing ships to steam ships. My grandfather, like the other senior officers on Titanic, had started out on sailing ships. And on sailing ships, they steered by what is known as “Tiller Orders” which means that if you want to go one way, you push the tiller the other way. [So if you want to go left, you push right.] It sounds counter-intuitive now, but that is what Tiller Orders were. Whereas with “Rudder Orders’ which is what steam ships used, it is like driving a car. You steer the way you want to go. It gets more confusing because, even though Titanic was a steam ship, at that time on the North Atlantic they were still using Tiller Orders. Therefore Murdoch gave the command in Tiller Orders but Hitchins, in a panic, reverted to the Rudder Orders he had been trained in. A case of proactive interference (something you learned earlier interferes with your ability to learn something new)? Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/8016751/The-truth-about-the-sinking-of-the-Titanic.html Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fbn=Tl=tipso=5106 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-5106-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=5109 or send a blank email to leave-5109-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Professor fired.
Hi all. Well...my use of quotes around the word fact was to designate that I don't know that it was a fact. The use of question marks was to denote that I'm asking some questions with regard to provocative behavior (and dress) of young latina women when cultures were mixed in a classroom way back when. The example is in my memory, so the questions were in the hope of probing the collective memory of those on TIPS, and then perhaps that would lead to references. The latina women is one example that I seem to remember, another one I seem to remember was cultural differences in laughing (Asian?) where the member of the minority culture supposed they were being laughed AT rather than that everyone thought what they said was funny. And finally, if there are cultural differences, is a prof allowed to point them out? It seems to me that freedom of speech and academic freedom is an issue with this kind of thing. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=5055 or send a blank email to leave-5055-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Professor fired.
Mike P: Perhaps you are just a bigot? Bigot: a person who is utterly intolerant of any differing creed, belief, or opinion. (Reference: A dictionary) You pretend to be open minded, but your bigotry and anti-religious stance shines through anyway. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=5067 or send a blank email to leave-5067-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Professor fired.
Being the x-cultural dude Michael S. should be able to point me in the right direction here. Wasn't it a recognized 'fact' a while ago (70's?) that young Latina women behaved more seductively and provocatively than your average young american women and that the young american men took the behavior as a come on? But that it was explained as a cultural difference and as an example of the types of problems that can arise in mult-cultural classrooms? I wonder if one would be fired today for consistently pointing out cultural differences of this sort. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=5045 or send a blank email to leave-5045-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] New advances in eye movement therapy
If you thought EMDR was an advance, well we now have something better: OEI (One Eye integration Therapy). Yes its true. OEI therapy only needs to use one eye, so maybe its twice as good as EMDR! At any rate, here's what some 'observers' have said: ... OEI is like a combination of EMDR, Educational Kinesiology (‘Brain Gym’), and Gendlin’s Focusing. (https://www.sightpsych.com/) (It seems that they now prefer Observed and Experiential Integration). There's a nice picture of the discoverer of this breakthrough (Audrey Cooke) and her business partner (Bradshaw) at the bottom. Audrey also works with multigenerational trauma in case you need some help with that. Here's an excerpt from some promotional literature from Trinity Western (a Canadian University) The success of OEI lies in its ability to deal with these long-hidden memories and traumas. Throughout sessions, clients are encouraged to override appropriate social norms and behaviors, allowing themselves t express emotions and memories more primitively. In some instances, patients have had startling physical responses. Bradshaw recalls a woman who was choked unconcsious by a relative on several occasions as a child. 'As we connected with the event visually using OEI, the marks on her neck showed the hand-prints of her abuser.' (Conscientia: The research publication of Trinity Western University, 2009, pg. 5). There's just so much in this therapy it's wonderful. Talk about cross-discipline integration! Maybe good for your critical thinking class Annette. And we could be witnessing the birth of a new cult. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=4997 or send a blank email to leave-4997-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] New advances in eye movement therapy
I wouldn't say the only problem with the claims of OEI is lack of peer review. For one example, this cut and paste from the website is, to me, devoid of meaning: In contrast, in OEI clients actually observe changes in cognitions, emotions, and physical sensations, depending on which eye they cover. In that way, they cannot discount the duality of experience, and discover that one of the “observations” is a distortion. This leads to “mentalizing” (standing back and reflecting on the disparate experiences from a higher-order self). For clients with a great deal of emotional lability, this is an entirely new experience. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=5009 or send a blank email to leave-5009-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Galileo Was Wrong?
Well...there's way too much there to comment on. But a couple of comments anyway: Some thoughts about Marc Carter's post. Marc said that my original contention was that: thoughtful theologians were responsible for modern science, not that the collection of people who invented science were religious. I may have been unintentionally misleading, but my actual contention was much more the latter: that the people involved with the development of science thought that their explorations using God's highest gift of reason was glorifying God. That is, their science was religiously motivated--not that they were professional theologians. In the sense that Christianity has a specific theology (that God created a lawful universe accessible to reason, etc. etc.) these men were motivated to create their science to better understand the Christian God. Reflection on the world and the human condition led to the development of science, not reflection on the existence or characteristics of gods. This is a categorical statement about which I disagree. It was exactly the reflection on the characteristics of the Christian God as spelled out in Christian theology that both inspired and allowed these men to embark on the scientific enterprise. Read Gleick or Michael White on Newton. His Christianity didn't make him a scientist, and his commentary on the Bible didn't make him a theologian. I think it is pretty clear that Newton was a very religious man and that he considered himself in the service of God and uncovering the knowledge of God as he undertook his scientific activities. I would assume that Gleick and White simply are anti-religious. True to form Mike Palij managed to come up with some obscure individual in order to further complicate the issue (with standard disclaimers also), prefaced by: One problem with shallow explanations like that provided by Prof. Smith is that it fails to recognize that others may have made similar sorts of claims Actually, I don't think that's a problem at all and Mike's post seems rather like a non-sequitur. and finally, Allen commented: Leaving aside that Darwin was hardly among the first scientists, it is erroneous to state he was religious. On the contrary, he had ceased to believe in the tenets of Christianity by the early 1840s, and following the death of his beloved daughter Annie in 1850 he ceased to be a believer in any kind of conventional religious belief. Yes, I know that Darwin isn't among the first scientists. I included Darwin because he is the object of almost orgasmic devotion by at least some very vocal atheists (and probably their followers)--their god one might say--and because he also was religious: at least in the beginning, as shown by your post that he had ceased to believe. So then, Darwin too at least started out religious and his motivation for engaging in the study of the natural world could well have been a religious one. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=4942 or send a blank email to leave-4942-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Galileo Was Wrong?
I'm thinking that the dark ages weren't so dark and science is a natural outgrowth of thoughtful Christian theology. So, without the dark ages and Christian theology, science wouldn't be anywhere. --Mike On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Jim Dougan jdou...@iwu.edu wrote: I sometimes engage in a speculative exercise with my students - imagining what might have happened had the Dark Ages not intervened between the Greek Miracle and the Renaissance (of course, it wouldn't have really been a rebirth). Seriously - where would science and technology be today had progress been more continuous? I am thinking Star Trek ;) At 04:25 PM 9/15/2010, you wrote: Marc Carter wrote: Those old guys were *smart*... If ever you hear of a concentration of philosophical, scientific, and artistic talent like there was in Athens between, say, 450 and 350 bc (a city of about 100,000 back then) move there and start drinking the water, breathing the air, and eating food grown from the surrounding ground. Something pretty astonishing was happening back then. (And when you consider that geniuses like Aristarchus and Archimedes came a century later during the Hellenistic decline... ) Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 mailto:chri...@yorku.cachri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ == -Original Message- From: Christopher D. Green [mailto:chri...@yorku.camailto:chri...@yorku.ca] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 2:49 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Galileo Was Wrong? Just for the record, Aristarchus of Samos outlined a heliocentric model of the universe 1700 years before Copernicus. Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 mailto:chri...@yorku.cachri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ == = Marc Carter wrote: Good points, John. It was really Copernicus who gave us the notion that you could better explain the motions of the planets; it was Kepler who worked out elliptical orbits (but hated them -- circular motion required no explanation, but ellipses do), and Newton who invented gravity to explain the elliptical orbits. Galileo gave observational evidence that there were more than seven heavenly bodies in his observations of the satellites of Jupiter. He gets the blame because he was the one who provided evidence for the notion that things weren't as the Ptolemaic system would have it. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor and Chair Department of Psychology College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: John Kulig [mailto:ku...@mail.plymouth.edumailto:ku...@mail.plymouth.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 6:44 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Galileo Was Wrong? Yeah, I agree! (sort of, but ...) My understanding (haven't read the original) is that Copernicus (Latinized from the Polish name Kopernik) was theoretically embedded in the medieval way of thinking which was to try to fit the available data into pre-existing medieval-style thinking. I believe he showed that either a geo or helio-centered universe could be made consistent with existing data. Galileo deserves a tremendous amount of credit for pushing science forward, but look to Kepler's three laws of planetary motion (1609/1619) for a real data-driven science (Tycho Brahe's data though), moving from the perfect circles of medieval thinking to elliptical orbits. But in empirically derived laws, he saw a different sort of perfection, mathematically, such as the relationship between distance from the sun and time to orbit (3rd law I believe) ... == John W. Kulig Professor of Psychology Plymouth State University Plymouth NH 03264 GALILEO GALILEI: I do not feel obligated to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reasons, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply
Re: [tips] Galileo Was Wrong?
Well, I didn't mean anything very deep. Just that the first scientists were all very religious men. Bacon, Copernicus, Kepler, Newton, and Darwin for example. They saw (like Aquinus) that an orderly, rational, lawful universe was a reflection of those qualities of its creator. And studying nature was a way of glorifying God and coming to know the mind of God more fully (by discovering the divine order) since his creation reflected at least some of his qualities even if only on a lower level. So science was the result of a worked out theology. One might even call science practical theology since these men believed their investigative activities were glorifying God through the application of one of his crowning gifts: reason. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=4911 or send a blank email to leave-4911-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Self-plagiarism
(I don’t mean that he is good at it, just that he knows a lot about it.) lol. That's funny. Especially since it kinda imply that he couldn't actually apply the knowledge. --Mike On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Rick Froman rfro...@jbu.edu wrote: http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/57676/ Interesting post on The Scientist.com with quotes from TIPSter (and plagiarism expert) Miguel Roig. (I don’t mean that he is good at it, just that he knows a lot about it.) Rick Rick Froman rfro...@jbu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fbn=Tl=tipso=4833 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-4833-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=4834 or send a blank email to leave-4834-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] They Too Died That Day
My take would be that curious directions are directions he perhaps thinks are not worthwhile talking about. And I agree most are related either directly or indirectly to the madness aspect and what-can-we-learn/teach from it. Including the stereotypes of muslims and christians. But anyway, I don't think in a public forum like a listserv that a poster can expect to exercise control over the discussion, no matter what he/she thinks is the important point. --Mike On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Jim Clark j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca wrote: Hi It is not clear what Mike thinks are curious directions. Most of the responses I have seen appear to be reactions to the Mike's characterizing what was happening as madness and asking what critical thinking lessons psychologists will teach about this madness. Perhaps it was not his intention for us to focus on that aspect of his posting? Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu 13-Sep-10 9:21:41 PM I started this thread several days ago with the post below which focused on a Muslin family who had lost a family member on 9/11. I felt it was necessary to remind people that many different groups of people died that day and the current attempt by some to Christianize 9/11 should make wonder why such a thing was occurring. The contributors to this thread has taken the discussion in curious directions and I decided not to respond until now. On ... On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 06:08:43 -0700, Mike Palij wrote: An article in the NY Times focuses on one family that deals with their grief over the loss of a father and husband in the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. How they have dealth with the attack and the aftermath should give us and, if we share with our students, pause. See: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/10/nyregion/10muslim.html?_r=1th=emc=thpagewanted=all The fact that the family is Muslim would be incidental except for the recent madness manifesting itself in U.S. religious and political circles. I wonder what critical thinking lessons psychologists will teach about this madness? --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fbn=Tl=tipso=4793 or send a blank email to leave-4793-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=4799 or send a blank email to leave-4799-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] They Too Died That Day
JC. Your question assumes that the default position has been to read the bible literally. However, the 'dogmatic literalist' view is a distortion of modern times. So, the short answer to your question 'when did people seriously consider the bible from a non-literalist view' is: Always. From the beginning, theologians did not take the bible literally or simplistically, but have always thought deeply about it's message. Indeed, from the 2nd to 6th centuries (the time of the church fathers), the 'default position' of biblical interpretation was primarily allegorical. The 1600's (although not exclusivley) saw the addition of historical criticism. It's only in modern times (last 50 years?), that the bible has been taken in a simplistic, slogan-like way by both fundamentalist Christians and fundamentalist Atheists. The form of your question also assumes that the entire bible must either be understood literally or not. However, biblical interpretation has always been an issue of which parts warrant literal interpretation, which allegorical, and which metaphorical. I can sympathize with Claudia's situation; violence and aggression are frightening and unwelcome (to say nothing of the noise!). I'm not sure that religion is to blame or really has that much to do with it though . Real religion always encourages a deep and thoughtful self-questioning with regard to one's outlook and motives while always maintaining a deep concern and respect for others and their worldview. Fundamentalism as it has come to be known, is not, I think, a religious issue as much as it is an issue of basic human fear: the fear of change. When things are changing, when the world doesn't suit us, when we no longer see our personal values reflected in our environment, we become frightened and the usual response is to lash out and try to force the world back into our view of how it should be. To accomplish this people may use religion (fundamentalism), or politics (tea party?), or education (ivory towers), or any number of other ways. So I don't really think it is a religious issue as much as just a human one. But I think real religion actually helps us here with the thoughtful re-assessment of our prejudice. For the truly religious, the world, the people in it, and it's constant change are opportunities for growth and care of our fellows. Force and violence are not something which can ever be condoned. It's only when religion is hijacked by basic human fears that religion condones violence and oppression. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=4778 or send a blank email to leave-4778-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] They Too Died That Day
