Scott, Here at Oakton we have special tuition grant program for students who take science, technology and mathematics courses (STEM). The science and math faculty who initiated and now support this program refuse to include psychology as a "science" course. I lobbied for inclusion of my Psychology 101 courses as I only cover empirically-based theories. But how typical is this for all faculty who teach psychology? If many psychology faculty insist on still covering theories that have no empirical foundation but instead, depend on authoritative evidence (Freud, Jung, Rogers, etc.) then I understand why psychology is viewed as not meeting the standards of the other "hard" sciences, as physics, biology, botany, etc.
Joan [email protected] > I would love to hear about this as well. Although anecdotal, my dean (a > biologist) frequently refers to bio, chem, physics, etc. as 'the sciences' > and makes a distinction between them and psychology. I've pointed it out > to her a number of times, but she conitnues to do so. > ________________________________ > From: Lilienfeld, Scott O [[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 5:01 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: [tips] TIPS brain pick > > > > > Hi Fellow TIPSters Is anyone out there aware of any systematic survey data > on how psychology (or psychologists) are viewed by those in the hard > sciences, like physics and chemistry? > > Have found some surveys (Webb, Benjamin) on how psychologists are > viewed by members of the general public, but have looked in vain for > any data on how psychology and various facets of psychology (e.g., > psychological research, psychotherapy, assessment) - are perceived by > our colleagues in other sciences. Any tips to such data, assuming > it exists (which it may not), would be much appreciated. Thanks in > advance .Scott > > Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D. > Professor > Editor, Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice > Department of Psychology, Room 473 Psychology and Interdisciplinary > Sciences (PAIS) > Emory University > 36 Eagle Row > Atlanta, Georgia 30322 > [email protected] > (404) 727-1125 > > Psychology Today Blog: > http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-skeptical-psychologist > > 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: > http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-140513111X.html > > Scientific American Mind: Facts and Fictions in Mental Health Column: > http://www.scientificamerican.com/sciammind/ > > The Master in the Art of Living makes little distinction between his work > and his play, > his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his > recreation, > his love and his intellectual passions. He hardly knows which is which. > He simply pursues his vision of excellence in whatever he does, > leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. > To him he is always doing both. > > - Zen Buddhist text > (slightly modified) > > > ________________________________ > This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of > the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged > information. If the reader of this message is not the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution > or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly > prohibited. > > If you have received this message in error, please contact > the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the > original message (including attachments). > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13390.2bbc1cc8fd0e5f9e0b91f01828c87814&n=T&l=tips&o=3199 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-3199-13390.2bbc1cc8fd0e5f9e0b91f01828c87...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-3199-13390.2bbc1cc8fd0e5f9e0b91f01828c87...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=49240.d374d0c18780e492c3d2e63f91752d0d&n=T&l=tips&o=3200 > or send a blank email to > leave-3200-49240.d374d0c18780e492c3d2e63f91752...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=3206 or send a blank email to leave-3206-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
