At 10:32 AM -0700 2/6/03, Michelle Miller wrote: >Now, wouldn't it be interesting if I required potential recommendees to >affirm a scientific explanation of the origin and significance of >dreams. Or of the origin of psychiatric disorders in adulthood. (Say >anything remotely Freudian and - no soup for you!!!!!) > >Or, maybe I should ask them to affirm scientific explanations of UFOs, >ghosts, and ESP. I suspect I wouldn't be burning through quite so much >letterhead this time of year....
To which Paul Brandon replied: "The difference is that these are not accepted as _the_ basic unifying assumption of the field of Psychology by more than 99% of psychologists." To which I say: Student beliefs in these concepts do violate the naturalistic assumptions of scientific psychologists. Belief in these phenomena would indicate a repudiation of the most basic assumptions of scientific psychology. How could a person study scientific psychology while believing in supernatural explanations for psychiatric disorders (demon possession?), dreams (prophecy?), ghosts, and ESP? Rick Dr. Rick Froman Associate Professor of Psychology John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 (479) 524-7295 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.jbu.edu/academics/sbs/rfroman.asp --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
