POST stands for "Peace Officer Standards and Training." (Don't be too impressed...I googled.) Here's a website: http://www.post.ca.gov/training/cptn/certified.asp
I'd be as guarded as you. "Messages in music" sounds like that same old "Satan is there if you listen to it backwards." And of course, we all know how valid the research on "Hidden Persuaders" is. Well, actually, maybe I should ask TIPSters their feelings about subliminal conditioning. I've always taught that it doesn't work, that a stimulus presented at, for example, 1/3000th of a second will not induce a drive-in audience to "buy Coke" or "eat popcorn." YET, the Baron, Byrne and Branscombe Social Psych. texts claim that subliminal conditioning is valid. I have to say that I've always used Dave Myers' Social Psych. textbooks, but I inherited this class after it had already begun and students had already bought Baron et al. So this is a tangent - mea culpa - but if any want to respond to the metaphysics of the existence of subliminal conditioning, maybe it would be best to label the subject as such... Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Nov 8, 2007 12:53 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A colleague brought me a flyer today that she received from her daughter's > school. The flyer is for parents to attend an informational meeting about > "Message in the music and juvenile drug trends" It is a 3-hour seminar about > weapons, music and the hidden messages (she wants to know, "what hidden > messages?"), current drug trends, etc. etc. > > She wants to know if anyone knows anything about this as legitimate or > more psychobabble. As his credentials, the presenter lists being a DARE > certified instructor, which set off red flags, bells and whistles, and he is > "POST" certified. She can't find out what POST is an acronyn for. > > Anyone have more info on this stuff? > > Thanks in advance. > > Annette > > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology > University of San Diego > 5998 Alcala Park > San Diego, CA 92110 > 619-260-4006 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- > ---
