[tips] The British Continuing Obsession

2009-10-17 Thread Mike Palij
The "obsession" mentioned in the subject line is with the concern of distinguishing groups of people on the basis of their "intelligence" or IQ scores. This gets translated into assertions that certain ethnic/racial groups systematically differ and with certain groups naturally having higher IQ wh

[tips] When Medicine and Faith Clash

2009-10-17 Thread Mike Palij
Some of you may be aware that there is a major battle going on in the U.S. Congress over health insurance, who should it cover, what it should cover, and how to keep the insurance companies wealthy while bleeding the federal government dry (that last bit is just a joke). The process of making law

Re: [tips] When Medicine and Faith Clash

2009-10-17 Thread Gerald Peterson
And this is relevant to my teaching of???Political Behavior Analysis maybe? Gary Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI 48710 989-964-4491 peter...@svsu.edu - Original Message - From: "Mike

Re: [tips] The British Continuing Obsession

2009-10-17 Thread michael sylvester
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)

re: [tips] When Medicine and Faith Clash

2009-10-17 Thread Mike Palij
On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:39:50 -0700, Gerald Peterson wrote: >And this is relevant to my teaching of???Political Behavior >Analysis maybe? If the relevance to your teaching of psychology is not immediately obvious, let me suggest these points that you might want to think about: (1) When tea

Re: [tips] When Medicine and Faith Clash

2009-10-17 Thread Gerald Peterson
Thanks Mike! I knew you could bring this out. Thanks also for the link to Coker's guidelines. I don't know that I could do justice to the depth of these issues in the undergrad classes I have, but it's food for thought. It would require great care and tact to raise these political/religiou

Re: [tips] When Medicine and Faith Clash

2009-10-17 Thread taylor
Thanks for the link in (3) below, Mike; great stuff to work into lectures to make them as "catchy" and "interesting" as they website. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 tay...@sandiego.edu ---