Re: Refrigerator mothers

Christopher Green wrote: Careful now, Allen! …Who knows? Someone might actually take you up in your suggestion and later sue you for the unexpected outcome. I would like to make clear that I have never “suggested” that over-excited infants should be placed in a refrigerator for short periods,

More temp positions at West Chester U. of PA

In addition to the animal behavior lab mentioned in my last post, we also need someone to teach 2 sections of undergrad BioPsych in the fall semester. Unfortunately, one of those conflicts with the animal behavior lab so we'll need two people to teach the three courses. All three are on Tuesdays

letters of recommendation

If you have a student for you can not honestly say anything positive, I would suggest saying to the student, I can write a letter for you if you want me to but I must be honest with you. It won't be a very good letter so you might want to ask someone else. Ed Edward

Refrigerator mothers

I’m getting a little confused by all this stuff about biting babies, head-banging infants, and over-achieving children. Didn’t Bruno Bettelheim show that symptoms of autism, such as head-banging and excessive aggression, resulted from mothers having punished their over-excited infants by putting

Re: Refrigerator mothers

Allen Esterson wrote: I’m getting a little confused by all this stuff about biting babies, head-banging infants, and over-achieving children. Didn’t Bruno Bettelheim show that symptoms of autism, such as head-banging and excessive aggression, resulted from mothers having punished their