Myers happens to be a very wealthy man but also provides very significant (like huge) contributions to many charities--especially those involving improving the welfare of women and children. I also must say that you guys are not using the extinction notion well at all! Please, note the decent posts by folks and simply ignore the nonsensical ones. Only serves to reinforce. I mean, come on, this is fairly elementary psychology, is it not?
Joan [email protected] > > > I'm speechless about Michael Sylvester's rating of the Myers text. I may > be wrong but I believe it's the intro text most widely prescribed > internationally, one reason being that it is much less myopic than its > American counterparts. > We use it in South Africa and find it wonderful. One of its strongest > points is that the language is very student-friendly, which a country in a > country like South Africa with 11 official languages, is a very important > prerequisite. > > In a recent email Michael Sylvester wrote something about Dave Myers being > a millionaire. I don't know whether that is the case (if it is, good for > him), but I wonder how many colleagues have read the following on the > inner title page of most (all?) of Dave's books (it's in fine print): > > "All royalties from the sale of this book are assigned to the David and > Carol Myers Foundation, which exists to receive and distribute funds to > other charitable organizations." > > If David Myers is indeed a millionaire, we surely need more millionaires > like him. > > Regards from a sunny (southern hemisphere) South Africa. > > Dap Louw > > > > > > > > > ******************************************************************** > Dap Louw, Ph.D.(Psych.), Ph.D. (Crim.) > Head: Centre for Psychology and the Law > Professor: Department of Psychology > University of the Free State > P.O. Box 339 > Bloemfontein > 9300 South Africa > Tel: (051+) 401-2444 (work) > (051+) 436-3423 (home) > Fax: (051+) 444-6677 > Email: [email protected] > Cell: 083-391-8331 > > ******************************************************************** > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > University of the Free State: This message and its contents are subject to > a disclaimer. > Please refer to http://www.ufs.ac.za/disclaimer for full details. > > Universiteit van die Vrystaat: > Hierdie boodskap en sy inhoud is aan 'n vrywaringsklousule onderhewig. > Volledige besonderhede is by http://www.ufs.ac.za/vrywaring beskikbaar. > _____________________________________________________________________ > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