Apparantly Hermann Goering claimed that it was very easy to control the public (and he should know)...just call a person unpatriotic. It still works today. Just call people who differ in opinion racist, or islamohphobic or homophobic, and there you go--you have control. I also think there could be much to worry about if a competing ideology isn't afraid to use violent coercion and can use democracy to vote in sympathetic leaders during its weak beginnings. The fact that there has not been a vehement condemnation of terrorism across the entire Muslim world and all of its leadership could be telling. Although, unlike James, I think the reason that Western society has 'evolved' beyond barbarism (at least institutionally) and enshrines human rights and freedoms is not in spite of Christianity, but a major part of that development is because of it. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=4752 or send a blank email to leave-4752-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] They Too Died That Day
Perhaps psychologists should say that a lasting emotional reaction to serious tradgedy isn't madness nor islamophobia, and that the tough SHOULD be open minded Americans need to be treated with care and respect also. Perhaps, as some have suggested, it's too soon, and/or the location should be other than particularly close to ground zero. --Mike On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Paul Brandon paul.bran...@mnsu.edu wrote: And of course there have been protests of mosques in cities far from New York. And it's hard to see how a Pastor in rural Florida could be afraid of an Islamic center in NYC. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu On Sep 11, 2010, at 7:11 AM, Beth Benoit wrote: Which, of course, would be neither at Ground Zero nor is it a mosque. But the loudest protesters seem to have overlooked that. Go figure... Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 4:31 AM, Helweg-Larsen, Marie helw...@dickinson.edu wrote: It seems that there are lots of lessons/topics for a psychologist to discuss in class with respect to the current 'islamaphobia'. Of course such a discussion could be structured around social psychological work on prejudice and discrimination but also emotions in general. This author suggests that fear and not prejudice is the cause of opposition to the Not-at-Ground-Zero Mosque. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/opinion/05kristof.html?src=meref=general --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fbn=Tl=tipso=4733 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-4733-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=4734 or send a blank email to leave-4734-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Psychology Department Advisory Boards
It would seem that an advisory board is to take those traditionally faculty concerns (priorities, planning, curriculum, etc.) out of faculty hands and put it more into the hands of administration. In other words, a further disempowering of faculty and imbuing administration with greater control--one of the primary goals of any administration. With the advisory board answering directly and only to administration, faculty can finally be slowly eased out of the loop. All the administration needs and wants are instructors to deliver the product to the customer and to ensure the customer is happy (retention). With an advisory board, administration needn't have those endless meetings and debates about the value of higher education or what higher education should be doing or the direction it should be going. Noel-Levitz and the numbers will drive the direction and make the decisions thank you very much. No faculty need apply. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=4737 or send a blank email to leave-4737-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Velcro Parents
Perhaps they should provide special rooms where mom can breast feed her precious one last time. Maybe it's actually a new stage of development. Instead of child, adolescent, emerging adulthood, adulthood, and old age we could have: childhood, extended childhood, childhood undocking (may take 2-5 years), emerging adulthood. --Mike On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu wrote: The NY Times has an article on the parents of students who are moving into dorms right now. While helicoptor parents hover over their students, velcro parents seem to be unable to unattach themselves from their children and a number of colleges now have put into place activities and programs for parents who never can say goodbye. For the article, see: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/23/education/23college.html?_r=1themc=th Quoting from the article: |Moving their students in usually takes a few hours. Moving on? |Most deans can tell stories of parents who lingered around campus |for days. At Colgate University in Hamilton, N.Y., a mother and |father once went to their daughter’s classes on the first day of the |semester and trouped to the registrar’s office to change her schedule, |recalled Beverly Low, the dean of first-year students. Have any Tipsters had parents sit in on their class on the first day (or first few days)? I think that I had that happen once long ago. And: |Some undergraduate officials see in parents’ separation anxieties |evidence of the excesses of modern child-rearing. “A good deal |of it has to do with the evolution of overinvolvement in our students’ |lives,” said Mr. Dougharty of Grinnell. “These are the baby-on-board |parents, highly invested in their students’ success. They do a lot of |living vicariously, and this is one manifestation of that.” Does anyone's school run workshops on Parents' Seperation Anxiety? Finally, this phenomenon, it seems to me, to be peculiar to certain social classes in the U.S. I doubt that one sees much of this kind of behavior at commuter colleges (though I admit to having seen something comparable at one school). I haven't had this happen in any of the classes that I have taught for adults (i.e., people who have went into the workforce after high school and have returned to college, often after many years). Has anyone seen this for students in graduate programs? -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fbn=Tl=tipso=4364 or send a blank email to leave-4364-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=4373 or send a blank email to leave-4373-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Warning: Rant: $180!!!!!
Yes I think textbook costs for psychology are ridiculous. I suppose the publishers are cashing in on the popularity of psychology It must be all those chapter technologies for enhanced learning. Only for visual learners though :-) It might be helpful if people posted specifically which textbooks cost so much (name and publisher) and perhaps some cheaper alternatives they have found. Perhaps a longer term solution of changing this would be to have textbooks (including an electronic version) produced by faculty themselves and produced for as near peanuts as possible (and faculty would still make some money even)...paperback, cheap paper, etc. And instead of all the chapter technologies, just have wide margins for students to take their own notes. Imagine what would have happened to Harry Potter had Snape not had enough room to write his notes in his potions book! Another option might be for faculty to produce very comprehensive power point files for sharing free of any cost (or a minimal fee while keeping all the copyright notices to a minimum: preferably one at the end in small print) to replace a text book. These could have a lot of notes on them for students to read (and print if desired). The end-using professor could cut and paste the presentations at will to customize them and it saves the prof from making them from scratch. Of course, they would cover a typical chapter in a book. Both of the above alternatives would be distributed to any prof that wants them and of course the instructor using them can enhance their coverage with a few journal articles if desired...although that costs money for subscriptions etc. So, better yet would be for faculty to write summaries of articles in student friendly language and make these available (essentially the text book above). If these alternatives were co-ordinated across multiple university faculties then the burden on any one faculty member wouldn't be too bad. Professor Emeriti could leave that legacy of a lifetime of teaching, writing, and collecting :-) Sorry for the length of that...must be because it's Sunday morning! --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=4346 or send a blank email to leave-4346-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Critical Thinking And Ethics: The Pat Tilman Case
P.S. I can't believe I'm having this argument with a Canadian. Well, I'm not really having an argument eh...it's often pretty funny reading your responses... but I'll try to cut it down... really. -- (still laughing) Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=4337 or send a blank email to leave-4337-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Critical Thinking And Ethics: The Pat Tilman Case
