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Re: [tips] Psychology and Politics

2014-03-10 Thread John Kulig

Oh gosh ,. I am skipping the popcorn and reading a good book tonight! 

== 
John W. Kulig, Ph.D. 
Professor of Psychology 
Coordinator, Psychology Honors 
Plymouth State University 
Plymouth NH 03264 
== 

- Original Message -

From: "Ken Steele"  
To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" 

Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 5:23:52 PM 
Subject: Re: [tips] Psychology and Politics 

On 3/10/2014 3:26 PM, John Kulig wrote: 
> 

> If I had 10 seconds to size up a person, I'd ask which is more 
> important: liberty or equality? I go with equality - i.e. 
> Civilization and its Discontents. 
> 
> == 
> John W. Kulig, Ph.D. 
> Professor of Psychology 
> Coordinator, Psychology Honors 
> Plymouth State University 
> Plymouth NH 03264 
> == 
> 

Hi John: 

How about equality vs. equal opportunity? 

One of the problems I have with such contrasts is that nuances 
and context are missing. Are equality and equal opportunity 
synonyms, kissing cousins, or apples and oranges? I think that 
many such forced which-side-of-the-fence questions are not going 
to lead us in a useful direction. 

[It was Chris Greene who pointed out that our American framing of 
political questions does not represent the rest of the academic 
world.] 

Me? I have just filled up a big bowl of popcorn to watch how the 
Republicans deal with how the Rand Paul wing (opposed to Federal 
government control of many social issues) vs. the Mike Huckabee 
wing (maintain tradional "Christian values" for social issues) 
works out at the Republican polls. 

Ken 

PS - And the quotes do indicate that many Christians I know would 
not agree with Huckabee's list. 

--- 
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Professor 
Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu 
Appalachian State University 
Boone, NC 28608 
USA 
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RE: [tips] Psychology and Politics

2014-03-10 Thread rfro...@jbu.edu

I am surprised that people still see adopting a political ideology as a process 
of data fitting as if it were a scientific theory about which evidence is being 
gathered and the final crucial experiment has been conducted to demonstrate the 
superiority of one over the other as an explanatory construct. It makes me 
think of the confirmation bias. It seems to me that there isn't any 
particularly well-functioning political ideology at this point. Some may 
function better than others but they are all very reliant on shared values and 
worldviews on which there is no agreement or empirical evidence forthcoming. Of 
course, there is always the out-group of the Other to blame for the in-group's 
failure to do anything laudatory but then shouldn't an empirically-based, 
evidence-based ideology be able to account for the behavior of these other 
humans that are evidently thwarting our utopian plans? And aren't all of us 
really just doing exactly what we must do given our heredity, biology, and past 
and present environment? On what basis can we blame anyone for anything?

The fundamental attribution error is the tendency of people to make internal 
attributions to the negative behavior of others. However, if everyone's 
behavior is a combination of internal and external influences, an internal 
attribution (or at least a partial one) isn't always an error. The error is in 
the tendency to favor that attribution lacking any evidence, not in making an 
internal attribution, which may, in some cases be appropriate (if both internal 
and external causes do actually influence behavior).

There are certainly instances in which an external locus of control might be 
adaptive (such as in dealing with uncontrollable environments such as those 
gamed by prejudice and discrimination) but an internal locus of control is 
likely to lead to better outcomes if the outcomes are achievable. And an 
external locus of control (or learned helplessness) won't be helpful in 
sampling the new circumstances when the environment changes.

Rick

Dr. Rick Froman, Chair
Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
Professor of Psychology
Box 3519
John Brown University
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From: Marc Carter [mailto:marc.car...@bakeru.edu]
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 2:00 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: RE: [tips] Psychology and Politics

 I'm about as liberal as they come.
It just seems to me that the liberal world-view fits the data better than any 
alternative.  Especially the "bootstraps" crap that I get tossed at me.  
(Fundamental attribution error?   Locus of control?  All those things seem to 
support the idea of a strong social safety net rather than a lecture on how 
people don't try hard enough.)

m

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Associate Professor of Psychology
Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences
College of Arts & Sciences
Baker University
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From: Carol DeVolder 
[mailto:devoldercar...@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2014 7:17 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: Re: [tips] Psychology and Politics







I'm pretty darned liberal.

On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 6:46 PM, Beth Benoit 
mailto:beth.ben...@gmail.com>> wrote:






Michael alerted me back channel that not many from TIPS have responded.  I 
think this is an interesting bit of news:  i.e., are psychology profs more 
likely to be liberal or conservative.

What say you, colleagues?

I'm quite liberal.  Anyone else willing to admit to one side or the other?

