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From: mdkline@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Mark D. Kline)
Subject: Re: Exercise vs Psychotherapy
Keywords: exercise psychotherapy
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 92 12:50:32 EST

In article <97646@netnews.upenn.edu> zorrilla@cattell.psych.upenn.edu (Eric Zorrilla) writes:
>If we want to talk about average treatment response, cognitive therapy
>seems to be equally efficacious on those depressions with or without
>melancholic symptoms.  Pharamcotherapy, in contrast, seems to be effective
>mostly on the melancholic depressions with marginal, if any effectiveness
>on those depressions that don't have vegetative symptoms.  [ ... ]
> With regards to permanence, I should also mention
>that CT has lowere relapse and recurrence rates than drug regimens that
>are not maintained (with the jury still out on maintained drug regimens).


Response to pharmacotherapy in depression is very difficult to
predict.  Some older studies did suggest that melancholic or endogenous
depressives were more likely to respond to tricyclics, but a more
contemporay view is that there is an imperfect relationship between
depressive severity generally and drug response - the more severely
symptomatic, the more likely to benefit from medications - up to a
point (the very most severely ill do not respond terribly well to any
available form of treatment).  Some relatively mild, chronic or clearly
"reactive" depressions respond very well to SSRI type antidepressants.
However, attempts to demonstrate that particular types of depressive
syndromes (e.g., melancholic, hysteroid dysphoric/atypical/phobic-anxious, 
dysthymic, etc) respond to different drugs (TCAs, SSRIs, MAOIs) have
led to equivocal results. Cognitive therapy does seem to confer an
innoculating or protective effect against future episodes of major
depressive disorder.
From: Shiv Kaul
Newsgroups: sci.psychology
Subject: Re: teeth grinding while sleeping
Date: 16 Nov 92 10:41:33 GMT
Organization: Bloomsbury Computing Consortium
Organisation: University College London

rcsaito@cs.washington.edu (Richard Saito) writes:

>I was wondering if anybody here knows anything about the causes of why some
>people grind their teeth while asleep?  Any information would be appreciated.

I believe the condition is entitled 'Bruxism'.

That might help in a Lit. Search.  Sorry, I don't know anything else about it!

Shiv

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From: packer@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer)
Newsgroups: sci.psychology
Subject: Re: physical attractiveness and the "matching hypothesis"
Date: 23 Nov 92 12:06:00 GMT
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In article <1eju23INNd5g@coral.bucknell.edu>, abramwtz@coral.bucknell.edu (Jon Abramowitz) writes...
>The matching hypothesis for physical attractiveness is a social psychological
>phenomenon that predicts that men and women involved in romantic relationships
>are more likely to be of similar levels of physical attractiveness than 
>would be expected by chance.  In other words, if I'm an 8 on a scale of 10,



..and furthermore, they are more likely to resemble each other,
regardless of "level" of attractiveness by society's general
standards. I've noticed this now that the newspapers are
publishing both bride and groom pictures in wedding announcements.
Newsgroups: sci.psychology,soc.women,soc.men,sci.anthropology
From: aaldrich@encore.com (Al Aldrich)
Subject: Re: More Women Than Men Prefer to be Alone
Organization: Encore Computer Corporation
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 19:28:27 GMT

twain@milton.u.washington.edu (Barbara Hlavin) writes:


>Well, if anyone is still interested, here's the item from the Saturday, 
>November 14, 1992 "Seattle Times": 

>	One in two Japanese wives would rather be home alone 
>	than with her husband, according to a study.  Only 21 
>	percent of husbands would rather be without their wives. 
>So the study was done in Japan.  

I don't find this very surprising. If I was a Japanese wife in a culture
where the wife's social status on average is a little higher than the
family dog and is expected to wait on hubby, hand and foot, from dusk
til dawn, I would rather be alone as well. It is also not surprising 
that the 79% of the men would rather have their `maids' around ,
then not. 

al

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From: collene@unisql.UUCP (Collene Pearce)
Newsgroups: sci.psychology
Subject: subliminal tapes
Date: 17 Nov 92 17:16:36 GMT
Organization: UniSQL, Inc., Austin, Texas, USA


I have probably in excess of 25 subliminal audio and audio/video tapes
at home and they have never worked for me.  For quite some time, I thought
that I was simply blocking the messages (that my mind was not the type 
which responded to this sort of stimuli) and that they worked very well
for the average person.

Then recently, I was discussing subliminals with someone who explained
that _I_ wasn't the problem, but rather that these things just don't work.
He said there has never been any real scientific evidence that any form of
subliminal messages have ever worked (he said the old coke-a-cola story 
is an urban legend).  He said (he had heard) that here is a new method of 
recording the audio tapes now that they may have a better chance of having 
an effect on the user, but didn't know what brand that would be and did
have details of the new technique.

