Re: Memory span in children (student question)

2001-09-29 Thread jim clark
Hi No references, sorry. Just some faint memories from long-ago lectures. On Sat, 29 Sep 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >What is the memory span of say a 2yr old child? And how does it increase > (amount/time) when the child gets older? For example if a infant's memory is > an hour long and

Memory span in children (student question)

2001-09-29 Thread Drnanjo
Tipsters, Except for expression the suspicion that the development of early childhood memory is not a linear progression of increased span, I could not give a good answer to this question. So before I make more of an jackass of myself than is usual, I thought I would seek some guidance on this

Fwd: Student question about taste

2001-09-28 Thread Drnanjo
expect salty to linger and sweet to take time.     You can tell your student that he is getting never published results!  But it fits with other work I have published on the question.     don     Donald McBurney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, This is a question from a student. I have never been aware

Re: Student question about taste

2001-09-28 Thread Kenneth M. Steele
On Fri, 28 Sep 2001 08:22:18 -0400 (EDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > This is a question from a student. I have never been aware of the taste > reaction that he is describing, but was wondering about his impression that > the salt receptors are stronger than the other

Re: Student question about taste

2001-09-28 Thread Donald H. McBurney
your student that he is getting never published results!  But it fits with other work I have published on the question.     don     Donald McBurney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, This is a question from a student. I have never been aware of the taste reaction that he is describing, but was

Student question about taste

2001-09-28 Thread Drnanjo
Hello, This is a question from a student. I have never been aware of the taste reaction that he is describing, but was wondering about his impression that the salt receptors are stronger than the others on the tongue. Is this true, or is he asking about something that is totally idiosyncratic

Another Ethics Question about Deception

2001-09-20 Thread Sherry Serdikoff
I also was covering ethics today and a student asked a question about debriefing. In an experiment like a drug trial where the participants are not told whether they are getting the drug or getting the placebo but is told they will be getting one or the other, is the researcher required to reveal

Memory Question

2001-09-19 Thread Payam Heidary
RE: Question for you memory experts Dear Colleagues, One of my students asked me if pregnancy affects memory and how alcohol affects memory also. What does the research say about this? Memory is not my area of specialty so I wanted to get some feedback from some of you who specialize in this

Re: student's question

2001-09-17 Thread Deborah Hume
Saturday, Sept. 15 Dear TIPS colleagues: May I make a plea for peaceful and thoughtful conflict resolution on this list serve, just as I hope for peaceful and thoughtful approaches may be found to the conflict our nation faces? I am feeling somewhat "unworthy" to post this plea, because I reali

student's question

2001-09-17 Thread Michael Sylvester
would the observation that as tragedies increase church attendance apparently increases be considered an example of positive correlation? Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida

Re: Stats Question

2001-09-16 Thread jim clark
Hi On Sun, 16 Sep 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What kind of statistical technique would you use with a study (for a class) > consisting of 10 survey questions using a Likert Scale and two demographic > questions (gender and age) in which one male and five females subjects > responded? With

Stats Question

2001-09-16 Thread DrNina1
What kind of statistical technique would you use with a study (for a class) consisting of 10 survey questions using a Likert Scale and two demographic questions (gender and age) in which one male and five females subjects responded?  With such a low number of subjects to work with I'm not sure what

Re: Student Question (sleep disorder)

2001-09-09 Thread Jeff Ricker
than this. But there are links to articles and other information at this web site. Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Colleagues: I am cutting and pasting the following student question about a sleep disorder because I am clueless: There is a disorder that somepoeple have (i've seen it on tel

Student Question

2001-09-08 Thread Drnanjo
Hello Colleagues: I am cutting and pasting the following student question about a sleep disorder because I am clueless: There is a disorder that somepoeple have (i've seen it on television a few months ago. As i remember it mainly affects people 18-25, and it is something where people

Re: student's question

2001-08-17 Thread Maxwell Gwynn
editions, and so students can get along quite well with the older, particularly if they have a friend or roommate with the new edition. I do warn students that I will frequently be referring to page numbers and exercise/question numbers in class and on assignments and when informing the class what they

student's question

2001-08-17 Thread Michael Sylvester
can I use an earlier edition of the text? Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida

developmental research question

2001-08-13 Thread JJHorton98
I am wondering if there are any TIPSters who have done research on Piaget's class inclusion question. Specifically I would like to know if you have conducted a study comparing a "marked" task to a standard task and found that there was *not* a significant differnce between the

