Stephen, I thought you were also a member of the Chieron list. On these two topics Roger Thomas presented his finding a little less than a year ago if I recall in response to questions raised by members of that august body. Al Al L. Cone Jamestown College <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> North Dakota 701.252.3467 X 2604 http://www.jc.edu/users/faculty/cone -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Black [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 08, 1999 7:38 AM To: TIPS Subject: Belling the dog/ Pavlov: bell or metronome? On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Michael Sylvester wrote: > did Pavlov use a bell or a metronome ? I've been meaning to drop a note to TIPS on this. Everyone knows that Pavlov used a bell, of course. And everyone who's been on TIPS for a while knows that that's not true, that he never used a bell. And in fact, his famous work _Conditioned Reflexes_ never mentions a bell, only a metronome and other assorted stimuli which I'd better not list without first checking up on. So "Pavlov's bell" appears to be a classic psychological myth. Or is it? I've since discovered a great paper with further details on the controversy, which comes to the conclusion that Pavlov did indeed use a bell, and its use was reported in _Science_ in 1906. As a bonus, the paper relates the story of Pavlov's mugging in New York City. The reference is: Thomas, R. (1997). Correcting some Pavloviana regarding "Pavlov's bell" and "Pavlov's "mugging". American Journal of Psychology, 110, 115-125. So this is a new one for me. I've discovered that a psychological myth is a myth. It's nice to go the other way for once. -Stephen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Department web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy Check out TIPS listserv for teachers of psychology at: http://www.frostburg.edu/dept/psyc/southerly/tips/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------
