Re: [tips] Martin Bolt

2009-12-27 Thread drnanjo
This braying j**kass has no idea what he is talking about. Doesn't know a damn thing about Bolt. Just making more insulting noise. So kick me off the list for saying it. It's the truth. Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College Martin Bolt is a good example of the Eurocentric consensus in psyc

Re: [tips] Fwd: My Twelve Days of Tipsmas

2009-12-17 Thread drnanjo
I am flattered that people still remember this one. Thanks. I hope you all survive your remaining finals, and have a peaceful and wonderful sectarian winter festival of your preference. Nancy M. Long Beach City College - and so much more. -Original Message- From: Christopher D. Green

[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

[tips] Re: [tips] Critique of “The Nurture Assumption”

2009-11-16 Thread drnanjo
To the extent that Harris' side may be guilty of interpreting the data in a manner that underestimates the extent of parental influence, there are numerous examples of psychologists and psychiatrists influenced by Freud who grossly and harmfully overestimated it - for example: "Schizophrenige

[tips] health psychology text

2009-11-09 Thread drnanjo
Hi, Although I've covered many topics related to health psychology thusfar in my career as a prof, I'll be teaching the class as a "stand alone" for the first time in my life this Spring. And so, I would appreciate any friendly recommendations for a good text that the students will enjoy readi

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

2009-11-03 Thread drnanjo
I agree, in essence, which is why I wonder (since reasons for and situations of divorce AND staying in a marriage are so variable) why we spend to much time bickering about other people's choices (outside of those made from malice or neglect) and not helping each other figure out how to love an

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

2009-11-02 Thread drnanjo
On the other hand this sword cuts both ways, and there are many people who apparently want to read that those who choose to divorce rather than live miserably together (something that also, quite plausibly, has bad effects on children) or place their kids in day care so they can work to support

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

2009-11-02 Thread Drnanjo
Neither divorce nor day care are monolithic entities. There is a range of quality in day care from impoverished to extremely good (as there is with parenting) and there are divorces that are more amicable and cooperative than many intact marriages with children able to spend time with both pa

[tips] Ehrenreich on Seligman and Positive Psychology

2009-11-02 Thread Drnanjo
Has anyone read Ehrenreich's recent book on the cult of happiness and positive outlook? It's a generally good read (I am finishing it now), takes the self-help movement to task (and provides a lot of fascinating historical background on that...including its latest pseudoscientific presentat

[tips] Intro Statistics Text recommendation

2009-10-30 Thread drnanjo
Hi, I have been asked to teach baby Stats (again) for psychology at a school where my teacher evaluations have been generally decent but the faculty evaluator, who looks at our course materials, does not like my choice of book. I use Bluman Brief Edition (4th) which is not a "Psych Stats" boo

Re: [tips] listserv policy

2009-10-22 Thread drnanjo
I so heartily second this. This morning, in my spam folder, was an email from this person, which referred to the "perceived insulting nature" of his posts. AS IF the insult were a product of our "mis-perception" and not an accurate description of material vomited out in the most nasty, condes

Re: [tips] Shutter Island

2009-10-14 Thread Drnanjo
Whoa...should not be doing 2 things at once, as I walk out the door Sorry. Good night, sweet TIPS. : i think that teaching students to compare the facts (as they are understood) to the entertainment industry's versions can also help students to learn to think critically about ps

Re: [tips] Shutter Island

2009-10-14 Thread Drnanjo
I would disagree in the sense that I don't think that asking them to do it for a movie or TV show is any less worthy a task than doing it for a book...we all take in a lot of information via electronic media...i think that teaching students to compare the facts (as they are understood) to the

Re: [tips] Shutter Island

2009-10-14 Thread Drnanjo
Actually, just to present an opposing point of view, having the student look at materials in the textbook and elsewhere, and comment on why the movie ISN'T such a good portrayal of material relevant to psychological science and practice, can be a useful and educational exercise. My .02 (adj

