Re: Split Brain Dilemma AND automaticity

2003-09-23 Thread alexia elliott
Dear Tipsters Susan Blackmore recently published in june 03 book an "Introduction to Conciousness" http://www.susanblackmore.co.uk/journalism/ns02.htm Its a great read Alexia Elliott - FIGHT BACK AGAINST SPAM! Download Spam I

Re: Canadians and Americans should be friends

2003-09-23 Thread Allen Esterson
I’m going to be treading on dangerous ground here, but what the hell… On 22 September Jean-Marc wrote: > If I may, this slogan has been misinterpreted over and over. > It is true that many Quebec residents probably view this > "Je me souviens" slogan as one linked to separatism. But > it is no

Freud's theories and clinical claims

2003-09-23 Thread Allen Esterson
On 22 September Joyce wrote: > Allen - and everyone else who discussed Freud's theories > and repressed memories. Thanks. > I carefully read what all of you wrote and found it very > interesting. I read Freud over 25 years ago, and although > I disagreed with many of his theories at the time

Re: Canadians and Americans should be friends (was: Freud and humanity)

2003-09-23 Thread Retta Poe
As a native Missourian, I feel qualified to give an interpretationMissourians claim to be empiricists: "Show me the data!" (The reference does not, as Stephen insinuates, solicit the display of things appealing to prurient interests!) Retta Stephen Black wrote: > On 22 Sep 2003, Linda M.

Re: Canadians and Americans should be friends (was: Freud and humanity)

2003-09-23 Thread Christopher D. Green
Retta Poe wrote: > As a native Missourian, I feel qualified to give an > interpretationMissourians claim to be empiricists: "Show me the data!" > (The reference does not, as Stephen insinuates, solicit the display of things > appealing to prurient interests!) That wouldn't count as "data"

Thanks for the drug references!

2003-09-23 Thread Robin Abrahams
TIPSters--   Thanks to all of you who responded to my quest for a non-moralizing text on drugs. It was very helpful. A biologist friend of mine also recommended "From Chocolate to Morphine"--haven't seen it, but I value her judgment, so any of you interested in the topic might want to check that o

Re: Canadians and Americans should be friends

2003-09-23 Thread Jean-Marc Perreault
Allen Esterson wrote: I’m going to be treading on dangerous ground here, but what the hell… Such sentiments can be inspiring, but also dangerous in the wrong circumstances. How many times must this kind of sentiment have echoed round the Balkans in the 1990s. Allen Esterson Hi Allen, Hey

Sensory information difficulty

2003-09-23 Thread Cheri Budzynski
Title: Sensory information difficulty A while back, I thought that there was a discussion about the disorder of sensory information difficulty. My recollection (maybe a false memory) is that someone posted a page indicating that this was a hoax or that the data on this disorder was pretty poo

RE: Sensory information difficulty

2003-09-23 Thread DeVolder Carol L
Title: Sensory information difficulty The disorder that I asked about earlier this summer was Sensory Integration Disorder--I think this is what you are talking about. My conclusion was that the disorder is...well...a hoax, as you said. I haven't found any data supporting this as a bona fide

accountability measures

2003-09-23 Thread Eastman, Mark
We are hearing, at the California Community College level of the need for student outcome measures beyond the grades that we profs give our students.  In fact we are informed that both at the state and national level, the direction is to develop measures of student performance in all the su

RE: accountability measures

2003-09-23 Thread Melvyn King
Title: Message I think (almost) everyone who is subject to politicians is getting the same message.   Mel King SUNY Cortland New York -Original Message-From: Eastman, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 1:17 PMTo: Teaching in the Psychologica

Re: accountability measures

2003-09-23 Thread Patrick O. Dolan
Not at Drew but it might be more likely at public schools.    Patrick   Patrick O. Dolan, Ph.D.Assistant ProfessorDepartment of PsychologyDrew UniversityMadison, NJ  07940973-408-3558[EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message -

Re: accountability measures

2003-09-23 Thread Linda M. Woolf, Ph.D.
Dear Mark, Assessment of outcomes is an increasingly highlighted concern of various accrediting organizations.  Thus, you are not alone in the need for new assessment strategies and measures of accountability at your institution. I think you will find more than you might ever need at The Asse

RE: accountability measures

2003-09-23 Thread Gary Klatsky
I think this is a national trend.  At the State University of New York there is an ongoing effort to assess the mandated general education requirements. Learning outcomes have been identified and we are in the process of developing the specific assessment tool to test those outcomes. At Osw

RE: accountability measures

2003-09-23 Thread Rick Froman
Mark:   Just returned from our Assessment committee meeting. If you are a college or university, public or private, whether you are beholden to politicians or not, outcomes assessment is a big issue among accrediting agencies. It sure was last year when we went through the process with t

RE: accountability measures

2003-09-23 Thread Melvyn King
Title: Message Wouldn't you all like to see some sort of assessment that looks at student performance in the last semester and takes into account a la covariance analysis  what the student brought to the school on entry.   Mel King SUNY Cortland New York -Original Message-Fro

Je me souviens

2003-09-23 Thread don allen
Just looked in my mailbox and found that our college is going to be screening Thierry Le Brun's new film, "A licence to remember: Je me souviens" (National Film Board 2002)   According to Le Brun, "embedded in the motto are universal questions about the relation between history, memory, and b