Re: List behavior

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
Hi Rick and Tipsters, Rick Adams wrote: > Linda, why is it whenever I respond to anyone who posts something about > Michael Sylvester you insist on taking it as a personal attack on you? Perhaps, you phrased it poorly but it was how you characterized all who objected to Michael's posts.

RE: List behavior

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
Linda wrote: > So my posts have been adolescent? Linda, why is it whenever I respond to anyone who posts something about Michael Sylvester you insist on taking it as a personal attack on you? My comment was directed to a specific poster who stated that permitting convers

RE: Michael Sylvester's inanities

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
Rick, Hear! Hear! Ditto! Well said! Keith At 06:12 PM 6/25/99 -0400, Rick Adams wrote: > Don wrote: > >> Now I propose that anyone who feels it wise to respond to him should put >> "Re: Michael Sylvester's latest idiotic posting" in the Subject line. >> That way we can all save much ti

Re: I/O Activities

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
Paul Spector's website has a variety of I/O stuff including instructor resources and web activities. http://chuma.cas.usf.edu/~spector Wadsworth's site has outlines, key terms, and practice exams for Aamodt's text. http://psychology.wadsworth.com/study_center/student/aamodt/ By the way, we're s

Re: Reading recommendation and question

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
Hi -- I think this is the site you're looking for, John: http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/06/22/feminismscience/index.html On another media-related note, does anyone happen to have a site to get the NY Times editorial mentioned by Paul Smith (see below)? >I think you might be intereste

RE: Reading recommendation and question

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
Kirsten Poehlmann wrote: > On another media-related note, does anyone happen to have a site to get the > NY Times editorial mentioned by Paul Smith (see below)? > > I think you might be interested in an editorial in the NYTimes today > >(6/25/99): "Teaching Children to be Afraid", by Eugenie All

Re: I/O Activities

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
Does anyone know of any good web-based I/O material and activities? Dave Johnson wrote: > > I seem to have deleted the original message asking for activities for an > I/O course, so I'm sending this back to the entire list. Here are a few > items from "Teaching of Psychology": > > Reed

List behavior

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
Howdy Rick, Rick Adams wrote: > > If those who believe that free speech means we must listen to > > endless adolescent discussion, then what is left? > > Isn't that what we are listening to from the Michael Sylvester opponents? So my posts have been adolescent? > What you are _

Fw: Rats Control Robot by Thought Alone (fwd)

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
Hi Got the following from a colleague. Perhaps of interest to the list? Best wishes Jim Just a general wow - Cybernetics in our lifetime ... The rate of change keeps changing. Reminds me of the apparently prophetic words of the Borg - "Resistance is futile" Doug T -Original

Re: Critical Thinking

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
At 11:46 AM -0400 6/28/99, Michael Sylvester wrote: >re Paul Smith > >To consider alternative explanations does not necessarily mean that one >has to accept the alternative explanation.We should not be repressing >alternative explanations just because they are far-out ideas. >Maybe,I am more imagi

RE: Michael Sylvester's inanities

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
Don wrote: > Sure, call me names if you don't like what I say. But isn't that precisely what you asked people to do with Michael Sylvester? If it's fair for him, it's equally fair for you. > If those who believe that free speech means we must listen to > endless adolesc

RE: Superkids

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
Val, Below are three abstracts that can get you started. I pasted these from a search of Child Development Abstracts (URL below) using the terms "resilience" or "resilient" These are not the definitive papers on the topic, but they can provide an interesting starting point. Dennis http://www.sr

Re: Critical Thinking

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
re Paul Smith To consider alternative explanations does not necessarily mean that one has to accept the alternative explanation.We should not be repressing alternative explanations just because they are far-out ideas. Maybe,I am more imaginative than the current postees and that my teaching sty

Brain and Psychology

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
How far is an understanding of the physical processes and structures in the brain ESSENTIAL to a psychologists understanding of his (sic) science? Our staffroom has two schools of thought. One says that there are relatively few areas of the discipline that actually require an understanding of th

