I think Watson might have believed he could... -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor and Chair Department of Psychology College of Arts & Sciences Baker University --
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Clark [mailto:j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca] > Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 2:56 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: Re: [tips] Raising Hitler to be "a nice person" > > Hi > > Reminds me of the movie "The Boys from Brazil," in which > Hitler was cloned and then extreme efforts taken to reproduce > his early environment. I wonder if Lovaas would also have > argued that he could take any boy at 4 or 5 and turn out a Hitler? > > Take care > Jim > > James M. Clark > Professor of Psychology > 204-786-9757 > 204-774-4134 Fax > j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca > > >>> Paul Brandon <paul.bran...@mnsu.edu> 27-Aug-10 2:45:23 PM >>> > Beth-- > > A bit of hyperbole maybe, but do you think that Hitler's > personality was totally genetically determined? > What makes the statement so astounding? > Hitler (and Stalin, and Mao, et.al.) were human beings, not demons. > There were many reasons why they were what they were; the > fact that they were in positions to do terrible harm doesn't > mean that many other people in the same circumstances would > not have been just as bad. > Behavior can be changed. > In many ways, I'd prefer Lovaas's (over)optimism to a > fatalism that simply demonizes people. > > Paul Brandon > Emeritus Professor of Psychology > Minnesota State University, Mankato > paul.bran...@mnsu.edu > > On Aug 27, 2010, at 2:06 PM, Beth Benoit wrote: > > > > > I just finished reading another obituary for O. Ivar Lovaas, which > ended with this astounding statement: > > > > To the end of his career, Dr. Lovaas was adamant that applied > behavior analysis was supremely useful in childhood > interventions of all kinds. > > > > *If I had gotten Hitler here at U.C.L.A. at the age of 4 or 5,* > he told Los Angeles magazine in 2004, *I could have raised > him to be a nice person.* > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/23/health/23lovaas.html > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea > 7a891720c9&n=T&l=tips&o=4447 > > or send a blank email to > leave-4447-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.fros > tburg.edu > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72 > a2d17c90e1&n=T&l=tips&o=4448 > or send a blank email to > leave-4448-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.fros > tburg.edu > The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by Baker University ("BU") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=4450 or send a blank email to leave-4450-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
