Actually I do cover Freud in fair amount in the intro course because students know so much about his supposed teachings and have so many misconceptions about psychology based on distortions of what is already a difficult body of work to cover objectively. So I do want my students to know the basics of Freud's framework (I won't call it a theory) and that there is no empirical support for much of his work. (I don't go into all the perhaps fabricated work--no time to get into the academic dishonesty.)
I think that my approach meshes with most mainstream intro psych texts as well. So I wouldn't say he is missing in psychology departments, but that he is not given wide breadth or credence. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---- Original message ---- >Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 14:48:23 -0500 >From: "Christopher D. Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [tips] Freud missing from the Psychology Department >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> > > Paul Brandon wrote: > > At 10:45 AM -0600 11/25/07, Beth Benoit wrote: > > From today's New York Times: > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/25/weekinreview/25cohen.html?_r=1&ref=education&oref > > As it should be (except in History of Psychology > classes). > > Interesting that you would mention this because, > although I have a session on psychoanalysis in my > history of psychology course (and part of the > discussion always revolves around whether it belongs > there, or whether psychoanalysis is really a > different discipline from psychology), it is not > mentioned specifically in the university calendar > course description, and so it would have been missed > by this survey (even if had been offered in The Only > Country That Counts). > > Let me try something out on those of you who think > that psychoanalysis should not be mentioned in > psychology departments. This is from the "Those Who > Do Not Know Their History Are Doomed To Repeat It" > department. Psychoanalysis should indeed be > described and discussed in courses that survey a > variety of therapeutic approaches, if only because > Freudian tenets are so widely felt in other parts of > the culture and psychology students should be > forewarned and forearmed about it so that they can > discuss it intelligently with those who still use it > as a model for interpretation (of literature, of > other artforms, of life in general). > > Regards, > Chris > -- > Link: File-List > > Christopher D. Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 > Canada > > > > 416-736-5115 ex. 66164 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ > ====================================== > > > > > > > > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ---
