Hi
This is just a short reply to a complicated issue, but ...
On Fri, 14 May 1999, Jim Guinee wrote:
This kind of
separation is all too prevalent in psychology, including clinical
psychology that purports to develop scientist-practitioners.
Are you saying that clinical psych programs
I wish to elaborate a little on some of the comments I made in a post I
sent out last night. I stated there that exist several examples from the
clinical/counseling areas of psychology (and social work) that I would
not refer to as being within the domains of the discipline of psychology
because
Super post Jeff! I think you have articulated the
mystery-leads-to-illusory knowledge issue quite well. Hopefully we may
learn more about the kinds of experiences that foster effective judgment and
indicate real--tho sometimes implicit knowledge? I think these kinds of
problems are
This kind of
separation is all too prevalent in psychology, including clinical
psychology that purports to develop scientist-practitioners.
Are you saying that clinical psych programs do a poor job of this
(by the way -- most counseling psych programs also endorse the scientist-
practitioner
Jim wrote:
I do _not_ in the slightest find it unfortunate that students
want to learn about themselves and work in professional arenas.
There is little point in developing a scientific understanding of
human behavior and experience if that knowledge does not get
transmitted to people who
I am enjoying the fun Psych 101 ideas while also engaging in
end-of-semester thoughts about that old thread on Psychology as Science.
Clearly, psych IS relevant to many of the areas touched on by our pop, new
age writers, speakers, consultants and talk-show hosts(many of whom are
