Psychology has more to do with human domestication activities than the actual state of affairs of the planet minus man.Domestication can be characterized by certain activities that will not be found in the wild or natural state. Except for the sensory,perceptual,genetic and biological aspects of behavior,most of the ideas and theorizing engaged in by Tipsters and other psychologists are really exercises that emanate from ample time left for excessive cerebralization due to boredom and removal from natural selection forces.In general human beings have lots of time for mischief as well as time for intellectual pursuits just for intellectual pursuits It is easy to live under the illusion that those variables are a part of the natural order,when in reality, they are more like mathematics-the numbers do not exist but the process is a part of human functioning.Interestingly enough,if there were no humans on the planet,pdychology would not exist,but the laws of physics,chemistry would still leave an impact.Being domesticated allows for the phenomena of "learning and conditioning" whuch is the hallmark of human being activities.There is no learning and conditioning in the natural world. Except for the phenomena of "habituation" and "tropisms",most creatures have "fixed action patterns".So learning and its other conditioning cousins are unnatural.Psychology today is dominated by the Eurocentric consensus or what I refer to as "Eurocentric Cognitive Imperialism"- is by white people for white people.Now there is nothing wrong with this,but somehow the subject has achieved a functional autonomy and has blinded the entrance of non-Western perspectives. Psychology as we know it today seem to be in cohorts with Capitalism and Selfish Individualism.But as these collapses the nature of its domesticated activities will change.
Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