When information about a war comes from a government eager to promote and justify it, how can we know which parts to believe and which to reject as propaganda?...An avowed atheist...opposed the war in Iraq after serving a tour of duty there. How does one know whether it is the first Tillman story or the second one that is correct? Indeed, it's the second story that was made up by dissidents within the government and armed forces who want to embarass the government and the armed forces (but still want to be payed of course) and want to pretend that atheists are somehow peace loving people. The NY Times review is obviously bogus and highly biased...oh wait...It's the NY Times. It must be the truth. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=4329 or send a blank email to leave-4329-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] APA Con San Diego: College Students With More Psychopathology
Yes, I expected an emotionally based reaction to my Quite simply, it's impossible that a physical disability can be the cause of any form of crime for example (murder, rape, robbery, etc.), but a mental disability very easily could be. To clarify: It is logically impossible for a physical disability (e.g. a limp) to be the cause of a crime, but this is not the case with a mental disability. Given this difference, my supposition was that it isn't very reasonable to expect people to view both mental and physical disabilities as the same and it is eminently understandable that the public would have different attitudes towards them. Now I know that this isn't the accepted politically correct statement, but nevertheless, it is a correct statement. Now note gentlemen that this has nothing to do with which laws are or could be enacted, or of being Canadian or American, or of being a clinical psychologist, or of teaching at a small college rather than a large one, or of any other of the irrelevances brought up. Indeed, rather than being the domain of small colleges (as postulated by Mike P.), any law, decision, or rule enacted to entitle such people to whatever it is that they are to be entitled to, is by it's nature arbitrary. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=4208 or send a blank email to leave-4208-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] APA Con San Diego: College Students With More Psychopathology
For me, this brings up the question of whether clinically disturbed individuals should be attending college. Should the professoriate be required (i.e. forced) to deal with disturbed individuals in a classroom setting if the probability of behavioral problems is increased? Are they trained to do so? After all, the classroom isn't (and shouldn't) be a group therapy center or a social center where people can waste their time because they don't know what else to do with their life and/or they get warm fuzzy social belongingness with their peer group (i.e. babysitting). --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=4190 or send a blank email to leave-4190-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] APA Con San Diego: College Students With More Psychopathology
Well, I suppose it's similar to requiring a doctor's note to miss an exam...that is, we have the right to ask for that condition to be met since the result of not taking the medication is intolerable for the classroom experience of everyone else that's paying to be there. Given that instructors can be let go because of budget constraints I don't think it's unreasonable to curtail expenses for people who need more help. I remember seeing one student at a large university with 4 school-paid attendants present to ensure the student could be in the class. I think this kind of accommodation is too much for physical and/or mental issues, and of course where do you draw the line? Bob Wildblood said: I'm also surprised that some people believe that psychological disabilities should be look at any differently than physical difficulties. Actually, I'm surprised that people think they shouldn't be. I think the belief that they shouldn't be is merely a result of the politically correct movement. Mental illness IS fundamentally different than physical illness. (Physical illness being in the body as I assume Bob means here and what the public would mean (being in a wheelchair, having a limp, etc). Not the informed person'sa brain tumor pressing on the brain causing the person to fly into a murderous rage...yada yada yada). Quite simply, it's impossible that a physical disability can be the cause of any form of crime for example (murder, rape, robbery, etc.), but a mental disability very easily could be. The public quite rightly considers the two fundamentally different. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=4195 or send a blank email to leave-4195-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Modern society...ah!
When adult children fail, parents suffer too (http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/08/12/adult.children.struggle/index.html?hpt=T2) Here's a wee quote from the article at the end... The study findings may be explained in part by the changing structure of American families, Bernstein suggests. To the extent that the extended family has disappeared and everyone is living fragmented lives... I thought the fragmented lives part (if true) was interesting. Things just keep getting better! --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=4169 or send a blank email to leave-4169-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Re:We are no.12 (Depending Upon How Count Things)
American students are pre-occupied with media and technological crap and tacky inventions. Let us bring back the slide rule. I'd love to have a slide rule...but failing that you can use a virtual one :) (http://www.taswegian.com/TwoHeaded/UniVirtual/UniVirtual.html) --Mike On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 11:47 AM, michael sylvester msylves...@copper.net wrote: Yeah! what is past is past.More people may be going to college today but the reality is that only 40% are graduating.We were once numero uno but now we are number 12.I agree that the U.S may have the highest number of people going to college but tey are not graduating. There could be many reasons for this: some people should never go to college,high schools are the culprits for poor preparations.profs are not doing a good job in motivating students to stay and graduate from college,American students are pre-occupied with media and technological crap and tacky inventions.Let us bring back the slide rule. Michael omnicentric Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fbn=Tl=tipso=4136 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-4136-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=4137 or send a blank email to leave-4137-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] DSM and grieving
Perhaps this is a teachable moment. But then again, perhaps not. What I try to do with a popular article is view it as an ordinary person who came across it might---I do not assume it is directed at the academic community (that's what peer-reviewed journals are for). And I assume that this average reader will not conduct additional research and that he or she has no specific background with regard to what the article comments on. I think that this is a good way to read a popular article as it will give insight as to what the average person might take away from the article, and help highlight what is wrong with the article's presentation (for possible use in the classroom). That is the way I read popular articles. Yes the article mentions the committee but given that the main spokesperson for the position in the article is Kendler, (and given For Kendler, there is a clear, bright line between normal grief and clinical depression) then it wouldn't be too out of line to think that he had a major influence on the decision--perhaps he is the chair or head of the committee (something the average person would probably know about the structure of a committee), and could press his opinion forward. In my view, Scott supplied information directly relevent to what the article was about. And this kind of information could easily have been included in the article to make it a more balanced presentation that the average reader would benefit from--if indeed the primary goal of the article was to inform, which I doubt and that is what I intended to highlight. However, the information that you (Mike P) supplied, while perhaps interesting, had little to nothing to do with the actual article (in my opinion). --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=4012 or send a blank email to leave-4012-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] DSM and grieving