RE: Question #2

2001-07-10 Thread Matthew W. Prull
PROTECTED]. http://people.whitman.edu/~prullmw. ... > This question is from me. I have seen demonstrations of those word lists that > are organized around a central theme, but lack the most obvious word. They > are read to a subject who t

Re: Question #2

2001-07-10 Thread Jeff Ricker
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have seen demonstrations of those word lists that are organized around a central theme, but lack the most obvious word. They are read to a subject who then tries to recall them, usually giving the theme word as one of those read aloud, even though it wasn't.  I have tri

Re: Question #2

2001-07-10 Thread Sue Frantz
"Mark A. Casteel" wrote: > > Hi Nancy. The original Roediger & McDermott lists can be found in the > Appendix to the following article. There are 24 lists in the Appendix. > > Roediger, H. L., & McDermott, K. B. (1995). Creating false memories: > Remembering words not presented in lists. Journal

Re: Question #2

2001-07-10 Thread Mark A. Casteel
Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 21, 803-814. At 09:17 AM 7/10/01 -0400, you wrote: Hello again: This question is from me. I have seen demonstrations of those word lists that are organized around a central theme, but lack the most obvious word. They are read to a subject who then tries to rec

Question #1

2001-07-10 Thread Drnanjo
Hello Friends: I received this question from a student. I am admittedly a little foggy, but I was wondering if anyone had a relatively succinct answer to it - or if the student is basically just asking me to rehash the material on the cutaneous senses from the S & P chapter.  Here is

Question #2

2001-07-10 Thread Drnanjo
Hello again: This question is from me. I have seen demonstrations of those word lists that are organized around a central theme, but lack the most obvious word. They are read to a subject who then tries to recall them, usually giving the theme word as one of those read aloud, even though it

RE: Someone's Watching You - A Perception Question

2001-05-08 Thread Larry Z. Daily
All the best, Larry > -Original Message- > From: Larry Z. Daily [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 12:00 PM > To: TIPS > Subject: Someone's Watching You - A Perception Question > > > Hello all, > > I got the impression when I asked

Re: Someone's Watching You - A Perception Question

2001-05-07 Thread Miguel Roig
Larry, before you dismiss this phenomenon outright, you might want to examine the available empirical evidence which, as Jim Clark correctly points out, lies within the domain of parapsychology. Here are some recent abstracts: Braud, W., Shafer, D., & Andrews, S. (1993). Further studies of au

Re: Someone's Watching You - A Perception Question

2001-05-07 Thread Kenneth M. Steele
Larry: The experience was investigated in depth by E. B. Titchener!! The reference is... Titchener, E. B. (1898). Feeling of being stared at. Science, 8, 895-897. I am not completely certain for the volume and page numbers as I had to use Readers Periodical to find the exact reference, and

Re: Someone's Watching You - A Perception Question

2001-05-07 Thread Mike Lee
ere you'll find other information relevant to your question.   The 'Sense of Being Stared At' Confirmed by Simple Experiments Rupert Sheldrake, Biology Forum, 92, 53-76. 1999.   Abstract: The feeling of being stared from behind is well known all over the world,

Re: Someone's Watching You - A Perception Question

2001-05-07 Thread jim clark
Hi On Mon, 7 May 2001, Larry Z. Daily wrote: > A colleague in economics has a daughter who wants to do a science fair > project on whether person A can perceive whether person B is looking at A > (without, of course, A looking at B). Mom's pretty savvy, so they've got a > nice little study design

Someone's Watching You - A Perception Question

2001-05-07 Thread Larry Z. Daily
Hello all, I got the impression when I asked about S&P texts a while back that there are some really knowledgable S&P folks on TIPS. So, here's one that stumped me (though that's not so difficult to do. :-) A colleague in economics has a daughter who wants to do a science fair project on whether

RE: Non-Traditional Student Question

2001-05-01 Thread H. Gelpi
y their advisors, resulting in extended time in college due to taking unnecessary classes and improper prerequisites. Haydee Gelpi Broward Community College DHHS/FOH Florida -Original Message- From: Mark Sciutto [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 1:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Su

