In the criminal justice system,attorneys may occasionally ask for a change of
venue if they feel that their clients may not get a fair trial in a location
due to widespread publicity and other factors.A change of venue may
necessitate the sitting of a fair and impartial jury.While sipping on a
Jacy Young is a grad student of mine, and the newest staff writer for
the blog that Jeremy Burman's and I maintain, called Advances in the
History of Psychology. Jacy came across an Australian radio show that
recently interviewed a number of Stanley Milgram's original obedience
subjects about
An interesting article appeared in today's NY Times on urban
mockingbirds (not to be confused with their cooler cousins,
the urbane mockingbirds) and how quickly they learn to distinguish
between humans who are benign (i.e., appear to pose no risk
to themselves or their nest) or foe (i.e.,
Interesting illusions and explanations at:
http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com/
Rick
Dr. Rick Froman, Chair
Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
Professor of Psychology
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John Brown University
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A good article on Walter Mischel and his studies of self control is in this
week's New Yorker magazine, titled Don't!
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/05/18/090518fa_fact_lehrer
Bill Scott
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Very Eurocentric.The Chinese,Indians,Native Americans,and Africans may have
other interpretations,I will be posting next week something about the problems
of projective techniques when applied overseas.Stay tuned.
Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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The New Yorker article is a good, enjoyable read. The question, I think,
is whether one should treat it as fiction or non-fiction.
-Mike Palij
New York University
m...@nyu.edu
It is clearly non-fiction and does a good job of laying out Mischel's work and
would be a good
My previous posts Academic Discussion Lists: Faculty Lounges,
Short-Term Working Memories, or Academic Journals? [Hake (2009a,b)]
received near zero response.
I infer that most subscribers to Academic Discussion Lists prefer
posts that convey the casual conversation of a faculty lounge rather
RICHARD HAKE
Congrats!
Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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Hi
The longitudinal aspect of this research is exciting and novel, but it strikes
me that the bulk of what is being asserted fits pretty much in the mainstream
of thinking about the frontal lobes and executive functioning. The article,
however, puts a very self-serving (for want of a better
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