Here's a quote from a psychologist that I think would be good to have students
analyze and discuss:
"I doubt [that] there are simple quotes for the undergrad that can convey
the wonder, fascination, and inspiration triggered by the researcher's struggle
to test and explore new ideas."
Gary Peterso
I gather there are few quotes--from psychologists-- that might lead
undergrads to "pause and ponder." There are, rather, diverse groups of
psychologists who might agree or disagree with particular quotes. In
the past, I used quotes in my classes to stimulate discussion, but very
few were from psy
While on the subject of the adducing of selective facts to 'corroborate' a
pet theory while ignoring material that is not in accord with it... (see
my previous message, 16 October):
Yesterday I wrote:
> ...Cioffi's exposure of the manifestly false accounts Freud gave of the > [seduction
> theory]
Stephen Black wrote:
> On 15 Oct 2004, Allen Esterson wrote:
>
> > Stephen Black quoted John Gribbin as follows:
> >
> > "The best things in science are both beautiful and simple, a fact that all
> > too many teachers conceal from their students"
>
> And he then continued:
> >
> > This is an at