So, I'm asking for a second opinion.  I'd like to hear your thoughts on
the use/effectiveness of subliminal audio and audio/video tapes.   Have
there ever been any scientific studies done on this?   Also, individual 
results would certainly be of interest to me.  If anyone has ever been
able to use these things effectively, then how did you do it?

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From: abramwtz@coral.bucknell.edu (Jon Abramowitz)
Newsgroups: sci.psychology
Subject: physical attractiveness and the "matching hypothesis"
Date: 20 Nov 92 13:57:55 GMT
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Organization: Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA
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The matching hypothesis for physical attractiveness is a social psychological
phenomenon that predicts that men and women involved in romantic relationships
are more likely to be of similar levels of physical attractiveness than 
would be expected by chance.  In other words, if I'm an 8 on a scale of 10,
then I'm more likely to date other 8's.

I'm looking for any thoughts, comments, etc. on this phenomenon.  Do you seem
to notice this effect?

Post on the newsgroup, or send e-mail to: abramwtz@coral.bucknell.edu

Thanks,
Jon Abramowitz (graduate student in psychology at Bucknell University)
Newsgroups: sci.psychology
From: ffujita@s.psych.uiuc.edu (Frank Fujita)
Subject: Re: Sanity Certification
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 18:46:58 GMT

mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) writes:
>It seems to me that it is possible to create a first-level screening
>test for insanity, e.g. combining elements from the MMPI, Rorschach,
>Stanford-Binet, electroencephalogram, etc. [brave new world proposals
>deleted]

Well, someone else will question your motives.  I'd just like to point
out some of the technical difficulties, and let others discuss ethics.
First, there is the problem of low baserates.  Second is the problems of
cutting scores.  Third is the problem of the changing definition of
insanity coupled with the lag time in validation of tests.

First: Low Baserates.  Because very few people are insane (less than 5%)
any test that will try to predict who is insane will have to be *very*
accurate.  (This problem in *not* domain based -- the AIDS test has the
same problem.  In low baserate populations, there are more false-
positives than correct hits).

Second:  Cutting scores.  No matter how *good* your insanity test, there
will be a distribution of scores, and you will have to decide (someone
will have to decide) that a score of 19 is sane, and a score of 20 is
insane.  (Assuming that a 3 is clearly sane and a score of 40 is clearly
insane, there is still going to have to be a cutting score).  Thus,
while you can keep out the worst people (as defined on the test) you
will either have to exclude *many* sane people from those occupations
(with a low cutting score) or include many insane people.  In either
case, your cutting score will be arbitrary, and some people will be
discriminated against -- Like if they kept people with a 19 ACT out of
college but let people witha 20 ACT in.

Third problem: Changing definitions of insanity.  It takes about 10
years to develop and validate a test to the level where it can be used
in individual prediction.  However thei definitions of insanity change
about every 5 years.  At any given time, we would only be able to
identify people that would have been considered insane a while back, and
anybody so identified could reasonably argue that under current
guidelines they weren't insane.

I took your post seriously, but others will probably (rightly?) dismiss
it out of hand as fascist, or communist, or something depending on their
political orientation.

Frank Fujita
From: mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson)
Newsgroups: sci.psychology
Subject: Sanity Certification
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 23:46:51 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

It seems to me that it is possible to create a first-level screening
test for insanity, e.g. combining elements from the MMPI, Rorschach,
Stanford-Binet, electroencephalogram, etc.
 
What use would such a test have?  It seems obvious that certain
professions have a special need to avoid employing insane people.
Psychiatrists, for one.  Certainly you wouldn't want insane people
to be treating other people for their mental problems.
 
By making this a government-administered suite of tests, we establish
a baseline standard for normal minds.  By creating a standard we accomplish
two important goals:  a)  establish an initial screening test for
minimizing the damage done to the public by exposure to insane minds,
and b) provide assurance to those who doubt their sanity that they are indeed
sane.
 
California has a process by which the public may force a law into
existence by public vote, completely bypassing the legislative process.
This seems to me the ideal method to enact the first sanity certification
laws.  As a first step, we could apply them to the most vulnerable
populations, i.e. government employees.  Teachers and cops seem like the
most obvious initial targets.  After all, you certainly wouldn't want
your children to be taught by an insane teacher or yourself to be
pulled over by an insane traffic cop, would you?
 
Once people got used to the idea of sanity certification as a public
safety measure, the obvious extension would be to apply it to elected
public officials.  This would have an enormous effect on the evolution
of politics in this state.  I predict it would close the loop, creating
a self-reinforcing feedback toward higher sanity levels.  I.e., a sane
government would have an interest in raising the sanity standards, to
further exclude insane people from being elected to office.