Critical Thinking

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
Michael Sylvester wrote: > On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Diana Kyle wrote: > > > .. My concern is that his ideas are transmitted to students. > > Why the concern? > One aspect of critical thinking skills is to consider alternative > explanations. (please take this constructively...) But

bipolar student in class

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
I have a student in my class with very poor attendance and she has missed a couple of assignments. Her explanation is that she has been diagnosed as biploar and is on medication. I have taken this into account and I give her the necessary make-ups. Whereas with the physically handicapped (physica

Re: Michael Sylvester's inanities

1999-06-28 Thread Anonymous
On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Diana Kyle wrote: > .. My concern is that his ideas are transmitted to students. Why the concern? One aspect of critical thinking skills is to consider alternative explanations.My discussions always include comparing and contrasting and I encourage students to pro

Baumeisters Evil book

1999-06-27 Thread Anonymous
Hi Y'all, Jim Clark wrote: > The book I had read was indeed Baumeister's (1997, reprinted > 1999) "Evil: Inside Human Cruelty and Violence" published by W. > H. Freeman. A very interesting book. Sorry to have been redundant about the citation in my previous post. Let me however, provide some

Re: Reading recommendation

1999-06-27 Thread Anonymous
I was unable to locate it. Perhaps Salon does not archive everything?? Found an interesting piece on genetics, though. http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/06/25/genetics/index.html Robin Pearce wrote: > > Colleagues-- > > Check out the feature on "The valiant sperm and the femme fatale e

A brief apology

1999-06-27 Thread Anonymous
Recently, I've been involved in one of the more "controversial" threads here in TIPS While I don't apologize for the views I've expressed--those are honest and represent my beliefs--as most people here in the list know, I seldom become either heated or abrupt in my responses. I no

Re: Self-Esteem?

1999-06-26 Thread Anonymous
To all who provided comments and recent references on self-esteem, Thank you. I'm not at all familiar with the self-esteem literature but I've worked with cognitive style measures. Are these considered indices of self-esteem? I'm sort of feeling my way towards a logical extension of positiv

Re: Michael Sylvester's inanities

1999-06-26 Thread Anonymous
Tipsters, I'm somewhat new on the list and have tried not to get into the debate. However, I must add my 1 cent (for what it's worth). I know that eventually some of the comments of MS would cease if they were not reinforced, but that is easier said than done. From my perspective, it's real

functional fixation

1999-06-26 Thread Anonymous
I am still waiting word on my questions on the origin of the Tower of Hanoi ,and input on the American Opthomological Report on Sex and Blindness.Some discussion on the impact of left and right hemisphere re arousal would be relevant to the issue of academia amnd the social order( an issue whi

RE: Michael Sylvester

1999-06-26 Thread Anonymous
*sigh* This is moving from the sublime to the ridiculous. Let's get back to the business of the TEACHING of PSYCHOLOGY, please. Those having personal issues with Michael, or with anyone for that matter, should deal with them on a private basis. This particular thread is rapidly becoming tedious a

Re: Michael Sylvester's inanities

1999-06-26 Thread Anonymous
Okay, enough already!!! Can I just say that I am soo sick of these posts!!! Can we please end this topic??? I have takled with quite a few of my colleaques and we all sick of the topic on the list! Everybody has made their point (more than once, or even twice!) and it pretty ob

RE: The "Being There" Assumption

1999-06-26 Thread Anonymous
Louis wrote >So, Linda, (gulp, gulp), let me pose an allegorical situation. Someone >on this list bloopers a student. I assert that when I was invited to >subscribe to TIPS, I didn't expect psychologists and teachers of >psychology to denigrate students, specifically or with sterotyping an >enti

Re: Sylvester and his delusions of interested by peers.

