Re: books for senior sem

2004-12-17 Thread Scott O Lilienfeld PhD
This year, two of the most enjoyable psychology books I read (both quite appropriate for undergraduate audiences) are Dave Myer's (2003) delightful "Intuition: Its Powers and Perils" (Dave is on TIPS, right?) and Thomas Blass's (2004) terrific (and fascinating) "The Man who Shocked the World," whic

Re: books for senior sem

2004-12-17 Thread Scott O Lilienfeld PhD
This year, two of the most enjoyable psychology books I read (both quite appropriate for undergraduate audiences) are Dave Myers'(2003) delightful "Intuition: Its Powers and Perils" (Dave is on TIPS, right?) and Thomas Blass's (2004) terrific (and fascinating) "The Man who Shocked the World," which

Re: APA current affairs test

2004-12-17 Thread Scott O Lilienfeld PhD
Oops..oh well, I guess I just ruined Stephen Black's test. I failed this one! ...Scott Quoting Scott O Lilienfeld PhD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > b (Levant was prez-elect for 2004 and will be prez in 2 weeks; Koocher will > take > over in 2006). ...Scott > > >

Re: APA current affairs test

2004-12-17 Thread Scott O Lilienfeld PhD
b (Levant was prez-elect for 2004 and will be prez in 2 weeks; Koocher will take over in 2006). ...Scott Quoting Stephen Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have a hunch. To prove it, I need data, so I'd like to ask everyone > to take a one-question test and send me your response. To show I'm > seri

Re: Freud again

2004-10-24 Thread Scott O Lilienfeld PhD
My understanding is that Rorschach did indeed select cards that seemed to do a decent job of distinguishing schizophrenic (or perhaps more broadly psychotic) individuals from non-schizophrenic individuals. So Christopher Green is correct that at least some of Rorschach stimuli were selected empiri

Re: Independent and Dependent Variables

2004-07-05 Thread Scott O Lilienfeld PhD
Chris: Yes, thanks for the correction...Scott Quoting "Christopher D. Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Scott Lilienfeld wrote: > > > A great paper that addresses this question, as well as the question of > > "types" of causality in psychology and other social sciences > > (including the Mackie "INU