Yeah Robin for remembering this one! I actually have it in the bathroom as
reading material for my teen-aged son, who thinks he doesn't like
school. You'd
be surprised the education he gets in the 'library' at home!
Annette
Quoting Robin Abrahams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Jeffry Ricker <[EMAIL
Jeffry Ricker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thus, there really is nothing that cannot be discussed in my psychology courses (except for the psychology of extraterrestrials and teapots, as well as the psychology of extraterrestrial teapots).Jeffry--You evidently have never seen the cover
On Mar 26, 2006, at 4:11 PM, Louis Schmier wrote:Jeff, I was being serious. JIn a way, so was I. It seems to me that "psychology" has become a "one-size-fits-all" kind of category. Anything to do with mind and behavior is accepted as a part of psychology. Lay people, in particular, think of psychol
Jeff, I was being serious. J
Make it a good day.
--Louis--
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On Mar 26, 2006, at 3:41 PM, Jeffry Ricker wrote:Extraterrestrial PsychologyOh, I forgot one: the psychology of tea pots. Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D.ChairDivision of Social & Behavioral Sciences-
On Mar 26, 2006, at 2:29 PM, Louis Schmier wrote:what material is not acceptable, universally unacceptable, in your discipline?Extraterrestrial Psychology Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D.ChairDivision of Social & Behavioral Sciences
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To: Teaching in the Psychological
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Subject: RE: Mind, Body, Spirit in
Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry
Gary,
I would take issue with you. A discussion of the holocaust as a hoax does
take place in the holocaust classes I teach. I would think a sim
Gary, I would take issue with you. A
discussion of the holocaust as a hoax does take place in the holocaust classes
I teach. I would think a similar discussion on intelligent design,
especially since our democracy is based on it—“endowed by their
Creator”—would take place in a biology cla
I am not sure whether or not this would address the concerns of your specific
student, but I have found that a small window of personal (rather than
intellectual) understanding goes a long way.
I ALWAYS assign the book, Undercurrents: A life beneath the surface by Martha
Manning, when I teach
: Louis Schmier
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Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 3:35
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To: Teaching in the Psychological
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Subject: RE: Mind, Body, Spirit in
Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry
Martin, I
meant no slight. I sought a clarification, but you answered the
question. Do I dete
Martin, I meant no slight. I sought a
clarification, but you answered the question. Do I detect a potential bias of
what the professor deems acceptable or unacceptable psychology. If that’s
the case, then there’s a subjectivism in the teaching of psych. Of
course, that’s true in any di
Title: RE: Mind, Body, Spirit in Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry
Christopher, teach what? Everything that occurs in the name of psychology or only that
which the professor accepts as proper psychology?
--Louis--
Louis Sch
Christopher Green wrote:
> As a teacher of the subject, you are not obliged to justify, to each and
> every person's satisfaction, everything that takes place in the name of
> psychology. You are only required to teach it. As students, they are not
> obliged to accept everything that takes pla
Jeffry Ricker wrote:
My question (which I know has been discussed in the past with respect
to other topics): how would you have dealt with this student's
rejection of a scientific approach to treating mental disorders?
As a teacher of the subject, you are not obliged to justify, to each and
Jeffry Ricker wrote
"The other day in my abnormal-psychology course, I taught about the uses of ECT
for the treatment of mental disorders. It turned out that what really
was bothering the student is that "science" does not take into account the
whole person, especially the spiritual asp
This always seems to come up in Abnormal psychology and my typical response is first the "psychology is a science" argument, and if that doesn't suffice, then I turn the discussion as to how almost all medications, vaccinations, etc. have a certain level of possible of fatality, but that doesn't pr
Hi
Jeff. Something that has worked for me personally and that I also used with
those students who raise these issues in class is that one needs to attempt to
compartmentalize our personal dualistic views with professional/scientific ones.
Science is materialism, period. Because many of us ar
The other day in my abnormal-psychology course, I taught about the uses of ECT for the treatment of mental disorders. I stated that ECT is used to treat major depressive episodes in those with psychosis, those who are nonresponsive to antidepressant medications, those who are highly suicidal, and a
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