Who is training the counselors? Shouldn't they be able to recognize BS?
And, if you need to be hospitalized, think about the training of nurses.
"Forget the defibrillator, I am fixing the patient's energy field."
Michael T. Scoles, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology & Counseling
Universi
Subject: From: "Annette Taylor, Ph. D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Wow, some weird stuff goes on in those colleges north of the border!
I am frustrated enough at some of the stuff goes on here, such as the
counseling center using hte MBTI to help students pick a career path
Jim Guinee says:
Unfortun
What does one say when given such an abstract? I'm getting the feeling
this will be an uphill battle...!
Chris Green, this is your time for the spotlight! Please give me ammo
for criticism! ;-)
And this was even done by a department of psychology... Any of these
authors on this list by any c
Wow! This is becoming quite the topic at my College... I've actually
written a short email to our College administrator, who said it was
"above him", so he sent my email back the the counsellor in charge. She
then called me to reply to that email, and specifically said that she
did not want the
This is a post from Christopher Green, posted by way of me (Rick Stevens).
Original Message
Rick Stevens wrote:
> I have seen references to a child-rearing book by Watson
Watson & Rayner (1928). Psychological Care of Infant and Child. Norton.
> and a self-help book (possibly
Hi Jean-Marc-
The answer to the question "well, what harm can this possibly do?" is as
follows:
By allowing students to go through College without critically thinking
about purported "cures" and "treatments" means that they will have no way
of effectively differentiating real treatment from snake
I would echo Paul's comment; opportunity costs are usually hidden, but
when you think of them, they often matter a great deal.
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From: Paul Brandon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Subject: Re
Here is an article on Trudeau and his book (from the Sunday NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/28/business/media/28trudeau.html
Marie
Steven Specht wrote:
Indeed.
I am assuming that folks have seen Trudeau's latest effort in writing
a book about natural cures for virtually everything
Jean-Marc Perreault wrote:
I've really enjoyed the discussion so far. And I would
like to ask you further: What are the possible negative conseqences to
actually engaging in a few sessions of HT? Granted that the HT
practionners do not attempt to "fix" anything major, which is what
Jean-Marc, I think you are on the right track. Keep the issue an emphasis on
values of reason and education that the institution should be modelling.
Respectfully, express the importance of evidence based practices, careful
reasoning guidelines of the sort we would expect our students to acqu
Indeed.
I am assuming that folks have seen Trudeau's latest effort in writing
a book about natural cures for virtually everything... that "they"
don't want you to know about. I saw somewhere that it was the #2 book
on some best seller list. I believe that this is a result of the social
conseq
Perhaps it is impossible to separate the placebo effect, but since it is
a component of all treatments, it should be possible to factor it out (I
am not a statistition, so forgive me if I use terms incorrectly).
I can't help but wonder what IRBs would have to say about it. I mean, if
the HT pract
I find what you say to be very interesting, but how does one leave out
the placebo effect? It's like talking about drinking wine and it's
effects on health, alcohol notwithstanding... I'm not a placebo
specialist, but it seems like an impossible task to separate the placebo
from any treatment a
I agree with all the earlier costs mentioned. A broader societal cost is
that we spend vast amount of resources on ineffective methods. There is
always some idea that remedy X might work for ailment Y and always an
advocate who claims that it worked for them. The amount of BS is
staggering. It
Good points Paul. This being said, as I mentioned, the services will be
free both to the College and to the studetns.
The argument that this is taking time away from the organizers is a good
one though, one I hadn't thought about. As to whether there are better
alternatives, well, there is cou
It becomes even more costly when people begin to treat it as a bona fide
treatment and replace other potentially successful interventions with
ones that have no scientific merit. Inviting practioners of HT to a
campus appears to give it credibility. Is it right to offer false hope
(the placebo effe
The "harm" may come from the fact that students (or whoever) will see
this "therapy" as a replacement for something more
scientifically/empirically-based. That's also true for placebo effects
and for faith as well (ask a Christian Scientist).
