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nu Civic Media lab - survey on interest in social issues

jjoobill — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:17:17 -0500

nu Civic Media lab - survey on interest in social issues:

It will take 1 minute! Please take this survey!

This survey is for research conducted by the lab run by Prof. Matt Easterday. The data will be used to pick social issues with two strong opposing views to provide context and argument used to develop a tutor that aims to teach teenagers and college students on identifying and analyzing causal claims. To make this tutor experience more relatable, the we are aiming to make the social issues as relevant to the participants and developed the survey below to see what social issues and other debatable topics people are most well-acquainted with or interested in.

Please select up to 2 and optionally provide 1 social issue / debatable topic that was not mentioned above but should be considered.

"We call this notion “the alchemists’s fantasy” because advocates seem to believe, like the..."

jjoobill — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:34:48 -0500

“We call this notion “the alchemists’s fantasy” because advocates seem to believe, like the alchemists of old, that the powers of intuition enable them to transform worthless projective test scores into clinical gold.”

- Lilienfeld, Wood, & Garb (2006) on questionable psychology testing methods such as Rorschach, thematic apperception test, and Draw a Person test. (via jjoobill)

"The durability of a belief is a poor barometer of its validity, an error enshrined in the..."

jjoobill — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:20:19 -0500

“The durability of a belief is a poor barometer of its validity, an error enshrined in the logician’s ad antiquitem fallacy.”

- Lilienfeld, Wood, & Garb (2006) on questionable psychology testing methods such as Rorschach, thematic apperception test, and Draw a Person test.

jjoobill: lilyhoratio: Trufax. sigh …. This was the...

jjoobill — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:49:35 -0400

jjoobill:

lilyhoratio:

Trufax.

*sigh*

…. This was the 2000th post…. awk.

"I feel like I’m believe a little less, a little less, a little less everyday … and it sucks."

jjoobill — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:07:30 -0400

“I feel like I’m believe a little less, a little less, a little less everyday … and it sucks.”

- Ted Mosby (via jjoobill)

"Suicide require movement, and depression weighs a thousand tons. I needed a spark of mania to..."

jjoobill — Mon, 16 May 2011 21:10:04 -0400

“Suicide require movement, and depression weighs a thousand tons. I needed a spark of mania to quicken my step, to loosen my limbs, to fire up my resolve. Mania doesn’t just give you the desire for extremes, it gives you the energy to pursue them.”

- Manic - a Memoire, by Terri Cheney

"The danger of mania is always its grandiosity. If nothing else, Africa puts you in your proper..."

jjoobill — Mon, 16 May 2011 21:06:45 -0400

“The danger of mania is always its grandiosity. If nothing else, Africa puts you in your proper place. I felt thoroughly in perspective,a tiny smudge beneath that infinite sky.”

- Manic - a Memoire, by Terri Cheney

"It’s a little-known secret, and it should probably stay that way: attempting suicide usually..."

jjoobill — Mon, 16 May 2011 21:04:18 -0400

“It’s a little-known secret, and it should probably stay that way: attempting suicide usually jump-starts your brain chemistry. There must be something about taking all those pills that either floods the brain sufficiently or depletes it so completely the balance is restored. Whatever the mechanism, the result is that you emerge on the other side of the attempt with an awareness of what it means to be alive.”

- Manic - a Memoire, by Terri Cheney

"That perilous highs and desperate lows and extravagant flurries of mood are not always symptoms of a..."

jjoobill — Mon, 16 May 2011 20:58:12 -0400

“That perilous highs and desperate lows and extravagant flurries of mood are not always symptoms of a broken mind, but signs of a beating heart.”

- Manic - a Memoire, by Terri Cheney

Sometimes this is why manic depression is easily condoned as personal abnormalities; but it isn’t.

"When you’re heading up toward mania, the slightest sensation hotwires your nerves. Sound is..."

jjoobill — Mon, 16 May 2011 20:56:37 -0400

“When you’re heading up toward mania, the slightest sensation hotwires your nerves. Sound is noise, sunshine is glare, and it takes all of your self-control not to just slice that mosquito bite clean off your ankle. That morning the prick of the hairbrush against my scalp had been so excruciating I’d throw the brush in the toilet.”

- Manic - a Memoire, by Terri Cheney

"This must be what life is like for normal people, I thought. No drugs, just candy and bright blue..."

jjoobill — Mon, 16 May 2011 20:54:52 -0400

“This must be what life is like for normal people, I thought. No drugs, just candy and bright blue skies in November that presage nothing more than a spectacular sunset.”

- Manic - a Memoire, by Terri Cheney

"Say it. Let those tears in your eyes speak."

jjoobill — Thu, 05 May 2011 03:19:04 -0400

“Say it. Let those tears in your eyes speak.”

