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   Dan Tilque to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCINO13 Game 7, Rounds 7-8: best    
   02 Dec 22 13:28:38   
   
   From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 11/30/22 21:10, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   > * Game 7, Round 7 - Literature - Best 100 Novels   
   >   
   > The works in this round are taken from the list of "100 Best Novels   
   > of the 20th Century" (meaning 1900-98) according to a Modern Library   
   > poll of readers.  We give you the name of the novel and its position   
   > on the list; you give the author.   
   >   
   > 1. #99, "The Cunning Man".   
   > 2. #92, "The Sheltering Sky".   
   > 3. #85, "V".   
   > 4. #76, "At Swim-Two-Birds".   
   > 5. #73, "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance".   
   > 6. #72, "The Door into Summer".   
      
   Robert Heinlein   
      
   > 7. #71, "The Magus".   
   > 8. #52, "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter".   
   > 9. #39, "Under the Volcano".   
   > 10. #17, "A Town Like Alice".   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 7, Round 8 - Science - Psychologists   
   >   
   > This is a round on famous psychologists and psychiatrists who made   
   > significant contributions to psychology.  In each case, name the   
   > person described.  Please note that Freud will not be an answer   
   > to any question in this round.   
   >   
   > 1. This German-American psychologist and psychoanalyst lived   
   >     1902-94.  He proposed an eight-stage theory of life and   
   >     personality development.  His writings include the books   
   >     "Childhood and Society" and "Identity: Youth and Crisis".   
   >     He might be best known for coining the phrase "identity crisis".   
   >   
   > 2. This American psychologist lived 1908-70.  His writings included   
   >     the books "A Theory of Human Motivation" and "Motivation and   
   >     Personality".  He is best known for his theory on the hierarchy   
   >     of needs.   
   >   
   > 3. This Swiss psychotherapist and psychiatrist lived 1875-1961.   
   >     He is considered the founder of analytical psychology.   
   >     He developed concepts such as extraversion and introversion,   
   >     archetypes, and the collective unconscious.  The Myers-Briggs   
   >     Type Indicator test is based on his theories.   
      
   Jung   
      
   >   
   > 4. This American psychologist and behaviorist lived 1904-90.   
   >     He developed the theory of operant conditioning -- the idea   
   >     that behavior is determined by its consequences, be they   
   >     reinforcements or punishments, which make it more or less likely   
   >     that the behavior will occur again.  He believed that the only   
   >     scientific approach to psychology was one that studied behaviors,   
   >     not internal mental processes.   
   >   
   > 5. This Austrian doctor and psychotherapist lived 1870-1937.   
   >     He is one of the cofounders of the psychoanalytic movement,   
   >     alongside Freud.  He is the founder of the school of individual   
   >     psychology.  His major contribution to psychology was his theory   
   >     of the inferiority complex.   
   >   
   > 6. This Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist lived 1905-97.   
   >     He is the founder of logotherapy, which is a form of   
   >     existential analysis.  He is best known for his book "Man's   
   >     Search for Meaning", which chronicles his experiences as   
   >     a concentration-camp inmate.  This led him to discover the   
   >     importance of finding meaning in all forms of existence, and   
   >     thus a reason to continue living.   
   >   
   > 7. This Swiss-American psychiatrist lived 1926-2004.  She was   
   >     a pioneer in near-death studies.  Her major work was the book   
   >     "On Death and Dying", where she introduced her theory of the   
   >     five stages of grief.   
   >   
   > 8. This American psychologist and educator was born in 1942.   
   >     He """is""" considered one of the founders of the school of   
   >     positive psychology.  He """is""" best known for his work on   
   >     learned helplessness and learned optimism.   
   >   
   > 9. This French psychologist lived 1857-1911.  He invented the   
   >     first usable intelligence test, which is still in existence   
   >     today in modified form.   
   >   
   > 10. This Swiss developmental psychologist lived 1896-1980.  He is   
   >     best known for concepts such as assimilation and accommodation   
   >     and the theory of stages of cognitive development for children   
   >     (which included the sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete   
   >     operational, and formal operational stages).   
   >   
      
   --   
   Dan Tilque   
      
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