[tips] Who knows what about religion?

2010-10-01 Thread Patrick Dolan
Hi folks- here is a link to an interesting radio segment on the recent Pew poll on religious knowledge. http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/tp/tp101001atheists_agnostics_b Patrick Dolan Drew University > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here:

Re: [tips] Bigots In The News

2010-10-01 Thread Christopher D. Green
Mike Palij wrote: > Is FoxNews the step in Rick Sanchez' career? > Almost certainly. That were all the guys who Jon Stewart gets fired from CNN go (see: Tucker Carlson). :-) Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex

Re: [tips] Bigots In The News

2010-10-01 Thread Mike Palij
On Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16:54:07 -0700, Christopher D. Green wrote: >Apparently CNN's management was none too pleased either: > http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/cnn_host_rick_sanchez_fired_over_47GKLwpTP4TRoY2j9GCj5K?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= Chris, please! The NY Post is a Rupert Murdoch outlet and

Re: [tips] Bigots In The News

2010-10-01 Thread Christopher D. Green
Apparently CNN's management was none too pleased either: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/cnn_host_rick_sanchez_fired_over_47GKLwpTP4TRoY2j9GCj5K?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= Chris === Christopher D. Green wrote: > I don't think that a bunch of "elite" psychology professors leaping to

Re: [tips] Bigots In The News

2010-10-01 Thread Christopher D. Green
I don't think that a bunch of "elite" psychology professors leaping to the defense of Jon Stewart is going to much impress Mr. Sanchez, or those who might take him seriously. What strikes me is Sanchez's dismissive reaction to the idea that Jews constitute (have constituted?) an oppressed minor

Re: [tips] Bigots In The News

2010-10-01 Thread Peter Kepros
Bigot? Perhaps this is an example of "projection." I've never respected the many uninformed opinions of Mr. Sanchez. Peter Kepros Professor and Dean Emeritus University of New Brunswick kep...@unb.ca At 06:45 PM 01/10/2010, you wrote: >Who knew he was a bigot? See: > >http://content.usatoda

[tips] Bigots In The News

2010-10-01 Thread Mike Palij
Who knew he was a bigot? See: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2010/10/cnns-rick-sanchez-calls-jon-stewart-a-bigot/1 -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist

RE: [tips] Why the 3 posts daily limit?

2010-10-01 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
I love my email filter, because it can keep my email in-box from being stuffed with emails from Dip-loma Mills, and such. The overloading of my email in-box with such flotsam increases the noise in the in-box meaning I have an increased chance of missing signal emails that I need to read. Indeed

Re: [tips] Why the 3 posts daily limit?

2010-10-01 Thread Steven Specht
unbelievable! Yes, thank god for the delete button (oh crap, there goes my Tipster of the Week potential again). Steven M. Specht, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Department of Psychology Utica College Utica, NY 13502 (315) 792-3171 monkeyb

[tips] For Your "Ethics in Research" File

2010-10-01 Thread Mike Palij
Susan Reverby, who previously has written on the Tuskegee syphilis study, reports on research conducted in the 1940s in Guatemala where U.S. medical researchers infected people with gonorrhea and syphillis without their knowledge or permission. Today (Friday, Oct 1, 2010), Secretary of State Hillar

[tips] Why the 3 posts daily limit?

2010-10-01 Thread michael sylvester
The 3-posts daily limit was imposed because tipsters wanted to keep Tips white folks oriented.They were not able to deal with issues pertaining to black folks that I was introducing on Tips.So the 3-posts daily limit was imposed to diminish the assumed irritability of my posts,even though the de

[tips] Copper-centric Psy survives in Ecuador

2010-10-01 Thread michael sylvester
Since this is Hispanic Heritage Month,I will be posting on issues in Latin America. There is hope that the unique development of Copper-centric psychology will continue in the Americas.Harvard educated Rafael Correa survived an attempted coup and wiii remain the el presidente of Ecuador. Correa,

Re: [tips] Experiential Learning

2010-10-01 Thread peterson
Bill, how many varied practica and how many students? Is this part of your regular teaching load? Do you coordinate the whole program? Additional conpensation? Release time? Do students get credit? Is it required? We have a required 12 credit hour teaching load per semester. Journal and Paper

Re: [tips] Experiential Learning

2010-10-01 Thread William Scott
Students have 2 written assignments for internships. 1) a journal of their activities and reflections regarding such 2) a paper that reviews some relevant literature and compares the experience with the literature. The purpose of this paper is to discuss which experiences were "as described" in

[tips] Random Thought: Love Of Learning

2010-10-01 Thread Louis E. Schmier
My god, I watched and listened in awe: eyes wide open, mouth dropped, goose bumps, some tears, or even a lump in the throat. After these past few weeks, I learned that you don't have to travel the world over to find the beautiful; it's right there in front of your classroom nose. The student

Re: [tips] Experiential Learning

2010-10-01 Thread michael sylvester
Hi What are people's thoughts about what is needed to make undergraduate experiential learning experiences (e.g., practica, work placements, volunteering activities in community, ...) work well? By "work well" I mean students truly gain opportunities to integrate academic knowledge with i

Re: [tips] Experiential Learning

2010-10-01 Thread peterson
Wow! An issue approp to the list?! Our dept. hasn't been able to solve this issue yet but we would be interested in hearing how others try to resolve the question. I think it requires wise selection of off campus sites and coordination/supervision between those sites and faculty. We talked abo