Fellow Tipsters, The December 2012 issue of Review of General Psychology carried an article entitled "American Psychological Isolationism," by Eric Luis Uhlmann. It documents a wide variety of ways in which Americans appear to insulate themselves from the influence of, or even knowledge of, the rest of the world (and then ties this phenomenon to America's Puritan origins, but I think that Richard Hofstadter did that much better 50 years ago).
I suspect that the article would be highly controversial in many US classrooms. I would be interested to know if anyone on the list has used it as a class reading, and what the ensuing discussion was like. (I would try it here but (a) I don't teach a class in which it would be relevant and (b) my strong suspicion is that in Canada the initial response would be "Yeah! Duh!", followed by a quick Canadian politeness seizure in which they would turn around and criticize the author for painting with too broad a brush (which he does) and supply anecdotes of American friends and relatives who do not fit the stereotype.) Thanks, Chris ....... Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo --- 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=23400 or send a blank email to leave-23400-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
