[tips] Is biology destiny? Vancouver

2012-04-10 Thread mjchael sylvester
It appears that the Miss Universe organization thinks so.The organization just booted out Canadian Miss Vancouver who was a gender reassignment dude.It was a "no way Jose' " moment when they found out that Miss Vancouver was really a dude.The org issued a statement that only those who were born

[tips] Does Social Rank Influence Genetic Activity?

2012-04-10 Thread Michael Palij
A new research study involving the manipulation of social rank among macaque monkeys shows that measures of immunity varies with social rank. Here is one popular media article on the study: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17663133 The study is published in the Proceedings of the Nat

Re: [tips] Is biology destiny? Vancouver

2012-04-10 Thread Christopher Green
You're way behind on this one Michael. She has been re-admitted to the contest (though the wording was a little ambiguous). In addition, dropping the pants (I'm not sure why you put it in scare quotes) wouldn't serve the judges very well because she had the physical changes made a few years ago.

Re: [tips] Is biology destiny? Vancouver

2012-04-10 Thread mjchael sylvester
Thanks for the update.Anyway,do you remember the case of the South African hermaphrodite who participated in women sports?She ootrunned all the other competitors but apparently it was her high level of the male hormones that propelled her to victory. I am curious if those people could ever be s

Re: [tips] Does Social Rank Influence Genetic Activity?

2012-04-10 Thread mjchael sylvester
YES - Original Message - From: "Michael Palij" To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Cc: "Michael Palij" Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 9:53 AM Subject: [tips] Does Social Rank Influence Genetic Activity? A new research study involving the manipulation of social rank

Re: [tips] Is biology destiny? Vancouver

2012-04-10 Thread Christopher Green
On 2012-04-10, at 12:06 PM, mjchael sylvester wrote: > I am curious if those people could ever be selected to be in a psychology > experiment: where would the equity be? > Would you include Miss Vancouver in an all female gender experiment? Miss Universe is not scientific research, and so the

[tips] NIce, Nice, Very Nice, So Many People In The Same Device

2012-04-10 Thread Michael Palij
So, you think that being nice is a learned behavior? Maybe, maybe not. Perhaps it has a lot to do with your levels of oxytocin and vassopressin which is determined by certain genes. At least that's is what one research study is suggesting. For a popular media account of the research, here is an

[tips] Where Famous Psychology Studies Occurred

2012-04-10 Thread Michael Britt
I'm still playing around and having fun with ThingLink. This time I made a map of where - in the US - some of psychology's famous studies and theories were developed. This map is editable, so you should be able to correct my mistakes or possibly add more studies: http://www.thinglink.com/scen

Re: [tips] Where Famous Psychology Studies Occurred

2012-04-10 Thread Christopher Green
Nice, Michael. (I think that Beth Loftus did here eyewitness work at Washington. She only moved to Irvine recently (after Washington treated her exceptionally poorly). I've been working on a history of psychology timeline that you might find amusing. I'm concentrating in 1840-1920, and I only

Re: [tips] Where Famous Psychology Studies Occurred

2012-04-10 Thread Michael Britt
Nice map Chris. Really coming along. What program are you using? The "Harvard lab enlarged" is an event? Boy, you're really getting down to the details! Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Apr 10, 2012, at 5:54 PM, C

Re: [tips] Where Famous Psychology Studies Occurred

2012-04-10 Thread Christopher Green
On 2012-04-10, at 6:14 PM, Michael Britt wrote: > Nice map Chris. Really coming along. What program are you using? The > "Harvard lab enlarged" is an event? Boy, you're really getting down to the > details! > The Harvard lab was really only a demonstration lab under James. It = didn't bec