Re: [tips] Stats on airplane terrorism

2009-12-29 Thread Paul Brandon
o leap to the unjustified > conclusion that the amount of worry we should devote to such > incidents should be much less than to lightning strikes, as the > issues involved here are markedly different. > > Scott > From: Paul Brandon [paul.bran...@mnsu.edu] > Sent: Tuesday

Re: [tips] Stats on airplane terrorism

2009-12-28 Thread Paul Brandon
rorist incident have been 1 in 10,408,947 over > the past decade. By contrast, the odds of being struck by lightning > in a given year are about 1 in 500,000. This means that you could > board 20 flights per year and still be less likely to be the > subject of an attempted terror

Re: [tips] State Dependent Wine Perception/Appreciation

2009-12-28 Thread Paul Brandon
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Re: [tips] List of Psychological Studies the Public Might Know

2009-12-27 Thread Paul Brandon
your needs? I think they appeared in his 1938 book _Behavior of > Organisms_ (but the may have appeared earlier in an article). Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] another Christmas story

2009-12-24 Thread Paul Brandon
ancisco to reform himself of his outlaw ways so that he can train > to become a dance instructor and in good faith court Miss Muriel > O'Neill. > Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] Three psychologists walk into a bar...

2009-12-23 Thread Paul Brandon
ace. And those wonderful unicorn tapestries. > > Jeff Nagelbush > nagel...@hotmail.com > Ferris State University Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] Three psychologists walk into a bar...

2009-12-23 Thread Paul Brandon
. > Not to be missed!! Eating tikka masala while looking over Central > Park, and at The Dakotas (site of John Lennon's murder) is our > favorite New York experience. > > Hope they have a great time. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Ma

Re: [tips] A student request - Any comments

2009-12-20 Thread Paul Brandon
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Re: [tips] A student request - Any comments

2009-12-19 Thread Paul Brandon
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Re: [tips] It's that plagiarism time of year again...

2009-12-17 Thread Paul Brandon
9, at 5:36 PM, Paul C Bernhardt wrote: I'm not sure that proof beyond reasonable doubt is the correct standard. We aren't sending anyone to prison. Paul C. Bernhardt Department of Psychology Frostburg State University Frostburg, Maryland -Original Message----- Fro

Re: [tips] It's that plagiarism time of year again...

2009-12-17 Thread Paul Brandon
much time > and really takes a toll on my enthusiasm for grading. > > Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. > Carol > > > > > Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology > Chair, Department of Psychology > St. Ambrose University > Davenpor

Re: [tips] Who put the BF in Skinner?

2009-12-17 Thread Paul Brandon
, London > http://www.esterson.org > > > Re: [tips] Who put the BF in Skinner? > Britt, Michael > Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:09:29 -0800 > If I had a name like "Burrhus" I'd probably do the same thing. > > Michael Br

Re: [tips] Who put the BF in Skinner?

2009-12-16 Thread Paul Brandon
ard) – and he often > goes by J.J. McDowell. …Scott Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] Who put the BF in Skinner?

2009-12-16 Thread Paul Brandon
put the BF in Skinner? If I had a name like "Burrhus" I'd probably do the same thing. On Dec 16, 2009, at 2:04 PM, Paul Brandon wrote: Besides, he never liked his given first name, and much preferred 'Fred'. Anecdote: I got this story from C. B. (Charlie) Ferster; on

Re: [tips] Who put the BF in Skinner?

2009-12-16 Thread Paul Brandon
rse there is JER Staddon and MEP Seligman if we want to go to 3 initials. -- J.D. Dougan Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] Crazy Ambien Sex?

2009-12-15 Thread Paul Brandon
r unexpected side effect affecting a small proportion of people or whatever? -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsou

Re: [tips] Three Psychologists Walk Into A Bar or What To Do Instead of Academia

2009-12-14 Thread Paul Brandon
Funny, but not funny enough. On Dec 14, 2009, at 7:41 PM, michael sylvester wrote: Mike: Please note that the Tipster of the year award is copyrighted and is my domain.Any more onfringement could subject you to hard labor at the U,S-Canada-Russian front. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of

Re: [tips] MBTI

2009-12-10 Thread Paul Brandon
vered in Session #2. > > > My understanding is that the MBTI is held in low regard by > personality psychologists, and has shown little validity. Any > thoughts? > --- Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu -

Re: [tips] Help with hysteria

2009-12-03 Thread Paul Brandon
lped other than for factors common to most therapeutic interventions that are at least "kindly". So any specific guidance to sources would be appreciated. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] Music Therapy Requirements?