1999-06-26 Thread Anonymous
On Sat, 26 Jun 1999, Hank Goldstein wrote: > > Any "academic" psychologist who still believes and propagates the old > simplistic notions about left- and right-brain activity does our > discipline and her/his students a disservice. There is much more I could > say about the post from which the

Re: The "Being There" Assumption

1999-06-26 Thread Anonymous
On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Linda M. Woolf wrote: > Hello, > > Rick Adams wrote: > > > I'm a libertarian with respect to rights. If it doesn't _directly_ harm > > the person or property of another, non-consenting, individual it simply > > isn't the government's business. > > There is an assum

Michael Sylvester

1999-06-26 Thread Anonymous
Some comments on the Sylvester issue: * What does the ACLU or the US Constitution have to do with anything here? We're a group of persons who can negotiate our own group norms. Has Sylvester been charged with a crime? Is the government involved in our interactions? Jumping in, armed with ACLU car

Re: Sylvester and his delusions of interested by peers.

1999-06-26 Thread Anonymous
Hi Folks, On June 25, Michael Sylvester wrote: > THe academician has virtually no significant impact > in changing the social order. Social workers,politicians,bigots,religion > are more powerful than the world of academia. > This is probably related to the fact that left brain activity is > dul

Re: Michael Sylvester's inanities

1999-06-26 Thread Anonymous
Hello everyone, Rick Adams wrote: > The "professional" response is simply to ignore (or kill file) messages Rick, who says that is the professional way to handle abusive and annoying message in a group such as this? I feel reading Svlyester's posts are about on the professional level of the J

RE: PARTNERSHIPS PROJECT(long)

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Patrick Mattimore wrote: > We invite you to be a partner in establishing good practice in > assessment but (sic) (by) sending short scenarios of your best > and worst assessment experiences in any of the above categories > to Jane Halonen at James Madison University ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). > (Ed

RE: Michael Sylvester's inanities

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Gary wrote: > What I find extremely troubling is that there is a concern that Don's > response is degrading to Michael and those of you who find some > merit in his postings while there is not an equal concern that many > of us find Michael's posts degrading. This is not the bar where t

Re: Michael Sylvester's inanities

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Rick Adams wrote: > It's a simple matter to avoid Michael's (or anyone else's) posts--don't > read them! That would be like trying NOT to look at an accident that you pass on the highway. Everyone knows it is the right thing to do, but when we start to think, "Gee, I wonder how bad this

RE: Michael Sylvester's inanities

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
What I find extremely troubling is that there is a concern that Don's response is degrading to Michael and those of you who find some merit in his postings while there is not an equal concern that many of us find Michael's posts degrading. This is not the bar where the good ol' boys can sit aroun

Re: Self-Esteem?

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
I think we can just look at all the different connotations people on the list give to it. It clearly has problems as a viable construct. Seligman, Baumeister, and others have critiqued it well with empirical support. People want to believe that if you have it (however it is defined) that it

Humor break - is there an analogy here?

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Please do not think that by this I mean to in any way excuse certain behavior but maybe by now we all need a good laugh. Does anyone else see an analogy here? Maybe you don't blame a creature for its' nature but sometimes you just have to put a stinky critter outside and leave him there. How

facial preferences

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
There's an article about the study on ABC News http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/beauty990623.html > An article in the latest journal of Nature looks very interesting. (24 June 1999 (Vol. 399 No 6738) > I've been unable to get my hands on it, since I'm up in the boonies of

PARTNERSHIPS PROJECT(long)

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
This past week, APA and James Madison University sponsored a national forum on psychology partnerships. Approximately 117 educators, including graduate students, graduate and undergraduate faculty, and secondary school teachers, attended. The forum has been three years in the offing and came a

Re: s&p web sites

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Deb Briihl wrote: > Hi all, > I have found info on the visual cortex (including a picture of how simple > cells work based on info from receptive fields and pictures of orientation > coding) I still need a good site trichromatic and opponent process theory > (I have 2 on the

Sleepwalking Murder Trial.

