I've never been asked at a party whether I can read minds, but invariably
someone says (usually only half kiddingly), "Are you going to analyze me?"
(Or along the same line, "You're not going to analyze me, are you?")
It seems to me that Freud, and the concept of psychoanalysis, has been
planted in peoples' minds as what psychology is.
Beth Benoit
Granite State College
New Hampshire
From: Christopher D. Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 12:10 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: Re: [tips] Love, Jobs and 401(k)s - NYTimes.com
Gerald Peterson wrote:
The article does not reference psychology and I don't think any surveys have
indicated THAT kind of confusion today even if there might have been one
historically.
Really? Have you never been asked at a party, after having been introduced
as "a psychologist," whether you can read minds?
I wonder if the confusions of psychology with clinical work, in addition
to forms of superstitious quackery, may be partly related to the ways
psychological researchers shun the name psychology itself and refer to
themselves as "cognitive scientists," "neuroscientists," etc.? Gary
Absolutely. I have done it myself for that very reason.
Regards,
Chris
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Department of Psychology
York University
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
Canada
416-736-2100 ex. 66164
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