Am I the only critically thinking psychological scientist who things that Jean Twenge goes WAY TOOOOOOOOOO FAR with her conclusions based on her stats?
Can anyone on this list who has read her book AND is very familiar with her stats, which are all correlationally based, suffer all the problems of internal validity of cross-sequential studies that only look at the sequential cohorts--much worse than comparing the cross-sectional or the longitudinal elements--AND bases all of her conclusions on correlational data--did I mention that? To draw causal-sounding at worst, very strong and widely accepted at best, conclusions? I hope someone has read her book (not just her articles) and is very familiar with the stats and can comment--or maybe someone can make that a summer project and report back to us. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 [email protected] ---- Original message ---- >Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 23:39:06 -0400 >From: "Beverly Ayers-Nachamkin" <[email protected]> >Subject: RE: [tips] What's on Your Summer Reading List >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> > >No, no - you're not the only one who likes fiction, Carol. I just finished >_The School on Heart's Content Road_ by Carolyn Chute which was every bit as >good as the reviews suggested. I can also recommend _Company of Liars_ by >Karen Maitland (a kind of medieval mystery set in southern England), and >what would probably be considered an oldie by some, _Water for Elephants_ by >Sara Gruen. I'll read _The Narcissism Epidemic_ by Twenge & Campbell later >when I have recovered my sense of optimism about students and teaching ;-) > >Bev > >>>>>>>>>>@@<<<<<<<<< >Bev Ayers-Nachamkin, Ph.D >Wilson College >1015 Philadelphia Ave. >Chambersburg, PA 17201 > >[email protected] >[email protected] > >-----Original Message----- >From: DeVolder Carol L [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 10:06 PM >To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) >Subject: RE: [tips] What's on Your Summer Reading List > >OK, I guess I'm the only person who likes fiction (I like TV, too). But, >just to redeem myself a bit, I am reading a couple of nonfiction books as >well. I am currently reading _Voluntary Madness_ by Norah Vincent (the >author's account of conditions and treatment in several institutions to >which she had herself voluntarily committed for the purpose of the book) and >_The Age of the Unthinkable_ by Joshua Cooper Ramo (a commontary on the >current state of geopolitical affairs). However, I did just finish a good >suspense novel: _The Last Child_ by John Hart (just in case anyone likes >suspense novels but doesn't want to admit it...:) >Carol >PS--back in September I read _Autism's False Prophets_ and commented on it >on this list. > >Carol L. DeVolder, Ph.D. >Professor of Psychology >Chair, Department of Psychology >St. Ambrose University >518 West Locust Street >Davenport, Iowa 52803 > >Phone: 563-333-6482 >e-mail: [email protected] >web: http://web.sau.edu/psychology/psychfaculty/cdevolder.htm > >The contents of this message are confidential and may not be shared with >anyone without permission of the sender. > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Joan Warmbold [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Mon 6/1/2009 8:24 PM >To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > > >Subject: Re: [tips] What's on Your Summer Reading List > > > > > > > > >> I've heard "Miss Conduct's Mind Over Manners" is a great summer read, >> combining etiquette and psychology! >> >> (Actually, at the moment I'm reading Norgate's "Beyond 9 to 5: Your Life >> in Time," which I'm enjoying a good deal. Another recommendation: >> "Helping" by Ed Schein at the Sloan School of Business--particularly >> recommended if you like the work of Erving Goffman.) >> >> Robin >> >> Robin Abrahams >> >> www.robinabrahams.com >> >> >> >> My first book, "Miss Conduct's Mind Over Manners," is available now on >> Amazon.com: http://tinyurl.com/bvcfzr. >> >> --- On Mon, 6/1/09, Mike Palij <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> From: Mike Palij <[email protected]> >> Subject: [tips] What's on Your Summer Reading List >> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" >> <[email protected]> >> Cc: "Mike Palij" <[email protected]> >> Date: Monday, June 1, 2009, 3:14 PM >> >> Among other things, I'll be taking a look at Matthew Goodman's >> "The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, >> Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century >> New York" which is an account of how tabloid journalism got its start >> in New York City with the newspaper New York Sun. It might be of >> general interest as it points out the role that the popular media plays >> in influencing what people think they know about reality (e.g., the >> moon is inhabited by Man-Bats [not to be confused with Bat-Man]). >> It is available on Amazon and one can read the reviews there: >> >http://www.amazon.com/Sun-Moon-Remarkable-Journalists-Nineteenth-Century/dp/ >0465002579 >> >> And it is available on books.google.com in limited preview: >> >http://books.google.com/books?id=0aSGLYbQIEMC&dq=%22Matthew+Goodman%22+%22th >e+sun+and+the+moon%22&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=o6IQetVYIt&sig=xsxq9 >x0AHcsoZyx4g4D4KDTu2mE&hl=en&ei=JDQkSozUEKWxmAf-vbWsCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&c >t=result&resnum=4#PPP1,M1 > >> or >> http://tinyurl.com/nfp7pd >> >> -Mike Palij >> New York University >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> >> >> --- >> To make changes to your subscription contact: >> >> Bill Southerly ([email protected]) >> >> --- >> To make changes to your subscription contact: >> >> Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > > > >--- >To make changes to your subscription contact: > >Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > >--- >To make changes to your subscription contact: > >Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > > >--- >To make changes to your subscription contact: > >Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