Yesthe worst nightmareand unimaginable grief which I'm so sorry to hear is in your life. My personal opinion is that there is such a thing as emotional trauma which never heals in the same way that there can be physical damage that never heals, such as a permanent limp. The damage and the pain never totally go away. It can't be healed, so people must learn to live and cope with it. --Mike On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Joann Jelly jje...@barstow.edu wrote: Having lost two young adult sons through acccidents and researching parental bereavement for my dissertation, I would like to make a few points, not necessarily related to the DSM-4 or 5. Perhaps I should have done so early in the discussion, yet some 30 plus years later, the situations/topics are difficult to discuss. Many (how many) bereaved parents in my research groups mentioned they were sad and pointedly said they were not depressed and wanted that point to be understood. Isolation: bereaved parents are living most parents worst nightmare and know it and are isolated by others similar to widows in a social group. When we are in a group who know our children and talk about our children who are dead, silence descends, (denial of death by most of us?) and so we don't. The experience of bereavement of children (or anyone really close) is very individual and yet some patterns of similarly are evident. Confusion re one's role and diminished sense of self, seems to be expressed in different ways and many bereaved parents find that we redesign our lives. Personally, I returned to school, attained a doctorate and still (STILL) am teaching in a community college; I love being with our students and interacting with their life stress situations. I did find comfort and affilition in The Compassional Friends a national parental bereavement self-help group and I lead group meetings and performed much of my research for the dissertation through this group. Just thought I would throw my experience in the discussion, hope it helps. Joann Jelly, Psychology Instructor Barstow Community College From: Michael Smith [mailto:tipsl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wed 8/4/2010 7:47 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] DSM and grieving Thank you Scott for the info which directly applies to the article Being a popular article I wasn't taking it too seriously :-) --Mike On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Lilienfeld, Scott O slil...@emory.edu wrote: Hi All - I've been following the discussion of pathological grief with some interest, and TIPSTERS have raised some useful points. I am by no means an apologist for DSM-IV or V (in fact, have criticized both) and don't have a good enough handle on the recent research literature to evaluate many of the claims re: the proposal for pathological grief disorder (PGS). Nevertheless, when discussing these claims, it's crucial to understand that the draft criteria are much more stringent (e.g., they don't imply that a diagnosis can be made in 2 weeks) than implied in some recent TIPS messages. Below are the draft criteria for DSM-V (or now DSM-5, as it seems to be abbreviated increasingly). Note in particular Criterion D (Timing) below. Again, many interesting and troubling questions can be raised about these draft criteria; but they certainly don't imply that anyone grieving over the loss of a loved one (and yes, I've been there too), even for a couple of months, will receive diagnoses of a mental disorder in DSM-5. Perhaps other draft criteria for PGS are floating around too, but if so, I'm not aware of them. ..Scott __ Table 3. Criteria for PGD proposed for DSM-V and ICD-11. Category Definition A. Event: Bereavement (loss of a significant other) B. Separation distress: The bereaved person experiences yearning (e.g., craving, pining, or longing for the deceased; physical or emotional suffering as a result of the desired, but unfulfilled, reunion with the deceased) daily or to a disabling degree. C. Cognitive, emotional, and behavioral symptoms: The bereaved person must have five (or more) of the following symptoms experienced daily or to a disabling degree: 1. Confusion about one's role in life or diminished sense of self (i.e., feeling that a part of oneself has died) 2. Difficulty accepting the loss 3. Avoidance of reminders of the reality of the loss 4. Inability to trust others since the loss 5. Bitterness or anger related to the loss 6. Difficulty moving on with life (e.g., making new friends, pursuing interests) 7. Numbness (absence of emotion) since the loss 8. Feeling that life is unfulfilling, empty, or meaningless since the loss 9. Feeling stunned, dazed or shocked by the loss D. Timing: Diagnosis should not be made until at least six months
Re: [tips] DSM and grieving
I think the main point of the article is that the bereavement exclusion was dropped and an additional point is that this is the result of one person's decision...gives one such faith in the scientific process. To the effect that, if you grieve longer than 2 weeks, regardless of the cause, then you should be treated as you now have a mental illness. Most ordinary people will rightly consider this a ridiculous statement. --Mike On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu wrote: My reaction to the article is somewhat different from that of Nancy's. I can understand her reaction but as someone who's had his own share of bereavement, I would say that some people are able to get through the grieving process in a reasonable amount of time and others have great difficulty in doing so and may require assistance in getting through the process. The loss of a spouse, in contrast to the loss of a child, is a far more common event but it is recognized as a potentially risky situation for the surviving spouse because of the increased risk of that spouse's death, something referred to at the widowhood effect. One review of the widowhood effect provides three general explanations for thie effect: (a) the death of a spouse directly causes the death of the surviving spouse through some process/mechanism, (b) Homogamy, that is, husbands and wives are similar in many respects and one should expect a correlation between the time of death of one spouse and another, and (c) members of a couple are exposed to many of the same environmental variables which may cause the non-simulatneous death of both). More info can be obtained from a review by Elwert Cristakis in their 2008 review article in the journal Demography which is available here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2789302/ I admit to being surprised at people who are able to snap back after the death of a spouse and re-marry within a year a two -- I simply do not understand it. Similarly, the loss of a child, the loss of a parent, the loss of a close friend, the loss of a loved one, the loss of someone who had substantial meaning to one, all of these will be handled differently by different people. Some will get over the loss though it may take years, while some may never be able to get over the loss though, perhaps, the pain of the loss might be mitigated with passage of time. For this latter group, I think some form of psychotherapy may be appropriate in helping to process the loss, appreciate the significance of the loss, and to develop the rationale why one needs to move on. Just a couple of points more: (1) The widowhood effect varies by race. I'll leave it up to the reader to speculate what is the form of this interaction. Then go and read this: http://asr.sagepub.com/content/71/1/16.abstract (2) Severe bereavement effects have been seen with animals. The example that stands out in my memory is from the National Geographic's PBS special on Jane Goodall in which the male Flint, who had problems been weaned from his mother Flo, died shortly after her death, apparently from depression and grief; see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasakela_chimpanzee_community#Flint I recommend watching the original documentary Among the Wild Chimpanzees to fully appreciate what happened. My own opinion is that pharamacotherapy is probably not very useful in this situation though for some it may provide some temporary relief. Losing a loved one under traumatic situations (e.g., watching them die in front of you) can also lead to PTSD which would have be dealt with seperate from the effects of grieving. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:14:09 -0700, Dr. Nancy Melucci wrote: I just read the story. It is even more outrageous when they suggest that the grieving for the loss of a child - the worst possible lost, made even harder in modern times when so few of us experience it (so more isolating than ever in an already death denying culture) - is more like a treatable illness than a normal reaction. Two modern cultural themes emerge of course - fear of being sued (I'd rather call it depression...) and of course the gigantic gold mine that labeling more and more of the colorful, unsettling and some times deeply painful emotional states that comprise a full life has become to psychiatry and the pharmaceutical industry. I have become more and more comfortable in my lectures criticizing the unscientific and shoddy construction of the DSM. And teaching the views of Szasz as serious insights and not the rantings of a fringe dweller. When we are happy all the time, no one will be happy anymore. Nancy Melucci Long Beach City Colleg Long Beach CA -Original Message- From: Dennis Goff dg...@randolphcollege.edu To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Tue, Aug 3, 2010 6:52 am Subject: [tips] DSM and grieving I
Re: [tips] DSM and grieving
Thank you Scott for the info which directly applies to the article Being a popular article I wasn't taking it too seriously :-) --Mike On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Lilienfeld, Scott O slil...