FW: Search for Graduate Dean

2000-12-07 Thread Pollak, Edward
If you know of anyone interested in this position, please forward this link to them. http://www.wcupa.edu/scripts/vacancies/zoomm.asp?Notice=01-57 Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, West Chester Univ. of PA, West Chester, PA 19383

Re: office hours

2000-12-07 Thread Jeff Ricker
Dr. Joyce Johnson wrote: 2) Arrange the office furniture so that the student's (visitor's) chair is on the same side of the desk as the teacher's (authority's) chair. Be aware that the desk is seen as a fortress or barrier. Place the desk in such a position that it does not separate you

sense of regret

2000-12-07 Thread Michael Sylvester
I am beginning to regret that I did not require my students to get my ok and approval before doing their book reports. I have students turning in all types of book reports based on the bible and the ten commandments and even Dr.Laura. Are there other similar regrets other tipsters have had?

culture-bound mental disorders

2000-12-07 Thread Jean Edwards
Hi all: Does anyone have any info regarding culture-bound mental disorders? I've found TKS, Koro, and Windigo but would like a few more examples. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, JL Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Jeff Ricker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc:

Psychology meets politics: electoral butterfly effect

2000-12-07 Thread Stephen Black
07 December 2000 Nature 408, 665 - 666 (2000) Psychology: An electoral butterfly effect ROBERT C. SINCLAIR, MELVIN M. MARK, SEAN E. MOORE, CARRIE A. LAVIS ALEXANDER S. SOLDAT Part of the controversy surrounding this year's presidential election in the United States concerns the potential

Re: elevation in the news

2000-12-07 Thread Jim Guinee
From: "Beth Benoit" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: "Elevation" in the news Haidt describes elevation as a distinct emotion that can function as a kind of physical gateway to encourage people to be more social and giving. Again, I stress that this is not a journal article, but rather a nicely

Re: culture-bound mental disorders

2000-12-07 Thread jim clark
Hi On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Jean Edwards wrote: Does anyone have any info regarding culture-bound mental disorders? I've found TKS, Koro, and Windigo but would like a few more examples. Any help would be appreciated. Matsumoto's chapter on Culture and Mental Health also includes: amok, anorexia

Seeing bears, running, and being afraid

2000-12-07 Thread Stephen Black
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Jim Guinee wrote: Am I just naive, or does it seem overly deterministic/mechanistic to argue that physiology drives emotion, and not the other way around? Did someone say "James-Lange"? -Stephen

Re: TIPS: goals for 2001

2000-12-07 Thread Jim Guinee
Cool. Do we all get to vote? From: Michael Sylvester [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Tips:goals for 2001 -- decrease in the Eurocentric model What exactly is the eurocentric model, and in what ways has it been rampant on this listserv? Happy holidays dudes and dudettes. I am going

Re: culture-bound mental disorders

2000-12-07 Thread Donald H. McBurney
I am aware of "latah," which occurs in Malaysia and Indonesia. It involves women who respond to surprise in a social context with vulgarities, etc. See, Bartholemew, R. E. (1995). Culture-bound syndromes as fakery. Skeptical Inquirer, 19(6), 36-41. I would appreciate references to the

Re: culture-bound mental disorders

2000-12-07 Thread Jeff Ricker
Jean Edwards wrote: Does anyone have any info regarding culture-bound mental disorders? I've found TKS, Koro, and Windigo but would like a few more examples. Any help would be appreciated. The DSM-IV has a glossary of culture-bound syndromes that begins on page 844. There also is a good book

Re: sense of regret

2000-12-07 Thread Sharon Carnahan
Oh my goodness, yes. I use a reading list and must approve all non-list books for an extra credit read-and-relate-to-the-text assignment in developmental Psych. I have a child in high school so I am careful to avoid things I know are on HIS reading list! examples: If the Child is Safe No

Re: Seeing bears, running, and being afraid

2000-12-07 Thread Michael Sylvester
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Stephen Black wrote: On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Jim Guinee wrote: Am I just naive, or does it seem overly deterministic/mechanistic to argue that physiology drives emotion, and not the other way around? Did someone say "James-Lange"? -Stephen Why can't they

