On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:53:11 -0700, Don Allen wrote: >Hi Mike- Thanks for the link. It proved to be an interesting read. Serendipitously, >on the same page was a link to an article entitled: > >Psychologist Who Cleared Death Row Inmates Is Reprimanded >A Link can be found here: > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/us/15ttpsychologist.html?src=recg >It might be useful for those discussing clinical or forensic ethics.
I must have missed that when I read the language article. I did a quick google search with "George Denkowski" and APA as search terms but didn't come up with much. For those interested in the 2008 article where Denknowski provides his "Adaptive Behavior Assessment", see: http://www.iapsych.com/iqmr/denkowski2008.pdf For more background on the issue of the use of the death penalty in Texas, there is an Amnesty International (AI) report that reviews the situation up to April 2009. It is a very long article and Denkowski and other psychologists are mentioned in specific cases. The European Union (EU) had requested that Texas stop doing executions. The response from the governor's office was the following: |Texas long ago decided that the death penalty is a just and |appropriate punishment for the most horrible crimes committed |against our citizens. While we respect our friends in Europe, |welcome their investment in our state and appreciate their interest |in our laws, Texans are doing just fine governing Texas. |Spokesperson for Governor Rick Perry on EU call for halt to Texas |executions, August 2007 Which might explain how guys like Denkowski are allowed to get started and flourish. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Palij <[email protected]> Date: Friday, April 15, 2011 3:50 am Subject: [tips] Where Did Language Come From? To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Cc: Mike Palij <[email protected]> > The NY Times contains a news story about research reported in a > recent issue of Science: using the methods associated with tracing the > historical changes in genetics, a historical linguist has manages to trace > the origin of human language to southern Africa (possibly as far back > as 100,000 years ago). See: > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/science/15language.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha2 > > A couple of points: > (1) Many linguists are skeptical about the method of analysis, in part, > because linguists don't use this type of analysis (bayesian phylogeny) > and are not familiar with it. > > (2) Interesting quote: > |“Language was our secret weapon, and as soon we got language we > |became a really dangerous species,” he said. > > Word. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=10058 or send a blank email to leave-10058-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