@emory.edu wrote: Hi All - I've been following the discussion of pathological grief with some interest, and TIPSTERS have raised some useful points. I am by no means an apologist for DSM-IV or V (in fact, have criticized both) and don't have a good enough handle on the recent research literature to evaluate many of the claims re: the proposal for pathological grief disorder (PGS). Nevertheless, when discussing these claims, it's crucial to understand that the draft criteria are much more stringent (e.g., they don't imply that a diagnosis can be made in 2 weeks) than implied in some recent TIPS messages. Below are the draft criteria for DSM-V (or now DSM-5, as it seems to be abbreviated increasingly). Note in particular Criterion D (Timing) below. Again, many interesting and troubling questions can be raised about these draft criteria; but they certainly don't imply that anyone grieving over the loss of a loved one (and yes, I've been there too), even for a couple of months, will receive diagnoses of a mental disorder in DSM-5. Perhaps other draft criteria for PGS are floating around too, but if so, I'm not aware of them. ..Scott __ Table 3. Criteria for PGD proposed for DSM-V and ICD-11. Category Definition A. Event: Bereavement (loss of a significant other) B. Separation distress: The bereaved person experiences yearning (e.g., craving, pining, or longing for the deceased; physical or emotional suffering as a result of the desired, but unfulfilled, reunion with the deceased) daily or to a disabling degree. C. Cognitive, emotional, and behavioral symptoms: The bereaved person must have five (or more) of the following symptoms experienced daily or to a disabling degree: 1. Confusion about one's role in life or diminished sense of self (i.e., feeling that a part of oneself has died) 2. Difficulty accepting the loss 3. Avoidance of reminders of the reality of the loss 4. Inability to trust others since the loss 5. Bitterness or anger related to the loss 6. Difficulty moving on with life (e.g., making new friends, pursuing interests) 7. Numbness (absence of emotion) since the loss 8. Feeling that life is unfulfilling, empty, or meaningless since the loss 9. Feeling stunned, dazed or shocked by the loss D. Timing: Diagnosis should not be made until at least six months have elapsed since the death. E. Impairment: The disturbance causes clinically significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning (e.g., domestic responsibilities). F. Relation to other mental disorders: The disturbance is not better accounted for by major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, or posttraumatic stress disorder. -Original Message- From: Michael Smith [mailto:tipsl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 11:33 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] DSM and grieving I think the main point of the article is that the bereavement exclusion was dropped and an additional point is that this is the result of one person's decision...gives one such faith in the scientific process. To the effect that, if you grieve longer than 2 weeks, regardless of the cause, then you should be treated as you now have a mental illness. Most ordinary people will rightly consider this a ridiculous statement. --Mike On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu wrote: My reaction to the article is somewhat different from that of Nancy's. I can understand her reaction but as someone who's had his own share of bereavement, I would say that some people are able to get through the grieving process in a reasonable amount of time and others have great difficulty in doing so and may require assistance in getting through the process. The loss of a spouse, in contrast to the loss of a child, is a far more common event but it is recognized as a potentially risky situation for the surviving spouse because of the increased risk of that spouse's death, something referred to at the widowhood effect. One review of the widowhood effect provides three general explanations for thie effect: (a) the death of a spouse directly causes the death of the surviving spouse through some process/mechanism, (b) Homogamy, that is, husbands and wives are similar in many respects and one should expect a correlation between the time of death of one spouse and another, and (c) members of a couple are exposed to many of the same environmental variables which may cause the non-simulatneous death of both). More info can be obtained from a review by Elwert Cristakis in their 2008 review article
Re: [tips] Correlation vs. Causation: The Importance of Your Kindergarten Teacher Edition
It certainly seems useless...but perhaps that's just because it's in the New York Times. Nevertheless, I'm sure with current cutbacks in the US there will be a whole slew of research which will show how wonderfully valuable all grade school and high school teachers are, and how they are overworked, underpayed, under-appreciated, as well as their benefit and retirement packages just aren't good enough. It's just awful. Of course all grade and high school teachers should be making around 300K a year. They are such wonderful human beings who do so much for us all. --Mike On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu wrote: WARNING: This post referes to economic analysis of educational programs and outcomes. Kindly go to the next post if you find such analyses useless. The NY Times has an article on the importance and value of kindergarten teachers on adult achievement and functioning and presents early results from a Tennessee educational experiment called Project Star. The article can be read here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/28/business/economy/28leonhardt.html?src=meref=general -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fbn=Tl=tipso=3847 or send a blank email to leave-3847-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3848 or send a blank email to leave-3848-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Interested in trying out my new iphone/ipod app?
This seems much like the already existing iPad Flipboard, which I think one can add RSS feeds etc., and pulls together all of the information in magazine format including pictures, links, etc., especially if you use facebook and twitter --Mike On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Michael Britt michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com wrote: Hi Everyone, I'm about 90% done with a new psychology-related iphone/ipod app I've been building which I call the PsycInsider. I’m pretty excited about and I was wondering if anyone on TIPS is interested in getting a free beta copy of the app to test out for me and provide feedback. Of course, when it goes live I'll give you a code to download the final version for free. Obviously you would have to be an iphone or iPod Touch user. Here's my brief description of what PsycInsider does: PsycInsider is an iphone app designed to help anyone keep up-to-date on the latest news, research, blog posts, videos and tweets in the field of psychology. PsycInsider searches a select collection of psychology websites, journals, blogs, podcasts, videos and tweets and brings these resources together into one app. The information is then sorted into one of 10 subfields in psychology such as Cognitive, Therapy, Social, Developmental, Motivation Gender, etc., which allows app users to find out what’s being talked and written about in their field of interest. PsycInsider brings credible, up-to-date information from every field in psychology to you - wherever you go. As I mentioned above, I'm just about finished and ready to release the app to the Apple app store, but I'd love to give out a beta version of the app to anyone who might be interested and all I ask is that you play with it for a while and then send me an email with your impressions - strengths/weaknesses/suggestions, etc. I'm pretty excited about the app. I think it could be very helpful to instructors and students alike. It will go on sale for $4.99 in the App store by around mid-August. Apple will only allow me to provide beta copies to about 25 people, so please contact me asap if you're interested in getting the app. Thanks, Michael Britt michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fbn=Tl=tipso=3637 or send a blank email to leave-3637-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3725 or send a blank email to leave-3725-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] The Importance of Forgetting
A good advertisement that people should eschew such social media. It seems to me that one would have to be some kind of plebeian to post to the world one's latest naked escapades, antics while in another of one's drunken stupors, or how much one hates so-an-so, etc. Why people think their viewpoint, or what they did last Saturday with Julie or Sandra or Mac or Mitch is of any interest at all is quite a mystery --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3731 or send a blank email to leave-3731-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] When the scientific evidence is unwelcome, people try to reason it away
...I was up in Tobermory :-) with no internet so happily couldn't respond to Mike P's deeply insightful reply (lol). The funniest was the insights and understandings part, especially considering Mike P here: Ah, irony! I love it when it comes so think one can cut it with a knife. Quoting from the article: Research results not consistent with your world view? Then you're likely to believe science can't supply all the answers I suppose that Mike believes that the statement is obviously true--after all, it was in a popular article and he considers the article's conclusions so strong that they are worth quoting! ...Now there's an insightful soccer-science at its best. All in all, pretty funny. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3604 or send a blank email to leave-3604-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] When the scientific evidence is unwelcome, people try to reason it away | Ben Goldacre | Comment is free | The Guardian
I wonder if scientists are people too. I hope the implication of the author of the article isn't that science can address all issues, which it clearly can't...especially the social sciences which just aren't on par with the physical sciences. --Mike On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:39 PM, Christopher D. Green chri...@yorku.ca wrote: Here is a description of an interesting study that might be of use in a critical thinking course (or cognition, or social psych, or methods). Apparently when you confront people with evidence that runs contrary to their pre-existing beliefs, they not only argue that science cannot address the question, they also often generalize that opinion of science to a wide range of other topics as well. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jul/03/confirmation-bias-scientific-evidence Chrsi -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ == --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fbn=Tl=tipso=3543 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-3543-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3548 or send a blank email to leave-3548-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Is there freedom of speech in Canada?