Re: [tips] Men Explain Things to Chicks

2009-10-11 Thread Drnanjo
Sigh. 'nuff said. Nancy M. Make a Small Loan, Make a Big Difference - Check out Kiva.org to Learn How! In a message dated 10/11/2009 7:19:54 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, rfro...@jbu.edu writes: As a service to the list, I checked the archives and found that the initial protest to Mic

Re: [tips] Men Explain Things to Chicks

2009-10-11 Thread Drnanjo
I have not weighed in on this topic. Generally I don't get too worked up about slang expressions for women or men as long as they are used in an insulting context. Recently I've been wondering why it's OK to call a man a "dick" or a "prick" (people don't get so upset about it) when the analog

Re: [tips] for Marc Carter

2009-10-02 Thread Drnanjo
I swear, if we could just all make ourselves stop responding to these provocative, mean-spirited trolls, first we'd see an escalation, (the pre-extinction "burst) and then they would go away. As long as we continue to indulge this nonsense, it will dominate our TIPS list, and many good cont

Re: [tips] Cervical cancer vaccine and death

2009-09-29 Thread drnanjo
Ha ha. "Land mind." Does it mean anything, or should I simply not have?come to work sick today? Land mine - let people learn to be "better" by stepping on mines (figuratively). Nancy M. -Original Message- From: drna...@aol.com To: Sent: Tue, Sep 29, 2009 9:13 am Subject: Re: [tip

Re: [tips] Cervical cancer vaccine and death

2009-09-29 Thread drnanjo
Never mind the many?thousands of conservative folk who believe that the threat of contracting HPV and/or cervical cancer is an effective way to keep girls and women "good" according to their definition of that word (however you feel about it, it disregards the fact that many women who fit that

[tips] Brain Myths from how stuff works

2009-09-28 Thread drnanjo
http://health.howstuffworks.com/10-brain-myths1.htm This website isn't 100% consistent but it posts a lot of good stuff. Here is something great to share with online students (or on campus students for that matter). Got it from my email subscription to their site. Nancy Melucci Long Bea

Re: [tips] UFOs/British open minded

2009-08-20 Thread Drnanjo
Since when has the activity of debunking something equaled being closed minded? I am open minded to the possibility, I collect the evidence, I discover it's very unlikely that UFOs occur (although we are almost certainly not the only life in this vast universe - the fact that there is proba

Re: [tips] Time magazine cover story 8/17

2009-08-10 Thread Drnanjo
OK, this is anecdotal, but a good personal trainer can be a crucial ally in maintaining fitness - and is NOT just about forcing you to "sweat it out in the gym" but advises you in ALL aspects of your life - including daily non-gym activity levels AND nutrition savvy behaviors, and getting pas

Re: [tips] Time magazine cover story 8/17

2009-08-10 Thread Drnanjo
No , but YOU were one, and you BECOME the other - you are the same entity with a different quality. Nancy M. njm Make a Small Loan, Make a Big Difference - Check out Kiva.org to Learn How! In a message dated 8/10/2009 4:20:22 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca writes:

Re: [tips] Time magazine cover story 8/17

2009-08-09 Thread drnanjo
Errr...I believe the word he used was "convert" - that is, "convert fat into muscle" - I don't think this is ambiguous, to convert something is to make it into something else. If he had been more careful (giving him the benefit of the doubt) or knowledgeable (less flattering interpretation) then

[tips] Time magazine cover story 8/17

2009-08-09 Thread drnanjo
Hi, I was wondering if any fitness enthusiast or health psych tipsters might have had the same reaction to the new Time Magazine cover story that I did (I was motivated to write a letter, which is unlikely to be published but I thought I'd give it a go).? I was irritated by it for two reasons:

Re: [tips] Wikipedia despoils the Rorschach

2009-07-29 Thread drnanjo
I think the real?confirmation?would be based on?1) far more recent and well-controlled than this - as you've acknowledgeed it's an anecdote and relies on your memory and perceptions?at the time - ?and 2) both tests accurately describing?the PERSON, not simply matching each other. (And did he hav

