Hi Beth,
Do you have the article and questions that were posed for the Scientific
American article about Harlow??
jim
Jim Matiya
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2003
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Teaching Excellence Award of the Society for
the
Teaching of Psychology (Division Two of the
American Psychological Association
Lewis University.
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Moraine Valley Comm. College. Palos Hills, IL
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: "Beth Benoit"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>Reply-To: "Teaching in the Psychological
Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>To: "Teaching in the Psychological
Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>Subject: Harlow article >Date:
Sun, 21 Mar 2004 17:20:14 -0500 > >Thanks to Stephen for pointing out
the Harlow article which I enjoyed this morning in the Boston Globe.
Clicking on the URL Stephen was given however, doesn't bring up the
wonderful photos included in the story. A couple of them are the classics
we've probably all seen, but two, including the color photo, were new to me.
If you click on this URL today (Sunday, 3/21) or tomorrow, you can pull up
the photos, and perhaps use them in class: >
>http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2004/03/21/monkey_love/
> >After tomorrow you'll have to pay for the privilege. (Or contact
me. I'll be saving them.) > >Sorry to have missed sending this to TIPS
(Stephen is right - the Boston Globe is usually my beat), but I've spent way
too much time fighting to retrieve my crashed email file. (Please note my
new email address.) > >Beth Benoit >University System of New
Hampshire >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Stephen Black"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>To: "Teaching in the Psychological
Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 4:49 PM
>Subject: Slater's book > > > > Given the critical comments
in this thread concerning the veracity of > > Laura Slater's book
_Opening Skinner's Box_, I thought people might like > > to read a
sample of her work. The Boston Globe has reprinted an adapted > >
version of her essay on Harry Harlow at: > >
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/081/focus/Monkey_love+.shtml > >
> > (The Boston Globe is usually Beth's beat, and I hope I'm not
stepping on > > her toes by posting this or, even worse, repeating
what she's already > > said. Actually, the url comes from a posting
from Ben Harris on Chris > > Green's Cheiron list.) > > >
> From what I know of Harlow, her essay seems accurate, and it is written
in > > a lively style. I've also received a note from a correspondent
who tells > > me he does book reviews for _New Scientist_ (our TIPS
posts really get > > around, it seems), and he says Slater didn't
describe the story about > > Deborah in a Skinner box as true. He says
Slater prefaced it with the > > phrase "what we presume to know", and
she ended by saying "It all seems, > > without a doubt, good
intentioned, if not downright noble, and sets > > Skinner firmly in
humane waters". He speculates that perhaps Deborah > > didn't actually
read Slater's book (and, of course, we didn't either, > > shame on
us). > > > > Of course that still leaves the accusations of
misquotes and > > misrepresentations in her book made by people who
should know about such > > things. On the other hand, another Deborah
(Blum, this time) has recently > > come out with a well-received
biography of Harlow, handy for basic facts, > > and perhaps Slater
allowed the Globe to publish her Harlow chapter as one > > of the
safer choices, unlikely to attract unfavourable criticism. And, of > >
course, Harlow is dead, and can't complain, unlike some of the others >
> quoted in her book (but I do recognize her Harlow quotes as accurate,
> > outrageous though they may be). > > > > BTW, our _New
Scientist_ also expressed wonderment at our lack of concern > > for
libel laws, and he may have a point, if our posts are readily > >
available to the teeming Googlized millions. And it seems they are. I had
> > another private post yesterday from a Dr. Capozzoli who somehow
noticed > > that I cited his 1995 paper on crossed laterality in a
post not too long > > ago. He told me he still thinks he's right. >
> > > Stephen > > > > Stephen Black > >
Department of Psychology > > Bishop's University when we're not on
strike > > Lennoxville, Quebec > > J1M 1Z7 > >
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