Please pass along the following announcement to anyone who may be qualified and
interested. It will be advertised presently, but we would like as many folks as
possible to know of it as soon as possible.
Assistant Professor, Psychology: Full-time, tenure-track position at
the University of North
Ok, ok, I know it's EVIL for us to share student excuses for the sheer
humor of it, but this is a new one on me. I have a graduate student (in a
professional ethics course, no less!) who missed her exam (allegedly) due
to illness (the "allegedly" would take three pages to explain). Anyway, she
Having recently shown the NOVA video, "Secret of the Wild Child", I wanted
to give my students some additional information if possible. Dr. Susan
Curtiss was generous enough to answer my questions. Here is the latest on
Genie:
1. Genie is in an Adult Care Facility that Dr. Curtiss describes
I pulled this one off the shelf: Adams, Douglas (1986). _ The
More Than Complete Hitchhiker's Guide _. This is an anthology
containing all 5 books in the "trilogy" as of 1986. I don't know
if he has added to the trilogy since then.
1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2. The Restaurant at
Actually, David, the fifth book is already out. In 1992 Douglas Adams
published "Mostly Harmless" which was billed as "the fifth book in the
increasingly inaccurately named 'Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy' trilogy.
I'm not sure where you can pick up a copy any more, but it does answer ALL
Hi TIPSters
Does anyone have any suggestions for textbooks or course material for a
course on the Psychology of Interpersonal Relationships? This is an
introductory study of psychological information concerning intra- and
interpersonal processes in every day human interactions. This course
On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Jeff Ricker went:
A colleague of mine has questions about the physiological and
neurological effects of cocaine. He would like to know if there is a
source that presents information on this topic in a form that can be
understood by nonspecialists. Can anyone help?
NIDA
I just heard an interesting claim from a colleague that there isn't
enough empirical research on men to support a real under-grad class
in gender differences. This was in support of a comment that the
class "sex differences" should be replaced with a class titled
"Psychology of Women." I
I don't have any empirical data for this, however (and isn't there always a
however with that type of intro...) when my son was born prematurely, the
NICU nurses told my wife and I that sometimes the babies had difficulty
breathing (I assumed due to physical development problems) and had to be
Jean: It's possible the physican meant apnea - but didn't use the term.
Physicans with large patient loads sometimes get into the habit of dumbing
down their language. I'll never forget the lecture I once received from
a physican (genetics expert) who described our chromosomes as 46 people
Hi all - I have run into a road block with my colleagues. I have
exhausted my vocabulary in explaining the difference between "biological
psyc," "physiological psyc," and "neuropsyc." I know some places use
them interchangeably and some actually offer a course in each of the 3.
I've described
On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Dani' Raap went:
exhausted my vocabulary in explaining the difference between "biological
psyc," "physiological psyc,"
I consider those two terms synonymous. Synonymous and _very broad_.
Either one refers to the whole panoply of human and nonhuman work you
see covered
On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Jean Edwards wrote:
This must be my semester for the weird stuff. Today, in relation
to the brain and the breathing reflex, a couple of students
informed me that babies "forget" to breathe. I mentioned SIDS..
nope that wasn't it. I mentioned sleep apnea.. nope, not
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