[tips] What Reality Shows May Teach
An article in the USA Today examines one aspect of what reality shows may teach or model and that is having emotional overreactions. That is, because of the dramatic needs of TV where everything has to be exaggerated, behaviors and emotional reactions that often too great for the situations in which they occur are highlighted and seem to serve as a new norm for what is appropriate behavior. For more, see: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-06-29-cultureofoverreacting29_CV_N.htm The case of President Obama's reaction to the BP and Gult of Mexico disaster is highlighted; quoting from the article: |Forceful or forced? | |Schieman's newest research on anger — based on a national |telephone survey of approximately 1,800 Americans — was |published this year in the International Handbook of Anger, |a professional reference. The study found that the well-educated |are less likely to experience anger, and when they do, they are |more likely to act proactively and try to change the situation. | |Schieman notes that the president, a graduate of Columbia |University and Harvard Law School, is in a weird position. | |What's worse — being accused of not being angry enough |or being accused of expressing anger that doesn't seem very |authentic? he says. One wonders how often over the top emotional expression is genuinely authentic and how oftern they are for the effect on others, a manipulation used to elicit emotional responses of sympathy, support, or hate. How long before we start having two minute hate sessions (or do certain organizations already have that)? -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.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=3354 or send a blank email to leave-3354-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Reborn babies - creepy, but intriguing
Thanks for your thoughts on this Mike. I didn't know that these life-like dolls had received such media attention. Very interesting. Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Jun 27, 2010, at 9:27 AM, Mike Palij wrote: On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 05:32:52 -0700, Michael Britt wrote: My sister-in-law showed me her latest hobby - creating reborn babies. I don't know if you have heard about this (I hadn't), but reborn babies are extremely realistic baby dolls (though not anatomically correct). A while back I caught a TV program on this that focused on both on the producers of such dolls and buyers of such dolls. I found an unavoidable creepiness to the enterprise, especially when the buyers of the dolls (a) would spend ridiculous amount of money to outfit the doll (as though they were buying clothes for a child) and (b) the role of surrogate the doll played as a substitute child. Wikipedia has an entry on this with more background and history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reborn_doll The Wiki entry also identifies the TV shows that have focused on it (I believe I saw My Fake Baby): |Reborn dolls have been featured in a number of television shows. |A December 10, 2008 episode of Dr. Phil entitled Obsessions |discussed the topic of reborning.[32] In January 2008, a Channel 4 |series, My Fake Baby, explored the lives of women who collect |the lifelike baby dolls.[4] Featuring this documentary the British |television magazine show on Channel 4, Richard and Judy, held |an interview with the reborn artist in the documentary Janie Eaton, |a collector Mary Flint, and psychiatrist Raj Persuad.[29] On |January 2, 2009 an ABC News article described both the |manufacturing and the emotional interaction of reborn dolls.[11], |while a January 2, 20/20 episode talked about the mothering |process and attachment to reborns.[33]. On January 31, 2008 |Inside Edition aired a segment showing artist Eve Newsom and her |reborn dolls.[34] When she handed one of these baby dolls to me I had a mix of feelings, including the desire to be very careful to hold it correctly and make sure to support its head because it felt so real. She said that when she takes the babies places people are completely fooled because the details are so realistic - down to skin patches, hair and spittle on the lips. Schools should use these kinds of dolls instead of sacks of flour or rice to give kids an idea of what its like to have to carry a baby around. Then again, maybe they shouldn't because the dolls really seemed to bring out the maternal instincts in my mother and daughter. Here are a few pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/psychfiles/sets/72157624367700576/ Wondering if there is psychological connection here? There probably is but I wonder if any systematic research has been done on this. If my memory serves, makers of the dolls tend to have chlidren who treat the dolls, well, like dolls. The buyers of such dolls, don't seem to have children. If they do have children, I wonder what the children's reactions are. I have the feeling that childless women and couples are the primary consumers of this product and the issue might be is treating an inanimate object like a person a good thing or a bad thing (but this raises the question of how this applies to adult sex dolls) as well as is this compensation for not having children. In the later case, it seems to me that some women treat pets like their children which seems like a displacement process to me. I think it is perhaps most troubling for the children of women who buy such dolls, even grown adult children might be affected. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958f69n=Tl=tipso=3331 or send a blank email to leave-3331-13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958...@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=3355 or send a blank email to leave-3355-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Malicious virus
I am sorry to report that a malicious virus has attached itself to my computer and sent itself to anyone I have EVER send an email to, even if I thought they were people long gone from my life. I hope no one opened it! I am so sorry. I had no control. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 tay...@sandiego.edumailto:tay...@sandiego.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=3356 or send a blank email to leave-3356-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Malicious virus
