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Preface |
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Introduction |
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Unit 1 Research Issues |
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Issue 1 Should Animal Research in Psychology Be Eliminated? |
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Yes: Peter Singer, from Animal Liberation (Ecco, 2002) |
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No: R.G. Frey, from "Justifying Animal Experimentation: The Starting Point," in Ellen Frankel Paul and Jeffery Paul, eds., Why Animal Experimentation Matters: The Use of Animals in Medical Research (Transaction, 2001) |
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Issue 2 Are Traditional Empirical Methods Sufficient to Provide Evidence for Psychological Practice? |
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Yes: APA Presidential Task Force on Evidence-Based Practice, from "Evidence-Based Practice in Psychology," American Psychologist (2006) |
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No: Brent D. Slife and Dennis C. Wendt, from "The Next Step in the Evidence-Based Practice Movement," APA Convention Presentation (2006) |
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Issue 3 Classic Dialogue: Was Stanley Milgram's Study of Obedience Unethical? |
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Yes: Diana Baumrind, from "Some Thoughts on Ethics of Research: After Reading Milgram's 'Behavioral Study of Obedience'," American Psychologist (vol. 19, 1964) |
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No: Stanley Milgram, from "Issues in the Study of Obedience: A Reply to Baumrind," American Psychologist (vol. 19, 1964) |
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Unit 2 Biological Issues |
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Issue 4 Are Humans Naturally Violent? |
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Yes: Michael L. Wilson and Richard W. Wrangham, from "Intergroup Relations in Chimpanzees," Annual Review of Anthropology (2003) |
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No: Robert W. Sussman, from "Are Humans Inherently Violent?" in Ruth Osterweis Selig, Marilyn R. London, P. Ann Kaupp, and eds., Anthropology Explored: The Best of Smithsonian AnthroNotes, 2nd ed. (Smithsonian Books, 2004) |
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Issue 5 Do Women and Men Communicate Differently? |
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Yes: Julia T. Wood, from Gendered Lives: Communication, Gender, and Culture, 4th ed. (Wadsworth, 2001) |
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No: Laura L. Winn and Donald L. Rubin, from "Enacting Gender Identity in Written Discourse: Responding to Gender Role Bidding in Personal Ads," Journal of Language and Social Psychology (December 2001) |
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Issue 6 Do Brain Deficiencies Determine Learning Disabilities? |
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Yes: Sally E. Shaywitz and Bennett A. Shaywltz, from "Reading Disability and the Brain," Educational Leadership (March 2004) |
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No: Gerald Coles, from "Danger in the Classroom: 'Brain Glitch' Research and Learning to Read," Phi Delta Kappan (January 2004) |
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Unit 3 Human Development |
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Issue 7 Does the Environment Influence Human Development More than Genes? |
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Yes: Paul Ehrlich and Marcus Feldman, from "Genes and Cultures: What Creates Our Behavioral Phenome?" Current Anthropology (February 2003) |
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No: Gary Marcus, from "Making the Mind: Why We've Misunderstood the Nature-Nurture Debate," Boston Review (December 2003/January 2004) |
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Issue 8 Does the Divorce of Parents Harm Their Children? |
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Yes: Judith S. Wallerstein, from "Growing up in the Divorced Family," Clinical Social Work Journal (Winter 2005) |
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No: E. Mavis Hetherington and John Kelly, from For Better or for Worse: Divorce Reconsidered (W. W. Norton, 2002) |
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Issue 9 Does Research Show that Homosexual Parenting Has No Negative Effects? |
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Yes: Ellen C. Perrin and Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health, from "Technical Report: Coparent or Second-Parent Adoption by Same-Sex Parents," Pediatrics (April 2002) |
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No: Richard N. Williams, from "The Effect on Children of the Sexual Orientation of Parents: How Should the Issue Be Decided?" Invited Address to the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (2000) |
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Unit 4 Cognitive Processes |
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Issue 10 Are Human Activities Determined? |
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Yes: John A. Bargh and Erin L. Williams, from "The Automaticity of Social Life," Current Directions in Psychological Science (February 2006) |
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No: Amy Fisher Smith, from "Automaticity: The Free Will-Determinism Debate Continued," An Original Article Written for This Text (2006) |
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Issue 11 Is the Theory of Multiple Intelligences Valid? |
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Yes: Howard Gardner, from Multiple Intelligences: New Horizons (Basic Books, 2006) |
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No: John White, from "Howard Gardner: The Myth of Multiple Intelligences," Lecture at Institute of Education, University of London (November 2004) |
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Unit 5 Mental Health |
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Issue 12 Does ADHD Exist? |
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Yes: Russell A. Barkley, from "International Consensus Statement on ADHD," Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review (June 2002) |
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No: Sami Timimi et al., from "A Critique of the International Consensus Statement on ADHD," Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review (March 2004) |
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Issue 13 Does Taking Antidepressants Lead to Suicide? |
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Yes: David Healy and Chris Whitaker, from "Antidepressants and Suicide: Risk-Benefit Conundrums," Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience (September 2003) |
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No: Yvon D. Lapierre, from "Suicidality With Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Valid Claim?" Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience (September 2003) |
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Issue 14 Does Low Self-Esteem Lead to Antisocial Behavior? |
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Yes: M. Brent Donnellan, Kali H. Trzesniewski, Richard W. Robins, Terrie E. Moffitt, and Avshalom Caspi, from "Low Self-Esteem Is Related to Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, and Delinquency," Psychological Science (April 2005) |
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No: Roy F. Baumeister, Jennifer D. Campbell, Joachim J. Krueger, and Kathleen D. Vohs, from "Exploding the Self-Esteem Myth," Scientific American (January 2005) |
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Unit 6 Psychological Treatments |
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Issue 15 Should Psychologists Be Able to Prescribe Drugs? |
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Yes: Patrick H. DeLeon and Debra Lina Dunivin, from "The Tide Rises," Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice (Fall 2002) |
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No: William N. Robiner et al., from "Prescriptive Authority for Psychologists: A Looming Health Hazard?" Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice (Fall 2002) |
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Issue 16 Is Treating Homosexuality Ethical? |
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Yes: Christopher H. Rosik, from "Motivational, Ethical and Epistemological Foundations in the Treatment of Unwanted Homoerotic Attraction," Journal of Marital and Family Therapy (January 2003) |
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No: Robert-Jay Green, from "When Therapists Do Not Want Their Clients to Be Homosexual: A Response to Rosik's Article," Journal Marital and Family Therapy (2003) |
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Unit 7 Social Psychology |
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Issue 17 Do Video Games Lead to Violence? |
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Yes: Douglas A. Gentile and Craig A. Anderson, from "Violent Video Games: The Newest Media Violence Hazard," in Douglas A. Gentile, ed., Media Violence and Children: A Complete Guide for Parents and Professionals (Praeger, 2003) |
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No: Cheryl K. Olson, from "Media Violence Research and Youth Violence Data: Why Do They Conflict?" Academic Psychiatry (Summer 2004) |
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Issue 18 Can Sex Be Addictive? |
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Yes: Patrick J. Carnes, from "Sexual Addiction Q & A," http://www.sexhelp.com/sa_q_and_a.cfm (November 11, 2006) |
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No: Lawrence A. Siegel and Richard M. Siegel, from "Sex Addiction: Recovering from a Shady Concept," An Original Essay Written for Taking Sides: Human Sexuality (2007) |
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Contributors |
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