OEDIPUS ? Today is Freud’s birthday . Whether one is or is not a “Freudian,” his idea that a large part of family conflict arises out of failed efforts to resolve developmental issues seems to be true. In my own family, my father was utterly committed to his practice and rarely [...]
Posts Tagged ‘psychology’
March 24th, 2013 - 9:45 am § in Uncategorized
Tolstoy’s Rules
from Gretchen Rubin, Get up early (five o’clock) Go to bed early (nine to ten o’clock) Eat little and avoid sweets Try to do everything by yourself Have a goal for your whole life, a goal for one section of your life, a goal for a shorter period and a goal for the year; a […][...]
October 19th, 2011 - 5:28 pm § in Uncategorized
The Evolution of Rape?
Essay by PZ Myers at Pharyngula based on an article titled “Darwin’s Rape Whistle: Have women evolved to protect themselves from sexual assault?“, ….. The story is that women have evolved specific adaptive responses to the threat of rape. In support of this conclusion, the au[...]
October 3rd, 2011 - 8:37 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Western Governors: a professor’s opinion
"Online Enterprises Gain Foothold as Path To College Degree." Guest blogger Johann Neem is Associate Professor of History at Western Washington University and author of the book "Creating a Nation of Joiners" (2008). During the last legislative session in Washington state, faculty[...]
May 10th, 2011 - 7:00 am § in Religion
佛誕日 부처님 오신 날 The Mitzvot for Buddha’s Birthday
Ed. Central to Judaism is the idea of “mitzvah.” Mitzvah is one of those words that do not translate well. It can mean law, good deed, and religious obligation all at the same time. Moreover, in Judaism, the mitzvot (plural) are themselves eternal, not so much mandated by God, but li[...]
April 16th, 2011 - 8:54 am § in Environment, Religion
Frank Lutz: How to Keep NPR Funded!
from the Dianne Rheems show: There are five different types of people for you to reach out to. Rejecters, Disagreeables, Neutrals, Accepters and Embracers. Each one of those terms means something. You need to forget the Rejecters because there’s nothing you can do to influence them. “The[...]
March 22nd, 2011 - 6:28 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
WGU’s model for “online education.” There IS a better way.
Ed. The discussion the last couple of days here has referred to “online education” as if that were some sort of magic. BroadWebcast a lecture, add some mulitple choice questions and … you are ONLINE! This sort of computer based learning is just a sad extension of the overlo0asded c[...]
January 17th, 2011 - 10:26 pm § in America
Rhetoric: Diagnosis by Mug Shot
(updates, original post 14 Jan 2011) On the Berkeley Blog, Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton, associate professor of psychology, diagnoses insanity via a mug shot and media commentary. He says that the “smiling mugshot of Jared Loughner (has sent) chills down people’s spine.” and then goes on t[...]
January 14th, 2011 - 2:31 pm § in Religion
What Is The Meaning Of Life?
Roger Rabbit writes: Hell, I don’t know. Maybe there isn’t any. It’s possible we’re just here. Hawking now tells us the universe could have popped up, out of nothing, without a God. Dawkins, Hitchens, and other contemporary atheists rationally argue for the nonexistence of[...]
January 13th, 2011 - 7:15 pm § in Uncategorized
College Commits Student to Mental Ward
I might dismiss this as a fairy tale except, I once mentored a UW student, also a foreign student, who went through a similar ordeal. In his case. the Konlk County Mental Health social workers reprimanded the UW for their mistreatment of my student. My student was Chinese and I had a hard time convi[...]