Re: [tips] Wikipedia despoils the Rorschach

2009-07-29 Thread drnanjo
My first guess would?NOT be that Silverman was?demonstrating the amazing accuracy of the Rorschach, but rather that his interpretations were just "Barnum" enough to be related to the MMPI (which I am not all that impressed with, either) and seem to confirm it. All personality tests are marginal

Re: [tips] Kudos to Annette Kojawski Taylor (and Nancy Melucci)

2009-07-28 Thread drnanjo
And to think I almost threw that magazine away. Thanks Roberto. Nancy M. LBCC LB, CA -Original Message- From: Rob Weisskirch To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Sent: Tue, Jul 28, 2009 10:27 am Subject: [tips] Kudos to Annette Kojawski Taylor (and Nancy Melucci) Jus

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

2009-07-14 Thread drnanjo
Given the current heat immersion sounds not only informative but refreshing too. Stay cool, Tipsters everywhere. Even in cool Canada and Mini-soda. Nancy Melucci LBCC -Original Message- From: Paul Brandon To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Sent: Tue, Jul 14, 2009 9:19 p

[tips] Utility of BMI - from a professional

2009-07-13 Thread drnanjo
Hi, According to my trainer, who has a degree and certifications in this area, BMI is relatively accurate as a health index for sedentary folks or those whose activity levels could be described as "average" (little regular exercise). It is not accurate for those who are? athletic and tend to ca

Re: [tips] DSM-V

2009-07-08 Thread drnanjo
I am so NOT surprised that one of the issues would be the nagging feeling that disorders are created based on little evidence. I recently have come across articles on other listservs about proposals being made to diagnose "bitterness" and "being in love" as disease processes and (you guessed it

Re: [tips] Just got the new Publication manual

2009-07-07 Thread drnanjo
Now if only the folks who write the DSM would take their cue from this trend. I wonder if it will make me like APA style anymore than I do. I truly loathe it. Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College and parts northern, western and virtual. -Original Message- From: Rick Froman To: Teac

Re: [tips] Guilty Dog! Guilty Dog!!!

2009-06-16 Thread Drnanjo
The most experienced dog trainers instruct owners to treat dogs as if they are the equivalent of human 2 year olds (at least in terms of long term episodic memory). So, unless you catch them in the act of destroying something or misbehaving, they do not recall for what it is they are being sc

Re: [tips] What's on Your Summer Reading List

2009-06-01 Thread Drnanjo
The Year of Living Biblically. A J Jacobs My sister's book. I am going to listen to them while I drive to the AP readings in Kansas City (along with Beck, REM, Bebel Gilberto, Beethoven, and a bunch of other good music from the past 200 years.) Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College M

Re: [tips] Relatives of TIPS participant in the news!

2009-05-04 Thread drnanjo
Thanks for the plug. Actually she is my sister. I am the alpha child and she is the omega. There are 3 between. Nancy M. -Original Message- From: Joan Warmbold To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Sent: Mon, 4 May 2009 3:12 pm Subject: [tips] Relatives of TIPS participant

[tips] Get together in KC

2009-05-01 Thread Drnanjo
Hi all, Putting out a call to find out which TIPS folk will be working at the AP Reading in Kansas City this year. We had a pretty good dinner in 2008. I will be driving to KC arriving late on 6/8. If you will be there, let me know and provide the easiest contact info (I am online all the

Re: [tips] New edition of publication manual

2009-04-29 Thread Drnanjo
I am sure they noted that, Comrade Rick. Nancy M. Make a Small Loan, Make a Big Difference - Check out Kiva.org to Learn How! In a message dated 4/29/2009 1:03:00 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, rfro...@jbu.edu writes: Oops! This message obviously was not intended for the list but was e

Re: [tips] New edition of publication manual

2009-04-29 Thread Drnanjo
True confession: I hate APA style. I think it sucks the life out of most writing. And now I can hate it for more reasons. Go ahead and report me. I don't care. Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College Long Beach CA Make a Small Loan, Make a Big Difference - Check out Kiva.org to Learn How!