Hmmm ... FWIW, I'm pretty certain that we've exchange private messages in the past, but I did not get one from you recently. Miguel - Original Message - From: Annette Taylor tay...@sandiego.edu To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 9:10:57 AM Subject: [tips] Malicious virus - Original Message - From: Annette Taylor tay...@sandiego.edu To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 9:10:57 AM Subject: [tips] Malicious virus I am sorry to report that a malicious virus has attached itself to my computer and sent itself to anyone I have EVER send an email to, even if I thought they were people long gone from my life. I hope no one opened it! I am so sorry. I had no control. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 tay...@sandiego.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: roig-rear...@comcast.net . To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c74en=Tl=tipso=3356 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-3356-13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c...@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=3357 or send a blank email to leave-3357-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Michelangelo painting
I saw this story in the New York Times a few days ago. I've seen some fuzzy anatomical slides in many a colloquium, so perhaps those who are accustomed to finding structures in fuzzy masses, this might make more sense than it does to me. :-) I'm leaning toward the interpreting clouds model, myself. I'm interested to learn of the reactions of others. Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. Director, Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Associate Professor, Psychology University of West Florida 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514 – 5751 Phone: (850) 857-6355 or 473-7435 csta...@uwf.edu CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/cutla/ Personal Web Pages: http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Lilienfeld, Scott O slil...@emory.eduwrote: Hi All – Just saw this story this A.M., although have yet to read the original paper. A fascinating historical discovery by two neurosurgeons or a case of pareidolia? You make the call (will be especially interested to hear what the neuroanatomy mavens on TIPS think). …Scott http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/28/michelangelo-hid-brainstem-in-sistine-chapel-study-says/?hpt=Mid Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D. Professor Editor, Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice Department of Psychology, Room 473 Psychology and Interdisciplinary Sciences (PAIS) Emory University 36 Eagle Row Atlanta, Georgia 30322 slil...@emory.edu (404) 727-1125 Psychology Today Blog: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-skeptical-psychologist 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-140513111X.html Scientific American Mind: Facts and Fictions in Mental Health Column: http://www.scientificamerican.com/sciammind/ The Master in the Art of Living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation, his love and his intellectual passions. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence in whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him – he is always doing both. - Zen Buddhist text (slightly modified) -- 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: csta...@uwf.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d550n=Tl=tipso=3358 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-3358-13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d...@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=3361 or send a blank email to leave-3361-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Malicious virus
They usually are, although they can pass on malware without being affected by it. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu On Jun 29, 2010, at 9:48 AM, Annette Taylor wrote: Oh good; maybe it's selective? I heard back from a couple of tipsters, including Allen. Are you a mac person? I think macs might be exempt. Annette I am sorry to report that a malicious virus has attached itself to my computer and sent itself to anyone I have EVER send an email to, even if I thought they were people long gone from my life. I hope no one opened it! I am so sorry. I had no control. Annette --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3362 or send a blank email to leave-3362-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Michelangelo painting
I agree with Claudia. I took neuroanatomy in graduate school. Part of the course involved being able to identify structures from arbitrarily-chosen cat-brain sections. We graduate students would study the projected sections for 2 to 4 hours at a time. After a study session, we would walk down the hallway of an old building and see neural structures in the cracks and stains on the floorway. 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 --- Claudia Stanny wrote: I saw this story in the New York Times a few days ago. I've seen some fuzzy anatomical slides in many a colloquium, so perhaps those who are accustomed to finding structures in fuzzy masses, this might make more sense than it does to me. :-) I'm leaning toward the interpreting clouds model, myself. I'm interested to learn of the reactions of others. Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. Director, Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Associate Professor, Psychology University of West Florida 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514 – 5751 Phone: (850) 857-6355 or 473-7435 csta...@uwf.edu mailto:csta...@uwf.edu CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/cutla/ Personal Web Pages: http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Lilienfeld, Scott O slil...@emory.edu mailto:slil...@emory.edu wrote: Hi All – Just saw this story this A.M., although have yet to read the original paper. A fascinating historical discovery by two neurosurgeons or a case of pareidolia? You make the call (will be especially interested to hear what the neuroanatomy mavens on TIPS think). …Scott http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/28/michelangelo-hid-brainstem-in-sistine-chapel-study-says/?hpt=Mid Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D. Professor Editor, Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice Department of Psychology, Room 473 Psychology and Interdisciplinary Sciences (PAIS) Emory University 36 Eagle Row Atlanta, Georgia 30322 slil...@emory.edu mailto:slil...@emory.edu (404) 727-1125 Psychology Today Blog: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-skeptical-psychologist 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-140513111X.html Scientific American Mind: Facts and Fictions in Mental Health Column: http://www.scientificamerican.com/sciammind/ The Master in the Art of Living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation, his love and his intellectual passions. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence in whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him – he is always doing both. - Zen Buddhist text (slightly modified) -- --- 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 --- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3365 or send a blank email to leave-3365-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Michelangelo painting
