[tips] TIPSTERS OF THE WEEK
THE HAITIAN PEOPLE Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Haiti & pat robertson
I did not have time to read the article but I take the most basic scientific approach.Earthquakes do not kill people but falling objects do.There are some similarities between the Haitian situation and some Californians: they both build homes in vulnerable areas and they both have been warned that the "big" one was coming. Michael "polycentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] re Cancer from the devil
- Original Message - From: "Mike Palij" MORALE: Be careful about whose face you bite. Happy New Year, Y'all! -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu YOur message has been relayed to Mike Tyson and Evander Holifield. Michael "omnicentric"Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] re Who speaks for science?Mike P
Mike P: I agree,but keep in mind that even though there might be solid data to justify recommendations,there are other factors that may contribute to publc resistance.For example the recommendation thae women could wait till 5o for mammograms was based on good data.And going way back,wasn't there a study that purported that child sexual abuse did not have any significant devastating effect on the adult?Congress was not buying it. Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Interesting in Scotland?
Apparently there is a belief in Scotland that the first person one meets as the New Year begins could be a signal for one's predicament for the year.The Scots believe that if the first person one meets is black,this will bring good luck. Maybe tipster McKelvie can elucidate me on this. Michael "omnicentric"Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach.Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] ?????????????????????
Where is everybody? In Stage 4 sleep or hangover? Michael --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] When does a decade begin?
It is being announced that we have just ushered in a new decade with 2010,but I thought that a decade would begin with the number 1,so the new decade should really begin with 2011,right? Is this a case where popular beliefs override scientific mathematical correctness? Michael "omnicentric"Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] To all Tipsters
HA PPY NEW YEAR --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Tiger Woods/Scandinavian wife
Tiger Wood's extramarital affairs should be viewed as a "guy" thing. If he was married to an American born woman,that American woman would probably be taking him for a ride for his money,and appear before the media like Sanford's wife did in Carolina.As the cross-cultural dude on Tips,there is a history in Scandinavia of tolerance for "messing around" with understanding.I know of many married Scandinavian men who have girl friends in Chile and have travelled there to visit them. The American press was trying to make a big deal out of this,but the American media did not seek the opinion of Tiger's Scandinavian wife.She probably thoight that this was none of the press' business. Other important aspects of this is that interracial marriages tend to last longer of blacks married to Europeans despite issues in the marriage.The Scandinavians also have a highrate of adoption of black babies,and despite the high divorce rate in Scandinavia,the families work hard to keep relationships intact. Please note that Sammy Davis Jr. was married to the Swede Mae Britt. Btw,the high divorce rate in Scandinavia is not because the family is in disarray but it can be viewed from the perspective that people who feel liberated to engage in relationships are also free to disengage in relationships if they want to. Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] To all Commonwealth Tipsters
Happy 60th.anniversary. We salute our women commonwealthers in expedition in the South pole.You go girls. Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Do airplane terrorism stats matter?
Just perusing through the posts,it seems that some tipsters are implying that statistical non-significance should be of no major social and civic import. As the cross-cultural dude on Tips,it appears that the U.S and other Wesdtern countries abide by the principle that one casualty is too many.Now this might not be statistically significant but there is this kind of thinking that persists.It seens that the real importance of low or possible casualty is the impact it radiates in various aspects of public life from economic impact to just the plain need for safety.There is an element of "vicariousness" in U.S culture that creates "vague apprehensions" of disaster experienced by many.To me this is what needs to be measured for statistical significance. Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] TIPSTER OF THE WEEK
ALL NEW YORK TIPSTERS Y'all know how to throw A new Year's EVE PARTY MIKE PALIJ,MIGUEL ROIG.ELLIOT SPITZER Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida Btw,why has a Canadian band been ushering in your New Year? --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Sabbatical: do's and don'ts
Are there some do's and don'ts while on sabbatical? Maybe Bill or anyone else contemplating a sabbatical can heed some advice from our cohesive Tipsville community.I heard about the prof who landed in the wrong country on a trip. He apparently intended to go to the Dominican Republic but told the ticket agent Dominica.Dominica is an island between Martinique and Guadeloupe in the Southern Caribbean.The Dominican Republic is closer to Cuba and Puerto Rico.Realizing that he arrived at an English speaking island,he had a lesson in geography. So one rule is to know where one is headed geographically. How would you spend it now,if you already had one? Michael "still perfect after all these years" Sylvester.PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] In memoriam/Dennis Brutus
Dennis Brutus ,South African poet and philosopher has passed away.Brutus was an activist against apartheid and was jailed in the same prison where Mandela was incarcerated. Good job,dude. We salute you. Gone but not forgotten, I wished though that Joseph Wolpe (a South African) had used his systematic desensitization to cure those racist people of their fear of blacks. Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Martin Bolt
I know of Martin Bolt.His instructional exercises came in a blue box with learning objectives for each chapter,and suggested readings.This came about the same time there was a text from another author which consisted of modules.The Bolt blue box also contained scales of personality such as determining locus of control. I was teaching at predominantly black institutions at that time and I did not find any social psychology text at that time that went into depth of addressing the Afrocentric perspective.A text by Katz "Towards the elimiation of prejudice" was good.Most social -psyh topics appear to be more relevant to highly sophisticated cultural societies.I am not certain if Gordon Allport's constructs re prejudice would be relevant today. Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Martin Bolt
Martin Bolt is a good example of the Eurocentric consensus in psychology and so are the other social psychologists like Pedigree and Aronson.The group processes idea of social psychology and its underpinnings are a reflection of a paradigm that failed to take into account the unique African-American perspective. His works are interesting reading but one should be cognizant of the historical context. Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Fatal combination?
erratum "psychology"' OK Mike P and Carol Devolder,gimme a break. Had too much rum. I was mentally reviewing some of the psyhology professors I have encountered and it seems to me that most of them are on their second or third marriages and I am beginning to wonder if this is a consequence of the time absorbed in their grad studies and other academic pursuits.I know some who married a person who was a student of theirs, and that student was wife number two.It does appear that in some cases hitting the books to the extreme can be hazardous to marriage and family.Any testimonials? Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida ---To make changes to your subscription contact:Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.722 / Virus Database: 270.14.119/2586 - Release Date: 12/25/09 04:33:00 --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Fatal combination?