Re: Non-Traditional Student Question

2001-05-01 Thread William Ghiselli
At 01:12 PM 5/1/01 -0400, you wrote: >I recently had a student ask me about career options etc. However, he is >a non-traditional student (i.e., adult-learner) and has been getting some >conflicting advice about career options. I argue that admissions committees will see such applicants as ser

Re: Non-Traditional Student Question

2001-05-01 Thread Matthew Raney
> This disturbed me (and him), because I know of many Ph.D.s who entered > grad school late and have gone on to successful and fulfilling > careers. Also, in my personal experience, the opportunities are never > quite as narrow as many people suggest. However, I would like to give > him some ad

Non-Traditional Student Question

2001-05-01 Thread Mark Sciutto
I recently had a student ask me about career options etc. However, he is a non-traditional student (i.e., adult-learner) and has been getting some conflicting advice about career options. I thought I would gather feedback from fellow psychologists for him to help in making his decisions. Her

Re: Question about letters of recommendation

2001-04-30 Thread David Wasieleski, Ph. D.
John: Check out the following: This first is a list of ways to get lousy letters (it hangs on my office door): http://krantzj.hanover.edu/handbook/peeves2.html These last two are straight-up advice: http://www.socialpsychology.org/rectips.htm http://krantzj.hanover.edu/handbook/rec_letters2.html D

Question about letters of recommendation

2001-04-30 Thread John W. Kulig
Tipsters: I am going to give a brief talk about obtaining letters of recommendations for graduate school (covering topics such as who you ask, what gets included in them, etc). Are there are TOP articles or web sites at your fingertips that provides information of this topics? Thanks in advan

Re: sleep question

2001-04-20 Thread Drnanjo
Jim - Sounds like they don't really understand the sleep cycle. If they've been asleep for more than four or five hours, they will NOT go back into deep sleep. The last four hours of the night for most people who are having a typical sleep alternates between Stage II and REM - both of these are

sleep question

2001-04-20 Thread Jim Guinee
Diana Kyle's post about the sleep program reminded me of a question a student posed the other day. It was in my health ed class, and we were covering stress, so I began to pontificate about the importance of sleep and understanding the nature of your sleep. Two questions were thrown out

Shameless self-pee, abstract poetry, and a quiz question

2001-04-01 Thread Stephen Black
ssed and mope around Check out Granny's smell It'll make you feel well One problem: no supporting evidence was found (Some may recall my problem rhyming granny with fanny, given the meaning attached to the latter term in certain countries. This is how I dealt with the issue.) 3. Quiz qu

Re: projector question

2001-03-22 Thread Paul Brandon
At 8:45 PM -0600 3/21/01, G. Marc Turner wrote: >One other point that should be made about LCD projectors... > >Remember to factor in the cost of replacement bulbs. Some of our old >projectors had replacement bulbs that cost over $400 a piece. Our new >projector uses bulbs around $280. This is a g

Re: projector question

2001-03-21 Thread G. Marc Turner
One other point that should be made about LCD projectors... Remember to factor in the cost of replacement bulbs. Some of our old projectors had replacement bulbs that cost over $400 a piece. Our new projector uses bulbs around $280. This is a good reason to add in a request for additional bulbs w

Re: projector question

2001-03-21 Thread Stephen W Tuholski
). steve >>From: "Kenneth M. Steele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: projector question >>Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 14:38:52 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time) >> >> >>On Tue,

Re: projector question

2001-03-21 Thread Harry Avis
xture >From: "Kenneth M. Steele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: projector question >Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 14:38:52 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time) > > >On Tue, 20 Mar 2001 17:52:58 -0500 KLEISSLER ><

Re: projector question

2001-03-21 Thread Kenneth M. Steele
On Tue, 20 Mar 2001 17:52:58 -0500 KLEISSLER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anyway, here's my question: > We have some funding available for a projector to hook up with a lap > top. Our classrooms are not very dark -- the architect won, the faculty > lost the battl

Re: student question (Brain Evolution)

