-----Original Message----- From: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) digest [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 12:00 AM To: tips digest recipients Subject: tips digest: September 11, 2010
TIPS Digest for Saturday, September 11, 2010. 1. Re: B vitamins, Alzheimer's, and telling the whole story 2. RE: They Too Died That Day 3. Re: They Too Died That Day 4. Re: They Too Died That Day 5. Re: They Too Died That Day 6. Re: They Too Died That Day 7. Radical catholics 8. Re: Psychology Department Advisory Boards 9. Autistic Girl Expresses Profound Intelligence 10. Re: Autistic Girl Expresses Profound Intelligence ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: B vitamins, Alzheimer's, and telling the whole story From: Mike Wiliams <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 03:12:05 -0400 X-Message-Number: 1 It appears to me that we have been struck once again by publication bias and press release science. The authors can't simply state negative findings because no one will publish the paper. I also expect the study would never make this discussion list if the findings didn't show an effect. Mike Williams ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: RE: They Too Died That Day From: "Helweg-Larsen, Marie" <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 08:31:49 +0000 X-Message-Number: 2 It seems that there are lots of lessons/topics for a psychologist to discuss in class with respect to the current 'islamaphobia'. Of course such a discussion could be structured around social psychological work on prejudice and discrimination but also emotions in general. This author suggests that fear and not prejudice is the cause of opposition to the Not-at-Ground-Zero Mosque. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/opinion/05kristof.html?src=me&ref=genera l Marie **************************************************** Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS), +45 2065 1360 Dickinson College (on leave 2010/2011) http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html **************************************************** -----Original Message----- From: Mike Palij [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 15:08 To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Mike Palij Subject: [tips] They Too Died That Day An article in the NY Times focuses on one family that deals with their grief over the loss of a father and husband in the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. How they have dealth with the attack and the aftermath should give us and, if we share with our students, pause. See: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/10/nyregion/10muslim.html?_r=1&th=&emc=th&p agewanted=all The fact that the family is Muslim would be incidental except for the recent madness manifesting itself in U.S. religious and political circles. I wonder what critical thinking lessons psychologists will teach about this madness? -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a4468797f&n =T&l=tips&o=4705 or send a blank email to leave-4705-13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a44687...@fsulist.frostburg.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: They Too Died That Day From: Beth Benoit <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 08:11:12 -0400 X-Message-Number: 3 Which, of course, would be neither at Ground Zero nor is it a mosque. But the loudest protesters seem to have overlooked that. Go figure... Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 4:31 AM, Helweg-Larsen, Marie <[email protected] > wrote: > It seems that there are lots of lessons/topics for a psychologist to > discuss in class with respect to the current 'islamaphobia'. Of course such > a discussion could be structured around social psychological work on > prejudice and discrimination but also emotions in general. This author > suggests that fear and not prejudice is the cause of opposition to the > Not-at-Ground-Zero Mosque. > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/opinion/05kristof.html?src=me&ref=genera l > Marie > > **************************************************** > Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. > Associate Professor of Psychology > Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS), +45 2065 1360 > Dickinson College (on leave 2010/2011) > http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html > **************************************************** > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Palij [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 15:08 > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Cc: Mike Palij > Subject: [tips] They Too Died That Day > > An article in the NY Times focuses on one family that deals with > their grief over the loss of a father and husband in the 9/11 attack > on the World Trade Center. How they have dealth with the attack > and the aftermath should give us and, if we share with our students, > pause. See: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/10/nyregion/10muslim.html?