I was mentally reviewing some of the psyhology professors I have encountered and it seems to me that most of them are on their second or third marriages and I am beginning to wonder if this is a consequence of the time absorbed in their grad studies and other academic pursuits.I know some who married a person who was a student of theirs, and that student was wife number two.It does appear that in some cases hitting the books to the extreme can be hazardous to marriage and family.Any testimonials? Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] TIPSTER OF THE WEEK
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[tips] Three psychologists walk into a Bar mitzvah
Cancelled Michael"omnicentric"Sylvester.PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Top 3 terrible statements
Judith Harris Vaccination causes autism Oprah is scary Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] URGENT! URGENT (TIPSTER OF THE WEEK)
Please help me identify Tipster OF THE WEEK.He is a white dude and is endomorphically challenged.He has publications in many languages and is recognized throughout the universe.He is a mobile nomadic professor but his base is at a university somewhere in the North pole.He has a penchant for delivering publications exactly at 12 AM every Decenber 25th by Federal Chimney Expres.Canadian tipsters Black,McKelvie,Clark,Green have reported picking up his podcasts in English,French,and Scottish-ending then with Ho,Heaux,and Rhyming in the glomind.He travels with ruminants with horns. Canadian mounties and Imterpol are on his track and so is PETA.He is chosen as our Tipster of the week for exhibiting this rare quality among academics- jolliness. But I need to find his real identity and name. Michael "omnicentric"Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Who put the "Little" in "Little Albert"?
Stephen: I have a few speculations to consider.Was Albert from the South? Did the people involved in the study from execution to write up Southerners or had a Southern bent? Could Albert's parents refer to him as 'Li'l Albert which was later changed to "Little"? There is a video of American tongues about the different ways of speaking in America and you will be surprised as how expressions vary from region to region.It could be that the "little" could reflect the cuteness of that age and was fixated upon by the editor.Just my take. Please do not address me as Mikey :-) Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] To Latino and Hispanic tipsters,
Feliz Navidad y recibe mis deseos de prosperidad Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester.PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] American students/Strategic acculturation
It should be crystal clear that despite the assumption that students get educated to be well informed,amd to think critically,the reality is that a great majority of students see education as a gateway to get a good paying job.It is also interesting that employers may not care about grades as long as one graduated from college.Grade inflation probably serves an adaptive function for both faculty and students. It helps retention, and signifies that we have at least an educated citizenry despite differences in cognitive pursuits.And based on the assumption that students nowadays do not care to pursue the breath and depth of ideas,the fact is that many students just want to get the diploma so they can get a good paying job.Some students may not be interested in working hard to get good grades.They probably are thinking of effortless strategies to get good grades.And that could be as American as apple pie. I do not dig the assumption that American students are lazy: they are just motivated for different and other pursuits. I was a lecturer at an Aeronautical university here in Daytona Beach and students always complained about having to take Humanities,and Behavioral and Social Science courses.However they enjoyed this different orientation since without passing those classes they would probably not become pilots.However there are many flight schools where someone can learn aviation skills without taking Humanities and Psychology To me ,a big issue is to find out what students are motivated towards and profs should adapt strategies to students' needs.I suspect that our aging Tipsters are in a quandary with historical pedagocial models that are not effective with today's student.Grade inflation may be a coping mechanism to ensure job security and academic morale.But profs should think of the long term impact that grades will have on the students' future. Paul Bernhardt had a post re an ex-student who was consulted about radiology at her place of work.Since the student apparently did not get good grades in class,he assumed that this could be risky at the workplace.Personally I would be cautious with this assumption.There is a difference between the world of work and the classroom.And e should be aware of the FATE-The Fundamental Academic Transfer Error.This is the idea that classroom behavior is predictive of subsequent behavior in the real world.Many college grads will tell you that their classroom studies were of little significance to what they learn on the job. Ed Pollack mentioned a relative teaching in China who found that the elite kids misbehaved.Perhaps if the relative was non-American it could be a different story.Also students in Asia study hard for exams so they can advance further.Teaching English in those countries may not be a big deal My conclusion is that the American system is good as it.It is a microcosm of all that is American: mass production,disgust for the perceived tyranny of hard work,tacky,and it is how effective obe can manipilate the process. However American students may be perceived as lazy,but they are certainly happier. Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Could Darwin have drank gold?
