RE: Them versus Us

2001-09-06 Thread Rick Adams
Louis wrote: > A hand shot up: "Dr. Schmier," went the question, "why did you > protest the Gulf War?" Need I say more. You mean you _didn't_ protest the Gulf War? Getting soft in our "comfortable" years, Louis? :-) Heck, I was in Vermont when it happened--and

Re: "TIPS Subscribers' WebPages"

2001-09-06 Thread JMatiya
Thanks Sue, I always enjoy looking other peoples' webpages. Thanks jim "FRANTZ, SUE" wrote: > Hi all, > > The listing of TIPS members (with e-mail addresses and links to member > pages) has been moved to: > > http://flightline.highline.ctc.edu/sfrantz/tips/ > > This is a voluntary listing so on

Re: Associative Networks Resource

2001-09-06 Thread Don Allen
Christian- Thanks so much for an excellent resource.  It is an excellent way to illustrate a complex concept.  Now for a request:  I'd love to be able to demonstrate this in class but I can't always get on-line in all of my classrooms. Do you (or does anyone) know how to make a screen capture "vi

experiment managment software

2001-09-06 Thread Gary Klatsky
Some time last year there was a discussion of software packages that would allow the management of experiments over the web. Does anyone have a list of the vendors that were posted? Thanks Gary Gary J. Klatsky, Ph.D. Department of Psychology[EMAIL PROTECTED] Oswego State Univer

RE: Them versus Us

2001-09-06 Thread Rick Adams
Michael Sylvester wrote: > If the current generation of 18 year olds are perceived as different,its > probably because the baby boomer parents are to blame. Only in the sense that parents are the most important socializing agent! "Blaming" a generation is like "blaming"

RE: More on academic astrology

2001-09-06 Thread Rick Adams
Stephen Black wrote: > First, France, then the US, now India. Is this some new kind of > virus? > > >From the newsletter for the Chronicle of Higher Education 9sept > 6, 2001): > > "THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA has agreed to hear a petition >lodged by academics seeking to quash the gove

RE: More on academic astrology

2001-09-06 Thread QuantyM
The biography on his web site mentions "his native Canada". Michael B. Quanty, Ph.D. Psychology Professor Senior Institutional Researcher Thomas Nelson Community College PO Box 9407 Hampton, VA 23670 Phone: 757.825.3500 Fax: 757.825.3807 -Original Message- From: Michael Sylvester [mail

request information re internships

2001-09-06 Thread Deborah Hume
Dear TIPS colleagues I have several undergraduate students who are looking for internship opportunities for the upcoming summer. Does anyone know of any resources (on the web or otherwise) for assisting students to locate internship opportunities in psychology and related areas? (one in particula

B.A. vs. B.S.

2001-09-06 Thread Ann Calhoun-Sauls
We're considering moving from offering a B.A. in Psychology to offering students the option of getting a B.S. in Psychology instead. The possiblity of only offering a B.S. has also been mentioned. I'd like to get some info from everyone on the situation at their university/college. Please respo

RE: Them versus Us

2001-09-06 Thread Louis_Schmier
Rick, I agree to a point. As an historian, I can use myself as a living example of personal experiences of those events or issues which we might be discussing. I agree we have to be careful how and in what context we do that. I remember once, and I may have mentioned this before, that in the co

Re: More on academic astrology

2001-09-06 Thread Keith Maxwell
At 11:42 AM 9/6/2001 -0400, Stephen Black wrote: A virus? Perhaps it is just the anti-intellectualism zeitgeist gone global. Or, maybe, Nancy Reagan had a greater influence than we thought. >First, France, then the US, now India. Is this some new kind of >virus? > > >From the newsletter for the

Re: objects to diversity statement

2001-09-06 Thread Stephen W Tuholski
We had a similar objection to some similar language... the problem was it sounds like we are simply tolerating differences, not embracing them... At 12:15 PM 9/6/01 -0400, Michael Sylvester wrote: > One of members of the Board of Trustees objects to the phrase "tolerance >for diversity"in the m

RE: More on academic astrology

2001-09-06 Thread Rick Adams
Michael Sylvester wrote: > Like the rock group BTO song "You ain't seen nothing yet" > and while on these pop culture themes,can anyone tell me where > the folk singer Gordon Lightfoot is from? I have heard that he > is from Washington State.Others have him as born in Canada. > This is r

Not that I think we need "relevance police, but..."

