Good morning. The weather seems to perch carelessly on the
denuded branches of the pecan, oak and dogwood trees. There is a
welcoming nip aimlessly floating in the air, enough to be kind to
breathing and moving. There's a crystal brightness to the darkness that is
friendly to thinking
Pathology, unfortunately, may be an issue. As I understand criteria from
national bodies, counselors are supposed to possess the kind of emotional
stability that their clients presumably lack. Our experience with masters level
counseling applicants (and occasionally students) is that indeed
OK, I'm an optimist here. I assume that people are not going to steal even
when something is open and available. David is constantly telling me to
lock stuff up, but I don't. In my world, if it's mine, then no one has the
right to get in my office, car, etc., and take it locked or unlocked.
Screening candidates for pathology before admitting them into a graduate program
for mental health professionals appears a responsible admissions criteria. We
use personal interviews with 3 different clinical faculty for our short list
applicants and look for interpersonal skills, maturity and a
I had a student laughingly tell the class about taking toilet paper from
store and restaurant bathrooms because she and her apartment mate did not
have much $. I told her that I hoped no one was stealing from my store
bathroom. (I own a retail store.) I was providing a bathroom as a customer
I'm curious as to what people think about the ethics of screening for
pathology in potential mental health professionals. Would this constitute
a form of discrimination against such folks? Could it also be
counterproductive? (i.e., I've known people who were strongly motivated
to enter the
Hi gang,
Just a quick comment - many professionals are of the considered opinion that a good counselor or therapist really ought to have experienced counseling or therapy in order to be competent practicioners. Yet I had peers in graduate school who claimed proudly that they never had been in
This thread is really starting to scare me.
First, as Bob Hill points out, how reliable are any of these measures at
predicting any kind of meaningful behavior? How much of the variance can
they account for in such a complex task as being a good counselor or
clinician?
Second, it seems that you
From: "Roderick D. Hetzel" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Vivid teaching moment: Benevolent schizophrenia?
Hi everyone:
I've appreciated the posts on vivid teaching moments, but wanted to share
my thoughts about the last post.
How come whenever people start talking about faith, they
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 12:42:34 -0600
From: Mike Scoles [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jim Guinee wrote:
I believe it was Szasz, not Tomlin!
I don't have a relevant comment, but it made me think of the latest
quote in my signature block.
"Why is it when we talk to God we're praying,
but
I find it fascinating how views are developed without regards to the
research literature. I would think one could find literature on the
utility of interviews for graduate school applicants in the I/O or
clinical arenas? Also, the utility of various questionnaires should be
out there
So, you'll find that, based on research, extrinsics are much more likely than
intrinsics to approach religion from a fear-based perspective. And this is
usually a very shallow, superficial religiosity, that tends to destruct quite
easily.
If that were the case, how would
This thread makes me curious about the vocational-deficiency
hypothesis.According to the deficiency hypothesis,some people
may choose careers that reflect what may be lacking in
their personality types. For examples: doctors have a fear of
dying hence they choose to save lives; people go into
Some of the arguments put forward by Gore and Bush reminds me
of Skinner's piece on the notion of control.If my memory serves
me right,Skinner was for the idea of control,but he did think
it to be an issue as to if we should be controlled by the
government,the state or ourselves.
I have my beef
Just got a notice that Jo-Ellen Dimitrius will be speaking on campus
next week.
She has been alleged to be a Jury Selection Psychologist and can assist
in picking the appropriate jurors that would tint towards her
representative attorney's position.
Any info as to if her selections are
I am trying to find a place to insert some of the ideas of Bertrand
Russell re the History of Psychology.
He would fit into the British empiricist tradition (as John Locke),
but I have some doubts as to if he was a determinist as
would seem appropriate for the Behavioristic and Psychoanalytic
Tipsters, a former student of ours who now works designing web-based products
has asked for a recommendation for an entry level textbook in the area of human
factors. Does anyone have any experience with such a texts? I imagine that a
human factors text that emphasizes human-computer-software
Dears Tipsters:
I am a psychologist working in The School of
Medicine
in The Gambia.
Perhaps, you know that this country is one of the
poorer ones in Africa and we are attempting to set
up
this institution here.
This project involves a little group of lecturers
from
different
Some of the arguments put forward by Gore and Bush reminds me
of Skinner's piece on the notion of control.If my memory serves
me right,Skinner was for the idea of control,but he did think
it to be an issue as to if we should be controlled by the
government,the state or ourselves.
No.
Skinner
Bertrand Russell, the English philosopher, mathematician, writer, and
winner of the 1950 Nobel Prize for Literature, has written the following
about behaviorists and behavior modification:
"The Sentimentalist will say that if you really cared about the
sufferings of others,
On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Stephen Black wrote:
Aside from the speculative application to alleged differences in
the way the sexes think, a debate has been raging concerning
corpus callosal differences between men and women. Kolb and
Whishaw (3rd ed. 1990, and there's probably a newer edition
Miguel
There are a couple of books your former student can take a look at. The most
comprehensive human factors textbook is by McCormick and Sanders (1992)
Human Factors Engineering and Design McGraw Hill. Another introductory text
book is Wickens, Gordon Liu (1998) An Introduction to Human
I contacted the reporter. according to him, the story is
true.
At 08:41 PM 10/30/00 -0500, Beth Benoit
wrote:
Ever influenced by my skepticism (and probably too much time spent
reading The Straight Dope and checking out the Urban Legend website
[www.snopes.com]) I
did some searching and finally
TIPSters,
Recently, I have received a number of posts that have been sent to the
wrong address. Please remember that ALL POSTS MEANT FOR THE GROUP
SHOULD BE SENT TO:
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This is true regardless of whether you receive the digested version of
TIPS or not.
If you need to see
So, you'll find that, based on research, extrinsics are much more likely than
intrinsics to approach religion from a fear-based perspective. And this is
usually a very shallow, superficial religiosity, that tends to destruct quite
easily.
If that were the case, how
Everyone,
I wonder if clinical interviews are better predictors of success among mental health
professionals than standardized measures of personality. I know that those measures
aren't validated with respect to counselor success, but I also worry about the
accuracy of clinical (vs. actuarial)
Hi
There is a high rate of use of therapy among clinical graduate
students. Holzman et al (1996) obtained a figure of 75% based on
the replies of over 1,000 students in APA-certified clinical
programs (50% of participants replied to the survey). Holzman et
al. also noted that, despite
Hi everyone:
Thanks for your advice and suggestions on how to handle the student situation.
Because many of you have asked me to pass along any responses to my post, let
me provide a brief summary.
The majority of the non-clinical psychologists who responded stated that they
usually take
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