Robert Sapolsky, writing in Discovery magazine, tells how “Type A” personalities caught the attention of doctors (thanks to Douwe Widders for bringing this to our attention.): Friedman told me about the discovery of the type A link. It was the mid-1950s, and he and Rosenman were having an unexpected problem with their successful cardiology practice: […]
Tag: Psychology
The naked therapist, and his suit
The father of nude psychotherapy could boast about his suit. His lawsuit, that is. Case Briefs explains, tersely: Bindrim v. Mitchell Citation. 444 U.S. 984 100 S. Ct. 490 62 L. Ed. 2d 412 1979 U.S. Brief Fact Summary. The Defendants were Gwen Mitchell (Ms. Mitchell) and Doubleday Publishing (Defendants). Ms. Mitchell wrote a novel […]
Intoxicated assumptions
Today’s classroom exercise is to [1] read this snippet from a psychology paper, then [2] identify all the assumptions that the authors make about what people think about, then [3] ask yourself if you believe those assumptions. The paper is “What Men Want: The Role of Reflective Opposite-Sex Normative Preferences in Alcohol Use Among College […]
Sexual Attraction to Corpses, in Review
1989 was a standout year for reviewing (for research purposes) officially documented cases of necrophilia: “Sexual Attraction to Corpses: A Psychiatric Review of Necrophilia,” J.P. Rosman and P.J. Resnick, Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 1989;17(2):153-63. The authors, at Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, Ohio, report: “The authors review 122 cases (88 […]