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, Donette Steele wrote: > > Also has anyone been following the "Sleepwalking Murder" trial on CourtTV. > I know this has been used as a successful defense in one case and I have > heard of another. The basic scenario of this trial: a man stabbed his > wife forty-four times an

Superkids

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
I seem to recall that some years (or decades) ago a noted developmental psychologist wrote about "superkids" who appeared to be impervious to adverse environments.  Unfortunately, I can't recall his name and, accordingly, am unable to look up any references to his work or writings.  If any

RE: Michael Sylvester's inanities

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Don wrote: > Now I propose that anyone who feels it wise to respond to him should put > "Re: Michael Sylvester's latest idiotic posting" in the Subject line. > That way we can all save much time and effort. Ok. But since some of us view him differently, would it be ok to put "Re:

RE: The "Being There" Assumption

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Linda I echo the sentiment of others that it would be a great loss if you left the list. By far, your contributions have raised the level of this group. I have the same frustrations regarding the willingness of many in the group to accept blatant prejudicial comments under the guise of freedom

Re: Self-Esteem?

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Rick might also want to check: Hewitt, J. P. (1998). __The myth of self-esteem: Finding happiness and solving problems in America__New York: St. Martins Press. Gary Peterson -Original Message- From: Don Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL

Re: Self-Esteem?

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
You might be thinking of an article by Roy Baumeister entitled, "Should Schools Try To Boost Self-Esteem? Beware the Dark Side" that was originally published in the American Educator (Summer 1996). Baumeister also co-authored an article in Psychological Review (1996, Vol. 103, No.1) entitled "Re

Linda-please don't leave the list

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Dear Linda: Hopefully my earlier post made it clear that I feel you are a great asset to this list. Although I do not contribute often, I have learned much from many who do. As I said earlier, Linda, your posts are professional and informative. I think it is very disappointing that some on

RE: Reasonable accommodations

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, Dr. Kristina Lewis wrote: > I worry that by trying to "level the playing field" > for our students we are just setting them up for failure later. (Please > don't get me wrong--I think we need to recognize and accommodate learning > differences, but is there a limit?) I won

Re: Color blindness - Student Question

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
-- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Color blindness - Student Question >Date: Fri, Jun 25, 1999, 8:52 AM > > Tipsfolks: > > Though the tenor of the recent discussion may have caused some to delete this > message (believing it to be about skin-color, off-color hum

Linda, please do not unsubscribe

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
At 12:05 PM 6/25/99 -0500, you wrote: >What is sad is that the end result of this discussion will most likely be my leaving >the list. I think I speak for many on this list who, like me, value your contributions. Please, Linda, do not unsubscribe. <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <><

Re: Self-Esteem?

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Linda's post inspired me to track down the article I remembered. Here is the reference for those interested: Baumeister, R. F., Smart, L. & Boden, J. M. (1996). Relation of Threatened Egotism to Violence and Aggression: The Dark Side of High Self-Esteem. Psychological Review, 103, 5-33. Eric J

nomail

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
SET TIPS NOMAIL

Re: Self-Esteem?

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Because of the rampant misuse of > the concept "self-esteem" over the past decade I prefer to discuss > "self-respect" because that's what I believe is the really essential virtue. > You don't have to like everyone, but if we all respected ourselves and each > other, I

RE: Self-Esteem?

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
I confess. I think self-esteem is incredibly valuable and that people should feel good about themselves even if they aren't perfect. My (limited) understanding of the issue is that SE critics question giving people positive reinforcement for bad or poor behavior - which I didn't know people were d

Re: Michael Sylvester's inanities

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Linda Woolf wrote: "Sadly, seriously considering unsubscribing." I too have stayed out of this discussion, hoping desperately that it would just go away. I applaud Linda's courage to speak out against "isms" in all forms and find Michael's own admission that he "did not learn anything" more

Re: The "Being There" Assumption

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Hello Linda, I am sending a personal plea that you not leave TIPS! You are a model of scholarship and critical thinking (IMHO). You may not be aware of how many of us you have had a very positive influence on. My name has not shown up often in this discussion because, rather than add to the vo

Re: Self-Esteem?