This would lead to a new society, one in which sanity is celebrated
as a good thing.  Unlike our present system -- which celebrates
insanity under euphemisms like "cultural diversity" -- we would have
a society oriented toward evolutionary progress, rather than
wallowing in degradation as we do now.
Newsgroups: sci.psychology,soc.women,soc.men,sci.anthropology,soc.culture.usa
From: irvine@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Brent Irvine)
Subject: Re: More Women Than Men Prefer to be Alone
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 16:50:32 GMT

In article <1992Nov19.043014.8806@nntp.hut.fi> jkp@cs.HUT.FI (Jyrki Kuoppala) writes:
>In article <Bxtq3F.EGu@encore.com>, aaldrich@encore (Al Aldrich) writes:
>>>	One in two Japanese wives would rather be home alone 
>>>	than with her husband, according to a study.  Only 21 
>>>	percent of husbands would rather be without their wives. 
>>
>>I don't find this very surprising. If I was a Japanese wife in a culture
>>where the wife's social status on average is a little higher than the
>>family dog and is expected to wait on hubby, hand and foot, from dusk
>>til dawn, I would rather be alone as well. It is also not surprising 
>>that the 79% of the men would rather have their `maids' around ,
>>then not. 
>
>For some reason I think your comment tells more about USA than Japan.

If you mean revealing about USA perceptions of Japan, yes.  

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Newsgroups: sci.psychology
From: markb@iplmail.orl.mmc.com (Mark Bower)
Subject: Bicameral Mind
Organization: Martin Marietta
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 16:38:06 GMT

Hello. I am new to this newsgroup and Psychology in general.
Recently, I started reading Julian Jayne's _Origin_of_Consciousness_
and_the_Breakdown_of_the_Bicameral_Mind and found his central
concept fascinating and _internally_ consistent.

I am wondering what has become of his work since it was published.
My book lists a publish date of the early seventies ( I don't have it
with me). Has his work been corroborated, rejected, ignored, extended,
of otherwise pursued?

If it has been discarded, what other research/theories have arisen
to explain the ubiquitousness of god/gods/religion in virtually all
societies and their overwhelming similarities?

I have read some of the work of Joseph Campbell who clearly identifies
the similarities in the context, content, and importance of myths in
the human view of God, but he never _really_ addresses how we humans
arrived at the need/realization of gods/a god.

All other work I have seen appears to limit it's academic concern to
the aquisition of speech, bipedal gait, visual communication, tools,
and other behaviors. Everyone seems to ignore consciousness. Is it in
the "too hard" pile? I have read Edelman's Neural_Darwinism and The_
Remembered_Present which gave excellent possible models of current
human cognition. Has anyone tried outlining a _developmental_ mechanism
for this model?

I count 4 "?" above so I guess that's enough for now! :-) Thanks to
anyone who can help. Mark.
From: zorrilla@cattell.psych.upenn.edu (Eric Zorrilla)
Newsgroups: sci.psychology
Subject: Re: teeth grinding while sleeping
Date: 16 Nov 92 16:23:41 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

>rcsaito@cs.washington.edu (Richard Saito) writes:

>>I was wondering if anybody here knows anything about the causes of why some
>>people grind their teeth while asleep?  Any information would be appreciated.

Bruxism occuring during the day and bruxism that occurs during sleep are
separate phenomena.  Sleep-related bruxism, at present (as best as I still
know), has no-known cause.  It does NOT appear to be related to stress
or other psychological variables (which is to be contrasted with bruxism
during wakefulness).  Sleep-related bruxism affects all ages with childhood
and adolescence having the highest incidence.  Approximately 15% of the
population report a past or current episode (so, the episodes so remit
quite often).  Males and females seem to be equally affected.  It
also appears to be a familial disorder, suggesting that genetic heritability
may be at work.

Reding did quite a bit of research on this in the 60's (I don't know if
it's still ongoing).

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Newsgroups: sci.psychology
From: amywoman@camelot.bradley.edu (Amy Harris)
Subject: Re: MMPI, what's it tell?
Organization: Bradley University
Date: 18 Nov 92 00:49:12 GMT

In <BxvBtH.5K7@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> graham@venus.iucf.indiana.edu (JIM GRAHAM) writes:

>I've just returned from a Pain Clinic and filled out and mailed a 
>567-question true/false test called an MMPI.
>What I would like to know is what it is supposed to tell about me.
>It seems to me that the questions were tiresomely repetitive, and
>hinted of such things as suicidal tendencies, paranoia, schizophrenia,
>pyromania, hypochondria, etc., but not being and expert, I'm not sure.

