Sun, 4 Mar 2012 15:52:23 -0500, On Christopher Green wrote: >I believe that the article is by Roger Thomas alone. Rand Evans >was the outgoing, and Al Fuchs the incoming editors of AJP's >history of psych section.
Chris, it appears that you are correct. PsycInfo provides the following as the reference that I list below: Thomas, R. K. (2007). Recurring errors among recent history of psychology textbooks. The American Journal of Psychology, 120(3), 477-495. However, the info below is provided when you click on Jstor's citation info for the article. Reader beware. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu On Mar 4, 2012, at 1:40 PM, Michael Palij <m...@nyu.edu> wrote: > On Pavlov's mugging and other errors in psychology textbooks, see: > > History of Psychology: Recurring Errors among Recent History of > Psychology Textbooks > Alfred H. Fuchs, Rand B. Evans and Roger K. Thomas > The American Journal of Psychology , Vol. 120, No. 3 (Fall, 2007), pp. 477-495 > Published by: University of Illinois Press > Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20445415 > > Quoting from the above article which quotes an account in > the NY Times: > > |Pavlov's mugging > | > | Documentation pertaining to this error has been > |provided elsewhere (Thomas, 1997a), and only an > |abbreviated account will be presented here. Thomas > |reported information about Pavlov's having been > |robbed in New York City in 1923 (mugged is an apt > |description) that conflicted in significant ways with > |accounts that were being presented in some history > |of psychology textbooks. The error involves different > |published accounts of Pavlov's mugging, all of which > |Thomas quoted. Only the account deemed most reliable, > |namely that from The New York Times, and the two > |accounts that have been the sources of recurring errors > |will be quoted here. Not quoted here are accounts by > |Cannon (1945/1968), whom Pavlov visited within a few > |days of the robbery, and by Babkin (1949), Pavlov's > |long-time colleague and biographer; however, their accounts > |corroborated and added details to the report of the robbery > |in The New York Times. > | > |According to The New York Times, > || He [Ivan Pavlov] and his son [Vladimir] had hardly > || taken their seats on the train in the Grand Central > || Station when three men set upon the old man and > || snatched from him his pocketbook containing all their > || funds, $2,000. The porter and the son attempted to > || catch them but were unsuccessful, and the old man > || and his son left the train perplexed as to what they > || should do in their predicament. They finally got in > || touch with Dr. P. A. Levene of the Rockefeller Institute, > || and since have been the guests of the institute. > || ("Russian scientist," 1923, p. 3) > > See the article for details about who mucked up the > account and who used the mucked up accounts in their > textbooks. > > Icebergs anyone? ;-) > --- 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=16451 or send a blank email to leave-16451-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
