Re: Student ?:dyslexia and ambedextrous

2001-09-20 Thread Stephen Black
kak-handers (ok, left-handers) like myself. The presumed cause would be brain dysfunction that is responsible for both conditions. We're also supposed to die younger. Sigh! I can probably dig up a reference if needed. -Stephen -------

RE: Richard Dawkins on Suicide Bombings

2001-09-20 Thread Stephen Black
lt of personality". That opinion clearly supports Wayne Spencer's contention. -Stephen Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's Universitye-mail: [EMAIL PROT

Dawkins essay

2001-09-19 Thread Stephen Black
ser does.) -Stephen -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's Universitye-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Department web page at http:

Re: Course outline Quiz/plagiarism

2001-09-18 Thread Stephen Black
uestions right, it documents that "I didn't know" is not a credible defense. And for students who get them wrong, it gives me an opportunity to invite them to see me for remediation. -Stephen -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D

Tragedy

2001-09-11 Thread Stephen Black
nd my outrage at its enormity. -Stephen Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's Universitye-mail: [EMAIL

More on academic astrology

2001-09-06 Thread Stephen Black
universities to award degrees in astrology. The move comes amid increasing criticism that the government's nationalistic Hindu campaign is damaging higher education." Stephen -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D.

Ban breastfeeding

2001-08-31 Thread Stephen Black
ing. And I'm going to keep on breastfeeding, no matter what they think! -Stephen -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 8

Re: Sign Language

2001-08-30 Thread Stephen Black
etitto/petitto.html. The paper I quoted is available there, as well as others. -Stephen Petitto, L. (2000). On the biological foundations of human language. In: H Lane & K. Emmorey (Eds). The signs of language revisited, LEA. ------

Astrology school accreditation and something even worse

2001-08-28 Thread Stephen Black
-Stephen ---- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's Universitye-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Department web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/cc

Spectacles and IQ

2001-08-23 Thread Stephen Black
el. The Lancet, 1351-- Kinge B., Midelfart, A. [love that name], et al. (2000). The influence of near-work on development of myopia among university students. Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica, 78, 26-- -Stephen ---------

Re: and the nominees for Worst Science Reporting are...

2001-08-21 Thread Stephen Black
tal lobes. Therefore video games damage the brain and cause children to become violent. Seems reasonable to me. -Stephen -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology

Scientology and evaluating web sites

2001-08-20 Thread Stephen Black
ionable websites they might access in researching a particular topic. What we need to do is to educate them to warn themselves. Stephen Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psyc

Negative reinforcement in historical context

2001-08-08 Thread Stephen Black
ent., 4th ed. Boston: Houghton Millfin. Skinner, B.F.(1953). Science and human behavior. New York: Macmillan. Staats, A., & Staats, C. (1963). Complex human behavior. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Step

Yet another alert: sensory physiology on the web

2001-08-07 Thread Stephen Black
"Neat" fails to do it justice. This one is remarkable. It's an advanced, animated, interactive review of sensory physiology, especially vision. It's amazing what you can get for free on the web these days. -Stephen ----------

TV alert: the Fells Acres Abuse Case

2001-08-07 Thread Stephen Black
ults the victims, accused by children who were coerced into statements by anxious parents and investigators? ------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. te

Clip art for PowerPoint and an alternative

2001-08-01 Thread Stephen Black
ger than 1400 KB. You can get file size information by clicking on the "details" icon before you open the file. -Stephen Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psyc

Oops! Reconstructive memory strikes again

2001-07-31 Thread Stephen Black
were Micmac Indian activists and Canadian Department of Fisheries officers. The remainder was reasonably accurate. Well, it coulda been. And thanks to a colleague who got me thinking about the matter. -Stephen Stephen Black

Academic success: Albert Einstein

2001-07-31 Thread Stephen Black
n his refutation of the myth that Einstein was slow in school". -Stephen Thomas, M. (2000). Albert Einstein and LD: an evaluation of the evidence. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 33, 149-157. -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D.

Defending the indefensible: Bertrand Russell

2001-07-31 Thread Stephen Black
nt information had been carefully excised. At least with people's writings, we can still check the original source. It's a good idea. -Stephen ---- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext

CR as a copy/was: operant or classical??

