Gottman? On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 11:38 PM, Annette Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > A colleague sent me this link about a new program that will make you happy > and that it is "supported by science." > > > http://my.happify.com/o/lp32/?fl=1&tmp=&trid=&srid=HRX4AZRF65&c1=RON&c2=300x250&c3=SadBrain > > I decided to look up some of the books on which the website is based, on > Amazon, and peruse the reviews. I was flabbergasted when I saw that the > book Hardwiring Happiness had such high reviews: 66% of 279 reviews were > for 5 stars! So I thought Wow, let me read the 1 star reviews, must be some > unhappy few people out there: and there I found what I expected to find. > The book HUGELY oversells the power of imaging studies to promote > conclusions that cannot possibly be reached with such studies. We just > covered Brainwashed in my critical thinking seminar and it seems that most > of what I could access in this book for free on Amazon fell into exactly > all the traps that Brainwashed mentions. > > So how can they find so very many people to write such high praise for > this book? I'm flabbergasted. > > > To quote from the Amazon cite: "Hardwiring Happiness lays out a simple > method that uses the hidden power of everyday experiences to build new > neural structures full of happiness, love, confidence, and peace." > > > > BTW no review in psycritiques > > Then we have this guy: Shawn Achor received a Bachelor of Arts from > Harvard University and a Master of Arts in Christian and Buddhist Ethics > from Harvard Divinity School to promote this website based on his > best-selling and highly (over???) rated book, Before Happiness. This is > also not reviewed in psycritiques but his previous book is, The Happiness > Advantage, and it is royally slammed for what it is: sham. Here are a few > quotes: "Surely someone the *New York Times* describes as “A big star . . > . a world-famous expert” (back cover blurb) would not mistake a largely > correlational and unreplicated body of research for causal mechanisms of > critical business outcomes!" and "Positive psychology is often criticized > for rushing flimsy correlational research to market and peddling it as > causal truth (e.g., Lazarus, 2003). Critics will find the apotheosis of > their foil in this book...If Salvador Dali had partnered with P. T. Barnum, > they could hardly have produced a more ludicrous, fantastical overstatement > of what “more than a decade” of positive psychology research has discovered > ." > > > > HOW DO WE COMBAT THIS????? People are flocking to this junk and loving it > and spending lots of $$ on it. > > > > I am going to write a book...I am going to put in it every single bit of > "Influence" (see Ciadini's work) that I can. I will retire, finally.... > > > > Annette > > The rest of the positive psychology coaches promoting this website don't > deserve mention--all of these magic bullet, quick fix authors! Penn & > Teller have a fabulous bullshit! episode on self-helplessness. > > > > > > > > > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. > Visiting Professor, > Ashoka University, Delhi, India > [email protected] > Professor, Psychological Sciences > University of San Diego > [email protected] > > ________________________________________ > From: Annette Taylor > Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2015 3:53 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: RE: illusion > > Thanks to Miguel Roig who sent me the picture that immediately showed > itself to be a razor blade! I don't know if the image I am attaching here > will show up but turn it around by 90 degrees. Then imagine a bit of > foreshortening and a bit of converging lines at the distance so that the > lower part seems to have a larger end than the farther end. > > Annette > > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. > Visiting Professor, > Ashoka University, Delhi, India > [email protected] > Professor, Psychological Sciences > University of San Diego > [email protected] > > ________________________________________ > From: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) digest [ > [email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2015 10:00 PM > To: tips digest recipients > Subject: tips digest: November 07, 2015 > > TIPS Digest for Saturday, November 07, 2015. > > 1. Illusion? > 2. Re: Illusion? > 3. Re: Illusion? > 4. Re: Illusion? > 5. RE: Illusion? > 6. RE: Illusion? > 7. Re: Illusion? