Here we go again!
Rick Adams wrote:
> "Get Rich Quick" schemes are marketing approaches
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> Sorry, Linda, but despite the "silly sounding" concept--it IS as valid a
> topic for discussion here as is East Timor.
Just a quick reminder to folks to follow an entire thread history when responding.
I know I have failed to do this in the past and it can lead to confusion and
misperceptions.
If you note my comment in context (follow the thread) it was a response to someone
who felt genocide/conflict/war was not related to psychology.
"This IS a teaching of _psychology_ list, so _anything_ CAN be made relevant, but
not everything IS relevant. Thinking of posting his get rich quick internet
scheme(relevance? persuasion, method of authority, give me 5 minutes, I'll think of
more) to the list,
I responded to this post by highlighting that the study of genocide/conflict/war is
directly related to psychology. In fact, these words are even in the title of
division names, journal titles, and program titles within psychology. It is not a
stretch to include this within the domain of psychology - it is a legitimate area of
study. I differentiated that from hawking one's own internet scheme in class.
This was perhaps ridiculed in a follow-up post.
"Just because you don't see the connection to psychology of "get rich internet
schemes" doesn't mean they don't exist. Hmmm. . . now who was it that said that?
Thus, the context of my follow-up post. I will continue give the individual the
benefit of the doubt that this was an attempt at humour - often difficult via e-mail
(although Mike Scoles nailed it yesterday) - and assume this was not a deliberate
attempt at ridicule.
Personally, I have no problem with get rich schemes being discussed here or in
classes related to the topics mentioned. I was responding to the tenor of a post
that insinuated that such topics as ethnopolitical conflict were totally irrelevant
to psychology (again see the thread history) and equated such discussions with an
instructor using a get rich scheme to get money from students. It would be absurd
to argue that "get rich schemes" are not something one could study within the
context of specific domains of psychology. It is not however an entire
area/division at this point unless I missed something recently.
linda
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linda m. woolf, ph.d.
associate professor - psychology
webster university
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