RE: [tips] nifty psych gift

2009-12-01 Thread Allen Esterson
I think it's time to introduce a serious note to all this seasonal jocularity. Sue Franz linked to the Kinsey Institute: http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/research/ak-hhscale.html I have no knowledge of the current activities of the Kinsey Institute, but I think it is unfortunate that the name Kins

RE: [tips] nifty psych gift

2009-12-01 Thread Frantz, Sue
Guess where your friends and family fall on the Kinsey Scale, and get them a t-shirt. http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/services/scale_tshirt.html That couldn't possibly go wrong. -- Sue Frantz Highline Community College Psychology, Coordinator 

Re: [tips] nifty psych gift

2009-12-01 Thread taylor
This is the BEST website ever! Thanks Nancy! I don't know if I can afford the cool stuff, like the virgin mary toast impression maker (suitable for bringing to class when talking about pareidolia, the Jesus miracle play set, or the meatball bubble gum (suitable for sensation/perception when tal

Re: [tips] Peer review

2009-12-01 Thread Christopher D. Green
That's a very funny one. There are a whole bunch of "alternative" subtitlings of this scene. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/magazine/26wwln-medium-t.html?_r=2 Chris Green York U. Toronto sbl...@ubishops.ca wrote: Ever had this problem? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=- VRBWLpY

Re: [tips] nifty psych gift

2009-12-01 Thread Linda Walsh
Or how about a stuffed neuron? http://www.giantmicrobes.com/us/products/braincell.html Linda Walsh University of Northern Iowa --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

[tips] nifty psych gift

2009-12-01 Thread drnanjo
for the psychologist on your shopping list this sectarian winter festival of your preference http://www.mcphee.com/shop/pages/FREE-Sky-Diving-Freud-Coupon.html Happy/Merry/Joyous __ Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College Long Beach CA --- To make changes to your subscription con

Re: [tips] just testing /Michael Sylvester

2009-12-01 Thread
--- msylves...@copper.net wrote:From: To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Subject: Re: [tips] just testingDate: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 12:57:52 -0800  Why does my post appear as  " " as sender instead of my real name? Is that Hochbe

Re: [tips] just testing

2009-12-01 Thread
 Why does my post appear as  " " as sender instead of my real name? Is that Hochberg tipster up to some trick? I have sent three posts and I have not seen them? Michael--- msylves...@copper.net wrote:From: "" To: "Teaching in the Psychological

[tips] just testing

2009-12-01 Thread
 Just testing to see if my posts are being illegally blocked.   michael--- chri...@yorku.ca wrote:From: "Christopher D. Green" To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Subject: [tips] Psychotherapy Can Boost Happiness More Than Money

Re: [tips] Peer review

2009-12-01 Thread Ken Steele
I have been in meetings like that, and I wasn't the one doing the yelling. Adolf is right; it is always the third reviewer. Ken sbl...@ubishops.ca wrote: Ever had this problem? http://tinyurl.com/yl5omvk (flagged from _Chronicle of Higher Ed_) Stephen --

re: [tips] Peer review

2009-12-01 Thread Mike Palij
On Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:02:16 -0800, Stephen Black wrote: >Ever had this problem? > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VRBWLpYCPY&feature=player_embedded >or > http://tinyurl.com/yl5omvk >(flagged from _Chronicle of Higher Ed_) I once had a research boss like that but they wasn't as well-behaved as

Re: [tips] The latest idea to raise tax revenues

2009-12-01 Thread taylor
Note that the tax is being levied to offset the cost of the pensions being paid to city workers. This is a very bad things IMHO. I live in a city where we are being taxed to death because of a city pension plan that pays its retirees far more than they ever made while working, and pays it until

[tips] Peer review

2009-12-01 Thread sblack
Ever had this problem? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=- VRBWLpYCPY&feature=player_embedded or http://tinyurl.com/yl5omvk (flagged from _Chronicle of Higher Ed_) Stephen - Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology,

[tips] The latest idea to raise tax revenues

2009-12-01 Thread Rick Froman
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/20091201_Pittsburgh_tuition_tax_plan_stirs_student_fears.html Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Box 3055 x7295 rfro...@jbu.edu http://tinyurl.com/DrFroman Proverbs 14:15 "A simple man believes anything, but a prudent ma

[tips] The Loneliness Virus

2009-12-01 Thread Mike Palij
Is loneliness contagious like a virus based illness? Popular media accounts of a study by John Cacioppo et al to appear in the December issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (oddly, when I checked this morning, the issue was not up on the APA website) seem to suggest this migh

[tips] Views: An Ideal Teacher - Inside Higher Ed

2009-12-01 Thread Christopher D. Green
A gently ironic discourse on being an ideal teacher. http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2009/12/01/blaisdell Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ==

Re: [tips] Psychotherapy Can Boost Happiness More Than Money: Study - Yahoo! News

2009-12-01 Thread Allen Esterson
���Correction: It looks as if I erred when I wrote that Boyce and Wood paid to have their article "Money or mental health: the cost of alleviating psychological distress with monetary compensation versus psychological therapy" published in the online journal "Health Economics, Policy and Law".