Re: culture-bound mental disorders

2000-12-07 Thread Michael Sylvester
interestingly,the "mental" is more typified of the West. In non-European cultures key symptoms are more of the "somatotizing" variety or somatotizingly inferred. As the self-proclaimed Cross-cultural dude on this list, I could go and on and provide relevant info on Cross-cultural Psychology. My

psychology carols

2000-12-07 Thread BROMLEYP
Hi--I'm a newcomer to the list, and a new department chair. One of my reasons for joining the list was to get some ideas regarding how I can generate some enthusiasm around here. We're looking at a shrinking pool of potential students overall, (the demographics show dwindling numbers of

Re: culture-bound mental disorders

2000-12-07 Thread Esther Yoder Strahan
Western-style eating disorders should be on this list. Esther At 08:21 AM 12/7/00 -0600, Jean Edwards wrote: Hi all: Does anyone have any info regarding culture-bound mental disorders? I've found TKS, Koro, and Windigo but would like a few more examples. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

RE: Seeing bears, running, and being afraid

2000-12-07 Thread HART_CHRISTIAN
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Stephen Black wrote: Did someone say "James-Lange"? A voice of dissent: I heard someone say Schacter-Singer. (Of course, it's hard to say with all the cannon fire and a bard reciting his sonnets over the din...simultaneously yet!) g Jestfully yours, Christian Hart

Re: psychology carols

2000-12-07 Thread Mike Scoles
Maybe this will give you a starting place: http://cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=1009102367/pagename=/RP/SHARE/soundclip.html/UPC=8122798312/disc=1/track=15/source=wmf -- * http://www.coe.uca.edu/psych/scoles/index.html * Mike Scoles *[EMAIL

RE: culture-bound mental disorders

2000-12-07 Thread HART_CHRISTIAN
There is the appendix covering a variety of culture bound syndromes in the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition). -Original Message- From: Jean Edwards To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12/7/00 6:21 AM Subject: culture-bound mental disorders Hi all:

projecting a grade

2000-12-07 Thread Michael Sylvester
one of my students wanted me to project what grade she will be getting in my course. She said that she needs it for financial aid purposes. She is not doing too well in the course and I do not want her to feel that an assigned grade now will be indicative of her course grade. or should I enter

Re: psychology carols

2000-12-07 Thread Linda M. Woolf, Ph.D.
Hi Pat, Congratulations and condolences on being made department chair! I think the best way to attract students is to put your best teachers in the intro class. Also, invest in some of the APA books on teaching activities and strategies for the department. This will provide your professors

RE: culture-bound mental disorders

2000-12-07 Thread Michael Sylvester
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, HART_CHRISTIAN wrote: There is the appendix covering a variety of culture bound syndromes in the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition). I was under the impression that the DSM was buried. Anyway,would I look for a

Can cats cause mental illness?

2000-12-07 Thread Ron Blue
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,47416,00.html Can cats cause mental illness? Two American scientists have suggested that schizophrenia is caused by a virus found in cats' feces. Jerome Burne reports

Re: TIPS Goals for 2001

2000-12-07 Thread Donald H. McBurney
I resisted responding to the posting on goals for 2001 because M.S. promised to go underground for about a month. Since he didn't, and will presumably get this, my hopes for TIPS in 2001 (I can only set goals for myself) are that we would all post only when we had something worthwhile to offer,

chair as cheerleader

2000-12-07 Thread Gerald Peterson
In addition to the tips already mentioned, I noticed a nice article on "Fostering Collegiality in Psychology Departments" by Drew Appleby and Gopakumar Venugopalan in the latest (V. 13(10) APS publication "Observer." I think this article can serve to establish goals and guidelines by

RE: Office Hours

2000-12-07 Thread Richard Pisacreta
Hi Rip, It struck me that this might give visiting you in your office a negative association... Joe Hatcher Ripon College Not really. I just want to find out what the problem is before its too late. My experience has been that without intervention, 80% of my students get the same grade on

Administrivia: Setting NOMAIL or UNSUBSCRIBING

2000-12-07 Thread Bill Southerly
TIPSters, As many of you leave us for a holiday break, a reminder that instructions for changing your subscription settings to TIPS can be found at the TIPS website at the following address: http://www.frostburg.edu/dept/psyc/southerly/tips/ Have a good break! Best wishes, Bill