Jim Guinee wrote:
> I am neither an expert nor unbiased on this subject, but it
> seems to me that these days anyone who would challenge the prevailing
notion
> that "gays don't change" winds up making a lot of enemies, even in the
> scientific community. The research and discussions have hardly
I couldn't agree more with all that Barbara Watters writes. "Gays don't
change" is hardly defined operationally. I don't really know, but perhaps
many gay men COULD change their behavior. But would their fantasies change?
I presume that the religious zealots funding such research care first abo
The recent discussion on testing strategies for the GREs reminded me
of the strategy to guess 'c' on a multiple-choice exam when in doubt.
What is the root of that strategy, does it have a shred of usefulness,
and who propagates it?
Thanks in advance
Patrick
~
Jim,
"The Truth" reference comes from the link to the web-based report of the paper you
described.
http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/narth/attemptstomodify.html
At the bottom of the report there is the following:
This site is part of the Telling the Truth Project.
Following the link to the "Telling
> Paul,
>
> I tend to get nervous when someone claims to have "The Truth."
While I agree that the topic of changing sexual orientation (in this case from
gay to hetero) is likely to have religious undertones, I don't see in the original
post where the researcher is making claims about "the tru
I had a former student contact me today, following the suicide of her
older sister. She asked if I had any books on suicide, as well as loss
through suicide, that I would recommend. She was quite clear that she
wanted to work through this on her own, without any assistance at this
time.
I'm some
Gene -
We recently acquired a video called "Mother Love" from Carousel Film and
Video, 260 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10001. The cost was $209. Here is the
description:
"This documentary shows how Harry Harlow tested the reactions of newborn
rhesus monkeys to a variety of unusual 'mother
Diana asked : "I'm trying to locate a copy of the program Oprah did on
sexual
reassignment. Any help would be appreciated.."
At the risk of asking the obvious: Have you gone to the Oprah or Harpo
Productions web site?
Ed
Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D., Department
At 5:50 AM -0400 8/28/00, Renner, Michael wrote:
>Hi, TIPsters!
>
>I agree with Paul Smith. The interchange about the history of the terms
>positive and negative reinforcement and punishment would make a nice piece
>for Teaching of Psychology. I have enjoyed this thread and have learned
>things t
Another way to find out about various activities is to ask your book rep.
When we were choosing our intro book, one of the requirements we (as a
dept.) had was that someone was going to come back and run through all of
the available technology so that we would know what was available (and have
som
There is a person at the University Of Missouri (Columbia campus) who
teaches a class designed around this idea. I don't have more info. It was
in an alumni mag. I believe he was in math, not psych.
Michael B. Quanty, Ph.D.
Psychology Professor
Senior Institutional Researcher
Thomas Nelson Com
Hi, TIPsters!
I agree with Paul Smith. The interchange about the history of the terms
positive and negative reinforcement and punishment would make a nice piece
for Teaching of Psychology. I have enjoyed this thread and have learned
things that will be useful in my classes. It's one of those rar
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