Perhaps you can work the following story, from the current New Scientist, into a class discussion on classical conditioning. Jeff --------------------------------------- http://www.newscientist.com/newsletter/feedback.jsp?id=ns228628 14 April 2001 THIS STORY has all the hallmarks of an urban myth, but the Ananova news service ran it last month, so maybe it's true. According to the report, Kamal Shah of Mombasa in Kenya couldn't find his mobile phone, so he phoned it up from his landline. He immediately heard it ringing--inside his dog. Shah explained that he had left his phone on a bedside table, and when it disappeared he assumed at first his son had taken it. In fact, his German shepherd dog, Snoopy, had swallowed it. Hearing the phone ringing from his dog's stomach was unexpected, he said. "It sent me into shock." Snoopy subsequently had an operation to remove the phone and both dog and phone are apparently doing fine. -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd. FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department [EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 "Science must begin with myths and with the criticism of myths" Karl Popper �No matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up.� Lily Tomlin Listowner: Psychologists Educating Students to Think Skeptically (PESTS) http://www.sc.maricopa.edu/sbscience/pests/index.html
