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2001-04-26 Thread Paul Smith
I wrote: I hold that these statements are true whether one's subjects are of European descent, African, Asian, non-human animals, plants, inanimate matter, abstract concepts and symbols, whatever. Some other methodology statements (e.g., about the need for blind participants and raters)

Why Johnny Can't Read, Write, Multiply or Divide

2001-04-26 Thread Jeff Ricker
An interesting article on educational standards from the NY Times. Jeff --- http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/15/weekinreview/15ZERN.html April 15, 2001 Why Johnny Can't Read, Write, Multiply or Divide By KATE ZERNIKE The book I would like to write about is called Of

RE: Seeking advice on graduate training

2001-04-26 Thread Rick Adams
Michael Sylvester wrote: You may want to focus on schools in the South. Observations(not opinions) are that Southerners are the most obese of all the people in the U.S.Given the criteria that profs will look in ther surrounding environments for research ideas,there may be

RE: bystander effect and cross-cultural research

2001-04-26 Thread Rick Adams
Michael Sylvester wrote: -Go ahead and try to randomly select subjects in Tibet for Experimental and Control groups. Why not? The Tibetans I know (and, as a Tibetan Buddhist who has been to Tibet and Nepal [where the Dalai Lama presides in exile] a couple

RE: The Lucifer Principle

2001-04-26 Thread Rick Adams
Jim wrote: Interesting stuff, but this argument of man creating the devil has been around for years. There are even offshoots of Christendom that maintain the devil is not an actual entitity but something bad within us. Which, of course, dovetails with the Jungian concept

Re: critical thinking texts for senior sem

2001-04-26 Thread Dr. Joyce Johnson
Challenging Your Preconceptions: Thinking Critically About Psychology 2nd Edition Randolph A. Smith Ouachita Baptist University Published by Wadsworth Publishing PB © 2002 ISBN/ISSN: 0-534-26739-4 List Price: $18.95, Your Price: $17.06 Status: Available on 07/27/2001 128 pages

RE: The Lucifer Principle

2001-04-26 Thread Rick Adams
Mike wrote: Perhaps others on the list can answer this. Do ALL major religions include a devil-like entity? To put it simply: No. Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Mananoism, and a very large number of other religions do _not_ accept the existence of a devil. In fact

RE: That's it...we're done

2001-04-26 Thread Rick Adams
Michael Sylvester wrote: Why not conduct a personal experiment: -get a baseline for your sleeping behavior:record your daily sleep behavior for about 10 days and get your average slleping time. - compare and contrast behavior after varying hours of sleep and your tips