RE: Transpersonal Psychology?

2000-03-10 Thread Jim Clark
Hi On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Rick Adams wrote: > Jim wrote: > > Transpersonal psychology, as far as I can tell, is the latest > > incarnation of much that is anti-scientific about the broader > > field of psychology. It seems to be some combination of > Now be nice, Jim. Being "nice" is what g

Re: Privacy Issue

2000-03-10 Thread George D. Goedel
>At 5:22 AM -0800 3/10/00, Jeffrey Nagelbush wrote: >>I have a number of high school students in my Introduction to Psychology >>class. The mother of one who is not doing as well as she would like has >>sent me an email about her daughter. I am reluctant to discuss her >>daughter's progress due

Re: Alternative ways of knowing (AWK)

2000-03-10 Thread Jeff Ricker
Michael J. Kane wrote: > My question is: If we allow for alternative ways of knowing > (AWK) into our psychology curricula, then why not allow > religious (mainstream or otherwise) views on human and > universal origins to enter biology and physical science > curricula? > > Why is it okay to all

RE: Alternative ways of knowing (AWK)

2000-03-10 Thread Paul C. Smith
Michael J. Kane wrote: > Yesterday morning's CNN on-line poll asked how the origin > of humans should be taught in science classes (I don't believe > it specified whether the classes were primary, secondary, or > post-secondary classes). The choices were to teach > creationism (presumably Biblica

Re: Alternative ways of knowing (AWK)

2000-03-10 Thread Michael J. Kane
Yes, Ken, you're absolutely right. A majority wanted at least some creationism in science courses; almost 20% want ONLY creationism! And that's in an **on-line** poll ! -Mike * Michael J. Kane Psychology Department Georgia State University U

FW: William James and dope

2000-03-10 Thread Al Cone
Dear Professor Schultz, The teaching of Psychology listserve, in the process of discussing William James' use of nitrous oxide, included the following. I'm sure the list would interested in why the classic poem was deleted as well any other comments you may have to make. Al L. Cone, Ph.D.

RE: Transpersonal Psychology?

2000-03-10 Thread Paul Brandon
At 2:02 AM -0500 3/3/00, Rick Adams wrote: >Jim wrote: > >> Transpersonal psychology, as far as I can tell, is the latest >> incarnation of much that is anti-scientific about the broader >> field of psychology. It seems to be some combination of >> parapsychology, humanistic psychology, Jungian p

Re: Alternative ways of knowing (AWK)

2000-03-10 Thread Kenneth M. Steele
On Fri, 10 Mar 2000 09:29:06 -0500 "Michael J. Kane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yesterday morning's CNN on-line poll asked how the origin > of humans should be taught in science classes (I don't believe > it specified whether the classes were primary, secondary, or > post-secondary classe

Re: Privacy Issue

2000-03-10 Thread Paul Brandon
At 5:22 AM -0800 3/10/00, Jeffrey Nagelbush wrote: >I have a number of high school students in my Introduction to Psychology >class. The mother of one who is not doing as well as she would like has >sent me an email about her daughter. I am reluctant to discuss her >daughter's progress due to th

Digest option/slow mail

2000-03-10 Thread Bill Southerly
Tipsters, The digest version of TIPS seems to be working again for those who switched because of problems with the Digest and may wish to switch back. In regard to slow mail, this was related to the digest problem which is the result of the hacker we had in our system at the beginning of the new

Lost URL

2000-03-10 Thread Al Cone
Folks, Some how I've deleted the TIPs URL. Would someone please forward it to me. Thanks in advance. Al L. Cone Jamestown College <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> North Dakota 701.252.3467 X 2604 http://www.jc.edu/users/faculty/cone The Internet is democracy at its ugliest. Apologies to Paddy Chayefsky

RE: William James does dope

2000-03-10 Thread Tim Shearon
Al Deed it does. :) See The Moral Equivalent of war at: http://www.emory.edu/EDUCATION/mfp/moral.html And the quote is separately referenced at: http://www.emory.edu/EDUCATION/mfp/tenderness.html It is there. There is just so much it is hard to find anything in particular! Tim >Tim, et al., >A

Re: William James and dope

2000-03-10 Thread John Serafin
Yesterday, Jim Dougan asked about origins of the following verse, attributed to William James while under the influence of nitrous oxide: > > Higamous Hogamous woman's monogamous > Hogamous Higamous man is polygamous > This bugged me, because I knew I had also heard the story, and was virtuall

Alternative ways of knowing (AWK)

