Re: Your Thoughts [about make-up exams]

(such as zeros on missed assignments). Students seem to find these policies very fair and I almost never have any complaints. Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL

Re: Law of Parsimony, Reductionism, and Complexity

mentioned the law of parsimony. My intervention has implications on two levels (at least, and as far as we are concerned on this list): epistemological and pedagogical. Of course both are intertwined -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd

RE: Richard Dawkins on Suicide Bombings

Here was an interesting response to the Dawkins' article on the PESTS listserve. Because this article also is being discussed on TIPS, I thought some of you might like to see the response. Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd

The (possible) myth of the vestigial appendix

. Weinstein PD. Mage RG. Anderson AO. 1994. The appendix functions as a mammalian bursal equivalent in the developing rabbit. Advances in Experimental Medicine Biology. 355:249-53. Answer posted August 24, 2001 -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd

Gallup data on effects of NYC disaster

be found at this site. Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 Listowner: Psychologists Educating

Re: Student Question (sleep disorder)

absolutely fine for 2-3 years, then there can be a relapse Thanks for your help folks. Nancy Melucci LACCD -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd. FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department [EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ 85256

Re: Spectacles and IQ

/ -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 Listowner: Psychologists Educating Students to Think Skeptically (PESTS

Schools' Backing of Behavior Drugs Comes Under Fire

or requiring that parents put their children on medication. (for rest of article, go to: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/19/health/children/19RITA.html) -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department

Re: Scientology Web Sites

Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 Listowner: Psychologists

The Quantitative Study of Dreams

dream content and waking cognition. Full Text at: http://psych.ucsc.edu/dreams/Articles/hurovitz_1999a.html -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale

More College Students Drop Out Than Graduate

for the National Governors Association [for rest of article, go to http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010815/ts/life_college_dc_1.html] -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL

The secret to academic success: hours--and hours--of study

increase in ACT score meant a 0.095 increase in the GPA for the quarter, Zulauf said. Contact: Carl Zulauf, (614) 292-6285; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Written by Holly Wagner, (614) 292-8310; [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd

Damaged Brains and the Death Penalty

serial killers, children who killed their parents and capital defendants who represent themselves. Then, she said, it's up to the public who they want to kill. Copyright 2001 The New York Times Company | Privacy Information -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E

Misconceptions about abnormal psychology

I was wondering if anyone had some examples of common student misconceptions about the field of abnormal psychology. I would like to address some of these misconceptions when I teach the course. Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd

Hollywood puts the 'psycho' in psychologist

Limited. -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 Listowner: Psychologists Educating Students to Think

Personal Life Towel Boy

call Big-League Life, also have the services of your own personal life towel boy? Jeff Ricker Personal Life Towel Boy (in training) Certified Member of AAPLTB -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology

Re: Question #2

will find some information and links on this. Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd. FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department [EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 Listowner: Psychologists Educating Students to Th

Accurate dream recall unlikely

. -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 Listowner: Psychologists Educating Students to Think Skeptically

Re: Malnutrition

inadequate caloric AND protein intake. It is characterized by retarded growth, low weight, muscle wasting, emaciation, dry skin, and thin, dry, dull hair. Jeff JL Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX

Culture and mental illness

://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/06/magazine/06LATAH.html] -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 Listowner: Psychologists

Capgras Delusion

/science/columnists/346200_tomcol_23liv.html © 2001 DallasNews.com -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626

Re: the face of a tipster

/uforelie/0roswell3.gif Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 Listowner: Psychologists Educating

Re: the face of a tipster

People tell me that I somewhat resemble a cross between the Elephant Man and Mickey Rooney, with just a dash of George Clooney thrown in (only my left nostril). I hope this helps you get a better idea of what I look like. Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213

Exorcising the Homunculus

deliberate and considered actions. -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 Listowner: Psychologists

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

communities are telling us they can work with, said Alan Safran, a deputy commissioner of education in Massachusetts. These kids can't make it with anything less. Copyright 2001 The New York Times Company | Privacy Information -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213

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

in psychology. Are there any other easy-to-understand examples (critical experiments) in psychology that can demonstrate to students that psychologists can make conclusions that are very likely to be true? Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd

Re: The Lucifer Principle - redirect

should draw a large number of subscribers, I would think. Waiting for the lightning to strike, Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd. FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department [EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626

Nonacademic jobs for psychology Ph.D.s

? Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 Listowner: Psychologists Educating Students to Think

Summer reading recommendations

Debunkers, and American Culture Kleinman, A. (1991). Rethinking Psychiatry : From Cultural Category to Personal Experience Nuland, S. (2000). The Mysteries Within : A Surgeon Reflects on Medical Myths -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.