I heard that this was not an unusual practice in Europe. Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Darwin's nose
It is my understanding that Darwin almost did not make the trip on the HMS Beagle.The captain did not not want him on the ship because he did not like the look of Darwin.s nose.Just imagine if he did not make the trip we would perhaps never have THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES and the creationists would be having a field day.How olfactory challenged was Darwin? And how does ut rank with Cyrano de Bergerac? Btw,would the HMS be Her Majesty's Service or His Majesty's Service? Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Christmas songs
My favorites: Harry Belafonte "Mary's boy child" Jose' Feliciano "Felix navidad Worse christmas album- Mannheim Steamroller Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] In Memoriam/Miss Moneypenny
Miss Moneypenny would make an excellent administrative assistant to any of our department chairs. "My name is Bond,James Bond." or "My name is Esterson,Allen Esterson." And while on this subject,there seems to be the feeling that it is the administrative assistant who runs the department.I have seen some who can virtually run the department while the department chair is away. How is it in your department? What are some of the positives as well as rhe negative experiences you have had with administrative assistants(not necessary in your department)? I have known of some who have called faculty at 4AM to remind them to turn in grades by 6 AM. Btw,why are most department admin assistants women?( for example, John B.Watson) And as the cross-cultural dude on Tips,how is it in Europe with admin assistants? Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Couldn't resist, Bill
With a 1/4 mile driveway packed with snow,you could easily qualify for one of those "shovel ready" million dollar grants from Obama. Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Syllabus is as syllabus does.
Handing out a syllsbus to a student is no guarantee that the student wii read it.I had a policy of reading aloud wth the class the instrument to students and having them sign it .Then I gather them for validation and redistribute them to the students. Yep,signed,sealed.and delivered. Any legal experts on Tips? Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Web recommendation
Check out www.scitechdaily.com Michael --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Another 150th.anniversary
As the cross-cultural dude and British literature freak on Tips,I wish to note that it was 150 years ago that the classic A TALE OF TWO CITIES was published .I am a Dickens man. It seems that this work is beginning to represent sign of our times as our middle class struggles to stay afloat. Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Was Freud a self-hating jew?
I first became aware of the expression "self-hating" jew this past summer.Apparently it is alleged that the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been using this expression to describe White House officials like Rahm Emmanuel,David Axelrod and other jewish members of the Obama administration.The expression has also been directed to Richard Goldstone-a U,N official. Those officials have been highly critical of Israel's settlement polices and the treatment of the Palestinians.Whereas the SHJ expression has political import,I am curious if it goes beyond that to include jews who oppose implicit and explicit judaic traditions and philosophy. This SHJ designation would seem to parallel the "Uncle Tom" designation directed at some blacks like Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas. I wonder if Freud would fit into the SHJ designation.Freud wrote a piece titled MOSES AND MONOTHEIS which was critical of the Jewish faith.It is alleged that Freud was irritated by his mother's frequent stops to adjust her nylon stockings. FReud's defense mechanism of sublmation and his work CIVIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENT had its roots in judaic cultural traditions. Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] And it came to pass( HELP)
I am looking tor the link to a piece .I think it is titled I SHALL NOT PASS THIS WAY AGAIN and goes something like this: And it came to pass on the last dat of the semester,there came Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester.PhD Saytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Is Psychology "settled" science?
The issue of whether some idea is settled or not usually pops up during the hearings for a supreme court nominee re opinions about abortions.The nominee is likely to concur that Roe versus Wade is settled law.Contrary to the physical and biological sciences where tenets are usually settled,psychology can be on shaky grounds if it tries to established definitive rules and principles of behavior.There seems to be constant paradigm shift and what we seem to have are differing interpratations of behavioral events.For examples,issues like what is the "stimulus" or what exactly is "learned" may be understood in psychspeak,but they are not definitive as say in Physics or mechanics. I can recall reading J.J Gibson "The senses considered as perceptual systems" and differences were made between the "proximal" and "distal" stimulus.It is still debatable what exactly takes place when we "learn". The other sciences however seem to deal with straight facts,Ironically,critical thinking skills which are hailed in Tipsville may be an indication that psychology is not settled science.Real scientists want to know what "is". Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida. --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] TIPSTER OF THE WEEK
MIKE PALIJ Congrats! Subject to repetition. Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Who put the BF in Skinner?
I am told by my graduate advisor (F.K. McSweeney) that it is something of a Harvard tradition to publish that way. Herrnstein sometimes went as R.J. Herrnstein. Stevens went by S.S. Stevens, etc. They are respectively called "Fran" Dick" and "Smitty" by friends - but they published using initials. Of course, Skinner's friends called him "Fred" so he does not break the pattern. Of course there is JER Staddon and MEP Seligman if we want to go to 3 initials. -- J.D. Dougan And while on this subject,what does the APA manual say about citing an author? Do we spell out the full name or what? I can remember having proble ms with "Spence".I could not decide who was who,for example Spence & Spence or Loftus & Loftus. Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Who put the BF in Skinner?
I could swear that your students will not know.Btw,why is he the only behavioral scienist we address with his first two inititials? We do not say P Brandon,C Green, S Black,or C Hull,so why the BF Skinner? Was there a Jaywalking episode where Jay Leno asked people what the BF stands for in BF Skinner? Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Tipsters at Oral Roberts
Please accept my condolences at the death of your founder.I feel your pain. Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] A reminder
About the weather. When you have it bad,we in Daytona Beach have it good. I would imagine John Kulig.David Souter are enjoying fermented apple cider this time of the year. Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Three Psychologists Walk Into A Bar or What To Do Instead of Academia
Mike: Please note that the Tipster of the year award is copyrighted and is my domain.Any more onfringement could subject you to hard labor at the U,S-Canada-Russian front. Michael --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Accents in toddlers
It has been reported that young children even as early as toddlers have the speech accents of their moms. The conclusion is that the developping child is sensitive to the speech of their moms while in the pre-natal environment.This would seem to favor Skinner in the debate with Chomsky. Here is a thought to ponder- would this be noticeable in the case of vitro fertilization? And is this one for Chomsky? Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] is there a YO YO MA effect?
He plays good soothing music,so why are we stuck on Mozart? Asian bias anyone? Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Holiday reading list
I CAN HEAR PAVLOV RINGING THE BELL TO SUMMON THE MOOSE FROM MY HOUSE by Sarah Palin Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida "Subject to repetition" --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] TIPSTERS OF THE YEAR 2009
Chris: The 2009 Tipsters of the year were chosen based on their ability to tolerate sense as well as nonsense with academic grace. Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Are we grounded in the past?
