I wasn't horribly impressed with the youtube promo clip attached to his website :(
If you look at his products he's pitching and go to: http://www.mettonline.com/ where there are some pretty outrageous claims made, to wit: It’s a scientific fact… Did you know that people can’t totally conceal their emotions? Or fake what they are feeling? Microexpressions give them away. Now you can use the only training method scientifically proven to teach you to see what you’ve been missing. And Try METT Now! It only takes about an hour to learn the scientifically proven method that the U.S. Government, Fortune 500 companies and medical professionals are already using every day. You can recognize the emotions concealed in microexpressions. Click here to demo METT now. My red alerts are going off like mad! "Scientifically PROVEN"????? There are very good reasons why traditional lie detector/polygraph devices don't work including sociopathy. I can't see how this program will see through that! So the full program costs $69, for one hour of training, but hey, short on time, you can buy Mett Lite and only pay $49 or 40 minutes of training! You can buy all of the pictures he's ever used for research....for $175. Seminars to learn to communicate your own emotions better start at only $395. Here's a bit more About the Paul Ekman Group: The Paul Ekman Group combines state-of-the-art behavioral science with real world practical experience to provide unique training in the fields of facial expression, gesture, nonverbal behavior, emotion and deception. State-of-the-art behavioral science????? And finally, the coup-de-grace: Paul Ekman is developing an online training program that will allow people to determine their Emotional Profile -which will assist in improving their Emotional Balance. Expected in early 2009. Why does this sound like so much psychobabble to me? I respected this man and I am so disappointed to see the direction he has gone in. Sold out. I don't know why this bothers me so much. I guess if you have something you can sucker people into buying and can figure the going rate that people are willing to spend, you should go for it. It's the capitalist way. Sadly, Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 [email protected] ---- Original message ---- >Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 16:05:05 -0800 >From: "Frantz, Sue" <[email protected]> >Subject: [tips] Lie to Me >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> > > For those who get TV's Fox channel... I've been > watching the ads for the new show "Lie to Me" > beginning January 21st and wondering if it was based > on Paul Ekman's work. It is. > http://www.paulekman.com/ > > > > <please, please, please be a good program> > > > > -- > Sue Frantz > Highline Community College > Psychology, Coordinator Des Moines, > WA > 206.878.3710 x3404 > [email protected] > http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/ > -- > APA Division 2: Society for the Teaching of > Psychology > > http://teachpsych.org/ > > Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology, > Associate Director > > Project Syllabus > > http://teachpsych.org/otrp/syllabi/syllabi.php > > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