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, New Hampshire

On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Michael Britt 
mailto:mich...@thepsychfiles.com>> wrote:









After reading articles like this one:

"...90.6 percent of social and personality psychologists describe themselves as 
liberal on social issues (compared with 3.9 percent who describe themselves as 
conservative), and 63.2 percent describe themselves as liberal on economic 
issues (compared with 10.3 percent who describe themselves as conservative)."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jarryd-willis/polarized-psychology-is-science-devalued-in-a-divided-society_b_4839207.html

one of my Psych Files facebook members asks, "Are most psychologists liberal?  
Does the liberal mindset affect the way Psychology is understood and even 
taught?".  Good questions.  Are we all mostly liberal?

Michael A. Britt, Ph.D.
mich...@thepsychfiles.com
http://www.ThePsychFiles.com
Twitter: @mbritt


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Re: [tips] Psychology and Politics

2014-03-10 Thread Ken Steele

On 3/10/2014 3:26 PM, John Kulig wrote:

If I had 10 seconds to size up a person, I'd ask which is more
important: liberty or equality? I go with equality - i.e.
Civilization and its Discontents.

==
John W. Kulig, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Coordinator, Psychology Honors
Plymouth State University
Plymouth NH 03264
==

Hi John:

How about equality vs. equal opportunity?

One of the problems I have with such contrasts is that nuances
and context are missing. Are equality and equal opportunity
synonyms, kissing cousins, or apples and oranges? I think that
many such forced which-side-of-the-fence questions are not going
to lead us in a useful direction.

[It was Chris Greene who pointed out that our American framing of
political questions does not represent the rest of the academic
world.]

Me? I have just filled up a big bowl of popcorn to watch how the
Republicans deal with how the Rand Paul wing (opposed to Federal
government control of many social issues) vs. the Mike Huckabee
wing (maintain tradional "Christian values" for social issues)
works out at the Republican polls.

Ken

PS - And the quotes do indicate that many Christians I know would
not agree with Huckabee's list.

---
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Professor
Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
USA
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Re: [tips] Psychology and Politics

2014-03-10 Thread John Kulig

Well what a coincidence 

Not _exactly_ about the liberty/equality trade off, but the economic 
growth/equality trade of with government intervention (i.e. lack of freedom) 
lurking in there somewhere: 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/opinion/krugman-liberty-equality-efficiency.html?rref=opinion&module=Ribbon&version=context®ion=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Opinion&pgtype=article
 

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Professor of Psychology 
Coordinator, Psychology Honors 
Plymouth State University 
Plymouth NH 03264 
== 

- Original Message -

From: "Marc Carter"  
To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" 
 
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 3:00:15 PM 
Subject: RE: [tips] Psychology and Politics 












I'm about as liberal as they come. 



It just seems to me that the liberal world-view fits the data better than any 
alternative. Especially the "bootstraps" crap that I get tossed at me. 
(Fundamental attribution error? Locus of control? All those things seem to 
support the idea of a strong social safety net rather than a lecture on how 
people don't try hard enough.) 



m 



-- 
Marc Carter, PhD 
Associate Professor of Psychology 
Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences 

College of Arts & Sciences 

Baker University 
-- 




From: Carol DeVolder [mailto:devoldercar...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2014 7:17 PM 
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) 
Subject: Re: [tips] Psychology and Politics 











I'm pretty darned liberal. 





On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 6:46 PM, Beth Benoit < beth.ben...@gmail.com > wrote: 








Michael alerted me back channel that not many from TIPS have responded. I think 
this is an interesting bit of news: i.e., are psychology profs more likely to 
be liberal or conservative. 





What say you, colleagues? 





I'm quite liberal. Anyone else willing to admit to one side or the other? 





Beth Benoit 


Plymouth State University 


Plymouth, New Hampshire 





On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Michael Britt < mich...@thepsychfiles.com > 
wrote: 













After reading articles like this one: 





"...90.6 percent of social and personality psychologists describe themselves as 
liberal on social issues (compared with 3.9 percent who describe themselves as 
conservative), and 63.2 percent describe themselves as liberal on economic 
issues (compared with 10.3 percent who describe themselves as conservative)." 





http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jarryd-willis/polarized-psychology-is-science-devalued-in-a-divided-society_b_4839207.html
 





one of my Psych Files facebook members asks, "Are most psychologists liberal? 
Does the liberal mindset affect the way Psychology is understood and even 
taught?". Good questions. Are we all mostly liberal? 





Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. 


mich...@thepsychfiles.com 


http://www.ThePsychFiles.com 


Twitter: @mbritt 




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Re: [tips] Psychology and Politics

2014-03-10 Thread John Kulig


Someone a while back said that US academics are probably "middle of the road" 
compared to academics in other countries and the general public in many 
European countries. I split this into two dimensions: 

Economic issues: (Low taxes, no government regulation, anti-union) - (High 
taxes, government regulation, pro-union) 
Social issues: (against gay marriage/against marijuana decriminalization) - 
(gay marriage/for marijuana decriminalization) 

But the social dimension is tricky i think. There are lots of sub-topics that 
can divide us in unpredictable directions like belief in environmental 
interventions and PC language. The US _used_ to have blue dog Democrats who 
were liberal economically but conservative socially. They are all gone now; the 
US seems to be organizing along geographic lines (again). 

