Quotes by Psychologists

The digestive canal represents a tube passing through the entire organism and communicating with the external world, i.e. as it were the external surface of the body, but turned inwards and thus hidden in the organism. Ivan Pavlov

World Digestive Hidden Entire Through Thus Surface Passing Were Canal Tube Represents Communicating Turned Body Organism External External World

Edible substances evoke the secretion of thick, concentrated saliva. Why? The answer, obviously, is that this enables the mass of food to pass smoothly through the tube leading from the mouth into the stomach. Ivan Pavlov

Food Mouth Evoke Through Leading Mass Concentrated Obviously Edible Answer Enables Pass Smoothly Saliva Stomach Tube Substances Thick Why

Our success was mainly due to the fact that we stimulated the nerves of animals that easily stood on their own feet and were not subjected to any painful stimulus either during or immediately before stimulation of their nerves. Ivan Pavlov

Let us choose to believe something good can happen. J. Martin Kohe

Good Believe Something Something Good Happen Us Choose Let Us

I was born in Bournemouth, England, in 1943. J. Philippe Rushton

Born England

We emigrated to South Africa and later to Canada so I went to school in several places. J. Philippe Rushton

School South Africa Later Several South Canada Africa Places

A race is what zoologists term a variety or subdivision of a species. J. Philippe Rushton

Variety Term Race Species

Formation of a new race takes place when, over several generations, individuals in one group reproduce more frequently among themselves than they do with individuals in other groups. J. Philippe Rushton

Group Other Several More Takes Generations Individuals Over New Frequently Than Reproduce Formation Place Race Themselves Groups Among

Of course, individuals vary greatly within each racial group and should be treated as such. J. Philippe Rushton

Group Vary Individuals Course Within Greatly Racial Should Each Treated

Those objecting to the concept of race argue that the taxonomic definitions are arbitrary and subjective. J. Philippe Rushton

Those Definitions Arbitrary Argue Concept Subjective Race

To deny the predictive validity of race at this level is nonscientific and unrealistic. J. Philippe Rushton

Validity Unrealistic Deny Predictive Race Level

The mean pattern of educational and economic achievement within multi-racial countries such as Canada and the United States has increasingly been found to prove valid internationally. J. Philippe Rushton

Achievement Increasingly Valid States Economic Countries Within Prove Educational Been Canada Pattern Mean Found United Internationally United States

Startling, and alarming to many, is the conclusion that follows from these data that if all people were treated the same, most average race differences would not disappear. J. Philippe Rushton

People Differences All People Would Follows Data Disappear Most Conclusion Were Same Race Average Many Alarming Treated Startling

Sometimes it is claimed by those who argue that race is just a social construct that the human genome project shows that because people share roughly 99% of their genes in common, that there are no races. This is silly. J. Philippe Rushton

For the signifier is a unit in its very uniqueness, being by nature symbol only of an absence. Jacques Lacan

Nature Only Absence Very Being Uniqueness Unit Symbol

Since Freud, the center of man is not where we thought it was; one has to go on from there. Jacques Lacan

Man Thought Since Go Freud Where Center

Should Sen. McCain capture the nomination as many assume, I believe this general election will offer the worst choices for President in my lifetime. I certainly can't vote for Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama based on their virulently anti-family policy positions. James Dobson

Vote Election Will Believe Assume Positions President Worst Obama General General Election Lifetime Hillary Hillary Clinton Nomination Policy Clinton Offer McCain Barack Barack Obama Choices Should Certainly Many Capture Based

My observation is that women are merely waiting for their husbands to assume leadership. James Dobson

Leadership Waiting Women Assume Husbands Observation Merely Women Are

My greatest concern is that Mitt Romney seldom addresses the social issues publicly... I'm referring to the sanctity of human life, the traditional definition of marriage, and religious liberty. James Dobson

Life Marriage Liberty Sanctity Address Definition Religious Religious Liberty Seldom Concern Greatest Mitt Mitt Romney Issues Traditional Referring Human Romney Social Human Life Social Issues Publicly