tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287999849939481621.post3843971729379905034..comments2023-10-29T04:03:59.255-07:00Comments on Leftwing Criminologist: Whats Wrong With Psychology?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287999849939481621.post-87210037813999716982008-04-11T08:41:00.000-07:002008-04-11T08:41:00.000-07:00You mean that psychology didn’t reveal the common ...You mean that psychology didn’t reveal the common traits of human being of different culture, didn’t you? Maybe this is also the aim of all psychologists. But they should develop their theories according to the fact. The fact now is, people in different cultures have different model of behavior and performances the psychology differ between different cultures. Cultural-psychology is emphasizing on the difference between civilizations, this is the new development of psychology recently.<BR/>I think the biggest problem in psychology is lack of common fundamentally theories, so ever psychologists can't understand each other.<BR/>I have a question: in your opinion, is China society a socialist society?hcp4715https://www.blogger.com/profile/00992485847893075583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287999849939481621.post-35260739948558515832008-04-11T01:17:00.000-07:002008-04-11T01:17:00.000-07:00By lack of context i mean that psychology is seen ...By lack of context i mean that psychology is seen as ahistorical - people's behaviour and functioning is seen as the same throughout time, obviously developmental psychology acknowledges people change over time - but psychology differs between different countries and different ways of living (different societies). Some things which psychology may argue is a fundamentally human thing may only be functions of societies where needs are not met (ie. greed) - which is all psychology has ever experienced capitalist society and societies that have removed capitalist productive relations but not developed into a fully socialist society.Leftwing Criminologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369810078697007763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287999849939481621.post-70069815900323433012008-04-10T18:33:00.000-07:002008-04-10T18:33:00.000-07:00Hi! what the mean of "psychology is lack of contex...Hi! what the mean of "psychology is lack of context"?hcp4715https://www.blogger.com/profile/00992485847893075583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287999849939481621.post-70286851211119019842008-04-10T08:26:00.000-07:002008-04-10T08:26:00.000-07:00sorry, I wasn't saying that cognitive psychology i...sorry, I wasn't saying that cognitive psychology is useless - its more that it cannot explain everyting at just that level - i think that is for me the problem with psychology is lack of context.<BR/>Hence I disagree that psychology should be ended - as you point out any discipline can and is used by capitalism, but few as succesfully as psychology is and hence why i think that it is likely to undergo extreme transformation in a socialist society.Leftwing Criminologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369810078697007763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287999849939481621.post-3694473843890052212008-04-10T06:42:00.000-07:002008-04-10T06:42:00.000-07:00Yes, there are many problems with psychology now, ...Yes, there are many problems with psychology now, but it doesn’t mean that psychology should be other discplines. Any theory would be used by capitalist, not just psychology. If only because psychology is being used to control humanbeing so that it should “end”, I think that all other discplines should also be canceled. <BR/>Also, psychology has many branchs, the mainstream is cognitive psychology. The cognitive psychology use scientific way to construct it’s theory. Yes,cognitive psychology has much to do with the physical and the neurology, but it does’ mean it’s replaced by neurological mapping. neurological mapping is only a scientific way to research the brain!hcp4715https://www.blogger.com/profile/00992485847893075583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287999849939481621.post-30947434041938650342008-03-27T09:30:00.000-07:002008-03-27T09:30:00.000-07:00Excellent post. I may even buy the book. I have ar...Excellent post. I may even buy the book. I have argued on similar lines about psychology for years. It all started with a course that I took in social work years ago where I became convinced that social workers used psychological models to teach the working class how to "cope" with hell and be happy about it. That said, I do not mean to disregard the excellent work done by the few radical social workers who know that we need to change the system. Poverty is not a pathology or a mental illness, it is a social problem that can only be resolved by socialism. By the way, I have forwarded your blog to a friend of mine who teaches criminology here in Canada. He told me that he was very interested in finding out what was going on in the field in the UK. Keep up the good work!Joseph Dubonnethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13701700382244682200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287999849939481621.post-17186757740696502772008-03-26T11:34:00.000-07:002008-03-26T11:34:00.000-07:00as for neurological stuff - yes the dominant parad...as for neurological stuff - yes the dominant paradigm in psychology at the moment is cognitive psychology - but that's just one element of it.<BR/>however, from what i know we don't know all that much about stuff in the brain - sure we know more than before - but we can't explain human behaviour through it. and we certainly never can completely - only by putting things in their context can we do thatLeftwing Criminologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369810078697007763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287999849939481621.post-78283931298833594232008-03-26T06:56:00.000-07:002008-03-26T06:56:00.000-07:00Psychology, as a scientific discipline is being re...Psychology, as a scientific discipline is being replaced by neurological mapping.<BR/> At least, that is the way I see it, with more and more being learned about the chemicals and pathways that compose the human brain, and how the changes in chemical movement affect individual behaviour.<BR/> Yes, behaviour in the capitalist system is ordered so as to profit those at the top/in control of the system, but then the same applies to any herd/shoal or group, excepting of course, animals and fishes don`t compete for money, only for food and shelter.<BR/> The topic is almost infinite, that is certain.landskerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468667004994686779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287999849939481621.post-66494234887884380752008-03-26T04:44:00.000-07:002008-03-26T04:44:00.000-07:00oh yeah, i completely agree these things are real ...oh yeah, i completely agree these things are real - what i was arguing in relation to these is that it's no good just looking at these as isolated 'illnesses' but they need to be examined in context to really understand them fully. This is where I disagree with Parker who wants, as I said, to put an 'end' to psychology through revolution, whereas I think it needs to be revolutionised.Leftwing Criminologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369810078697007763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287999849939481621.post-54171615852420688712008-03-25T14:23:00.000-07:002008-03-25T14:23:00.000-07:00That was a really interesting post.I agree 90% wit...That was a really interesting post.<BR/><BR/>I agree 90% with that post. There still is a need for learning how to survive under capitalist exploitation, without sucumbing to the system. There are really such things as severe depression, anxiety and schizophrenia. I agree with the tone, but don't see it as black and white.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.com