Re: [tips] more morality and critical thinking

2009-04-20 Thread drnanjo
Hi, Indeed and I suspect that a lot of folks who support abortion rights (myself included) view it as the lesser of two evils. Making abortion illegal will NOT stop it. Women will return to the ways they used out of desperation before 1973. What do you do or support if you really want to lower

Re: [tips] critical thinking and ethics/morality

2009-04-19 Thread Drnanjo
Actually it's not true that abortion was illegal on a national basis in 19th century America. The truth, as this article states, is complicatedand morality is and has been "relative" throughout history and in all places (infanticide of females in some Asian cultures for example?) _ht

Re: [tips] United States of Tara DID

2009-04-10 Thread Drnanjo
Hi, I think the students need to be educated about the very real possibility that DID is nothing more than a complicated set of voluntary behaviors done to receive attention. You may be new to this list, we've had this discussion before. You can find it in the archives I am sure. But act

Re: [tips] More inappropriate listserv use

2009-04-09 Thread Drnanjo
pick up the book if you can, thanks for responding njm Make a Small Loan, Make a Big Difference - Check out Kiva.org to Learn How! In a message dated 4/8/2009 7:53:24 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, tay...@sandiego.edu writes: She looks just like you! I won't be able to see it :( Annett

[tips] More inappropriate listserv use

2009-04-08 Thread Drnanjo
I can't help it, it's a family thing. My sister is going to be on the Today show pimping - er - promoting - her memoir & collection of recipes. 9:35AM Eastern Time Check it out! _http://www.amazon.com/I-Loved-Lost-Made-Spaghetti/dp/0446534420/ref=pd_bbs_sr _1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=123923734

Re: [tips] gunman opens fire in Binhampton, NY

2009-04-03 Thread Drnanjo
Hi, There is probably no steady long term increase however there MAY be some short term "bumps" or "spikes" due to a vicarious reinforcement effect. This journalistic piece from On The Media stuck with me when I heard it 2.5 years ago. _http://onthemedia.org/yore/transcripts/transcripts_1

Re: [tips] TIPS Messages

2009-03-27 Thread Drnanjo
I appreciate the "props" Nancy M. Make a Small Loan, Make a Big Difference - Check out Kiva.org to Learn How! In a message dated 3/27/2009 8:10:34 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, tay...@sandiego.edu writes: Mike has dropped the guantlet: >So, which intro psych textbook do people think is

Re: [tips] The Secret

2009-03-10 Thread Drnanjo
Wasn't this a joke? Why remove it? I thought it was meant entirely facetiously. Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College Long Beach CA Make a Small Loan, Make a Big Difference - Check out Kiva.org to Learn How! In a message dated 3/10/2009 7:02:32 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, beth.ben...@g

Re: [tips] Mind Hacks: Happy birthday Charles Dickens

2009-02-12 Thread Drnanjo
I am confused now utterly - are we celebrating Voyage of the Beagle or Great Expectations? Nancy Melucci LBCC Make a Small Loan, Make a Big Difference - Check out Kiva.org to Learn How! In a message dated 2/12/2009 6:01:31 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, chri...@yorku.ca writes: I think t

Re: [tips] 2009 AP Psychology Reading in Kansas City, Mo

2009-02-09 Thread drnanjo
I am going but will probably request a single room. Good luck finding a roommate. I hope to organize?a TIPS dinner outing. Last year's was pretty good fun. Nancy Melucci LBCC -Original Message- From: Julie Osland To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Sent: Mon, 9 Feb 2009

Re: [tips] Intro texts/the dest and worse

2009-01-07 Thread Drnanjo
It's the SSDD. Dr. Sylvester is trying to start a fight with Myers too. There is nothing going on here that we haven't seen over and over and over again - this interminable self-serving list member harassment. Unlike me, Dave Myers has the good sense to ignore him. Nancy Melucci Long Bea

Re: [tips] Shame on Chris and David

2009-01-04 Thread Drnanjo
Jeez, since when did having a PhD automatically confer an ability to handle anything? Not to mention OUR long history of tolerating snide posts that contain all manner of insult against women, gays, various ethnic groups etc. All made by the self-proclaimed cross cultural expert (I still do

