[tips] Britain vs. USA: Psychology and riots

2011-08-11 Thread michael sylvester
There have been riots in the U.S but it appears that the British response has been to put the blame on individualistic traits.David Cameron's response has been that it is a culture where young people are not taught to differentiate between right or wrong.Personally I do think that young people

[tips] Position Announcement

2011-08-11 Thread Rakowitz, Susan
TENURE-TRACK ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY POSITION The Psychology Department at Fairfield University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position beginning Fall 2012. We seek a cognitive or behavioral neuropsychologist with research interests in neuropsychological a

RE: Re:[tips] British riot version of Kitty Genovese

2011-08-11 Thread Stuart McKelvie
Dear Tipsters, Allen Esterson is informative and more than generous in his response to a posting that even he presents to be "risible". However, forgive me if I reiterate a past theme that some of us are frustrated over the time that can be wasted correcting errors in initial postings. I know

Re:[tips] British riot version of Kitty Genovese

2011-08-11 Thread Allen Esterson
Michael: A less jaundiced view of "British morality" [sic]: Young people volunteering to take back their communities from the yobs—and clapping police cars as they go by: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCsrcnUy8ao&feature=related Elsewhere in London: "What really felt amazing yesterday was how

Re:[tips] British riot version of Kitty Genovese

2011-08-11 Thread Allen Esterson
Michael Sylvester writes: >There was no bystander apathy when a group of rioters came >to assist a person who had been injured,but to add insult to >injury,they stole items from the injured indivudual's backpack. >It appears that British morality has reached a new low. Here is the video showing t

Re:[tips] Freud interview

2011-08-11 Thread Allen Esterson
On 9 August 2011 Beth Benoit wrote: >Thanks again for the really fun video and for the update >about Freud's purported erotic moment as a toddler on a >train. It does give one pause for thought about how he >may have occasionally (?) sculpted an event to fit his theory. For the sake of brevity I