2001-07-30 Thread Stephen Black
o see what Bishop's campus looks like, go see the new release "Lost and Delirious", where we stand in for an all-girl's school with big student problems ("A thoughtful and compassionate story of a young girl"--Hollywood Reporter). Starring Piper Perabo, limi

New search engine Scirus

2001-07-24 Thread Stephen Black
on http://www.scirus.com/?h to do a search and see how Scirus performs. -- -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's Universitye-mail: [EMAI

Hands across the Internet/Forensic psychology

2001-07-23 Thread Stephen Black
ept Under surveillance -Stephen -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's Universitye-mail: [EMAIL PRO

APS award to Elizabeth Loftus

2001-07-03 Thread Stephen Black
st conventional psychological wisdom, be prepared for grief, it seems. -Stephen Black ** F M S F O U N D A T I O N N E W S L E T T E R (e-mail edition) July/August 2

More on moral relativity and a swan song

2001-05-06 Thread Stephen Black
s conference like "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore". When our ineffable Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau resigned, he said something like "I won't have you guys to kick around anymore". I like PET's version better. -Stephen ---

Powerpointing: a contrarian view

2001-05-03 Thread Stephen Black
secretaries because they know it will all be available afterwards. -Stephen -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's Universitye-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennox

Moral relativity: an evil debate

2001-05-03 Thread Stephen Black
ct in a particular way) may also be better than evil because it promotes survival. -Stephen Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's University

Bullying, homophobia, moral relativism, and rabbinical wisdom

2001-05-02 Thread Stephen Black
be right!". His reply: "You're right, too!". -Stephen (who is beginning to suspect it would be evil to continue this topic) Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop

Bullying, homophobia, and moral relativism

2001-05-02 Thread Stephen Black
cifer principle? -Stephen -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's Universitye-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Face of a tipster

2001-05-01 Thread Stephen Black
I look like this. http://hillsind.com/arnold.htm -Stephen Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's Unive

Re: Harlow's folly

2001-04-27 Thread Stephen Black
imals". With friends like that, I think animals have something to worry about. And it sure gives new meaning to the word "ethical" in the name of her organization. -Stephen -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D.

Harlow's folly

2001-04-27 Thread Stephen Black
gy journal articles. Journal of comparative and physiological psychology, 55, 893-896. Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's Universitye-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lenno

Lucifer Principle

2001-04-27 Thread Stephen Black
abstractions! Evil (and by extension, the Lucifer Principle) is not a scientifically meaningful concept. -Stephen ---- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology

Reversing the effects of father time

2001-04-23 Thread Stephen Black
ce, 289, 2062-- Stephen -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's Universitye-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC

Straight dope (Ol' Cec)

2001-04-23 Thread Stephen Black
On Sun, 22 Apr 2001, Jeff Ricker wrote: > I think that it was someone on TIPS (probably Stephen Black...that's my > recollection, at least) who turned me on to Cecil Adams and "The > Straight Dope." Here is a recent column on a topic that may be of &

Freedom of speech vs privacy

2001-04-21 Thread Stephen Black
censorship! Only it's now in the hands of the webmaster rather than the law. Is that preferable? -Stephen Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax:

Grateful dread: picking a few nits

2001-04-19 Thread Stephen Black
> > On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Rick Adams wrote: > > > > > In response to Jim's post about religious speech in other > > > nations, both Stephen Black and Paul Smith posted news clips > > > about the issue of an anti-abortion site that posted names > >

"Smart" drug may hurt Down's kids

2001-04-16 Thread Stephen Black
nd none on placebo, they're probably real. Note: I would appreciate having someone go over my stats and my interpretation of them. I don't feel confident I've got them right. Heck, go over the whole paper and see if you agree with me. -Stephen ---------

RE: Grateful for the US of A?

2001-04-15 Thread Stephen Black
On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Rick Adams wrote: > In response to Jim's post about religious speech in other nations, both > Stephen Black and Paul Smith posted news clips about the issue of an > anti-abortion site that posted names and addresses of physicians willing > to perfor

Grateful for the US of A?