Re: [tips] longevity thoughts

2009-01-03 Thread drnanjo
I also find this claim dubious. Plausible, but not likely. Nancy M. Long Beach City College -Original Message- From: Paul Brandon To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Sent: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 1:09 pm Subject: Re: [tips] longevity thoughts

Re: [tips] longevity thoughts

2009-01-03 Thread drnanjo
And if the number of posts that Michael made that are objectively assessed to be nothing but provocative, trolling nuisance content were tallied up, the rest of us would be millionaires too.  You keep hinting that you might one day leave, and yet it never comes to pass. A terrible tease to th

Re: [tips] Interesting podcast/transcript - DSM

2009-01-03 Thread drnanjo
I find it - despite the fact that I should be desensitzed to it by now - profoundly discouraging that people still enroll in our intro psych course thinking the the vast majority of time will be spent on psychopathology. I keep assuming that word has gotten out over the past decade that psycholo

[tips] Interesting podcast/transcript - DSM

2008-12-31 Thread Drnanjo
Hi, I think this examination of the problems with the latest re-write of the DSM is worth a listen or a read for all us psych teachers. Given the limited time I have to cover material in intro, I tend to focus on this controversy rather than teach the disorders and how they are classified.

Re: [tips] Abstinence pledges

2008-12-29 Thread drnanjo
Wouldn't some type of ethical problem exist with such a randomization? I think the problem lies in the fabric of our culture, and these programs are like so many threadbare patches. There was research recently (I am travelling and cannot find it) that suggests that nothing really makes a d

Re: [tips] classroom exercises for Human Sexuality?

2008-12-29 Thread drnanjo
Making genitals out of play-dough. I usually pair it up with making lists of names for these body parts, and a question and answer on anatomy and functioning (in place of a "plumbing" lecture). Depending on the class (so much does in the case of this course) it's a great way to get them comforta

Re: [tips] Statistical literacy, cancer, and psychotherapy

2008-11-28 Thread Drnanjo
Happy Thanksgiving, tipsters, I think it is unfortunate that mind-over-matter mumbo jumbo has to be employed in order to sell healthy lifestyle choices. I don't think for one moment that exercising and eating a reasonably healthy diet will cure cancer, but it is well known that sedentary b

Re: [tips] Is there a Judaism bias?

2008-10-01 Thread Drnanjo
Actually I have taught on Sunday on many occasions in my career. I don't know whether you were being sarcastic or not, just mentioning it. Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College Long Beach CA Make a Small Loan, Make a Big Difference - Check out Kiva.org to Learn How! In a message dated

Re: [tips] Gay/Lesbian Students in a large lecture human sexuality class

2008-09-25 Thread drnanjo
Some of this stuff I do, some are suggestions I appreciate very much. I think my text is OK (Carroll). The class skews young, including the gay and lesbian students along with everyone else, which makes it tough. I don't put pressure on everyone. I hope I haven't been implying that I know more

[tips] Gay/Lesbian Students in a large lecture human sexuality class

2008-09-23 Thread drnanjo
Hi, I teach a 90 student human sexuality class. This (the large?size)?is not my idea and not at all ideal. I don't think a human sexuality class in psychology (as opposed to health) should be so large - it makes discussion difficult. But this is administration's call and of course it saves mone

Re: [tips] Abstinence? Yes. Sex too.

2008-08-13 Thread Drnanjo
Yes - the fact that those who design abstinence programs want to believe that their programs are effective and are motivated more directly by ideology AND respondents want to give answers than make them sound "good". This could be another variant of social desirability or "fake good" (so to

Re: [tips] What good are the fine arts?

