I have a student in my honors intro course who just lives by the Secret. I tried to tell her that it was a ridiculous premise (I may have even called it that, yes, my very bad--I just get so upset over highly capable students who swallow this stuff without thinking it through).
Although there are probably some good parts to the whole premise of positive thinking, etc. there are many aspects that are very negative and very confusing. I went on line to find her some readings that do a more critical analysis but failed to find anything substantial other than blogs. I have the piece by Michael Shermer in scientific american but nothing else that would be more substantial and making a critical analysis. Do any of you have any suggestions? Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 tay...@sandiego.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
