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On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 03:06:01 -0700, Allen Esterson wrote:
>On 8 June 2011 Mike Palij wrote:
>>I'm not sure that Skinner's "Air Crib" and rumors that his daughter
>>was psychotic and a suicide should be considered a
On 8 June 2011 Mike Palij wrote:
>I'm not sure that Skinner's "Air Crib" and rumors that his daughter
>was psychotic and a suicide should be considered a "myth" of
>psychology in the same sense as, say, "We only use 10% of out
>brain" or even the claim that Freud use icebergs as metaphors
>for the
bject: Re: [tips] Franklin's kite and other scientific myths
Sent: Jun 8, 2011 10:47 AM
On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 06:34:14 -0700, Rick Stevens
>I'm not sure what problem there would be with a bar to press or a button to
>push in a crib. If you can teach pigeons to read that way
> http
On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 06:34:14 -0700, Rick Stevens
>I'm not sure what problem there would be with a bar to press or a button to
>push in a crib. If you can teach pigeons to read that way
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_ctJqjlrHA it should work on kids, too.
It's not a real problem but a problem
It's been done -- just not by Skinner.
Paul Brandon
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
Minnesota State University, Mankato
paul.bran...@mnsu.edu
On Jun 8, 2011, at 8:33 AM, Rick Stevens wrote:
>
> I'm not sure what problem there would be with a bar to press or a button to
> push in a crib. If
I'm not sure what problem there would be with a bar to press or a button to
push in a crib. If you can teach pigeons to read that way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_ctJqjlrHA it should work on kids, too.
Rick Stevens
Psychology Department
University of Louisiana at Monroe
stevens.r...@gmail.com
Of further relevance to psychology, did anyone else read this part of the
interview with Alberto Martinez:
http://www.utexas.edu/know/2011/06/06/science_secrets/
"As for Einstein, writers have contrived reasons why he made his theory of
relativity: that his wife was his secret coworker, that he
On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 02:10:45 -0700, Allen Esterson wrote:
[snip]
>Alberto Martinez on the making of scientific myths:
>"Speculations evolve into alleged anecdotes that even lead to scholarly
>studies. Laypersons, scientists and history professors are all
>vulnerable to the charm of 'likely storie