2001-04-13 Thread Stephen Black
s crossed out on the site soon after he was killed. -Stephen -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's Universitye-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canad

Re: Crime (along with teaching) doesn't pay

2001-04-11 Thread Stephen Black
and autism. Now, what the heck is "forensic psychology"? -Stephen ---- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's University

Autism/Asperger's in the movies

2001-04-11 Thread Stephen Black
-Stephen -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's Universitye-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada

Re: Longitudinal Research

2001-04-11 Thread Stephen Black
write with their right. So lefties were scarce in that cohort. We don't smack people anymore for picking up a pencil with their left hand, so perhaps a few left-handers will start showing up in old-folks homes. At least I hope so. -Stephen --------

God and violence in the schools

2001-04-10 Thread Stephen Black
on, Mo., was found beaten to death in > the woods... > In 1997 at St. Bernard High School in Playa del Rey, Calif., > 18-year-old student Earoll Michael Thomas was found shot to > death by the school track... Curious that all three of these incidents took place not only in private schools, b

On buying a lottery ticket

2001-04-09 Thread Stephen Black
legislated against c) support one ethnic group, which happens not to be mine, over those of any other So this is why, if I have to lose money, I would prefer handing it over to almost anyone else, including failing corporate CEOs, -Stephen -------

Re: something to think about

2001-04-09 Thread Stephen Black
atistics for both churches and the insurance industry Kansas City Star Date: 05/05/1996 -Stephen Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's Universitye-mail: [EM

On buying a lottery ticket

2001-04-09 Thread Stephen Black
that way, no more of it than necessary goes to the government. -Stephen -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's Un

Re: Mind reading and exam performance

2001-04-07 Thread Stephen Black
x27;s a clever reminder of some of the pitfalls of multiple-choice test construction. But I'd still rather take a multiple-choice test (or write one) than have to deal with an exam with questions such as: a) Define the universe b) Give three examples -Stephen --

Re: Mind reading and exam performance

2001-04-06 Thread Stephen Black
wrong. It doesn't cost much in grade inflation, and we all get to feel good. -Stephen Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's Universitye-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Mind reading and exam performance

2001-04-06 Thread Stephen Black
erson, the correct answer is perfectly clear in every case. -Stephen -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's Universitye

Re: Quantum mechanics and Einstein

2001-04-05 Thread Stephen Black
later generations. -Stephen -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's Universitye-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville

Quantum mechanics and Einstein

2001-04-05 Thread Stephen Black
, Einstein hated quantum theory. It's a good line though, so I'd just change it to WWFS. (What would Feynman say?) -Stephen -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psycho

Mind reading and exam performance

2001-04-05 Thread Stephen Black
heir mastery of the course. They would consider the "I'm not a mind-reader" defense irrelevant to their real complaint, which is that the problem is a deficient exam, not deficient knowledge. -Stephen -------- Stephen Blac

Phobophilia

2001-04-04 Thread Stephen Black
psychiatrists. -Stephen -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's Universitye-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Abstract poetry: answer to the quiz

2001-04-03 Thread Stephen Black
ty iniquitous. -Stephen -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's Universitye-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Shameless self-pee, abstract poetry, and a quiz question

2001-04-01 Thread Stephen Black
get it at no charge. -Stephen -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's Universitye-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Can

RE: In defense of multiple-choice questions

2001-03-29 Thread Stephen Black
stions for publishers: I'm sure your questions are different!) -Stephen -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's Univ

...saith the preacher

2001-03-29 Thread Stephen Black
lt. -Stephen ---- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's Universitye-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Departmen

Re: Multiple choice vs essay testing

2001-03-29 Thread Stephen Black
anity. Or, to change the metaphor, the default position is "not proven". -Stephen -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-96

Multiple choice vs essay testing

2001-03-29 Thread Stephen Black
to have written them, but I didn't. -Stephen -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's Universitye-mail: [EMAIL PROTE

In defense of multiple-choice questions

2001-03-28 Thread Stephen Black
"time restriction" she means that essay questions take so long to answer you can't test very much of the course in the typical exam period; with m-p you can test much more) -Stephen -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D.

