Alerted by a message on another list, I pass on this notice of the passing of one of the great figures of 20th century psychology. Those of us trained in psychology in the 1960s (and I refuse to say whether I'm among them) will remember his great work _Theories of Learning_. I did think he unfortunately went off the deep end with his "hidden observer" claim for hypnosis, however,
The obituary in the Daily Telegraph provides a very readable account of his career. Parenthetically, British newspapers seem to do obituaries particularly well. When I was on sabbatical in Britain, I used to enjoy reading in their newspapers about the exploits of various illustrious individuals who had recently joined the choir invisible. The url is: http://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk/dt?ac=003864597403343&rtmo=axResNRL&atmo=rrrrrrrq&pg=/01/11/22/db01.html or if that's too long for you, try www.dailytelegraph.com and scan down until you get to the right link. Unless some of you people out there are too gorged with turkey to move. -Stephen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Department web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy Check out TIPS listserv for teachers of psychology at: http://www.frostburg.edu/dept/psyc/southerly/tips/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