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Paul et al., I assume your very good question was rhetorical. Of course not - what parents should give their children above all is real love. I would like to caution people bandying about the term "self-esteem" to be more cautious. I am not sure if people know what we are talking about when

Re: IMHO: Linda = A; Michael = F

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Hi Folks (or is 'Folk' plural?) Unforunately, Michael's statement seems all too true! Peace, Hank === Hank Goldstein, Ph.D.| PHONE: (319) 588-6305 Department of Psychology | FAX:(319) 588-6789 Clarke

Re: The "Being There" Assumption

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Dave, I don't think you have been offensive in the slightest. I think you have made a very good point. Discuss the message, not the messenger. Make it a good day. --Louis-- Louis Schmier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Departmen

Re: Self-Esteem?

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Linda et al: It's interesting though that these "inflated self-esteems" that end up responsible for so much violence and cruelty usually arise from broken, alienated individuals and groups. Think of the attitude that most of world had towards Germany before the horrific rise of Nazism - the a

RE: Self-Esteem?

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Don Allen wrote: > I taking up the self esteem debate with your colleague you > may want to take a look at Rich-Harris' "The Nurture Assumption" > (Free Press, New York, 1998). On page 339 she says in part: > > "According to advice-givers, selfesteem is the most valuable thing a > parent can give

Re: Self-Esteem?

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Hi Y'all, "Dr. Eric Johnson" wrote: > On the whole narcissism issue, I have somewhere in this office (ARGH!) a copy > of a recent article by Baumeister who addressed the finding that while > self-esteem is generally positively correlated with things like academic > performance, behavior, etc., s

RE: adolescent criminal sentences

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Dawn Blasko wrote: > Statistics show that school are still quite safe places on average, > but parents, school administrators, politicians and elected officials > (i.e. judges and DAs) are terrified that will be seen > as being too soft or unprepared if ever something does happen > in their school

Re: Average IQ of college graduates

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
PS!! Darn send key--meant to hit cancel insteadWell, here's what I really meant to say: Kaufman (1990) gives the following table: Years of Schooling Mean FSIQ 16+ (College graduate) 115.2 13-15 (some college)107.3 12 (high school graduate) 100.0 9-

Michael Sylvester's inanities

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
I have remained out of this latest round of discussion of what to do with Michael Sylvester. I believe in free speech, but I think we need a mechanism so that we can avoid having to read all the discussions kicked up by his adolescent questions and comments. A while ago there was a similar debat

Re: Average IQ of college graduates

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Kaufman (1990) gives the following table: Years of Schooling Mean FSIQ 16+ 115.2

Re: The "Being There" Assumption

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Hi Folks, I not going to respond to every one of Rick's statements point by point. Rather, I am just going to summarize a few thoughts and be done with it. Clearly, Rick and I have some underlying value differences. We will by necessity need to simply disagree regarding these. It is my hope t

Re: http://www.msnbc.com/news/283688.asp

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
I guess I'm having a major stupid attack.. I just don't "get it." Wouldn't it BE better to allow subjects to control the lighting to see what the natural cycle is JL Edwards[EMAIL PROTECTED]     -Original Message-From: Dawn Blasko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: adolescent criminal sentences

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Eric wrote: > He noted that the juvenile court system was developed about 100 > years ago. In doing so, the court system acknowledged that > children had different needs and were in greater need and had a > greater possibility of rehabilitation. One concern that seems to be abs

Filters and peace in the valley

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
I enjoy humorous posts and would like to see them continue.  As for the present debate, I guess I value freedom of speech and thought enough so that right now I have to give up lurking long enough to express that opinion.   G. Marc Turner said "I will wait a couple of days before making a

Re: Self-Esteem?

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
RJ- I taking up the self esteem debate with your colleague you may want to take a look at Rich-Harris' "The Nurture Assumption" (Free Press, New York, 1998). On page 339 she says in part: "According to advice-givers, selfesteem is the most valuable thing a parent can give a child. ... The

RE: Here I stand!

