Well, I'm feeling pestiferous today, second post of the day and one to stir the pot.
The discussion over the great loss of Oliver Sachs brings home to me the waste of time in teaching Erikson, particularly in intro psych where there is no time to deconstruct and critically examine properly. Clearly one can see whatever conflicts one wants to depending on one's predisposition to see it and the same stage could be applied across any age groups, really. There are elements of all of the so-called stages at every age--especially when a 70-year old is stuck in the conflict attributed to the 30-year old. I'm waiting for convincing evidence for why I want to teach this old and tired and poorly empirically-supported overall information, instead of bringing in more modern developmental theories. Except that every standardized test seems to LOVE to ask one or two multiple choice questions to see who has properly memorized ages and stages. Sigh. And that is what I teach in intro psych: planning to take the GRE at some point? Cram this the night before. Then forget it. To quote a(n in)famous tipster: "give me something" to change my mind. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110-2492 tay...@sandiego.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=42197 or send a blank email to leave-42197-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
