“Daniel Ceja named to dean's list at CSUMB” plus 2 more |
- Daniel Ceja named to dean's list at CSUMB
- Experiencing Different Cultures Enhances Creativity
- AddU professor launches book
| Daniel Ceja named to dean's list at CSUMB Posted: 01 Jul 2010 12:01 PM PDT Daniel Ceja, a sophomore majoring in psychology, was named to the Dean's List at California State University, Monterey Bay for the spring semester. The Dean's List recognizes students who have achieved a minimum grade-point average of 3.5 for a course load of at least 12 credits. Ceja is the son of Javier and Marisol Ceja and a 2009 graduate of North Monterey County High School. Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Experiencing Different Cultures Enhances Creativity Posted: 01 Jul 2010 10:39 AM PDT Posted on: Thursday, 1 July 2010, 12:18 CDT Creativity can be enhanced by experiencing cultures different from one's own, according to a study in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (published by SAGE). Three studies looked at students who had lived abroad and those who hadn't, testing them on different aspects of creativity. Relative to a control group, which hadn't experienced a different culture, participants in the different culture group provided more evidence of creativity in various standard tests of the trait. Those results suggest that multicultural learning is a critical component of the adaptation process, acting as a creativity catalyst. The researchers believe that the key to the enhanced creativity was related to the students' open-minded approach in adapting to the new culture. In a global world, where more people are able to acquire multicultural experiences than ever before, this research indicates that living abroad can be even more beneficial than previously thought. "Given the literature on structural changes in the brain that occur during intensive learning experiences, it would be worthwhile to explore whether neurological changes occur within the creative process during intensive foreign culture experiences," write the authors, William W. Maddux, Hajo Adam, and Adam D. Galinsky. "That can help paint a more nuanced picture of how foreign culture experiences may not only enhance creativity but also, perhaps literally, as well as figuratively, broaden the mind. --- On the Net: Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Posted: 01 Jul 2010 06:24 AM PDT A PROFESSOR from the Social Science and Education Division-Psychology Program (SS&E) of a university in Davao City launched last week her book on the stress level faced by soldiers in the face of combat, particularly the 10th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army. Gail Tan-Ilagan launched "War Wounded: Combat Stress Sequelae of the 10ID Soldiers" described by 10th ID chief-of-staff Lysander Suerte to "embody the complicated lives of soldiers, a work of passion containing the throttled mind, aching heart, joys and frustration of soldiers who serves in humility despite his wounds." Click here for Election 2010 updates Said book was made possible through the Ateneo de Davao University (Addu) Research and Publication Office, School of Arts and Sciences, SS&E, with Mindanews, and the 10th Infantry "Agila" Division of the Army. Suerte, who provided the book review, relayed to the audience the states Ilagan went though in creating the book. "Gail wrote using the words the soldiers spoke in the frame of their minds. We simply supported and allowed her to work with our soldiers," he said during the gathering of the academe, military, and media at Addu F213 Finster Building. "To most of us, we are unnamed soldiers but to Gail we were her favorite soldiers. This is a close glimpse into the soldiers who works beyond the politics of time and carries on with their work as soldiers simply with their love of country and care for humanity. I hope research to continue this effort will be made by the military itself. This is a must read especially to those within the ranks," Suerte said. Ilagan, during her address, described the foot soldier "as the most important resource of the military." "I may have had many disagreements with the officials (of the military) in the course of making this work, but we both agree that the foot soldiers are the most precious resource of the Philippine Army. Recently a soldier in Mawab, Comval, after arguing with his wife, ran amok shooting at people causing the death of one and wounding five. I was told during this ordeal, although he was so angered, he never shot at his wife," Ilagan said. "Domestic relations contribute to the stress already bearing down soldiers from combat. (Quoting from my book) men who com back from combat are never the same again," Ilagan said. Ilagan added her recommendation that soldiers should undergo "a ritual of talking" before going back to their families. 10th ID commander Major General Carlos Holganza also described the book "to have humanized soldiers." "Soldiers are also people who fears and dreams. Meron rin silang mga anak na gustong makita at the end of the day. The soldiers are the most valuable asset, we might as well invest in making them strong soldiers who are both strong in and out," Holganza said. "I blame the system partly because we thought soldiers were simply there to fight. It was during the time of the Martial Law, and after soldiers came back to society they faced anger from people. It is a bit sad because we are fighting for the same people, the same people who see us as abusive," Holganza said. Eastern Mindanao Command Chief Lieutenant General Raymundo Ferrer said they would be buying copies of the book and would be distributed nationwide among the medical staff of the Philippine Army.
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