Please forgive my ignorance of this topic, but what exactly is the concern with
this type of research? It seems to me that it is entirely possible to carry out
quality research on the effects of an induced mental state on a variety of
health and other outcomes. How would such research be any
Hi Miguel-
In theory you are right. It is perfectly possible to do clean, unbiased
research on TM. In practice, however, there is a problem (in general) with the
work done by practitioners of TM as they make claims based on poorly designed
studies. As an example please see:
T.M. at Folsom
Our department is working on developing a new (for us) course
to cover those topics all of get asked, including: What can I do with my
degree in Psychology? What graduate programs are there? How do I go about
applying to graduate school? What do I need to apply? What
I would also be interested. We don't have such a class but have discussed it.
We encourage students to seek advice from faculty and attend various seminars
given on such topics by admissions and our university's Career/Planning
Placement Office. In addition, the Psych department holds an
Joel,
UWF does a 1 sh course (careers in Psychology) as an online course. It is
intended for students at the beginning of the major (a 2000-level course).
It had 10 modules, ranging from advising (meeting graduation requirements
for the major, disciplinary skills (an introduction to writing in
We have both of these types of classes at Frostburg State. In fact, Bill
Southerly has taught them both! He's very busy and may not have seen this, so
I'll get his attention and also ask the current instructor to see if they are
willing to share syllabuses.
Paul
On Oct 14, 2013, at 4:41 PM,
Ha!! I had heard of this Yogic flying, but I don't recall ever seeing footage
of this ability. Thanks for sharing the Youtube link, but I'll stick with
walking. ;-)
Seriously, I did a brief Google search and found some studies on mindfulness
published in what I consider to be fairly good
Hi Joel:
We do a course like this at ASU. It is a 1-hour course called
Careers in Psychology in which we help the beginning psych
major review career posibilities, identify a career goal, and
then plan their courses to go towards that goal.
I see only a subgroup, those headed towards