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Illusion? > From: Jim Matiya <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2015 18:39:14 -0600 > X-Message-Number: 1 > > Has anyone on the list ever seen this illusion. A student submitted as a > an example...but I have never seen it before. I am a little slow, can > anyone see the figure-ground illusion? > > I have attached the picture > > > > JIm > retired from FGCU > > Jim Matiya > > Too often we underestimate > the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest > compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the > potential to turn a life around...Leo Buscaglia > > > :) I was addicted to the Hokey-Pokey, but I turned myself around.... :) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Illusion? > From: Beth <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2015 20:15:56 -0500 > X-Message-Number: 2 > > Are we all too embarrassed? Okay, I'll try to overcome pluralistic > ignorance. Don't see a figure-ground illusion. > Beth Benoit > Plymouth State University > New Hampshire > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 7 Nov 2015, at 7:39 pm, Jim Matiya <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Has anyone on the list ever seen this illusion. A student submitted as a > an example...but I have never seen it before. I am a little slow, can > anyone see the figure-ground illusion? > > > > I have attached the picture > > > > > > > > JIm > > retired from FGCU > > > > Jim Matiya > > > > Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a > listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of > which have the potential to turn a life around...Leo Buscaglia > > > > > > :) I was addicted to the Hokey-Pokey, but I turned myself around.... > :) > > --- > > > > 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=47290 > > > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is > broken) > > > > or send a blank email to > leave-47290-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > <illusion.docx> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Illusion? > From: Christopher Green <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2015 20:34:39 -0500 > X-Message-Number: 3 > > By "figure ground illusion" I take it you mean an "ambiguous" or multi > stable figure, like the duck-rabbit? No, I do not see anything recognizable > when I try to force the white into figure here. > > Chris > ....... > Christopher D Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 > 43.773759, -79.503722 > > [email protected] > http://www.yorku.ca/christo > > > On Nov 7, 2015, at 7:39 PM, Jim Matiya <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Has anyone on the list ever seen this illusion. A student submitted as a > an example...but I have never seen it before. I am a little slow, can > anyone see the figure-ground illusion? > > > > I have attached the picture > > > > > > > > JIm > > retired from FGCU > > > > Jim Matiya > > > > Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a > listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of > which have the potential to turn a life around...Leo Buscaglia > > > > > > :) I was addicted to the Hokey-Pokey, but I turned myself around.... > :) > > --- > > > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=47290 > > > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is > broken) > > > > or send a blank email to > leave-47290-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > <illusion.docx> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Illusion? > From: Carol <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2015 19:35:44 -0600 > X-Message-Number: 4 > > Me neither. I tried squinting, turning it upside down, and blurring my > vision. I need at least a hint. > > > On Nov 7, 2015, at 7:15 PM, Beth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Are we all too embarrassed? Okay, I'll try to overcome pluralistic > ignorance. Don't see a figure-ground illusion. > > Beth Benoit > > Plymouth State University > > New Hampshire > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On 7 Nov 2015, at 7:39 pm, Jim Matiya <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> Has anyone on the list ever seen this illusion. A student submitted as > a an example...but I have never seen it before. I am a little slow, can > anyone see the figure-ground illusion? > >> > >> I have attached the picture > >> > >> > >> > >> JIm > >> retired from FGCU > >> > >> Jim Matiya > >> > >> Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, > a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all > of which have the potential to turn a life around...Leo Buscaglia > >> > >> > >> :) I was addicted to the Hokey-Pokey, but I turned myself around.... > :) > >> --- > >> > >> 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=47290 > >> > >> (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is > broken) > >> > >> or send a blank email to > leave-47290-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > >> > >> <illusion.docx> > > --- > > > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=177920.a45340211ac7929163a0216244443341&n=T&l=tips&o=47291 > > > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is > broken) > > > > or send a blank email to > leave-47291-177920.a45340211ac7929163a0216244443...