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February 2, 2007: 4:50 pm: docmoUncategorized
To take an online IQ test or not to take an online IQ test
To reiterate, be very afraid of online IQ tests that have not published extensive reliability and validity data. To date only two tests have accomplished this rare feat:
Ivy IQ Test
BBC’s Test the Nation
Jury finds Bruce Alistair Beaton, psychologist, not guilty of sexually assaulting and whipping a bulimic patient
A Perth psychologist has been found not guilty of sexually assaulting and whipping a bulimic patient he got to act as a slave, wear a dog collar and call him master.
A Western Australia District Court jury on Thursday found Bruce Alistair Beaton, 64, of Fremantle, was only trying to help the 22-year-old woman when he [...]
February 1, 2007: 7:17 am: docmoUncategorized
Australian psychologist in defense of whip assault charge versus woman with bulimia
Patients of a psychologist accused of whipping a bulimic woman with a cat o’nine tails have told how his unorthodox methods worked for them.Bruce Beaton, 64, is accused of sexually assaulting a 22-year-old patient, making her wear a dog collar and whipping her with a wire coathanger and cat o’nine tails.
But Mr Beaton, giving evidence [...]
January 20, 2007: 5:07 pm: docmoUncategorized
Florida Proposal Redefines ?Gifted? Students, Drops IQ Threshold to 120 from 130
The state’s new plan for its brightest students has left some in the dark.
The Florida Department of Education wants to change the way schools define “gifted” students by lowering the intelligence quotient (IQ) requirement from 130 to 120 and including performance on standardized tests like the FCAT as additional criteria.
More than 3,000 Polk students are [...]
A mother?s battle to help her son grapple with school phobia
By: Charlotte Morbey and Adi Bloom
As a teacher, Charlotte Morbey had always been sceptical about school phobia until her son threatened to jump from the window sill
Six months ago I de-registered my 13-year-old son from school. As a former teacher and head of year, home education had seemed a foolhardy thing to undertake. But as [...]
Brain study finds the stuff of daydreams
Daydreaming seems to be the default setting of the human mind and certain brain regions are devoted to it, U.S. researchers reported on Friday.
When people are given a specific task to do, they focus on that task but then other brain regions get busy during down time, the researchers report in Friday’s issue of the [...]
January 19, 2007: 6:29 am: docmoUncategorized
Almost half of young women with anorexia or bulimia also suffer from some personality disorder
Among the young women diagnosed as having anorexia or bulimia, 48.5% also suffer from a personality disorder. This is one of the conclusions of a study conducted by scientists at the Universitat Jaume I in Germany which intends to unveil whether there is any link between eating disorders and certain personality traits.
Finding an answer to [...]
January 18, 2007: 4:53 pm: docmoUncategorized
Low IQ cited in shooting of police
Varner Harris Jr., indicted Tuesday in the shooting of two Buffalo police officers, registered 57 on an IQ test administered four years ago, his lawyer confirmed.Harris took the test in 2003, defense attorney Paul Gordon Dell said. The average on such a test typically is around 100. Dell said he anticipates obtaining records showing his [...]
January 16, 2007: 6:35 am: docmoUncategorized
Robinson-Blair: Mother of gifted child wins battle in Tennessee
In December The Daily News Journal shone a spotlight on the plight of a few gifted students — who did not attend magnet schools — and whose parents thought that their children weren’t being challenged in local schools.
One determined parent, Lisa Wiggins, set the whole thing off. Her mission was to get her 6-year-old daughter, [...]
January 12, 2007: 4:23 pm: docmoUncategorized
Lower IQs in Childhood Linked to Accident-Prone Adulthood
The lower your IQ in childhood, the more accident-prone you might be as an adult.
New research finds that people who had lower intelligence scores as children were more likely to be hospitalized with accidental injuries during adulthood.
But experts emphasized the continuing importance of injury-prevention programs.
“What I would hate to see happen is a shrugging of [...]
Psychologist Piers Steel claims procrastination tends to make people “less healthy, less wealthy, less happy?
Based on a ten-year comprehensive research study, Canadian industrial psychologist Piers Steel from the University of Calgary (Haskayne School of Business) states that procrastination is increasing in North America. Within the statistics of the study, Steel showed that in 1978 only about 5% of Americans considered themselves compulsive procrastinators. According to Steel, within thirty years [...]
January 10, 2007: 4:42 pm: docmoUncategorized
Samaritans with keyboards: On the Internet, helping strangers is a form of fun
In Marion, a small town in southern Illinois with the slogan “Hub of the Universe,” 58-year-old Richard Marchal spends four to six hours a day answering questions from strangers.
“What is the acid produced by bacteria on our teeth?”
“Would the density of water differ if it had a dissolved solid in it?”
“What should I do about [...]
Don?t Second Guess, Trust Your Instincts
Volunteers preformed better under pressure than when they took their time, University College London researchers found.
This led researchers to believe that people may think better on their toes and should therefore trust their instincts more often.
Ten volunteers were asked to identify the side of a computer screen showing an upside down symbol amongst hundreds of [...]
January 8, 2007: 6:48 am: docmoUncategorized
?William James: In the Maelstrom of American Modernism? by Robert D. Richardson
ry to count the number of original voices in American literature, and you’ll need more than two hands to do them justice. Turn to painting, and two hands might do the job, although you’ll need another pair to keep track of the inevitable disputes that arise.
But shift your focus to philosophy, and you can count [...]
January 6, 2007: 5:00 pm: docmoUncategorized
Daniel Goleman Discusses Social and Emotional Intelligence with the Financial Times
Daniel Goleman knows people. I don’t mean he knows “people”, that he is connected to celebrities or gangsters or politicians, although I suppose he might be. I mean he gets people, he understands people. He has a keen appreciation for the scientific basis of why we are the way we are - why some of [...]
Jury convicts mentally retarded man of raping 12-year-old
A jury Friday convicted a Gap man of raping a 12-year-old girl. The verdict ended a two-day trial that hinged on conflicting versions of what happened inside a mobile home in August 2004.
After 4½ hours of deliberations, the jury found Thomas Richard Riker, 24, guilty of rape of a child and corruption of minors.
Lancaster County [...]
Psychologist studies benefits of reminiscing about laughter
Couples who laugh together and intentionally reminisce about that shared experience are likely more satisfied with their relationship than couples who don’t have that reservoir of experience to draw on, according to research by an Appalachian State University psychology professor.
The study, conducted by Doris G. Bazzini and three of her former students, appears in [...]
Binge drinking coupled with depression more common in women than men
Severe depression and binge drinking are more likely to go hand-in-hand among women than men, a Canadian study has found, suggesting that a more gender-specific approach may be needed in diagnosing and treating this common mental illness. “If you’re treating a person for depression, especially if it’s a woman who’s suffering from major depression, it [...]
January 3, 2007: 4:29 pm: docmoUncategorized
High Uric-Acid Levels In The Elderly Can Impair Cognitive Power and Lower IQ
New research by U.S. scientists found that a high level of uric acid in elderly people is associated with impairments in cognitive functioning. The joint study, conducted by scientists at the Johns Hopkins and Yale University medical schools, found that older people with uric-acid levels at the high end of the normal range had below-average [...]
What to do with all that stress and anxiety
Stress is an overall term that means different things to different people. For many, it really means feeling anxious, pressured or worried. Worry involves those persistent, negative, self-critical, intrusive thoughts. Whether worried thinking is about money, family, how others see us, work or simply everything, the thought process is similar. Worry triggers unhappy emotions, and [...]
