Re:[tips] Answers to Life?019s Worries, in 3-Minute Speed Shrinking Sessions - NYTimes.com

2009-09-01 Thread Mike Palij
On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:18:10 -0700, Sue Frantz wrote: Just like speed dating, you get 3 minutes with a psychiatrist or psychologist before moving on to the next one. People looking for a quick fix? Or a good way to shop for a new therapist?

Re: [tips] So You Want To Be A Billionaire?

2009-09-01 Thread Jim Clark
Hi James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu 31-Aug-09 2:12:45 PM On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:18:52 -0700, Jim Clark wrote: These lists, especially by themselves, do NOT allow the kinds of inferences Mike appears to make.

Re: [tips] Spanking - an idea that won't go away

2009-09-01 Thread Jim Clark
Hi I was over the limit, yesterday, so here's this ... I disagree with Michael. Field observations (unless very sophisticated) and testimonials are no substitute for the stronger forms of information gathering we call research (field observations sometimes deserve that label). There are a

Re: [tips] Spanking - an idea that won't go away

2009-09-01 Thread Jim Clark
Hi Again from yesterday ... already at my limit and not even 8am! As I mentioned in another post on this topic, I tend to focus on just =3D these sorts of questions implied by the article and the kinds of evidence = =3D that would address the questions. I do NOT think that we need as teachers

Re:[tips] Spanking - an idea that won't go away

2009-09-01 Thread Mike Palij
On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:30:19 -0600, Michael Smith wrote: Let me start with a well-known saying: Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Meaning, of course, if one makes a claim that runs counter to what is generally accepted as true (e.g., claiming that the earth is roundish, that

Re: Re:[tips] Answers to Life?019s Worries, in 3-Minute Speed Shrinking Sessions - NYTimes.com

2009-09-01 Thread Don Allen
Sadly, I think that option # 2 is the most likely one. Quoting from the article: Ms. Tang, a 40-year-old librarian from Astoria, Queens, had an even bigger problem: Her therapist was on vacation. “Whenever she’s gone, I struggle with feelings of emptiness,” she said. This seems to imply a long

Re: [tips] So You Want To Be A Billionaire?

2009-09-01 Thread Mike Palij
On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:43:36 -0700, Jim Clark wrote: Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu 31-Aug-09 2:12:45 PM On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:18:52 -0700, Jim Clark wrote: These lists, especially by themselves, do NOT allow the kinds of inferences Mike appears to make. I'm not sure I understand what kind of

Re: [tips] Spanking - an idea that won't go away

2009-09-01 Thread Michael Smith
Mike Palij wrote another extended response. Man. Are you retired? lol. My main point was that scientists no less than anyone else have biases. And, like everyone else, tend to select only the references (which presumably contain evidence) that supports their biases. Of course, this is not what

Re: [tips] Checking references

2009-09-01 Thread Michael Smith
Oh! and Allen wrote an extended response too. The issue about references I was making would be with regard to the entire sum of people involved with psychology (researchers and teachers). Not the tiny percentage who subscribe to TIPS which may not be a representative sample, and as you noted Of

[tips] The MSUOM

2009-09-01 Thread michael sylvester
In response to tipsters like Jim Clark and Allen Esterson who question my reliance on pontificating without providing references and hard data,I am pleased to introduce the Michael Sylvester Unobstrusive Observational Methods(MSUOM). Unobstrusive methods are usually employed to reduce any kind

[tips] Fourth farewell

2009-09-01 Thread michael sylvester
before the third farewell of the last farewell. Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] First use of the term alpha

2009-09-01 Thread sblack
In response to Kathy Morgan's query, I had rashly asserted that the term alpha to indicate the dominant animal in a group must have originated with the primate studies of C.R. Carpenter. I suggested that Carpenter might have used the term as early as 1942 in an article in the Journal of

Re: [tips] First use of the term alpha

2009-09-01 Thread michael sylvester
The first use was made by a gorilla pounding on his chest uttering Allppph.Reference available upon request. Michael --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)