_r=1&th=&emc=th&p agewanted=all > > The fact that the family is Muslim would be incidental except for > the recent madness manifesting itself in U.S. religious and political > circles. I wonder what critical thinking lessons psychologists will > teach about this madness? > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a4468797f&n =T&l=tips&o=4705 > or send a blank email to > leave-4705-13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a44687...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n =T&l=tips&o=4731 > or send a blank email to > leave-4731-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: They Too Died That Day From: Paul Brandon <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 09:41:44 -0500 X-Message-Number: 4 And of course there have been protests of mosques in cities far from New York. And it's hard to see how a Pastor in rural Florida could be afraid of an Islamic center in NYC. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato [email protected] On Sep 11, 2010, at 7:11 AM, Beth Benoit wrote: > > Which, of course, would be neither at Ground Zero nor is it a mosque. But the loudest protesters seem to have overlooked that. Go figure... > > Beth Benoit > Granite State College > Plymouth State University > New Hampshire > > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 4:31 AM, Helweg-Larsen, Marie <[email protected]> wrote: > It seems that there are lots of lessons/topics for a psychologist to discuss in class with respect to the current 'islamaphobia'. Of course such a discussion could be structured around social psychological work on prejudice and discrimination but also emotions in general. This author suggests that fear and not prejudice is the cause of opposition to the Not-at-Ground-Zero Mosque. > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/opinion/05kristof.html?src=me&ref=genera l ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: They Too Died That Day From: Michael Smith <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 10:24:46 -0500 X-Message-Number: 5 Perhaps psychologists should say that a lasting emotional reaction to serious tradgedy isn't madness nor islamophobia, and that the tough "SHOULD be open minded" Americans need to be treated with care and respect also. Perhaps, as some have suggested, it's too soon, and/or the location should be other than particularly close to ground zero. --Mike On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Paul Brandon <[email protected]> wrote: > > > And of course there have been protests of mosques in cities far from New > York. > And it's hard to see how a Pastor in rural Florida could be afraid of an > Islamic center in NYC. > Paul Brandon > Emeritus Professor of Psychology > Minnesota State University, Mankato > [email protected] > On Sep 11, 2010, at 7:11 AM, Beth Benoit wrote: > > > Which, of course, would be neither at Ground Zero nor is it a mosque. But > the loudest protesters seem to have overlooked that. Go figure... > Beth Benoit > Granite State College > Plymouth State University > New Hampshire > > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 4:31 AM, Helweg-Larsen, Marie > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> It seems that there are lots of lessons/topics for a psychologist to >> discuss in class with respect to the current 'islamaphobia'. Of course such >> a discussion could be structured around social psychological work on >> prejudice and discrimination but also emotions in general. This author >> suggests that fear and not prejudice is the cause of opposition to the >> Not-at-Ground-Zero Mosque. >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/opinion/05kristof.html?src=me&ref=genera l > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fb&n =T&l=tips&o=4733 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-4733-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: They Too Died That Day From: "michael sylvester" <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 14:27:06 -0100 X-Message-Number: 6 My take on Islamaphobia.First of all the portrayal of the prophet as a terrorist as appeared in a Danish cartoon was in very bad taste,besides getting some image of the prophet is never allowed in Islam.Personally,I think that U.S society is very tolerant because we are a nation of laws and not of people.We should also distinguish between prejudice and discrimination.Prejudice is more or less a mind thang,whereas discrimination is action oriented.We have come a long way in eliminating discrimination but that should not lead to the conclusion that we have eliminated prejudicial mindset.One can still not discriimitate and still be prejudiced.Some people may still assume that the U.S society is "white" and "Christian" but these notions are gradually fading as the society becomes less white and more diverse.but it is the enforcement of our constitutional laws that unite all of us.I am not too sure of the "accepting diversity" paradigm based on my Tips experience. There was a similar paradigm of xenophobia that existed in Britain.Back in the 1950s there were race riots in Nottinghill .England againt black immigrants from the Caribbean.I think the white kids were called the teddy boys. Then prejudice turned against the Asians especially the Pakistanis.It was my understanding that the prejudice against the Pakistanis in Britain emanated because of the culinary patterns,religious practices,and language patterns.Although some British landlords would not rent flats to both Caribbean blacks amd Pakistanis,there was a tendency to prefer having the Caribbean blacks because of an assumed similariy to Britishers,such as being good cricketers (at that time the West Indies was numero uno,but not anymore),spoke English,and no spicy cuisine flavor throughout the flat,and being Anglican.I suspect that whatever Islamaphobia that exist may have more to do with factors other than religion.So to the Moslem community let me ask this question: Are you ready for some football? (To be continued). Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Radical catholics From: "michael sylvester" <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 14:45:49 -0100 X-Message-Number: 7 Seems like every relidion has its radical elements.I was very familiar with Dan and Ohil Berrigan.They were very much involved in the anti-Vietnam protests.They would break into the Draft boards and poured ducks' blood on the selective service files.Dan was a jesuit priest and his broter Phil was a Josephite.They staged what was first known as the Catonsville 9 and then they planned the Milwaukee 14. I met DAn right after I existed the Trappist monastery in Gethsemani,Kentucky and he was instrumental in gwtting me a scjolarship to Gannon university in Erie,Pennsylvania and the rest is history. Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Psychology Department Advisory Boards From: Michael Smith <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 11:57:46 -0500 X-Message-Number: 8 It would seem that an "advisory board" is to take those traditionally faculty concerns (priorities, planning, curriculum, etc.) out of faculty hands and put it more into the hands of administration. In other words, a further disempowering of faculty and imbuing administration with greater control--one of the primary goals of any administration. With the advisory board answering directly and only to administration, faculty can finally be slowly eased out of the loop. All the administration needs and wants are instructors to deliver the "product" to the "customer" and to ensure the "customer" is happy (retention). With an advisory board, administration needn't have those endless meetings and debates about the value of higher education or what higher education should be doing or the direction it should be going. Noel-Levitz and the numbers will drive the direction and make the decisions thank you very much. No faculty need apply. --Mike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Autistic Girl Expresses Profound Intelligence From: don allen <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 15:07:03 -0700 X-Message-Number: 9 Hi All- I just stumbled onto a video that apparently shows a young woman with autism who is able to communicate at a very high level despite severe autism. The link is here: http://www.fark.com/cgi/vidplayer.pl?IDLink=5612400 I tend to be quite sceptical about such reports and since this involves John Stossel I am more sceptical than usual so I am looking for some more information. This doesn't (at least from the video clip) appear to involve facilitated communication, but it does make some strong claims which would require some independent verification. Do any of you have more information which would either support or refute what was presented in the clip. Thanks in advance, -Don. Don Allen Retired professor Langara College ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Autistic Girl Expresses Profound Intelligence From: "michael sylvester" <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 23:20:58 -0100 X-Message-Number: 10 ----- Original Message ----- From: don allen To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 9:07 PM Subject: [tips] Autistic Girl Expresses Profound Intelligence Hi All- I just stumbled onto a video that apparently shows a young woman with autism who is able to communicate at a very high level despite severe autism. The link is here: http://www.fark.com/cgi/vidplayer.pl?IDLink=5612400 I tend to be quite sceptical about such reports and since this involves John Stossel I am more sceptical than usual so I am looking for some more information. This doesn't (at least from the video clip) appear to involve facilitated communication, but it does make some strong claims which would require some independent verification. Do any of you have more information which would either support or refute what was presented in the clip. Thanks in advance, -Don. I I was unable to watch the video,but just some general comments.First of all,there are all types of autism-some more severe than others and there are all types of intelligences.Some forms of intelligence are of deep profoundity as in the case of the savants who are selectively focused on specific tasks.I suspect that some folks are in a different state of consciousness as what we may consider ordinary consciousness.Although being skeptical is a mark of the scientific enterprise,it should not hinder us from considering other interpretations.Even though there may be some flaws in some of his reporting,his reports do give the public a view of studies in psychology that they may not have gotten otherwise.Btw,Stossel is featured in Zimbardo's Shyness video. 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