Why did Freud lie?

2000-06-01 Thread Jeff Ricker
I saw an interesting review of a book about Sigmund Freud in The _London Review of Books_ (go to: http://www.lrb.co.uk/v22/n08/borc2208.htm). The review, entitled "How a Fabrication Differs from a Lie" was written by Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen. He reviews a book by Han Israƫls, which was published

Therapist statement re: shooting

2000-06-01 Thread Sue Frantz
Hi all, This shooting was reported in today's (Thursday's) NY Times online. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/a/AP-Socialite-Shooting.html What I found particularly interesting was Dittman's (chair of the counseling department) statement, "... and I knew that he was unstable." For those who

Scottish Educational System - Re: Canuck and Brit educational sy

2000-06-01 Thread Stuart Mckelvie
Dear Tipsters, My colleague Stephen Black wrote: Canuck first. Here, education is a provincial responsibility, and nowhere guarded more jealously than in my own province of Quebec, a province more unique (sic) than the others. In the current Quebec system, there are 11 grades after

More on lovely liposuction

2000-06-01 Thread Stephen Black
Joyce Morris contributed some references for me to check out (thanks, Joyce). Here's one that says it all--and little seems to have been done since then. -Stephen 1 : Obes Surg 1993 May;3(2):197-200 Related Articles, Books Operations that are Questionable for Control of Obesity. Fobi MA

stat packages

2000-06-01 Thread Gary Klatsky
Tipsters, We are currently looking to upgrade our statistics software. I was interested in what is being used in other departments. Would you also indicate the number of majors and whether you are in a public or private institution. Thanks Gary Gary J. Klatsky Department of Psychology

Fwd message Re: Canuck and Brit ed. systems

2000-06-01 Thread BIll Southerly
Just a little more on the Canadian educational system, from another province (Nova Scotia). We have 13 years of primary and secondary schooling and there are both 3- and 4-year undergraduate degree programs. The former are usually designated 'general' degrees while 4-year degrees are 'majors'

Info on British degrees

2000-06-01 Thread Claudia Stanny
This discussion has been interesting, but I am still puzzled by these systems. I recently received an e-mail from a former student who just finished a "2:1 Psychology BA" from a University in England. Can anybody explain this to me? (I've asked my student, but haven't heard a reply yet.)

Statistics

2000-06-01 Thread CHRISTOPHER HAKALA
Hi Folks, I teach at a small liberal arts college in PA. Every year, we go through the debate over what to do with statistics. At our school, stats is taught in the math department. My preference would be to do the course in our department. Does anyone know what the national trends are? Where do

Statistics packages request revision

2000-06-01 Thread Gary Klatsky
After reading some of the responses I've received I realized I need to revise my request. I understand that most schools have multiple statistics packages available. I'm interested in whether you use a specific package as part of your statistics/research methods instruction. Our psychology dept

Re: Statistics

2000-06-01 Thread Jessica Le and Luke Dalfiume
Chris, I teach at Eureka College, which is also a small, liberal arts school. Though we would like to teach statistics in our department, it is taught out of the mathematics department, instead. My colleague does, however, teach an advanced statistics course for psychology and other social