Beth wrote: > Actually, Allen, she's a psychologist. She has a master's in psychology > from Harvard, and a doctorate (though her biography doesn't indicate > whether that too is in psychology) from Boston University.
I stand corrected. But I was only going by what it says on the front inside flap of the British edition of *Opening Skinner�s Box* (Bloomsbury Publishing): "Psychiatrist and writer Lauren Slater sets out to investigate the twentieth century..." Again, at the end of the biographical information inside the back flap it reads: "A practising psychiatrist, she lives with her family in Massachusetts..." Rick Stevens wrote: > Allen Esterson wrote: > > >In his review in the Mail-on-Sunday Craig Brown wrote: > > > >�And on closer investigation by Slater, Loftus herself appears a little > >kooky, to put it mildly, often bursting into tears, slamming down the > >phone and taking her cause to such an extreme length that she has > >appeared as an expert witness for the defence in support of such > >obvious creeps and charlatans as the parent-murdering Menendez brothers > >and the > >serial killer Ted 'Son of Sam' Bundy. > > > Just a minor point, here, 'Son of Sam' was Berkowitz, not Bundy. The error here, of course, is that of the ignorant Brit reviewer (Craig Brown), not Lauren Slater. > And, of course, it's a bit misleading to say that she was "... in > support of such obvious creeps...". It's not like she was a character > witness, she testified on issues of the validity of memories as evidence. I couldn�t agree more. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.human-nature.com/esterson/index.html http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/articleprint.php?num=10 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
