Don- (and Gary)- There is a tongue in cheek emoticon but it requires installing various forms of spyware. Sorry if I missed that, Gary. I'm not usually that dense but we are in the middle of a family crisis with my dad so I'm not thinking too clearly. Another of the benefits of modern technology is that those of us with foot-in-mouth disease now get to have much larger audiences. :) At least I did start off by admitting I didn't understand rather than going off on a complete rant. Truth be told if this is faked I'll be as angry as anyone. Just what psychology needs is another attention seeker. BTW- Did you see the USA Today reporter that admitted to faking dozens to hundreds of stories? http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A63797-2004Jan7?language=printer As much of a teaching moment as this is it sure makes it hard some days to encourage your students to be honest and do their own work. Tim
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Looks like we need to develop a "tongue in cheek" emoticon.
-Don.
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> Gary- I'm not sure I understand your response. This seems to paint rather
broadly given the related events. I'm not a social psychologist but I don't
see these incidents as impugning the vast majority of those I've met and
interacted with in social psychology. I think we have a) jumped to the
conclusion that "she did it" (it is two against one) but shouldn't we wait
till she responds and more of the facts are known and b) assumed that given
a) this is somehow indicative of an enduring quality of a group of our
colleagues. That just doesn't ring true to what I believe about psychology
(environments playing such an important role). Respectfully, Tim
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> Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 11:13 AM
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> Yes, verrry interesting. Over zealousness of the political correctness
ideology? Over-identification of liberals with such causes to the point
they want to awaken people to the problem by creating more of the problem?
Desire to want the attention and sympathy of real victims? â-example of
imitation and suggestion? Supported by the cultural -ideological climate
of this university. That is, this is how to get attention/recognition by
accommodation to, rather than critical thinking about such things? And why
social psychololgists? I don't know if it is peculiar to that field, but it
is interesting. Gary
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