McConnell and the media: Is publicity worth scaring the public?

Replies to W. J. McKeachie's (see record 84-24394) comments on M. Rilling's (see record 83-32142) statement on J. McConnell and agrees that McConnell was not malevolent. Rilling states that McConnell deserves to be remembered as a great psychologist because of the publicity he generated for the profession. However, he was willing to use scare tactics in the media to draw the attention of the public to his ideas. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)