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: RE: Illusion? > From: Stuart McKelvie <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 02:47:48 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 5 > > I, too, do not see an ambiguous figure with two interpretations. > > Why does Jim not ask his student what is supposed to be there? > > Stuart > > From: Christopher Green [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2015 8:35 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: Re: [tips] Illusion? > > > > By "figure ground illusion" I take it you mean an "ambiguous" or multi > stable figure, like the duck-rabbit? No, I do not see anything recognizable > when I try to force the white into figure here. > > Chris > ....... > Christopher D Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 > 43.773759, -79.503722 > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > http://www.yorku.ca/christo > > On Nov 7, 2015, at 7:39 PM, Jim Matiya <[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>> wrote: > > > Has anyone on the list ever seen this illusion. A student submitted as a > an example...but I have never seen it before. I am a little slow, can > anyone see the figure-ground illusion? > > I have attached the picture > > > > JIm > retired from FGCU > > Jim Matiya > > Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a > listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of > which have the potential to turn a life around...Leo Buscaglia > > > :) I was addicted to the Hokey-Pokey, but I turned myself around.... :) > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=47290 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-47290-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > <mailto: > leave-47290-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > <illusion.docx> > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13510.2cc18398df2e6692fffc29a610cb72e3&n=T&l=tips&o=47292 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-47292-13510.2cc18398df2e6692fffc29a610cb7...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > <mailto: > leave-47292-13510.2cc18398df2e6692fffc29a610cb7...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: RE: Illusion? > From: Jim Clark <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 02:49:23 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 6 > > Add me to those who do not see a reverse figure! > > Jim > > Jim Clark > Professor & Chair of Psychology > University of Winnipeg > 204-786-9757 > Room 4L41A (4th Floor Lockhart) > www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark<http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark> > > > From: Stuart McKelvie [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: November-07-15 8:48 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: RE: [tips] Illusion? > > > > I, too, do not see an ambiguous figure with two interpretations. > > Why does Jim not ask his student what is supposed to be there? > > Stuart > > From: Christopher Green [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2015 8:35 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: Re: [tips] Illusion? > > > > By "figure ground illusion" I take it you mean an "ambiguous" or multi > stable figure, like the duck-rabbit? No, I do not see anything recognizable > when I try to force the white into figure here. > > Chris > ....... > Christopher D Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 > 43.773759, -79.503722 > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > http://www.yorku.ca/christo > > On Nov 7, 2015, at 7:39 PM, Jim Matiya <[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>> wrote: > > > Has anyone on the list ever seen this illusion. A student submitted as a > an example...but I have never seen it before. I am a little slow, can > anyone see the figure-ground illusion? > > I have attached the picture > > > > JIm > retired from FGCU > > Jim Matiya > > Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a > listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of > which have the potential to turn a life around...Leo Buscaglia > > > :) I was addicted to the Hokey-Pokey, but I turned myself around.... :) > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=47290 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-47290-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > <mailto: > leave-47290-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > <illusion.docx> > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13510.2cc18398df2e6692fffc29a610cb72e3&n=T&l=tips&o=47292 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-47292-13510.2cc18398df2e6692fffc29a610cb7...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > <mailto: > leave-47292-13510.2cc18398df2e6692fffc29a610cb7...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c9&n=T&l=tips&o=47294 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-47294-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > <mailto: > leave-47294-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Illusion? > From: Steven Hall <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2015 18:56:24 -0800 > X-Message-Number: 7 > > More like an example of closure to me. But if I try hard I can see an "A." > (I blacked out the other stuff.) The head still lingers in my "top down" > mind. > > Steven Hall > Butte College > CSU-Chico > mrsteve2u2gmail.com > > > ​ > > > > --- > > END OF DIGEST > > --- > 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=47299 > or send a blank email to > leave-47299-13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a2...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=357701.a768e95c4963686e69b47febf8aa657a&n=T&l=tips&o=47313 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-47313-357701.a768e95c4963686e69b47febf8aa6...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > -- Michael T. 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