Crack baby alert

2001-03-28 Thread Stephen Black
natal exposure to tobacco, marijuana, or alcohol, and the quality of the child's environment. Further replication is required of preliminary neurologic findings. -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-960

Re: Curious subscription

2001-03-27 Thread Stephen Black
bit of bother to forward spam to abuse, it always gives me a strange satisfaction. -Stephen ---- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661

Myth continues: New Yorker cartoon

2001-03-27 Thread Stephen Black
inker, it wasn't easy, but I found an unauthorized pic, just as good. It's an instinct I have. -the other Stephen Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's Univer

Drinking water myth

2001-03-27 Thread Stephen Black
ng anything during the day." I'll drink to that. -Stephen References Jordan, J. et al (1999). A potent pressor response elicited by drinking water. The Lancet, 353, 723-- Michaud, D. et al (1999). Fluid intake and risk of bladder cancer in men. New England Jou

Curious subscription

2001-03-26 Thread Stephen Black
davidduke.com:81/guest/RemoteListSummary/DukeCampaign>. --- -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's Universitye-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] L

Darwinian slip and a thought

2001-03-23 Thread Stephen Black
ion science" or "intelligent design" rather than to just suppress it? -Stephen -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 8

Legislation on Darwin

2001-03-23 Thread Stephen Black
been elected to make sure that taxpayer dollars are spent wisely and only for truth," Rep. Jim Holt, a freshman Republican and self-described Christian conservative, told the committee. This is an early April Fool's Day joke, right? -Stephen -----

Looking at, matching, and peeing

2001-03-22 Thread Stephen Black
may reproduce. And if it does, we may just have seen the earliest baby picture yet. -Stephen Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's University

Rat dreams redux

2001-03-22 Thread Stephen Black
On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Stephen Black wrote: > On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Mark A. Casteel wrote: > > > Hi TIPSters. Can anyone help me locate a recent study (out of MIT, > > possibly) that was discussed on NPR in the last couple of weeks that > > examined the brain waves of do

Re: Dreaming dogs study

2001-03-22 Thread Stephen Black
> Any help you can provide would be appreciated. Probably this, but it's rats, not dogs, and I find the study distinctly underwhelming. http://news.24.com/News24/Technology/Science_Nature/0,1113,2-13-46_970477,00.html -Stephen --------

Parents of autistic children

2001-03-22 Thread Stephen Black
ge characteristics in parents from multiple-incidence autism families. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 74, 398-411. Sanua, V. (1987). Infantile autism and parental socioeconomic status: a case of bimodal distribution. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 17, 189-- ---

MRI coitus photos

2001-03-21 Thread Stephen Black
es that mean? Is this the Dutch equivalent of foreplay? -Stephen -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's Universitye-mail: [EMAIL PRO

Re: Oliver Sacks on autism

2001-03-19 Thread Stephen Black
isturbances of affective contact. Nervous Child, 2, 217-250. Kanner, L. (1971). Follow-up study of eleven autistic children originally reported in 1943. Journal of Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia, 1, 2 (?), 119-145. --

Re: Correlates of a college education

2001-03-19 Thread Stephen Black
then blithely go ahead and imply that it's all causal. Might be something of a downer to point this out at commencement, 'though. -Stephen Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600

The Why behind the Y and a date

2001-03-17 Thread Stephen Black
1999. That is, _Science_, Volume 286, Number 5441, Issue of 29 Oct 1999, pp. 877-879. -Stephen Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819

The why behind the Y (chromosome)

2001-03-17 Thread Stephen Black
t progressively shrank. The article gives a neat diagram of the X, showing the hypothesis that the Y diverged in four stages, and that only a tiny part of the short arm can still recombine with the X. Go get it, Joyce! -Stephen

Meditation on repression

2001-03-15 Thread Stephen Black
eresting.) -Stephen Anderson, M., & Green, C. (2001). Suppressing unwanted memories by executive control. Nature, 410, 366- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 8

Name correction

2001-03-14 Thread Stephen Black
-Stephen -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's Universitye-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada

Peripatetic penis

2001-03-13 Thread Stephen Black
ephants doing it. Are naked elephants pornographic? Am I going to get in trouble over this? Is this phallocentric psychology? -Stephen Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's

Morphing face url

2001-03-13 Thread Stephen Black
tad hasty. Anyone know what's going on? -Stephen -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's University

A prehensile what?

