Notice how I restrained myself from publicly noting that the reason I tend to avoid MSOB is because it has that crap at the end that's not Bill's stuff.
Love
Rick
[From Rick Marken (2006.10.22.1020)]
Hi Bryan
Yes, of course. I'll use MSOB as the text. I'll also but together a little reader to supplement it.
Best
Rick
Rick,
Sounds to me like your main book is MSOB rather than B:CP. Perhaps the author
can grant you the opportunity to make some xeroxes of key passages from B:CP? (I
have heard he is a cool guy.) Maybe that arrangement would create more interest
than putting them in with both feet.
My two bits. 
--Bry
Quoting Rick Marken <marken@MINDREADINGS.COM>:
[From Rick Marken (2006.10.21.1015)]
I will be teaching a one unit Freshman seminar on PCT for Winter
Quarter (starting in January) ay UCLA as part of the Fiat Lux ("Let
there be light") series. I proposed the course (which I call "The
Psychology of Personal Control") and it was "enthusiastically" accepted
by the committee that does the evaluations (probably because they pay
virtually nothing for it; all it costs them is a room;-) . The seminars
are one hour a week and they are given on a pass/no pass basis. They
are open to Freshmen first and anyone else if there is room (they are
limited to 20).
I was thinking of using B:CP as the text but I think that may be too
tough for Freshmen. Another possibility is to create a "reader" (this
will be done for my by Ucla publishing) which will be a collection of
papers and chapters that are relevant to the topics in the class. I
might do both.
I'd appreciate suggestions on how to do this class: topics to cover,
readings to include in the reader, whether to use a text or not and, if
so, what the text should be, etc. The following is a the description
that got the course accepted and will appear in the course catalog.
Psych 19: The Psychology of Personal Control
Our human propensity to control world around us has produced our
greatest human achievements (such as Beethoven's 9th) and our worst
human failures (such as oppression and war). Examination of human
controlling from point of view of theory of human behavior called
control theory. Why personal control is essential for our
psychological wellbeing and why it can also create problems that can
actually lead to loss of control. Presentation of new approach to
studying behavior (test for controlled variable) and to answering
familiar questions about behavior, such as what is effect of divorce
on children or how can I reduce level of stress I feel. Consideration
of how scientific understanding of personal control might help us find
ways to improve human condition for ourselves as well as for society
as a whole.
I want the course to be reasonably rigorous but also fun for the
students.
Thanks for your help.
Best
Rick
---
Richard S. Marken Consulting
marken@mindreadings.com
Home 310 474-0313
Cell 310 729-1400
Richard S. Marken Consulting
marken@mindreadings.com
Home 310 474-0313
Cell 310 729-1400
Richard S. Marken Consulting
marken@mindreadings.com
Home 310 474-0313
Cell 310 729-1400
Oops, meant to send that to Bryan privately. Now everyone knows;-)
Best
Rick
Notice how I restrained myself from publicly noting that the reason I tend to avoid MSOB is because it has that crap at the end that's not Bill's stuff.
Love
Rick
[From Rick Marken (2006.10.22.1020)]
Hi Bryan
Yes, of course. I'll use MSOB as the text. I'll also but together a little reader to supplement it.
Best
Rick
Rick,
Sounds to me like your main book is MSOB rather than B:CP. Perhaps the author
can grant you the opportunity to make some xeroxes of key passages from B:CP? (I
have heard he is a cool guy.) Maybe that arrangement would create more interest
than putting them in with both feet.
My two bits.
--Bry
Quoting Rick Marken <marken@MINDREADINGS.COM>:
[From Rick Marken (2006.10.21.1015)]
I will be teaching a one unit Freshman seminar on PCT for Winter
Quarter (starting in January) ay UCLA as part of the Fiat Lux ("Let
there be light") series. I proposed the course (which I call "The
Psychology of Personal Control") and it was "enthusiastically" accepted
by the committee that does the evaluations (probably because they pay
virtually nothing for it; all it costs them is a room;-) . The seminars
are one hour a week and they are given on a pass/no pass basis. They
are open to Freshmen first and anyone else if there is room (they are
limited to 20).
I was thinking of using B:CP as the text but I think that may be too
tough for Freshmen. Another possibility is to create a "reader" (this
will be done for my by Ucla publishing) which will be a collection of
papers and chapters that are relevant to the topics in the class. I
might do both.
I'd appreciate suggestions on how to do this class: topics to cover,
readings to include in the reader, whether to use a text or not and, if
so, what the text should be, etc. The following is a the description
that got the course accepted and will appear in the course catalog.
Psych 19: The Psychology of Personal Control
Our human propensity to control world around us has produced our
greatest human achievements (such as Beethoven's 9th) and our worst
human failures (such as oppression and war). Examination of human
controlling from point of view of theory of human behavior called
control theory. Why personal control is essential for our
psychological wellbeing and why it can also create problems that can
actually lead to loss of control. Presentation of new approach to
studying behavior (test for controlled variable) and to answering
familiar questions about behavior, such as what is effect of divorce
on children or how can I reduce level of stress I feel. Consideration
of how scientific understanding of personal control might help us find
ways to improve human condition for ourselves as well as for society
as a whole.
I want the course to be reasonably rigorous but also fun for the
students.
Thanks for your help.
Best
Rick
---
Richard S. Marken Consulting
marken@mindreadings.com
Home 310 474-0313
Cell 310 729-1400
Richard S. Marken Consulting
marken@mindreadings.com
Home 310 474-0313
Cell 310 729-1400
Richard S. Marken Consulting
marken@mindreadings.com
Home 310 474-0313
Cell 310 729-1400
Richard S. Marken Consulting
marken@mindreadings.com
Home 310 474-0313
Cell 310 729-1400