Suicide, dentists, and psychiatrists

for U.S. women (0.5 percent for 1990). Women have entered medicine in huge numbers in recent decades, but progress has come at a price. --CECIL ADAMS -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department

Brain activity and religious experiences

with the Universe" that enthralled Einstein. The other is the feeling of awe that accompanies such revelations and makes them stand out as more important, more highly charged, and in a way more real than our everyday lives. [For the rest of article, go to: -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D.

Re: Faith-based TIPS? (Transpersonal Psychology)

9) Open, dialectical, co-operative (10) Perspectival; relative; multipartiality (11) Egalitarian; consensual (12) Open (13) Participatory (14) Democratic (entails co-operative dialogue both across disciplines and between science and society) (15) Humble (16) Liberating (17) Morally/ethically committed

Belief, Faith, and Science

of us who believe adequate evidence is always necessary regardless of the nature of the claim, we must ask ourselves to what extent we need to challenge the faith-based perspective in order to teach our lesson about the need for supporting evidence. Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Of

Re: class questions

th scores on textbook material. Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 "Science must begi

Using the number of Internet hits as data

Oprah Winfrey--65,890 Sigmund Freud--60,331 George Bush (both father and son together)--57,379 Albert Einstein--50,302 James Dewey--23,337 Hugh Hefner--10,653 James B. Conant--7,771 Monica Lewinsky--5,834 Soupy Sales--2,413 Jeffry Ricker--42 (and not all the sites listed were about me, which is tru

Interesting NY Times book review

icans are surprisingly nonjudgmental". By WENDY KAMINER April 8, 2001 http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/04/08/reviews/010408.08kaminet.html Plus, I like the way Wendy Kaminer thinks. An added bonus. Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.

An update on John Gray's alma mater

uranus/school.htm If you would like to see John Gray's web site, go to: http://www.marsvenus.com/cgi-bin/link/home/index.html?id=VmsR3HQo Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department

Walloonphobia--fear of geography

"phobophiles" out there, but I don't have a Greek dictionary handy. Perhaps I need to sign up for some sort of diversity-training course . . . or maybe a class in Greek. -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Numb

Be afraid . . . be VERY afraid

know what a Walloon is, but I shrieked when I read the word.) Zemmiphobia- Fear of the great mole rat. (Well, of course!) And I'll bet that some of you wish that I had the following: Cyberphobia- Fear of computers or working on a computer. Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone

A student is not an input

s and participate as intelligent members of a free society. Obsolete or naive? I surely hope not. Copyright 2001 The New York Times Company -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EM

The myth continues

sitting at a bar and saying to the bartender: "Water, Al--six to eight glasses." For you Powerpointers among us (yes, I mean you, Stephen), it could provide a nice introduction to a discussion of myths in general. Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6

Re: The myth continues

on the New Yorker web site before you can get to this page, but I am not sure. Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale

The purpose of education

it will be used. The Greeks knew better." -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 "Science mus

Re: The purpose of education

I noticed that my last message was missing an important word, which I have placed in brackets, in the following sentence: Wisdom should allow one to make decisions "wisely"-- to make decisions informed by good judgement and a well-developed [MORAL] sense. Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ri

Ig Noble prize for MRI coitus photos

they were in the MRI machine. I hope that I am not repeating something that has already been mentioned on TIPS. Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Correlates of a college education

the economic benefits associated with big-time college sports and all the products constantly hawked during televised games and commercial breaks, as well as all the beer and other alcoholic beverages sold and consumed during games? I need a vacation. Feeling cynical, Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D

Re: Oliver Sacks on autism

Jeff Ricker wrote: ...there is an article by Oliver Sacks in which he reviews a book written [BY] an autistic person I meant to say ABOUT instead of BY. The book was written by the person's mother. Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd

Oliver Sacks on autism

nable isolation."... -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 "Science must b

Article on evolution and creationism

5, 2001. 4. R.L. Numbers, The Creationists, New York: A.A. Knopf, 1992. 5. S. Bunk, "In a Darwinian world, what chance for design?" The Scientist 12[8]:3, Apr. 13, 1998. 6. M.J. Behe, Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution, New York: The Free Press, 1996. -- J

Re: abnormal psychology

Jim Guinee wrote: Jeff Ricker wrote: I have had several students develop psychotic episodes during the semester (and sometimes show up for class during them) How do you know they had developed a psychotic episode? Doesn't that sound more like the power of suggestion -- what kind