2008-07-22 Thread Drnanjo
Over the course of my adult life I have been consistently amused by the pervasive and short-sighted notion that some how areas of knowledge either conflict with each other or exist in separate little vacuum-packed compartments. I think to some extent "artists" are more guilty of repudiating

Re: [tips] Grading discrepancy

2008-07-16 Thread drnanjo
To clarify for Marie and others: My department head at Y wants a more evenly distributed assortment of grades. I am at risk of not being re-hired. I appreciate the suggestions. Thanks. Nancy -Original Message- From: Helweg-Larsen, Marie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Teaching in the Psycho

[tips] Grading discrepancy

2008-07-16 Thread drnanjo
Hi all, Hope you are having good summer down time. I need some guidance. The names have been changed to protect the somewhat innocent. School X is my full time job, school Y is a steady part time gig. School X is in a working class/poor neighborhood, school Y is in an affluent area of LA. Stud

Re: [tips] Psychiatric Group Faces Scrutiny Over Drug Industry Ties - NYTimes...

2008-07-13 Thread Drnanjo
Right. I think this is an excellent development. Psychologists have been lobbying to get prescription privileges for years now and this would go long with that. The scrutiny is warranted. The influence of pushers of the legal drugs (recreation and therapeutic) need to be at least made known

[tips] Syllabus favor

2008-07-06 Thread Drnanjo
Hi all, In a little over one week, I am going to be teaching a short term summer class in behavior modification. I have a textbook (Miltenberger). Sadly, I have managed to lose the one hard copy of an old syllabus that the department gave to me, due to ongoing problems with chronic idiocy.

Re: [tips] Social Amnesia

2008-06-24 Thread Drnanjo
Among the experiences about which Americans had a form of social amnesia, I would list (until about the 3rd quarter of the 20th Century) the protracted genocide of Native American peoples. Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College Make a Small Loan, Make a Big Difference - Check out Kiva.or

Re: [tips] allowing infants to cry

2008-06-17 Thread Drnanjo
How about us telling you to do that? Shut up, Michael. Yeah, it is going to be about as effective as telling the infant to do that. But you deserve it much, much more. Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College. Long Beach CA Make a Small Loan, Make a Big Difference - Check out Kiva.org to Le

Re: [tips] Asch conformity replication

2008-06-14 Thread drnanjo
It's a fairy tale we (Americans) continually like to tell ourselves...that we are rugged individualists and mavericks. There is a difference between the cultural emphasis (which there is, compared to, let's say, the collectivist emphasis in China) and actual behavior. I am sure that people in

Re: [tips] Tipsters at the AP reading in KC

2008-06-02 Thread Drnanjo
I don't necessarily want to be tied to the "free" night anyway. I hope we can find a night we all agree on. The food's OK but I don't think we'll be missing anything special if we skip one free dinner. And I wasn't planning on a super-expensive restaurant so I think we should all be able to

[tips] Tipsters at the AP reading in KC

2008-06-02 Thread Drnanjo
Hi. Any tipsters who'll be reading for the College Board in Kansas City next week, I'd love to organize an expedition away from the cafeteria food served at the reading center to get some other cuisine (is sushi available in KC? Or even just good southern cooking?) and drinks. Let me know

Re: [tips] SAT for selection

2008-05-28 Thread drnanjo
This does not answer my question...I teach my students that their own counting of hits and misses in the natural world is influenced by confirmation bias. I assume that mine is also and by default so is that of my colleagues. With all due respect, I would like some controlled research that verif

Re: [tips] SAT for selection

2008-05-28 Thread drnanjo
I am wondering if we have an empirical basis (research of some type) for the claim that high school GPAs are inflated. Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College Long Beach CA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Sent: Wed, 28 May 200

Re: [tips] Smith College & Wake Forrest U Drop Entrance Exam Requirement

2008-05-27 Thread drnanjo
Hello, It was written, I just went to my son's HS award ceremonies and the same upper SES students got all the awards.? It is not at all clear to me that including the SATs in the admissions process?fixes the problem you are describing. These families are the ones that not only have access

[tips] Off topic, not appropriate and I don't care

2008-05-12 Thread Drnanjo
Hi, Just wanted to urge you all to check out KIVA _www.Kiva.org_ (http://www.Kiva.org) the charity that organizes, disburses and usually pays back microloans to entrepreneurs in developing nations. I figured this was such a cool undertaking that it was worth the risk that I'll get scol

