A tipster wrote: "Each theory lead to an abundance of quality theory building and subsequent research that has pushed our discipline along these past 100+ years."
This is a highly debatable statement. If it is true, it can also be stated with some confidence that each theory (Freud at least) has lead to some highly unscientific and poor quality theory and predictions. Such a glowing appraisal is not warranted. Classic psychoanalysis helps very few people to improve their adjustment, and has become impractical and obsolete. "If we teachers of psychology only stuck to teaching what is purely "scientific" in our discipline we would have very little to say indeed and I dare say, we'd be out of business." This is patently untrue. The most useful findings in psychology have been achieved through the use of technology and the scientific method. (The finding that autism and schizophrenia are biologically based brain disorders, not inflicted by parents as old school thinkers like Freud and Bettleheim would have had us believe. Many lives were ruined by the "refrigerator mother" nonsense.) If we cannot adhere to scientific rigor in our discipline, we may very well find ourselves out of business. Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College Long Beach, CA --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