2000-03-10 Thread Michael J. Kane
My thoughts below were in part prompted by Jeff Ricker's postings on Transpersonal Psychology. Yesterday morning's CNN on-line poll asked how the origin of humans should be taught in science classes (I don't believe it specified whether the classes were primary, secondary, or post-secondary cla

Re: Mysterious missing messages

2000-03-10 Thread SNRandall
In a message dated 3/10/2000 9:19:12 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Subj: Mysterious missing messages Date: 3/10/2000 9:19:12 AM Eastern Standard Time From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stephen Black) Sender:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stephen Blac

Multiple postings

2000-03-10 Thread Jeff Ricker
Hi all, I'm very sorry about the multiple postings. For each one, I waited over 24 hours before resending the message. For the last post, I retyped it and shortened it a bit because I thought that length might be a problem and perhaps there was something in the message itself which was causing it

RE: Transpersonal Psychology?

2000-03-10 Thread Dr. Kristina Lewis
And I've gotten this one at least 3 times. What gives? Kris > -- > From: Rick Adams[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: Rick Adams > Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2000 10:14 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Transpersonal Psychology? > > For some rea

Mysterious missing messages

2000-03-10 Thread Stephen Black
At least we have a topic that everyone can relate to. It seems that: a) we have a problem with delayed posts b) the posts eventually show up, but... b) the problem is made worse when people repost...and repost... So here's my First Rule of Cyberspace: Never assume your post is lost, only del

RE: Research methods in transpersonal psychology

2000-03-10 Thread Dr. Kristina Lewis
Well this is at least the 4th or 5th time I've gotten it!! > -- > From: Jeff Ricker[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: Jeff Ricker > Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 9:34 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Research methods in transpersonal psychology > > I'm

Divorce effects

2000-03-10 Thread Tasha Howe
It is important to consider family functioning variables and control for them in any analysis of the effects of divorce. As another tipster also pointed out, you need similarly functioning or matched non-divorced families as a control group. Mavis Hetherington probably does the best science on div

Privace Issue

2000-03-10 Thread Jeffrey Nagelbush
I have a number of high school students in my Introduction to Psychology class. The mother of one who is not doing as well as she would like has sent me an email about her daughter. I am reluctant to discuss her daughter's progress due to the legal issues. However, her mom argued that, sinc

Re: Utterly off-topic test post

2000-03-10 Thread Jim Clark
Hi On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Paul C. Smith wrote: > Just for a test, sending this at 5:08 AM CST, 3/10. Let's see when it > appears. I wonder if length of message is contributing. It seems that longer messages may be delayed. It also looks to me like it might be on the receiving end. Some messages

Utterly off-topic test post

2000-03-10 Thread Paul C. Smith
Just for a test, sending this at 5:08 AM CST, 3/10. Let's see when it appears. If you've ever wondered what makes Wisconsinites act like they do, here's the answer. On Tuesday it was sunny and about 80 degrees Fahrenheit. On Wednesday a tornado a few blocks down left my grocery store looking like

Re: "distance learning"

2000-03-10 Thread Jorge Alvoeiro
Hi all, Perhaps one of the oldest University teaching "distance learning" is the Open University in England (UK). Everything is done through programs presented on the TV and the students receive/buy additional printed/video information. Neverthless one problem they had to come to terms with was

Re: psych grad/career web sites

2000-03-10 Thread Matthew Raney
> explore related fields. If you have some sites that you or your students > have found particularly valuable, drop me a note or post it. Here are some > I found worth having my students check out: http://www.psychwww.com/careers/index.htm This is "Marky Lloyd's Careers in Psychology P

Margaret Mead sources (long list)

2000-03-10 Thread Beth Benoit
Title: Margaret Mead sources (long list) This is a bit of a tease (sorry, Stephen!) but here are headlines and titles of Margaret Mead sources.  I clicked on a few but there were charges for each, so.  If anyone wants to shell out a few coins to find the real stuff, we at TIPS will be happy

William James does dope

2000-03-10 Thread Stephen Black
> > Michael Sylvester wrote: > > > did really William James do dope? something about him inhaling nitrous > > oxide? > > Yes, indeed. He recommended it as an aid to understanding Hegel (really!) Here's part of what he had to say while stoned: "Some observations of the effects of nitrous-oxid

Slow posts: Fwd: A Report Card for Higher Ed

2000-03-10 Thread SNRandall
These posts (sent last week) still haven't shown up on TIPS. . . lost somewhere in space! Sandra Nagel Randall Saginaw Valley State University Univeristy Center, MI In a message dated 3/1/2000 3:29:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, SNRandall writes: << [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent this message y