Michael, I think you have missed on most of the assignments you made in your
posting. Freud has been dismissed by most people who were ever interested in
him, and Jung isn't given a lot of credence. Skinner and Watson are both the
"fathers" of the kind of learning that they espoused, and I'm not sure they can
be lumped into the same category for comparison (and I'm sure that there will
be disagreements about that from the members of this list). And, finally,
among developmentalists, Vygotsky is as well regarded as Piaget and probably
moreso among educators.
Let the arguments commence.
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>Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:35:05 -0400
>From: "michael sylvester" <msylves...@copper.net>
>Subject: [tips] Determining major and minor
>To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <tips@acsun.frostburg.edu>
>
> How do we determine major and minor psychological
> theories? I have noted a tendency to allocate major
> status to theories emanating in Europe most of them
> Jewish and minor to
> those emanating outside of Europe.Of course withun
> each group there are hierarchical divisions.Freud is
> over Adler.American bred functionalism puts James
> and Dewey on a higher status than Angell and Carr.Re
> behaviorism,Skinner is upgraded whereas Watson is
> downgraded.There are splits among
> gestaltists,humanists,and existentialists.And the
> Russian dude Vigotsky gets no respect in
> developmental theory.I have noted a preference
> to favor theories that emphasize discrete stages
> than overlappping and interacting
> phases.
> Send me something.
>
> Michael Sylvester,PhD
> Daytona Beach,Florida
>
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