RE: Sabbatical from Michael S.

2001-02-12 Thread Rick Adams
Hank wrote: > Since he (Michael S.) obviously has not learned much, except that he can > continue to provoke some of us, why do we keep spending time > responding to > his queeries (the misspelling is intentional!)? I hate us to > take a hiatus > from Michael S., but that's what I'm propo

Sternberg candidacy for APA president

2001-02-12 Thread Dave Myers
TIPS colleagues, Those of you who are APA members will be pleased, I think, to know that Robert Sternberg has indicated his willingness to be a candidate for APA president. Like recent past president Marty Seligman, and president-elect Phil Zimbardo, Bob has made wide-ranging, influential, and p

Long live psychoanalysts

2001-02-12 Thread Weisskirch, Rob
Annette, Jim, Tipsfolk, I thought that the longest lived ethnic population were older, white, Mormon males? Second, my guess of why psychoanalysts live so long is not because of psychoanalysis itself but rather SES. Because they hook patients for a long period of analysis, they are earning high

Developmental Disorders Textbook

2001-02-12 Thread Weisskirch, Rob
Tom and others, I really like the Mash & Wolfe book (Mayfield?). It includes neuroanatomy issues as well as neurotransmitter information, which is not normally included. In addition, I have used the Adolescent Portraits book (Allyn & Bacon?) to demonstrate some normal processes of adolescence.

"Teats equal spinnerets"

2001-02-12 Thread Pollak, Edward
This is a bit off topic but it deserves a read because of the vast implications. FWIW, I told my wife that wasn't fulfilling her full potential. Instead of just nursing our children she could have made me a parachute. > http://www.forbes.com/global/2001/0219/061.html > > > > >

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2001-02-12 Thread WendlerAM
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Sabbatical from Michael S.

2001-02-12 Thread Hank Goldstein
Hello All, I've been on sabbatical from TIPS for a while, and now that I've returned to active duty I find the same old situation of post- after- post responding to the misinformed and uninformed statements and questions of M. Sylvester. I'm very likely to be criticized for this post, but I have

RE: Lifespan:Marriage sabbaticals

2001-02-12 Thread Paul Smith
Patrick Cabe wrote: > ...or "separate vacation??" Or "trip home to mom?" Or > "reassignment away from home?" Seems like there are lots of euphemisms for married > persons living apart for more or less extended periods of time, some innocuous, > some not so innocuous. (Is the original question

Re: Lifespan:Marriage sabbaticals

2001-02-12 Thread Stuart Mckelvie
To set the record straight: Could Michael please tell us his source for the opening sentence? Others have chimed in with possible answers, but only he knows where he found this idea. > Taking a marriage sabbatical is been viewed as an important aspect > of the growth and strengthening process i

RE: Lifespan:Marriage sabbaticals

2001-02-12 Thread Rick Adams
Beth wrote: > Is it similar to the "open marriage" idea that some > screwballs in the 70's tried to convince everyone was the norm? I don't think anyone ever tried to convince others that open marriage was a "norm," Beth (and it was the sixties when it originated, btw), but a num

RE: Lifespan:Marriage sabbaticals

2001-02-12 Thread Nathalie Cote
Um, might a synonym for "marriage sabbatical" be "trial separation?" Nathalie Cote > -Original Message- > From: Michael Sylvester [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 8:26 AM > To: TIPS > Subject: Lifespan:Marriage sabbaticals > > > > Taking a marriage sabbatic

RE: Lifespan:Marriage sabbaticals

2001-02-12 Thread Patrick Cabe
...or "separate vacation??" Or "trip home to mom?" Or "reassignment away from home?" Seems like there are lots of euphemisms for married persons living apart for more or less extended periods of time, some innocuous, some not so innocuous. (Is the original question vacuous?) > Um, might a syno

RE: Lifespan:Marriage sabbaticals

2001-02-12 Thread Rick Adams
Michael Sylvester wrote: > Taking a marriage sabbatical is been viewed as an important aspect of > the growth and strengthening process in marital and family relations. Viewed as an important aspect by who? A sabbatical is effectively an opportunity to take time away fro

RE: Black History Month/Psy thought #1

2001-02-12 Thread Rick Adams
Michael Sylvester wrote: > WHAT THEY NEVER TOLD YOU IN PSYCHOLOGY CLASS! Perhaps because they stuck to the _facts_? > The art and science of Psychology originated in Ancient Egypt. 1. Psychology isn't an art it's a science. 2. Slavery, torture for information,

Emotions article

2001-02-12 Thread Dennis Goff
Any of you are looking for a popular press article to assign to your students for emotions should take a look at an article in today's (2/12/01) New Yorker. The title is Crimson Tide by Atul Gawande. The article presents a case of an individual who underwent a surgical procedure to eliminate her o

RE: Lifespan:Marriage sabbaticals

2001-02-12 Thread Gary Klatsky
I recently heard an interview with a women who just published a book describing her trip around the world as part of her "marriage sabbatical" That interview was the first I ever heard about it. She is a self described housewife so there was nothing other than her anecdotal reports in the book.

Re: FWD: Psychoanalysts Live Longer

2001-02-12 Thread Annette Taylor
Hi Jim and tipsters: Well, I am really going to go out an a limb here of ignorance, but my impression is that: and here I take two dreaded "facts" for which I have no references, and to make it worse, look for a conjoint probability! (1) Psychoanalysis tends to be favored by particular ethni

Re: Lifespan:Marriage sabbaticals

2001-02-12 Thread Annette Taylor
Gee, and here I thought MS meant we should be able to take a sabbatical from our teaching/research positions to work on/strengthen and enjoy our marriages. Forget all previous posts I have made today. I AM BRAIN_DEAD! annette On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Beth Benoit wrote: > >Taking a marriage sabbati

RE: Lifespan:Marriage sabbaticals

2001-02-12 Thread Paul Smith
Beth Benoit wrote: > SEZ WHO?? > > I've been married for 32 years (to the same guy) and while > once in a while a "marriage sabbatical" of an hour or two might have had some > appeal to ME perhaps (but certainly not to my husband since he's married > to a flawless creature ;-) ), I am wo

Re: Serendipitous answer to myelin question

2001-02-12 Thread Annette Taylor
Hi Stephen: I don't have elegant references as you had but my understanding of hyponatremia is that it comes from diuresis-- loss of fluid, in which the salts are "leeched", especially when the diuresis is rapid. This is the case that is commonly seen in older adults who take antihypertensives whi

Re: Lifespan:Marriage sabbaticals

2001-02-12 Thread Beth Benoit
>Taking a marriage sabbatical is been viewed as an important aspect of > the growth and strengthening process in marital and family relations. SEZ WHO?? I've been married for 32 years (to the same guy) and while once in a while a "marriage sabbatical" of an hour or two might have had some appeal

Black History Month/Psy thought #1

2001-02-12 Thread Michael Sylvester
WHAT THEY NEVER TOLD YOU IN PSYCHOLOGY CLASS! The art and science of Psychology originated in Ancient Egypt. The early Egyptians had theories of mind which included consciousness on various levels.They knew about the manifest and latent contents of dreams.They were the first trait theorists,ut

Lifespan:Marriage sabbaticals

2001-02-12 Thread Michael Sylvester
Taking a marriage sabbatical is been viewed as an important aspect of the growth and strengthening process in marital and family relations. So the common sense idea that absence makes the heart grow fonder may enjoy some support. Are there any Developmental texts that include marriage sabbaticals