Forensic Course

2001-04-07 Thread HermHuber
Hi Tipsters, I've been asked to teach a seminar course in Forensic Psychology next fall. Does anyone have experience with this and have some ideas for what kinds of things to do, a syllabus, readings, etc. I'd be grateful for your help. Herm Huber, PhD Drew University Madison, NJ

Continuing the completely off-topic Mizvot discussion

2001-04-07 Thread Stephen Houldsworth
While we are on the subject... Linda Woolf wrote: While a number of the Mizvot seem to have no logic behind them, kindness to animals... Pollak, Edward wrote: Other scholars (including the Rambam (Maimonides) have argued that many of the mitzvot were included to keep the People from adopting c

Re: An update on John Gray's alma mater

2001-04-07 Thread Stephen Houldsworth
Rick - You forget to mention where John Gray got his undergrad and MA degrees in the Science of Creative Intelligence... Maharishi International University See: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/1997/dom/970616/ashow.tower_of_psyc.html Steve Houldsworth Webster University ___

Re: Mind reading and exam performance

2001-04-07 Thread Renner, Michael
Chuck Huff wrote: >What are the lousy statistics that folks look for? I have done >histograms of the number of folks who choose each choice in each >item, but when I looked at these, I was not convinced to toss a >question even though most folks got it wrong. >Are there particular question pro

Re: Mind reading and exam performance

2001-04-07 Thread Stephen Black
I wrote, re students' complaints that an exam was lousy: > I like to counter this complaint by pointing out that some > students do very well on the same test. I particularly like > it when someone gets 100%, which is not that rare, because it > demonstrates that for at least one person, the co

An update on John Gray's alma mater

2001-04-07 Thread Jeff Ricker
Students occasionally ask us about John Gray ("Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus"). Thus, his name has come up on TIPS before. At those times, we discussed Columbia Pacific University, the school where John Gray is said to have obtained his Ph. D. I thought that you might want an update on G

Re: Darwinian slip and a thought

2001-04-07 Thread Paul Brandon
At 8:22 PM -0400 4/6/01, Pollak, Edward wrote: >Linda wrote >> While a number of the Mizvot seem to have no logic behind them, the >> prohibition against the above is speculated as follows - It would be too >> cruel for the mother to endure having their young killed in front of >> them (something

Re: Mind reading and exam performance

2001-04-07 Thread Chuck Huff
>Michael Renner wrote > > I > > give > > everyone a point for each question that produces lousy statistics, What are the lousy statistics that folks look for? I have done histograms of the number of folks who choose each choice in each item, but when I looked at these, I was not convinced to

Online Activities

2001-04-07 Thread HEB11VS1
Hi everyone!  I am new to the listserv.  Currently I am a hospice social worker working on my certification to teach high school psychology.  I am looking for some interesting tidbits to include in a power point presentation on Maslow, Erikson, and some others.  Specifically, I am searching for

Interesting NY Times book review

2001-04-07 Thread Jeff Ricker
For those of you interested in sociological analyses of life in the US--especially those focused on issues of individualism and morality (which are of much interest to me)--then there is a NY Times book review for you: "Have a Nice Life: Alan Wolfe finds that in matters of morality, Americans are

Re: Mind reading and exam performance

2001-04-07 Thread Charles S . Harris
Stephen Black wrote, re students' complaints that an exam was lousy: > I like to counter this complaint by pointing out that some > students do very well on the same test. I particularly like > it when someone gets 100%, which is not that rare, because it > demonstrates that for at least one pers