Monday, August 10, 2015

"Court OKs Barring High IQs for Cops"

"Court OKs Barring High IQs for Cops." September 8, 2000. http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=95836&page=1#.Tv-OZSNWplw

Old news, but worth reviving. Stupid judges back stupid (or shrewd?) politicians who want stupid cops. If the dubious Wunderlic test is used by SUNY (as it has been by the National Football League, whose judgment is less than impeccable) then SUNY cops, presumably, are required to test even lower than real police? I wonder if "Chief" Wiley could have ever managed to score higher than 3 out of 50 without cheating?

Apparently if any smart person wants to become a police officer, he or she would have to intentionally get a certain number of questions wrong. A test so easily gamed is that much more dubious for that reason.

Sunday, August 2, 2015

Psychology and Torture

Ackerman, Spencer. "Anti-torture reforms opposed within psychology group after damning report; Tempers rise within American Psychological Association, which independent review recently found was complicit in brutal military and CIA interrogation." The Guardian. August 2, 2015. http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/02/psychological-association-anti-torture-reforms

Here's hoping the unethical and criminal elements in the APA finally get purged... and prosecuted and convicted!

I'd reported sociopath Michael W. Barberich to Jeanette Altarriba for his academic dishonesty, faculty ethics violations, and sexual harassment. Altarriba enabled Barberich's perversions and crimes and she likewise forced me to remain in Barberich's class continuing to be subjected to his offensive behavior as a condition of receiving my degree and graduating - quid pro quo sexual harassment from the woman who has this on her resume:

2011 Interviewer - Search Committee - Coordinator for Sexual Assault Prevention/Staff Psychologist - University Counseling Center

2010-present Chair - Presidential Advisory Committee on Sexual Assault

http://www.albany.edu/psychology/files/CV_Altarriba_vita_1013.doc

Altarriba, among other things, permitted the middle-aged white male American Barberich to joke about torturing a young female Asian foreign national teaching assistant. Psychologist Altarriba's down with joking about torture - as apparently is the APA (who after all were complicit in torture). The APA announced Altarriba would be getting an award "for her outstanding contributions to teaching and training ethnic minority psychologists." "One of the most rewarding parts of my career has been to stimulate and motivate students of color to achieve their goals, to overcome any obstacles that they have experienced or are currently experiencing, and to move forward towards a life that is meaningful and fulfilling, both personally and professionally," Altarriba lied. Apparently that "stimulation" of students of color by Altarriba also involved letting the white Barberich joke about hooking up a student of color to electrodes and shocking her until she screams... but how is that meaningful or fulfilling?

Barberich noted to Altarriba that I'd also reported her unethical behavior, after which she falsely accused me of inappropriate use of technology, and she libeled me to members of the department, claiming I'd been sent a cease and desist order and that I'd violated it twice when in fact I'd never been sent a cease and desist order at all. Her unethical and criminal behavior in the service of Barberich's perversions and crimes might be what earned her the promotion to Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Education, so she could help UAlbany become even better for sociopathic employees and much, much worse for anyone actually seeking an education or hoping to avoid being sexually assaulted on campus by sociopathic employees. If that's not deserving of an award, what is? O.o

(See also "Do not consider that you have become any kind of 'target' [for retaliation] as some have suggested" etc.)

Photo of Ms. Altarriba adapted from http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.albany.edu/lacs/Altarriba2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.albany.edu/lacs/altarriba.shtml&h=200&w=266&tbnid=nAp-nU7C7hlDTM:&docid=SG88e2B56ob_6M&ei=Su2-VeSnN8yggwSuhIv4Ag&tbm=isch&client=safari&ved=0CB8QMygCMAJqFQoTCOT0sIKJjMcCFUzQgAodLsICLw That ridiculous citation to Google Image search results is a type of citation Barberich taught was perfectly fine - one doesn't need to know who authored a text or image, just where it was found - not that he or his TAs always even knew that much themselves when they were plagiarizing others' material!