On 23 Oct 2003, Rob Weisskirch wrote: > To the TIPS ghouls, > > I think that Halloween also may have to do with "arousal" of being > scared or confused by the costumes of others. There is a study of > mate selection (which I can't remember the author--but always refer to > as the Love-Bridge study). Male confederates went and approached a > woman and talked to her on one of those rickety rope and wood bridges > at an amusement park.
Amusement park, my foot! If I'm not mistaken, that experiment took place at the famous Capilano suspension bridge in beautiful Vancouver, B.C. When my daughter moved to Vancouver, I urged her to take a walk on it, which she declined, not out of fear but because the company which maintains it charges a rip-off fee of $17 for the privilege. It's also notorious as the place where a distraught mother dropped her baby off the bridge, who miraculously survived unharmed. The baby had Down syndrome. See http://www.capbridge.com and http://www.mouthmag.com/issues/58/bridgebaby_update.htm 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 Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips _______________________________________________ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
