Popular Psychology 101

1999-05-13 Thread Pollak, Edward
Based on my advisees' queries reharding career paths this list of topics MUST include: Hannibal Lechter and you: profiling serial killers for fun and profit. ~~ Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. Office (610)436-3151 Professor of Psychology

need advice

1999-05-13 Thread Michael Sylvester
There is a divorcee in one of my classes.Now I have a friend (he is not associated with the college) who has been trying to meet someone. Would it be Ok for me to inroduce this divorcee to to my friend? Am I stepping out of my academic role by being a matchmaker? what are the pros and cons?

Re: Rip's funny signs (humor)

1999-05-13 Thread Pat Cabe
When we lived in Ithaca, NY, there was a trash-hauling company with the following slogan painted on their truck: "Satisfaction guaranteed or double your trash back" (Hey, I gotta get these grades in!!! Quit interrupting me!) ** Patrick Cabe,

Re: Several questions

1999-05-13 Thread Andy Geoghegan
In answer to the the question of whether or not you exist if you do something without thinking, consider this TRUE STORY: A guy went into a bar and saw Descartes sitting at one end of the bar, sipping a coke. He goes over to him and says: "Hey, Rene, I like you work. Can I buy you a beer?"

RE: Did Freud die of a morphine overdose?

1999-05-13 Thread Dr. Kristina Lewis
From the end notes for last chapter of Gay's (1988) biography of Freud (pp.739-740): "The principle source for my pages on Freud's last days is Max Schur's unpublished memorandum "The Medical Case History of Sigmund Freud," dated February 27, 1954. He intended this for the Freud archives and as

behavior management text

1999-05-13 Thread Gerald Henkel-Johnson
I'm receiving feedback from students that they are feeling rather neutral about my current behaviorism text - Malott's "Principles of Behavior." The reason I chose the text is the variety of examples from different disciplines (health and medicine, education, etc.) and the organization of the

Re: Final Exam Question

1999-05-13 Thread Miguel Roig
Help! If anyone has any energy or creativity remaining at this point in the term, I'd like to borrow some of it. I'm writing the final exam for my general psych course would like to include a comprehensive essay question. Your question about a comprehensive essay question has made

RE: humor

1999-05-13 Thread Gary Klatsky
My favorite was in Buffalo when I went to grad school there. Amigone Funeral Home Gary J. Klatsky Department of Psychology[EMAIL PROTECTED] Oswego State University (SUNY) http://www.oswego.edu/~klatsky Oswego, NY 13126

RE: Popular Psychology 101

1999-05-13 Thread Paul C. Smith
Hank Goldstein wrote: For the unit that deals with drugs (substance abuse): Guzzle your way to Nirvana--by Sixpac Chopra I replied: Would that be the follow-up to his famous "Plagiarism for Fun and Profit"? And an unnamed, but well-respected TIPSter asked me off-list: What's the

Re: Several questions

1999-05-13 Thread Annette Taylor
I heard a slightly different version of this, which I include in my lecture on history of cognition and go back to mind/body dualism and descartes: Approaching closing time at his local pub the owner goes up to descartes and asks him if you'd like one more, to which Descartes considers, and

Re: Popular Psychology 101

1999-05-13 Thread Paul C. Smith
RICHARD PISACRETA wrote: Some of us are starting to list boring subjects for students. Lets stick to the important stuff like out of body experiences ESP ghosts reincarnation alien abductions psychic connections bigfoot Then we can recommend our students to graduate schools like

Re: Night lights and myopia

1999-05-13 Thread Gary Peterson
Yes, for me it was that Jesus-Mary-Joseph nite light that was supposed to be protective, but I guess it led to my nearsightedness and an early curiosity about visual illusions (e.g.,autokinetic effect). ;-) Gary Peterson -Original Message- From: Miguel Roig [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: question

1999-05-13 Thread Annette Taylor
On Thu, 13 May 1999, George D. Goedel wrote: Annette, I always say no to this question. I think it depends on how one operationally defines sound. If it is the psychological experience we as humans have to those movements of molecules, then the answer is no. I generally define it as such.

Re: Did Freud die of a morphine overdose?

1999-05-13 Thread Jeff Ricker
Stephen Black wrote: OK, we've got a serious scholarly disagreement here. Kristina Lewis quotes Peter Gay as saying that Freud received three centigrams; Jeff Ricker quotes Max Schur as saying he received two centigrams. Do we take an average, or what? If both were quoted accurately, I have

Re: Night lights and myopia

1999-05-13 Thread Erica Klein
Children who slept with brighter lights might be more likely to be avid readers, hmm? At 12:44 PM 5/13/99 -0500, you wrote: The numbers I saw on CNN indicated 5% of children were myopic of they had no night light, 30%+- were if they had a night light, and 50%+- if they slept with more intense

Re: psych is NOT (just) science

1999-05-13 Thread Gary Peterson
Jim wrote: I do _not_ in the slightest find it unfortunate that students want to learn about themselves and work in professional arenas. There is little point in developing a scientific understanding of human behavior and experience if that knowledge does not get transmitted to people who

RE: Rip's funny signs (humor)

1999-05-13 Thread Paul C. Smith
Dr. Joyce Johnson wrote: Bumper sticker on our campus: Just Say No to Sex with Pro-Lifers I saw one that responds to the "Come the Rapture, this car will be unmanned" sticker sported by some fundamentalists: "Come the Rapture... can I have your car?" Paul Smith Alverno College