I remain skeptical as Philip Zimbardo [1] promises that Psychologists are positioned to “give psychology away” to all those who can benefit from our wisdom<\/i>. I don’t think we’ve had such a good track record over the years – psychosurgery, electroshock re-education, ECT, psychiatric medication, Freudianism – what makes us so sure that now<\/i> psychological science is ready to go out and tell people how to run their lives (again).<\/p>\n
And even though there are undoubtably true and useful bits of psychological research I think the market could benefit from more<\/i> skepticism about the truth and usefulness of psychology, not more hard-sell about the wonder-benefits of ‘scientific’ approaches to the mind.<\/p>\n
But hey i guess i should shut up until i can get hold of a copy of the full article to read.<\/p>\n
[1] Does Psychology make a significant difference in our lives?
\nBy Zimbardo, Philip G. American Psychologist. 59<\/i>(5), Jul-Aug 2004, 339-351.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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