On Aug 31, 2005, at 1:14 PM, Jean-Marc Perreault wr
At 10:14 AM -0700 8/31/05, Jean-Marc Perreault wrote:
Hi Marie,
I've really enjoyed the discussion so far. And I would
like to ask you further: What are the possible negative conseqences
to actually engaging in a few sessions of HT? Granted that the HT
practionners do not attempt t
Hi Marie,
I've really enjoyed the discussion so far. And I would like
to ask you further: What are the possible negative conseqences to
actually engaging in a few sessions of HT? Granted that the HT
practionners do not attempt to "fix" anything major, which is what they
said they w
I have see references to a child-rearing book by Watson
and a self-help book (possibly the first) by Horney. I've never see
the titles mentioned. Does anyone know if they are available at all or
even what the titles are so that one could check the online old book
services?
I did check the Cl
Christopher D. Green quotes, "The reality, however, is that today's male
undergraduates face problems at least as severe as those faced by the
female students of thirty or forty years ago. "
Christopher D. Green writes:
"The difference, of course, is that 30 or 40 years ago, young women were
di
OK, Gary, I know you were writing tongue in cheek, but given greater
evidence of the biological mechanisms by which a placebo exerts its effect,
you may have made a good point you did not intend. There are lots of
"credible" medical interventions (e.g. arthroscopic surgery for rheumatic
knee pa
When I did a search on "classic papers in psychology" one of the
"sponsored links" on Google was an ad for "Non-plagiarized paper".
Apparently when you buy a term paper over the internet, it comes with a
guarantee that it is free of plagiarism (see below, from
"qualitytermpapers.net"). I can im
michael sylvester wrote:
We don't need no education (Pink Floyd)
Man, are you O-o-o-o-old! :-)
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Christopher D. Green
Department of Psychology
York University
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
Canada
416-736-5115 ex. 66164
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You are currently su
Gerald Peterson wrote:
A thought-provoking commentary on the problems of males in schools can be found at the Irascible Professor blog.
[]
http://irascibleprofessor.com/comments-08-28-05.htm
It strikes me as tendentious and misguided. He writes, "The reality,
however, is that today's
Title: Re: Healing Touch for
Everyone...
At 9:17 AM -0400 8/31/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated
8/30/05 7:50:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
To me, the more interesting question
is if there's any
way we can bridge the gap between 'us and them' without bein
Michael,
I think it's a bad idea for a number of reasons. First of all, I
question whether this strategy would increase gender sensitivity (i.e.,
what rationale would you pose that would suggest that such a strategy
would be effective?). Secondly, if you're proposing that there are
gender norm
michael sylvester wrote:
In order to increase gender sensitivity,I am toying with the idea of a
cross-dressing day in class.Students will be asked to come to class dressed in
the apparel of the opposite sex,but they will not be allowed to use the
restrooms on campus.Is this a good idea or bad
-- Original Message --
From: "Gerald Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences"
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:21:29 -0400
> A thought-provoking commentary on the problems of males in schools can be
> found at the Irasc
In order to increase gender sensitivity,I am toying with the idea of a
cross-dressing day in class.Students will be asked to come to class dressed in
the apparel of the opposite sex,but they will not be allowed to use the
restrooms on campus.Is this a good idea or bad idea?
Send me something.
I didn't take it as an anti clinical bias, but rather as a comment about the
kind of education believed present in many clinical/counseling programs. Of
course I am sure there are some clinoid programs that offer a science emphasis
where evidence-based practice is stressed. Clinical workers m
A thought-provoking commentary on the problems of males in schools can be
found at the Irascible Professor blog. I am beginning to see a few more males
in my psych classes recently. The most, around 30, are in Gen Psych of course
(N=120) I have one in my lab class (N=12)and three in my Pe
In a message dated 8/30/05 7:50:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
To me,
the more interesting question is if there's anyway we can bridge the gap
between 'us and them' without beingcondescending or cause unnecessary
conflict. I tend to think there's notmuch hop
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