2009-12-02 Thread Paul Brandon
in > learning more about becoming a music therapist. Are there programs > for this? Licensing requirements? Any insight that you have that I > can share with my student would be much appreciated. Thank you! Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] Music Therapy Requirements?

2009-12-02 Thread Paul Brandon
learning more about becoming a music therapist. Are >> there programs for this? Licensing requirements? Any insight that >> you have that I can share with my student would be much >> appreciated. Thank you! Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State

Re: [tips] Views: A Defense of the Lecture - Inside Higher Ed

2009-11-20 Thread Paul Brandon
t; > 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 > chri...@yorku.ca > http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ > == > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State Univ

Re: [tips] Critique of Harris's book: The Nurture Assumption/Study in Social psychology?

2009-11-19 Thread Paul Brandon
aul, which is rather daring of him considering that he admits that he has not read Harris' book. On 18 Nov 2009 at 11:02, Paul Brandon wrote: E.g., I think that Joan has a valid point about Harris' failure to address a considerable behavioral literature in the past 20 years showing the

Re: [tips] Behaviorism's Dark Side (Humorous...)

2009-11-18 Thread Paul Brandon
youtube.com/watch?v=jEjUAnPc2VA Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) Paul

Re: [tips] News: 'The College Fear Factor' - Inside Higher Ed

2009-11-18 Thread Paul Brandon
ku.ca > http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ > == > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) Paul Brandon 10 Crown Hill Lane Mankato, MN 56001 pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] Critique of Harris's book: The Nurture Assumption/Study in Social psychology?

2009-11-18 Thread Paul Brandon
ch aspects were cited as being valid and > important > as well as segments that were cited as requiring revision. I am > moving > forward with this critique as certain parties have expressed > interest in > bringing it to a wider audience. But, never fear, I won't be sending > any > further installments to the TIPS listserv. For those of you who would > like to receive the completed critique (and have not already expressed > an > interest in such), I will be more than pleased to provide such. > > Joan > jwarm...@oakton.edu Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] Article in WSJ on study how brain develops "without Dad."

2009-11-03 Thread Paul Brandon
x27;t worry North America, increased divorce rates and increased farming of children out to daycare doesn't and won't have any bad or lingering effects on the kids." Paul Brandon 10 Crown Hill Lane Mankato, MN 56001 pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- To make changes to your subscr

Re: [tips] Can anyone call him/herself a psychotherapist?

2009-11-02 Thread Paul Brandon
challenged this statement and > told me that at least in some states the law requires anyone > claiming to be a therapist to be licensed. > > Does anyone know about this with some measure of certainty? > > Thanks, > Paul Okami Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Min

Re: [tips] Article in WSJ on study how brain develops "without Dad."

2009-11-01 Thread Paul Brandon
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Re: [tips] The Psychological Record

2009-10-30 Thread Paul Brandon
2009, at 4:13 PM, Christopher D. Green wrote: So does that mean it is "interbehaviorist" rather than behaviorist"? :-) Chris == Paul Brandon wrote: J.R. Kantor was long an anonymous commentator for Psych Rec. On Oct 30, 2009, at 1:09 PM, sbl...@ubishops.ca wrote: On

Re: [tips] The Psychological Record

2009-10-30 Thread Paul Brandon
il: sbl...@ubishops.ca 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 Canada -- - --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State U

Re: [tips] Teach both evolution and creationism say 54% of Britons | Science | The Guardian

2009-10-28 Thread Paul Brandon
ve Stephen - Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: sbl...@ubishops.ca 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 Canada ----------

Re: [tips] question about op cond and drug use

2009-10-07 Thread Paul Brandon
arter, PhD Associate Professor and Chair Department of Psychology College of Arts & Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message----- From: Paul Brandon [mailto:paul.bran...@mnsu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 11:15 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [

Re: [tips] question about op cond and drug use

2009-10-07 Thread Paul Brandon
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Re: [tips] How Do You Explain A 4.4 Million Skeleton in a 6,000 Year Old Universe?

