As to Freud's placement near the top of the list of most influential psychologists of the 20th century, I have to say that my characterization of Freud's theory as being not largely empirically-based should evidently not be confused with the fact that it seems to have been very heuristic. It seems that Freud would not be listed so high in both textbook references and journal references without having had a great impact on research. What do others think? Do you think I need to re-characterize my statements about Freud's contribution to say that, although most of his theory is not actually empirically-based, it was quite effective in encouraging others to do research?
Rick Froman John Brown University [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 11:13 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: Near-TIPSter in the NY Times and other stuff I'm back. Just in time to catch Miguel Roig's fine contribution to the letters section of the New York Times and to alert the list to the appearance there of a contribution from another psychologist familiar to most of us on TIPS. I speak of the admirable Judith Rich Harris, who took the Times (or was it Raquel Welch, or Raquel Welch's father?) to task for perpetuating a significant misunderstanding concerning the importance of the family environment in language acquisition. Her letter was published on June 14, and (for the moment) is still available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/14/opinion/L14RAQU.html I see that the NY Times identified JRH as "the author of a book about children's development". That's like saying Karl Marx wrote a book about economics (and that analogy is so deeply obscure I don't even understand it myself). I've also noticed that she's now posted on her website the fourth of a series of essays on birth order effects, a perennial topic of discussion on this list. This time she takes on Frank Sulloway's claims in "Born to Rebel". It's at: http://xchar.home.att.net/tna/birth-order/methods.htm Finally (I've been saving them up, I guess) I'd like to draw people's attention to the last word on a favourite game: who are the greatest psychologists of the 20th century? The answer is reported in a new paper by Haggbloom et al in _Review of General Psychology_, available on-line at: http://www.apa.org/journals/gpr/press_releases/june_2002/gpr62139.pdf I think you'll be surprised by who gets the number 1 spot, and some may even be outraged (not me). Unfortunately, though, through some unacountable oversight, my name seems to have been accidentally left off the list. -Stephen ______________________________________________________ Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Department web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy Check out TIPS listserv for teachers of psychology at: http://www.frostburg.edu/dept/psyc/southerly/tips ________________________________________________________ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