Not sure I'm a neuroanatomy maven, but I agree with Claudia too. I saw this on another list and the responses there were equally skeptical. Carol Carol L. DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 Phone: 563-333-6482 e-mail: devoldercar...@sau.edu web: http://web.sau.edu/psychology/psychfaculty/cdevolder.htm The contents of this message are confidential and may not be shared with anyone without permission of the sender. -Original Message- From: Ken Steele [mailto:steel...@appstate.edu] Sent: Tue 6/29/2010 11:09 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Michelangelo painting I agree with Claudia. I took neuroanatomy in graduate school. Part of the course involved being able to identify structures from arbitrarily-chosen cat-brain sections. We graduate students would study the projected sections for 2 to 4 hours at a time. After a study session, we would walk down the hallway of an old building and see neural structures in the cracks and stains on the floorway. 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 --- Claudia Stanny wrote: I saw this story in the New York Times a few days ago. I've seen some fuzzy anatomical slides in many a colloquium, so perhaps those who are accustomed to finding structures in fuzzy masses, this might make more sense than it does to me. :-) I'm leaning toward the interpreting clouds model, myself. I'm interested to learn of the reactions of others. Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. Director, Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Associate Professor, Psychology University of West Florida 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514 - 5751 Phone: (850) 857-6355 or 473-7435 csta...@uwf.edu mailto:csta...@uwf.edu CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/cutla/ Personal Web Pages: http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Lilienfeld, Scott O slil...@emory.edu mailto:slil...@emory.edu wrote: Hi All - Just saw this story this A.M., although have yet to read the original paper. A fascinating historical discovery by two neurosurgeons or a case of pareidolia? You make the call (will be especially interested to hear what the neuroanatomy mavens on TIPS think). .Scott http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/28/michelangelo-hid-brainstem-in-sistine-chapel-study-says/?hpt=Mid Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D. Professor Editor, Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice Department of Psychology, Room 473 Psychology and Interdisciplinary Sciences (PAIS) Emory University 36 Eagle Row Atlanta, Georgia 30322 slil...@emory.edu mailto:slil...@emory.edu (404) 727-1125 Psychology Today Blog: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-skeptical-psychologist 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-140513111X.html Scientific American Mind: Facts and Fictions in Mental Health Column: http://www.scientificamerican.com/sciammind/ The Master in the Art of Living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation, his love and his intellectual passions. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence in whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him - he is always doing both. - Zen Buddhist text (slightly modified) -- --- 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 --- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: devoldercar...@sau.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=12990.f9c1b5bf25d49031367434c598ee9250n=Tl=tipso=3365 or send a blank email to leave-3365-12990.f9c1b5bf25d49031367434c598ee9...@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=3366 or send a blank email to
RE: [tips] Michelangelo painting
Claudia, et al Same here on the neuroanatomy. I still have a similar experience when teaching basic neuroanatomy. I see structures in clouds, patterns on the floor, etc. I think it's sort of a visual set that you get into when staring at those slides for a period of time. Tim From: Claudia Stanny [mailto:csta...@uwf.edu] Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 8:51 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Michelangelo painting I saw this story in the New York Times a few days ago. I've seen some fuzzy anatomical slides in many a colloquium, so perhaps those who are accustomed to finding structures in fuzzy masses, this might make more sense than it does to me. :-) I'm leaning toward the interpreting clouds model, myself. I'm interested to learn of the reactions of others. Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. Director, Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Associate Professor, Psychology University of West Florida 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514 - 5751 Phone: (850) 857-6355 or 473-7435 csta...@uwf.edumailto:csta...@uwf.edu CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/cutla/ Personal Web Pages: http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Lilienfeld, Scott O slil...@emory.edumailto:slil...@emory.edu wrote: Hi All - Just saw this story this A.M., although have yet to read the original paper. A fascinating historical discovery by two neurosurgeons or a case of pareidolia? You make the call (will be especially interested to hear what the neuroanatomy mavens on TIPS think). ...Scott http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/28/michelangelo-hid-brainstem-in-sistine-chapel-study-says/?hpt=Mid Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D. Professor Editor, Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice Department of Psychology, Room 473 Psychology and Interdisciplinary Sciences (PAIS) Emory University 36 Eagle Row Atlanta, Georgia 30322 slil...@emory.edumailto:slil...@emory.edu (404) 727-1125 Psychology Today Blog: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-skeptical-psychologist 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-140513111X.html Scientific American Mind: Facts and Fictions in Mental Health Column: http://www.scientificamerican.com/sciammind/ The Master in the Art of Living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation, his love and his intellectual passions. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence in whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him - he is always doing both. - Zen Buddhist text (slightly modified) 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: csta...@uwf.edumailto:csta...@uwf.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d550n=Tl=tipso=3358 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-3358-13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-3358-13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edumailto:tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177an=Tl=tipso=3361 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-3361-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edumailto:leave-3361-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@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=3368 or send a blank email to leave-3368-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