Tips threads are most interesting but I wonder at times if we are too focused on the past explanatory style the ideas The ideas ,explanations and clarifications are great,but at times it feels like the"same old,same old" . Sounds like the "historicism" error-applying ideas of the past without meticulously examing the concurrent validity. We could use more "presentism". Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Seligman and attribution
Before Seligman thre was Brady who used a yoked-control experimenral method with effects on the executive monkey.I an trying to figure out who suffered more stress the executive monkey who could turn off the shock or the other one who had no control of the shock and felt helpless. I stand corrected. Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Intro Statistics Text recommendation
I used Intro to Stats by Cohen,Ewen,Welkovitz (sp) way way back. Michael"omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] TIPSTER OF THE WEEK
CHRISTOPHERGREEN Congrats! A DVD box set of COMPUTERESE AS A SECOND LANGUAGE is being shipped to you. Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Exams and special needs students
What arrangements do you make for the special needs' students in your courses re taking exams?.Most schools,I presume,have a Testing center where profs can drop off the test and Testing Center personnel will administer the tests.Is this the method you follow? It is assumed that the student will have ample time to complete the exam at the center than in the classroom. Or maybe tipsters use varying methods to assess,such as verbal output instead of print output. Would you really flunk a visually challenged or a student with Parkinsons'? Do you make a special exam for some students with special needs? Do you ever consider it a challenge? Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Teach both evolution and creationism say 54% of Britons | Science | The Guardian
Darwin must be rolling over in his grave. Michael"omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Learning evaluation
Grades are based on performance on tests and other delineated specified measures of the instructor.We measure performane in class and although some will contend that performance indicates learningI would not bet on this all the time.One can still learn even though the performance is measurable.We have teachers' evaluations but we do not have "learning" evaluation because it will be difficult to measure that.Ironically a student wfo might say that "I learnt about that in psychology" does not nexcessarily imply that the student has learned.I suspect that just being in the classroom and listening and participating the student learns.Maybe constructing a Learning evaluation form and asking students to fill it out at the end of the course could be a beginning. Michael"omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Where is Mike P?
Michael --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Cell phones/tumors/insanity defense
The Brits are reporting the results of a ten year study involving multitudes that support a correlation between cell phone usage and brain tumors.The study was reported in the Telegraph according to CNN. Now if the results are upheld,I am speculating that this could lead the way for more people taking an insanity plea.It can be argued that brain tumors can effect behavior.Of course,that wull depend on the location of the tumor.For example a tumor in the area of the ventral hypothalamus may have different behavioral results than one in the lateral hypothalamus.I can recall an episode from the Brain series where a defendant was found not guilty by reason of insanity.The defendant had very severe issues with domestic violence,but when the tumor was removed,his abusive behaviors disappeared.The judge noted that the insanity plea was meant for people who could not control their behavior because of brain tumors. This cell phone study could really revolutionize social and personal dynamics and attribution theory.We may be adding a new force to Freud's unconscious-eros,thanatos and now cell phone motivated behavior. Stay tuned. I stand corrected. Michael "omnicentric"Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Was Freud fluent in English?
. I imagine that this is also the case on the professional tennis circuit ��� all the even moderately successful tennis players are reasonably fluent in English. Allen Esterson And so are cricketeers. Michael --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] PhD language requirement
There used to be some kind of a language requirement as a part of the grad requirement. I am not sure if it was in lieu of stats.Anyway,what happened to that idea? Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Was Freud fluent in English?
Just curious as to Freud's English skills.I imagine he had some since he practiced in England, And didn't he give some lectures at Clark U with G Stanley Hall? And while on this subject,with all those psychologists (William James) going to Leipzig did the Americans know German? Must be tough listening to lectures in German. Also to those tipsters who have gone to international conferences , I would imagine your colleagues overseas know English.Do you get a translation of your presentations in various languages? I guess going to Israel to deliver a paper,English would be understandable. Is English the language of psychology? Btw,Mandler has a work titled The language of psychology in English.What are the reputable scientific psychology journals in other languages? Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Baby Einstein effect
My neighbor bought a Baby Einstein for her three-month old daughter and the daughter keeps on repeating E equals MC squared.Btw,are Fechner day toys available? Michael"omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Without Hamburg,no Beatles
Malcolm G,the author of Outliers,brought to my attention that despite all that hoopla about the Beatles as probably the best rock group that ever existed for their creative songs did not get that reputation easily.He mentioned that the the Beatles worked their ass off as a house band in a sleazy joint in Hamburg,Germany,working 8 hours a day,7 days a week ,for almost two years. So the idea that those guys just popped out of Liverpool taking the U.S by storm failed the mention the extensive practice they undertook. The lesson to be learned from this is that practice and cantinuous practice is a key to creativity and success and to acheive efficacy and competence. Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Ecclesiastical Psychology
I really miss the latin mass and all that Gregorian chant within the Catholic liturgy.However this is not about me. I think that the latin mass could probably help ameliorate some conflict that has emerged between Latino catholics and Anglo catholics.Anglo catholics go to churches where the ceremonies are in English and Latino catholics go to churches where the ceremonies are in Spanish. The Latin mass could have solved that issue. Dominus vobiscum Et cum spiritu tuo. Ite missa est. Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: Re:[tips] categories of intelligence
