JRH has out a new revised and updated version of that praised and reviled work, _The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do_ , a 10th annversary edition. The edition carries a new appendix titled "Testing Theories of Child Development" which updates evidence bearing on her thesis.
Now if we could only get her to flog it on Jon Stewart (my favourite) or Stephen Colbert (which I've heard is her favourite). Failing either unlikely event, we'll have to do with the text of a new interview with her (no video) in _Scientific American_ at http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=parents-peers-children Don't miss the comments which follow, which once again demonstrate how ready people are to dismiss her views, unread and (it therefore follows) misunderstood. 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 Subscribe to discussion list (TIPS) for the teaching of psychology at http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/tips/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