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Rick Adams writes on 24 Jun 99,: > Rick Froman wrote: > > > On 24 Jun 99, at 12:05, Michael Sylvester wrote: > > > > > Consider the source (with or without documentation) > > > > Is there a difference between this and ad hominem argumentation? > > I would certainly think so. > > If, for exam

Re: http://www.msnbc.com/news/283688.asp

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Although I haven't read the study I did hear an interview with the authors and the distinction I heard was that earlier studies had allowed subjects to use any light they wished at any time. Because light can reset circadian rhythms, in the current study the light was kept at a constant level as h

Re: adolescent criminal sentences

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Linda Woolf wrote: >I read the following while doing a search of the news yesterday >(http://www.freep.com/news/mich/qport23.htm). Apparently, four boys >(two under the age of 14) were overheard plotting a shooting/massacre at >their school. While this clearly calls for intervention, the two 14

Re: IMHO: Linda = A; Michael = F

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
I an going to the Dean and demand that I get my tuition money back since I did not learn anything in the course. Michael Sylvester

Sex and blindness

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
has anyone been following the discussion that came out of the meeting of the American Opthomological Society that too much sex can lead to eye disorders including blindness? This is not the first time I have heard some purported correlation of sex and behavioral consequences. For example,people wh

Re: Sylvester and his delusions of interested by peers.

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, Donette Steele wrote: >. Peers > constitute a much more realistic world, listen to them. > > Donette Steele > Instructor/Psychology > LBCC I do not agree.Peers constitute more of an idealistic world. As a matter of fact,

RE: The "Being There" Assumption/Valuable posts

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
David Wasieleski > Feeling myself dragged in > Because although I see the value of some of these issues, top > me TIPS ought not be about a judgment of any individual's value, > or even their contributions. Are mine valuable? Are yours? > Anyone else's? I'm pretty much with you on thi

RE: The "Being There" Assumption/Valuable posts

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Ok let me amend my earlier tirade. My point is I DO see the signal, but the noise could be lessened so as to less likely obscure it. But thanks for the jolt of much-needed perspective. David W. At 10:41 AM 6/25/99 -0500, Paul C. Smith wrote: >David Wasieleski >> Feeling myself dragged in >> B

Re: Self-Esteem?

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Let me suggest another strong source for information. "The Construction of the Self: A Developmental Perspective" by Susan Harter just came out this year. This text addresses issues of both self-concept and self-esteem. Harter's model of self-esteem draws together the work of James (competence i

http://www.msnbc.com/news/283688.asp

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Hi all..   Has anyone seen this new study on sleep and the biological clock? These results contradict earlier research that indicated the human sleep cycle is 25 hours. The authors criticized the previous research on the grounds that bright lights were used. The authors in this new study us

Welcome to alt.politics

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Although I feel both sides of the Sylvester debate have made good points, I feel this topic has strayed well beyond the limits of the list. Being somewhat of a libertarian myself (I might not like like what you say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it...and all that jazz), I strongly

Re: Self-Esteem?

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
I heard someone in our department the other day talking about recent research on self-esteem... Accroding to what he said, it turns out that a lot criminals have very high self-esteem, as opposed to the low self-esteem they were predicted to have. I never heard the actual reference to the article(

Re: adolescent criminal sentences

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Linda and TIPS, While there are significant legal issues in the reactions of the authorities in this case, the issue of trying children as a adults has surfaced at several recent conferences I attended. In the last Child Development and Adolescent Research Conferences, Lawrence Steinberg has pre

Re: Web site request

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Hi Rick and Other Folks, Here is a copy of a Joyce Morris post from Aug. 98: These are some web sites on evaluating web sites: http://www.sph.emory.edu/WELLNESS/abstract.html Evaluating Health-related Web Sites http://www.misa.on.ca/i4g/guideln.htm Guidelines and Policies for your Website htt

Re: The "Being There" Assumption

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Feeling myself dragged in Because although I see the value of some of these issues, top me TIPS ought not be about a judgment of any individual's value, or even their contributions. Are mine valuable? Are yours? Anyone else's? And it's all starting to seem like rehash. Michael says something t

Re: Self-Esteem?

