Hi Personally, I'm glad that we Canadians have 4 years to brag on Tips about how hockey is "OUR" game!
As for teaching-relevance, the NY Times today had an article about how the Islamic Solidarity Games (somewhat of a misnomer, it turns out) had to be cancelled because of internal strife over what to call "The Persian Gulf," "The Arabian Gulf," or simply "The Gulf." The writer made several points (e.g., lack of homogeneity within Muslim nations, allegiances to various entities in addition to Islam, ...) that might be relevant to psychology. Here is link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/opinion/28karsh.html Certainly contrasts with the Olympic Games being held despite serious tensions between countries and even on the eve of World War II. And Olympics as alternative to warfare is possible them ... although that has overtones of the discredited catharsis hypothesis and is somewhat contradicted by examples such as WWII (although possible there would be more conflict in world without Olympics than with it). I wonder to what extent Olympics fosters dual identity responses in people (participants and viewers ... we are all "hockey fans"), something that has been shown to be associated with lower levels of prejudice towards outgroups (e.g., Americans)? Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax [email protected] >>> <[email protected]> 28-Feb-10 7:37:58 PM >>> I'm a sad hockey fan :( And a very sad Olympics fan in general because the frantic watching of all those taped hours and hours of curling and hockey and skating of all kinds, skiing and sledding, are all coming to an end until 2 weeks in four years. Sigh. There must be a teaching related theme here...it seems to take forever for a special event to arrive; and then it seems to be gone before you know it. 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: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:10:02 -0500 >From: "Mike Palij" <[email protected]> >Subject: [tips] So, Is Anyone Going To Watch That Hockey Game This Afternoon? >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" ><[email protected]> >Cc: "Mike Palij" <[email protected]> > >No matter who wins, will the silver medal winner be able to handle >the shame and loss of self-esteem or have both teams been reading >Albert Ellis' "How To Subbornly Refuse To Make Yourself Misrable >About Anything-Yes, Anything"; see: >http://tinyurl.com/yzxs5j6 > >Anyone know whether Ellis's writings are heavily used by sports >psychologists? > >-Mike Palij >New York University >[email protected] > >P.S. U.S., Eh! ;-) > > > > > >--- >You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. >To unsubscribe click here: >http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a21b0&n=T&l=tips&o=941 > >or send a blank email to >leave-941-13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a2...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c9&n=T&l=tips&o=943 or send a blank email to leave-943-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=947 or send a blank email to leave-947-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
