Hi It appears to me that important evaluative steps are being ignored or inadequately dealt with in this proposed program. They've already decided that millions will receive the training when there is limited reason to believe the program will be effective, unless one thinks it is valid to generalize from middle and high school students to soldiers in wartime. I use the DEOMI video in my culture class (it's about the military's equal opportunity program) and again wonder about the strength of the evidence for this approach to changing race-related attitudes and behaviors. It is not that they have ignored evidence, just they have looked for it with weak (i.e., non-experimental) methods. Ironically, with so many thousands to expose to programs, it would be easy to use random selection to set up true evaluations for these programs.
Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca >>> "Joan Warmbold" <jwarm...@oakton.edu> 18-Aug-09 4:28:06 PM >>> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/health/18psych.html?em Thought this article reveals a relatively enlightened perspective in some in our armed forces. Joan jwarm...@oakton.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