2001-03-20 Thread Mike Lee
At 08:26 PM 03/19/2001 -0800, you wrote: >While going over the evolution of the human brain a student asked an >intriguing question. In what order did we develop our senses? The answer might depend on whether you believe that there are five or more senses. >Or, more pointedly,

projector question

2001-03-20 Thread KLEISSLER
e to send messages again! :-) Anyway, here's my question: We have some funding available for a projector to hook up with a lap top. Our classrooms are not very dark -- the architect won, the faculty lost the battle of the shades so we have non-room-darkening (but very aesthetically pleasing!) shad

Re: Quick question on learning

2001-03-20 Thread Beth Benoit
> - Chuck Huff wrote: >I expect however, that one of the flaws of punishment still pertains: > it merely suppresses the behavior, rather than eliminating it. If it > is turned off AND the dog discovers it no longer works, the previous > behavior is likely to be reinstated. I would appreciate co

Re: Quick question on learning

2001-03-20 Thread Paul Brandon
At 8:30 AM -0600 3/20/01, Jean Edwards wrote: > Good morning all: A student asked a question regarding the use of >"invisible" fences. A dog wears a collar that delivers a mild shock >whenever the dog crosses over the boundary and learns not to cross the >boundary.

Re: Quick question on learning

2001-03-20 Thread Michael J. Kane
At 09:01 AM 3/20/01 -0600, Chuck Huff wrote, with respect to invisible dog fences: >It's both operant (punishment for a certain behavior) and classical, if >you consider the association of the shock with the collar. The latter would be true if the collar is only used in the context in which t

Re: Student Question

2001-03-20 Thread Michael Sylvester
On Tue, 20 Mar 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Tipsikins, > > Here's one from a student that I could not answer and it made me want to cry. > > What causes crying? (I am sure I will get my share of smart aleck answers > from you all, so let'em rip.) A stimulus.Btw,there is a stimulus f

Re: Quick question on learning

2001-03-20 Thread Dr. Joyce Johnson
with the food are classically conditioned. At 09:01 AM 3/20/01 -0600, Chuck Huff wrote: >At 8:30 AM -0600 3/20/01, Jean Edwards wrote: >>Good morning all: >> >>A student asked a question regarding the use of "invisible" fences. >>A dog wears a collar that d

Re: Quick question on learning

2001-03-20 Thread James D.Dougan
conditioned aversive stimulus eliciting a "fear" response. -- Jim At 08:30 AM 3/20/2001 -0600, Jean Edwards wrote: >Good morning all: > >A student asked a question regarding the use of "invisible" fences. A dog >wears a collar that delivers a mild shock whenever the

Re: Quick question on learning

2001-03-20 Thread Stuart Mckelvie
Dear Tipsters, Search the TIPS archives for this one! There was a long discussion of this very point some (two?) years ago. Stuart > ___ Stuart J. McKelvie, Ph.D.,Phone: (819)822-9600 Department of Psychology, Ext

RE: Quick question on learning

2001-03-20 Thread Dennis Goff
24503 -Original Message-From: Jean Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 9:30 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Quick question on learning Good morning all:   A student asked a question regarding the use of "invisible" fences. A dog

Re: Quick question on learning

2001-03-20 Thread Chuck Huff
At 8:30 AM -0600 3/20/01, Jean Edwards wrote: >Good morning all: > >A student asked a question regarding the use of "invisible" fences. >A dog wears a collar that delivers a mild shock whenever the dog >crosses over the boundary and learns not to cross the boundary

Quick question on learning

2001-03-20 Thread Jean Edwards
Good morning all:   A student asked a question regarding the use of "invisible" fences. A dog wears a collar that delivers a mild shock whenever the dog crosses over the boundary and learns not to cross the boundary. Is this an example of operant or classical conditioning? I ans

Student Question

2001-03-20 Thread Drnanjo
Tipsikins, Here's one from a student that I could not answer and it made me want to cry. What causes crying? (I am sure I will get my share of smart aleck answers from you all, so let'em rip.) Also given that crying can be done willfully as well as spontaneously, is there any definitive way to

student question

2001-03-19 Thread K Jung
While going over the evolution of the human brain a student asked an intriguing question.  In what order did we develop our senses?  Or, more pointedly, in which order did the cerebral cortex evolve?  Thanks for your expertise in advance. peace, K Kitty K. Jung, MA

student question

2001-03-19 Thread K Jung
While going over the evolution of the human brain a student asked an intriguing question.  In what order did we develop our senses?  Or, more pointedly, in which order did the cerebral cortex evolve?  Thanks for your expertise in advance. peace, K Kitty K. Jung, MA