I think the most probable reason is his racism and more generally a prejudicial disposition. Such attitudes scream to be heard and probably need little to no reinforcement from others to keep going. Just the existence of the perceived enemy is reinforcement a plenty. --Mike On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 7:45 AM, Dr. Bob Wildblood drb...@rcn.com wrote: Chris Green wrote as a last comment in his response to a person to be unnamed here: 5) Why is a man who regularly claims to be the only one on TIPS who is sensitive to ethnic bias also the only one who regularly casts aspersions on Canada and Canadians? The inconsistency is striking. My question is, why is this unnamed person still responded to? His posts are inane (devoid of intelligence, just in case that person is reading this), he makes 3 posts a day (I know because when I empty my junk mail folder I see that this is his patters) usually all in a row, and as we all know, partial reinforcement is the most sure way to make a behavior more permanent?Bob . Robert W. Wildblood, PhD Riverside Counseling Center and Adjunct Psychology Faculty @ Germanna Community College drb...@rcn.com --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fbn=Tl=tipso=3441 or send a blank email to leave-3441-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3443 or send a blank email to leave-3443-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Stand alone displays
Thank you Don and Ken --Mike On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Ken Steele steel...@appstate.edu wrote: Hi Mike: Check out Project Lite at http://lite.bu.edu/ They have a bunch of demos that only require that you have a Flash player installed on your machine. Ken --- Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. steel...@appstate.edu Professor and Assistant Chairperson Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 USA --- Michael Smith wrote: Hi all. Does anyone know of stand alone software (that is, software that can be run on a computer without an internet connection) for such things as: Mapping your blind spot Eliza (is there a better version?) participative Illusions. E.g. the Müller-Lyer illusion perhaps (that is, you make your choice then see the answer), or perhaps the spinning hypno-wheel so you can see people's heads expand. Thanks --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fbn=Tl=tipso=3399 or send a blank email to leave-3399-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3421 or send a blank email to leave-3421-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Stand alone displays
Hi all. Does anyone know of stand alone software (that is, software that can be run on a computer without an internet connection) for such things as: Mapping your blind spot Eliza (is there a better version?) participative Illusions. E.g. the Müller-Lyer illusion perhaps (that is, you make your choice then see the answer), or perhaps the spinning hypno-wheel so you can see people's heads expand. Thanks --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3396 or send a blank email to leave-3396-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] law school grade inflation
I noticed a distinct lack of any moral concernbut perhaps that's just indicative of the moral bankruptcy of civilized society. --Mike On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Horton, Joseph J. jjhor...@gcc.edu wrote: Perhaps we can eliminate the ruse and have students pay tuition based on the GPA they would like to receive. Joe One day next month every student at Loyola Law School Los Angeles will awake to a higher grade point average. But it's not because they are all working harder. The school is retroactively inflating its grades, tacking on 0.333 to every grade recorded in the last few years. The goal is to make its students look more attractive in a competitive job market. http://www.cnbc.com/id/37846949 Joseph J. Horton, Ph. D. Box 3077 Grove City College Grove City, PA 16127 724-458-2004 jjhor...@gcc.edu In God we trust, all others must bring data. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fbn=Tl=tipso=3223 or send a blank email to leave-3223-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3242 or send a blank email to leave-3242-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] What Academics Are Writing About These Days...
Well, if there was an AHA! moment, at least we know it originated near your right ear...ehsort of. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/08/books/08creative.html :-) --Mike On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu wrote: On Mon, 10 May 2010 12:18:19 -0700, Christopher D. Green wrote: Allen is perhaps exempt, given his background, but it seems to me that psychologists complaining about the turgidity of other scholars' prose is a very dangerous game to be play. If anyone is guilty of intentionally making relatively simple ideas seem complicated by giving them inordinately arcane labels in order to render them scientific, it is psychologists. Chris paints, I think, with a very wide brush and very broad strokes. I hazard that the philosophers come in first when it comes to using arcane or even mundane terms in ways that are simply uninterpretable. For fun and giggles, see the following student article on the rehabilitated Nazi Martin Heidegger; see: http://www.thecrimson.com/column/the-f-word/article/2010/4/27/being-nussbaum-butler-academic/ Favorite line: |Encountering impossible semantic permutations of the word “being”—capitalized |and uncapitalized, infinitive and participle, singular and plural—I took to narrating |the most esoteric examples aloud. What else could I do with a phrase like “Being |means the Being of beings”? And how about this conclusion: |In the end, beyond elucidating the question of being, Heidegger taught me that |all academic disciplines are forms of gibberish—specialized lexicons that must |be mastered before they can glean any insights. Each is comical in its own way, |whether through overzealous use of the word “being” or too much C++. Note: the article gets extra point for links to the Postmodern Generator and the Bad Writing Contest websites. My personal (anti-)favorite has always been the behaviorists' penchant for using perseverate whne they mean simply to repeat or continue. Ah, come on, stop beating up on the behaviorists. Everyone knows that you have to go to the phenomenologists in order to get authenic gibberish. ;-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fbn=Tl=tipso=2568 or send a blank email to leave-2568-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=2575 or send a blank email to leave-2575-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Whatever happened to pilot studies?
I don't know about Chris,Mike,Stephen,Bill,John,Scott,Peter,Paul, and Mary, but I think most labs run pilot studies...it's just not called that. Nor is it especially demarcated with the PI proclaiming... Very well,beginthe Pilot Study! Rather, one takes a boo at the data for the first few subjects and see if it's generally in line with expectations of the hypothesis. This has the generally beneficial effect of reminding hier scientist to plug in the recording device before subjecting the paid subject (often nowadays, potentially paid millions might be a better statement) to 2 hours of a learning protocol ! :-) --Mike On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 8:45 PM, michael sylvester msylves...@copper.net wrote: I could bet that Chris,Mike,Stephen,Paul,Bill,John,and Scott(the -out-of-office reply dude) never run a pilot study but there was a time when advisors and research supervisors would always recommend to run a pilot before undertaking some research,thesis,or dissertation.As a matter of fact Murray Sidman in a work titled Tactics in Scientific Research seemed to have recommended doing pilot studies.Although there are many reasons given to running a pilot,such as methodologicaland other issues,it does appear that the procedure was frowned upon. I think that the major criticism was that a pilot study was still a valid experiment-so in some sense one was performing two experiments.The other criticism was probably philosophical: entering research with preliminary projected results is really not cool from a scientific perspective. One thing I would say about the animal pilot studies-it tells us which animals are likely to die and that is a no no for statistical analysis.Just curious what would have happened if Milgram and Rosenhan(Tipsters' favorite punching bag) had run a pilot. In a theoretical psychology state of mind. Michael omnicentric Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fbn=Tl=tipso=2551 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-2551-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=2576 or send a blank email to leave-2576-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Freud's birthday songs
And I thought Freud was dead ! --Mike On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 2:20 AM, Allen Esterson allenester...@compuserve.com wrote: ?On 8 May 2010 Michael Sylvester wrote: Since Allen reminded us of Freud's birthday… […] For the record, I didn't. :-) Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fbn=Tl=tipso=2556 or send a blank email to leave-2556-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=2558 or send a blank email to leave-2558-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Tweeting Habermas
