Stephen: I have never heard of the infamous case of Blatz and the Dionne quintuplets. Would you recite that history? Un Am�ricain ignorant, Ken On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 00:22:33 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm currently assigning the Canadianized version of David Shaffer's child >development textbook. I certainly didn't agitate for a Canadian > > Another problem is that the Canadian coverage needs some tweaking. I've been >corresponding with the Canadian author over an > obviously wrong statistic claiming a preposterous number of triplets born in Canada. >The source given doesn't help because it has an > error of a different kind. There's also the glaring omission of the shameful story >of Canada's most famous multiples, the Dionne > quintuplets, and the failure to discuss the infamous U. Toronto psychologist >William Blatz who controlled their upbringing. Perhaps the > Canadianizers wanted to sanitize Canadian psychology history for students, shielding >them from its darker elements. But I tell 'em > anyway. > > 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 > ________________________________________________________ ---------------------- Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dept. of Psychology Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 USA
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