Re: morbid question

2001-03-11 Thread Stuart Mckelvie
Dear Tipsters, I cannot answer Jim's question, but I have been gathering information on capital punishment for a project on which I am working. Here is part of a description that I wrote about capital punishment:: Capital Punishment Method 1: Electric Chair The safety swit

morbid question

2001-03-09 Thread Jim Guinee
A student of mine asked the other day "How long does it take for someone to commit suicide by sitting in a car, in an enclosed garage, with the motor running?" Naturally other students were alarmed, and one asked "Uh...why do you want to know that?" I've had the student in other classes and

RE: Question about one-tailed tests

2001-03-07 Thread Stephen Black
ss, and was the subject of an approving essay in _Science_ itself. They had reached their conclusion by using what I regarded as "creative" (i.e. inappropriate) use of one-tailed tests. _Science_ rejected my letter. In my comment, I quoted Keppel (1991) as stating "Most journal editors

RE: Question about one-tailed tests

2001-03-07 Thread Hatcher, Joe
Hi everyone, Concerning one-tailed tests, I like the following idea, which I ran across somewhere I cannot remember where. One should only use a one-tailed test when one is making a prediction the opposite of which would not be interesting or useful. For example, I am trying to decide wh

Re: Question about one-tailed tests

2001-03-07 Thread John W. Kulig
Mike Scoles wrote: > Although I have taught statistics for almost 20 years, I still don't understand > the relevance of directional alternate hypotheses. The critical region of the > test statistic is determined by the statistic's distribution given that the null > hypothesis is true. This co

Re: IRB question-informed consent

2001-03-06 Thread Deborah Briihl
other colleges and NIH but I can't find the piece of >information I need. > >This is the issue: students in a political science class want to mail >(names from the phone book) a questionnaire asking about political >opinions and voting behavior. The only sensitive question is income

Re: IRB question-informed consent

2001-03-06 Thread Vincent Prohaska
I am not on our IRB, which is probably why your solution sounds fine to me. I had a similar case several years ago in which we were asking people to complete a survey while in a waiting room. We thought the best way to ensure anonimity was to have them drop completed surveys into a box. Thus, we

Re: IRB question-informed consent

2001-03-06 Thread David Campbell
ce of > information I need. > > This is the issue: students in a political science class want to mail > (names from the phone book) a questionnaire asking about political > opinions and voting behavior. The only sensitive question is income > (indicated within $2 interv

IRB question-informed consent

2001-03-06 Thread Marie Helweg-Larsen
about political opinions and voting behavior. The only sensitive question is income (indicated within $2 intervals). Our standard procedure is to have participants sign and return the informed consent form. It would typically be returned in a different envelope from the questionnaire to kee

Re: Question about one-tailed tests

2001-03-03 Thread Karl L. Wuensch
cu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/StatHelp/Type_III.htm - Original Message - From: "Mike Scoles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Karl L. Wuensch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "TIPS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 9:40 PM Subject: Re: Question about one-t

Re: Question about one-tailed tests

2001-03-02 Thread Mike Scoles
e-sixth tailed probability would be appropriate. > - Original Message - > From: "jim clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "TIPS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 8:33 PM > Subject: Re: Question about one-tailed tests > > >

Re: Question about one-tailed tests

2001-03-02 Thread Karl L. Wuensch
groups and could convince us that you predicted the ordering of the means of the three, a one-sixth tailed probability would be appropriate. - Original Message - From: "jim clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "TIPS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 8:33

Re: Question about one-tailed tests

2001-03-02 Thread jim clark
Hi On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, John W. Kulig wrote: > To combine 2 studies in a meta-analysis and test for significance, you > need to get the Z value for the p reported. But the p must be > one-tailed. So, if you have a two group study where t = 2.00 and p = .08 > two tailed, you'd half the p to .04. In