2001-09-06 Thread Paul Smith
As much as I'm reluctant to respond, look - Michael Sylvester wrote: > Like the rock group BTO song "You ain't seen nothing yet" > and while on these pop culture themes,can anyone tell me where > the folk singer Gordon Lightfoot is from? I have heard that he > is from Washington State.Others h

Re: Racism and depression

2001-09-06 Thread frieze
A good source of papers on stigma generally, including racism, is the Journal of Social Issues, 2001, Vol 57, #1. --On Thursday, September 06, 2001 5:44 PM +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:r > We are doing a study on racism/apartheid as a cause of > depression, but can't seem to find any meaningfu

RE: Sharks and Mozart

2001-09-06 Thread Rick Adams
Michael Sylvester wrote: > You forgot to mention that sharks go where there are plenty of bait fish. > Just as it is said "where Id is,there shall ego be."Similarly we can say > "Where bait is,there will sharkey be" Gee, Michael, you just went from opposing human intervention in

Re: objects to diversity statement

2001-09-06 Thread Louis_Schmier
On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Michael Sylvester wrote: > One of members of the Board of Trustees objects to the phrase "tolerance > for diversity"in the mission statement of the college. > He thinks that this can be interpreted to mean that we ok all types > of lifestyles and ideas. > But the college kept

Re: objects to diversity statement

2001-09-06 Thread Michael Sylvester
On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Louis_Schmier wrote: > > I never liked the words, "tolerance" or "tolerate." It means the "ins" or > the powerful permitting the lesser to grace their presence. I much prefer > "respect." > > > Make it a good day. Along the same lines,there seems to the thinking that t

RE: Them versus Us

2001-09-06 Thread Rick Adams
Sorry, Nancy, but I have to disagree with you concerning the value of the posting. It's not that I see it as either totally accurate or a way of defining differences--rather, I see it as a tool that can help instructors to better understand and relate to the lives of their student

RE: Sharks and Mozart

2001-09-06 Thread Rick Adams
Michael Sylvester wrote: > I personally blame humans for intruding on the territory of animals. AND > Btw,isn't one of the guidelines for critical thing to avoid emotional > reasoning? H . . . Rick Adams -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ".

Re: More on academic astrology

2001-09-06 Thread Michael Sylvester
On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Stephen Black wrote: > First, France, then the US, now India. Is this some new kind of > virus? > > From the newsletter for the Chronicle of Higher Education 9sept > 6, 2001): > > "THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA has agreed to hear a petition >lodged by academics seeking to

"TIPS Subscribers' WebPages"

2001-09-06 Thread FRANTZ, SUE
Hi all, The listing of TIPS members (with e-mail addresses and links to member pages) has been moved to: http://flightline.highline.ctc.edu/sfrantz/tips/ This is a voluntary listing so only those who have requested to be on the list are there. If you'd like to be added please send me your name

Re: Racism and depression

2001-09-06 Thread Michael Sylvester
On Thu, 6 Sep 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Tipsters > > We are doing a study on racism/apartheid as a cause of > depression, but can't seem to find any meaningful references on > this specific relationship. Anybody out there who might help? > > Thanks from over here. > > Dap > Sinc

objects to diversity statement

2001-09-06 Thread Michael Sylvester
One of members of the Board of Trustees objects to the phrase "tolerance for diversity"in the mission statement of the college. He thinks that this can be interpreted to mean that we ok all types of lifestyles and ideas. But the college kept it in anyway. Are there other schools that are struggli