I have a question What's the difference between Sternberg's practical intelligence and the construct of crystallized intelligence (Horn/Catell)? Seems like Sternberg focuses on tacit knowledge but can't that be considered a subset of crystallized? Steve I am surprised that you have not received any replies from Tips members.Anyway Sternberg's practical intelligence could be seen in street smarts individuals.It is intelligence within a context. Cattell is basically a personality trait theorist and "crystallized" is at the other spectrum of fluid intelligence.I would not equate the two.Crystallized is a more restrictive idea whereas practical could also be conceptualized as accomodation to fit assimilative factors. Ironically,Sternberg gave the example of someone trying to find a way out of a traffic jam as pratical intelligence.Interestingly enough if you use a GPS system.one would have crystallized one's intelligence.GPS and crystallized have one thing in common-they both mediate reality. Hope this helps.I do stand corrected. Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] H1N1 vaccine effect-walking backwards
Submitted to me by a Canadian friend working in Doha,Qatar. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR5p_bD3uLc woman disabled by flu vaccine. Michael --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] 10 worst ideas of Psychology
1.Negative reinforcement -trying to be like physics wannabes 2.Fundamental attribution error-depends on if one lives in an individualistic culture 3,Developmental stages- very vague;where does one stop and the other begins -continous or discrete 4.Intelligence-what is it? Whites think that it has to do with the 3Rs and abstract thinking The term should be abolished from the language 5. Statistical significance 6.Need for achievement (Nach)-McC;elland took this idea to India,it was a major flop 7.Stimulus and Response-very difficult to distinguish: cannot have one without the other 8.Psychology as a science 9.Academic transfer-the idea that teaching critical thinking skills will turn out better students -most students just want a good grade. 10,Learning and conditioning.This takes the prize.There is no such thing as conditioning in the real world.As a matter of fact this is a topic that we can do without.Learning and conditioning are artifacts of our domrstication.L and C do not exist in the real world of animals where everything come about through fix action patterns.The closet to any form of learning that exist in the wild are tropisms and habituation. Michael"omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Before Fechner
The British Egyptologist E Wallis Budge in his works Egypt-the light of the world has some interesting facts about early Egyptian science.Interestingly enough the ideas of Fechner and the other structuralists were already know by those Egyptians and Africans.As I have reiterated many times bfore Psychology began as a science in Africa. And was underdevelopped by the Eurocentric paradigm. Michael"omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Return to baseline
Baseline measures are usually taken prior to putting an experimental variable into effect. It is assumed that any changes below or above the baseline are due to the manipulation of the experimental vriable.There is a type of experimental design where the experimental variable is withdrawn and see if behavior returns to baseline,With this observation the certainty of the experimental variable effects is assured.My question is that although the withdrawal of medical treatment raises some ethical concerns,are the cases in psychological experimental where the attempts to return to baseline can be construed as a desirable experimental outcome? Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Should adjuncts become full time?
I am curious as to tipsters' feelings about promoting adjuncts to full time positions. I personally feel that such a practice has its pluses and minuses.What I do not like about it is that many highly qualified people who may go through an exhaustive application process may not get a job because of an adjunct who may have an edge.I have seen many good applicants not given a job because of this.It would seem that being an adjunct is like a pre-existing condition to getting some job security.Some schools in Florida have a penchant for promoting adjuncts to full iime but they advertise positions as a federal formality.Community colleges seem to be the major culprits.And from my observation women adjuncts seem to be at an advantage. Personally I feel that adjuncts should sign a pledge that they will not apply for any full time position openings. There are too many PhDs oit there who are trying to break into the academic market. The "Florida factor" is noticeable: some profs up North will apply for openings in Florida and will take a pay cut just to be in the sunshine State and to party on the beach.On the other hand profs in Florida usually stay put,get laid back,and struggle to produce academic research. For some being an adjunct in Florida is like being professor emeritus On the other hand because of the current economic conditions,institutions may favor promoting adjuncts. Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester;PhD Wasting away in Margaritaville Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Fw: John Dewey's birthday
Most people probably know of John Dewey's by the mentioning the Dewey decimal library system but what else did he invent? Michael --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] How to extinguish my perceived insulting posts
Do not totally ignore all my posts.Try sending me some feedback whether positive or negative on some of my ideas.About 97% of my posts are never responded to.Some tipsters change the subject line or do not even give me credit for initiating a thread. And it is not true that my posts are not relevant to psychology,maybe not keeping to the Eurocentric paradigm,but psychology nevertheless. I do not dig the idea of Tips being a community-we live in an individualistic culture. So tipsters start responding to some of my posts . If 3 weeks elapse without any response to any post,I "may"initiate plan B and I am sure I will get responses from Tipsville first responders Bob,Annette,Nancy,Don,Ken,Paul,Callen and the other first responders. This plan that I have proposed has a high probability of being effective. After all I am PhD. Michael"omnicentric"Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] TIPSTERS OF THE WEEK
CHRISTOPHER GREEN STEPHEN BLACK JAMES CLARK STUART McKELVIE ALLEN ESTERSON JOHN KULIG Congrats! Copies of Gilbert Ryle The nature of mind are on their way. MIchael"omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] What is Psychology?
