Comments on: It’s OK to praise, punish http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/10/its-ok-to-praise-punish/ Free-linking and thinking on education by Joanne Jacobs Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:26:02 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Rachel L http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/10/its-ok-to-praise-punish/comment-page-1/#comment-101425 Rachel L Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:50:23 +0000 http://www.joannejacobs.com/?p=11431#comment-101425 Margo has a good point, most Americans do think that you cannot change an IQ score, and it could be the Chinese moms don't have that opinion. I wonder what would have happened if the test hadn't been labeled an IQ test, but rather just an assessment. Margo has a good point, most Americans do think that you cannot change an IQ score, and it could be the Chinese moms don’t have that opinion.

I wonder what would have happened if the test hadn’t been labeled an IQ test, but rather just an assessment.

]]> By: Tracy W http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/10/its-ok-to-praise-punish/comment-page-1/#comment-101405 Tracy W Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:04:08 +0000 http://www.joannejacobs.com/?p=11431#comment-101405 One point from Ashley Merryman's article struck me: <blockquote>If teens and college students reported parents regularly withholding their affection and contact, because of the children's actions, they also reported a certain amount of hostility to their parents. They were also a bit hostile if parents increased their affection when they were succeeding. </blockquote> Is it not possible that teens and college students who were hostile towards their parents would be more likely to report said parents as acting in manipulative ways, even if said parents were in fact not any more likely to be manipulative than the parents of teens or college students who were not feeling hostile towards their parents? I don't think we can draw *any* conclusion from the studies referenced, unless there was an independent control for how parents interacted with their children. One point from Ashley Merryman’s article struck me:

If teens and college students reported parents regularly withholding their affection and contact, because of the children’s actions, they also reported a certain amount of hostility to their parents. They were also a bit hostile if parents increased their affection when they were succeeding.

Is it not possible that teens and college students who were hostile towards their parents would be more likely to report said parents as acting in manipulative ways, even if said parents were in fact not any more likely to be manipulative than the parents of teens or college students who were not feeling hostile towards their parents?
I don’t think we can draw *any* conclusion from the studies referenced, unless there was an independent control for how parents interacted with their children.

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]]> By: Margo/Mom http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/10/its-ok-to-praise-punish/comment-page-1/#comment-101376 Margo/Mom Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:36:23 +0000 http://www.joannejacobs.com/?p=11431#comment-101376 Americans believe that IQ is immutable. Americans believe that IQ is immutable.

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