Re: Sharks and Mozart

2001-09-06 Thread Michael Sylvester
On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Louis_Schmier wrote: > Read an editorial in today's NY TIMES. Very instructive on this issue: > > [A] simple truth of human existence is that it is vastly easier to > amplify fear than it is to assuage it. Consider the shark attacks that > have occurred in Florida, Vi

Re: Them versus Us

2001-09-06 Thread Jeff Bartel
> I've seen those lists, and I think they're useful. Useful in some respects, though not entirely accurate. We've seen the exact same list for at least three years now (surely there must be *some* differences between this year's freshmen and those of three years ago. . .). In addition, a co

More on academic astrology

2001-09-06 Thread Stephen Black
First, France, then the US, now India. Is this some new kind of virus? >From the newsletter for the Chronicle of Higher Education 9sept 6, 2001): "THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA has agreed to hear a petition lodged by academics seeking to quash the government's decision to allow universities t

Re: Them versus Us

2001-09-06 Thread Louis_Schmier
Ah, the more things change the less they change. Reminds me of the writings on a wall of Pompei condemning the contempory youth. It just seems the older generation which was once "condemned" in its youth merely turns around fo often and does the same to the coming generation. Make it a good d

Re: Sharks and Mozart

2001-09-06 Thread Louis_Schmier
Read an editorial in today's NY TIMES. Very instructive on this issue: [A] simple truth of human existence is that it is vastly easier to amplify fear than it is to assuage it. Consider the shark attacks that have occurred in Florida, Virginia and North Carolina this summer. The tem

Racism and depression

2001-09-06 Thread louwda
Tipsters We are doing a study on racism/apartheid as a cause of depression, but can't seem to find any meaningful references on this specific relationship. Anybody out there who might help? Thanks from over here. Dap ** DAP

Re: simple learning (one more try)

2001-09-06 Thread Michael Sylvester
On Tue, 4 Sep 2001, Chuck Huff wrote: > OK folks, no answer on my earlier question about how simple an > organism can be and still show learning. Let me try again. > > I talked with a biologist today who works with tetrahymena (a > one-celled ciliate). He told me that a colleague of his has

Re: Them versus Us

2001-09-06 Thread Michael Sylvester
If the current generation of 18 year olds are perceived as different,its probably because the baby boomer parents are to blame.For one thing, instead of trying to continue the philosophy and psychology of resistanc to the artificial ,tacky and bias hypothetical philosophical imperialism of the pa

Re: Them versus Us

2001-09-06 Thread Robin Pearce
On Thu, 6 Sep 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It's that time of year when, posted in various faculty workrooms and on > various listservs I am seeing that witty treatise on how "different" todays > college students are from us - how students born in the 1980's don't remember > Ronald Reagan,

Re: Sharks and Mozart

2001-09-06 Thread Michael Sylvester
On Tue, 4 Sep 2001, Beth Benoit wrote: > TIPSters, > With the attack and subsequent death of yet another child in a shark attack, > the tongue-in-cheek joking on TIPS about attracting/repelling sharks makes > me uncomfortable. Think we can tone it down? > > Beth Benoit > University System of

Re: Them versus Us

2001-09-06 Thread wozniakw
I have to disagree with DRnanjo concerning whether the attributes of the typical 18-year-old should be published. I think it should be because the list is: (a) funny in the sense it reminds me of how DIFFERENT our (instructor's) generation is from the typical 18-year old, (b) funny in that it te

RE: generating ideas

2001-09-06 Thread Michael Sylvester
On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, Paul Smith wrote: > - People do what they do because they freely choose to do those things > (strong free will). > > Either of those basic philosophical assumptions is likely to > completely undermine a student's curiosity about the causes of human > behavior in a wa

Them versus Us

2001-09-06 Thread Drnanjo
Hello: It's that time of year when, posted in various faculty workrooms and on various listservs I am seeing that witty treatise on how "different" todays college students are from us - how students born in the 1980's don't remember Ronald Reagan, Bob Dylan, don't care about the Vietnam War, h