Question about one-tailed tests

2001-03-02 Thread John W. Kulig
Statistical tipsters, I need confirmation on an issue that I resolved to my satisfaction a year or two ago, but want to be sure I figured it out. If this is a repost, I aplogize and will make it short. To combine 2 studies in a meta-analysis and test for significance, you need to get the Z value

RE: question for all of you

2001-03-02 Thread Rick Froman
Harry Avis wrote: "Rick Froman answers his own question in #1. Even though evangelicals hold to inerrancy, they interpret the inerrant Bible differently leading to disagreement. Reading between the llines, I got the idea that Froman thought I agreed with Biblical autnority which I d

RE: question for all of you

2001-03-02 Thread Rick Froman
First of all, for those of you who believe this thread has no relevance to the teaching of psychology (and why are you anal retentive sticklers still subscribed to TIPS anyway? Your remaining presence on the list comes close to a violation of the Law of Effect), I spent a good part of my Cognitive

RE: question for all of you

2001-03-02 Thread Larry Z. Daily
> -Original Message- > From: Rick Froman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 10:26 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: question for all of you > BTW, I wonder if anyone other than those posting are reading > these messages

RE: question for all of you

2001-03-02 Thread Harry Avis
Rick Froman answers his own question in #1. Even though evangelicals hold to inerrancy, they interpret the inerrant Bible differently leading to disagreement. Reading between the llines, I got the idea that Froman thought I agreed with Biblical autnority which I do not, since I am a

RE: question for all of you

2001-03-02 Thread Robin Pearce
On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Rick Froman wrote: > certainly be no need for counselors. Even if you believe in the authority of > the Bible, understanding of the scripture will still require thought and > discernment and often people of good will end up on opposite sides of many > issues. I wonder if tha

Re: question for all of you

2001-03-02 Thread Mike Scoles
Jim Guinee wrote: > > From: Mike Scoles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Jim Guinee, Ph.D. > > > President, Arkansas College Counselor Association > > > > Is it possible to keep this "Jesus is the only way" perspective out of a > > counseling relationship? > > I don't know why, but this particular part

RE: question for all of you

2001-03-02 Thread Rick Froman
Harry Avis writes: "A counselor who accepts the Bible as the final authority and who encounters a situation in which psychological theory is in conflict which the Bible, must rely on "authority". Unfortunately, Biblical authority often conflicts with psychological theory hence the these discus

RE: question for all of you

2001-03-02 Thread Rick Froman
I originally wrote: > My question is: if the whole idea of religious belief is such a ludicrous > delusion, why would anyone feel insulted or condemned? I wouldn't feel > insulted if a psychotic individual held the delusion that I was going to > burn in Hell unless I performe

Re: question for all of you

2001-03-02 Thread Stuart Mckelvie
Dear Tipsters, Comments on 3 points that have arisen: 1. I think Marx has been attributed for saying that religion is the opiate of the masses. 2. WRT the possible conflicts in values between Christian therapists and clients, what about the Biblical exhortation to render unto Ceasar things t

Re: question for all of you

2001-03-02 Thread Jim Guinee
> From: Mike Scoles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: question for all of you > > Jim Guinee wrote: > > > Therefore, anyone, no matter > > how good the deeds they do, that does not acknowledge Christ, cannot be > > reconciled with God. > > Is it d

Re: question for all of you

2001-03-02 Thread Jim Guinee
> From: Robin Pearce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: question for all of you > > On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Mike Scoles wrote: > > > > Is it possible to keep this "Jesus is the only way" perspective out of a > > counseling relationship? I have heard g

Re: question for all of you

2001-03-02 Thread Jim Guinee
> From: Annette Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: question for all of you > On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Robin Pearce wrote: > > > > I wonder about this myself. How could a Biblically-literal Christian > > even bring him- or her-self to treat a nonbeliever? I

Re: question for all of you

2001-03-02 Thread Jim Guinee
> At 8:51 AM -0600 3/1/01, Jim Guinee wrote: > As a psychologist, I am more interested in what people actually _do_ in > the name of religion than what the Words of the religion actually dictate. Just for the record -- I did not write this. I'm not sure who did, but somehow it got attributed to

Re: question for all of you

2001-03-01 Thread Mike Scoles
Easy answer: Psychotics do not have the political power of organized religions. Rick Froman wrote: > My question is: if the whole idea of religious belief is such a ludicrous > delusion, why would anyone feel insulted or condemned? I wouldn't feel > insulted if a psychotic indiv