Re: pests-l need critical thinking video

for teaching critical thinking about psychology. Go to the "Teaching Activities" page on the site (http://www.sc.maricopa.edu/sbscience/pests/demos.html). Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298

Re: Abnormal Psychology

former job teaching biology courses such as human genetics. In the latter courses, there was almost always a detachment from the material being discussed that made it much easier to let one's guard down. That is definitely not the case now. Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (

Re: Abnormal Psychology

ern media. New York: Columbia University Press. -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 &q

Re: Nobel prize; psychologists [and others]

, once receive a "World's Best Dad" trophy. Did Freud?? I thought not! Jeff Reference: Roazen, P. (1984). Freud and his followers. Washington Square, NY: New York University Press. Gay, P. (1988). Freud: A life for out time. New York: Anchor. -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office

Re: Student goals, expectations

s not even primarily) on ourselves, but also on the wider society and culture, as well as on students' self-perceptions. So, how do we start Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology

Preventive lobotomies?

reventive lobotomies were ever performed? Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 "Science must begi

Re: Student question

metries and the processing of different kinds of questions on the basis of the direction of eye movements." (p. 86) The problem is that this reference is 8 years old. Does anyone know of more recent studies? Jeff Springer, S. P. Deutsch, G. (1993). Left brain, right brain (4th ed.). N. Y. Freeman

Re: Brain-Net

cademy of Pediatrics) There are two policy statements you should read, one from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the other from the National Congress on Down Syndrome. I provide the links below: http://www.aap.org/policy/re9919.html http://www.members.carol.net/~ndsc/doman.html Jeff -- Je

Pride in education

am asking anything of you. I was just thinking about this issue as I rode my bicycle in to work this morning. I should have titled this "random neural firings." Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480

RE: Pride in Education

Louis, This answer is much more useful to me. Thank you for sending it. I accept your apology and understand that you meant no offense. I am sorry if I misunderstood your original intentions. Jeff Ricker -- Original Message -- Dave, thank you for your words. I can understand what you

Re: psychology vs philosophy

guishes psychology from philosophy," tells us very much, I think. As always, things are more complex than that. Sorry for being so cryptic but I gotta go, Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298

Psychic parrot

ts, forget the misses." In science we have to consider the misses as well as the hits. As Frank Sulloways likes to say, "anecdotes do not make a science." Check it out Wednesday morning, February 15, on ABC's Good Morning America, possibly the first hour they said. -- Jeffry P. Ricker, P

Re: Cheesy debate

t it's my parents' fault I turned out this way (in fact, if you're tired of these public displays of self-indulgent blather, I'll give you my parents' home phone number). A pox on you, Judith Harris!! What is a guilt-free boomer parent to do??!! Ad Hominemally Yours, Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ri

Re: Netiquette and introductions

uite enjoyed reading his introduction. Thanks, Bruce. -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 "Scie

Re: The 5% solution

, 187-191. -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 "Science must begin with myths and with the crit

The 5% Solution

7)? Jeff Reference: Camac, M. K. (1995). Public perceptions of psychology. Virginia Social Science Journal, 30, 20-36. -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: mind/body/spirit

;integrative medicine" that seems to be more attuned to scientific research (although time will tell), but that there are also many "practitioners" out there who have pseudoscientific and perhaps even anti-scientific leanings and interests. Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.

Re: Alzheimer's question

o variance in the development of the disorder to some extent; but variance in environmental factors is also thought to be very important. You might wish to send your student to the web address I gave above. Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd. FAX Number: (480) 423-6298

An educational premonition?

vision of one possible future for higher education in the United States? Perhaps I'm just feeling pessimistic, today. Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: teaching brain parts/functions

revisions in other segments.) It seems to me that the more concrete you can make your discussion of the brain (especially by presenting interesting vignettes), the more interested your students should be in this section. Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E

Cross-cultural Abnormal Psychology

al illness with the traditional subject matter of abnormal psychology. Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626

Head Physician

actness what I was able to observe. The whole thing had lasted twenty-five to thirty seconds. -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale Community College S

Re: Professor (?) Freud

as somewhat overblown and probably more of a myth promoted by Freud's followers than an actual difficulty for Freud in his career. But others perhaps can address this point better than I since it has been a while since I have been conversant with this literature. Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D.

