EPISODE · Apr 1, 2024 · 1H 18M
Episode 2: Dare to Discipline
from I Hate James Dobson
In this episode, Jake and Brooke dive into Dobson's first book, Dare to Discipline, aka the reason you were spanked as a kid. And oh boy, Dobson comes out swinging in this one.Content warning for: child abuse, violence, and overly long explanations of operant conditioning.References and further reading:APA Resolution on Physical Discipline of Children By Parents (2019)"Physical discipline is harmful and ineffective" by Eve Glicksman for the APA's Monitor on Psychology, explaining the Resolution of Physical Discipline (2019)"The case against spanking" by Brendan L. Smith for the APA's Monitor on Psychology (2012)"The Research on Spanking and Its Implications for Intervention" by Elizabeth Gershoff, Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin "Fractioning Human Intelligence" by Adam Hampshire et al. (2012) in Neuron, complicating the oversimplistic understanding of intelligence as a singular variable (IQ)"The Bell Curve" by Shaun on Youtube (2020), analyzing how IQ has been, and continues to be, used by people to perpetuate white supremacyEngle v. Vitale explainer, and why it doesn't ban prayer in public schools the way Dobson claims it does.Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/mood-maze/trendsetterLicense code: 9OT2MTBHWWSRZP5S Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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In this episode, Jake and Brooke dive into Dobson's first book, Dare to Discipline, aka the reason you were spanked as a kid. And oh boy, Dobson comes out swinging in this one.Content warning for: child abuse, violence, and overly long explanations of operant conditioning.References and further reading:APA Resolution on Physical Discipline of Children By Parents (2019)"Physical discipline is harmful and ineffective" by Eve Glicksman for the APA's Monitor on Psychology, explaining the Resolution of Physical Discipline (2019)"The case against spanking" by Brendan L. Smith for the APA's Monitor on Psychology (2012)"The Research on Spanking and Its Implications for Intervention" by Elizabeth Gershoff, Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin "Fractioning Human Intelligence" by Adam Hampshire et al. (2012) in Neuron, complicating the oversimplistic understanding of intelligence as a singular variable (IQ)"The Bell Curve" by Shaun on Youtube (2020), analyzing how IQ has been, and continues to be, used by people to perpetuate white supremacyEngle v. Vitale explainer, and why it doesn't ban prayer in public schools the way Dobson claims it does.Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/mood-maze/trendsetterLicense code: 9OT2MTBHWWSRZP5S Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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