I think you guessed right here.  In a clinical setting, it's mostly
used to measure such dysfunctional things as paranoia, schizophrenia,
depression, etc. etc.
Unless they were using it for research purposes, that's probably what
they were trying to get at.
The MMPI was originally designed to make a distinction between the normal
population and the so-called psychiatric population.  A question that the
psychiatric population answered differently from the normal population
was considered significant and was included in the test. 

Newsgroups: sci.psychology
From: mtlatour@next8 (MATTHEW T. LATOURETTE)
Subject: Re: Briggs MyersKeywords:
Organization: Michigan Technological University
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 20:38:06 GMT

In article <24045@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM> dhaggard@hughes.Sgi.COM (Dana  
Haggard) writes:
(stuff deleted)
> Can you tell me if you are
> tested once do  results  illustrate consistancy over time?   Can anyone  
direct

As far as consistency is concerned, the test should have similar results.  
However, if you've grown a lot intellectually since the last time you took  
it, you may find some major differences. I've taken it four times within  
about 5 or 6 years and have found that although most of the results are  
the same, each successive test has had at least one dramatic change from  
the one prior to it. It does seem fairly reliable, because those dramatic  
changes make sense when I compare myself at the time of the earlier test  
to that of the latter. We all grow, so expect that your personality may  
change along with that growth. As far as choosing a career goes: IMNSHO  
get a basic idea of what you like (with the help of tests such as the  
Myers-Briggs) to select your field of study, but take a wide variety of  
classes early in your college career to give yourself a feel for what  
truly interests you. Hopefully that will save you from studying 3 or more  
years of whatever your major is and then discovering that it's not for  
you.

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From: icrosby@romulus.Reed.Edu (Ian Bradford Crosby)
Newsgroups: sci.psychology
Subject: DSM on CD-ROM
Date: 24 Nov 92 05:36:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: reed.1992Nov24.053648.24319
Reply-To: Sam
Organization: Reed College, Portland, OR


	Does anybody know whether the APA publishes/plans to publish the  
DSM IIIR/DSM IV on CD-ROM?
From: sandilands@hg.uleth.ca
Subject: Re: Briggs MyersKeywords:
Reply-To: sandilands@hg.uleth.ca
Organization: University of Lethbridge
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 00:27:09 GMT

In article <24045@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM>, dhaggard@hughes.Sgi.COM (Dana Haggard)
writes:

>Hi all,
>
>I was hoping someone might be able to direct me to information on the Briggs-
>Myers Personality testing or other of the like.  Can you tell me if you are
>tested once do  results  illustrate consistancy over time?   Can anyone direct
>me to where the testing might be available?  
>....

This test was discussed on a listserv just last week.  Here's what I thought to
be the best comment:

A recent evaluation
by a group from National Academy of Sciences (?) for the US Army
pointed out that not only was the test neither reliable nor valid
but that it was also a VERY lucrative business for the company
that provides the forms and then scores them.  The company wants
you to just give it a try or use it as an icebreaker because
they make money.  The score report that is sent back to individuals
is the height of newspaper astrology--"You like being with people
but occasionally want to be alone."


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Newsgroups: sci.psychology
From: christo@psych.toronto.edu (Christopher Green)
Subject: Re: Vigilance and Music
Organization: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 15:02:33 GMT

In article <1992Nov16.192937.1865@ccsvax.sfasu.edu> z_nixsp@ccsvax.sfasu.edu writes:
>
>I'm looking for information on Vigilance.  

Perhaps if you just concentrate on it long and hard enough... :-)


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Newsgroups: sci.psychology
From: pmb@porthos (Pedro Borges)
Subject: Re: Sex Survey
Organization: INESC-Porto, Portugal
Date: 22 Nov 92 23:13:14 GMT

In <83687@ut-emx.uucp> ifam655@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Jeff Lessem) writes:


>        I would appreciate your cooperation in answering the following
>questionnaire.  What I would like to determine is an individual's attitudes
>towards relatives, children, sex, and certain social situations.  I am
>distributing this over Usenet because of Usenet's particular ability to allow
>me to reach a large number of people in a short amount of time.
>        Please answer each question as best you can.  In some cases you will be
>asked to make a judgment or to speculate.  In other cases you simply will not
>have the information.  Do not hesitate to use your subjective impressions where
>                                        Thank you,
>                                        Jeff Lessem
>                                        ifam655@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
>                                        The University of Texas at Austin

>(I am not an official representative of the University of Texas, merely a
>student.)

Well Jeff,

  How about reading "How to lie with statistcs" by Darrell Huff??

  For all those who really enjoy long questionnaires, why not try the
500 question purity test??? (rec.humor)

Pedro