I totally agree Scott that it would be very interesting to learn what Tranel picked up on Holmes that made him so vehement about denying his acceptance. Tranel's exact words were, "Do NOT offer admission under any circumstances." However, a serious omission in the Yahoo article is they do not mention that the decision was made after Holmes was interviewed, at least according to the Denver Post article. Therefore, the title in the Yahoo article could be significantly misleading as it would seem far more likely that the vehemence of Tranel's decision was more influenced by the interview than the letter.
Relative to why Tranel and another fellow, Cunningham, both recommended not accepting Holmes, they have refused to discuss this and for understandable legal reasons. But why was this same young man able to obtain reasonable reference letters from a number of sources? It makes one question that entire process. Whatever, wonder if Tranel will be one of the witnesses for the defense as they wish to claim Holmes is mentally ill. Suspect Tranel would provide some support for that claim? Joan [email protected] > For those of you who haven't seen it, interesting.... > > http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/james-holmes-application-letter-iowa-163256614.html > > The connection to Dan Tranel, the prominent neuroscientist at Iowa, is > especially intriguing. One can assume that Tranel was picking up on some > salient things in Holmes' file, some of which have not yet been made > public (I believe). > > Some statements in Holmes' letter of intent strike me as a bit odd, > although admittedly I may be guilty of hindsight bias here (certainly, the > letter is not patently psychotic). > > ...Scott > > > > Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D. > Professor > Department of Psychology, Room 473 > Emory University > 36 Eagle Row > Atlanta, Georgia 30322 > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; 404-727-1125 > > The Master in the Art of Living makes little distinction between his work > and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his > education and his recreation, his love and his intellectual passions. He > hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence > in whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or > playing. To him - he is always doing both. > > - Zen Buddhist text > (slightly modified) > > > > From: Michael Britt [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 11:27 AM > To: Lilienfeld, Scott O > Subject: Your OK on a YouTube video > > Hi Scott, > > I wanted to get in touch to ask you if it would be okay for me to put a > quote from you onto YouTube and into a free app I created along with > another psychologist (the PsychGuide app for introduction to psychology > majors). In a section of the app in which we describe what Clinical > Psychologists do for a living I wanted to insert this clip of you (from > your interview with me on The Psych Files) in which you explain how the > technique of exposure works. > > I created a brief YouTube video by combining the audio clip with a picture > of you (from your site at Emory) along with a list of a few of your books > and a link to your site at Emory (happy to change any of this if you wish) > The clip is currently private. Here's what you can hear/see it: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb4NsFUJxrU > Let me know if that's okay with you, > > Michael > > Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > http://www.ThePsychFiles.com > Twitter: mbritt > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of > the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged > information. If the reader of this message is not the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution > or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly > prohibited. > > If you have received this message in error, please contact > the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the > original message (including attachments). > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=49240.d374d0c18780e492c3d2e63f91752d0d&n=T&l=tips&o=20108 > or send a blank email to > leave-20108-49240.d374d0c18780e492c3d2e63f91752...@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=20112 or send a blank email to leave-20112-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
