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e area of applied psychological research"), 1997 Oklahoma Scholar Leadership Enrichment Program Scholar 2001 Association for Psychological Science, William James Fellow Award, 2001 ("For significant lifetime intellectual contributions to the basic science of psychology.") Quad L Award (for "outstanding life-

ee, Associate Editor, American Psychologist, 1990-94 Editorial Board Member: Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1974-87 Human Learning, 1980-86 Social Cognition, 1981-92 Law and Society Review, 1982-86 Information and Behavior, 1983-90 American Journal of Psychology, 1989-2008 Justice Quarterly, 1984-95

are beneficial, for what individuals and in what contexts, and through what specific mechanisms. Recent research has made it patently clear that William James (1890, p. 442, 2) underestimated the faculties of human infants when he suggested that their first sensory experiences were a "blooming, buzzing

es, 21, 188-194. 6. Kinzler, K. D., Shutts, K., Dejesus, J., & Spelke, E. S. (2009). Accent trumps race in guiding children's social preferences. Social Cognition, 27, 623-634. 7. Shintel, H., & Nusbaum, H. C. (2007). The sound of motion in spoken language: Visual information conveyed by acoustic propertie

ces are beneficial, for what individuals and in what contexts, and through what specific mechanisms. Recent research has made it patently clear that William James (1890, p. 442, 2) underestimated the faculties of human infants when he suggested that their first sensory experiences were a “blooming, buzzing conf

188-194. Page |73 6. Kinzler, K. D., Shutts, K., Dejesus, J., & Spelke, E. S. (2009). Accent trumps race in guiding children’s social preferences. Social Cognition, 27, 623-634. 7. Shintel, H., & Nusbaum, H. C. (2007). The sound of motion in spoken language: Visual information conveyed by acoustic properties of

Unfortunately, there are no clear categories, no bright lines separating normal from abnormal or uncommon. As the distinguished American psychologist William James noted, however, studying “the abnormal is the best way to understand the normal.” Let’s follow this logic. Consider the developmental disorder of au

104(30), 12577-12580; Kinzler, K.D, Shutts, K., Dejesus, J., & Spelke, E.S. (2009). Accent trumps race in guiding children's social preferences. Social Cognition, Hauser Chapter 3. Ravages of denial 115 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_012861 27(4), 623-634; Kurzban, R, Tooby, J., & Cosmides, L. (2001). Can race be erased?