2009-10-02 Thread Paul Brandon
ons, and if there are, they are clearly being unethical under such circumstances. --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- To mak

Re: [tips] Football players, concussions and early onset of Alzheimer's

2009-09-30 Thread Paul Brandon
es.com/2009/09/30/sports/football/30dementia.html?em > > Amazing how long it has taken for a study to be conducted and > acknowledged > by the NFL that reveals the relationship between concussions and early > cognitive impairments of professional football players. Paul Bra

Re: [tips] Kitty Genovese/The Windy City

2009-09-30 Thread Paul Brandon
twork.Obviously you all know > nothing about a black community.Gimme a break. > Keep your eurocentric cognitive imperialistic analysis in the > classrom.dude. > > Michael Sylvester,PhD > Daytona Beach,Florida Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State Universi

Re: [tips] Dead salmon detects human emotion

2009-09-18 Thread Paul Brandon
-2009.jpg for the abstract of the poster presentation (the poster itself, actually) And if that doesn't make itself clear, try this: http://tinyurl.com/mww9tj Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- To make changes to

Re: [tips] Early Spankings Make for Aggressive Toddlers, Study Shows - Yahoo! News

2009-09-15 Thread Paul Brandon
wrote: > Apropos of the earlier debate on spanking here. > http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090915/hl_hsn/ > earlyspankingsmakeforaggressivetoddlersstudyshows Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- To make changes to your subscr

Re: [tips] Placebos getting stronger?

2009-08-30 Thread Paul Brandon
Sounds like you've been drinking too much -- habituated to ethanol. On Aug 30, 2009, at 11:19 AM, michael sylvester wrote: > > I could hardly differentiate between a glass of cream soda and one > that supposedly contained Canadian whiskey. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor

Re: [tips] Determining major and minor

2009-08-29 Thread Paul Brandon
. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] The compassion of Braveheart

2009-08-25 Thread Paul Brandon
5, 2009, at 1:16 AM, Allen Esterson wrote: On 25 August 2009 Paul Brandon wrote: Please note that Abdel Baset al-Megrahi was not convicted of _committing_ mass murder. He was convicted on the grounds that a Maltese shopkeeper said that he had purchased a shirt whose remnants were found wrapped a

Re: [tips] The compassion of Braveheart

2009-08-24 Thread Paul Brandon
". > > We will never know his true motivation which could range from > twisted libertarian ethics, to a desire for notoriety to blackmail. > But it certainly shouldn't be recorded as "compassion" when he > alone willingly and willfully forced additional grief an

Re: [tips] The compassion of Braveheart

2009-08-23 Thread Paul Brandon
rt system of Scotland that > sentenced him. > > I think MacAskill should be removed from office, stripped of any > protections afforded by that office, and all legal means (criminal > and civil suits) should be pressed against him. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of

Re: [tips] The compassion of Braveheart

2009-08-23 Thread Paul Brandon
#x27;t "Europeans" or "Brits" or the "Scots" who wanted the guy released. It was a single misguided individual imposing his will on everyone involved. Another case of Judicial fiat by an irresponsible individual who no doubt thinks he can create a better world by forcing

Re: [tips] What Does Tenure Protect?

2009-08-21 Thread Paul Brandon
ttp://www.yorku.ca/christo Office: 416-736-2100 ext. 66164 Fax: 416-736-5814 = --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) Paul Brandon 10 Crown Hill Lane Mankato, MN 56001 pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] The compassion of Braveheart

2009-08-21 Thread Paul Brandon
sed to see in > Florida "We don't care how you do it up North." > Europeans may be expressing a similar theme-"We don't care how you > do it in the U.S" I understand that in some European countries even > the a life sentence is viewed as cruel. Paul Br

Re: [tips] Grand canyon/Blacks/Jung

2009-08-18 Thread Paul Brandon
with Anglo babies and Mohawk babies. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] US Armed Forces planning to use Training in Positive Psychology to offset PSTD

2009-08-18 Thread Paul Brandon
u --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) Paul Brandon 10 Crown Hill Lane Mankato, MN 56001 pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- To make changes t

Re: [tips] We're here, we're queer (now and for always)

2009-08-07 Thread Paul Brandon
here I now live) one inn boasted that a guest would not have to share a bed with more than four others. Pretty good deal in those revolutionary days, and for years beyond the Revolution. Original message Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 10:31:10 -0500 From: Paul Brandon Subject: Re: [tips] We'

Re: [tips] We're here, we're queer (now and for always)

2009-08-07 Thread Paul Brandon
en gay -- after all they quite often slept in the same bed! But those were more innocent times (and,who knows, maybe more sensible in some ways -- though certainly not in others, before people jump in to protest!). Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Ma

Re: [tips] Gates, Crowley, and eyewitness testimony

2009-07-28 Thread Paul Brandon
of psychology at http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/tips/ -- - --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.e

Re: [tips] What is behavior?

