Re:[tips] What is talk therapy?

A belated response to Joan Warmbold's 12 October post (see below): I think most people tend to think of talk therapy as referring to the more traditional psychoanalytic and/or client-centered therapy involving non-directive exploration of feelings and thoughts. I agree that in common parlance

[tips] You Can't Clean Up Wall Street -- Really

One citizen's attempt to clean up Wall St -- the actual Wall St in downtown NYC -- came to an end when a NY policeman came up to the citizen and told him that he could not clean up Wall St. Story and video here:

Re: [tips] What is talk therapy?

In the popular press, at least, the term is usually used in apposition to drug therapy. On Oct 14, 2011, at 1:50 AM, Allen Esterson wrote: A belated response to Joan Warmbold's 12 October post (see below): I think most people tend to think of talk therapy as referring to the more traditional

Re: [tips] Famous people who have taken a (credible) personality test

I've often suspected that the MMPI would be just as effective with a dead subject, or even a salmon. On Oct 14, 2011, at 8:01 AM, Michael Britt wrote: I'm putting together an idea for a research study but there's one piece that I'm not sure how to obtain: does anyone know of a well known

[tips] Student's question

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Re: [tips] Need an example of the need for human factors research?

This is a great site Paul thanks. I've got a car in which you turn the key to the left to unlock it. To me, you should turn your key to the right to unlock your car. I've owned this car for 6 years and still haven't gotten this action down pat. Guess that could reflect something about

Re: [tips] Need an example of the need for human factors research?

Righty tighty, lefty looseyseems fine to me ;-) G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Oct 14, 2011, at 1:14 PM, Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com wrote: This is a great site Paul thanks. I've got a car in which you turn the key to the left to unlock it. To me, you

Re: [tips] Need an example of the need for human factors research?

Fun site that mentions the failure to follow human factor principles. Where are they? Next to each example should be a note about what psych law or principle was violated. Is there a list of established laws and principles in this field? They probably just mean 'common sense' and

Re: [tips] Famous people who have taken a (credible) personality test

Hi I've used MMPI profiles for Jeffrey Dahmer and Charles Manson in lectures ... elevated psychopathic deviant scores, but also other scales. I'm not sure where I got the profiles from. An MMPI profile for Dahmer is shown in Nichols (2006) J of Personality Assessment, 86, 242-262 Take

RE: [tips] Social Psychology Position

Assistant Professor of Social Psychology The College of Idaho invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in social psychology, beginning in August 2012. Ph.D. required. Teaching duties will include a broad range of Psychology courses, such as: Social Psychology,

Re: [tips] Need an example of the need for human factors research?

I just got rid of a Jeep Cherokee (a victim of the Great Rust God). The direction you rotated the key in the door lock to lock depended on whether you were locking the driver or the passenger side. I thought I was suffering from all kinds of confusions until finally I discovered the rule.

Re: [tips] Need an example of the need for human factors research?

A little bit off topic but Donald Norman has a couple of books on the design of everyday things. Sorry I can't include a link to amazon, but I don't quite have the hang of multiple windows in the iPad yet. Annette Maybe I did it here: