Dear Tipsters, Although not directly connected with Stephen's post, Tipsters might be interested in the following paper, which my applied memory and cognition class have just enjoyed discussing:
Greenberg, D. L. (2004). President Bush's False 'Flashbulb' Memory of 9/11/01. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 18, 363-370. This paper documents President Bush's three reports of his episodic memory for the event. He is consistent for the second plane, but he is inconsistent for the first one. Reports 1 asnd 3 agree with each and are impossible. Report 2 is different and possible. Greenberg analyzes the false memory report in light of research on errors in memory. Sincerely, Stuart From: "Stephen Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: Bishop's University To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date sent: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 12:59:36 -0500 Subject: Dubya meets operant conditioning Priority: normal Send reply to: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Well, it turns out that there's a psychology connection to the "My > pet goat" story and George's lost seven minutes. > > The connection is that the story was not "My pet goat" (Michael Moore > got the title wrong, and what does _that_ tell us about his accuracy) > but "The pet goat", and the author is Siegfried Engelmann. > > I recognize that name because I used early readers of his to teach my > two kids to read between the ages of 2 and 3 (just for fun, and yes > they did). I chose his books specifically because they used a phonics > approach and incorporated principles of operant conditioning, > especially prompting and fading, to ensure systematic progress with a > minimum of errors. I used to reinforce them using Froot Loops, among > other things. I believe his all-operant approach to education was one > of the more successful in the Head Start programme (known as Direct > Instruction). It also has the distinction (as befits an operant > conditioning approach) of being one of the few to be rigorous in > documenting its effectiveness (just like John Marton). Of course, > many distrusted it for just that reason (see url below). > > It seems it continues to be successful. It certainly worked for > George. > > See http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/?040726ta_talk_radosh > > 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://faculty.frostburg.edu/psyc/southerly/tips/index.htm > _______________________________________________ > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Stuart J. McKelvie, Ph.D., Phone: (819)822-9600 Chairperson, Extension 2402 Department of Psychology, Bishop's University, Fax: (819)822-9661 3 Route 108 East, Borough of Lennoxville, E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sherbrooke, Quebec J1M 1Z7, Canada. Bishop's University Psychology Department Web Page: http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
