[tips] pineal gland calcification and fluoride

2015-07-24 Thread Annette Taylor
Hi Tipsters: Note: cross posted to the other list as well. I had a student who asked me about the use of fluoride resulting in pineal gland calcification. I know nothing about that connection. As soon as I heard that the pineal gland was being implicated in anything that has government spo

[tips] Lillienfield Article on Why Ineffective Therapies Appear to Work

2015-07-24 Thread Michael Britt
Just finished discussing this article on my podcast: Why Ineffective Psychotherapies Appear to Work: A Taxonomy of Causes of Spurious Therapeutic Effectiveness http://www.latzmanlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Lilienfeld-et-al-2014-CSTEs.pdf

[tips] Tips for History of Psych

2015-07-24 Thread Lisa Gassin
Hello, All- This past May, I finished my first year of teaching History of Psych, and I'm now in the process of tweaking for this coming year. I'm wondering if those of you who teach/have taught it might share an idea or two (or more!) that you think helped make the class an enjoyable and succe

Re: [tips] Tips for History of Psych

2015-07-24 Thread Gerald Palmer
Hi Lisa: Go to: www.psychkits.com for lots of tested and true hands on activities for your Psychology class. Gerry On Jul 24, 2015, at 3:11 PM, Lisa Gassin wrote: > > > > > Hello, All- > > This past May, I finished my first year of teaching History of Psych, and I’m > now in the proce

[tips] Online Graduate Courses, Child/Clinical

2015-07-24 Thread Wuensch, Karl Louis
The son of an old friend of mine has asked me if it is possible to earn a graduate degree in child/clinical psychology online. I assume this would be the terminal degree (doctorate). They live in California. I am skeptical, given the amount of clinical supervision that our doctoral

[tips] Lillienfield Article on Why Ineffective Therapies Appear to Work

2015-07-24 Thread Mike Wiliams
I found the article a superb summary on all the possible defects of psychotherapy outcome research. I succumbs to many of the defects it summarizes by asserting that any of the research method fixes actually fix anything. They fail for two major reasons: 1) self-report measures (e.g. Beck Depr