----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 11:20 AM Subject: pop-psych uses of Erikson
> I suspect a lot of the less scientific (that is empirically supported or > supportable) ideas in psych textbooks remain in those texts because > psych folk find them easy to generate discussion in class and fit them > to life events. I disagree with this. Most non-scientific ideas in psych textbooks remain in those texts because the authors were trained in ideas prevalent during the 1950s-1980s, prior to to the flowering of cognitive, evolutionary, genetic, neuroscientific, and psychoneuroendocrinological perspectives. Paul Okami --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