Re: [tips] Ben Stein on Science

2008-05-03 Thread Drnanjo
That doesn't justify using non-scientific methods in science class. Science and faith do things very differently. Stein and the brigade he is shilling for want to turn science into something it is not. I don't get your point. Scientists have done immoral things (like all other types of peop

Re: [tips] Ben Stein on Science

2008-05-03 Thread Drnanjo
In this case it's not the issue...it's a red herring. We are trying to use science to explain how life began and changes, and we kept getting side tracked by the issue of whether science provides a moral code. Explanations of life and its origins for science class. Moral codes and ethics fo

Re: [tips] Ben Stein on Science

2008-05-03 Thread Drnanjo
Hi, This person is (to some extent) an well-paid entertainer, as popular with right wing folks as Al Franken (who can also be quite tiresome) is with liberals. I wonder if money clouds people's judgment. It would seem to me perfectly clear to most educated folk that if you introduce supern

[tips] Loss of sense of smell

2008-04-29 Thread Drnanjo
For those of you who teach sensation and perception, the 4/29 installment of this program _http://thestory.org/_ (http://thestory.org/) on NPR has an interview with a woman who temporarily lost her sense of smell after a car accident. There is a link to her blog also (Molly Birnbaum).

Re: [tips] .05 and .01

2008-04-25 Thread Drnanjo
It's just a way for him to insult and disrespect/patronize us. I am so sick of his reverse-racist nonsense. Wasn't there a farewell that was issued? When is he going to follow through on that and go away? He adds nothing to this list and brings us all down. Not being nice - Nancy Melucci

Re: [tips] Russian women/set point theory

2008-04-13 Thread Drnanjo
As if there was something more accurate - and virtuous about stereotyping all of Russia. It's like a tiny little homogenous town, right? Not a big, diverse country like the former Soviet Union. The Soviet Union was NOT that long ago - an eye blink in the long history of humanity. It's abs

Re: [tips] Split-Brain question

2008-04-13 Thread Drnanjo
Joe, a patient of Dr. Gazzaniga who appears in a couple of videos, does not have any problems with these things. Transcript - the Man with Two Brains _http://www.pbs.org/saf/transcripts/transcript703.htm_ (http://www.pbs.org/saf/transcripts/transcript703.htm) NJM In a message dated 4/

Re: [tips] Violence & video games

2008-04-06 Thread Drnanjo
Hi, I also wonder about the role that the prospect of fame plays in facilitating these crimes. A media orgy follows ever single mass shooting. Those with tendencies and enough anger may be inspired. It's vicarious reinforcement. I wish there were a way to temper our free press with a modicu

Re: [tips] Politician's Wives & female sexuality

2008-03-17 Thread Drnanjo
Hi, I dunno about the "Bussian Hypothesis". Sometimes I wonder if guys "believe" it because it is comforting to them and not because it is true. OK the following is based, admittedly on casual observation NOT rigorous scientific inquiry. On the other hand, keep in mind that most evolution

Re: [tips] Harris 1995 [Was Nurture assumption]

2008-03-16 Thread Drnanjo
Hi, Another thing that doesn't get mentioned is that it's not parents VERSUS peers (any more than it's nature versus nurture). Since who the parents are (SES and other socio-cultural factors) as well as decisions that they make (like where we go to school) influence the type of peers to wh

Re: [tips] Politician's Wives

2008-03-16 Thread Drnanjo
Hi An opinion - In general and historically I think that women are aware of the greater expectation that they will put up with sexual infidelity more readily than men will...and there is probably some resentment of that double standard. Just a guess based on casual observation, not a sci

Re: [tips] Sleep question

2008-03-03 Thread drnanjo
Stage 4 for normal sleep walking in children and adolescents. Sleep walking is not normal at any stage for adults and is usually related to polydrugging, sleep deprivation and using Ambien - off label and sometimes according to directions. We cycle 1 2 3 4 3 2 REM 2 3 4 3 REM 2 3 2 REM 2 REM 2

