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...BEHAVIOR Spanking may be an effective way to get a child to behave right away, but research from the National Center for Children in Poverty warns that it could lead to even more severe behavioral problems in the future. Psychologist Elizabeth Thompson Gershoff analyzed 88 different studies on corporal punishment and found that the more often or harshly a child was hit, the more likely the youngster was to grow up to be aggressive, antisocial or abusive toward his or her own kids...
Mayer's style of teaching is appreciated on both sides of the river. Gershoff said, "Jean is a good teacher in everything that the word implies. He knows what he's talking about, has a feel for student needs, and gives interesting lectures...
...scientific work has not confined him to his laboratory. Like his father, Mayer believes that scientific research should be transformed into action. "Jean has been particularly good at combining his scientific knowledge and the results of his research with program needs both in this county and abroad," Gershoff said...
...Stanley Gershoff theory: "If there's one problem that Jean has it's that he's spread too thin. It's only in the last two years that I've heard him talk of being tired...
...Jean's a star," said Gershoff. "And as soon as you become a star, people go for your throat. If you do anything wrong, it gets magnified. To be fair to people like Jean, you have to recognize that he has faults and then ask if his accomplishments are worthwhile. When you look at Jean as a whole person, you come out with a big fat plus...