2009-07-22 Thread Paul Brandon
y. By 'profitability' below I meant whether the work advances theory and/or practical applications ... Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] What is behavior?

2009-07-22 Thread Paul Brandon
Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) Paul Brandon 10 Crown Hill Lane Mankato, MN 56001 pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] Fwd: Definition of behavior

2009-07-21 Thread Paul Brandon
> Michael Sylvester,PhD > Daytona Beach,Florida Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

[tips] Fwd: Definition of behavior

2009-07-21 Thread Paul Brandon
. But they > also serve as an excellent test case for a definition of behavior. > According to my definition, such neural activity is "behavior," for > sensitivity to contingencies has been demonstrated, and I see no > drawback to the claim. Unusual findings of this sort help

Re: [tips] Skinnerian quote

2009-07-18 Thread Paul Brandon
hael sylvester wrote: >> >> >> BF was no pacifist as his other contemporaries - Bertrand Russel >> and biologist George Wald.But did he ever make a statement that we >> should get the Russians before they get us? Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minn

Re: [tips] Upending conventional wisdom: On violence

2009-07-16 Thread Paul Brandon
potential for annihilation is greater than it was in the past. On Jul 16, 2009, at 4:37 PM, sbl...@ubishops.ca wrote: Steven Pinker asks whether modern society is more violent than in earlier supposed idyllic times. His verdict is no. http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/greatergood/2009apri

Re: [tips] Upending conventional wisdom: On violence

2009-07-16 Thread Paul Brandon
on is greater than it was in the past. On Jul 16, 2009, at 4:37 PM, sbl...@ubishops.ca wrote: Steven Pinker asks whether modern society is more violent than in earlier supposed idyllic times. His verdict is no. http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/greatergood/2009april/Pinker054.php Paul Brandon Eme

Re: [tips] Utility of BMI - from a professional

2009-07-14 Thread Paul Brandon
question has other health issues. > > My BMI is "overweight" and I am most definitely neither overweight > nor unhealthy (I lift weights, box and do cardio on a regular basis). > > Nancy Melucci > Long Beach City College > Long Beach, CA Paul Brandon Emeritus Profes

Re: [tips] Persistent myths in feminist scholarship

2009-07-04 Thread Paul Brandon
As I indicated, I respect her work. However, she is paid by the American Enterprise Institute, which has a definite agenda. On Jul 4, 2009, at 6:32 AM, Allen Esterson wrote: > > > In reponse to Stephen Black's citing an article by Christina Hoff > Sommers, Paul Brandon

Re: [tips] Persistent myths in feminist scholarship

2009-07-03 Thread Paul Brandon
le of thumb" canard), Shame on them for giving scholarship a bad name. http://chronicle.com/free/v55/i40/40sommers.htm Stephen Paul Brandon 10 Crown Hill Lane Mankato, MN 56001 pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] APA Board Letter on Torture

2009-06-18 Thread Paul Brandon
art, EdD > Alan E. Kazdin, Ph.D. > Barry S. Anton, PhD > Paul L. Craig, PhD > Norman B. Anderson, PhD > Rosie Phillips Bingham, PhD > Jean A. Carter, PhD > Armand R. Cerbone, PhD > Suzanne Bennett Johnson, PhD > Melba J.T. Vasquez, PhD > Michael Wertheimer, PhD > Konjit V. Page, MS > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] How would you estimate the IQ of a robot?