IMHO.Psychology is the study of behavior all over the planet.And it makes no difference whether it is scientific or not. Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Learning and Behavior
Marc et al: You may want to check out a four volume work by Melvin Marx on the history of learning,learning processes,conditioning,and the transfer of learning.Marx was a colleague of mine at Mizzou in the mid 70s. His work on learning are really exhaustive.I suspect he was a contemporary of Hilgaed, Check it out. For Verbal Memory and Learning check out Don Kausler.Kausler was also at Mizzou when I was there. Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Schizophrenic or manic-depressive
Please, please, please Bill, TIPS moderator, see this as one last example of why this guy needs to be removed from this list. I know the current extinction strategy is in place, and I know Bill's comittment over the years to free speech, but there is no real value of this person to the teaching of psychology list, other than bringing up controversial issues to respond to. I have seen this and been part of this list since it began, and more good people have left the list because of him that have joined, and I have resisted responding, but there is so much good a list like this can do to have someone who has time on his hands ruin. We all know I think that his examples of questions "A student asked me this... another faculty member did this..." are all made up. We saw earlier that his "adjunct" status to a bunch of colleges was not true or exaggerated, so come on. We've got great people on this list with great minds and ideas, let's bring it to that level, rather than have it whither because of someone who is interested, imho, of reading his own posts and responses. This is the only list of its kind in our field, and I've hated to see it continue to deteriorate. Ed: your vague premonitions of disaster if i continue on the list is not justified.Who are the brilliant minds on the list? Btw,why have you not been responding to my more serious posts? I think that we refer to your focus on the oddities as "selective perception".As a matter of fact your assumption that you can get others on the list to agree with you reminds me of the Solomon Asch experiment. Let me assure you that my ideas are more relevant to real psychology and not just the Eurocentric paradigm.I am the only brilliant mind on Tips. Michael"omnicentric"Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida I --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] info: nativism in perception
Way way back J J Gibson wrote a book titled "The senses as perceptual systems". If I remember correctly his approach was that the perceptual laws were inborn.Is this still a current debatable issue? And did this debate rose to the level of the Chomsky -Skinner debate re language? Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Schizophrenic or manic-depressive
I am trying to decide who I should have as a condo guest for the upcoming holiday season. If I get the schizophrenic,that person would probably look at the ocean for 8 hours and would not interrupt my day to day activities.On the other hand,if I get the manic-depressive,I would be forced to sing Handel's Messiah a couple of times and then imitate the hounds of Baskerville. Which one of these would generate more complaints from my Home owners association? Michael"omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] human factors and hearing assistance
So, how does one change a culture from one assistive technology to a better one? What sort of persuasion and social influence, directed to what audiences, can bring us to a tipping point where a new technology becomes prevalent? Dave Myers This is beginning to remind me of The American Beef Association sponsoring research to ascertain if beef is good for us.We should not be surprised if the outcomes support beef usage. As the unchallenged cross-cultural dude on Tips,I find "better one " assertion very presumptive.Some people may still prefer the old technology even though there is an updated version.The reason for that is some people have developped a comfort zone with the old stuff and may not be able to handle internalized changes that must be made,such as different sensations,the slip-ups,that they occur in mechanical adjustments,and the incorrect attributions to blaming the new device paradigm for major or even minor social and other interactional errors. I suspect that could be an issue for more advanced seniors. The device seems to be confined to use in enclosed structural situations such as churches,rooms.theatres,and so on.In this case it is limited in its usage.If the target populations do not frequent those avenues,it could be a hard sell..Although it is the law that buildings should have wheel chair accessible ramps or be constructed in such a way to facilitate handicap access,the fact that the hearing impaired is not distinguishable from any other person in a group could be a factor in selling the idea to some institutions.I am not sure of the nature of the concerns of thew ADA about this. It seems to fall more along the lines of the "sensory" challenged challenged than demonstrable physically challenged.Note how braille is not required to be available in public accomodation buildings. I do think that it is good technology.Europeans tend to make cities centers for public,social,and cultural activities so it could be easier to implement devices like the loop in buildings concentrated in the or two areas.In the U.S we are spread out all over and there may be different population dynamics for different areas.I think it is easier to implement public support in Europe than in the U.S.Besides there are not too many of them in the various countries. Michael"omnicebtric" Sylvester,PhD --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] question about faculty missing classes
Here is my formula for excusable faculty absences.Take the person's age divide by 2 and then minus 15. Then add 5. Michael - Original Message - From: Alice Locicero To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 1:15 PM Subject: [tips] question about faculty missing classes Since I am chair at the moment, I get a lot of information from students and faculty about how many classes faculty cancel. I have no way to rate this, since I really don't know what is "normal." I'm curious whether anyone has come upon any sort of research or data on this. I need to know about what percent of classes the average college faculty member misses. Naturally, I realize this will vary from time to time, when, for example a faculty member is ill or has an ill family member, etc. I also want to exclude from this any classes where someone else proctors a test, for example. Still, I think some range should be able to be established-or perhaps is established. Also, I am wondering whether, in other colleges, chairs are asked to approve absences for professional conferences, etc. Thanks for any feedback on this. Alice LoCicero Alice LoCicero, Ph.D., ABPP, MBA, Associate Professor and Chair, Social Science Endicott College Beverly, MA 01915 978 232 2156 ---To make changes to your subscription contact:Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Worst manuscript reader advice ever?
