Comments on: Better Fathers Have Smaller Testicles, But… http://popsych.org/better-fathers-have-smaller-testicles-but/ The Internet's Best Evolutionary Psycholo-guy Wed, 03 Jan 2018 01:05:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: DNA http://popsych.org/better-fathers-have-smaller-testicles-but/#comment-928 DNA Sat, 14 Sep 2013 11:44:03 +0000 http://popsych.org/?p=2454#comment-928 Very nice analysis. One mistake: "the percentage of people who will ... read the source paper itself is vastly outnumbered ..." It's the people (who read the paper) who will be outnumbered, not their percentage. Very nice analysis. One mistake:

“the percentage of people who will … read the source paper itself is vastly outnumbered …”

It’s the people (who read the paper) who will be outnumbered, not their percentage.

]]> By: Nick Goodwin http://popsych.org/better-fathers-have-smaller-testicles-but/#comment-925 Nick Goodwin Wed, 11 Sep 2013 21:02:17 +0000 http://popsych.org/?p=2454#comment-925 I am a student in an introductory psychology class this semester and we haven't talked about anything relating to this but I can see that there are many psychological principles in the article above. I agree with Dustin Barks on this one, regardless if the male has larger testicles or smaller testicles shouldn't determine whether they are a good father. I think that the people who performed the study are in the wrong, regardless what the information says something like this shouldn't determine fathering skills. This is fundamental attribution error at its best. The people who performed the study are obviously attributing the behavior of men (in this case fathering skill) to their personal characteristics (testicle size) while ignoring and underestimating the effects of external factors and situational factors (which in this case are whether they are a good father to begin with). They are just attributing (inferring the causes of people's behavior) and assuming that the cause of the males poor fathering skills are directly related to how big their balls are which is just ridiculous. I am a student in an introductory psychology class this semester and we haven’t talked about anything relating to this but I can see that there are many psychological principles in the article above. I agree with Dustin Barks on this one, regardless if the male has larger testicles or smaller testicles shouldn’t determine whether they are a good father. I think that the people who performed the study are in the wrong, regardless what the information says something like this shouldn’t determine fathering skills. This is fundamental attribution error at its best. The people who performed the study are obviously attributing the behavior of men (in this case fathering skill) to their personal characteristics (testicle size) while ignoring and underestimating the effects of external factors and situational factors (which in this case are whether they are a good father to begin with). They are just attributing (inferring the causes of people’s behavior) and assuming that the cause of the males poor fathering skills are directly related to how big their balls are which is just ridiculous.

]]> By: dustin barks http://popsych.org/better-fathers-have-smaller-testicles-but/#comment-924 dustin barks Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:01:22 +0000 http://popsych.org/?p=2454#comment-924 I think a lot of parenting comes from your parents and their parents and the quality of their parenting. I know it gives a lot of good statistics and reasons but i think there are a lot of good dads with large testicles. subsequently there are a lot of bad fathers with small balls I think a lot of parenting comes from your parents and their parents and the quality of their parenting. I know it gives a lot of good statistics and reasons but i think there are a lot of good dads with large testicles. subsequently there are a lot of bad fathers with small balls

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