2009-06-18 Thread Paul Brandon
f 5,070 IQ be a fair > guess? Does IQ increase linearly with more units, decline with > more units, or is there an exponential increase? > > Naturally an educated guess is rarely as accurate as an > experimental results occurring in the future. > Paul Brandon Emeritus

Re: [tips] How Homeopathy Harms

2009-06-17 Thread Paul Brandon
o make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) Paul Brandon 10 Crown Hill Lane Mankato, MN 56001 pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] GO ORLANDO MAGIC

2009-06-14 Thread Paul Brandon
Gone Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] Vaccine wars

2009-05-28 Thread Paul Brandon
till think they do". Lots more quotable stuff there. Gross L (2009.) A Broken Trust: Lessons from the Vaccine-Autism Wars. PLoS Biol 7(5): e1000114. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000114 www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio. 1000114 Stephen Paul Brandon Emerit

Re: [tips] What Makes Us Happy

2009-05-14 Thread Paul Brandon
Noting of course, that "characteristics of happy people" is not the same as "causes of happinness". On May 14, 2009, at 1:29 PM, Joan Warmbold wrote: http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200906/happiness An article of interest. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psycho

Re: [tips] New Autism Theory

2009-05-14 Thread Paul Brandon
Wouldn't the appropriate term be 'hypothesis'? On May 14, 2009, at 11:18 AM, Jeffrey Nagelbush wrote: > > Has anyone heard anything about this new theory of autism and its > possible treatment? > > http://health.msn.com/health-topics/articlepage.aspx?cp- > d

Re: [tips] $25,000 Darwinian quote

2009-05-13 Thread Paul Brandon
access to the facts as you have. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] $25,000 Darwinian quote

2009-05-13 Thread Paul Brandon
ronomer > C.archaeologist > D.mathematician > > Please swear that you did not research the answer.Winners get paid > in Zimbabwe dollars. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] Reality check/Reading compreh.

2009-05-11 Thread Paul Brandon
t happened in each case. > She told me that one of her articles was too difficult and she was > going to find an article that she could understand. I respect that. > I believe if I repeat this assignment, I am going to have all > students complete a plagiarism tutorial before handin

Re: [tips] biofeedback and Leo DiCara's suicide

2009-04-29 Thread Paul Brandon
d reply? Thanks to anybody. This is a good story for classes, but I need resolution. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] They all look alike to me.....

2009-04-29 Thread Paul Brandon
? On Apr 29, 2009, at 1:44 PM, Jim Dougan wrote: TIPsters Yesterday my daughter asked me the technical term for thinking that everyone in another ethnic group looks the same. I assume there is a term for it - but I don't know what it is. Anyone? -- Jim Dougan Paul Brandon 10 Crown

Re: [tips] Uneasiness with Evolutionary Psychology

2009-04-27 Thread Paul Brandon
science. (The best treatment of this > topic I've ever seen is Dawkins' "The Selfish Gene.") > > I guess Darwin titling his classic text, On the Origin of Species, > probably didn’t help clarify this point very much. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychol

Re: [tips] In Memoriam

2009-04-26 Thread Paul Brandon
> therapist's office. She did all the talking, analyzing herself, > and the audience never heard from nor saw the therapist. It was a > marvelous performance. I assume you can get it on DVD. I'll have > to look. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psycholo

Re: [tips] Prof kills three

2009-04-26 Thread Paul Brandon
See On Apr 25, 2009, at 1:42 AM, msylves...@copper.net wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: Paul Brandon > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 1:01 AM > Subject: Re: [tips] Prof kills three > > So? > A little tail

Re: [tips] Prof kills three

2009-04-25 Thread Paul Brandon
erly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] Dying To See The Doctor

2009-04-24 Thread Paul Brandon
t;> aid type >> hospitals like Cook County! >> >> Joan >> jwarm...@oakton.edu >> >> > Canada has a killer health systen, eh? >> > >> > http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM. >> 20090423.wwaitinggta23art2243/BNStory/National/ho

Re: [tips] On recognizing mental illness

2009-04-24 Thread Paul Brandon
-- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: sbl...@ubishops.ca 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 Canada --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to you

Re: [tips] info: pigeons or rats

2009-04-22 Thread Paul Brandon
was a dangerous thing to do, and I'd advise anyone with a > similar > problem nowadays to switch to human research. > > But when I get the allergy question from doctors, I enjoy telling > them, > yes, to rats. This puzzles 'em. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] info: pigeons or rats

2009-04-21 Thread Paul Brandon
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Re: [tips] info: pigeons or rats

2009-04-21 Thread Paul Brandon
ice versa? > > What are the pros and cons? Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] Bowel cancer risk in older women could be reduced by more soya in diet | Science | The Guardian

2009-04-14 Thread Paul Brandon
m the treatment of it. In those terms, being one of the ten thousand is outweighed by the greater risk of dying from the disease. On Apr 14, 2009, at 6:28 PM, Michael Smith wrote: > Paul Brandon wrote: > Or what if you're one of the 5 who would die in a bathtub fall. > Would you

