Hi Jeff: I am very frustrated that despite excellent evidence by Linda Bartoshuk that the "tongue-map" is a poor conceptualization of taste bud distribution, it continues to be printed in almost every intro psych textbook.
I'll look up some more of these for you because the last time I reviewed an intro book there were about a dozen of such pictures I suggested by deep sixed because of their inferential statement, like the Glenn Close picture, but, of course, not surprisingly, none of them were :-) Annette Quoting Jeff Ricker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm sitting here reading the umpteenth textbook in recent years that > discusses and/or shows a person bungee-jumping as an example of the > trait of sensation-seeking. It's similar to the tendency of textbook > writers to use Glenn Close in "Fatal Attraction" as an example of > borderline personality disorder (usually accompanied by the same > picture > that shows her looking particularly disturbed). It's interesting to me > how such examples keep getting (over-)used in various textbooks. > > What other examples of this occur (so that I might avoid using them > and, > thereby, develop more novel examples in the future). > > Jeff > > -- > Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 > 9000 E. Chaparral Rd. FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 > Psychology Department [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Scottsdale Community College > Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 > > The Psychology Student: Learning About The Science Of Psychology > http://www.sc.maricopa.edu/sbscience/psychscience/index.html > > Psychologists Educating Students to Think Skeptically (PESTS) > http://www.sc.maricopa.edu/sbscience/pests/index.html > > PESTS Archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/pests-l%40scinfo.sc.maricopa.edu/ > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Annette Taylor, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology University of San Diego [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
