Re:[tips] Current Issues in Psychology course

[Allen Esterson]

Re: Current Issues in Psychology course

Michael Sylvester asked
>Issue  is Psychology too Eurocentric?  Mostly deals with whites 
>and little considereation for the Afrocentric, Hispanic, ASian and 
>indigenous paradigms.

I'm not sure what an "indigenous paradigm" is (would Michael care to
explain the term?), but I think one has to distinguish between applied
psychological techniques and general psychological principles that may
apply to all human beings. Since psychology is not physics (you may not be
surprised to hear), such psychological principles would not be rigid, but
would encompass a spectrum across human beings. This may include
propensities that differ in degree in different cultures. 

I would suggest that the general principles, even if originally determined
to be the case among people predominantly of European origins, would apply
across the human race (though the range of behaviours might well be
extended when investigated among people of different ethnic and cultural
backgrounds), whereas applied psychological techniques obviously differ
profoundly across the world.

Does that make any sense?

References
Sato Tatsuya: The History of Applied Psychology in Japan:
http://www.human.ritsumei.ac.jp/project/archive/series/no9/9_76.pdf

Mindfulness and Attention
http://www.todoinstitute.com/mindfulness-attention.html
"But it is the tragedy of psychology that it is still preoccupied with
self-preoccupation. Too often it teaches us to do what we already do too
well - pay attention to ourselves. In the course of exploring our pain, our
worries, our feelings and our dreams we forego the development of our more
needed skill - to notice and engage the world around us."

Allen Esterson
Former lecturer, Science Department
Southwark College, London
http://www.esterson.org

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Re:[tips] Current Issues in Psychology course

[Kimberly C. Patterson]

If you have eduction majors, I would spend a lot of time on Developmental
Psychology, especially Vgotsky and Piaget.  

Look at some of the books in educational psych.  

Respectfully yours, 

Kimberly C. Patterson, M.S., Ed.S.
Cypress Bay High School
AP Psychology Instructor 
WISE Coach
"GO LIGHTNING!"

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.
- BF Skinner

An understanding heart is everything in a teacher, and cannot be esteemed
highly enough. One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers,
but with gratitude to those who touched our human feeling. The curriculum
is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the
growing plant and for the soul of the child. - Carl Jung



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[tips] Whence Cyborg?

[Mike Palij]

The term cyborg is a combination of "cybernetic organism" 
which means that it is of recent origin (because Norbert
Wiener used the word cybernetic first in the 1940s to
refer to the processes of feedback and control in different
processes and systems).  But my question is following:

What is the first published use of the term cyborg and
who used it?

NOTE:  some of you might be familiar with the movie
"Cyborg 2087" made in 1966, starring Michael Rennie
who also starred in the great sci-fi film "The Day the
Earth Stood Still" (Cyborg 2087, however, is no TDTESS).
So, if cheesy sci-fi flicks were using the term cyborg by
1966, when did it achieve widespread cultural acceptance?
But this is a secondary issue.

-Mike Palij
New York University
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RE:[tips] salivary cortisol

[Widman, David (WIDMAN)]

If you have friends in the chemistry department or have more chem experience 
that I, there are kits available from salimetrics 
(http://www.salimetrics.com/).  I have used both their testosterone and 
estrogen kits and with some help and the correct equipment (they are ELISA 
tests) they are easy to use.

David


David Widman
Associate Professor and Chair of Psychology
Juniata College
Huntingdon, PA  16652
http://faculty.juniata.edu/widman/

Office hours Fall 2008
MWF 10:00-9:55a
TTH 2:00-3:00p
And of course by appointment

Subject: salivary cortisol
From: "Patrick Dolan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:30:24 -0400
X-Message-Number: 4

Hi folks- I have a student interested in stress, cortisol and memory.  Do any 
of your labs or research programs involve collecting and assaying saliva for 
cortisol levels?  If so, would you contact me so I can pick your brain a bit?

Thanks kindly,

Patrick


--

Patrick O. Dolan, Ph.D.
Associate professor and chair of Psychology
Drew University
Madison, NJ 07940
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Re:[tips] Current Issues in Psychology course

[karen block]

I would not recommend much time spent on either, but rather teach them to 
do cognitive task analyses, or compare novices and experts, and use these 
more specific results to create teaching strategies.  KB


--On Sunday, August 24, 2008 7:44 AM -0400 "Kimberly C. Patterson" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:







If you have eduction majors, I would spend a lot of time on Developmental
Psychology, especially Vgotsky and Piaget.