Re: [tips] B F Skinner and pets

2009-04-14 Thread Paul Brandon
mental animals) ? And if he did > (say a cat or a dog) did he write about any conditioning with his > personal household pets? > > Michael Sylvester,PhD > Daytona Beach,Florida Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu -

Re: [tips] Bowel cancer risk in older women could be reduced by more soya in diet | Science | The Guardian

2009-04-13 Thread Paul Brandon
pher 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/ > > == > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly (bs

Re: [tips] Thinking Critically About Neuroscience: From Molecules to Full Brain Circuit Maps

2009-04-08 Thread Paul Brandon
n language should be clear (an exercise left to the reader ;-). On Apr 8, 2009, at 11:30 AM, Mike Palij wrote: > On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:46:05 -0700, Paul Brandon wrote: >> On Apr 6, 2009, at 1:54 PM, Mike Palij wrote: >>> On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:13:50 -0700, Paul Brandon write

Re: [tips] Thinking Critically About Neuroscience: From Molecules to Full Brain Circuit Maps

2009-04-06 Thread Paul Brandon
On Apr 6, 2009, at 1:54 PM, Mike Palij wrote: On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:13:50 -0700, Paul Brandon writes: Actually, there's no conflict between being a rat running behaviorist and believing that the CNS (central or conceptual as the case may be) What's that sound? Is that B.F. spinn

Re: [tips] Thinking Critically About Neuroscience: From Molecules to Full Brain Circuit Maps

2009-04-06 Thread Paul Brandon
--- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] That "conficker" virus?

2009-03-30 Thread Paul Brandon
ft support site, and downloaded three pages of > small print directions, with 26 steps. Surely there's something > simpler? But if not, it sounds like it's worth the effort. Or is it? Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...

Re: [tips] Learning Styles interview

2009-03-29 Thread Paul Brandon
styles-myth-an-interview-with-daniel-willingham/ Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] Motivation by Shame

2009-03-27 Thread Paul Brandon
ive thing will not happen. Sounds like simple negative reinforcement? Michael Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] Op-Ed Contributor - Dear A.I.G., I Quit! - NYTimes.com

2009-03-26 Thread Paul Brandon
ri...@yorku.ca >> http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ >> >> == >> >> >> --- >> To make changes to your subscription contact: >> >> Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) >> >> >> --- >> To make changes to y

Re: [tips] Op-Ed Contributor - Dear A.I.G., I Quit! - NYTimes.com

2009-03-26 Thread Paul Brandon
tion contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] Op-Ed Contributor - Dear A.I.G., I Quit! - NYTimes.com

2009-03-26 Thread Paul Brandon
these amounts. Democracy and Capitalism are > not the same thing. Paul Brandon 10 Crown Hill Lane Mankato, MN 56001 pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] Roll over, Darwin

2009-03-23 Thread Paul Brandon
sensitively carry out his > obligations as Chair for the Public Understanding of Science? See my post on objectivity. > Well, OK, some things aren't possible, but I think my main point > still stands. > > --Mike > > > > On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 10:13 PM, Paul Br

Re: [tips] "dangers" of drinking distilled water - critical thinking article

2009-03-22 Thread Paul Brandon
> > I think he just might write a column about it. I hope so. > > > More on Dr. Schwarcz: > > Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Schwarcz > Office for Science and Society: http://oss.mcgill.ca/schwarcz.php > > Stephen Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] Roll over, Darwin

2009-03-22 Thread Paul Brandon
(and former Leader of the Opposition) Stockwell > Day > is a "young Earth creationist." I think the major reason that > attention > has suddenly become focused on the Science Minister is that his > government just cut the budgets of the major research funding agencies > as part of their "economic stimulus" package. Go figr. > > Chris Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] Dolphin Video

2009-03-18 Thread Paul Brandon
the dolphins and > how do we operationalize creativity, etc.). > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuVgXJ55G6Y Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] Today is "Kitty Genovese Day"

2009-03-13 Thread Paul Brandon
nt about a lack of social responsibility and individual isolation. On Mar 13, 2009, at 7:31 PM, Mike Palij wrote: On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:27:17 -0700, Paul Brandon wrote: "Outside of a small circle of friends"Phil Ochs The first lines in the above song are: |Look outside the wi

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