On Mon, 08 May 2006 01:59:13 -0700, Scheuchenpflug wrote: >Stephen and others, > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Date: Sun, 07 May 2006 01:08:32 -0400 > >>This leads to an intriguing mystery: why is it so widely believed that >>Pavlov used a bell in salivary conditioning when he didn't? > >as far as I remember an attempt to answer to your question may be found in >Goodwin, C. J. (1991). Misportraying Pavlov's apparatus. _American Journal >of Psychology, 104_, 135-141.
For interested parties with access to www.jstor.org, one can find the article at: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9556%28199121%29104%3A1%3C135%3AMPA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-I or http://tinyurl.com/eplp5 The abstract contains the following: The drawing of Pavlov's experimental apparatus, reproduced in all modern texts, in in fact a sketch of an apparatus developed in the Berlin laboratory of G.F. Nocolai. The origin of this error is traced. Reasons are suggested to explain why a later drawing, from Pavlov's published lectures, is seldom used in texts. It is argued that the misportrayal of Pavlov's apparatus illustrates both an overreliance on secondary sources by textbook writers, and a developing science's need for unambiguous "classic" experiments. -Mike Palij New York University [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
