Beth Benoit wrote: > > > > Wow, Chris, you're uncharacteristically "late to the gate." This > conversation has been going on for almost a week. I'm curious...Did > TIPS get to you late, did your post get delayed, or??? >
No, I was away from my e-mail for five (glorious) days. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=197422&id=503448130&l=e8876d1c5f I wrote before seeing all the responses. Chris Green York U. Toronto ============ > > On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Christopher D. Green > <chri...@yorku.ca <mailto:chri...@yorku.ca>> wrote: > > > > > He's simply paraphrasing JB Watson's (silly) claim: "Give me 12 > children, well formed, and give me complete control of their > environments. I'll make any one of them become whatever I wish: > baker, banker, beggar man, thief, doctor, lawyer, or Indian chief." > > It is an article of the behaviorist credo. > > Chris > -- > > Christopher D. Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 > Canada > > > > 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 > chri...@yorku.ca <mailto:chri...@yorku.ca> > http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ > > ========================== > > > ========== > > Beth Benoit wrote: >> >> >> >> I just finished reading another obituary for O. Ivar Lovaas, >> which ended with this astounding statement: >> >> To the end of his career, Dr. Lovaas was adamant that applied >> behavior analysis was supremely useful in childhood interventions >> of all kinds. >> >> “If I had gotten Hitler here at U.C.L.A. at the age of 4 or 5,” >> he told Los Angeles magazine in 2004, “I could have raised him to >> be a nice person.” >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/23/health/23lovaas.html >> >> I don't know whether this is a result of a stunning ego, >> underappreciation on my part, or maybe he was misquoted, like >> Freud in his statement about the Nazis. What think you? >> >> Beth Benoit >> Granite State College >> Plymouth State University >> New Hampshire >> >> --- >> >> You are currently subscribed to tips as: chri...@yorku.ca >> <mailto:chri...@yorku.ca>. >> >> To unsubscribe click here: >> >> http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13132.a868d710aa4ef67a68807ce4fe8bd0da&n=T&l=tips&o=4446 >> >> <http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13132.a868d710aa4ef67a68807ce4fe8bd0da&n=T&l=tips&o=4446> >> >> (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line >> is broken) >> >> or send a blank email to >> leave-4446-13132.a868d710aa4ef67a68807ce4fe8bd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu >> >> <mailto:leave-4446-13132.a868d710aa4ef67a68807ce4fe8bd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> >> > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: beth.ben...@gmail.com > <mailto:beth.ben...@gmail.com>. > > To unsubscribe click here: > > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n=T&l=tips&o=4542 > > <http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n=T&l=tips&o=4542> > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is > broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-4542-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > <mailto:leave-4542-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: chri...@yorku.ca > <mailto:chri...@yorku.ca>. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13132.a868d710aa4ef67a68807ce4fe8bd0da&n=T&l=tips&o=4543 > > <http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13132.a868d710aa4ef67a68807ce4fe8bd0da&n=T&l=tips&o=4543> > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-4543-13132.a868d710aa4ef67a68807ce4fe8bd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > <mailto:leave-4543-13132.a868d710aa4ef67a68807ce4fe8bd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=4544 or send a blank email to leave-4544-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu