2AM in LA

1y

this is simply not true. all psychological studies conducted at a scientific/professional level go thru the same rigorous standards as studies in the fields of biology, chemistry, etc.

Water Giver

1y

Psychology is really respected these days - therapy not being a taboo hush hush thing or laughed at subject anymore for the most part is a big part of it

Of course there are always people who hate what they don't understand or what they feel like is "tells them about themselves"

But overall in the general public and mainstream it's probably in the best place it's been in terms of success and image, and iirc it's one of the best fields in health to now be in of the last decade

RICH

1y

Right right but I think there’s still scientific method applied as much as possible and so lack of rigor being a basis for criticism is sort of a non starter unless we’re talking about a specific study imo

To defer back to my OP, I just wonder why it feels as though there’s a lot of negative opinion about psychology stuff in general beyond the idea of “that’s not real science” because I think most people don’t really subscribe to the use of scientific evidence for a lot of things anyways…

I kind of think it’s because it’s a study that feels like it should be intuitive in nature, but I don’t think it is intuitive., I think many emerging trends in psychology, research about trauma and mental disorders, etc. credence to the idea, that it’s not intuitive. But if there’s a distressed in the Way that the studies are conducted or The findings are reached then it becomes kind of a moot point so I mean…

I feel like I’m talking in circles here but I feel like it’s kind of like a “well that’s an obvious thing duh” type of discrediting on the majority’s part? Sorry for the typos or any sentences that don’t make sense. I’m doing voice to text and sometimes it doesn’t work well. I appreciate you engaging in discussion at all

Water Giver

1y

Psychology is really respected these days - therapy not being a taboo hush hush thing or laughed at subject anymore for the most part is a big part of it

Of course there are always people who hate what they don't understand or what they feel like is "tells them about themselves"

But overall in the general public and mainstream it's probably in the best place it's been in terms of success and image, and iirc it's one of the best fields in health to now be in of the last decade

whitegirl

1y

Ok what i think i should say is i think real psychology is real science but most people dont go deep enough to understand that. They pick up cliche facts they can tell at parties and leave it there, which gives it a bad reputation. The rigor isnt built into the field the way it is with "hard sciences", so it tends to be used in less technical/accurate ways

wild

1y

learning psychology is good as a hobby but stupid for a major or a career

psychology definitely helped me manage my mental health along with philosophy

Corporate Mór

1y

I see the value in practice (therapy), work (Organisational Psychology and Wellbeing), theory (research) and education (pedagogical psychology)

Not sure why it’s valueless as these are the central tenants of our lives

wild

1y

philosophy does things so much better than psychology

Corporate Mór

1y

How complex is the Maths?

Santiego

1y

Depending on the person, I have a cousin that can do trig in her head but I stopped at time tables. It's a truly a spectrum

RICH

1y

yeah because you gotta picked a side that wasn't right and tried to stay there now you're stuck counting on your fingers

greedy

1y

Super easy to me

ice cold

1y

how you came to this conclusion?
what's your mbti?
i think you might be on the spectrum

TITOWORLD

1y

Tbh

RICH

1y

This means a lot coming from you bro

RICH

1y

You mean the subject matter is easy for you? Or it’s easy for you to understand why people view it a Certain way?

RICH

1y

I think the proximity to humanity and people as a study makes it feel less makes it feel less valid or something for a lot of folks because it’s like “oh yeah that should be obvious or that’s intuitive” or whatever.

But everything is intuitive after it’s already said, and many things in psychology aren’t necessarily intuitive on a logical framework type of thing..

I don’t know. I’m just rambling doing voice to text