My questions keep disappearing, but I will try again responding to the
discussion on science of psychology being fragmented. I believe, having
studied it for a few years, that psychologists are widely separate in their
core views because psychology, historically, tried too hard to separate the
mind from the body, and from the universe. Developmental psychology comes a
bit closer to the "truth" because of its heavy inclusion of the physique. In
my opinion, due to this first and primary exclusionary fault, the results of
psychological experiments are skewed. Sort of like how early science, which
did not include quantum theory, quarks, etc, are missing key data/theorems
in determining the rational for results. For example, when studying
psychology for a few years in New Hampshire, I happened to respond to
comments by a few professors who were saying that experiments showed that
religious people have the presence of a different tiny "thing" in the
central part of the brain near the hypothalamus (as I recall). They said
this was leading to conclusions that there was a flaw in religious people,
possibly genetically caused. I asked (a couple times) -- "Could it be that
rather than religious people having something extra in their brain causing
their religiousity, that non-religious people -- atheists and such -- have
something missing from theirs?" (not intending a bias either way, but it
irked me that they seemed to be saying that scientists were assuming if you
were religious in bent, that meant you had a flaw. It also was of interest
to me that many of the psychological scientists being quoted were
non-religious.)
The response was --- "Well, good question. The type of question we need to
keep asking."
Studying psychology did not enhance my belief in the science. I did find
that developmental psychology -- studying neurons, child development,
cognitive behavior and such seemed to have more reliable studies and
results.
Have a great day!
Peggy Miller
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