Look at some of the books in educational psych.

Respectfully yours,

Kimberly C. Patterson, M.S., Ed.S.
Cypress Bay High School
AP Psychology Instructor
WISE Coach
"GO LIGHTNING!"

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.
- BF Skinner

An understanding heart is everything in a teacher, and cannot be esteemed
highly enough. One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant
teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feeling. The
curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital
element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child. - Carl Jung


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Re: [tips] Whence Cyborg?

[Peter Kepros]

Found in  Wikipedia:


>A cyborg is a 
>cybernetic 
>organism (i.e., an 
>organism that has both artificial and natural systems). The term was 
>coined in 1960 when 
>Manfred Clynes 
>and 
>Nathan
> 
>Kline used it in an article about the advantages of self-regulating 
>human-machine systems in outer space.[1] D. S. Halacy's Cyborg: 
>Evolution of the Superman in 1965 featured an introduction by 
>Manfred Clynes, who wrote of a "new frontier" that was "not merely 
>space, but more profoundly the relationship between 'inner space' to 
>'outer space' -a bridge...between mind and matter."[2] The cyborg is 
>often seen today merely as an organism that has enhanced abilities 
>due to technology,[3] 
>but this perhaps oversimplifies the category of 
>feedback.


Hope this helps.

Peter Kepros
University of New Brunswick
Happily Retired

At 09:48 AM 8/24/2008,  Mike Palij wrote:
>The term cyborg is a combination of "cybernetic organism"
>which means that it is of recent origin (because Norbert
>Wiener used the word cybernetic first in the 1940s to
>refer to the processes of feedback and control in different
>processes and systems).  But my question is following:
>
>What is the first published use of the term cyborg and
>who used it?
>
>NOTE:  some of you might be familiar with the movie
>"Cyborg 2087" made in 1966, starring Michael Rennie
>who also starred in the great sci-fi film "The Day the
>Earth Stood Still" (Cyborg 2087, however, is no TDTESS).
>So, if cheesy sci-fi flicks were using the term cyborg by
>1966, when did it achieve widespread cultural acceptance?
>But this is a secondary issue.
>
>-Mike Palij
>New York University
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Re: [tips] Whence Cyborg?

[Mike Palij]

Thanks to Peter for pointing out the Wikipedia entry which
references the following article:

"Cyborgs and Space," in Astronautics (September 1960),
by Manfred E. Clynes and Nathan S. Kline.

However, I was wondering if there was an earlier use of
the word cyborg prior to Clynes & Kline.

-Mike Palij
New York University
[EMAIL PROTECTED]



On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:16:36 -0700, Peter Kepros:
>
>Found in  Wikipedia:
>
>>A cyborg is a
>>cybernetic
>>organism (i.e., an
>>organism that has both artificial and natural systems). The term was
>>coined in 1960 when
>>Manfred Clynes
>>and
>>Nathan
>>Kline used it in an article about the advantages of self-regulating
>>human-machine systems in outer space.[1] D. S. Halacy's Cyborg:
>>Evolution of the Superman in 1965 featured an introduction by
>>Manfred Clynes, who wrote of a "new frontier" that was "not merely
>>space, but more profoundly the relationship between 'inner space' to
>>'outer space' -a bridge...between mind and matter."[2] The cyborg is
>>often seen today merely as an organism that has enhanced abilities
>>due to technology,[3]
>>but this perhaps oversimplifies the category of
>>feedback.
>
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Peter Kepros
>University of New Brunswick
>Happily Retired




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RE: [tips] Current Issues in Psychology course

[Jim Matiya]

Speaking of controversies..how the recent controversy about the APA, 
interrogations, and the role of psychologists?
 
Jim
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[tips] PsyD

[Msylvester]

Is the PsyD degree any good?

Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach.Florida
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Re: [tips] PsyD

[Steven Specht]

I have been a Site Visitor for the APA Office on Accreditation for two 
Psy.D. programs and each was impressive (albeit different from 6 Ph.D. 
programs that I've visited).