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
RJ: The whole "self-esteem" issue is a classic that highlights a number of problems in our discipline, among them: - The problem of operationalizing intangible concepts. - The corrupting influences of commericially driven pop psychology. - Cross-cultural differences. This isn't answering you

Re: Self-Esteem?

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
On Fri, 25 Jun 1999 09:50:30 -0400 (EDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am in need of information. > > What is self-esteem and what does it do? > For a source of constructive debate, you and your friend might take a look at: Leary, M. R. (1999). Making sense of self-esteem. Current Dir

S&P Lab Designs

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
TIPsters, we are in the first phases of defining our needs for a new science building to include psychology. I have been asked to provide input on sensation and perception labs, both for teaching and for faculty/grad student/undergraduate independent study use. Does anybody out there have de

s&p web sites

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Hi all, I have found info on the visual cortex (including a picture of how simple cells work based on info from receptive fields and pictures of orientation coding) I still need a good site trichromatic and opponent process theory (I have 2 on the Retinex theory), smell and taste perception, etc.

Re: Average IQ of college graduates

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
At my institution, which is open admissions in Louisiana, the mean IQ for intro psych students is 91.1 (sd =12.21), as measured by the Shipley. This is based on an N of 584. Many of these people do not get beyond the first semester of college. IQs have been assessed with three different measures a

IMHO: Linda = A; Michael = F

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Dear Linda and all Tipsters: It has been pointed out that only a select few have been active in expressing their views on Mr. Sylvester's ill worded posts. To help correct that, my humble opinion follows: I have stayed out of this thread so far mainly because I have learned from past experie

Self-Esteem?

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
I am in need of information. What is self-esteem and what does it do? I am in a debate with a colleague who (w)hole-heartedly believes in the construct as in "the more you have, the better you are." I am skeptical...and maybe suffering from low self-esteem (whatever that is!). Thanks i

To sleep, perchance...

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Title: To sleep, perchance... Couldn't resist snickering at this sentence from the book Jeff Ricker found. "I frankly support the theory that we do not dream all night, as do William Dement and Alan Hobson and most neurophysiologists." I don't know any neurophysiologists personally, but it's t

Color blindness - Student Question

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Tipsfolks: Though the tenor of the recent discussion may have caused some to delete this message (believing it to be about skin-color, off-color humor, colorforms, or some other socially relevant color issue) I am hoping that someone with physio background who did not hit "delete" might provid

RE: The "Being There" Assumption

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Which of us is Chauncy? Michael Quanty Psychology Professor CBMTS Project Director Thomas Nelson Community College P.O. Box 9407 Hampton, Virginia 23670 Voice: 757.825.3500 Fax: 757.825.3807 -Original Message- From: Rick Froman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, June 24, 1999

Re: Paranormal class and Sleepwalking Murder Trial.

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
TIPSters: >From Donette Steele... >I read Gerald Peterson's post regarding his fun spring class on the >psychology of paranormal experiences. I am curious as to what textbook >could be used for this type of class. It does sound interesting. Has >anyone else taught this course? Gary, would yo

RE: Web site request

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
Rick Adams wrote: > Thanks, Larry. > > There are some valuable urls included in your message (btw, the first one >is a dead link--or at least it was at this time of day), particularly the >last two. > > I appreciate the cites! :) Rick, others, The url for

Re: The "Being There" Assumption

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, David Wasieleski, Ph.D. wrote: > I have stayed out of this debate, in part because I tend to lurk often on > TIPS and in part because I see it as counterproductive to spend so much > time conversing about the value of any one member's posts. Dave, why? Make it a good day.

RE: The "Being There" Assumption

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Rick Adams wrote: > My problem with limiting words is not that they can cause emotional harm, > no rational person would disagree with that statement. My problem is that > I see restriction on words as causing _greater_ harm than open discourse. > > To me, the

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