Beth Benoit wrote: > > > This textbook is new to me, tends toward the gossipy about each > theorist with lots of withering details about childhoods of the > theorists covered in the test, and probably wouldn't have been my > choice. But Masson's accusation appears to be still going strong - at > least in one popular textbook. (Take a deep breath, Allen.) Anybody > else still noticing this? > Most people would rather hear a shocking tale that than the boring truth. It is no different with textbook writers, and publishers positively love it (because students and their teachers do). Write to the author and the publisher. Tell them about Alan's article, and make it easy for them to get a copy for themselves (send them a photocopy or an URL for a publicly available copy). Also, have a look at Janet Malcolm's _In the Freud Archives_.
This sort of thing is hardly restricted to Freud. The JB Watson sex research story goes around and around as well. With luck, Ludy Benjamin's article in the Feb(?) issue of American Psychologist this year will put a dent in it, but it will never go away entirely. Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-5115 ex. 66164 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ====================================== ---