Re: [tips] Unwanted student attention

2008-03-01 Thread drnanjo
I wasn't going to show anything to anyone at this time, just write back in a calm tone the next time she writes along the lines that Linda and others have suggested, clarifying the boundaries of the relationship. If the response is hostile or otherwise disturbing, I'll take it from there (after

Re: [tips] Unwanted student attention

2008-03-01 Thread drnanjo
Yes I am leaning toward a modified version of the response Linda suggested with some of the points you are making in mind.It's important for me to both weigh in my feelings AND not overreact - some stalking-like behaviors are stalking and some are more like over enthusiasm/social naivete. Thank

Re: [tips] Unwanted student attention

2008-02-29 Thread drnanjo
Hi? - I think I need help. I don't?want to do anything to make this worse. Maybe I'll join the bad day club if I manage to do that. I had a very enthusiastic and dedicated female student, close to my age, in my Fall 2007 Intro Psych class at Long Beach City. At the end of the term she thanked

Re: [tips] Doubt about antidepressants

2008-02-25 Thread drnanjo
Hi, I am having such strong feelings about this right now (yes - get the pill script stat!) I don't doubt that for some people the results are life-saving. For a small number only though - I believe we have gone overboard - not just with finding new things to medicate ("limerence" as I mentione

Re: [tips] Psychological theories that are well known but useless and vice ve...

2008-02-17 Thread Drnanjo
I agree that a lot of stuff in personality theories texts is flimsy. But I think there has been more than one demonstration that situational factors play a role...a greater role than personality...in influencing human behavior. The Stanford experiment, along with Milgram, Asch and a few other

Re: [tips] Psychological theories that are well known but useless and vice ve...

2008-02-17 Thread Drnanjo
Hi, It would help if everyone would specify into which basket they were putting their theories. Groupthink has come up in discussions of how we ended up in Iraq, and the SPS in the sentencing of the guards from Abu Ghraib (sp?)...but my impression that they are well known could be based o

Re: [tips] Psychological theories that are well known but useless and vice ve...

2008-02-16 Thread Drnanjo
"Groupthink and the Zimbardo prison study come most readily to mind." Gary OK...are these useless? Because they are well knownbut I would beg to differ about their uselessness, especially since we've seen the dynamics illustrated by both at work in government and foreign policy decisi

Re:[tips] I'm an idiot

2008-02-16 Thread Drnanjo
_http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/184_ (http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/184) D'oh "Homer" Melucci **The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. Go to AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp0030002565) --- To mak

[tips] Ramachandran video

2008-02-16 Thread Drnanjo
Hi all, One of my online students shared this video clip with me, and I thought I'd pass it on in case any of you can use it. Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College Long Beach CA **The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. Go to AOL Music. (http:/

Re: [tips] Audio online accommodations for a visually disabled student

2008-02-11 Thread Drnanjo
She probably does, but I thought I could also supply some additional materials for her. Thanks. NJM In a message dated 2/10/2008 9:36:33 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Nancy Firstly, does the student not use a screen reader? As then most websites become avail

[tips] Audio online accommodations for a visually disabled student

2008-02-10 Thread Drnanjo
Hello again, This time I email not to whine but to ask for help. I have a student with a visual impairment in one of my online introductory psychology classes - I was wondering if any of you could recommend educational web sites relevant to intro psych that have audio features or enhancemen

[tips] I think Szasz is right

2008-02-09 Thread Drnanjo
Hello, Folks, please read this, and then tell me: Doesn't this really begin to look like the role of mental health professionals/treatment is morphing from diagnosing-treating-preventing pathology into diagnosing-treating-preventing us from being human? I've been troubled by more than on

[tips] Help from a human sexuality instructor

2008-01-02 Thread Drnanjo
Hi, My winter term human sexuality class begins today and I cannot find my CD ROM with powerpoint slides on it. I need the anatomical slides for male and female reproductive systems/genitalia for my lecture - Q&A session next week and was wondering if anyone on the list had PPTs of those s

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