Not sure how many of you know who Richard (Dick) Malott is but during the the 80's he published a newsletter nation-wide for radical behaviorists and in the last one he openly discussed how common it was at Western Michigan University for the male professors to be involved with female graduate students. As students, we all were quite aware of this and I can guarantee it provided those women with a major advantages relative to conducting research with LOTS of professorial support. Weirdly, I can't recall any of us thinking much about it--as they were adults though the professors were married but not to the women with whom they were having the affairs. Not surprisingly, that was the last issue of Malott's newsletter as, though no names were provided, I suspect neither his colleagues nor the administration at WMU were very pleased with him discussing this situation so openly. BTW, for those who are interested in radical behaviorism, I would highly recommend his website.
http://dickmalott.com/students/prospectivegrads.html I particularly like his booklet on Procrastination--"I'll Stop Procrastinating when I get around to it." Relative to Zimbardo, I have always been quite impressed that he was so honest about how enmeshed he became with his prison experiment to the point of needing an outsider to enable him to realize how abusive the guards' behaviors had become. He further admits that it took Christina a lot of time and effort to really convince him that the conditions had become unacceptable. This was a very important revelation that provides strong and clear support for the double-blind research design. Having worked two years at the Center for the Study of Reading at the University of Illinois during the middle 1980's, I was continually dismayed at how rarely that aspect of their research studies was followed. That is, it was very common for the person who was highly invested in the results of the research to conduct the research themselves--Ann Brown being one of the major exceptions. Joan [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ > However, > Zimbardo clearly identifies Christina Maslach in the documentary > "Quiet Rage" as both the graduate student who brought him > back to reality and as his future wife ("future" at the time of SPE). > > As for whether the women all got "As" in the classes of the > professors they would marry, I would predict that is probably > the case for famous or well-known psychologists (e.g., > J.J. Gibson, Martin Seligman) but less so for psychologists > who are not so well known. I admit to not having data on > this point. However, what about male professors who only > have affairs with females students? Did they all get "As"? > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Rick Froman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tue 7/22/2008 4:03 PM >> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) >> Subject: RE: [tips] Profs who marry students >> >> Only recently in California would Zimbardo have been able to legally >> marry > any of the participants of the Stanford Prison study. Christina Maslach, > his > wife, did visit the study and evidently pointed out to him the ethical > issues and suggested he shut it down early which he did after six days of > a > project that was expected to go much longer. At least that's what I heard. >> >> Rick >> >> Dr. Rick Froman, Chair >> Division of Humanities and Social Sciences >> John Brown University >> Siloam Springs, AR 72761 >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> ________________________________________ > > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