RE: question for all of you

2001-03-01 Thread Robin Pearce
On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Rick Froman wrote: > My question is: if the whole idea of religious belief is such a ludicrous > delusion, why would anyone feel insulted or condemned? I wouldn't feel > insulted if a psychotic individual held the delusion that I was going to > burn

RE: question for all of you

2001-03-01 Thread Harry Avis
sions. Harry Avis Ph.D. Sierra College Rocklin, CA 95677 Life is opinion - Marcus Aurelius There is nothing that is good or bad, but that thinking makes it so - Shakespeare >From: Rick Froman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: question for all of you

2001-03-01 Thread Rick Froman
*better*, just reconciled with God. I mean golly, don't take it so personally." My question is: if the whole idea of religious belief is such a ludicrous delusion, why would anyone feel insulted or condemned? I wouldn't feel insulted if a psychotic individu

Re: question for all of you

2001-03-01 Thread Annette Taylor
On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Robin Pearce wrote: > > I wonder about this myself. How could a Biblically-literal Christian even > bring him- or her-self to treat a nonbeliever? If you believe someone will > be tortured forever for not believing in the right way, isn't helping them > to be better-adjusted h

Re: question for all of you

2001-03-01 Thread Robin Pearce
On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Mike Scoles wrote: > > Is it possible to keep this "Jesus is the only way" perspective out of a counseling > relationship? I have heard good Christian counselors say, "There is no way I could > deal with a gay client." (Well, I suppose that the person *might* be able to de

Re: question for all of you

2001-03-01 Thread Mike Scoles
Jim Guinee wrote: > Therefore, anyone, no matter > how good the deeds they do, that does not acknowledge Christ, cannot be > reconciled with God. Is it difficult to see just how offensive this is to people of other faiths? > Christians should not view themselves as > better than non-Christians

Re: question for all of you

2001-03-01 Thread Drnanjo
In a message dated 3/1/2001 6:52:32 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So a loving God desires all people to be saved but those who do not accept Christ are basically condemning themselves Again, to me this loving God not only condemns millions of innocent people, but blames

Re: question for all of you

2001-03-01 Thread Paul Brandon
and a nice one-liner). But as a rationalist (and I suspect that Stephen would join me), I would question whether it's the most parsimonious, and therefore the most likely. * PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Psychology Dept Minnesota State University, Mankato * * 23 Ar

Re: question for all of you

2001-03-01 Thread Jim Guinee
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: question for all of you > > For what it's worth: Way back when I learned my Catholic doctrine, we > were taught that those "otherwise blameless people" were not sent to a > very bad place (Hell), but were to rema

Re: question for all of you

2001-03-01 Thread Jim Guinee
lions of otherwise blameless people to "a very bad > place" solely for not believing appropriately be an evil, cruel > and malicious entity? How can this be consistent with a belief in > a just, kind, and caring God? > > -Stephen Stephen Nice to hear from you. I wondered wh

Re: question for all of you

2001-02-28 Thread Paul Brandon
At 11:25 AM -0500 2/28/01, Stephen Black wrote: >On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Jim Guinee wrote: >> >> Admittedly, a very unpleasant aspect of biblical Christianity is the >>belief that >> non-Christians go to a very bad place. This should never be taken >>lightly by >> the church, and is cause for much

RE: question for all of you

2001-02-28 Thread margie.h.stinson
Subject:Re: question for all of you On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Jim Guinee wrote: > > Admittedly, a very unpleasant aspect of biblical Christianity is the belief that > non-Christians go to a very bad place. This should never be taken lightly by

Re: question for all of you

2001-02-28 Thread Stephen Black
On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Jim Guinee wrote: > > Admittedly, a very unpleasant aspect of biblical Christianity is the belief that > non-Christians go to a very bad place. This should never be taken lightly by > the church, and is cause for much suffering and grieving. I don't like > professing this b

Re: question for all of you

2001-02-28 Thread Jim Guinee
> From: Hank Goldstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: question for all of you > > Greetings Will, > You, too, "need to be held responsible for [your] behaviors" and beliefs. > including those that condemn most of the world's population to damnation &g

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