Chomsky? I would really appreciate an explanation of such. He still contends that the human brain evolved a language center totally spontaneously. Just read "Next of Kin" to have that theory torn to threads. Harlow--you mean the guy who tortured rhesus monkeys for 35 years to find out that animals raised in isolation become nut cases? Gee, really don't think he needed 35 years to figure that one out. Ainsworth was amazing, there I'm with you. Actually, why has her name not come up more often? Her work on attachment was ground breaking and holds true to this day.
But please, isn't Skinner one of the top three? Don't all of us function daily due to the principles of operant conditioning? Why is his impact so regularly denied? So sad that animal trainers use his shaping principles as well as learning centers/tutors. Not parents or regular teachers as we aren't accountable for our results. I would also add Bandura, due to his work on observational learning as well as Beck, due to his amazing grasp of the notion that what we think determines how we feel. And then he was also a major player in bringing cognitive-behavioral therapy to the mainstream, thanks to the work of David Burns. And where do we now put Martin Seligman on his terrific work on the science of happiness? So my final BIG TIME FOLKS ARE: AINSWORTH,SKINNER,BANDURA,BECK AND SELIGMAN. Time will tell. Joan [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
