I know nothing about copyright issues. But I know some good cartoons.
1. A Gary Larson one with a psychiatrist talking to a patient with a lop-sided
head: "You're a right-brained sort of person, Mr. Sommersby - very creative,
artistic, etc.. Unfortunately, I think I also see why you're having trouble
figuring out your gas mileage."
2. A Gary Larson with squirrels in a tree in the early morning: "Before
starting their day, squirrels must pump themselves up." The squirrels are in a
huddle shouting "Nuts! Nuts! Get 'em! Nuts! Nuts! Get 'em!" (In Motivation, I
distinguish drive for specific objects (nuts), from general arousal. The
squirrels are doing both).
3. A Gary Larson showing Freud and Pavlov's side-by-side apartments:
"Unbeknownst to most students of psychology, Pavlov's first experiment was to
ring a bell and cause his dog to attack Freud's cat." Pavlov is showing
training his attack dog, Freud is shown reading a paper. (I use this to
introduce the idea that classical cond. works on reflexive responses, not
emitted responses, and vice-versa, and that the bell in the cartoon is a
discriminative stimulus, it is not a CS. I also illustrate this idea with
reenacted scenes from Dr. Strangelove, with Peter Seller's right arm snapping
into a Nazi salute every time he sees the President, and his left hand trying
to keep the right hand down).
4. An "Off the Mark" cartoon with a dog in a jail cell with another criminal,
both with striped suits - entitled "The Dark Truth About Pavlov's Dog." The
dog speaks: "Bell rings, I get a treat .. Bell rings I get a treat .. It went
on that way for days. Then, out of the blue .. bell rings, I get NOTHING AT
ALL!! NADA!! I mean, can you seriously call my attack unprovoked?" (It can be
used to illustrate Amsel's old theory about frustration and extinction, or,
just extinction).
5. Gary Larson with a goofy military dictator at a big desk. He is being
spoken to by two white-coated psychologists: "Sorry your highness, but you're
not the dictator of Ithuvania, a small Europen republic. In fact, there _is_
no Ithuvania. The hordes of admirers, the military parades, this office -- we
faked it all as in experiment in human psychology. In fact, you highness, your
real name is Edward Belcher, you're from Long Island, New York, and it's time
to go home, Eddie." (illustration of the elaborate fake scenarios created by
social psychologists).
6. There is an old Gahan Wilson cartoon (which I have lost) with a man
speaking to a midget: "Sorry for shouting, I thought you were farther away."
(retinal size as a depth cue).
If the relevancy police do not arrest me, I am sure the copyright police
will! It is rumored that my seemingly spontaneous use of these cartoons is, in
reality, a well rehearsed plot to illustrate a point in lecture. I believe my
behavior has been noticed. But .. if anyone wants a copy of any of the above
(for your own personal use only), I will gladly scan them and mail them to you
as .jpeg or .gif files :)
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* John W. Kulig, Department of Psychology ************************
* Plymouth State College Plymouth NH 03264 *
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://oz.plymouth.edu/~kulig *
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