Hi Darwin did write a wonderful book on worms (and books on many other topics) that should be required reading for all people wanting to emulate his great mind. He even describes some tests of worm's perceptual abilities based on research conducted in his study. The essential question was whether worms pull the narrowest part of leaves into their holes on cold nights by trial and error or by first feeling out the narrowest point. Jim I am skeptical to apply any type of conditioning principles to worms and other small organisms.For one thing worms secrete pheronomes that are important in their navigation, Actually ants leave all types of fumic acid in their trails.And what we may perceive as animal intelligence could really be fixed action patterns to various pheronomic stimuli.I used to study those maze learning experiments.No one ever thought that a rewarded rat leaves a different scent along the pathway than a non-rewarded one. Come on "First feeling out the narrowest point". Did Darwin go through any type of peer review process? Michael"omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Appropriate Self-description
A colleague had a question that I had no real answer to because I really did not know my own opinion so I thought I would ask this group for input. An adjunct in our department, who is finishing his Ph.D., puts, as part of his signature, Professor of Psychology. He, of course, does not have the rank of any type of professor since he is an adjunct. Is his use of professor a misuse or is it just a generic term for any of us who teach at universities? If he applies to other places which may have tenure-track positions and he uses this signature file, is he misleading these places? Finally, if you believe that his use of professor is inappropriate, should we inform him of this. One last point. We are very happy with him and, when he finishes his degree, we would be very interested in hiring him on a tenure-track line if we ever get one in this miserable economy. Jeff Nagelbush nagel...@hotmail.com Ferris State University Big Rapids, MI He should not use the professor label since he is not a professor.As a matter of fact that should raise a red flag.If he is being careless with the truth in presenting his real identity.I wander if this can be construed as evidence that he could misrepresenr himself in other critical areas academia such as publications and other department related issues. Btw, do not make him any promises ogf being hired full time.This puts him at an advantage over others who are trying to go through the appropriate application process.Adjuncts should be hired only for adjunct status and should be banned from applying full time when a position opens up. Michawl"omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Recent Research using Classical Conditioning?
Must the recent application come from published research? what about recent applications in current events? Michael"omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida - Original Message - From: Britt, Michael To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 12:17 PM Subject: [tips] Recent Research using Classical Conditioning? Dear Tipsters, I haven't done an episode on classical conditioning so I'm looking around to see if there has been anything interesting on the topic. Just wondering if anyone had heard of any neat applications of classical conditioning in recent research? Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com ---To make changes to your subscription contact:Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] The British Continuing Obsession
Didn't C P Snow state that Jewish people were highly intelligent? Btw,I read somewhere that the Japanese are most intelligent because they use both right and left hemispheres of the brain whereas Europeans use only 10% of their brains.Norther Europeans are supposedly more intelligent than Eastern Europeans like Polish,Hungarians (the exception being the Czech Republic) and Italians designated the same IQ as Africans.US immigration policy sought to keep Southern Europeans out of the U.S because of presumed inferior intelligence. Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester.PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] info :Freud
Did Freud really say "where id is,there shall ego be"? and "anatomy is destiny"? or are these statements the deductions of others from his writings? Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] The British Continuing Obsession
Is there any type of scientific consensus as to what intelligence is? Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Faculty blooper
A colleague had just returned from a conference in Hawaii.When asked by the Dean "how did it go?" He replied "it went well.I got leid." Michael"omnicentric" Sylvester.PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] No Interracial Marriages Performed: Protect The Children
I am surprised that some people are shocked that such attitudes still exist. Actually I am more concerned about the "racism of benign neglect that pops up occasionally on some of the threads." Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Bystander /Broke Back mountain
There is some good news for those who may be bystanders and may experience an approach-avoidance conflict.It is now possible to help someone by rapid chest compressions.No need for mouth to mouth resuscitation.This is important because many may hesitate helping someone by mouth to mouth because of some fear of catching some disease or may feel uncomfortable about doing that,especially to someone of the Broke Back mountai orientation. With chest compressions being just as effective this conflict could be resolved. Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] 10 Downing Street and Steppenwolf
The acid rock group Steppenwolf has a a song titled the Pusher with the words "God damn the pusher." Well ,if they were singing that same song today they could change the words to "God bless the Brits government pushers". You see the British government has an approach to drug addiction by providing addicts with pure heroin and cocaine.Apparently the program is working.Street crimes are down,bad drugs are off the street and addicts can wean themselves back to a normal non-addictive life. Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] African roots of clinical psychology
WHAT THEY NEVER TOLD YOU IN PSYCHOLOGY CLASS: Freud is given credit for all types of psychoanalytic stuff but the truth is that FReud was not an original.Freud took many ideas from the Greeks and the Greeks stole many of their ideas from Egypt and Africa.As a matter of fact the roots of clinical psychology lie in the ancient teachings of many of the African philosophers. >From dreams to behaviorism to gestalt were been emphasized in the writings of >Egyptian scholars to the practices of the healing arts of the various >ethnicities of Africa.But there was a difference the Europeans had to modify some of those teachings that triclkle down from Africa to suit the nature of their societies,As a matter of fact the mediterranean was like a Roman and beyond were the barbarians.The Eurocentric approach grew out of that tradition of emphasizing individualism because of the break up of those hoarding tribes. Clinical pschology in ancient Africa and Egypt were focused on the collectivist aspect of those societies,hence family therapy were emphasized.The modern Eurocentric clinical psychologist is walking in the footsteps of the shamans,black magic praticioners and the witch doctors of ancient times.The first DSM was located in the ancient scholarly libraries of Alexandria,Egypt. Africans who lived close to the serengetti had schools of thought similar to the ideas of gestalt,behaviorists and rational emotive therapy. The Africans knew that scizophrenia and manic-depression were brain disorders and were the first to practice psychosurgery to ease those brain disorders. It should be noted that the Eurocentric clinical model failed to help and alleviate the problems of many African-Americans.In the 1960s the Black muslims did more to help black people in and out of prisons achieve a sense of efficacy and competence and helped managed many of the social problems at that time.African-Americans do not need to be under the supervision of the Eurocentric paradigm but the teachings of Malcolm,Elizah.and Farrakhan with roots in the African tradition are very effective.And so is the healing that takes place through the collective spirit. AND THIS IS WHAT THEY NEVER TOLD YOU IN PSYCHOLOGY CLASS. Michael"omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Women not happy
