Having discussed it with him twice as a graduate student in the early 70s, I can assure you that Sauce Bearnaise was indeed one of Seligman's favorite flavors. I don't recall whether he was the first to call it a "phenomenon," but it certainly was his personal unfortunate experience.
You might want to check his 1970 Psych Review article, "On the generality of the laws of learning." -- Thom ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas G. Brown, Ph.D. Professor and Chairman Department of Psychology Utica College of Syracuse University 1600 Burrstone Road Utica, New York 13502-4892 315.792.3187 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > From: "Lavin, Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 19:04:11 -0400 > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences <[email protected]> > Cc: "Lavin, Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Accidental discoveries > > Garcia's taste aversion came out of his research with the military > using x-irradition and not an accident.The findings were not accidental > "Sauce bearnaise phenomenon" was a term generated by Garcia and Revusky > (1971). > and had noting to do with Seligman. Mike Lavin > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Claudia Stanny [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sat 10/29/2005 5:13 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences > Subject: RE: Accidental discoveries > > Actually, it might have been Martin Seligman, which is why this was sometimes > called the "sauce bearnaise phenomenon" > > Claudia Stanny > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Don Allen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sat 10/29/2005 10:18 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences > Cc: > Subject: Re: Accidental discoveries > > Garcia's taste aversion learning may be another. I heard that he got > the idea after getting sick following a restaurant meal. > > -Don. > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
