rape debate

2000-02-17 Thread Dr. Joyce Johnson
> >> >> >>> FAIR-L >> >>> Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting >> >>>Media analysis, critiques and news reports >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>>ACTION ALERT from FAIR's Women's Desk: >> >>>In rape debate, NBC prioritizes controvers

Re: Cocaine Papers?

2000-02-17 Thread Ron Blue
While I do not address the specifics of cocaine addiction the opponent-process model of emotions is clearly related to this topic. Direct your friend to my WEB site and Correlational Opponent Processing. Ron Blue http://msnhomepages.talkcity.com/LaGrangeLn/ronaldblue/index.html Correlational Opp

the big question

2000-02-17 Thread Hetzel, Roderick
Hi everyone: Here's a question for you. This was asked by one of my Introductory Psychology students and thought I would pass it on to the list: What do you consider to be the biggest problem or challenge facing psychology today? Any thoughts? Rod R

Student Responsibility and Assignment Length

2000-02-17 Thread Keith Maxwell
At 06:44 PM 2/16/2000 GMT, Richard Pisacreta wrote: >It takes work but my solution to students not doing assigned readings and >just cramming for tests goes like this. Tipsters, I have not followed the entire thread on student responsibility so I apologize if I am treading plowed ground h

Re: questions on acetylcholine & serotonin

2000-02-17 Thread David
On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Matthew Raney went: > I had a student ask what the effects of significantly high levels of > serotonin might be, and wasn't quite sure. I think the best answer is another question: "High levels of serotonin _in what place_, affecting _which receptors_?" It's usually not inf

Motor-neuron disorder

2000-02-17 Thread Jeff Ricker
A student asked me about something called "motor-neuron disorder" and looked quite surprised when I said I had never heard this term before. She said that Sarah Ferguson was an honorary chairperson (or something like this) of a foundation for the study of this "disorder." My guess was that this wa

Re: High levels of serotonin?

2000-02-17 Thread ANN MUIR THOMAS
On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Matthew Raney wrote: > I had a student ask what the effects of significantly high levels of > serotonin might be, and wasn't quite sure. Does anyone know, or know of > some reference where I might learn what the effects would be? Here are a few things, based on a quickie we

High levels of serotonin?

2000-02-17 Thread Matthew Raney
Hey, all, I had a student ask what the effects of significantly high levels of serotonin might be, and wasn't quite sure. Does anyone know, or know of some reference where I might learn what the effects would be? Thanks! Matt Raney *

Fw: NAMI E-News All Presidential Candidates Except Sen. John McCain Support Coverage for Brain Disorders

2000-02-17 Thread Molly Straight
> > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 02:19 PM > Subject: NAMI E-News All Presidential Candidates Except Sen. John McCain > Support Coverage for Brain Disorders > > > > ___

RE: Are female prof's treated differently than male prof's?

2000-02-17 Thread Ballard, John
Retta Poe wrote: > If male students perceive the same behavior differently when it is > attributed to a male prof than when it is attributed to a female prof, > then it seems reasonable to me to hypothesize that perhap students (male > students?) treat their male and female prof's differently. I

Re: Conservatism/liberalism scale

2000-02-17 Thread John W. Kulig
If you receive private replies, I'd love to see them posted to the entire group, as I am "on the lookout" for these scales. One can also check in the Directory of Unpublished Mental Measures (APA Publication) which most libraries have. Thanks. JK. "DAP Louw (Sielkunde)" wrote: > Tipsters > > A

Question regarding acetylcholine (ACh) and sleep

2000-02-17 Thread Jean Edwards
Hi all...   My general understanding of ACh is that when production of this neurotransmitter is blocked or receptors are prevented from receiving it, then, in the worse case scenario, paralysis could occur ( as in curare). Over production of ACh, I've read is associated with muscle contracti

Re: Conservatism/liberalism scale

2000-02-17 Thread David Wasieleski, Ph.D.
I'd recommend that he take a look at the last book published by Robert Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter (1996, Harvard University Press), which continues his work on Right Wing Authoritarianism. He addresses this dimension in both a political and broader sense, and I believe he addresses the r

vitamin C: "the first known vitaminergic neurotransmitter"

2000-02-17 Thread David
Geez, is there anything that ISN'T a neurotransmitter these days? --David Epstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sharada Karanth, Wen H. Yu, Anna Walczewska, Claudio Mastronardi, and Samuel M. McCann. Ascorbic acid acts as an inhibitory transmitter in the hypothalamus to inhibit stimulated luteinizing hor

Conservatism/liberalism scale

2000-02-17 Thread DAP Louw (Sielkunde)
Tipsters A colleague is looking for a scale that measures conservatism- liberalism (not in the political sense of the word but as in general life values). He wants to find out whether there is a correlation with humor. Can anybody help? Thanks Dap Louw *

Mini Media Alert

2000-02-17 Thread Jeffrey Nagelbush
Today (Thursday, Feb. 17), All Things Considered, on NPR will be doing a segment on cheating among college students. The segment apparently will report the results of a survey of college students. I am not sure that I am up to listening, butI thought some on the list might be interested. Jef