2001-03-12 Thread Stephen Black
discovered that the porpoise apparently has one also. -Stephen -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's University

Face perception

2001-03-12 Thread Stephen Black
set, on perceptual asymmetry, particularly impressive. (Their demonstration worked very well on me). Should be of interest to students as well. Stephen Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470

Re: need scoring criteria

2001-03-09 Thread Stephen Black
hey'll probably be happy to help, nevertheless. -Stephen -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's Universitye-mail: [EMAIL PROTEC

North American Journal of Psychology

2001-03-09 Thread Stephen Black
editorial board, stated policies, or the papers they've recently published. Anyone know what this might be about? -Stephen -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology

A prehensile what?

2001-03-08 Thread Stephen Black
an't wait to find out. -Stephen -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's Universitye-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M

RE: Question about one-tailed tests

2001-03-07 Thread Stephen Black
nal Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, vol [Roman numerals, which I can't decode], 4-6. -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology

Re: Egas Moniz

2001-03-07 Thread Stephen Black
ng around at. -Stephen -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's Universitye-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Department web page a

Another religious message

2001-03-05 Thread Stephen Black
cite them only to encourage you to dig this thoughtful article up, especially those in the throes of our current discussion of the topic. -Stephen -------- Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Depart

Two thoughts on Judith Harris

2001-02-28 Thread Stephen Black
ts of shared environment decrease during childhood to negligible levels after adolescence". That's pretty remarkable, isn't it? Stephen Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-96

Re: question for all of you

2001-02-28 Thread Stephen Black
rwise blameless people to "a very bad place" solely for not believing appropriately be an evil, cruel and malicious entity? How can this be consistent with a belief in a just, kind, and caring God? -Stephen -------- Stephen

Functional recovery in brain-injured children

2001-02-28 Thread Stephen Black
tion of function: from infancy through childhood. Psychological Bulletin, 101, 376-- Fletcher, J., & Satz, P. (1983). Age, plasticity and equipotentiality: a reply to Smith. J. Consult Clin. Psychol. 51, 763-- St. James-Roberts, I. (1981). A reinterpretation of hemispher

Functional recovery in brain-injured children

2001-02-26 Thread Stephen Black
er the time for recovery before assessment. When recovery time is controlled, the alleged advantage for early damage disappears. References would be nice, of course, but I must plead writing from home. -Stephen Stephen Black,

That old appropriateness debate

2001-02-22 Thread Stephen Black
ot be appropriate for this list, but in the context of the thread we were discussing (censorship of a science fair project), it was justifiable. And more on (c). I'd even go for that, provided it was clearly funny. But I'm afraid that one didn't do it for me (unlike kitty bonsai).

Probing the psychic parrot

2001-02-15 Thread Stephen Black
he parrotted photos compared with the randomly-assigned, she'll have a case. Of course, if the parrot is really psychic, it should start squawking "no fair!" each time a blank comes up. -Stephen ---- Stephen Bl

More on drinking and demyelinating

2001-02-09 Thread Stephen Black
. :=) -Stephen Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's Universitye-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1

Myelin question: a little clarification

2001-02-09 Thread Stephen Black
On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Stephen Black wrote: > > But the short answer to Traci seems to be that demyelination is a > risk factor for alcoholics. I believe I should have said this the other way around. Demyelination doesn't cause people to become alcoholics (at least not as far as

Serendipitous answer to myelin question

2001-02-09 Thread Stephen Black
inolysis. Current Opinion in Neurology, 13, 691-7 Hettema, h., & Halma, C. (1999). Beer drinker's hyponatraemia: a case report. Netherland Journal of Medicine, 54, 105-7. Menger H, Jorg J. (1999. Outcome of central pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis (n = 44). J Neur

Sched of reinforcement: picking some nits

2001-02-07 Thread Stephen Black
he first effective action the worker takes after a variable interval of time. > 9. Random drug testing; worker refrains from taking drugs (Baron,1992). No. Once again the problem is that the response ("not taking a drug"?) is supposed to occur after the expiry of the interval (when the

Harris debate

2001-02-05 Thread Stephen Black
u with the faults they had And add some extra just for you Too much of clinical and pop psychology has been permeated with this unsubstantiated and pernicious view. I, for one, am not sorry to see it go. -Stephen Stephen Black, Ph.D

Re: Harris debate

2001-02-02 Thread Stephen Black
of his book _Nature and Nurture_. Bouchard et al, in a letter to _Science_ 250, 1990, p. 1498) titled "when kin correlations are not squared" has a go at the issue as well. So I just believe it. -Stephen -------- Stephen Bla

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