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Chair, Department of Psychology
Utica College
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quite understandable when someone says it was a large mouse that ran up 
the trunk of a small elephant" (S. S. Stevens, 1958)

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Re: [tips] PsyD

[Dr. Bob Wildblood]

Like any other degree, it depends on the person who gets it.  



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Re: [tips] PsyD

[Jim Clark]

Hi

There are undoubtedly good and bad programs in PsyD (just as in PhD) and good 
and bad students (again just as in PhD), so individual cases are a poor 
indicator of the degree.  Below are EPPP scores for various clinical psychology 
programs.  Two striking features of the very large professional programs are 
(1) the sheer number of students they graduate, and (2) their generally lower 
than average scores on the EPPP.  I believe that there is also evidence that 
quality of PsyD programs (on average) is better if affiliated with a university 
than if independent.

Take carfe
Jim


Here are the EPPP boards scores reported in the September issue of the APS 
Observer.  The data is provided by institution, and covers clinical psychology 
graduates from 1988 to 1995.


RankInstitution N   MeanSD
1.0 University of Oregon44  165.70  8.90
2.0 University of Waterloo  28  165.10  11.80
3.0 University of Pennsylvania  15  164.90  12.90
4.5 University of Delaware  29  164.60  8.50
4.5 University of California-Los Angeles84  164.60  12.80
6.0 University of Iowa  31  164.40  9.10
7.0 University of Minnesota 48  163.90  8.80
8.0 University of Connecticut   57  163.70  13.80
9.0 Yale University 42  163.60  10.69
11.5Univ of North Carolina-Chapel Hill  61  163.20  10.60
11.5Rutgers University, PhD Program 36  163.20  11.00
13.5University of Wisconsin-Madison 25  163.10  12.00
13.5University of Missouri-St. Louis46  163.10  8.60
15.5San Diego State University  4   163.00  12.60
15.5Northwestern University 28  163.00  10.20
17.5University of Kansas71  162.90  10.10
17.5State University of New York-Buffalo75  162.90  11.50
20.5University of Rochester 39  162.60  11.80
20.5University of Houston   51  162.60  10.40
20.5Indiana University  31  162.60  11.00
20.5Bowling Green State University  47  162.60  10.50
23.0University of New Mexico46  162.50  10.20
24.0University of Alabama   54  162.30  13.00
25.0University ofWyoming34  162.20  8.80
27.0State Univ of New York-Stony Brook  67  162.10  13.80
27.0Loyola University   74  162.10  11.10
27.0Emory University48  162.10  9.80
29.0University of Missouri-Columbia 60  161.90  12.70
31.0Wayne State University  78  161.80  12.10
31.0University of VA, Curry School Educ 5   161.80  5.50
31.0Ohio University 68  161.80  10.70
33.0Simon Fraser University 29  161.50  12.00
34.0Washington University   42  161.40  10.90
35.5University of Southern California   59  161.30  14.40
35.5Duke University 33  161.30  13.30
37.5University of British Columbia  25  161.20  11.30
37.5Arizona State University46  161.20  10.40
39.5University of Alabama-Birmingham5   161.00  5.10
39.5McGill University   23  161.00  11.50
42.0UniversityofTllinois-Chicago61  160.80  12.90
42.0University of Florida   87  160.80  12.50
42.0Northern Illinois University26  160.80  12.00
44.5Georgia State University129 160.60  12.70
44.5Auburn University   5   160.60  10.90
46.0University of Maine 28  160.50  10.30
47.0University of South Florida 76  160.20  10.70
49.5West Virginia University62  160.10  12.80
49.5University of Virginia  43  160.10  12.10
49.5Miami University, Ohio  42  160.10  10.30
49.5Kent State University   75  160.10  14.30
52.5University of Hawaii33  160.00  12.90
52.5Case Western Reserve University 52  160.00  12.40
55.0Virginia Commonwealth University62  159.90  11.20
55.0University of Nebraska-Lincoln  59  159.90  11.70
55.0St. Louis University71  159.90  14.70
57.0University of Delaware  52  159.70  14.10
58.0University of Texas-Dallas  56  159.60  9.00
59.0DePaul University   64  159.50  12.40
60.5Widener University  107 159.40  12.40
60.5Clark University