What payoff occurs when we reinforce this negativity? Thinking like a psychology major? Joann Jelly
________________________________ From: Michael Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tue 6/22/2010 1:01 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] TIPS brain pick >From what I've heard over the years, it seems psychology is: just common sense bullshit what you take when you're not good at anything else what you take if you think there's something wrong with you (along the dork line) that you want to try and fix before anyone finds out bullshit definately not science interesting but not much use mostly just opinions about life made up by weird dorks (see above) with weird names like Freud and Horny bullshit what you take so you can postpone working at Wal-Mart for at least a few years for saps bullshit what to take when you're looking for a few easy credits as a break from science and math what you take when you weren't accepted into any other program what you take when you're not good at science or math --Mike On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Stuart McKelvie <[email protected]> wrote: > Another anecdote: > > At a presentation at our Annual Research Week last year, a member of the > biology department, referring to her own talk, remarked that it was nice to > see something from science. > > And this after two psychology talks! > > Oh, yes, and the biology talk was observational with minimal descriptive > statistics whereas one psychology talk was highly statistical and > correlational while the other was tightly experimental! > > Once again content trumps method. > _____________________________________________________ > Sent via Web Access > > "Floreat Labore" > > "Recti cultus pectora roborant" > > Stuart J. McKelvie, Ph.D., Phone: 819 822 9600 x 2402 > Department of Psychology, Fax: 819 822 9661 > Bishop's University, > 2600 rue College, > Sherbrooke, > Québec J1M 1Z7, > Canada. > > E-mail: [email protected] (or [email protected]) > > Bishop's University Psychology Department Web Page: > http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy > > " Floreat Labore" > _______________________________________________________ > > ________________________________________ > From: Bourgeois, Dr. Martin [[email protected]] > Sent: 21 June 2010 17:09 > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: RE: [tips] TIPS brain pick > > 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. 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