I was observed by someone that most of what is written isn't worth reading. If that is so, then it probably follows that 99.999 % of what is twittered, facebooked, and blogged isn't worth noting either. One couldn't be twitterjacked, faceviolated, and bloggjammed if one didn't have such accounts. Perhaps it's time for all right thinking people to eschew such melodrama :-) --Mike On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu wrote: If you don't know who Jurgen Habermas is, then you've got some learning to do. Honestly, when I have been exposed to Habermas in classes I took long ago, the context did not engender a receptive attitude toward him. But it seems that there are number of ideas that he has that may be useful to us as a global society. But I digress. First, I don't know how many Tipsters have Twitter accounts but I wonder how many have been twitterjacked, that is, learn that there is a twitter account the claims to be yours when in fact it is someone else. Habermas was twitterjacked with tweets containing quotes from his writings. Turns out the fake twitter account was set-up by a Brazilian Ph.D. student studying politics in the US. The student has not provided his real name or where he is studying (his Ph.D. program might take a serious interest is such activities -- what kind of ethical breech is it to make believe you're some you're not on the internet? What Would The APA Say and Do?) Anyway, an interesting article in the Financial Times highlights the twitterjacking as well as interviews Habermas, putting some of his ideas into historical and contemporary context; see: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eda3bcd8-5327-11df-813e-00144feab49a.html Regarding psychological content, Habermas was a student of Theodor Adorno of Authoritarian Personality fame (and an example of the importance of having your last name start with an A), about whom Habermas has a few things to say. I came across this article because I was looking for material on Martin Heidegger (about whom Habermas has few kind words to say), who is the subject of a couple of books reviewed in today's Sunday NY Time book review; see: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/books/review/Kirsch-t.html?nl=booksemc=booksupdateema1pagewanted=all Heidegger, a rehabilitated Nazi, is somewhat in vogue in cognitive science and artificial intelligence, in part for his ideas on intentionality;see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intentionality and http://www.jstor.org/pss/2108053 and, perhaps of greatest interest to psychologists because it provides a perspective on the development of cognitive science in the second half of the 20th century, is this paper by Hubert Dreyfus on Heidegger and Heideggerian AI: http://leidlmair.at/doc/WhyHeideggerianAIFailed.pdf The books reviewed in the NY Times focus on Heidegger's Nazi activities and the extent to which his philosophical viewpoint was used to support a Nazi ideology. Given the influence Heidegger has had on cognitive science, either directly or indirectly (Dreyfus points out how Heidegger's concerns are manifested in various theories and research programs even though Heidegger is not cited), is there a problem in using Heidegger's writing and ideas? How much should one emphasize his Nazi past? Or should we just ignore the whole situation and do our work or twitterjack account of famous psychologists (is Skinner tweeting these days?). Oh, Happy Mother's Day, y'all! -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fbn=Tl=tipso=2544 or send a blank email to leave-2544-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=2545 or send a blank email to leave-2545-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] News: Applying the Liberal Arts - Inside Higher Ed
I vote for downgrading since the liberal arts part will be subordinate and in service to the applied part. --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=2475 or send a blank email to leave-2475-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Unintelligent design and theodicy
for people's religious beliefs? And how should we address such issues in the classroom? Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca Paul Brandon paul.bran...@mnsu.edu 04-May-10 1:00:26 PM Because they might embarrass someone? On May 4, 2010, at 11:31 AM, Michael Smith wrote: ..another good example of why science writers shouldn't comment on theology --Mike On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 9:38 AM, sbl...@ubishops.ca wrote: What a shoddy piece of work is man. http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100503/full/news.2010.215.ht ml or http://tinyurl.com/shoddy-man Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c9n=Tl=tipso=2443 or send a blank email to leave-2443-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: slil...@emory.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13509.d0999cebc8f4ed4eb54d5317367e9b2fn=Tl=tipso=2444 or send a blank email to leave-2444-13509.d0999cebc8f4ed4eb54d5317367e9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fbn=Tl=tipso=2446 or send a blank email to leave-2446-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=2469 or send a blank email to leave-2469-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Unintelligent design and theodicy
..another good example of why science writers shouldn't comment on theology --Mike On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 9:38 AM, sbl...@ubishops.ca wrote: What a shoddy piece of work is man. http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100503/full/news.2010.215.ht ml or http://tinyurl.com/shoddy-man Stephen Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 Canada --- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fbn=Tl=tipso=2437 or send a blank email to leave-2437-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=2439 or send a blank email to leave-2439-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] belated response to critique of Susan Clancy book
I'm glad Scott took the time to respond and enjoyed reading his reply. I'm also glad Scott's review made it to Amazon. The reviewer's comments may not be a scientific review, but they would be the ones read by people considering the book, and perhaps the only comments general readers may be exposed to. Such a review could prevent a possible reader from even reading the book, and perhaps convince them that they now know all they need to know by reading just the review. Ater all, it would probably fit with their own pre-existing viewpoint. I think it's valuable and worthwhile for a review such as Scotts to also be made available to the public (on Amazon). Is it perhaps part of the psychological community's responsibility to provide to the public a correcting review such as Scott's on a public forum such as Amazon? Although, perhaps the author of the book bears more of that responsibility. --Mike On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 7:36 PM, sbl...@ubishops.ca wrote: I'm was pleased to see Scott's response to the critical review of Susan Clancy's work posted on Amazon.com and from there to TIPS. In particular, I was interested to read his comments on the apparently damaging accusation that Clancy had miinimized severe ratings of trauma. Scott's clarification seems quite reasonable. Scott also effectively replied to the criticism in that review that Susan Clancy, as a non-therapist outsider, was unqualified to comment on child sexual abuse. I agree with him that a work should instead stand or fall on the merits of what is presented. Yet there are circumstances where we do gain additional information by considering the background of the individual presenting the research or critiquing it. We can have more confidence in the work of an individual with a history of accomplishment in a related field of science rather than, say, with no such history. Similarly, if the individual in question is known to espouse discredited and unscientific ideas, I think we would be right to be more sceptical about his or her contentions than otherwise. Of course, even individuals with notably wacky ideas (William James on psychic phenomena; Linus Pauling on vitamin C) can accomplish great things. So while background can be relevant, it is less significant than examination of the individual's work itself. In the case of this Amazon review of Clancy's book, I've taken a brief look at the background of the individual making the criticism. She is Ellen P. Lacter, Ph.D, and her website is at http://www.endritualabuse.org/. I was not able to find a curriculum vitae for her nor the source of the Ph.D. she claims. However, as the name of her website indicates, she is a strong advocate for individuals purported to have suffered ritual abuse and also mind control. Ritual abuse, sometimes called satanic ritual abuse or SRA, is the claim that thousands of children have been subjected to horrific ordeals culminating in their murder by groups practicing witchcraft. Not the slightest evidence has ever been found for such claims, and the hysterical panic which swept North America as a result has fortunately long since diminished, It is now promoted only by a small core of remaining true believers, of which Ellen P. Lacter is undoubtedly one. Wikipedia, for which I need offer no disclaimers, standard or otherwise, has a long entry on SRA which details its rise and fall. I'll just quote one small excerpt: By 2003 allegations of ritual abuse were met with great skepticism and belief in SRA is no longer considered mainstream in professional circles;[57][58] though the sexual abuse of children is a real and serious problem, allegations of SRA were essentially false. Despite this consensus, Dr. Lacter continues to persist in warning of them, so much so that Wikipedia took the unusual step of blacklisting her website and deleting her contributions (see Dr. Lacter's complaint on her webpage). One can then understand the interest she would have in attempting to counter Clancy's evidence-based views on the effects of child sexual abuse. This background helps me understand wny Dr. Lacter would write her critical review, but it does not help persuade me of its validity. Stephen Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 Canada --- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fbn=Tl=tipso=2300 or send a blank email to leave-2300-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here:
