Thanks for the info Mike. I wonder though if our students really can relate to spanking. Be interesting to survey our classes, but I would think faculty might relate, but not as many of our students. I will ask. Gary
Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI 48710 989-964-4491 peter...@svsu.edu ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Britt" <michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <tips@acsun.frostburg.edu> Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 1:41:59 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [tips] Spanking - an idea that won't go away In the latest episode of my podcast I interviewed the author of a great parenting book: Raising Children You Can Live With. Although the author discuss a lot of great ideas regarding how to interact with your child, it seems that my brief thoughts regarding the ineffectiveness of spanking is getting the most response. There's an interesting comment on the episode from a listener who strongly feels that spanking is needed in response to certain behaviors. You'll see my response as well. Also, I feel there's a nice "marriage" I think between behavioristic and humanistic philosophies in the author's approach to dealing with undesirable behavior from children. Since spanking is an experience that most students have had, the episode could make for an interesting discussion or homework around these two different approaches to modifying a child's behavior. If you want to check it out: http://bit.ly/vj4dZ Michael -- Michael Britt, Ph.D. Host of The Psych Files podcast www.thepsychfiles.com mich...@thepsychfiles.com --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