If I had 10 seconds to size up a person, I'd ask which is more important: 
liberty or equality? I go with equality - i.e. Civilization and its 
Discontents. 

== 
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Professor of Psychology 
Coordinator, Psychology Honors 
Plymouth State University 
Plymouth NH 03264 
== 

- Original Message -

From: "Marc Carter"  
To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" 
 
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 3:00:15 PM 
Subject: RE: [tips] Psychology and Politics 












I'm about as liberal as they come. 



It just seems to me that the liberal world-view fits the data better than any 
alternative. Especially the "bootstraps" crap that I get tossed at me. 
(Fundamental attribution error? Locus of control? All those things seem to 
support the idea of a strong social safety net rather than a lecture on how 
people don't try hard enough.) 



m 



-- 
Marc Carter, PhD 
Associate Professor of Psychology 
Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences 

College of Arts & Sciences 

Baker University 
-- 




From: Carol DeVolder [mailto:devoldercar...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2014 7:17 PM 
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) 
Subject: Re: [tips] Psychology and Politics 











I'm pretty darned liberal. 





On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 6:46 PM, Beth Benoit < beth.ben...@gmail.com > wrote: 








Michael alerted me back channel that not many from TIPS have responded. I think 
this is an interesting bit of news: i.e., are psychology profs more likely to 
be liberal or conservative. 





What say you, colleagues? 





I'm quite liberal. Anyone else willing to admit to one side or the other? 





Beth Benoit 


Plymouth State University 


Plymouth, New Hampshire 





On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Michael Britt < mich...@thepsychfiles.com > 
wrote: 













After reading articles like this one: 





"...90.6 percent of social and personality psychologists describe themselves as 
liberal on social issues (compared with 3.9 percent who describe themselves as 
conservative), and 63.2 percent describe themselves as liberal on economic 
issues (compared with 10.3 percent who describe themselves as conservative)." 





http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jarryd-willis/polarized-psychology-is-science-devalued-in-a-divided-society_b_4839207.html
 





one of my Psych Files facebook members asks, "Are most psychologists liberal? 
Does the liberal mindset affect the way Psychology is understood and even 
taught?". Good questions. Are we all mostly liberal? 





Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. 


mich...@thepsychfiles.com 


http://www.ThePsychFiles.com 


Twitter: @mbritt 




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RE: [tips] Psychology and Politics

2014-03-10 Thread Marc Carter

I'm about as liberal as they come.

It just seems to me that the liberal world-view fits the data better than any 
alternative.  Especially the "bootstraps" crap that I get tossed at me.  
(Fundamental attribution error?   Locus of control?  All those things seem to 
support the idea of a strong social safety net rather than a lecture on how 
people don't try hard enough.)

m

--
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Associate Professor of Psychology
Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences
College of Arts & Sciences
Baker University
--

From: Carol DeVolder [mailto:devoldercar...@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2014 7:17 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: Re: [tips] Psychology and Politics







I'm pretty darned liberal.

On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 6:46 PM, Beth Benoit 
mailto:beth.ben...@gmail.com>> wrote:






Michael alerted me back channel that not many from TIPS have responded.  I 
think this is an interesting bit of news:  i.e., are psychology profs more 
likely to be liberal or conservative.

What say you, colleagues?

I'm quite liberal.  Anyone else willing to admit to one side or the other?

Beth Benoit
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, New Hampshire

On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Michael Britt 
mailto:mich...@thepsychfiles.com>> wrote:









After reading articles like this one:

"...90.6 percent of social and personality psychologists describe themselves as 
liberal on social issues (compared with 3.9 percent who describe themselves as 
conservative), and 63.2 percent describe themselves as liberal on economic 
issues (compared with 10.3 percent who describe themselves as conservative)."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jarryd-willis/polarized-psychology-is-science-devalued-in-a-divided-society_b_4839207.html

one of my Psych Files facebook members asks, "Are most psychologists liberal?  
Does the liberal mindset affect the way Psychology is understood and even 
taught?".  Good questions.  Are we all mostly liberal?

Michael A. Britt, Ph.D.
mich...@thepsychfiles.com
http://www.ThePsychFiles.com
Twitter: @mbritt


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[tips] A Father And A Son

2014-03-10 Thread Mike Palij

Peter Lanza, father of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter, has 
given an interview that appears in this week's "New Yorker" and which 
is being covered in the popular media, such as the NY Daily News; see:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/adam-lanza-evil-killed-heartbeat-dad-article-1.1716359
The New York article can be accessed here:
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/03/17/140317fa_fact_solomon?currentPage=all
(if unavailable, try accessing through your institution).

There is more information provided here but still not enough to
understand why the shootings occurred.  Perhaps the simplest
explanation is "mistakes were made".

-Mike Palij
New York University
m...@nyu.edu

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