Most conservatives I know are strong believers in the "pull yourself up by your own bootstraps" idea. Which is a fine idea, but I'm going to guess that one reason psychologists are probably liberal-leaners is that we often assist people who simply don't have the mental/emotional resources to "pull themselves up". Along with social workers, it's often our job to make sure that social service exist to help people like this. Conservatives, if I have this right, prefer less government intervention.
Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: @mbritt On Mar 1, 2014, at 7:46 PM, Beth Benoit <beth.ben...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Michael alerted me back channel that not many from TIPS have responded. I > think this is an interesting bit of news: i.e., are psychology profs more > likely to be liberal or conservative. > > What say you, colleagues? > > I'm quite liberal. Anyone else willing to admit to one side or the other? > > Beth Benoit > Plymouth State University > Plymouth, New Hampshire > > > On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Michael Britt <mich...@thepsychfiles.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > After reading articles like this one: > > "...90.6 percent of social and personality psychologists describe themselves > as liberal on social issues (compared with 3.9 percent who describe > themselves as conservative), and 63.2 percent describe themselves as liberal > on economic issues (compared with 10.3 percent who describe themselves as > conservative)." > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jarryd-willis/polarized-psychology-is-science-devalued-in-a-divided-society_b_4839207.html > > one of my Psych Files facebook members asks, "Are most psychologists liberal? > Does the liberal mindset affect the way Psychology is understood and even > taught?". Good questions. Are we all mostly liberal? > > Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. > mich...@thepsychfiles.com > http://www.ThePsychFiles.com > Twitter: @mbritt > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: beth.ben...@gmail.com. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n=T&l=tips&o=35019 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-35019-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958f69&n=T&l=tips&o=35036 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-35036-13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=35041 or send a blank email to leave-35041-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
