Jeff -
Oh, sure, beat me to the punch on this one. It looks like a _really_ good
article.
Those interested in the Dennett article posted by Stephen Black might want
to look at the letter-to-the-editor exchange near the end of that same issue
(of American Psychologist - Vol. 54). I've forgotten the names, but one
person argued for empirical evaluation of psychotherapies as part of one's
duty to clients, while the other had some counterarguments (for which I have
to say one of us - he or I - is thoroughly confused. It sounded pretty
postmodernist).
Paul Smith
Alverno College
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> Subject: Seven sins of memory
>
>
> Daniel Schacter has an article in the most recent American
> Psychologist:
>
> "The seven sins of memory: Insights from psychology and
> cognitive neuroscience"
> (Vol. 54, pp. 182-203):
>
> I suggest that memory's transgressions can be divided
> into seven
> basic "sins." ... _Transience_ involves decreasing
> accessibility
> of information over time, _absent-mindedness_ entails
> inattentive
> or shallow processing..., and _blocking_ refers to
> the temporary
> inaccessibility of information that is stored in memory....
> _Misattribution_ involves attributing a recollection
> or idea to the
> wrong source, _suggestibility_ refers to memories
> that are implanted
> as a result of leading questions or comments during
> attempts to
> recall past experiences, and _bias_ involves
> retrospective distortions
> and unconscious influences that are related to
> current knowledge
> and beliefs. The seventh and final sin,
> _persistence_, refers to
> pathological remembrances: information or events that
> we cannot
> forget, even though we wish we could. (p. 183)
>
> Just a public-service message from The Ricker Foundation.
>
> Jeff Ricker
> Scottsdale Community College
> Scottsdale AZ
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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