It helps if you actually read details of the study before commenting on it: "The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness", page 14: "Trends in happiness among blacks are examined in columns one and two. These data show that happiness has trended quite strongly upward for both female and male African-Americans, erasing about two-thirds of the large racial differences in subjective well-being that were evident in the early 1970s (Stevenson and Wolfers, 2008b)." I do not need to read the details of the study.I tend to be skeptical when white reaearchers pontificate about the black condition.In the 1970s conditions for blacks in the U.S were still in the struggle phase for equity but were manageable.Black women have always have a sense of well being about themselves.Black males have had major problems to overcome especially in the 1960-1970s.The upward trend in the so called happiness index(as devised by white researchers) now is not surprising because many factors have contributed to a sense of efficacy and competence in addition to dimensions of black culture such as strength in struggle,spirritual orientation and so on. Are you aware that black women are more satisfied with their body image than white women? White women are always talking about losing weight. I suspect that white researchers throw in a few blacks in the sample or may even utilize some black researchers to show some degree of objectivity,but the variables may be interpreted differently. I contend that this study is more about white women now. Hope this helps.As previously stated I am not opposed to studies like this as long they stay within the parameters of the subject variables.I woild even venture to say that "suspiciousness of experimenter's intent" is a varuable that should be considered.A white researcher may get a different answer from a black person than if that experimenter was black. Hope this helps. Michael "omnicentric"Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Women not happy
University of Pennsylvania researchers have released results of a study that showed that women are not too happy.I only wished that they could qualify this by stating that it is white women in the U.S that are not happy.So the expression that "you have come a long way baby" should .be followed by "but you are not too happy".as commented by a reporter. They did not explain why those white women were not happy,but as the cross-cultural dude and gender expert on Tips,let me lay out a framework for some possible though not exhaustive explanations: 1) it could be differences may be internalized as deficiencies 2) in an individualistic oriented society,the collective aspect of feminimity has been suppressed.It used to be that "let's" was an important aspect of the lexicon.The motivation "let's do lunch" is being challenged by more business type of orientation."Let's" represented a common bond that is rapidly disappearing. 3) we can bet that it has to do with the nature of modern day relationships 4) Because of the nature of this eurocentric capitalistic society,it could be that she is under so much stress that,that like the old adage "a woman's work is never complete" 5) where is the fun for women 6) I believe how we treat women tells us about the nature of our spirituality. As a matter of fact students have asked me what is my religion.I usually point out to a female student and say "there she is."Now we have to pray together". Michael"omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] TIPSTER OF THE WEEK
STEPHEN BLACK Congrats! Please pick up your case of Beefeaters gin at the Dean's office. Michael "omnicentric"Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] "Fun" as positive reinforcement
Oh, no no no. I'm about a year into learning uilleann pipes. *That* is horrifying. -- Marc Carter, PhD Marc: Hold on,halloween is not too far away. Remember also the fun of devil's night in Detroit on halloween. Michael(omnicentric) Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] "Fun" as positive reinforcement
But what do we do now about your other post, drawing our attention to research claiming that candy rewards lead to violent crime? Does reward solve societal problems or create them? Psychology is just so darn confusing! (Moore, et al (2009). Confectionery consumption in childhood and adult violence. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 195, 366--) Stephen I do not buy all of it. If confectionery is correlated with some degree of violence it is probably due to the high fructose corn syrup in those products;Consumption of corn leads to aggression. British toffees (more likely to contain cane sugar) do not seem to produce such results. As the unchallenged cross-cultural dude on Tips,one aspect of fun that exists in the West is sarcasm.In Latin America,it appears that sarcasm does not exist. Michael(omnicentric) Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Academic nullification
I am curious as to how many tipsters subbscribe to the idea of academic nullification. Simply this is the notion that states that profs should be cognizant that there may be students in a class who may have been deprived of opportunities for academic excellence because of racial,ethnic,poverty,and other class factors. Hence the assignment of grades should take those variables as pre-existing conditions affecting performance. I personally have made it a rule of not flunking black students enrolled in my courses. Michael (omnicentric) Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Student's question
Is it ok to talk to yourself as long as you do not get the answers back? And I do have a follow-up question. Michaei "omnicentric"Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Darwin and cognitive dissonance
- Original Message - From: michael sylvester To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 1:56 AM Subject: Daewin and cognitive dissonance Isn't it interesting that the man who probably discovered that man evoled to be a hunter and seek game as food was himself a vegetarian.There seems to be something wrong with that picture.I wondered if he ever thought that human evolution went the wrong way.Btw,there are some who think so. Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Daewin and cognitive dissonance
Isn't it interesting that the man who probably discovered that man evoled to be a hunter and seek game as food was himself a vegetarian.There seems to be something wrong with that picture.I wondered if he ever thought that human evolution went the wrong way.Btw,there are some who think so. Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Help: One toke over the line
Since we have a thread on Stormy Monday,I thought I woild throw in a query about the song "One toke over the line".You would assume that I would know since I am also DJ supreme on Tips.But I do have a problem of categorizing this song by Brewer and Shipley.Is it soft rock,gospel or mellow spiritual? I am not even sure about the meaning of "toke". It reminds me of another song called "Elvira" by the Oakridge Boys which sounds like gospel but Elvira is also a country line dance song.It seems they could use some bass voices in One toke.Btw,the best version of Stormy Monday I have in my Dj collection is that of Albert Collins Live in Japan. Send me something. Michael(omnicentric) Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Help! point biserial
I never did understand the point-biserial statistic.I came across it at Mizzou when I was in charge of grading lots of scantrons.It had something to do with test items but I never figured out why. Michael (omnicentric) Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] On "chick"
When I used that term women tipsters were coming out of the woodwork attacking me and also Jim Matiya .It was predicted that members would be leaving the list like lemmings. And now we are going to have a thread on this? Sleepless in Daytona. Michael --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