If only there were extra credit for everything

. Is there any extra credit I can do to improve my student evaluations? Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ 85256

Re: Professor (?) Freud

Sigmund Freud to Wilheml Fliess: 1887-1904. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press. -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ 85256

Re: office hours

such things. I thank those who responded to my query of yesterday. The responses were very helpful to me. Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale

Re: culture-bound mental disorders

on cultural issues called, _Culture and mental illness: A client-centered approach_ (1996) by Richard J. Castillo. Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Yawning and its function(s)

R. (1997). On yawning and its functions. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 4, 198-207. -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale Community College Scotts

Here I go again

y "ilk" (i.e., those of us who teach in colleges and universities with no or very minimal admissions standards) than it is for those of you at more selective schools; yet, I think it is a problem that all of face to some extent. Just sitting here thinking out loud, Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker,

Tickling question

hat this inability does not have a merely interpersonal explanation, making physiological explanations more intriguing." (p. 349) In essence, she is saying that no one knows the answer to your question. Jeff Reference: Harris, C. R. (July/August, 1999). The mystery of ticklish laughter. American

Re: sneezing

's eyes are open that the eyes would pop out. I didn't have an answer for the first question but assured them their eyes won't fly out of their heads if they keep their eyes open (now watch me be wrong!) JL Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6

Research on happiness

ns he surveyed were, on average, only marginally happier than their poor neighbors--and many were, in fact, much less buoyant" (p. 121). Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department

Re: Observational learning (and those damned cetaceans confuse me)

ber. Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 "The truth is rare a

[Fwd: observational learning]

Dan Willingham had difficulty sending the folowing message to TIPS Jeff Ricker Jeff tried to send this to the list and it got bounced back. . . Marc Hauser's book "Wild Minds" has a chapter full of interesting cases of observational learning, including the classic of of so

What's in a name?

the college become a university. But changing the college's name doesn't necessarily mean changing its mascot, said Mr. Avington. The institution's mascot is not a buck-toothed rodent, but a scarlet knight. -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd

Re: Let's help Beaver College find a new name

. I know, how about: Crappie University Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 "The truth is

James Braid did not coin the term hypnosis?

story here? Jeff References: Gravitz, M. A. (1993). Etienne Félix d'Hénin de Cuvillers: A founder of hypnosis. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 36, 7-11. Macmillan, M. (1997). Freud evaluated: The completed arc. Cambridge: MIT Press. -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480

Why did Freud lie?

elf the luxury of changing his failures into victories. After all, was it not he who had managed to unearth the secret reason for all the lies he had been told? The myth of the hero was launched." -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FA

Hypnotherapy for smoking

/hypsmoke.htm Note: This story has been adapted from a news release issued by Ohio State University for journalists and other members of the public. If you wish to quote from any part of this story, please credit Ohio State University as the original source. You may also wish to include the following link

Re: Psychology and the Unabomber

guable. Regardless of whether or not Chase convinces you, the article is one that might prove very useful in class discussions about the ethics of psychological research. Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 P

Re: test anxiety

vere to warrant independent clinical attention" (DSM-IV, p. 685). How's this sound? Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale Community College S

Re: test anxiety

ble consequence." (p. 151) Thus, test anxiety would be seen as being more reasonable than the fears of the phobic disorders. I have not looked carefully at this book in a long time. But if you want to know more about test anxiety, this would be a good place to look. Jeff Ricker wrote (an incomple

Re: test anxiety

be heard to the time she was unwrapped. -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 "The truth is rare a

Re: Conventional view of placebos

ied, even though placebos routinely provide relief even to people who are known to be suffering serious organic disease. The presumption is that 'anyone who responds to a placebo must be faking the pain, even though there is a placebo response to everything', [Betty] Ferrell said [a pain-management expert].&

Re: Defining placebo

in our society and culture, and events we experience inside our bodies, in our physiology and biochemistry?" (p. 72) -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL P

Re: Defining placebo

-oriented, and subjective)." (p. 85) I haven't read the article carefully enough yet to fill in the gaps here. But I love when someone develops an argument that is contrary to my own approach. It looks like it is a good assumption-questioning article. Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D.

Re: Defining placebo

. But I love when someone develops an argument that is contrary to my own approach. It looks like it is a good assumption-questioning article. Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology

History of ADD

eeping with its different interdependencies, bourgeois society applies stronger restrictions to certain impulses, while in the case of others aristocratic restrictions are simply continued and transformed to suit the changed situation (Elias, 1994, p. 125). © 2000 John Wiley Sons, Inc." Jeff

Re: History of ADD

ublication on my CV), I don't think that Professor Lakoff would appreciate this. An interesting article though. Perhaps you might read it, Louis, and give us your thoughts. Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480

Grandmother back in town, please excuse my absence

how excited we are. Sorry, but it couldn't be helped, now that she has become one of the undead. Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd.FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department[EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale

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