- Terrance Real.

Terrance Real.

jjoobill — Thu, 05 May 2011 03:18:35 -0400

Terrance Real.

Terrance Real

jjoobill — Thu, 05 May 2011 03:18:12 -0400

Terrance Real

"Did Guinevere and Lancelot or Romeo and Juliet have to ‘master a relationship..."

jjoobill — Wed, 04 May 2011 22:21:03 -0400

““Did Guinevere and Lancelot or Romeo and Juliet have to ‘master a relationship technology’? Give me a break.” Well, you’re right about that. Like all great lovers, these couples moved on impulse, straight from the heart, all reason swept aside by their passions. But then again, Guinevere and Lancelot were adulterers and Romeo and Juliet died.”

- Terrance Real

fuckyeahskinsuk: Skins Generation One | Sid i am scared that...

jjoobill — Wed, 04 May 2011 15:20:36 -0400

fuckyeahskinsuk:

Skins Generation One | Sid

i am scared that this might happen.

"Relationships are based upon some sort of reciprocity. Generally, therapy is treated as a paid..."

jjoobill — Sun, 01 May 2011 19:04:23 -0400

“Relationships are based upon some sort of reciprocity. Generally, therapy is treated as a paid association, an agreement, not an authentic human relationship. So what if your therapist gets ill, takes a new position elsewhere, or drops dead? Big deal. Take your Kleenex, your checkbook, your dysfunctions, and go find another therapist. That was the message everyone seemed to be sending me.”

- Willow Weep for Me - Meri Nana-Ama Danquah

Upon notification that the therapist needs to leave Danquah,

jjoobill — Sun, 01 May 2011 19:01:15 -0400

Caring and competent? What were we talking about here, plumbers? She was acting like she could be replaced with anybody who was qualified to do the job. I wanted to slap her. I wanted to take back every confession, every intimate moment I had ever shared with her. …… I fail to understand how an institution can thrust one therapist after another onto its clients and not expect them to be negatively affected.

From: Willow Weep for Me - Meri Nana-Ama Danquah

"Finding a private therapist in L.A. was a piece of cake. Next to plastic surgeons and personal..."

jjoobill — Sun, 01 May 2011 18:58:30 -0400

“Finding a private therapist in L.A. was a piece of cake. Next to plastic surgeons and personal trainers, there were the top miracle workers. It seemed as if everyone i met began at least one sentence in a conversation with, “my therapist says..” All I would have to do was wait for someone to make a remark about their therapist and then casually ask for a referral.”

- Willow Weep for Me - Meri Nana-Ama Danquah

"You know what you feel, you don’t know what I feel. If it were you in my position and me in..."

jjoobill — Sun, 01 May 2011 18:56:48 -0400

“You know what you feel, you don’t know what I feel. If it were you in my position and me in yours, I would tell you not to do it. I wouldn’t want to see you die, but it’s a different view from the outside looking in. What you’re looking at is a figment of your imagination. It isn’t really me.”

- Willow Weep for Me - Meri Nana-Ama Danquah

quotes&psychology

nu Civic Media lab - survey on interest in social issues

"We call this notion “the alchemists’s fantasy” because advocates seem to believe, like the..."

"The durability of a belief is a poor barometer of its validity, an error enshrined in the..."

jjoobill: lilyhoratio: Trufax. *sigh* …. This was the...

"I feel like I’m believe a little less, a little less, a little less everyday … and it sucks."

"Suicide require movement, and depression weighs a thousand tons. I needed a spark of mania to..."

"The danger of mania is always its grandiosity. If nothing else, Africa puts you in your proper..."

"It’s a little-known secret, and it should probably stay that way: attempting suicide usually..."

"That perilous highs and desperate lows and extravagant flurries of mood are not always symptoms of a..."

"When you’re heading up toward mania, the slightest sensation hotwires your nerves. Sound is..."

"This must be what life is like for normal people, I thought. No drugs, just candy and bright blue..."

"Say it. Let those tears in your eyes speak."

Terrance Real.

Terrance Real

"Did Guinevere and Lancelot or Romeo and Juliet have to ‘master a relationship..."

fuckyeahskinsuk: Skins Generation One | Sid i am scared that...

"Relationships are based upon some sort of reciprocity. Generally, therapy is treated as a paid..."

Upon notification that the therapist needs to leave Danquah,

"Finding a private therapist in L.A. was a piece of cake. Next to plastic surgeons and personal..."

"You know what you feel, you don’t know what I feel. If it were you in my position and me in..."

jjoobill: lilyhoratio: Trufax. sigh …. This was the...