On 6 Dec 2007 at 10:52, Miguel Roig wrote: > > The short article may be accessed at http://news- > service.stanford.edu/news/2007/december5/graw-120507.html.
> Interestingly, the article states that "In 2002, a survey in the Review > of General Psychology ranked Bandura as the fourth most eminent > psychologist of the 20th century, behind B. F. Skinner, Jean Piaget > and Sigmund Freud".< snip> I wonder if that is the same survey that > contained a number of errors which Stephen had picked and which the > journal refused to properly correct. > Yes, the very same. Imagine you remembering that, Miguel. But the problem wasn't that they didn't want to correct them. I had drawn the errors to their attention by submitting for publication what I hoped was an amusing little commentary on their paper. They rejected it, "because they don't do commentaries". I was astonished to discover that they nevertheless intended to publish an erratum based on my privileged submission. I told them they could publish it or not, but if they didn't, hands off what I found. Unpleasant exchanges followed. I subsequently appealed to the APA Ethics committee alleging their intention to make improper use of my submission. Mediation resulted in my reluctant agreement that they could publish an erratum provided it credited me with bringing the errors to their attention. At the same time, I published a extended version (more errors, more detail) in _Psychological Reports_. The references to this dust-up are: Haggbloom, S. et al. (2002). The 100 Most Eminent Psychologists of the 20th Century. Review of General Psychology, 6, 139-152. Errata. (2003). Review of General Psychology, 7, 37 Black, S.L. (2003) Cannonical [sic] confusions, an illusory allusion, and more: A critique of Haggbloom et al.'s list of eminent psychologists (2002). Psychological Reports, 92, 853-857.) Haggbloom has a summary of the errors and his response to them at: http://edtech.tph.wku.edu/~shaggblo/Table4.htm None of this had any effect on the names at the very top as listed in Miguel's post. Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 Canada ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---
