Tips colleagues The research by Milgram and Zimbardo contributed much to what we know about situational variables and willingness to submit to group pressure. Those classic experiments can no longer be conducted today because of ethical concerns; I am sure that those ethical concerns played a preeminent role in the establishment of research review boards like IRBs. IRBs are critical today but does anyone ever ponder that classic research ended with the implementation of IRBs. It is quite ironic that it was the results of classic research that terminated classic research. I sort of conjure up the musical metaphor utilizing McLean's "The Day the Music Died." Mike
Michael J. Lavin Professor Emeritus St. Bonaventure University [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.sbu.edu/psychology/lavin 914-366-8006 Tarrytown, NY 716-375-2488 SBU Office -----Original Message----- From: Gerald Peterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun 17-Feb-08 10:36 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Psychological theories that are well known but useless and vice ve... I see only retrospective analyses, a lack of sound theory, and no substantive development in the years since its development. Good for pop-psychologizing after the fact but very little sound work has come from it. I don't think it is adequate to the study of actual group processes. Again, it is more popular than scientifically respectable---like most of the stuff in Personality theories texts. Gary Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. Professor, Psychology Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI 48710 989-964-4491 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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